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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…
December 2008
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Hiya! Just wanted to say well done and thank you for your fantastic performance on Saturday the 29th of November in Glasgow! It was my 18th birthday on the 30th so your show definately made it an ace Birthday weekend :D
I was really really hoping to be able to stick around for the signing you were rumoured to be doing after the show but i had to go :( *absoloutely gutted*
Anyway fantastic performance, ‘the boobs song’ was hilarious, the ‘jesus/ faggot’ song had me in stitches, the ‘Storm’ song was incredibly well done and the Christmas one was really touching and again incredibly well done :D
“Show me heaveeen” haha :)
Oh fun, a brand new page! I must put my mark upon it.
Tim, I’m so happy to hear that the rest of your UK tour went so well. Look at all your new fans! And they buy merch! More stuff for you!
I hope everyone enjoys your fantastic holiday shows as well. And another show in January! Right near by birthday. I wonder if I can convince my family that what I REALLY want is another trip to London…!
~♥!!
Yay! Another show in Jan – THANK YOU! Also Liza, if you read this, you better be there ;)
I can’t make the Christmas shows :(, but here’s hoping they go really well and that you and yours have a fantastic Christmas
Jenny (and Jenny’s Man :p ) xx
hiya! i know i left a message here just yesterday, but just wanted to say YAY! and THANKYOU!! for adding another UK date :)
Its made me SO happy, and now I can bring all my friends who couldn’t get tickets and HATED me for always talking about how good you were!!
‘S gunna be awesome, your a legend! Be nice to meet other minchin fans from here too :D hope the 9 carols-thing goes well too!!
Have an awesome Christmas with white wine in the sun :) lots of love, gayatri xxx
Hey Tim – I was at the Glasgow gig on Saturday (sitting at the far end of the second row with ma huzthband. I am telling you this because I am the one you were singing to, right?! At least it felt like it, or maybe it was the Jack n’ coke…or my squint…anyhoo, that’s how I choose to remember it, and since we are creators of our own reality I shall continue in my delusions until further notice!) Ahem. Moving on….We loved the show from start to finish. If I were forced to choose highlights, they would include Storm, If I Didn’t Have You and the booby song. (Yup, all that talent and hard work for it to be remembered as “the booby song”!) Also loved the stuff about your wife’s sense of humour – sounds a lot like us. I was really touched by the christmas song. If I had to take one thing away from the show, it would be: “wow, what a deep guy!” Thanks for a great night and for bringing a ray of aussie sunshine to a foggy Glasgow evening – you SFR! :-)
Just wanted to echo what others have said and say how pleased I am that you have added a new London date in the new year (and of course that I got tickets!) What a great venue too. Hopefully some new people will get to see you perform live as well as those who feel the pull to keep going back.
Ooh, new page…*strokes* ANYWAY, just to say I am very disappointed that I will not be able to have my fucking ass rocked on the 16th- but hey, the 22nd will be the most fucking rock night of my life! Very excited. Good luck for tonight, have a really good time in Belfast, and I shall see you in 20 days! shelly xxx
THANK YOU for adding another UK date. Had desperately been emailing venues for spare tickets before you deserted us for down under, so I think I speak for many when I say well worth it :D Spread the Minchin love.
You should really really do some dates in Scotland ^^
All the dates you have are in London and theres no way we can get down (N)
xo
TIM,you are hilariously funny!
I seen you supporting Duke Special in Belfast, and i mean the whole crowd has now been converted, including me!;) u Rock!
Get yourself some dates in Belfast ASAP!
(and it is pretty scary how much u and the Duke look alike!)
fantastic gig tonight at St Georges Market…VERY SPECIAL!
Kaity, Chris, Murray & Callum,
Sorry to tell you this but he was in Glasgow on Saturday. Its a bit soon after his last Scottish gig to tell him to get his groovy arse back here.
Well look at you with some time off! Disgraceful. ;) Enjoy it sir. And thanks for scheduling a gig within walking distance of Kentish Town. Most unnecessary, but thoroughly appreciated. I assume the fact that the Roundhouse is a wonderful venue was a secondary consideration…. :) Love xx
You were brilliant in Belfast last night. It was well worth the four hour round-trip!! I’m still hoping for a proper full show in Dublin next year. As others have said you sfr!
Tim,
I would love to come to tea bearing gifts of cookies and maybe a cake if you are good. Maybe chat about the horrific news and tell some jokes and poems and meet sarah and the little one. I am currently writing a book for children which i will be publishing on line at http://www.thecatonthemagicmountain.com Although I really need to get it into print for it to have the most effect.
The book might help children against making some very foolish mistakes. It is called The Cat on The Magic Mountain and tells the story of a cat who lost his way and had to climb to the top of a magic mountain to find the truth.
