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A true original. Thank you for sharing your genius with the world; you’ve made a lifelong fan out of this American lady
My Aunty in the UK went to get her grandson a copy of ‘You so F*****g Rock’ she couldn’t bring herself to say the word to ask for it so she phoned her daughter and got her to say it over the phone!!!
My daughter turned me on to you and said, “Don’t you think grandma would have liked him?” The answer was, “Yes, she would have loved him!” My mom was a professional piano player and her favorite stuff to play was silly, old songs from the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, but especially parodies. I grew up listening to her play crazy, little, unknown tunes, then sharing with my friends. I have so missed her and can’t begin to thank you enough for working hard to become famous so you could share this great musical niche.
I’m an agnostic in southern Oregon, USA…Maybe , I’m the only one. Today, I listened to White wine in the sun. It was the first time since I played it to the most wonderful Mum a man could ask for. She left this earth, last January. No, I don’t know where she went. But she sure did love that song. I played it for her last Christmas, when she was so ill. I just want to tell you thank you, for putting a smile and a tear to both of our faces.
I bought a park, this summer. No, its a first for me. I bought it, because Mum would have wanted me to. Mum used to swim there, with all us kids, in the best swimming hole in Oregon. . I’m naming it Merete’s Cove after my Mum.Its one of the worlds most beautiful places. I’m trying to build a beautiful bandstand there. Mum loved music. I welcome you to sing there someday. I know its a little crazy. But including you, there would be at least two Atheists near the stage. Three including my sweet daughter, Brook, who also loves your music. Maybe I dream too big……. Either way, My family will be listening to white wine in the sun, this Christmas, and thinking of Mum.
Hi Tim – My wife and I saw you in Thousand Oaks on Saturday and said “hello” afterwards. We’re the couple from Phoenix who mentioned to you that I played piano and sang at her over the Internet and in return she married me. Pretty good trade, honestly. We made it back safely, by the way. Anyway I just wanted to drop a note to say thank you for such a fantastic show, and your transformative influence on my life. I’m very very very happy to be able to say that I shook your hand, and I’m very very very sad that I declined to be in the picture that you took with my wife. Come back soon!
fuk yes but don eva fukn talk bout pregnat nuns cos they cum 2 yr hous n yr mums stops u usin yr fukn pc 4 a wile
ps mail me if ur hothahaha
luv grant
hi tim i put a revew of ur show on my site u shd chek it out its fukn wkd
hahaha
luv grant
Hey Tim&Co.
I first saw u(tim) @ moorabbin town hall in 05 and was soooooo fu***ng impressed-u r a genius. My sister thinks ur weird and even though i sort of agree, i still think u r awsome-kEEP IT UP.
Hey hey tim, the donut shop that I work at (Puffin Fresh Whitfords City, Perth) just started distributing Canvas Bags. Well not canvas as such, but those big reusable hard plasticy ones. I’m not too sure what they’re actually made of, but I’m very glad, because I was previously getting told off by my boss for not offering customers plastic bags to put their multiple donuts in. ‘It can’t be that hard to just *carry* them, guys, Do it for the environment.’ But apparently there’s no room for environmental friendliness in the world of donut retail.
Well g2g, I’m off to work :D
was the photographer at your radio recording at the drill hall london on the 2 nov which was great fun…loved the song about pigs very funny,hope to catch a show at the duchess got some great shots for the bbc too!!!!
To Blake:
I really meant that i dont think
We get circumsised
You get circumsised
Why not get circumsised togethor would sound as good as.
We dont eat pigs etc.
Maybe i was wrong…
Your music has been with me through some tough times in America. I am a Black woman. I don’t have much hope for changing my stars. But hearing your excellent voice rock n rolling my troubles away… at least for a day… keeps me sane. I know you do the same for millions around the world. It was my birthday a few days ago. I turned 46. I hope to see you live again before I reach 50. I promised my niece (she’s always challenging me) that I would chase one dream this year. I hope I don’t sound too weird when I say, I want to sit in that future audience of Minchin fans and scream my head off for you again. My humble dream. Much love from Portland, Oregon USA.
