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I meant to say that the suits might be limiting his growth. I love them, but an image can hold you hostage if you are not careful. Maybe he is running out of ways to decorate them. What he does with his image is his business of course. What I said was surely not intended as an insult. You cannot freeze somebody in time. Sigh.

So this is a small example of the kind of meme I am talking about. A little info, sometimes a lyric, but all intended to intrigue or inspire or garner a strong reaction. Same format but with different colors or fonts. These were knocked off fast using just lyrics and the Giffoni interview. But I can tell you if you don't hit the nail on the head, there is a ton of material. I don't have great programs, but they make the point. Where to put them? Another question if anyone even likes the idea. These are all square frames, don't know happened with the Say Goodbye one, but I don't love it anyway. It's too on the nose.

Yes, but in a standard form and style, standard borders. Standard size artwork. Same size type. Something that is a signature. Used in a consistant place and way. And using mostly quotes from songs, interviews etc that come from a solid, clear point of view that is Mika's.

I also want him to do music. But your passion is deeper than mine. I just want him to do Something. Ah, documentaries. Another great idea. As is teaching. What an excellent instructor he would be. I would LOVE to take songwriting workshop with him. Or even see him do an in depth lecture. Someone stop me. I am making myself dizzy.

Keep this as a Forum, just re-invent the form. It could be really something, there are enough people to work on it, but I am not the one to figure out how. I agree the forum should be super colorful. I am always surprised it is so plain. I would find illustrations, books that Mika loves, and plays and poetry and use hem all over the place (excerptsof course." I would use fan illustrations of songs and use them too. If you put a frame around anything, it looks better, so I would frame every one of these. You could use them on the front page, on FB etc. Images are much more important to most people when online thanalot of writing or even unframed photos with no titles. Think memes. Mika memes. And Mika fan memes. If I ever have time I will do a Mika meme. Also, I am not really a fan of the gifs. But I don't like them generally, not just here . Also, what about Mika stickers? That might be fun. I joined to hear about concerts but found the forum full of interesting things and people. I do think Mika's own web page is uninspired and it's clear that merch is not high on anyone's list. In fact, I think Mika's web presence is not very exciting. "Remember this" posts are somewhat sad to me. As if Mika was not here and now doing anything worth mentioning. I might think that his team and himself have really linited your ability to float rumors or little bits of info to keep it new, but I thought he was done with hiding his life. I now do my search on a browser, not in the forum. I can never find anything here. I think there is just too much material. If Mika owns this and doesn't ever give it his attention, that explains alot. Working in a void is a miserable thing. Honoring someone who never shows up to say hello, good job, is kind of a thankless thing. It's easy for me to talk, I don't put the energy into this forum that alot of you do. And maybe I have said some unhappy things. Some of what I have suggested though, might brighten things up. I do enjoy the forum, but I am older, and have mostly been on here to put together an idea of Mika's art and how who he is might make sense of some of it. Not that the sense I make is right, or useful. It's just who I am. Thank you for all your good work. It matters.

When you get to a certain point in your life, and you are no longer struggling in so many ways (although always in your soul) what do you write about? I don't know the answer to this for Mika but I will be curious to see the answer. Maybe back to more storytelling about other people. But mature work is less driven by the depth of feeling - the anger, the yearning, the frustration, the alienation - than when you are young and need so much to let out those feelings. Especially if life has been kind to you. Of course, if his life comes apart at the seams and he has an early mid life crisis it's a different story. Also, for someone who is broadly creative, it makes sense for them to branch out. And he seems to like to be busy busy busy. A musical? I could take twelve of his songs, create a story and a book, and drop them right in now. A movie? Why do you think that bit about the time travel was in Casa Mika? I don't think it was enough of a story or characters to be a film yet, but I do think it was a test run. Also, he could easily produce a project if he thought it was right for him. A project about Gregory? I would adore it. More than a time travel project. A project about Lebanon? Really, can't you guys think so? I don't think he will stop doing music, but it takes years between songs to live enough to have material unless you are looking back. He is young for that. I spent years in the film industry as a story consultant etc and it was my job to catch things before anyone else. You had to follow your instincts. So I am doing that now. I could be wrong. But I still bet I am not.

Interesting about the Lebanon project. Yes I think he has to be involved with the creation, probably on many levels. Would Andy direct? Very possible.

It's a pretty safe guess Mika is going to be involved with a film as an actor soon. I will take bets he is going to write a musical. I mean, this is so... musical-ly.

The heading says it all. Rich Isaacson, Mika's American Manager, just moved to a vp plus position with Def Jam. This probably only matters if you were going to send something there. I would imagine it is no more. It seems to have been a one person show.

Whatever happened to Gertrude?

Okay, so I was going to do a version of this song myself but so far am still messing with a key. In the meantime, I did a translation of Le Soleil Mal Luné in English. I put the song to a whole lot of my artwork, and voila. I am happy with it. And I may try to get it to himself.

I warn you this is kind of eerie? I had the strangest reaction to this. I though that Mika always has this alone quality. As if he is eternally by himself and can only get so close to anyone. This is his public persona I am talking about. I can probably understand why I think this, but not yet. It's related to his "I am from everywhere and nowhere." And this is really really the next think I think of Captain Jack from Dr. Who, unable to die. I have said and thought this before, there is a mythical quality which is not ordinary. And it makes my heart ache. Yes, I am a little crazy. Still ...

