Siddhartha

A lot has made me laugh today, but what made me laugh the most was my Dad saying that he used to look like Rajko from Last Man Standing, aka, this guy: Maybe in the face a bit sure, but L.O.L. He thinks coz he played rugby for uni he was a bodybuilder. Bless. Even my Mother was rolling on the floor.

Congratulations on all you fine folk celebrating 5 years of listening to Mika. I've only been listening to him for 5 weeks

Hehe... fisherman vest...

Oh cool! I feel a bit sorry for you because I have a 16 year old brother, and I know just how he treats his school laptop Do it! Do it! You will look more than OK, I'm certain of it. Bettie Page Clothing has some great dresses that aren't too hard on the wallet either. And there's nuttin wrong with all black and gold chucks!! I just couldn't be arsed today (usually I dress/petticoat/hair it to work). Bolted home from the gym, showered, hair in a clip, jeans, shirt and red chucks. Not even any makeup. My colleagues can go bite the big one.

Hey can I let you guys in on a little secret? Mika's hot. Even if he did half lip sync a song. SHHHH don't tell anyone.

What do you do? It sounds fascinating! You should definitely wear a dress to work... pencil skirt or a full petticoat and no one will see your knickers, promise

Hehe it's totally still a fisherman vest. What did they say?

It's because behind the scenes of every radio station on this planet there are deals and contracts in place between stations and record companies. Be it exclusive rights to the first air play of every pop tart from X Factor's songs, to sponsorship of events/competitions for increased rotation. All stations have very specific relationships with record labels, which often means that requests can fall on deaf ears.

[media law nerd] And, as much as requesting songs is great and it can help promote emerging artists/new tracks, at the end of the day we are all at the whims of the commercial Music Director. They basically tell the public what they like. SOOOO... it means in France, someone high up liked Mika's stuff (and saw it's commercial appeal). Which is cool if you live in France. To my knowledge Elle Me Dit wasn't played here at all - not because it's not a good song, but it doesn't suit our market. [/media law nerd]

Not meaning to burst any bubbles, but the majority of your commercial DJ's have nothing to do with the songs that are being played on the radio, regardless of the country. That's what Music Directors are for I'm afraid. And in a commercial setting, it comes down to who your sponsors are, and what connections they have to major labels. And even in independent stations, where DJ's get to actually program their shows, it all comes down to 'rotation lists'. I used to volunteer at an indie radio here and worked in developing their rotation lists - so basically of all the new music we'd get, the Music Director would listen to, figure out what was the best (rotation A), what was great (B), what was good © etc etc. Then DJs were told that in any hour they'd have to play x amount from list A, x amount from B etc. It rarely has anything to do with a DJs preference on radio I'm afraid.

Those Chucks are killer

Wooot! Thanks Milda! He's pretty much stunning, hey. That dancing though...

I'm sure Mika's was extra 'special'. But I saw a screencap of all these schmucks in white tshirts holding signs that said 'danse' and I'm sticking with ridiculous. 80's ridiculous even

Wow. I just read through 26 pages. What great stuff Mika! Love, love, LOVE the shoes *prays for a push into the vintage aesthetic* I'd love to see the performance of EMD and laugh at the ridiculous dancing if anyone has the opportunity to whack it on Youtube.

Yeah I'm not imaging a 'world' tour so to speak (excluding UK, France, States) until this time next year truth be told. I will be back in London probably 6 times before that though... I'm gonna hang out in that bar every night and get a reputation.

There's gotta be a leading single before the albums out, perhaps even a couple. I'm sure there will be heaps of little treats dangled in front of. I will not despair

I hate to be THAT girl, but post-production on an album usually takes 3-6 months. Don't hate me!

He clearly needs as much time as possible to get changed out of the fisherman vest.

And.... it's over? bahahahahaha seriously? I reckon that was under a minute!

He's on! Bless! And my fella has buggered off in a huff refusing to translate

The fisherman vest continues to crack me up.

Is this Shakira? Or do I really have no idea about chart music any more?

I wish I spoke French. Thank God my fella is French! But he's not appreciating the crap music and 'general vacuousness' of this station

Ok I'm having a wee moment here. I bought this dress today, absolutely adore it, wore it out tonight. Loved it so much I just jumped on their website to see if they had it in any other colours and found out it is called the "Grace Kelly" dress. Now I'm doing a little 'squee' and my fella thinks I'm mad.

That's 7am here... 7am on a Saturday morning... it's nigh on impossible. Oh wait, I don't speak French. #problemsolved