Holy crap ive never been so blown away by awsomeness. Tim Minchin is now my new god! Saw him last night at st georges market and split my sides best show of my life…. and ive been to some prety amazin shows. To top it all off after he played his set he came down into the crowd to have a chat with who ever was about and have pictures taken. Where else would you find some one would do that and i would like to say sorry to him for my friend gillian tryin to grab a cheeky grope while she had a photo take with him but thanks you made her and my night.
Hi there Tim, thank you so,so much for a fantastic show at St. George’s Market, Belfast last night. What a great night for us to get to hear yourself and my pal Duke Special. Come back to Belfast really soon!
Hello TIM……
I CALL THIS
”WICKED GRIN A ROUGH KIND OF SIN”.
Tim was in GLASGOW!!! Tim was Fantastic!!! NOT TO DRASTIC REAL F**KING Bombastic!!!
P.S THAT WAS AN ASTRIX…..
AHHHHH ! That night I ditched ((BAD))plastic!!!!
BREATH NOW ………..
FOR I OPTED FOR (CANVAS) ?? **LIGHTS DIM**
AND now >>>>>>>>YES NOW ………?
THE WORLD IS NOW FLAT?
THE SKY IS NOW GREEN??
THE WATER IS NOW RED??
BUT THATS IN MY DREAM????????
IN THIS DAY AND AGE , PUTTING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, IT REALLY DOES SEEM !*
PLASTIC BAGS SHOULD BE RETRO!!!
WE SHOULD ALL GO OUT AND STAND IN A QUE WAIT FOR BREAD & SAY THINGS THAT ARE SAID?????
FOR GRIN ON OUR FACES, SHOW ALL OUR DISGRACES!!
ITS A ROUGH KIND OF SIN THAT!!!
BUT WE ALL CAN SO WIN !!
SO (”,)
1/ THINK TWICE WHEN YOU SHOP
2/ THINK TWICE WHEN YOU ROCK
3/ COMBINE THE TWO
”YOU MIGHT HAVE POP”
NO?? THATS NOT RIGHT (”,)
I KNOW NOT AND DO NOT NO ?? (((((BUT COME BACK SOON AND DO AND DO ANOTHER SHOW))))))……….
(WICKED GRIN)
p.s (quote) ”Comedy lives,the wine made me do it and I’am held hostage IN Glasgow”. dot dot dash….lol
THE END.
Hi, I was at your show in Glasgow on saturday 29th, literally the funniest thing I’ve ever seen! I was sitting just beside the ‘show me heaven’ guy and my only disappointment is that i didn’t get to be the bear…. although that has caused the phrase ’emo bear’ to be immortalised in our house to signify a bad day!
Hello from your American fan. I think your brilliant. I wish I would see you live, but sadly I am bound here.
(quite literally they’ve tied me to a chair and I don’t know why.)
Just want to say, love the hair! love the music!
Hey!! Was at Duke’s concert on tues nite, you were completely amazin as was the man himself, got a photo with you after, thanks so much!
Ello! Im a brand spanking new fan of yours. My my my, where have you been hiding! Been gagging for some decent comedy for a while now. No need for the typical day to day stuff. Keep it random. Love the hair, few men can pull off eye liner. Ok see theres kirk hammett….and theres you! If you happen to have any randomly spare tickets for your london gigs, throw em my way, they will be put to some very good use. In fact, you name it, il do it for some tickets. Stay funny. Em x
Heyyy (: we came to see your show in huddersfield.. where they all wear shorts!! aharr. you were fucking brilliant, felt like you were watching us laugh the whole time though, which is rather embarrassing if you were (we were sat in front of the lighting guy in the stalls??) anyhoww, loved your show, we’ve been taking our canvas bags to the supermarket ever since!! loved the ginger song and the mildly autistic usher jokes (: hopefully we’ll see you again soon.. love daisy and jenny xxx
Er saw your DVD and realised that you were fit- in an odd but charming kind of way. Plus funny too. i work in the middle east so love your 10 foot cock song plus the you don’t eat pig, we don’t eat pig song. brilliant. tim to broker peace! Yes… i may have been drinking but wtf, its a friday.
Hey Tim, how are you doing? I no you still got a show or two left but I hope your UK tour went ok? I was at the show in Leicester you were incredible so if that show’s anything to go buy I’m sure it all went great and hopefully you didn’t have to many cunts shouting out shit like in Leicester (rude fucking bastard) but maybe you don’t remember that so you think I’m just mad MAS!! Any how I just want to say thank you so much for a great show it really was a brilliant birthday present to see my favourite comedian/muso live I really do love your stuff it’s so intelligent and mind grabbing. I also wanted to say a massive thank you for taking time out to say hi after the show it really did mean a lot and although you won’t remember I will for a long time especially since I got a amazing picture of us which I will treasure for a long time, you really are a truly great song writer Tim and I hope you keep it going for a very long time as well as all your other ventures. Good luck in your tour in
Australia, hope to see you live again soon, lots of love to you Tim, darling, hope to hear from you maybe, love Em x-x-x
hi tim I am 12 years old I think your fantastic, I was doing an exam today and I remembered your song “ginger” and somehow it helped me.
thanks
cam
Hi Tim i think your amazing and want to no when are you doing a tour of the UK as id love to see you live
Greetings from the Mediterranean Island of Mallorca… just want to get inside here to say you that your music is wonderful… love your talent man.
