Sun. Oct. 7

Henry Rollins can talk. We know that because we spent an hour in a limo with him driving to a Worcester radio station doing an interview, and he never let up. We know it because we've seen him do his spoken word performances, and know that Rollins - left-wing, comical at times, hard-edged, fervent - enjoys the freedom a microphone, a  sympathetic full house and an open-ended set time gives him. We also have to say, in fairness, Rollins could use an editor. There are times when he's simply exhausting, and other times when he gets so out on an incidental tangent the main thread is lost or diluted. But you've got to marvel at the career path the former Black Flag singer has taken. He's written books, owns a publishing company. There was (is?) the metal-ish Rollins Band - ok, but not great - and then an L.A. radio show "Harmony in My Head" (the title is one of the greatest punk songs ever, written by Buzzcocks' Steve Diggle). Also: the IFC's "The Henry Rollins Show," where the buzzcut, multiply tattooed and muscular man interviews everyone from Larry Flynt to Gore Vidal. What Rollins has done is taken his moment in the sun - which many assumed would end when Black Flag did - and extended it and expanded it. He's the informed skeptic who wears his heart on his sleeve and champions the underdog. He's speaking at Berklee Performance Center Sunday Oct. 7 at 7:30. Tickets: $25.

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