Anyway, *The Portable Henry Rollins* is something of a compendium of Henry’s published works. If you’ve never read any of Henry’s stuff, this is fair warning: It’s pretty brutal. Of particular note, in regards to Vernon’s comment, is the section with the abstract from *Now Watch Him Die,* which documents with excruciating and heartbreaking detail the brutal murder of his good friend Joe Cole and Henry’s attempt to deal with the aftermath. I can’t say for certain and I wouldn’t presume to speak for Henry, anyway, but his writings could go a long way towards explaining his often instense demeanor. He was, of course, unfailingly polite (if not jovial) on the occasion I was fortunate enough to have meet and conversed with him.

At any rate, I get my New Music Tuesdays on Thursdays (pay day, woot) and Living Colour will be among the spoils of the day. This evening doors will be locked, phone turned off, and computer powered down for “Me Time.”

A side note and Vernon could be forgiven for not tracking on this, but anyone who’s read any of Rollins’ published works describing the headspace he was in at that time knows better than to question the “Black Flag face.” If his published works are to be believed (and I, for one, believe they are), this man was dialed into pain for more than a decade. It may seem impossible or even unlikely, but to read his printed perspective he couldn’t have cared less how “well” “Liar” or anything else was doing back then. In one passage in particular, he talked about how weird it was to do meet-and-greets at the time because people would be telling him how much they loved what he was doing. Most people wouldn’t think that could be a bad thing, but he said it was just about the most surreal experience possible to have to hear people compliment him on how f*cked up he was, and then for him to have to think of ways to be gracious and appreciative of THEIR appreciation of how f*cked up he was. I won’t place a value judgment on his perspective or venture to cast an opinion, as situations such as those are completely outside my realm of experience.

ANYWAY, off of Rollins and back to Vernon: I appreciate the time and patient consideration Vernon gave to all questions posed to him here. For my part, being a fan of the music but largely not familiar with the band members themselves, their history, or personalities, this insight into the Living Colour creative process has been warmly received and has done its part to make me even more excited about owning the new album. (I don’t listen to streams most of the time. When I listen to new music, I normally like to read the liners notes while I listen to the album I just BOUGHT, which requires me to wait at least until release day.) Oh, and hooray for fanboys!

Cheers.

I haven’t been able to find any information about this guitar. Any help?

One thing, though. I don’t care how great Parker Fly guitars are, I think they’re the most hideous looking guitars made.

And, not buying into the “metal face” is a thousand times more metal than a thousand scowls with horns in the air.