Thanks for the positive in this sea of controversy. I liked your message so much I bought the book!
Hi Tim. Mike from Tampa here. Once you hit 70, you start thinking of things you’d like to do while you still can. My daughter and I saw your NYC TM & his Piano and London Songs the World Will Never Hear shows. Hard to to top that. Then it hit me. Dream big! Would you consider bringing back your Royal Albert Hall Orchestra show? I’m a tennis player. Your NYC and London shows coincided with the US Open and Wimbledon. It was much easier selling going across the pond to my velp, if I also got to attend one of the majors. Thanks. Mike
I’m thankful you came to Toowoomba. Watching real people with really amazing talent was a blast of fresh air, blowing away the junk that builds up from scrolling. Phew, you came in time. Thanks again xxxx
Dearest Tim, I just wanted to post a thank you / congratulations, to you and your team on the end of your tour; the gig in Toowoomba was the perfect finale! Thank you for sharing your new work with us tonight, we could all see what it meant to you, although I did have a pretty good view of your celebratory Hi-5 during the next number. I am just hoping that tonight you felt the love of an entire generation of students, from one of those special tax exempt organisations, here in Toowoomba. Starting them with ‘Storm’ in the middle years Philosophy elective, and always ending with your UWA speech for the Yr 12’s…I’m not saying that you are a ‘tool’, but you know what? You were a great tool! Someone, whose intelligence and wit opened the eyes of a generation, and more importantly, gave hope to those who thought, or were at a minimum, interested in thinking… Love your work – its importance simply can’t be measured!
Hi Tim, I was listening to White Wine in the Sun again today. It pops up in my social media memories all the time because I’ve shared it so much over the years. My Dad really loved Christmas — he loved having everyone around him. He passed away in 2019, on the 17th of December, at 80 years of age. He just wanted to make it to one more Christmas. Upright came out that same month. The song Carry You, and the series itself, absolutely broke me… but somehow carried me through as well. I don’t think I really grieved in the way I expected to until this year. Suddenly, it’s hitting me like a train.I really miss him. This Christmas it will be just my Mum and me. I’m towing my little 1986 Viscount caravan up to the lake at Wooroonook, Victoria, to try to make something meaningful of the day for her. She’s 81 now and struggling to get around. My brother, sister-in-law, niece, nephew, and even my sons won’t be there. It’s going to be a hard one. Christmas just doesn’t bring me joy anymore. But still, I’ll sip white wine in the sun, think of my Dad, and try to make a happy memory with Mum — because I know her time is drawing close too. I just wanted to say thank you. Your music has a way of touching people at their deepest places, and these songs have been a part of my healing more than you could know. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with your family and I hope you keep writing the kind of music that reaches people when they need it most. Thank you ~ Megan xo
Dear Tim. We went to your concert in Canberra tonight. We have to drive 2 +1/2 hours and stay overnight. It was very well worth that effort. There were many moments that made us laugh and cry and think deeply about my life and where to from here. We are in our senior years and enjoyed it all immensely. We have followed your career from the beginning and as rusted on nerds will continue to do so. I saw Matilda the musical live in Sydney and enjoyed that very much. Would love to see Groundhog if it comes our way. Thanks again for all the music and the chat. Loved it all. Love to you and your family. Coral
I saw your show in Brisbane on Friday with my partner. I have never seen a crowd so obedient to putting their phones down. We all desperately wanted to photograph the real life Tim Minchin for ourselves. Many took the sneaky blurry shots that will forever be the bragging point over Christmas dinner. The recovery from accidentally entertaining the comedian in the crowd, to the perfectly balanced sound was amazing. Thank you for giving us almost an hour of extra entertainment. Absolutely worth it. I’m so glad I saw this before seeing Metallica tickets. It would have been a hard choice. Probably would have still chosen you. This is a big tick on my life bucket list.
