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Comment on Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre – Tickets by Pete

Pete — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:53:25 +0000

No longer a fan. Tired of pop stars political statements. You guys live in a bubble and have no clue to how most people live.
You do a concert for health care!? You really want more government control! I thought that is what we protested against in the late 60’s.
Government is the problem, not the solution.

Comment on Official One-Trick Pony DVD Release by p downey

p downey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000

The great thing with paul simon is you know that when you struggle to get into a song it will eventually become a favorite. The same applies to this movie,the more you watch the more you enjoy.Listen to the capeman don t give up on it. Absolutely brilliant is all i can say forget the broadway problems the cd is a treasure.

Comment on Covers: Still Crazy, Graceland and American Tune by steve

steve — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:10:28 +0000

The ‘God Hates Fags’ folks have made a music video that parodies Paul Simon’s ‘50 Ways to Leave Your Lover’ that is called ‘50 Ways to Eat your Baby’ – now this is waaaaaaaaaay over the top – you’ve got to see this. Here is the link: http://www.signmovies.com/videos/music/index.html

‘50 Ways to Eat Your Baby’ is the second video down on the video player. Unreal.

Just thought you should know.
Thanks

Comment on About by Lizzie Stuart-Morris

Lizzie Stuart-Morris — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:24:40 +0000

Acting Up Stage Theatre Company presents

The Sound of Silence
The stars of musical theatre pay tribute to Paul Simon

Monday, April 20, 2009 at 8 p.m.
Bathurst Street Theatre
736 Bathurst Street

For tickets please visit
http://www.actingupstage.com

RSVP for this event on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146022940022

Comment on Official One-Trick Pony DVD Release by beeg

beeg — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:46:49 +0000

You’re right, the ending is a little soft (and abrupt) but certainly consistent with Jonah’s temperament and the tone of the film. Simon is good enough. He told an interviewer (Playboy?) that Richard Dreyfuss was considered but the idea of Paul’s singing voice coming out of his mouth didn’t fly. I know, I know, Duddy Kravitz as Jonah Levin, awesome. That said, it’s surprising they didn’t find an actor who could sing Paul’s songs (though it’s understandable why Simon would want to star in his own movie).

Lou Reed is fantastic. He is to this movie what Paul Simon is to Annie Hall: a record producer cast against type.

Definitely worth a $20 purchase.

Comment on Official One-Trick Pony DVD Release by David Simpson

David Simpson — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:42:07 +0000

I’m in the UK and a few years ago I picked up a copy of this in an old VHS store and I must say I loved this film. It’s true, you do need to be a fan of Simon to get it, but even if you’re not this film feels a lot like the recent film The Wrestler. It’s not about winning, or getting to the top, it’s about being so broken and not knowing what to do.

Simon’s acting is competent, but he surrounded himself with great talent and who else could play the band than his band. The driving scenes are hilarious and scenes with Lou Reed are just played to perfection.

The script is only let down by the odd ending (won’t spoil it) but I just wanted something more BAM! But it’s still a great film and I just wish that it was given a proper release… maybe now it will be.
Hope so

Comment on Early Mother and Baby Reunion by ben ericson

ben ericson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:29:23 +0000

Pauli, darn good to write to you, i’ve been on this island for so long, can you send help, i mean it wouldn’t need to be much, too many affectionate monkeys, you feed em, and they won’t go away.

Comment on Simon & Garfunkel Down Under? by Rossco

Rossco — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:09:34 +0000

Would like to see them, but if it’s only the money that makes them do it then maybe they won’t be worth seeing.

Wonder if the’re ‘passed it’?

Hope they donate some of their massive payment to the bushfire appeal and they get taxed properly, so they don’t take it all the money home.

Rossco

Comment on About by Allison

Allison — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:28:47 +0000

I just wanted to let you know that WNEW.com posted great pictures from Paul Simon’s recent Beacon Theater Show in NYC. You can find it all here: http://www.wnew.com/2009/02/paul-simon-opens-restored-beacon-theater-with-art-garfunkel-photos-setlist.html. Enjoy, and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.

Best,
Allison Mandara
Communications Coordinator
CBS RADIO
212-846-3906

Comment on Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre – Tickets by beeg

beeg — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:34:39 +0000

Hey Ed,

A couple of points (well, maybe three):

(1) Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of these AMEX pre-sales. Fan club pre-sales, like those offered by bands with really big online followings (Dave Matthews Band comes to mind), seem a little more honourable. Why set aside a set of tickets for people who have a certain credit card?

(2) My impression is that there weren’t too many seats available today, and those that were on sale were not great. Though I only fond the AMEX Gold password about thirty minutes into the sale, my experience logging on precisely at 9 a.m. was that there were tickets in few back orchestra rows and a few loge/balcony rows available. By 9:30, all the pairs were sold out. Given my opinion of pre-sales, this is pretty much fine by me (though I would’ve preferred a later start time).

(3) Scalping, either outside venues or on StubHub, etc., is just a part of the game, and there’s not much that can be done about it, certainly not by a performer who outsources ticket sales to TicketMaster (often a condition of performing at certain venues). There’s really nothing a guy like Paul Simon can do – even fan-oriented pre-sales get abused by scalpers, because scalpers are really good at what they do.

Good luck next week!