Rollins' spoken-word records are comedy records, more like Lenny Bruce or Richard Pryor than Andrew Dice Clay or Eddie Murphy. Underneath all the laughter there are some serious themes; the humor is drawn from pain. But the main reason to hear The Boxed Life (or any of Rollins' spoken-word records) is that he's a superb storyteller with a wicked sense of humor. Some of the topics are squeamish (animal testing, safe sex, depression) and there is a generous helping of profanity, but it is   [ read more ]

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Audio album! Storytelling for great late-night listening. Henry Rollins reads selections from his book 'Black Coffee Blues' with musical score by former Rollins Band guitarist Chris Haskett.

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I wanted to integrate some additional sounds to the mix on this recording. I brought in jazz greats Charles Gayle (saxophone, violin, and piano) and Radhied Ali (the drummer who played with John Coltrane from 1966 until Coltrane's passing in 1967). Charles read the piece and lead the two of them according to how the book made him feel. The music is brilliant, stark, and intense. -- Henry Rollins

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Another talking record from Sydney, Australia? What, is Sydney the only place in the world to record? Well, no but the Enmore is a swell theater and it's always a two to three night stand and Randy makes high quality recordings there and so it works out. On the 2003 tour, I happened to be at the Enmore two years later to the day that we did Talk is Cheap Vol. 1 so it was too conceptually cool to not record. You can gather that Talk is Cheap Vols. 1 & 2 were recorded April 23 & 24 of 2001 and in the traditi   [ read more ]

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This is the re-issue of one of Henry Rollin's early 'talking record' release. For the re-release of Big Ugly Mouth, Rollin's includes his first ever talking release Short Walk On a Long Pier. It was initially a cassette only release. Later, a short run was made on LP in Canada and then it went out of print. So here it is again, first time on a digital album.

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Neither Henry Rollins or Black Flag need any introductions. Get In The Van is a Grammy Award winning album that chronicles Henry's experiences with the band. There will never be another band like Black Flag, and there will likely never be another time like the ones Henry recounts.

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?Round two of a two-night stand at the Enmore Theater in Sydney Australia finds the Ted Nugent of spoken word still efficiently burning off the metaphorical fuel and bile with more evident consistency than the first evening. Muses on the state of Australian politics, the Birthday Party, and a lengthy dissertation on the corporate rock emperors that are Kiss' Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are some of the topics brushed upon during this session. While the intensity and duration of the tales might be a bit to   [ read more ]

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A few months ago, I was in London, England and was asked to read on a BBC Radio show. I read this thing I wrote called 'No Shore II' and talked about how the piece was a homage to the great American writer Thomas Wolfe who often spoke of there being 'no door.' Afterwards, I got to thinking about reading a few things in the studio for release to change things up from the usual live spoken recordings I put out. So, here's some stuff I wrote, read aloud to brave and patient engineer Brian on the afternoons o   [ read more ]

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A Saturday night in New York City with Henry, as recorded live at the Westbeth Theater in December of 1999.

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Sweatbox was a low budget, high ambition project. Originally it was a three LP set that I lugged by the box load on early talking tours. Eventually it hit CD on Quarter Stick where it resided happily for many years. Now, we're remastering and re-releasing all the early material on 213, upgrading sonically with ace engineer Phil Klum at the helm and adding tracks when we can. The previous Sweatbox is missing one track off the original LP. It was recorded in Budapest, Hungary where I was asked to read for so   [ read more ]

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The 2001 talking tour was long and took in many countries. We taped shows here and there to document the tour. I did a few nights at the Enmore Theater in Sydney Australia and we rolled tape on the first two nights. I decided to put them out as they were with very little editing sohere it is, with all my inherent motormouthed flaws ntact. A dollar from each set will go to Hollygrove in Los Angeles, CA (a home for abused and neglected children, www.hollygrove.org). I reckon ten bucks is a pretty good price.   [ read more ]

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?A shorter release from the man, but still chock-full of awesome adventures. I Wish Someone Had Told Me and Misunderstanding are two of his best stories -- not just for the content, but for the sheer wit of the delivery. Any fan of good {spoken word} will want this.? ~ Chris True, All Music Guide

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