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Here Mika brings gifts to the chlidren of San Rafaelle December 3rd Mika comes back to Milan, not for a concert or to promote his album but for a very important beneficent initiative. The pop star visited the University Scientific Institute of San Raffaele to spend a private afternoon along with the little patients of the Mother Child Department and the young donators of the Blood Donation Center. During the first part of the afternoon he visited the Transfusion and Blood Donation Center, directed by Doctor Silvano Rossini: those who found “the surprise” were the young donators from 18 to 25 years old, and in his turn, donated blood. Asked the boys to continue the solidary gesture of donating and to suggest it to their acquaintances – then remained for pics and autographs. The rest of the day was spent at the Unit of Pediatrics and Neonatology, directed by Professor Giuseppe Chiumello. Mika brought personalized gifts for the kids and with them, had fun opening the packages and playing.

well, I actually don't know who this Peter person is but aside from that, he means that Mika's voice is so powerfull that the most famous people played in the nightclubs end up sounding way weaker (not sure if I'm being clear )

erm, sorry about that, seems like I copyed the wrong link Here it is again, for bigger images http://tinyurl.com/2f7u953 http://tinyurl.com/268yn9m http://tinyurl.com/2ahdzml

oooh, I didn't know that not that familiar with Gaga's stuff ^ ^"

sure hon http://picasaweb.google.com/11715001...56734157042866 http://picasaweb.google.com/11715001...56745989857346 http://picasaweb.google.com/11715001...56753324502770 Thanks to Katita for those

Well...I actually don't know either I've seen a couple of episodes and listened to some songs.....but I'm not sure what he means when he says that

Of course, I know what you mean I just mean that I'm happy things went the way they went. I know the feeling too, I've always been quite odd and adding some things that happened when I was younger I was lucky my mom always supported me on going my own way instead of trying to force me through the "regular" way (not sure I'm making any sense ) But anyway, I'm just so glad things went down in this way and today he is this wonderful person he is

oown, that's sweet no problem I actually did the same thing as I translated I was writing and now and then I was like "no....I don't that's the word he would've used...." completely hearing his voice on my head although I don't come even close to have his vocabulary......... No problem He's just so....not like most people in the business I enjoy knowing he's so cult (he often makes me go study something )

It so would! Although when they sang poker face they got his cover version

I know, noticed that too...it seems like he enjoyed talking about these things 'cause he saw that the interviewer had an actual interest on it. I sometimes notice that he goes kindda vague 'cause the interviewer doesn't really know what's he's asking about:aah: And about his mother....just the way she dealt with it all, it was amazing. She really handled the sittuation. I've seen so many amazing kids loose so much 'cause the parents found them weird or something and didn't know how to act on it I found the hair cut a little odd the first time I saw it too but then I saw it closely in the M&G and I thought it looks good :3

