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Hardcore punk icon and former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins spoke to Nick Aldwinckle about his upcoming spoken word tour

It’s hard to believe Henry Garfield, better known as Henry Rollins, has been putting the world to rights for nearly three decades now. Since fronting influential Californian hardcore band Black Flag from 1981 until 1986, Rollins’ impact on alternative music has been huge, with hundreds of bands citing that band and his other, the Rollins Band, as a key inspiration. A true rock Renaissance man, the now nearly 50-year-old divides his time between spoken word gigs, writing, hosting US radio and TV shows and acting. Latest 7 spoke to Rollins about his upcoming spoken word tour.

How’s the radio and TV work been going?
I’ve been doing Harmony in My Head, the radio show, for about five years now and it’s fun! It’s the lowest impact; the easiest, lowest pressure gig I’ve got. The TV show’s a lot more difficult as it’s visual. This year, I’ve done three documentaries, too, for the Independent Film Channel and narrated for a documentary about world famine.

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Dani has her cover blown and things get cute and cuddly in the country

I was accused the other day of carrying out a mystery second life. I was quite worried about what she would pull out of her hat and accuse me of, until she starting telling me how much I look like the girl who writes in Latest 7. I told her she was correct and that it looked like me because it was. She was happy as it meant she could prove her boyfriend wrong and in fact she does know everybody!

“I have that ultra-girly disease; if I see a baby animal I make a small squeaking noise”

I had thought she had discovered my other secret. That I am officially far too old for my time (although I think more people could tell that by just looking at me, it’s not a secret by any means).

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A weekly review of local and national releases

Canada’s Martha and the Muffins came to prominence back in 1980 with their hit single ‘Echo Beach’. It was their only hit over here but one of the group’s albums Danseparc is being re-released. Unique sounding, their Talking Heads style off-beat new wave and punk funk is quite experimental in places, and works well throughout the album. A lost treasure being resurrected, from an unlikely source.

James Lavelle and Pablo Clements aka UNKLE are known for their marriage of audio and visuals, this time spilling over into End Titles… Stories for Film, a collection of recordings made with various collaborators including Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Chris Goss, James Patralli of White Denim, Abel Ferrera, Black Mountain and Gavin Clarke. Moody, filmic stuff throughout. Too long though, at over 80 minutes.

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Brighton Pride is the party of the year, for everyone

If you’re new in town, and have yet to experience the full thrust of an expected 150,000 people of every sexuality, race and age making their way through the city to Preston Park for the biggest free festival in Europe, then you might be in for a bit of a shock.

“The biggest event of the festival is the fabulous parade on Saturday 2 August, with dozens of floats proving that this is a city that knows how to party“

Brighton Pride is now as set in the calendar as Christmas and New Year and it’s inspiring to think that it all started as a modest event on the Level in 1992, organised by a group of community activists called Pink Parasol.

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