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Shanie on Thursday, 7 August 2025
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. - Shanie
Mike Kyle on Saturday, 2 August 2025
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... So it goes. Hope you come back to America. Not sure how you'll play in Tampa, but we loved you at Town Hall, NYC. Got family in Jersey. You mentioned not putting your shows out on bluray. Please reconsider. Not everyone can make it to yer shows. And... Can you put out Upright to Bluray? Please. Mike