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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 2012
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Such a shame i won’t be able to see you at sonisphere. I was really looking forward to it! I will now have to convince my mother that she wants to see you for her birthday present! And where abouts did you live? i make a fantastic carrot cake with lemon dribble icing…
PLEASE COME BACK TO AUSTRALIA!!! We all miss your talent…
Hi Tim, I’ve had such a lousy day at work, so I have come home to listen to a couple of your songs and watch some bits of your precious DVD’s. Always enough to raise the spirits and have a good laugh at the idiosyncrasies of life. Far better than a slug of gin or a whole block of chocolate. Feeling better already – THANKS!!
hey Tim i just discovered your talent a few weeks ago and i think you are a inspiration i love your songs and your views on life and i am only 14 years old. oh and i live in america and i am a atheist so i no how you feel about the theory of evolution but i would like to ask you what you think makes a good song. hope to here from you
oh and i would like to add that i was born in England and that i have been writing songs for a few years but dont know if there any good. that is why i asked
Great night on Monday, you stole the show, fantastic end to the evening.
Pleased you all supported the Teenage Cancer Trust.
Hi Tim! I just wanted to say that the album for Matilda the Musical is absolutely beautiful. I love it! I’m seeing the show in August and I cannot wait! I think that you are incredibly talented and you should be so proud of the songs that you have composed and written because they are amazing. I’ve seen loads of musicals in London, and I’m 100% sure that Matilda will be my favourite!!!! Lots of love xxxx :’)
Just wondering, do you think you could do some gigs in Paris?
Apart from Paris being pretty and full of english-speaking comedy-appreciating folk, it’s a comedy goldmine. (and it would be less awkward for me to get to a gig)
I have just been to see Matilda at the Cambridge theatre, I was expecting amazing things and I got them! Tim You are a genius, and I love the music. Congratulations and the cast are doing a fab job at singing it for you!
Hi Minchin fans in Southern California!
I’m not sure if the guestbook can be used for this purpose, but we have 4 excellent tickets (center section, Row C) for Tim’s April 11 show in Santa Barbara, California. We won’t be able to use at least two of them and possibly all four. We live 5 hours north in Santa Cruz and have put a notice on Craigslist in Santa Barbara. It would be a shame for such great seats to go unoccupied, so we’re posting here just in case anyone was thinking about going. Our email address is zancudos@gmail.com.
We saw Tim at the Largo in Los Angeles last October, and the concert was incredible, but I don’t know how he keeps up the crazy pace of performing on three continents (not to mention finding time to write, create, and be part of a family). Let’s hope a well-deserved rest (and recharge) is on the horizon!
Hey!! Huge fan, and there are many of us in the city of Maastricht, where I study. It’s an international student city, nearly everyone speaks English and you should really consider doing a gig there, I’d love to see you live, but unfortunately I can’t just pop over to the UK (let alone the US or Australia).
I love your music, you’re a brilliant pianist, and complement it with an awsome sense of humor (cynical, and yet so cheerfull).
Greetings from the other side of the pond!
I think it’s great you donated a signed pic for auction in aid of huskies in need. You’re a fab entertainer and any promotion by you of a charity will help that charity. Huskies In Need do a great job, I’ve got a rescue husky from them myself and they are desperate for help all the time :-)
If anyone wants to help them out their website is http://www.huskiesinneed.org.uk or find huskiesinneed on facebook :-)
thanks Tim
Wish you’d play more in the USA…would love to have you come to St. Louis.
seriously loved you on Conan tonight, Tim!!! and for what it’s worth, we LOVE you here in Dallas… please come back soon!!! if i had a million dollars, i’d provide the piano for you myself.. hope to see you here again soon…
Come back to Toronto sometime! I saw you at your last concert at the Wintergarden Theatre and it was spectacular, everything I had expected and more. Since then my girlfriend has discovered how epic you and your music are and I would love to take her to one of your concerts.
Had a dream last night that I met Tim Minchin. He had wonderful bright burgandy hair and a pink feather head band. Despelling the theory that we dream in black and white. He was very gracious and gave me an autograph. So thanks for the signature (in my mind). No more Turkey and swiss on Flatbread for dinner! Cheers.
What about a gig here in Papamoa Beach, New Zealand? Couldn’t manage a grand piano or an orchestra but could probably rustle up a school upright piano – possibly in tune, a bass guitar and a couple of amps. Dinner’s on me. Am thinking that seeing you perform live is just another reason to go back and live in London.
