Henry Rollins

[cheeseywang]

I've just finished listening to the latest Henry Rollins spoken word cds "Talk is cheap volumes 1 & 2". Anyone else out there listen to this stuff? Anyone else going to see him on his current tour?

[karkus30]

considering the amount of american indie I have kicking around, I still dont have any Black Flag, nevermind Rollins.

Nearly picked up a copy of Damaged yesterday....16.99 F.O

[cheeseywang]

to be honest, I can take or leave his music, with the exception of Low Self Opinion which is a classic. The spoken word stuff is what really interests me and the two new ones are double cds @ $10 each, which is a bargain in anyone's language. I urge anyone who hasn't heard Hank in full flow to try these. Volume #2 has an excellent piece on his trip to see Kiss in concert in San Bernadino. Funny and thought provoking in equal measure.

[karkus30]

Sounds deep, probably cant buy em in the local HMV though

[encaser]

Very under-rated guy who is in fact very intelligent and witty. There's a couple of great doc's about him and his spoken stuff is worthwhile too. May well go and see him live, actually...

[Rambo John J]

I caught him doing his stand-up tour a few years ago. For a guy that's as intense as Henry is, some of his humour is remarkably subtle. He's a great story teller and once he gets going he's hilarious.
Strangely I've never actually bought any of his spoken word albums. Looks like I may have to now.

[Boink!]

Henry is co-hoasting Full Metal Challenge on Channel 4 which starts on April 6.
I think his current tour has London on Sunday April 13th, though I may not be able to make it. :sad:

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[cheeseywang]

you can pick up Henry's spoken word stuff at two1361.com, the website of his publishing company. The earlier stuff is a little rough but worth the effort. I would say that anything from "The box life" onwards is a good place to start.

I have my tickets to see Henry at the Dominion in London on 13/04/03 - I promise you it'll be great. This will be about the fourth or fifth time I've seen him and he just gets better. It's more story telling than stand up - or maybe it's observational comedy taken to the nth degree. If you dig Bill Hicks, you should check out Henry. Don't get me wrong - Hicks was the master, but you can definitely see the link. Go on, do yourself a favour...

[cheeseywang]

Henry's coming back to Europe for more spoken word dates in January 2005:

11. Hamburg Germany
12. Duesseldorf Germany
13. Frankfurt Germany
14. Berlin Germany
16. Gronningen Holland
17. Copenhagen Denmark
18. Stockholm Sweden
20. Oxford UK
21. Norwich UK
23. Manchester UK
24. Leicester UK
25. Glasgow Scotland
27. Antwerp Belgium
28. Bristol Uk
29. London UK
20. Dublin Ireland

Talk is cheap Vol 4 is also on sale from here next week. Still only $10 for a double CD and $1 of that goes to a home for abused and neglected children in LA - how can you afford not to buy it?