I opened my mind too much and my brain fell out! Should i consult a doctor or can you recommend a good placebo? Thanks, i think your awesome!! Can;t wait to see u in the UK
Glasgow show on the 29th was just pure unadultered awesomeness! Thanks for signing our bags and posing for the photos…even…after the…uh…camera mishap! And also thanks for calling my mate mildly austistic, she is NEVER living that down :p
Come back to Scotland soon please!
Hello Tim ..
Im Australian but being here in England I did some research on the Minchin Family .. As My great grandfather was William Minchin who came to New Zealand in the 1800’s with several sons and a daughter .. His wife was Susanne Minchin .. They eventually moved to Atheton Qld Australia and my Grandfather was one of those boys .. Ive found some very interesting things here and simply wondered if you were related to them ..
Away back they moved from glostershire to Tipparary in Ireland before going to NZ .. Most of itis as well in the book .. The Gentry Of Ireland ..
I came all this way and here I here of Tim Minchin ..
You must be doing something right mate lol ..
Terrence Michael Sutton
( As well you can drop in for a read www. poetrypoem.com/aussiepoet )
I like you.
x
i am soo happy i made my self a tim minchin wig !!!!!! goo me xx
u rock xx
bii x
Hints of it came out in “Not Perfect” and a few other pieces as Ive listened to the jovial jaunts and sullen songs associated on you tube with the name Tim Minchin. I just finished listening to “White Wine in the Sun” …Tim, Ive only been a musician for a year, fumbling around with a guitar, but music is about fun, that’s the fist thing I had learned. If you or anyone else reads this I want you to know that you have transcended music and comedy into a realm where you bridge the gap between the two. With your genius you have carved yourself a new place in the commercial world of audio-entertainment. Or maybe that’s just how I feel after listening to that beautiful song. Even if you are just a comedian, the best are the ones who keep you guessing at when they are joking and when they are serious. You are a master of your art. If you ever stop writing and singing and showing yourself to the world, we will all be poorer for the lack of you. And stairway to heaven never sounded better :)
Hey Tim, i dont know if you’ll read this or not, but im just writting to say how amazing your gig in the glasgow concert hall was.
ive seen you live several times and it just keeps getting better.
i’d also like to thank you for inviting me on stage with you for ‘bears dont dig on dancing’.
and by the way, i hope you enjoyed the smarties. lol =)
I would like to add on to annawaits’ comment, and thank the clever Mr. Minchin for booking a venue so near (in both space and time) to Duke Special’s gig on the 19th. That makes it so much easier for us visiting Americans to go to both. Did that on purpose, did you? Much appreciated, sir! ^_^
Love your stuff! Your one of the most original comedians i have seen. I only wish that you would come to the U.S. So i could see you in person.
I might not be able to go see you on the 22nd. Everyone at my school is getting really sick. If I catch the bug I can’t go. Not that I will catch it because I REFUSE to. I’m not letting some scummy little pathogen ruin my chance to see you live. But if, not that I will be, but IF I am not there, I would appreciate it if someone put something in my empty chair. Like a doll or a baby or a dog or a sponge or a banana. But I will be there. I HAVE to be. See you on the 22nd! Because I WILL. xxx
I’d like to use this page to publicly thank my Mum who has not only agreed to chaperone me to London but has also forked out a small fortune on a nearby hotel. What a sweetie. She doesn’t get enough credit.
I’m hoping to make it to the Roundhouse gig but it may clash with exams so we shall have to see.
Dear Tim, in relation to Michelle’s guestbook contribution I have to say I also hope she gets to make it to see you on the 22nd. I am still incredibly saddened that I have not seen you live yet, but I hope that by michelle being there I feel a little part of me also will be. This is because she most likely will be wearing a top which she bought with some ‘tim related’ humourous writing on it from moi. I do hope you are enjoying a little rest and I urge you to put your feet up before you go to do it all over again in Aussie. Enjoy your Christmas! melissa. x
Wearing mel’s top, reminding Tim of his ever loving fan Sarah who couldn’t make it on the 22nd due to being Canadian and living very far away… I seem to be a walking fan mail deliverer at the moment. I haven’t even been to one yet. Just hand me a satchel and call me postman. Or postwoman, if you’re going to get pedantic. Anyhow, six more people have run to the nurse with signs of severe sickness since I wrote the last post and I am taking all the vitamins and anti-ill stuff I can find. I’ll get there. I’d bloody better or someone’s going to be paying for a plane ticket to Australia next April. Mind you, they might be doing that anyway. If I can persuade them. I’ll have to use my charming, disarming and somewhat alarming smile… xxx
Hey! Thanks for giving me something so exciting to look forward to!! To be honest, you beat christmas any day…
And Thanks for always giving me somethings brilliant to listen to. Even when I’m feeling really shitty you can make me feel better :D
And whatever happens I will not let myself miss the 22nd. I will drag myself all the way to London whatever the circumstances. I know it’ll be worth it!
