Comments for CASUAL HEAP http://www.casualheap.net sometimes fact, sometimes fiction Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by tracey http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1845 tracey Mon, 26 May 2008 18:02:41 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1845 I was at that concert too - in the first row on the mezzanine. It was wonderful, from when I first entered the theater and realized Mandy was already on stage rehearsing, to the most beautiful version of "Bring Him Home" I've ever heard (much better than his recording of it), to his attempt at "Eleanor Rigby" (I'm delighted he's finally discovering the Beatles!), to, well, everything else. He was in very good humor, making a lot of funny comments to the audience; he's obviously *very* excited about "The Tempest"; and his spirit is, as always, infectious. And I'm not even 60! ;-) I was at that concert too - in the first row on the mezzanine. It was wonderful, from when I first entered the theater and realized Mandy was already on stage rehearsing, to the most beautiful version of “Bring Him Home” I’ve ever heard (much better than his recording of it), to his attempt at “Eleanor Rigby” (I’m delighted he’s finally discovering the Beatles!), to, well, everything else. He was in very good humor, making a lot of funny comments to the audience; he’s obviously *very* excited about “The Tempest”; and his spirit is, as always, infectious.

And I’m not even 60! ;-)

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by anniemcq http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1844 anniemcq Fri, 23 May 2008 13:03:26 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1844 Ohhhh, don't tempt me! And I loved the Tom Waits interview! Ohhhh, don’t tempt me! And I loved the Tom Waits interview!

]]> Comment on speaking of tom waits by anniemcq http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/speaking-of-tom-waits/#comment-1842 anniemcq Thu, 22 May 2008 23:28:17 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1443#comment-1842 Best line ever: "we are monkeys with money and guns". Thanks for this snippet of Mr. Waits. Love him. And Kari, in regard to pulling the plug on your blog - After reading the article, I can understand why you feel that way, but personally, I hope you don't. I so enjoy reading about your adventures, and I love how you tell your stories. Any chance you might reconsider? Selfishly, I hope so. Best line ever: “we are monkeys with money and guns”. Thanks for this snippet of Mr. Waits. Love him.

And Kari, in regard to pulling the plug on your blog - After reading the article, I can understand why you feel that way, but personally, I hope you don’t. I so enjoy reading about your adventures, and I love how you tell your stories. Any chance you might reconsider? Selfishly, I hope so.

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by kari http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1833 kari Thu, 22 May 2008 13:21:36 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1833 anniemcq, you and Michelle are officially invited to come along the next time. What a party that will be! The Tom Waits was "Kentucky Avenue" (nice and simple). btw, seen this? http://tinyurl.com/6xo4j3 anniemcq, you and Michelle are officially invited to come along the next time. What a party that will be!

The Tom Waits was “Kentucky Avenue” (nice and simple). btw, seen this? http://tinyurl.com/6xo4j3

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by anniemcq http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1831 anniemcq Thu, 22 May 2008 12:40:11 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1831 If I were a puppy, I would be sitting in a little puddle right now. I have to know: what Tom Waits did he sing? If I were a puppy, I would be sitting in a little puddle right now.

I have to know: what Tom Waits did he sing?

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by alan http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1826 alan Tue, 20 May 2008 22:13:19 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1826 Kari, I would have loved to question you on your lifestyle choice, as I would invite you to do the same to me, if that's what I was doing. But I don't believe obsessions are lifestyle choices, they are completely unavoidable. RivB you are right about Mandy. I loved him in Dick Tracy, but I saw him on Letterman and he just couldn't get past the blue birds on his way back to Kansas. So I don't know where I stand. Kari, I would have loved to question you on your lifestyle choice, as I would invite you to do the same to me, if that’s what I was doing. But I don’t believe obsessions are lifestyle choices, they are completely unavoidable.

RivB you are right about Mandy. I loved him in Dick Tracy, but I saw him on Letterman and he just couldn’t get past the blue birds on his way back to Kansas. So I don’t know where I stand.

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by Sue http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1825 Sue Tue, 20 May 2008 19:37:49 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1825 I was in the front row too (that's weird). He told the woman that if she could raise $50,000 from the audience, he'd say it Children and Art gave me goosebumps I was in the front row too (that’s weird). He told the woman that if she could raise $50,000 from the audience, he’d say it

Children and Art gave me goosebumps

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by kgelt http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1824 kgelt Tue, 20 May 2008 17:41:40 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1824 Hah! The only people on the same pole (so to speak) with me & Mandy are a big group of sixtysomething women. Hah! The only people on the same pole (so to speak) with me & Mandy are a big group of sixtysomething women.

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by RivB http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1823 RivB Tue, 20 May 2008 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1823 Glad you enjoyed yourself! Mandy is a one-of-a-kind, polarizing talent. You know what pole I'm on when it comes to Patinkin, but glad he turned you on last night. Glad you enjoyed yourself! Mandy is a one-of-a-kind, polarizing talent. You know what pole I’m on when it comes to Patinkin, but glad he turned you on last night.

]]> Comment on mandy patinkin @ CSC by kgelt http://www.casualheap.net/2008/05/mandy-patinkin-csc/#comment-1822 kgelt Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:16 +0000 http://www.casualheap.net/?p=1438#comment-1822 Alan! Don't question me on my lifestyle choices! Out of the six shows I've seen in the past two weeks, this is the only one that had anything to do with Sondheim. A good 40% of the program was Sondheim, which is what I would expect from a show called "Mandy Patinkin on Broadway." Which is why I bought the ticket. The two are linked in a way that "Mandy Patinkin and John Lennon and/or Tom Waits" are not. If I'd gone to see "Mandy Patinkin Sings Pop and/or Alt-whatever," the focus of this post would have been elsewhere. Anyway, it was "Kentucky Avenue" and "Imagine." Good enough? Alan! Don’t question me on my lifestyle choices! Out of the six shows I’ve seen in the past two weeks, this is the only one that had anything to do with Sondheim. A good 40% of the program was Sondheim, which is what I would expect from a show called “Mandy Patinkin on Broadway.” Which is why I bought the ticket. The two are linked in a way that “Mandy Patinkin and John Lennon and/or Tom Waits” are not. If I’d gone to see “Mandy Patinkin Sings Pop and/or Alt-whatever,” the focus of this post would have been elsewhere.

Anyway, it was “Kentucky Avenue” and “Imagine.” Good enough?

]]>