The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part ten — Page 91

I've tried four or five recipes and they're really good. She has a guide at the beginning for adding back ingredients you don't have a problem with.

I've thought a lot about why Adam appeals so much to the very smart people on this thread, and come to the conclusion that for those of us who live inside our heads a lot, someone who doesn't seem to is extremely refreshing. Or to put it another way, when you think too much, you are attracted to someone who gives the impression he could make you stop thinking at all for a while.

From what others have said, it seems to be more than the norm for college shows, but I don't really know. There isn't any real yardstick other than what the market will bear. Performers have always gotten paid what people are willing to pay them. (I think Elton is charging a million donated to his AIDS foundation for private appearances now.) Of course some are willing to take very little if they think they'll get good exposure or are promoting a project. You're right about the overhead too.

I don't think asking to get paid what he thinks he is worth is a reflection of anything beyond a healthy self-esteem and unwillingness to stint on supporting his family.

Sorry I didn't catch your tone - now I feel like I wrote a boring lecture for no good reason.

I've been watching Piazza but can't really get into it. Just not my kind of music, I guess.

Another hard day at work? Yeah, it's not the kind of fluffy show you can collapse into.

Okay, I feel a little better...despite giving the cd a listen and not being amazed, I decided to watch tonight (Katie went to my school, gotta give the girl a few props). I just wasn't like, completely blown away thinking it was a life changing, stunning show. But I'm one of the few it seems...

I heard the Piazza OBCR once and wasn't really blown away; like Chloe said, it's just not really my style. Then I saw it in February and had some issues with an understudy's performance, but still didn't really like the music. I mean, it's pretty, but it's more classically operatic than what I usually am drawn to in musicals. Actually, I enjoy the story, just not the music. It's one of the rare shows where I like the book more than the music, heh.

I think Anthony charges $7000 for his reading/signings.

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Updated On: 6/15/06 at 11:36 PM

Me either. For me the music sort of falls between the cracks. It doesn't have the serious beauty of opera or the jazziness and/or soulfulness of pop music. It feels pretty bland to me. I'm not putting down anyone who likes it though. There are plenty of things I like that other people think are bad. If something reaches you emotionally, that's all that matters.

Yeah, I don't think, as it goes, that's that high -- even though regardless, it is a ton of money. But obviously it's cheaper if he were to just bring Larry than it is to haul out his entire band, people and instruments. And I don't know if those are necessarily figures that he makes up, so much as ones set by the booking agency. I'm fairly sure it's the latter. (That was true with Anthony's booksigning, anyway. In that case, though, it was negotiable, but that's probably because there were negligible travel costs involved.)

I think it's too much money to ask my student activities office for, especially since I have no club affiliation with reasoning for it, but... I kind of want to know I at least gave it a shot.

I had a dream about Adam last night.

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Updated On: 6/16/06 at 10:03 AM

aw, I like Piazza. But I'm a romantic sap, and I think the music is pretty.

I don't remember the context of the dream. I just remember that he was in it. Don't worry, it was clean.

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Because you guys could potentially understand my geeking over it (as opposed to most people)...

Back at the beginning of November my friend went to a special Rent screening and a q&a with the some of the cast...and since I convinced her to go (she'd had no previous knowledge with it), and she loved it, she surprised me by having them sign something for me. Long story short, today in the mail I got three loverly messages from Anthony, Wilson and Jesse!

And I might be smiling like a fool

Yes, that was interesting.