Talk Is Cheap Vol II

Talk Is Cheap: Volume 2 is the 12th live spoken word album by Henry Rollins, released January 23, 2003 on 2.13.61 Records. Talk Is Cheap: Volume 1 was recorded the previous night at the Enmore Theater.

Topics

Spazz Mit Microphone

• Pauline Hanson
• Australia
• TV shows: Big Brother, Survivor, "Surviving Henry"
• Bill Clinton's impeachment
• U.S. Navy submarine commander Scott Waddle - accidentally destroyed a Japanese fishing boat on February 9, 2001, with the USS Greeneville

Happy Birthday

• Growing old
• Nick Cave
• Henry's experience at his first Birthday Party 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 concert in 2000
• Henry's Kiss-fanatic bandmates
• San Bernardino, CA
• The men and women of the Kiss Army
• Wal-Mart
• Ted Nugent
• Playing at a music festival in Germany with Macy Gray

The Wisdom of Gene and Paul

• Not burning out as you grow older
• Traveling

India

• Henry's experience visiting India for the first time
• Over-consumption in America & trying to stay low to the ground

Track listing

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

Disc 2

1. "It's Kiss! Pt. 2" - 29:27
2. "The Wisdom of Gene and Paul" - 4:03
3. "India" - 6:44

Credits

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

References