I’m staying away from michelle and making sure she doesn’t pass any of her icky germs onto me :P. Poor michelle mule the postwoman… I’ll help you if the stress gets too much.
Tim Minchin i love you so much
you are the best ever
i want to be like you
you are my idel
i love you in a guy way
x x
Hello again.
I’m flying to London to see you at the Roundhouse and I’m staying in a travelodge. *nods* I am so goddamn excited. I missed you at Glasgow, you see, ’cause I was at The Mighty Boosh that night and didn’t know you were there anyway. I’m glad I didn’t know because I would’ve been ridiculously conflicted. :P Oh, and I wouldn’t have been able to fly to London either, so yes, it all works out OK.
If I knew where you lived, I would so bring you cookies. :) I’d bake them myself. I’ve only done that once before (not stalked a celebrity with baked goods, just the baking part) and it was an accident. They were meant to be muffins…probably best I stay away, then.
Have a very merry Christmas, enjoy the white wine in the sun. :) I’ll see you on the sixteenth. *fingers crossed to be the bear*
TIIIIIM
im dissapointed… i dont have a car so i cant travel to go to ur gigs in london for instance….even though thats down the other end of the country i would totally travel to see you. so when are you gunna do a gig closer to my house :P some where in the region of newcastle would be nice :)
Everybody seems to be leaving coments adressing Tim like they know him like a very good friend… i feel extreamly left out! anyway just wanted to post a comment to say how obbsessed i am with this Tim guy to the point that it is part of my daily ritual to come home form school and youtube him, so much so that ive used up all my mums internet gig thingys, yay! i forced my music teacher to play ‘dark side’ yesterday in class and everyone was in tears of laughter and all my friends then claimed that they were in love with tim as well (eg. “im sorry skyla, but i am going to have to steal tim minchin from you”)i really REALLY want somebody to teach me how to play the we dont eat pigs song, or any of his songs really and does anybody here know of any piano sheet music? please?!
ps. in dark side: “it doesnt apeal to the teenage market” is SO completly untrue, it doesnt apeal to the typical idiotic teenage market with the IQ of 3.
Shunned by your own fans, eh? *giggle* x
i love your work but your shows are always in pubs so i cant get in. i saw you on andrew denton and my mum was happy because you played her favourite song (white wine in the sunshine)
hello tim.
we are now on holidays here in australia. how nice.
i hope you have a great time doing your gigs up til christmas. keep up the awesome-ness.
xx
Hi Tim-
I’ve been snooping around on the Duke Special forums, and it seems that you’ve converted a few his fans onto your side. I sure hope that Duke guy doesn’t end up challenging you to a sword-fight as well. While I have no doubt that you’d emerge victorious, I’d rather not have either of my favorite piano-players going at each other with pointy things. ~♥
I agree entirely with Liza’s sentiments. x
I am home and completely free of any illnesses. I presented my siblings with your DVD and a large bowl of popcorn to prepare them. Yes, that is right, in nine days I will be in London at the Southbank centre! Hooray for good hygiene and my excellent immune system. See you soon, enjoy a few more days of rest. xxxx (PS: I giggled at the mental image of you and Duke fencing. Come on, that would be pretty amusing.)
Bravo. May the world shower you with glory (and, with luck, money). I’ll need to find a way to make it Australia or Englandland to see you play live rather than just watch So Live and pretend I’m a ghost who can’t manage to sit still and possesses strange eyes made of zooming lenses.
Here’s to luck.
Ahhh nothing can beat having a break from writing my Uni Essay to listen to ‘Bitch’ and have a bit of a sing-a-long! Such wonderful music that must not be forgotten, and never will. Your music helps me procrastinate a little from the importance of my work but all is well and I am on track (…track 6!) Enjoy you’re upcoming shows and I hope you are very well.
Melissa. x
Hey, I just discovered you today when watching an episode of ‘Nevermind The Buzzcocks’ (awesome show!) on YouTube. I then browsed YouTube to hear/watch more of your stuff. Great stuff! You’re REALLY funny and REALLY gorgeous!
Hey.
I have now watched every single video on Youtube that might contain even an iota of Minchin-ness.
And read maaany, many articles.
And Booked tix to the Roundhouse show next Jan.
And printed out 12 Tim pictures for my poster wall.
And had a bath.*
And eaten a bagel.*
And now I’m leaving notes on here because I’ve run out of ideas for enjoying the genius of Tim Minchin.
