The Henry Rollins Show: Season One

Newly minted talk show host Henry Rollins—a punk Renaissance man who is a musician, poet, activist, actor, and standup comic—talks politics, movies, and music with a roster of guests who let loose like you've never witnessed before, even if you've seen them making the usual late-night PR rounds. All 20 episodes from the 2006 debut season on cable network IFC are compiled here, organized so that viewers can zero in on a particular chat guest (filmmakers Oliver Stone and Werner Herzog; comics Eddie Izzard and Bill Maher; actors John C. Reilly and Jeff Bridges; and more), musical guest (including Sleater-Kinney, Ben Folds, Aimee Mann, Daniel Johnston, and others), or pick and choose episodes based on what kind of nonsense Rollins is ranting over (corporate responsibility, gas-thirsty SUVs, and so on). This is alternative TV with a true alt-attitude, and Rollins is refreshingly unafraid to be controversial, angry, and resolutely himself. Recommended. (M. Johanson)