It's SNAP, edition number 400 on this Friday night, July 11th, 1986.

I'm Deirdre O'Donohue.

I am in love with the universe.

For any number of reasons, and very high on that list is the fact that Henry Rollins is in it at the same time, I am.

Throughout Bent by Nature, you've heard many stories of the lifelong

connections set in motion by Deirdre O'Donohue. But none were quite as surprising as the bond

between Deirdre and Henry Rollins. After a chance meeting in early 1984, Rollins became a regular

voice on Snap, and he quickly became one of her most treasured co-hosts and friends.

Since the last time you were here, when we first met, the first time you came around Snap,

you were a total stranger to me. On the surface, you're apparently a real interesting character,

and beyond the surface, holy cow, there's so much to you.

In our final episode of Bent by Nature, Rollins shares his remembrances of Deirdre, the DJ,

tastemaker, and human being who changed his life irrevocably.

Your impossible pigeonhole is what you are. You are simply Rollins. That's all there is to it,

and I rather like it. I'm Tricia Halloran, and from KCRW, this is Bent by Nature, Deirdre O'Donohue and the Lost

Snap Archives.

Episode 10, Rollins.

This is Henry Rollins, and I wrote something about Deirdre O'Donohue, which I'm going to

read to you as clearly as I can.

I believe I met Deirdre in 1983. I forgot how it happened, but I ended up being on her KCRW show

Snap to be interviewed. After the show was over, we stayed at the station for a few hours. I told her I had brought some tapes of music

I was listening to at the time. She was very interested in hearing what I was into. I was struck

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