MAS.
*not directly Tim related, more to try and distract me from my infatuation.
G’day Maaaate… Hey Tim!
Me and my friend are going to be seeing you on the 21 March!
We are very excited! We watched you dvd yesterday, laughed soo hard! bet it will be better live!
Hope to meet you after the show!:D
See you then!
Michelle xo
Yo hoe just wanna say your like hardcore your shit well not your shit like shit buy your shit like music you know yer nether do i but back to wat i was saying your shit is the best i was pissing mysef in the mid of class at London, Advertising and Hippos its full funny lol im seeing you on 4/4/09 till then have fun
Hi Tim,
Have recently been made aware of your existance via the Humanist wesite (bit of serendipity there!)–can’t believe I’ve never come accross your stuff before. So after peeking at you in youtube, I bit the bullit and bought your DVD.
Sparklingly great 10/10.
I also think you are extremely attractive, in a slightly wierd way (the wierdness being my problem, not yours and is probobly because I’m old enough to be your mother!!)
When is the U.S. Tour???
Hello Tim. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please would you play ‘If You Really Loved Me’ at your Roundhouse show. I realise you’re not a request show but thought I would ask politely anyway.
Hope you’re filling your boots with pre-Christmas cheer.
hey i really want to see the rock and roll nerd dvd will it be realsed in england or be on dvd or anything?
x
Hi Tim.
I’ve been listening to white wine in the sun for three days straight now (metaphorically; I suppose that I slept a bit) and it’s still freakin’ awesome!
I really want to come and see you live some time so is there any chance you’ll ever play in devon? (Plymouth Pavillions get good crouds if your interested) I know personally about 20 people who’d come and see you so there must be loads of us minchin fans down here in the south-west of England.
I look forward to any reply I may or may not recieve and just want to say the obvious thing that i’m sure everybody else says too: “Tim, you rock!”
Brilliant work Mr Minchin, thank you for some very funny, thoughtful and interesting work. Color me a fan.
Hey Tim,
A mate of mine introduced me to you, and I still thank him for that!
I live in the Netherlands and am wondering if you ever come to Holland to do a show. I am absolutely sure that you (and we off course) have a ball.
Let me know, ok?!
Anyway I will be listening to the cd’s (he copied for me… sorry).
Ronald
I sat through quite some tat at Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People for 3&half hours before you came on and charmed us with your final piece. Thanks for waking me up and making me laugh. Is it available online?
Tim! You’re a legend. Can’t wait to finally see you live in Brisbane:) You’re a total genious, how on earth do you come up with it all! Never fail to make me laugh. I was wondering though, my boyfriend and I are coming to see you on the 21st of March and it’s his birthday so i was wondering if there would be any chance at all that we could meet you?! It would mean the world to us.
Thanks for all the laughs. Looking forward to March:)
Love Lauren
Okay… Where Can I Find A Video Of Storm.
Saw You At Bloomsbury On Halloween…
Absolutly Amazing…
But Have Had That Poem In My Head For Months And Cant Find It Anywhere!
Anyone Know Where I Can Find It?
Issy. X
Just stumbled across your work , tremendous. From now on I will adopt you as my celebrity spokesman for humorous agnostic musicality.
Horray!
I just saw you on The Graham Norton Show. I hope you don’t mind, but I blogged about seeing you and enjoying your song, and provided links to your website and a link to a You Tube video that someone else had uploaded that was the same song you performed on the show.
I plan on buying both of your albums and your DVD after the holidays. I hope you can ship to America.
I hope some day you come to the usa in particular Chicago.Would love to see you in person
You’re awesome awesome awesome dude – seeing you live really is a great experience and chance to see your true raw talent, so glad people like you exist – I live in London too…lets all go out for a beer! x
Hi Tim!
I am amused by all the americans now flooding your guestbook/blog/myspace since the BBC America airing of the Graham Norton show. And feeling quite a bit smug that I’m so far ahead of the rest of them on knowing how great you are. ^_^ Can’t wait until the Roundhouse – anticipating this trip is getting me through the yucky parts of the holidays.
~♥
Hi Tim!
Saw you at Southbank last night and have been raving about you ever since! Awesome show – clever, articulate and musically inspiring.
When’s the ‘Ready for this?’ CD out?!?
Enjoy your Christmas
Saw you at Southbank and bought your cds and can’t stop listening to them in the car! You were awesome.
Why Hello again, It’s been a while since i’ve checked out the site.
OH YES IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED I AM GETTING YOUR DVD FOR XMAS AND DARKSIDE AND SO ROCK WOOP WOOP. Of course it’s not the same as seeing you live but I’ll just have to put up with it until you tour england again :)
I hope your tour of Austrailia is going well, and that you and your family are well because no-one should be down or ill on xmas like i was last year :(
Ya know it is hard to believe that you trained yourself to play piano as well as you do !