Mika not in a suit.

No words. only fear.

I give up. This site is too big. Would somebody put this somewhere if its okay?

I am wondering if anyone knows of a crazy energetic performance by Mika. Like this , but his own song. I am guessing many of you know this performance well. And will watch it again anyway.

I am glad Mika will get a nice book but I have been also moved by the hashtag and hate to see someone who could benefit from it go to a dead end. And doesn't he look a bit foolish sending people to the wrong place? Here's a problem, and there are worse, too many good ideas not enough solid follow through. I feel its too bad. But it's my own fault for forgetting the reality of the entertainment business. Oh well.

It's #whenivebeengregory not wheniwasgregory. I messaged him on Instagram. But what are the odds he will see it? can someone he follows let him know? I put mine on Facebook so I screwed up too.

Okay, I just wrote the American author Andrew Solomon (who has written two brilliant books on depression and one on identity) about Gregory. I wonder what he will think. I am now having some chicken soup and heading to bed!

So several years ago I had a horrible depression caused by a medication I was taking for a sleep disorder. I sat in my chair for two years looking out the window and waiting for each second to pass. I will not go into details but I have learned more than I ever wanted to about emotional pain -- and compassion. But on the other hand, I am still here. I started crying when Gregory came out -- and I still don't speak Italian. Sometimes I have a very bad day. Today was one. Then I started reading the #whenIvebeenGregory and had another crying jag. Because at least I didn't feel alone. Thank you for posting it. I will try to follow up on the English page when I stop crying. Could be a while.

I just went searching the internet for info on the show. i always check Wikipedia, in the past I have contributed to some articles. . I don't know how big this contributor driven encyclopedia is in Europe, but.... the ItalianCasa Mika page has almost nothing on it. I am a professional writer. But I don't speak Italian. I am not as knowledgable about as the show as the Italian lot. . If I were, I might roll up my sleeves and write some proper informative, insightful information for the page. It's important for Wikipedia foe articles to be fact based with citations if possible and I know this is work. But many people submit their own Wikipedia pages, almost anything will go up if it is informative and not obviously crazy. I just toss the idea out lightly. Certainly most people are too busy to engage in this kind of contribution. But just in case, I humbly mention it. @dcdeb you are the only one I have come across who writes professionally? I know Mika must have a publicity team, but this is not where they would place their energy, still I think the page could use even a few paragraphs of help. But I admit there is much more I don't know about the Mikaverse than what I do. I have many wild ideas. My theory is that the more ideas you have, the more likely one of them may be a good one. And I love much of what Mika does. I support his vision with my heart. Gosh I can't wait for English subtitles. Pat PS Isn't Luciana like a big sister/mother hen for Mika? I liked her from the moment when she mopped his forehead with her skirt. But I may feel differently when I know more of what she is saying.

This is my alter ego Punkin. She gets around and wanted to see Himself. She's good-bad, but she's not evil I know, I know, he wasn't wearing sneakers but she has a vivid imagination. She really enjoyed the show, especially the talking dogs, but was distracted by Mika's teeth, of all things. Something is different...?

1. Mika is still really a service oriented business. He has to do Casa Mika himself. He has to write and record and tour himself. He cannot clone himself in order to fulfill all of these many avenues. Also, his successes come from a hands on, handmade point of view.. The sets on Casa Mika may be made for him, but the structure and content of the episodes are handmade by one man. Service oriented businesses are more limited than product oriented ones, but ironically, the individualism, quirkiness and quick thinking of Mika does not easily adapt itself to mass produced products. I shudder at the thought of the Mika couch. The Mika cookbook. The Mika white tee shirt. The Mika tribute band. I am pretty sure he would too. So I somewhat doubt the syndicated Mikaverse. 2. I don’t know how many he needs to fund an album and a tour, I do know he said he lost a great deal of money on Parc des Princes. I believe that a worldwide tour as he has done before is not going to be constructed the way he did it in the past. But writing and performing his music is still, and always will be, at the core of who he is. The trouble is with time. Nobody can be in two places at once. Servicing tv and music are going to be quite a trick. And this is why, I suspect, the book isn’t done. He is only one extremely talented, unique, inspirational person. 3. If I were Mika (ha!) I would be writing a Broadway or West End show to star in. Thiis is the one genre where I think he could be replaced by another star and have it still be successful. Or could actually not have to star at all. And spin off a touring company, use merchandising and cast albums to make money, and still not be eaten up by the project. 4. I am sorry for those of you who miss the old days. I would have given a tooth to have been there. You are all different people because of this experience in a way I envy. When I see his old handdrawn site and personally written blogs, I am actually very moved. It’s all there. The vulnerability. The desire to have a communal experience. The intellectual, artistic bent. And the kindness. Everywhere else, if you look, you can find the ambition, the self control, ideas beyond measure that have been brilliantly executed or have not gotten done yet. And it all still gets you in a tizzy, I do wish people could hope for the best outcome for Mika, and try to understand how complicated the situation is. He doesn’t just pick music, record an album and tour. Who knows, he might be missing the good old days too. But he was always destined to change many, many people’s lives through living out his own. It’s a rare, dangerous yellow brick road that would scare the hell out of me. I wish him luck, peace and happiness as he goes. I will be watching from a nearby tree. 6. Why did I number these ideas? I have no idea. Pat