Hi Tim. Mike from Tampa here. My daughter and I loved yer show at the Apollo. Matilda at Cambridge there’s… no words. The London sites and a day at Wimbledon after 7 hours on the que. Could’ve been perfect, butt…You didn’t do Airport Piano, so this is all your fault. I had to do it. I’m a 70, mediocre singer, though energetic and enthusiastic. I sang Airport Piano at Karaoke last night. Sounds ok but… I live in a nudist resort. My 70 y/o 140lb nekid scrawny bod singing my favorite song. I’d include a vid, except cameras are not allowed…
Hi. I just wanted to say. I’m finally listening to “Time Machine” (I was going to do it sooner, but it felt so weird to do so right after Tom died. I felt like I had to listen to him for awhile first). And I got to The Song of The Masochocist… and broke down crying. When “Apart Together” came out it was not a good time. For anyone really. I’m in the US and it was just. SO BAD. And then that album came out and I listened on repeat. And it made things better. I would just lay in bed as it felt like we were in the 10th, 11th, 12th month of the apocalypse and would cry as songs like “The Absence of You” comforted me against the absence of the WORLD. Because that was it, the whole WORLD was a hole and it was missing and everything was horrible. And “Apart Together” was what kept ME together. And listening to “Time Machine”, 4 tracks in, and I broke down sobbing because I had somehow forgotten just how much hearing your music when I’m in a dark place, like I am again, can just mend me and make it ok. Even for a little bit. And I had always hoped someday I could tell you that in person but, I’m an American, nope, so here I am. Anyway, thanks. For putting this box here and for making all the music you do. I’ve been listening for a long time, and you’ve gotten me through so much. Thank you for everything.
This is silly because I don’t really think you will read it in person but I still want to say Thank you for saving my marriage! We’ve been through a lot and there are so many times I’ve just wanted to walk away from everything. It took me a long time to discover you (since I live in Sweden where “everyone” says “Heh, Tim who?”) but the two first songs I heard were White wine in the sun (which reminded me of the importance of family) and Not perfect (which reminded me that I am pretty nice and can stand myself). Your rock ‘n’ roll nerding makes me happy and your love songs make me sad and happy at the same time and I confess the huuuuge confirmation biases ? My 50th birthday was coming up and I felt trapped, old and unloved. I thought about spending it in Paris all by myself. Then you unveiled your UK tour! Bam! I bought tickets to Edinburgh and told my husband that he could come with me if he promised to try to understand WHY I really had to go and he was not allowed ruin it! He prepared by listening to the songs and our kids gave him “clues and keys to mummy” and he nailed them all. I haven’t felt so loved in years! And to be there seeing and hearing you live, sharing tears of laughter and touched hearts, feeling his eyes on me when I was ALIVE for the first time in years and holding his hand to all the lovesongs (including the boobs ?)… yes, you saved us. Thank you ??
…and here is the rest…
April 2008
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Hey tim! so, my name is Mel, and I’m sitting in my room with my friend Ash watching so live – and loving it by the way…
Anyway, we’re from Melbourne, and are quite shattered that you’re not doing the comedy festival this year :-(
The both of us happen to be drama students of Mike Frenchy…who apparently knows you from back in the days of drama school…well either that or he enjoys lying…remarkable isn’t it? so, my point, a large portion of the class were overcome with joy when Frenchy told us of this little connection – and we told him that he should somehow convince you to come all the way from where ever in London it is you live, to Australia, and visit his year elevens…
just a though.
keep up the laughs you enigmatic man…
mel.
ps. i appreciate your feet affectation…
Dear Tim,
I am a Youtube fan who found you via the Sideshow/Umbilical Brothers/Upside Down Show. Thank goodness my kids sit around and watch TV all day or I never would have made the connection!
Our local paper wrote an article on ditching the plastic bags: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/032008/03262008/365942
I’m probably the only person in this area who connected this to you!
Thanks for so many chances to laugh, cry and think all at the same time.
I bought So Live, coz I missed you on the Sideshow (remember that show that got cancelled for being too good)and there was no live shows in Sydney. But even tho I have you on DVD Id would still go see you the moment I knew you had show near me coz frankly you are awesome!