Exams are coming up and i’m depending on your wonderfully entertaining voice on my ipod to get me though them okay ?!!
“happy little africaaaanns”
best be off
Jaz.x
Tim saw you at the South bank last night (22ndDec) … WOW you were amazing. My husband and i just thought it was excellent and so funny. We booked tickets after seeing you perform at the secret policemans ball. Look forward to seeing you again soon. Merry xmas
I LOVE YOU A LOT!!!!!!!!
… and so does Maisie
You know, Tim, yesterday morning before the gig I started worrying that I had built my hopes too high. I mean, I knew you were amazing but I thought that I may have set my expectations to an impossible standard somewhere amongst the exitement. Well, after last night I can tell you that I was definitely Not Ready For That. The show was incredible, and that is an understatement. All the new material (well, new to me) was everything I had hoped for and more. Storm was a masterpiece- I’d heard people’s high praises for it, but even though I was expecting brilliance I was blown away. ‘I Love Jesus’, ‘The Good Book’, ‘Predjudice’ and ‘If I Didn’t Have You’ were fucking incredible. Once again, your stand up was clever and the audience banter was perfect. It was good to say hi and see you not-on-stage for the first time too. Thank you very much for an incredible first Tim Minchin gig (because there will surely be more) and I wish you a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year. xxx
You’re so clever :)…seriosly I like your music.Thanks
I think you are the most awesome songwriter around and your lyrics are hilarious. You always make me laugh and you’re the best comedian in years! xxx
Hey! When are you going to do a show in the US?? I just heard you the other day on BBC America, and i am already a huge fan and have heard a ton of your songs, God bless Youtube!
After finding the goldmine that is the Youtube vids containing you I have only ONE thing worth mentioning…
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…..
I really thought you’d be more a boxer man. *hints to the Late n Live 2005 video*
Hi Tim, I just wanted to thank you for entertaining me on my very long drive home for Christmas yesterday. I’ve just got Sit from a kind Angry (Feet)er so was able to enjoy some Timmy the Dog along with all the other stuff. Anyway, wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas. I hope Santa brings your Optimus Prime helmet. x
Excellent stuff Tim! Your work reminds me of a cross between Bill Bailey (His language, intellect and music-based comedy), Jason Mraz (His fast paced, cleverly worded, rhyming songs) and the Flight of the Conchords (For their *seemingly* accidental humour).
Glad to discover a fresh new stand-up routine. Looking forward to seeing you live here in the UK.
hiyya tim i just wanter to say you are really really fit
i love your stuff that poem angry (feet) made me laugh so much and i love all your stuff woo!
Hey Tim,
Caught you at the Nine Lesson..blah ..for Godless People show at Hammersmith. Thought your beat poem “Storm” was really excellent both in content and delivery and was a great way to end the show. It’s reassuring that we have people like you spreading the naturlistic world view in a funny and entertaining way and taking the piss out of religion and indeed all supernatural mumbo jumbo.
Will religion ever just fuck off and die ?
Merry Christmas love :D
Have a lovely day playing with your new iPhone and helmet :)
I got tickets to see you for my christmas! YAY!
xxxxxxxxx
nooo wayyy your getting an iphone for christmas!!!! is this serius!!!! god no fair the stars have it all ehhh XD you could allways give it to me :P haha anyway, hope you’ve had a good christmas i love you xx
Merry Christmas Tim, I hope you get everything you wanted (the Iphone etc…) and that you generally have a great day :)x
I have everything I wanted/needed for Christmas and now after listening to ‘White Wine in the Sun’ on Christmas Day my Christmas of 2008 is complete! I really hope that you have recieved the presents you wanted and that you and family are having a great time during all the commercialisation of this ancient religeon. Best wishes,
Melissa.
x
I think you are fantastically funny.
I just sat very awkwardly with my aunt and uncle watch So Fucking Rock. It was so worth it though. You Grew On Me almost made me cry. It made me think of my boyfriend =]
Thank you for writing awesome songs. x
Tim, we saw you in High Wycombe, so I bought the DVD for my son. We all sat and watched it last night and it was bloody FANTASTIC! You bring happiness into people’s lives. Please, please, please can you bring out a DVD which has Ginger, and the Storm beat poem etc.? the stuff you did at High Wycombe. Please. I’ll be your bitch forver *grin* Which is probably not likely to get me anywhere, but it’s gotta be worth a try?
Never heard of you (sorry!) until I saw you at “Nine Lessons…”. Fantastic! LOVED “Storm”.
Hey there, I saw a you tube video of you and thought it was great stuff, then I got your ‘So Fucking Rock’ DVD for Christmas, sat there and watched the entire thing, liked it a hell of a lot. I’ll have to see you in Edinburgh!
Dear Tim,
What a pleasure to discover your witty, informed, superbly musical and brilliant work.
