What is Hamilton?

[greeneggs]

I know we've talked about DS's obsession with "Ten Duel Commandments" but I had no idea until this weekend that he had the whole thing memorized. I"m not sure if I should be proud or ashamed that my four year old is belting out "Pick a place to die where it's high and dry" in the back seat. A couple of times a week his teacher is the one helping him into the car at pickup and I'm always afraid that today will be the day that a dispute over the whiteboard will turn into pistols at dawn.

On a slightly less bloodthirsty note my heart melted when he kept going back the phone on the dock to listen to "One Last Time" over and over again a few days ago.

[hopecounts]

Reading Hamiltome at B&N and love the Hugh Laurie note!
ETA: The West Wing!

[thebulldog]

(Whispers: my birthday is next week. Dh knows i need to see this and while it is a shitton of money, he knows i am very yolo these days and i am hoping he has worked out some plasma sale to make this happen. In the car yesterday he's all so i thought about getting you a fit bit for next week, i looked at him like he was crazy).

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[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I completely geeked out today because I didn't realize that Leslie Odom, Jr. was on an episode of Gilmore girls, so on the Gilmore guys podcast, they talked about Hamilton a bit and played some bars of Wait For It, so I guess that's what will be playing on the mental jukebox today

[One Girl In All The World]

Apr 13, 2016 11:54:55 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

I completely geeked out today because I didn't realize that Leslie Odom, Jr. was on an episode of Gilmore girls, so on the Gilmore guys podcast, they talked about Hamilton a bit and played some bars of Wait For It, so I guess that's what will be playing on the mental jukebox today

OMG! I had no idea. I totally just googled this to see which ep he was in.

[darthnbjenni]

Apr 13, 2016 7:55:47 GMT -5 @this said:

Apr 12, 2016 20:02:53 GMT -5 lyssbobiss, Command, B613 said:

@bunnybean did you see that LMM included a shoutout in the Hamiltome to mbmbam??? That's so cool!

And LMM responded on the FB group - DURING INTERMISSION!



OMG it's so amazing.

What FB group is this?!

[Vespasia]

Apr 12, 2016 8:32:38 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I spent some time yesterday trying to find a link between my family and the Schuylers. They were both in the same area at the same time but so far I have not succeeded. I'm just going to pretend that Angelica, Eliza (and Peggy!) are my 10x great-aunts or something. 

I found it! Their great-grandfather was the brother of my 8X great-grandmother. I feel so special now. 


msmerymac I seem to have common relatives with Van Buren too so we may very well be distantly related. 

[Vespasia]

I have to skip It's Quiet Uptown at work and Dear Theodosia is almost as bad. I should not have read about the fate of Burr's daughter.

[otowngirl]

Apr 13, 2016 14:21:27 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I have to skip It's Quiet Uptown at work and Dear Theodosia is almost as bad. I should not have read about the fate of Burr's daughter.

I just read her Wikipedia entry. Gah, she suffered a lot of tragedy in only 29 years.

[thebulldog]

Today is Thomas Jefferson's birthday and playbill.com and on fb and twitters has put out an interview they did with DD. YUM.

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[eponinepontmercy]

Apr 13, 2016 14:21:27 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I have to skip It's Quiet Uptown at work and Dear Theodosia is almost as bad. I should not have read about the fate of Burr's daughter.

Would it help to know that LMM wrote Dear Theodosia about his dog?

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Apr 13, 2016 12:07:01 GMT -5 darthnbjenni said:

Apr 13, 2016 7:55:47 GMT -5 @this said:

And LMM responded on the FB group - DURING INTERMISSION!



OMG it's so amazing.

What FB group is this?!

I think that was from the mbmbam appreciation group on Grammy night, but I actually meant they got a shoutout in the book that came out yesterday, which Justin took a picture of and tweeted.

[taratru]

I finally listened to the whole soundtrack. I love it so.

[kermit]

My Hamiltome came today!! I've only had time to flip through quickly but page 151 is a favorite.

[greeneggs]

Apr 13, 2016 14:30:05 GMT -5 otowngirl said:

Apr 13, 2016 14:21:27 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

I have to skip It's Quiet Uptown at work and Dear Theodosia is almost as bad. I should not have read about the fate of Burr's daughter.

I just read her Wikipedia entry. Gah, she suffered a lot of tragedy in only 29 years.

I did not need to read that .  

[insominac]

Mr. Insom surprised me with the Hamiltome last night but the cover got damaged during shipping and now it's out of stock.

[otowngirl]

Apr 13, 2016 16:53:37 GMT -5 insominac said:

Mr. Insom surprised me with the Hamiltome last night but the cover got damaged during shipping and now it's out of stock.