Incidently the Cafe Razz in Springwood (in the Blue Mountains were I live, in NSW) has been getting some big name comedians in like Ahkmal and Peter Burner. I would love it if you played there, or at least somewhere in Sydney/
How ironic. The website for Tim’s NY tickets also handles John Edwards……
Went to your show at the New World Stages last night and was totally wowed by your performance! The humor was intellegent and the music was actually great! A great, entertaining show. I will recommend it to friends.
On piece of constructive criticism: Your lyrics are lost while you play the piano. Its a shame to not get every word!
Hi Tim. I very much enjoyed your show last night. Perhaps you noticed the woman with the black eye in the front row who laughed all night…
I was just wondering about The Peace Tree or was it The Tree of Peace…?
Does this tree bear fruit?
And if so would it have pieces of fruit or fruit peaces?
Tim’s live shows rock. If you haven’t seen him perform in person you’re missing out. My girlfriend and I saw his show in NYC last night and are totally hooked. Next time he’s in the States we may go Minching…like Phising, but we’ll follow Tim around from venue to venue instead of some lame jam band. We’ll all get high again too; this time it’ll be off of his diatonic prose. He’s a must see!
Wow! I am in awe Tim. I was there last night, and will certainly keep a track of your career…that is barely begun! The sky is the limit with your tremendous talent! 90 minutes flew! Brilliant! God bless and here’s to more good luck!
its my birthday tommorow and i got “SO LIVE” whoooooo. it rocks
Absolutely brilliant!
Latitude Festival in Suffolk UK in July ??
Is this true ?
What day ?
I need to be there lol
Thanks tim, was having a rubbish day, but your pm’s liberal attitude to eyebrows made it all better. Edinburgh misses you.
TIM! ‘Nothing can stop us now’ is one of the most bluntly hilarious things I have heard in ages! I BEG YOU TO REVEAL THE SHEET MUSIC!
I love your material, your act, everything….!!! I wanted to purchase a DVD but the price was listed in Aussie Dollars, can you sell them in the U.S. ?? When are you coming to the states ??? I know Americans will go nuts for you, if they already haven’t….I happen to live in a wonderful/horrible place called “El Lay”…please come…(no puns here !!)
Am actually in love with Tim Minchin and not afraid to shout it from the roof tops etc. I have given up on real music in favour of musical comedy. I’m upset that “mitsubishi colt” is not available for download on the site!
Oh yes, and come back to little old britain soon? It would be jokes.
Also “So Live” on region 2 DVD would be cool.
much love
Tim i love you! your music is amazing and never fails to make me laugh! Your gig page is empty though? i would give anyhting to see you live so spill! Anyway, keep up the great work, everyone needs someone like you to listen to! love m x
Well, Tim…
seems your done in America as all of your shows have finished,
a perfect time to come back to Western Australia and perform back in your home town i think..
good idea??
i think so!!
=D
Tim you are bloody awsome! And you’re a goddamn genius!!! Staing the obvious really… and I am amazed by your piano aptitude with a wide variety of styles. Love your work! Greetings from New Zealand
Not the Cafe Razz…the Razz restaurant, thats what I meant to say earlier. Come play at the Razz restaurant in Springwood. Comedians love the place, come on you know you want to :p
Hi, Im Jordan. im a long time fan and I love almost everything you do. But it has come to my attention that with the tours you do around australia, perth is very neglected. over here in the most secluded city on earth we dont get much entertainment, its the movies, tv and watching paint dry, and perth has become a giant hole that lacks some culture and entertainment that isnt served to us on a plate by mass media corporations. So if your in the neighbor hood, it would be nice if you could pop round.
I bought So Live and it’s awesome.
Heya Tim!!! YOU”RE AWESOME!!! I love all your music and I am your number 1 fan all my friends think your great. My family think you are hilarious and love you to!!! YOU ROCK!!! Love Sarah xox
Please, I beg of you, release your DVD in region 1!
I just bought ur dvd…..it is hillarious GREAT ONE BUDDY *thumbs up*
btw u are also quite the good looking man….could be my warped brain but ya kno some people are weird. Hahaha. When are u coming to sydney again?
