Mentions of the Carpenters In Other Media

[mariahandrews]

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Mariah Andrews, a lifelong Carpenters fan. I recently had a tragedy in my family and I know that my grandmother is up there with Karen and that she's being entertained by her music.

I've written a book that mentions the Carpenters several times and I wonder if there are any other TV shows, books, Movies that talk about the Carpenters or their music besides mine. I am sure that there are others out there.

My book is called "Awakening From Broken Dreams" about a troubled kid named Richie who wishes he was a girl. He names himself Karen in honor of Karen Carpenter.

I am aware that a star in the heavens was named for Karen a while back with the Star registry.

I mean no disrespect, having a transsexual name herself after Karen. I meant it in a loving way and I pray that Richard Carpenter will not sue me nor scorn me for writing this book.

Well, I've come a long way since I last posted here. I am now a journalist in the Coachella Valley and I am working on a third book, not Karen related in any way.

Rick, you have a wonderful page going and I am also available on MySpace as well.

[Rick Henry]

Great to hear you are doing so well. I had wondered what was going on with you... it's always great to hear about a success story.

On the star named for Karen... this is not anything official... it is not something the government did and is not recognized by the scientific comunity... there is a "for your entertainment only" web-site which calls itself the International Star Registry... and a fan paid around $50 - $60 to have a star named for Karen Anne Carpenter... again this is not an official governmental thing.

One Carpenters/Karen Carpenter web-site says that Richard paid for the star naming... but as far as I know this is incorrect... as Richard has never mentioned this on his web-site... and this sounds very out of character for Richard. The web-site that has mentioned this has posted unsubstantiated information. This is a good question for someone to ask Richard at his web-site - which I am on my way to do that right now.

[Rick Henry]

I just sent an email to the official web-site asking if Richard really made the purchase from the International Star Registry" (which again we must remember is not recognized by the scientific community or the government... this is only a "for your entertainment only" web-site... it's a money making scheme.)

I also asked about the lyric in the song "(A Place To) Hideaway"... as on many lyrics site the lyric reads "run through the mist of the wine"... which seems very out of character for Carpenters and also doesn't make much sense. I've always understood the lyric to be "run through the mist of the wind"... and that Karen was pronouncing the word "wind"... such as the breeze, to sound like the word "wind" such as in winding your watch.

Soon we will have some substantiated answers.

[Ming]

Thank you for asking those two questions, Rick.

Mariah, I think you are an old member of this forum, right? I think I recognise your name.

Ming

[smoothie2]

;DWow! hello again Mariah! Your book does sound interesting, so glad things are going well for you and that you're back around here!
Interesting info. Rick about the star registry.
I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother Mariah....you truly have lived through some hard times and I'm glad things are going better for you.

[mariahandrews]

I know that my grandmother is in good hands right now. As a reclaimed member of the Church of Religious Science, we describe her death as (making her transition.) As for my book, I am sad to say that it hasn't sold that well, but those who have bought a copy say a lot of good things about it. And that it's nice to know that a kid Richie's age is a major Carpenters fan. Just go to any bookstore like Amazon.com and type in my name or the title of the book, "Awakening From Broken Dreams" and you'll see it. Or if you want a free e-book, (readable with Adobe Acrobat any version), simply email me at [e-mail]

I am also a regular writer with DesertLocalNews.com, my place of employment.

[smoothie2]

thanks for the info. Mariah.....

[mariahandrews]

There was a South Park episode that did mention Karen Carpenter, which was the "Brown Noise" episode, where Cartman (the fat kid) was trying to discover the Brown Noise on his recorder and said "It will make you c*** yourelf until you look like Karen Carpenter." and Kyle asked, "Who's Karen Carpenter?"

[makapipi]

I heard on the FM radio "The super duper Carpenters, Goodbye to Love", after the song played.