Hi Tim, I am sooooo excited, I have been looking at a date to get married that coincides with one of your gigs, i have finally found it…………15th june at Belton.
I am bookingg my wedding on the 25th of this month for the !5th of June nd our wedding night is coming to see you.
Keep up the fine work Tim, I fucking love ya man!
Tim, it was very cool to meet you last night in Santa Barbara after your gig at the Lobero (I was the jazz piano professor). Keep up the great work, may your inspirations always be caustic, hilarious, and harmonically coherent (only when necessary).
If you care to take a listen, I have two of my favorite jazz piano solo posted up to the website below, one is way inside (the blues), the other is free jazz.
Please come to Norway!
Hey Tim!
Have been following your stuff for a while now and loving it! I’m an atheist Israeli and a biologist and as such having a ball with all the religious fanatics here :) Will definitely look your shows up when traveling abroad. Keep doing a great job, you’re cracking me up!
I’d like to find out where you live and come bring you cookies. You’re a cool guy, everybody thinks I’m a bit weird listening to you because I’m 13 but to be honest I don’t even care :L Oh and just so you know, I’ve decided I’m going to meet you one day ;D
Soooo Tim, We had such a great time at the show on Wednesday in Santa Barbara. Bought the DVD and even quoted you a couple of times in my Evolutionary Medicine class the next day! You are an encouragement and inspiration to all of us seething, a-religious, scientophiles.
On that point I thought I might point out a nagging inaccuracy that has just appeared in your Anne Frank- my mothers egg bit. As this is very new research, I know you came up with the piece first, we now think that not all of a women’s eggs are formed in her ovary at the time of birth. I would be happy to send you the link but you might look up “Germline Stem Cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary” by Johnson et al. This makes a lot of sense from an evolutionary point of view as it would be a pretty big risk to spend ones whole life carrying around all of ones precious progeny.
But wait a minute…did you say your grandmother was pregnant with your Mom at the time of the escape? If that was so I am completely wrong and please allow me to apologize for being so pedantic.
Loved the show!!
Soooo Tim, We had such a great time at the show on Wednesday in Santa Barbara. Bought the DVD and even quoted you a couple of times in my Evolutionary Medicine class the next day! You are an encouragement and inspiration to all of us seething, a-religious, scientophiles.
On that point I thought I might point out a nagging inaccuracy that has just appeared in your Anne Frank- your wifes embryo bit. As this is very new research, I know you came up with the piece first, we now think that NOT all of a women’s eggs are formed in her ovary at the time of birth. I would be happy to send you the link but you might look up “Germline Stem Cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary” by Johnson et al. This makes a lot of sense from an evolutionary point of view as it would be a pretty big risk to spend ones whole life carrying around all of ones precious progeny.
But wait a minute…did you say your mother in law was pregnant with your wife at the time of the escape? If that was so I am completely wrong and please allow me to apologize for being so pedantic.
Loved the show!!
I just watched you on the tellie about five minutes ago on channel ten in Australia,
Congrats with your success with the Roald Dahl’s musical, you have worked really hard, for a long time now to get where you are.
You deserve all the recognition you can get!
Your work should be noticed more as you are a brilliant musician.
Well done Tim
you should definetely play more outside UK
seen you live once and it was amaizng
Your “White Wine in the Sun” is the best song ever written. The tears come down every time I listen.
Hi, Tim! Congratulations on the Olivier wins – all very deserved, and by everyone involved! My entire family enjoys your work, and I hope you have many more fabulous successes! Please come back to little old Portland Oregon soon!
I am a Perthite who has just discovered you and…. I love you Tim. I mean that in a purely stalkerish, weird and obsessive way.
pleeeeeeeeeeeease. does anybody know what day tim is playing at latitude?
Saw the show that was put out on Channel Four the other night. Very impressed. Must admit I cannot remember seeing you before. Heard the name mentioned through atheist channels and saw a couple of YouTube clips. That ‘converted’ me to being a fan.
Hope to bring a book of poetry out soon. Do you want a copy? Signed.
Most of the content is on my website.
Your a great and wonderful talent!
Cheers
Dan from todaystoronto.com
fuck me, tim – at 62, I thought love had passed me by, but your ginger locks and kohl-darkened eyes have stirred long-dormant feelings. I’m a fool for love again. You’re brill.