OH BY THE WAY id LOOOOOVE to bring u cookies. If u score me a backstage pass so i can give them to u well then i promise a big plate full of cookies hahahhaa
i thought id tell u a bit about myself my name is kylee and i am 21 and live in sydney. I have cystic fibrosis and spent alot of my teenage years in hospital. At age 18 i had a double lung transplant and now i am a qualified youth worker and do volunteer work with teens who are chronically ill at the kids hospital. I saw a performance of yours on tv when i was in hospital last year and it was hillarious, based on that i bought ur dvd today and its awesome.
Hey Tim. If we ask nicely, will we get a new blog about your experience in NY and what’s coming next? I’ll put on my best angelic face and EVERYTHING! Sarah x
An October show in Manchester at the Comedy Festival, best news I’ve had all week! Might there be an Edinburgh show this year?
Glastonbury ’08 needs you!
I like you. You’re like awesome and stuffs.
TIM! Two things: Firstly, i was in New York but left the night before your show, you can imagine my dismay and heartreak. Heard it went well though so hoorah for that.
Secondly, please tell us there’s to be a Edinburgh show this year?…07 just wasn’t the same without you!
Going to be around London anytime soon, Tim? Be fanatastic if you could make it our way!
Lots of love! x
P.S. Reading ’08 needs you at the comedy tent!
Heylo Tim. I was watching your DVD (that one with you on, not Clerks or something) with a friend this weekend and she said you were special. I could only agree. Much love to you x
Yo tim!!
me an my friend went to see u at the stand up for justice gig in belfast aggees ago an u wer belter !!:D was good craic ur class wif stand up an love all ur songs!
(that was like a big ego boost there but sure hey)
Hey tim you are so funny keep it up
Man i just saw your DVD (the one with so rock and dark side) and all i can say is ‘Your so god damn Rock’, well ok i can say more, enjoyed every minute of it. I have a band and would love to call one of the songs ‘Tony the fish’ if thats ok with you, i realise your not the first to utter those words, but surely the first to use them in the context of evolution (if thats how one would describe it).
Keep rockin that piano.
OMG you are one of the funniest people alive!!!! YOU ARE SO GOD DAMN ROCK!!!! lol everyitme i hear my friend sing your songs i can’t help but giggle :) you are a god!!!
hey, u r awesome and funny and U ROCK!!!!
hello tim, i am (as im sure many people say) a bigfan of yours.. I could say number one fan but there is a person out there with every one of your songs, your dvds, who knows your middle name and the hospital you were born in as well as how much you weighed after 3 months of life.. with tshirts which empict you.. who has dreams about marrying you and smothering you in cream.. who listens to your songs and poems all day and night without fail, who will name there kids (if they ever meet anyone half as good as you) tim, but im sorry to say that i am not that person.. i am just a normal fan who appreciates your fine work as an artist..your number one fan (the person i mentioned earlier) is yet to be discovered..
i am a musician so i really appreciatte your paino playing.. i tried piano for about 8 years and its not really my thing.. lolz.. if by chance you do happen to read the comments that come onto your page then i, like so many other people, were devistated you didnt come down to the land of aust forr the comedy festivel.. but such is life is what our dear old friend ned kelly would say.. if you also do happen to respond to comments and email people then i’m sure we could become best of friends as im sure that many fans say.. if youare ever in australia i am in some bands, and although we dont play your songs (as much as wed love too) you should come have a lisen.. lol.. its all a bit of fun.. anyhoo, may your gods whoever they are be with you, from the one and only me… xx
Mate I got ‘So Live’ and I must agree with you when you say ‘it so is’! You’re a genius. You’re so fucking rock. Been watching your DVD for about 3 nights in a row now. Please come to New Zealand.
Haha… You have another number 1 fan named Sarah. It must just be a thing with you and Sarahs Tim. Cute.
Leah, without wanting to sound like a pompous douche, and failing miserably… I think that Tim discovered his Number 1 fan much before anyone discovered him.
Tim, Its 1am and I am drinking lemon tea and watching telemarketing ads. What has my life become?! I suppose I can answer that myself really… One of those telemarketing ad watching, lemon tea drinking, staying up til after 1am kinda lives. Admit it, you’re jealous.
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By the way Tim, what hospital WERE you born in?