Talk Is Cheap: Volume 2 is the 12th live spoken word

Spoken word

Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....

 album by Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....

, released January 23, 2003 on 2.13.61 Records

2.13.61

2.13.61, Inc. is a publisher and record company founded by musician Henry Rollins and named after his birthday . The company has released albums by the Rollins Band, all of Rollins's spoken-word work, and numerous books....

. Talk Is Cheap: Volume 1

Talk Is Cheap Vol I

Talk Is Cheap: Volume 1 is the 11th live spoken word album from Henry Rollins, released January 23, 2003 on 2.13.61 Records. The following night, Talk Is Cheap: Volume 2 was recorded at the same theater.-The "Talk Is Cheap" Series:...

 was recorded the previous night at the Enmore Theater

Enmore Theatre

The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Sydney. It is located on Enmore Road in the suburb of Enmore, south-west of the adjoining suburb, Newtown. It is a medium-sized venue...

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Liner Notes

The liner notes

Liner notes

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 welcome the listener to "Talk Is Cheap" Volume II. Rollins describes the performance as more "stories, bile and ranting diatribes", and himself as a "graying, limping philosophic misanthropic curmudgeon", and mentions that funds from each performance will be donated to "Hollygrove", a a home for abused and neglected children in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

Topics

Spazz Mit Microphone

• Pauline Hanson
  Pauline Hanson
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• Australia
  Australia
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• TV shows
  Television
  Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
  
  : Big Brother
  Big Brother (TV series)
  Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
  
  , Survivor
  Survivor (TV series)
  Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
  
  , "Surviving Henry"
• Bill Clinton
  Bill Clinton
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  's impeachment
  Impeachment of Bill Clinton
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• U.S. Navy submarine commander Scott Waddle
  Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
  The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a ship collision between the United States Navy submarine USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishery high school training ship Ehime Maru on 9 February 2001, about off the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii, United States...
  
   - accidentally destroyed a Japanese fishing boat on February 9, 2001 with the USS Greeneville

Happy Birthday

• Growing old
• Nick Cave
  Nick Cave
  Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
  
  
• Henry's experience at his first Birthday Party
  The Birthday Party (band)
  The Birthday Party were an Australian rock band, active from 1973 to 1983.Despite being championed by John Peel, The Birthday Party found little commercial success during their career...
  
   concert in 1983

Early Retirement

• Growing old
• Shifting from boyhood to manhood; girls into women

It's Kiss!

• Henry's experience going to his first Kiss
  KISS (band)
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   concert in 2000
  • Henry's Kiss-fanatic bandmates
  • San Bernardino, CA
    San Bernardino, California
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  • The men and women of the Kiss Army
    Kiss Army
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  • Wal-Mart
    Wal-Mart
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  • Ted Nugent
    Ted Nugent
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• Playing at a music festival
  Music festival
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   in Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   with Macy Gray
  Macy Gray
  Macy Gray is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice, and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis.Gray has released five studio albums, with her fifth studio album, The Sellout,...
  
  

The Wisdom of Gene and Paul

• Not burning out as you grow older
• Traveling

India

• Henry's experience visiting India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
   for the first time
• Over-consumption
  Over-consumption
  Over-consumption is a situation where resource-use has outpaced the sustainable capacity of the ecosystem. A prolonged pattern of overconsumption leads to inevitable environmental degradation and the eventual loss of resource bases...
  
   in America
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
  & trying to stay low to the ground

Disc 1

1. "Spazz Mit Microphone" - 12:44
2. "Happy Birthday" - 5:52
3. "Early Retirement" - 18:44
4. "It's Kiss! Pt. 1" - 38:37

Credits

• Randy Fransz - Recording
• Rae Di Leo - Mixing
• Dave Chapple - Design
• Mike Curtis - Tour Management