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Provoked (CD & DVD Combo)

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This was an awesome tour. I just want to let people know - THIS IS STILL IN PRINT. It was just released summer '08. I don't know why it's out of print on Amazon already.

Anyone notice how Henry has seemed to completely change his game with this one? After the four great Talk Is Cheap volumes - which were all unedited - this was put together with a very hack n' splice feeling. There are a whole bunch of bits from this tour that I saw on Youtube clips that aren't included here. With this wealth of material, this could easily have been a 2 disc set. Also, there is not really a 2.13.61 store anymore. His stuff is now sold through someplace called Music Today - and I think with the move, a lot of his older CDs got tanked along with it. And also, the fact that Henry thanks Best Buy in the notes, while not mentioning other people he has thanked on every single release for the last 20 years, means something. Altogether, not a bad disc, but I think it's a sign of something.

For a far superior version of the show featured on this tour look for a bootleg file on the net called Provoked In Seattle, the unedited three hour version of this show is far more hilarious and thought provoking than this bite sized all too brief overview. The bootleg's quality is of a hand held tape recorder and it sounds a bit worse than say Sweatbox but its certainly worth looking for. If this CD were the three hour Seattle show this would easily be his best release to date.

There is no retelling of Rollins life-time obsession with the brilliant punk rock band The Ruts and his stint as their final vocalist which was the strongest bit from the entire show. I was really underwhelmed and bummed out that this disc was such a lousy rendition of an amazing show. I'm all for supporting artists and owning the actual product, but this time I say look for the bootleg. This is from a life long fan to all you fans and if Rollins reads this, I dunno what to tell you, this was a pointless release.

I made the mistake of listening to this CD for the first time at my desk while working...its too funny to make that mistake if some people in your office don't share your same sense of humor...lol I could listen to Henry read the phone book ~ he's that great!

If you like Henry Rollins, this is another good spoken word disc set to have. And if you aren't familiar with his spoken word ("performances" isn't the right word because it's more like he's just having a conversation with the audience), you definitely need to hear them.

This is an amazing album!!! I love henry's Insight and his stories are like standup BUY THIS ALBUM IT'S HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!