mellody

well that's just what you get when you're part of mika's world. a boy called alice, a male dog called gertrude, a cameraman called fluffy, and a keyboarder called sunshine. what means gender anyway? they have to learn to live with it.

time for new eyelash pix!

yup, london.

bump. deadline tomorrow. or let's say, monday evening german time, won't have time to do anything before monday evening anyway.

maybe it is, but if you don't arrive in london sooner, you won't have a choice anyway, so why bother? i'll come to the venue around noon/early afternoon i think, but i won't aim for front row at this gig, will try to be a LG or if not, stand at the side as i'll be wearing my gray skelly costume with the big hat.

ruth just posted a video of the sheffield m+g, where mika was asked about the single. it's at about 2:10:

ah so that's why, i thought it was just ireland. asked at HMV in dublin but they didn't have it. WTF?! i love collecting singles, what should i buy a download for, if i'm not interested in remixes, and already have that song on the album?! well ok i'll do it for mika, but there's not many who will do that. i've looked on amazon websites UK, DE, FR - but it's not available anywhere, though for UK at least they have the artwork on the site. sigh.

sunshine isn't a bad nickname though, is it? anyway in german it wouldn't be. like i said, i've never talked to david, so no idea what he's like. i just think he had a hard time when he started, because he replaced luke, who most of us really liked. and i think he messed up the relax intro a few times, and made gray skelly appear drunk. but he's not messing up any more things now, so that's fine. i also still wish that luke was still in the band, but it certainly isn't david's fault that this isn't the case. i'd love to know more about him, so i can see him as a personality in the band, like it's the case with the others.

i'd say, let people dress up if they want to, and let people come in normal clothes if they prefer that. i love dressing up, always did, and i'm happy that the mika gigs give me more opportunities to do so - although it's not so common anymore as it used to be, and sometimes i might be the only one. but i don't mind at all - ok maybe a little bit, lol, of course i'd love to see fancy dress costumes all over, all the colours and glitter and stuff, i really enjoy that... but it's everyone's own decision, so like i don't want anyone to tell me to not dress up, i won't (and can't) tell anyone to do it. i'm also saying, if you feel like dressing up, do it, even if you're the only one. i walked through belfast with a sequin star on my face, and i'm PROUD if people ask me about it, to say that i'm going to a mika gig and that they should come as well, as it's the best party they could find. i never got any negative reactions about it (except for that teenage blogger who called me "the silly blue one" - but then was happy when i gave her a balloon! ), probably because i feel good about it, as that is me. i've always loved fancy dress and glitter and feathers and all that stuff, and if i see an opportunity to wear that, and i feel like it, i will. sometimes a full costume, like in ireland, and sometimes just a bit of glitter in my face. and about mika, didn't he also say back in 2007, that he could do something else instead, like mottos (and he did talk about doing some dresscode for LA in october, though finally he ended up not doing it...)? or did that part come up on mfc? don't remember... but i remember that i heard of what mika had said the day of the newcastle gig, when i was wearing my gray skelly costume for the first time, and i suddenly felt bad about it, because andy even mentioned it to me. mika totally made up for that though by telling me how much he loved my costume - so i really wouldn't rate what he said about not dressing up too high. we know he says a lot of things, he probably just was p*ssed off when he heard about that other band copying him. he also showed us his appreciation in hanover when we all turned up with sequins in our faces. not to forget the sophie blackall outfits by kanni&antoine in berlin on the acoustic tour, which he also loved. so IMO that he doesn't TELL his fans anymore to dress up at gigs doesn't mean that he doesn't like it. so like i said, if everyone does what they feel good with, everyone should be happy.

yup, i also think a pub is better for the evening. hmm, dunno, are there any markets in london on saturdays, still in the afternoon? that might be interesting... or we could just walk around a bit/go by bus, oxford street, picadilly circus, westminster abbey, tower bridge... the usual stuff. or if the weather is good, go for a walk in hyde park, that's quite nice. and lots of squirrels there.

yup, me and statue_of_liberty will also be there already sat afternoon and would love to join you. any specific plans yet? guess we'd be ready for a meet-up from around 3pm, hammersmith area or city centre.

ok, thanx anyway, will just watch them all then when i have time.

of course he does. i just meant because you said you also weren't able to answer all of his questions coz you didn't pay attention to the merch, lighting etc. argh, whatever, just forget it.

sorry, didn't take pix... but i remember it had the album cover artwork on the front and was available in different colours. i remember the purple one, as i liked that best.

poor andy, seems like he's having a hard time finding the right people to interview. i'm completely rubbish talking to a camera and hardly ever understand andy's questions because he speaks with such a low voice, and you guys can't tell him either what he wants to hear, lol! well, guess mika has to rely on twitter then for the fans' feedback. tho andy interviewed you for quite a while in dublin, guess you did manage to give him some good feedback then.

thanx sara! can't watch all of them now, but do you remember if there's the band introduction in any of them? would love to see/hear that again. but can't remember before/after which song it was. love it that you have the beginning of toyboy, where everyone's cheering for him, and the bit with his water bottle.

i mentioned it in the belfast thread. guess they had it in dublin too, but the merch stand in dublin was very hidden, not everyone saw it.

but... but... ok, yes. nah, seriously, the band usually doesn't come out at the same time as mika, i think - and somehow i saw jimmy almost every time, cherisse+martin+imma quite often, but never david so far.

ah thanx! so they changed the order a little, compared to dublin+sheffield, biotg and any other world have swapped places btw, did he do the biotg singing competition yesterday and today? bedtime sounds good, should do that as well. :rolls_eyes: night everyone!

oh wooow, that piano looks fab! bit blurry, but... love his chair dancing! so, was the setlist the same like yesterday? thanx also to marylin for your report!

btw, i need to get a pic with david some time on this tour. and with imma too. in dublin i just saw jimmy+imma, but i was in the queue for the mika m+g so i didn't go up to them (i really like them, but i won't risk missing mika because of them! ) but just waved. didn't see any of the others though. actually, i've never seen david go into or leave a venue, iirc. he's the invisible man. or i'm just blind.

happy you like them. btw, can i please have a floorsweeper like this?

aww, love it, my pix of the inside of the theatre turned out really blurry. so beautiful! here's finally a link to all of my pix: http://www.mikafanclub.de/bilder-dublin.php

here's finally a link to all my belfast pix: http://www.mikafanclub.de/bilder-belfast.php - mods, please add to the first post?

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