Comments on: Tim Minchin’s Storm – Now Officially Featured Online

By: Juhani

Juhani — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:42:34 +0000

I found a link to this poem at the Brights bulletin, and boy it was hilarious! Well, preaching to a converted one in this case, but I hope that some supernaturalists are open-minded enough to read (or listen to) it completely and start thinking…

By: Kent

Kent — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:43:01 +0000

Oh, my. After living in Boulder, Co and suffering, horribly, the endless astrology talk at parties, keeping my mouth shut as long as possible, only to feel it burst open, irresistibly, after some beyond the pale gaffe against reality is uttered without a shred of guilt, does this beautiful piece ring home.

By: Giafan

Giafan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:57:20 +0000

Thanks for posting the lyrics or words or whatever — I did see them in the earlier post! It’s good to know that he made the decision to do this, but a little unfortunate that people were putting up the pirated-version without permission. This is certainly as much an anthem as his earlier work, ‘If You Open Your Mind Too Much’.

Kylie – you interviewed him for the TANK vodcast, I suspect that you’ll do the same for the Skeptic Zone podcast?

By: podblack

podblack — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:54:48 +0000

Gib – you are absolutely right – I have re-posted the lyrics in this post. I do point out that I got them from the Angry Feet forum board, where they were posted by Tim – any errors are his!

Yes, the gig details are available at http://www.timminchin.com. Please people, grab the chance whilst you can – I’ve been plugging his work since early last year and so so pleased that more people are catching on!

By: Gib

Gib — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:26:23 +0000

Listening to this sample, I have to say that unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective), that while the sound quality is certainly better on this latest one, Tim’s performance was more engaging in the last two live performances I heard, including the one on which the bootleg youtube version was from.

So, the moral of the story is – go pay and see him live!!! If you liked this youtube copy, you’ll love hearing it live.

By: Gib

Gib — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:49:42 +0000

Tim said the reason he asked the original one to be taken down was because he doesn’t want to see his work badly represented, and hence put up a better copy.
I’d be happy to see the text from the original bootleg merged with this version though. (With edits to the text which is wrong in a few places).

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:03:02 +0000

He reads it much better than I do.

By: Naon Tiotami

Naon Tiotami — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:32:30 +0000

Tim is THE awesome. I am probably going to see him for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and I’m looking forward to it.

Thanks, Kylie!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:15:36 +0000

Nice link, found it via Reddit. Good to know that it’s better sounding and that the artist didn’t refuse to feature it online after it was in worse quality earlier.

By: Timminchinfan

Timminchinfan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:13:19 +0000

SQUEEEE!!! thx!!!

By: MikeG

MikeG — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:11:43 +0000

Very impressive. Much better quality than the earlier one. There’s a lot of buzz about his work at the moment, I did enjoy the TANK vodcast interview. Will the Skeptic Zone interview him when he’s in Australia? I think he should support the Australian skeptics, since he is from here!

By: readerofblog

readerofblog — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:10:10 +0000

That is fantastic, I read the lyrics earlier on your site and wondered if it’d turn up. He’s touring at the moment too, isn’t he?

By: erthtoerth

erthtoerth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:08:56 +0000

Excellent stuff! I was worried that after it got pirated, that it would never go on YouTube again.