You think? Ok than....look at what the interviewer got afterwards

No problem

We just found out Mika gave an interview to a magazine the day after the gig in São Paulo (not a very well known mag...). Hope it's not too of, since it's been translated to portuguese with a lot of regional expressions Did my best to try figuring out what he might've actually said Blue parts are for the interviewer __________________________________________________________________ It took four years, two albums and dozens of hits for Mika to finally come to Brazil. It was worth waiting. Responsible for the best show of Planeta Terra Festival edition 2010, the singer had the ocean fans that attended the festival sounding loud and transformed the park into a mere extension of his playful and multicolored stage. Owner of a voice capable of putting down the dance floor divas in tribal house remixes (everyone knows Peter Rauhofer right?) and author of lyrics that inspire adolescents in their natural age crises, Mika is the Freddie Mercury of the millennial generation. With no flag raisings, exercises tolerance and at the same time amuses even those who do not care for the sexuality spell. In the cab on my way here, I was thinking about what would be my first question and thought it would be better to start by sharing something- which already gives the tone to this interview. Your first album is very special to me. At that time, 2006/2007, I was living in France and going through a period of many discoveries when for the first time I found natural being gay. It was the first time I was proud instead of ashamed of who I am. It’s good to start of like this. It’s wonderful to hear that. It’s almost the reason for an album like mine. Like it was made for this. It’s funny, ‘cause I’ve heard other people, that at the time were in their twenties, say the same thing. They’d say they were going through a tough moment and by listening to the album ended up changing, felling more.... ...strong? It’s not actually strength. It’s like a little bird that pulled them by the shirt’s sleeve and changed their direction . A little push. I think the main reason I agree with that is for the fact that I wrote this songs for the same reason. I write to feel better about aspects of my own life. My songs seem to tell stories about other people, but deep inside they’re about me. I only imagine characters so that people can identify more easily. If it works for me, even when everything is lousy, maybe it will have the same effect on other people. Tell us how it was before music... I look at you and see a kid in his room making loads of creative stuff....does that make sense? My room was a workshop, but not always I did things that creative. I liked to built, made scenarios and environments with my toys. I also made clothes and listened to a lot of music. I was a child that enjoyed building worlds. My mom thought I was a bit autistic ‘cause she’d catch me cleaning the walls with a little brush. I wanted them perfectly white. As time went by, she started to worry. These fantasies are common around seven year olds, and fade away till the age of thirteen. But to me it got worse. By the time I was fifteen I was doing that even more. She decided I should pick something out of all that to work with. I ended up being expelled from school ‘cause I’d stay too much in my own world, so she made me study music. I had really tough lessons with a Russian teacher. Hours of practice. I hated it. But I got good really fast so soon jobs on theaters and opera houses started appearing. Then I started dividing my time, one semester I’d go to school, the other I worked. At school things were still horrible. I was socially rejected and suffered homophobic attacks. How were these experiences in school? Horrible. It wasn’t easy dealing with this growing up thing. Those who disagree with or try to make this bullying and homophobia problems small is talking bull. I think I’ve found a way to bounce back by being good at something. I chose music. I believed that like this I’d win some freedom and would respond to the attacks in a strong way, but not needing to directly confront my aggressors. I wanted to pulverize them. You managed to do that quite well... I was obsessed with it. I kindda formulated something by accident in my head. Today I look back and understand what I was doing. I always suffered a lot with the labels throwed at me, so I decided to always reject any kind of label. It’s rather different attitude from someone who struggled for political rights in the 60’s in the United States, for example. It’s the opposite of that. I was young and lived in a different context, that’s why I focused on expanding the borders of tolerance. I always say that tolerance is much more important. Labels are important to people who depend on them to live and make politics. Once I was on tour through north Africa, in a country notoriously known for having an oppressive and anti gay political system, and during my show I sang “Billy Brown”. Around 46 thousand people singing a song like that is tolerance, not politics and it has nothing to do with labels. I research theatre and am very inspired by Michael Hutchtence (INXS). He was a very important person for male physicality in pop culture. He would, for example, move his shoulders like a woman, but in a masculine way. When I go on stage and dance in a more feminine way I also make a call for tolerance. If you do something similar on the street or a bar perhaps someone will approach you. I can do it on stage no matter if the audience is straight, gay or something else. And they end up reacting the same way. Theatricality is very important to me. It’s my approach. Each person can have their own. But of course sexuality is something that goes through my albums. I talk about that more than any other pop artist in the world, but I do it in a way that deceives people who might never bring it up. There’s no politics in my music. It’s almost an ambush. But political involvement is important for achieving legal rights. Little by little I’m getting more involved on the political aspect, as I’m getting older. Recently I’ve wrote to a column for the Italian journal La Repubblica in which I respond to a recent homophobic comment from Berlusconi (referring to the Italian prime minister’s declaration that answered to accusation of having harassed a Moroccan under aged girl saying that it’s “better to be passionate about girls that being gay”). What do you say on the article? It’s not out yet, but basically I say that in any other developed country in the world a political leader makes such comment and get nothing but taps in the back instead of negative repercussion. It’s not funny. He and everyone who supports him should be ashamed. It’s stupid. And I write that in a moment where my album is on the top in various segments of the Italian market. We never get to know anything about you. How do you keep yourself far from the midia harassment? I’m a mystery. I have a lot of secrets, some are good and others that embarrass me since I was young. “The Boy Who Knew too Much” is a reference to the youngster who’d pretend to go to sleep and climb out the window to throw himself at clubs till 5 a.m. I’m not that perfect. And what do you do for fun? Same as everybody. I go out, but to places where there are no photographers. I drink, do stuff...you know...like everyone. But no one reads about it. I don’t give it all. I put everything in my songs and not on interviews. I think it’s important to wake up in the morning and be able to do a show, write a song, do my job and not fell like I’ve sold every aspect f my life. And that helped me a lot. The tour of my second album was three times bigger than the first one’s. I think that only happens because I’ve kept myself relatively focused. Maybe one day that will change, but for now I’m pretty happy the way it is. What can we expect from the third album? It’s going to be ultra pop. Way more than the second, but way different from the first. It’s not about childhood nor adolescence. There’ll be different stories. You’ll be able to fit it in the whole of my carrier, but at the same time will see new things. There’s something about my music that is hard to explain. I don’t consider myself cool or uncool, fashionable or out of fashion. I’m kindda anything. My music is not pop, or indie, or electronic. It remains there in a weird place among all of that. It’s like a bubble. And I know that when I do something good is really hard not to get involved. A song like “Happy Ending”, for instance, simply works and that’s it. I want it to be like that, full of melody and not fitting in any genre. You’ll see. Do you watch Glee? Yes. My next album is super “Glee”. They should have a Mika special episode. I’m not as famous in the U.S. as you think. I’ll suggest it to Fox.

She's so sweet <3 I really hope she'll manage to be on the next tour too!

In Brazil, same thing....the government is a mess, the taxes are absurd but the majority chooses to keep it quiet 'cause of a few benefits they can manage to get. In the meantime, we keep getting screwed the worst that comes from it...and no one seems to care enought to do something. Like, anything. Not even placing a complaint xp Anyways.... He won't stop amazing me! Writes so well, loved the article.

Now seeing the whole thing...I really don't think it's bad ó.o He looks good ed. And I like the hat <3 love hats

Oown, it is cute! I thought it was an entire suit >D

at least it's not a pikachu one

Well....I think....this might be one of those animal suits that were (are?) so famous in japan?