Your performances of ‘Storm’ at the Godless shows where among the most satisfying audience experiences in my life. Please release/make available ASAP!
Many congratulations and thanks for your amazing work.
Milton Mermikides
Professor of Composition
Royal Academy of Music
London, England
I was instantly fascinated by Milton with his literary name and impressive title. Google shows me he’s got his own website (http://web.mac.com/miltmerm/MM/Home.html), where I discovered that his name is only one of many interesting things about him :) *high fives Milton*
And Tim, hope your Christmas/New Year season is full of fun and even frolics. I got Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better, so he, you and Mr Key are keeping me giggling. Thanks xx
say what you will about youtube. . .
but because of it
my ginger kids and I (also ginger) are
fans of tim minchin for life.
if you ever hit the states please consider
Worcester, MA. .. plenty of ginger spice here.
love, love, love your humor (the looks are TDF)
and I know from sarcastic! (3 teens)
and the piano is my favorite instrument and
tim rocks.
hya btw was reely wnderin if u coming bk 2 the edinburgh fringe again this year coz tht was a gr8 gig best there and i reely hope i get the chance to see you perform live again cheers m8 keep rokin tim.
please put on another london show!!!!!!!! couldn’t get tickets!!!
thank god for graham norton show..
if it wasnt for him I would never have heard of Tim Minchin. Inflatable you
it’s all genius.
I third the NOTION (starts with N not M) to make the interval song downloadable!
PURPLE SHOES!!! Your DVD is amazing, it’s better than seeing you live cz it never has to end :) My mum hasn’t seen it and everytime I see purple shoes I just have to say purple shoes ( I cant help it lol) and she’s like WTF?? So I think i’m gonna get her to watch it. Have a Great New Year xx
From Jaz.x
Tim!
I just found you on YouTube.. you are fantastic! Please come to Boston.
I also just discovered you because of the video Storm. Which by the way you HAVE to put online asap; it’ll be a viral explotion. Great, original, unanticipated and unique. I know those last three words are almost synonyms, but thanks for being different!
Oh Tim. My sister has taken my ‘So F**king Rock’ DVD with her to uni (along with the lovely photo of you ruffling her red hair on the 22nd) and I feel rather deprived. I might have to buy ‘So Live’ to cheer myself up. Good idea? Good idea. I look forward to 2009- it brings with it hopes of seeing you live a couple more times. xxx
Thank you for providing the Angryfeeters with some lovely sheet music – with nice annotations of course (swung funk)! :D
That certainly will help me learn your songs :) Thank you! xxxxxxx
ps. I understand Tim-style! Hurrah!
Hadn’t heard of you before the Storm vid on youtube hit me, after which I devoured everything I could find of you – awesome, wonderful stuff indeed. Please do what you can to make yourself and your media available to America, we need you!
Hi Tim,
I will be coming to your Sydney show because of Milt’s posting of “Storm” on Youtube…
I also like “Not Perfect”. Extremely moving.
Thanks for sharing your genius,
G
Dear Tim.
You’re a stupid, hairy twat who has a monkey for a face and dead ducks for ears. And you will stay this way until you do a gig in Stockholm.
Please? Think of the children. Think of them!
Purple Shoooes!! I have them and think they are rather fetching! What would reeeeally complete my outfit though, is a canvas bag!! Please, please, please make them available in the UK. It would save the earth too an all that jazz!
Love ya Tim. Keep up the good work. xxxxx
Tim, I have just just discovered your genius. Please come to the states! Anywhere in the north east but hopefully Washington DC/Baltimore!
Heya Tim! I was just watching Graham Norton and you were performing omg i was so excited when you came on i watched you twice and filmed it on my phone, your amazing, i was shocked when i heard you turned on the christmas lights in darlington i missed it cause i was working :'( Anyways i hope your doing well and had a good christmas. All the best. love Heather xxx
Hiya.
I woke up this morning and my hair was all Minchiny
Minchiny: An official term (created by me) now used to describe just above the shoulder length hair that is sticking out in all the right places.. therefore reminiscent of your “stage hair” !!
I was very proud of my hair for achieiving this !!
From Jaz.x
WE WANT THE INTERVAL SONG !!
Love Jaz.x
ahhh new fan :]
just saw you on graham norton and i was in stitchessssssss
pretty please come tour the UK some time soon and i will gladly bring cookies to wherever you stay over here…
i may also steal some of your hair products
you are a comedy genious and my new idol :]
xx<3
I would suggest that it can be empirically proven that you are a rather funny chap. Can’t wait to see your show in Oslo sometime in the future.
It’s not like I’ve just seen you on the Graham Norton show and have spent the last hour looking at videos of your songs on YouTube and looking on various sites for your CDs and DVD…because I haven’t…what?…seriously, what?…ok stop grilling me! I have, ok?! Oh god, I need help!