NOOOOOOO

[andwhat]

Since I have listened to this 1.5 million times now, I am less mad about the whole bootstraps aspect. Hamilton was a first generation immigrant and all the first generation immigrants I know are kinda bootstrap-y. I am not trying to generalize but they all make comments about working hard getting you ahead. And they all bust their asses. But I notice their kids and as the generations go on lose that part over time. So I am not mad that LMM wrote Hamilton that way.

[berrysweet]

I remember reading somewhere last fall that LMM said he hoped to have Hamilton filmed while they still had the original cast. Crossing my fingers that happened already and will eventually be released to DVD or one of those "one night at the movie theater" or some such.

I'd be willing to bet that the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will do it at some point, and I might be able to head there to see it, but I'd love to see the original cast too!

[jeaniebueller]

I ordered the book on Monday night. It's showing it will ship on 4/18. Now when you look up the listing for the book, it is out of stock. Am I screwed or am I okay since they haven't sent me any other notifications?

[lilibet]

Apr 13, 2016 10:13:51 GMT -5 hopecounts said:

Reading Hamiltome at B&N and love the Hugh Laurie note!

Yes! This made me so happy. I was like "well, if anyone would understand the king...."

[lilibet]

I do not remember Leslie being on GG; I'm going to have to go look that up.


Also, I totally love the coronation of the new king.

[andwhat]

What songs do your kids particularly like? I want DD to love this, but when I listen to it in the car she is all "I want Let it Go mom" Umm, this is sooooo much better than stupid Let it Go. She did like "You'll Be Back" little psychopath. But I want her to be singing THIS.

[TR]

Apr 14, 2016 7:02:29 GMT -5 @this said:

Apr 14, 2016 6:59:43 GMT -5 andwhat said:

What songs do your kids particularly like? I want DD to love this, but when I listen to it in the car she is all "I want Let it Go mom" Umm, this is sooooo much better than stupid Let it Go. She did like "You'll Be Back" little psychopath. But I want her to be singing THIS.

My kid doesn't like it either! She's like, "Ugh, is this Hamuhlyon? AGAIN? Put on the rocketship song! It's my turn!" lol

This is why dogs are better than kids. Stella has no choice but to listen to me sing along all.evening.long.

[jeaniebueller]

I had it on in the car the other day and at the end of Washington on your side (I think?) where Jefferson says "the emperor has no clothes," my DS was like "Ewwwwwww!!!!!!" so we had a conversation about what a figure or speech is and how he didn't really mean someone was naked. LOL

I would think that a kid would like Nonstop or My Shot to start with, but to kids it all probably sounds like boring adult music.

[fortnightlily]

My toddler told me to turn off Hamilton and put on Billy Joel.

When I told DH he said "that's my boy.". *wilted*

[greeneggs]

Apr 14, 2016 6:59:43 GMT -5 andwhat said:

What songs do your kids particularly like? I want DD to love this, but when I listen to it in the car she is all "I want Let it Go mom" Umm, this is sooooo much better than stupid Let it Go. She did like "You'll Be Back" little psychopath. But I want her to be singing THIS.

My little sociopath's love of "Ten Dual Commandments" is well documented here but in the last week he's really started getting into more of them with me.  We generally stick to the first act in the car because it's more fun and less likely to make me cry.  He's starting to love all the battle songs like "Right Hand Man", "Stay Alive", and "Guns and Ships" because Mama is finally encouraging him to yell in the car.  There are very few things cuter and funnier than a tiny person shouting "What are you doing, Lee?  Get back on your feet!" from the backseat.  He also loves the Cabinet Battles, "The Room Where is Happens" and for reasons I can't explain "One Last Time".

His love for the Laurens/Lee duel lead to some interesting conversations in the car about how he feels sorry for Lee and will be nice to him and bake him cookies.  When I told him that Lee was an awful person he asked if it would be ok to make cookies for Hamilton and if he would see him in Heaven when he turns 90 and dies.  Listening to it has also lead to me having conversations with him to explain cannons, hurricanes, spies, and a few other topics that don't come up in his children's books.  

[thebulldog]

For those who have seen it, where did you sit? We have a very splurgy dinner planned for our 10th anniversary this year and I am now lobbying the appropriations committee HARD to reaportion these funds for REALLY fucking expensive play tickets. The cheapest i am seeing are $700. If we are in the last row in the back will we see anything?

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[pescalita]

A likes music like this, so he starts bopping his head any time it's on. He really likes Room Where it Happens.

He asks for music to clean up toys (to make him go faster). The other day I put on Guns and Ships and J stopped to just shake his booty.

[kermit]

So I stayed up way too late last night reading the Hamiltome. I'm not quite done but it's soooooo good you guys. LMM gets a lot of credit, which he should, but there are so many others who put their blood, sweat, and tears into making Hamilton what it is and the book does a good job describing that.