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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/edinburgh/article4581298.ece
Henry Rollins is not a comedian – so how come he delivers one of the funniest, most fluent, most inspiring stand-up comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe? Well, the American punk-rock singer may never have torn it up at Jongleurs, but he’s been leading a parallel career with his spoken-word shows for 20 years. He knows how to tell a story. And he knows how to go out and find stories that are worth telling.

So Rollins crams his adventures from the past year into 75 minutes – which means, he tells us, he’s going to be like a 33rpm record played at 45rpm. He goes to see the Van Halen reunion tour in Chicago, where he looks around him to see his taco-munching, beer-swilling fellow citizens in action – no wonder, he decides, everyone hates America.