Cautionary Wife

Birrmingham still showing some tix. CW.

DOT MUSIC (Friday February 09, 2007 12:44 AM) Bloc Party and The Stooges are amongst the names to be confirmed for next month's SXSW Festival in America. They are just two of the group's set to play, with a total of more than 1000 scheduled to appear at the five day event in 2007. The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The View, Kings Of Leon, The Automatic, Badly Drawn Boy, Lily Allen, Mika, Mogwai, Razorlight, Gruff Rhys and Amy Winehouse are on the bill. Beirut, The Fratelis, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, Albert Hammond Jnr, The Horrors, Jamie T, Willy Mason, Peaches, Tokyo Police Club will all also appear. SXSW 2007 takes place between March 14-18 in Austin, Texas. --- CW.

Kaiser Chiefs are doing some sell-out concerts currently so that would help their single. CW.

I would be totally pathetic and ask for an autograph and to take a picture with me. CW.

Mika needs to safeguard his privacy, and his family's privacy I think. CW.

Already a thread about this over at http://www.mikafanclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=667&highlight=Allegra CW.

According to the Sunday Herald, Mika has a brother Fortuné and three sisters Yasmine, Paloma and Allegra. Maybe Zuleika is his 8-year old cousin - unless they have made a mistake about Allegra? CW.

Ocean_Fairy - you are a lost cause. ) CW.

That's a very good idea and you can see the lie of the land on the night - and how brave you are feeling. CW.

Great. Lollipop is now 33 on iTunes and Big Girl (You are Beautiful) is in at No 94 on iTunes. CW.

I'd like to hear Mika sing Queen's "March Of The Black Queen" as he has the vocal dexterity for the tricky fast bits... like... "Youve never seen nothing like it No never in your life Like going up to heaven And then coming back alive Let me tell you all about it Oooh give me a little time to choose Water babies singing in a lily pool delight Blue powder monkeys praying in the dead of night..." CW.

Mika could displace The Beatles? Interesting thought. The Beatles we are told are set to overtake the download market because dispute on the Apple name has been settled. CW.

I would choose seated if I were going to Shepherd's Bush, for a good view. Wondering if it is getting rather wild down the front of venues? CW.

Lollipop Girl is Mika's 8 year old cousin. CW.

A bit of trivia from radio interview... : Favorite Film - Wizard of Oz (2nd favourite 'Cinema Paradiso') : Favourite drink on a night out - Beer : Person he would like to be - Harry Nilsson : Hobbies - collects toys, from all over the world especially Japanese toys. : Started making music - at age of 11 CW.

I got 2 tickets for Birmingham. Thanks for the warning. CW.

OK then.... Shoe size? Favourite film? Favourite colour? etc ...

Goody... love flowers. Thanks a bunch. Ha!!! " A BUNCH" Geddit? Ain't I corny? Does mean a lot. To share the love here is better than............ an Luvvies, you all deserve xCW.

Think Mika is the Best Singer - and Best To Sing When You're Happy? Visit http://www.thebeststuffintheworld.com/stuff/mika and get him up the league table a bit. CW.

I am blushing uncontrollably. And I am wearing a bright red jumper too... not a pretty sight I bet. Very happy to have run into such a wonderfully friendly board. Too many boards these days are just slanging matches and you daren't open your mouth for fear of getting shot down in flames. MFC Board - stay as sweet as you are. ... ohh and tell me to shut up when you've had enough of me. HA! Love ya' CW.

This is one of the so called reviews/attempted assassinations that Brian May took exception to, especially the "Leo Sayer" reference. Not nice. (Leo Sayer on the other hand is a nice chap.) http://brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssb.html Scroll down to... Mon 05 Feb 07 ANOTHER NASTY PIECE OF WORK I was reading some of the comments back on the DIS page - and someone had the gall so say, don't come to this page if you are looking for certain artists. In fact war seems to be breaking out there in the comments section. CW.

I haven't listened to Happy Ending much, but somehow it is instantly memorable, the different passages of it keep coming into my head, quite separately, and I wonder "Am I thinking of another song"... but then I hum it a bit - and it's the same one. CW.

Thanks. Erosatire. That's the Dodgy Holiday EP. So it's the Dodgy Holiday tracks that are the extras on the CD, or did I completely miss the point. Ha Ha! CW.

WillyB, did you hear him with Jonathan Ross on the Radio on 3rd Feb? Jonathan behaved quite well. Thread HERE, though it hasn't been uploaded. CW.

I loved the intertwining / tripping over description. Once Mika had talked a little about his life, it was very easy to research, in fact the newspapers have been very slow. Reporters probably don't have research assistants these days, no wonder so many half truths and falsehoods in the papers, which are mostly (and sadly not all) treating him well at the moment. Lovely piece. Real enjoyable read. Thank you. And thank's to your other half. CW.