The most intelligent and insightful human being in this country sits behind a piano! I just heard “the Good Book” – incredible!!!
May I take up a spot (just) to jot a little note, upon your book for guests.
To spout my appreciation for the music and alphabetical spelling tests within your creation! Other than Annie, and Oliver! Matilda is the best, and sure to be a supertabulous sensation.
(I absolutely HATE the little shit bag that is Twist. And, would wish for nothing more than for the musical about the strawberry blonde oik to be banned.
Therefore, Your lyrical sprawlings along with your ivory tickillings have indeed given birth to a wondrous musical. Matilda the musical is a beautiful show, the cast and design just make the music and lyrics come to life even brighter.
In short.
Well done mate.
Lots of love.
Richard
Aged 27 and 1 half.
I owe you a thanks, Tim.
Thank you for turning me Atheist at 16 and constantly restoring my faith in comedy and humanity.
And thank you for being such a huge influence on me, you are the reason I tried to become a comedian. And, though recently my performance has gone downhill and I’ve kinda lost myself, you’ve once again inspired me to get back on the horse and get back into this twisted biz.
Thank you for the continous inspiration and realisation of self.
You say it so well! with a great voice and fabulous playing, in such witty and articulate and musical commentaries… a breath of fresh air in a time lies!
Thanks for your wonderful work.
Please come to Nova Scotia – Halifax would love you…
All the best,
Yola
just another one of your monkeys-in-shoes fans
Hi Linzy and Shell, I just wanted you to know how much I enjoy your website on all things Tim. It is my first port of call each morning and so often makes me smile and laugh. You do him proud with your convivial postings and I love Tim’s twitter feed (can’t follow otherwise – Twitter not allowed in this household). I first discovered Tim through Rhian Skirving’s documentary and have avidly followed his progress ever since – live concerts, DVD’s, CD’s, youtube postings etc. I just wanted to say you do a great job keeping him current for us down here in Oz. Many thanks!
PS: That photo of Tim today as a toddler – on the Twitter feed – will keep me smiling all day).
You have to come to Chicago!! hell, even somewhere close to it. I love all your work and can’t wait to see you on Californication. You are amazing.. and you brighten my day.
just to say you’re amazing at everything you do!!! I listen to everything and Matilda is legendary!!!
you sang a song in Sydney about songwriting and I have been trying to hear it again ever since. What is it called – and can you upload it to youtube or your site?
Just love the way you are so present in your songs… there’s a real integrity and honesty….
Hi Fay, that song was called “Beauty” and I agree it was a lovely, reflective moment in the show Tim did with the orchestra, somewhere in between “Cheese” and “Darkside”, as I recall. It is on both the CD and DVD of Tim’s performance with the Heritage orchestra. I actually have both recordings, as they were done at different venues. Hope you can find it that way.
Tim,
On Wednesday night, my beautiful Asian wife and I had the privilege of sitting front and center to your show at the Lobero theater. I felt pretty lucky, considering the $1 that I gambled in Las Vegas on Monday night led me to walk upstairs to my hotel room, where I saw you on Conan and heard you’d be playing at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara (where I met my wife and we went to school together). Since we’ve been married, funds have been tight, but the $30 we spent each to get tickets to your show was a guilty pleasure we will never forget. Thanks for making fun of us and making our experience so absolutely incredible. You clearly are one of the wittiest, most creative comedians alive right now, and you have a good heart to have adopted a daughter and married your college sweetheart.
I hope to see your Matilda Broadway Show someday if we can ever get out there, and wish you all the best in your career – you certainly deserve it!
Sincerely,
Bob Wilson
Hi Tim, I only found you yesterday on Youtube and I am a fan already. But, you are not playing any gigs in Ireland!!! Which is a pitty and I would be over the moon if you would come by and give me the chance to see you live on stage. I wish you all the best and you are absolutely amazing. Hope to see you someday…Julia living in Ireland, Austrian. Did you know we have T-shirts in Austria saying: There is no kangoroos in Austria!
Hey Tim follow you on twitter and a personal fave of mine is cheese best song you have done in my opinion
Sad to see that you are cancelling gigs but I guess all will cope!! I feel as retribution you should call up all the affected fans and take them cookies? Could you drop mine by on a thursday as this is a good day for me?! Good luck in LA!