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Hey Pandora! Looking forward to meeting you.

We can hope for a meet'n'greet, but they're never a sure thing. I'll wait outside for one, unless I hear there definitely won't be one. It never hurts to stick around and find out...

I think my mom's ok with Mika. She survived my teenage obsession with Prince, so anything's gotta be easier to handle than that! She doesn't know any of his songs, but she did watch him on So You Think You Can Dance a couple years ago. All she could talk about were his tight pants! "OMG, his pants were painted on!!" Plenty of eye rolling ensued.

My younger sister accompanied me to my first Mika gig in 2007, and I'm still not sure how she felt about it. She said that her favorite part of the show was his chicken suit. Oh boy. Not really winning over the fam, here.

My boyfriend, on the other hand, is a total closet Mika fan! He's coming with me to Monday's show, and I can't wait to see the fanboy glimmer in his eyes.

Oh my gracious...

That is just classic right there!

I wonder if Mika went ahead and checked it out. For professional reasons, of course.

Good luck and have fun, you guys! I so wish I could join you. I love the Bay Area. I'm definitely looking forward to your reports and pics (especially if they involve any new props, such as a crutches. )

Wow! Sounds like it was an incredible gig, despite Mika breaking himself. Thank you for the pics, videos, and reports so far. One of my friends, who I had no idea was a Mika fan, was at the show. I can't wait to hear what he thought of it.

I really don't see why Mika would need to cancel a gig unless he's really done some serious damage to himself. I said this in the pre-gig chatter thread, but honestly, I'd rather see him doing an entire gig sitting at the piano than no gig at all. Sure, it wouldn't be the same, but we could just pretend we're at an Elton John concert. Good music, just no bouncing. Take care of yourself, Mika!

Oh no! Poor guy.

I hope it's not too serious.

I really truly hope he doesn't cancel any gigs! Mika doing a gig sitting down is better than no gig at all.

 

madartista: That was @mikasounds bringing the entire palladium crowd to its knees. Well done.

 

Hey, I know that guy from another message board! LOL!

Wow! I never hear Mika on the radio here. C89.5 is the dance music station, so that makes sense. I remember the last time he was in Seattle, I saw people with backstage passes given to them by this station. Hmm...maybe I should listen to it more often.

Thank you for posting!

Mel, that is positively disgusting! I would have been LIVID! I'm sorry you had to deal with such an immature creep. I hope that guy felt like a real man after screaming at kids and coughing on young ladies. Horrible!

I ordered the new Flight of the Conchords album on vinyl. It's purple!!! They're amazing.

Suzanne, I'm so sorry to hear that you've been ill.

I wish you a speedy recovery, and I hope you'll be able to stay in choir. It's terrible that they can't be more understanding. If by some chance you're feeling better next week, I hope you can make it to the show.

Monday weather forecast:

 

Chances of rain 100% (nice for Qing! ) 10+ mm

11 degrees

30 km/h Wind to south

 

And it's basically the same thing thru out the week, except that it gets colder on Tuesday (around 9 degrees- 4/5 lowest unfortunately)

But it gets even colder after tuesday so i think we are a bit lucky here...

Oh boy, I'm certainly looking forward to spending the day driving/standing in that!

Luckily, my hotel is approx 500 feet from the venue (according to google maps), so I can just run in and grab some blankets to build us a rain shelter. Or, maybe not. Hotel management may frown upon that.

That's awesome, Foalbaby! Whatever happened with the charm necklace?

Boy am I slow! I watched it for the first time just now, and I'm not really sure what to make of it. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting, but there were a lot of beautiful images. The birds-eye view of the creatures surrounding Mika was nice, but would have been even better if the dancing was sharper. It was a good video nonetheless, but no rain? Hmm...

Wow, loving all of these reports! So happy that more MFCers got to be Big Girls

 

 

@Sammy: This is probably a stupid question, by why isn't Mika allowed to listen to demos?

I can't speak for Mika, but I've heard about other artists rejecting people's demo CDs as well. The reason is that they may get into legal trouble if they ever put out a song that sounds similar to yours. I'm pretty sure Sammy wouldn't sue Mika, but they can never be to sure. I was thinking of recording a song I'd written for Mika and giving it to him, but I'm not sure if I will now. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

Oh my holy goodness! Sammy, your report was pure joy! I am so so glad that the night was everything you wanted and more. Now definitely get some rest. If you remember any more details, be sure to share them.

Also, congrats to our MFC Big Girl dancers! What an amazing experience to get backstage, and see what goes on behind the scenes. Now I'm really inspired to do it! (I swear Mrs. P, I have plenty'o cleavage to fill that corset.)

Hey guys, I've got 1 spare ticket to the Vancouver show! We can arrange to meet at the show, and I'll bring it to you. PM me if you're interested! Thanks.

Argh...it's times like this when I really wish I had TV!

Thank goodness for YouTube.

Hmm... Well I hope my apartment manager will be there to sign for them, or I'll be very unpleased.

Still, it's good to know the tickets are starting to arrive safely! Less than 2 weeks, guys!

Yes - boobage for the top... my god, you'd have to have some serious boobage to actually fill it. They're massive - thank goodness they're structured and they go way up high, because there was nothing really holding me in. I was afraid of having a little Janet Jackson episode. Aparently they had to make the corsets bigger for some girls they had in the U.S., and now they're really too big for most of the girls they get. My outfit was probably 3 sizes too big on me... it was done up as tight as they could, and then Mrs. P. put some clothes pins to try and take it in, but it was still big. Plus the whole corset is very padded from top to bottom, so you end up looking a lot bigger than you actually are. But you can't tell... it looks like it's really fitted because they are so structured with wiring (or whatever you call it) that they pretty much stand on their own. You can tell from the face-to-face picture - where it's from the side - that the boobage part is about 10 sizes too big for me...

Oh...I so want to do this now! I have plenty of boobage to fill a corset, bring it on! Zoots, you are my inspiration. I loved your pictures.

Mine aren't here yet.

Which section are you sitting in?

I've gone from "there's no way, I can't do this, I can't do this, it's not me, what if someone I know is in the audience" to feeling like I want to go on tour with him and be on stage for the whole show, not just one song. It was effing fantastic.

Girl, that is awesome that you were able to put your fears aside, and just go for it! I'm pretty shy when it comes to showing skin, but I would honestly jump at the chance to be a Big Girl dancer. How did you get chosen?

I just got the shipping email too, hallelujah! I can't wait for the tickets to get here, I'm dying to see which section I'm sitting in.

OMG, we agree?

 

Let's celebrate!

 

 

 

Oh my life, Christine has turned into a chav.

:roftl:

Congratulations, Soll! Now we'll all be running home to check our mailboxes. If any of us wins, you'll most likely find an overly enthusiastic announcement in this thread. Good luck with the next round!