On a more “I haven’t just been doing crack and am now paranoid about who is grilling me about a comedian (and musician, don’t want to demean your career in any way) that I have just now learnt the name of” note, and in between the oh so long sentences that really could be cut down if I had just decided to bullet point this and not note down my thoughts straight into this comment box, I just want to say that you are hilarious. I know you hear this from everyone who has been on here and left you a (what I would imagine to be a much shorter) comment or has stopped you in the street or examined your prostate, I still have an urge to express my view.
To break up what seems to be an essay by now, a new paragraph has been created. I have seen you on Never Mind The Buzzcocks (which I will condense down to the anagram of NMTB to save space and effort in reading) and I thought you were funny but never caught your name and after seeing you on Graham Norton I was straight on the ol’ computer and Google’d your good self. I love your kind of comedy and I really hope I will be able to make it to one of your live shows or at the least see some more you on the box because you are already up there as one of my favourite comedians and when I get your CDs and DVD I will probably learn them off by heart instead of revising for my A-Levels – we all have to make our sacrifices.
Also, I hear you live in England – good choice sir! :)
Happy New Year :)
Dude on your lyrics for inflatable you y does it have loadsa pound signs in it and some word spelt incorrectly by the way im not actually a bastard trying to diss your english grammar skill but i thought it had 2 b said and for only hearing your name on the graham norton show which is now yesterday as ive been up all night searching the net for your songs and youtube videos to watch i thought that your a stroke of fucking comical genius and you are an immense pianist and i also thin kthat you should do a UK tour as im sure a fuck load of people would appreciate and support you and maybe a few bum buddies will follow you around the country and if not im sure some of the people i know would be happy to do it lol
will you marry me
Those of us with large vocabularies in the east of the USA–all 273 of us–wish you would come visit! (You can stay at my house if Mom says it’s OK.)
It’s New Year’s Eve and I have had So F**king Rock in my possession for over a month and managed to save it to watch this evening. I’m not sure if that makes me a less devoted fan, a bit sad not to have ‘going out plans’ on NYE or a fine example of someone who can, on occasion, exercise impulse control. But I am very excited that I, and my husband, will finally get to watch it tonight and see the new year in with a guaranteed laugh.
All the best for 2009 Tim! May it bring health, wealth and happiness.
(May I just point out to Lee that shortening Never Mind The Buzzcocks to NMTB is an acronym not an anagram. Lest he may need the distinction to pass his A levels.)
What a comedian!! What a talent!! What a genius!!
Nuff said.
(See you next time you’re in Scotland)
Having spent Boxing day in my PJ’s with just my ‘wife’ Kate and Tim’s DVD for company, with the 4 kids all away at their father’s, it was, quite frankly, the best Boxing Day ever!! After seeing the live show in Milton Keynes in November, during a very very difficult time in my life, thank goodness the delectable Tim put the smile back on my face!! And kept it there!! The children are no longer ashamed as we perform ‘Canvas Bag’ throught he aisles of the supermarket, although my 6 year old son is quite disturbed that mummy is introducing him to ‘guy liner’. We count the seconds until we can see Tim again – we would’ve gone on the 16th but it’s our middle son Finn’s birthday and I don’t think a 7 year old can appreciate the comedy value of the genius that is fabulous Tim! Anyway, Happy New Year and big fat hug xx
It’s a shame you wasn’t on the Graham Norton show longer. I saw you was on an advert and I watched like 40 mins of that insufferable ‘comedian’ and all that we got was a few mins.
Nevermind :)
Have a lavly new years mate :)
x
Hey, just like to say you are really are awesome and I can’t stop singing your songs around the house. My parents are getting so annoyed at it but I just can’t help it. They are so funny :) Hope you had a good christmas and have a happy new year. xx
Oh I FREAKIN’ LOVE YOU.
Happy new year, genuis.
Your lyrics they are just unbeatable
I smile ‘cos they are such a treat-able
to make me grin right down to my feet an’ all
Wonderful, insatiable you!
Have a great 1 Tim (and a nice new year too!)
Lickle Steve
HEYYY
Tim Im wriitng to you quuiitte drunk on New Y&ears Eve and I’m having a good nightttt :) I hope that your gig that I cant get into because they sold the tickets to is good and Im jealoussss Hope you have funnnnn
SEXYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
xixiix
hello u! ur a brilliant comedian, pianist, singer, lyricist and well
stuff! keep doing what your doing! People appreciate it ;)
And how u manage to fit so many words into one song well, its amazing!
bye x
Happy New Year!
I hunted down your dvd and purchased it with my remaining christmas money. Then i saw you on Graham Norton, it made my day : D.
Well the next time you are anywhere near Birmingham, (I cant make your show in London in January) i will be there. I keep youtubing you to watch you. I need to see you live : D. Currently obsessed.
Just thought i’d drop you a comment saying thanks for making me laugh over my dull and diseased christmas. + I wish you all the well for next year.
xo.