QueenBigFat

12 minutes ago, Vero Bott said:

He would definitely deserve a long rest after this killer schedule. But maybe, he'll be busy with preparing/rehearsing/creating the philharmonic concert?

Does anyone know whether it will be broadcast? 

On 3/8/2024 at 7:57 PM, QueenBigFat said:

Aaaaaaaaaand another one….

in a conversation on another thread a **couple** of days ago I posted about an electrician who was doing work on my old house when the power went out, years and years ago. And then we discovered that the power was out on the whole block. And in total seriousness he raised his hands in the air and said, I didn’t do anything! It was funny at the time. It was even funnier when we discovered that the power was down in the entire Northeast US.

 

*****Today*****     in the local paper:

 

 

 

Sooooooo….today we watched Oppenheimer. It was so mumbly and badly produced that we had to use closed captions. Which we followed by watching the recorded episode of Sunday Morning from earlier today, which featured a segment about… how often people need to use cc for movies these days, especially for movies such as Oppenheimer, whose producer, Christopher Nolan, is famous for his unintelligible movies.

3 minutes ago, Hero said:

Excellent drag name right there. 

Oh, the implications. Ouch.

On 3/5/2024 at 2:22 PM, QueenBigFat said:

 

Some of you know about the coincidences or psychic experiences I have, sometimes involving the fan club. What happens is I think about an extremely obscure person, place, or thing (meaning, long ago or very rare or far from anyone's consciousness) and within a moment it is prominent in the news or elsewhere. In fact CJ got involved in one long one about the song Suddenly Seymour and Venus Flytraps (check out her newly revised bio) from Little Shop of Horrors. (Even Mika played a role in that one!) . So….recently I posted about Yul Brynner, here and in another forum, as you can see a few posts earlier. AND YESTERDAY, on a daily talk show in the US, Rita Moreno was a guest. Talking about her first role, which was in…the King And I. But what they wanted to talk about, of course, was Yul Brynner. 

Aaaaaaaaaand another one….

in a conversation on another thread a **couple** of days ago I posted about an electrician who was doing work on my old house when the power went out, years and years ago. And then we discovered that the power was out on the whole block. And in total seriousness he raised his hands in the air and said, I didn’t do anything! It was funny at the time. It was even funnier when we discovered that the power was down in the entire Northeast US.

*****Today*****     in the local paper:

19 minutes ago, dcdeb said:

Yeah, I've been watching a lot of TV lately -- not sure why. Too many late nights.

Because watching the news and paying attention to what is going on around us is intolerable ?

Some of you know about the coincidences or psychic experiences I have, sometimes involving the fan club. What happens is I think about an extremely obscure person, place, or thing (meaning, long ago or very rare or far from anyone's consciousness) and within a moment it is prominent in the news or elsewhere. In fact CJ got involved in one long one about the song Suddenly Seymour and Venus Flytraps (check out her newly revised bio) from Little Shop of Horrors. (Even Mika played a role in that one!) . So….recently I posted about Yul Brynner, here and in another forum, as you can see a few posts earlier. AND YESTERDAY, on a daily talk show in the US, Rita Moreno was a guest. Talking about her first role, which was in…the King And I. But what they wanted to talk about, of course, was Yul Brynner. 

On 2/12/2024 at 6:28 PM, mellody said:

 

Yeah, I mean obviously if you keep your respiratory system hydrated that's good for your voice - but they're making it sound like a special secret machine, when you could as well just hang your head over a pot/kettle with boiling saltwater to achieve the same effect for your voice.  Of course that machine is more comfortable and easier to use anywhere - but they make it sound more eccentric than it actually is.

And it is not a replacement for a vacation, or an explanation for how Mika is roughly 56 times as productive as ordinary humans with as much energy and creativity as a whole village put together. Which is the interesting story!

12 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Wow, thanks for sharing - I feel a little better knowing that this is a common process and not just my mind playing tricks on me. Thanks for your words, it means a lot. 

I am very glad that you took the risk. The thing that batters our self esteem the worst is the shame that is protected by not revealing how human we are. In recovery programs they say “you are only as sick as your secrets” but this is not only about sickness. It is about self doubt which mostly is a women's battle.  For me it is always a relief when others disclose the very human struggles that like mushrooms grow in the darkness. We feel we are the only one. We virtually never are.

2 minutes ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

When I'm done it's usually a feeling of "Wow I made that!"

For me sometimes it is the same words but different inflection: I made that?!? Especially years or decades later.

46 minutes ago, holdingyourdrink said:

Never openly shared this before, but after I finish some artwork I feel somewhat deflated for a couple of days. The artwork was created in a rush of inspiration, euphoria and many colours and shapes… but when it’s done, all of that temporarily lays to rest and I can’t even look at the drawing anymore: because I will only see its flaws.

(Eventually I can look at it again, but it needs some time.) 

 

And then the process starts again when I start something new  I am hopeless! 

I understand. I used to go through something a bit similar, empty and drained and a bit lost. I called it post-partum. My creation was different—writing non-fiction does not come in an explosion of  creativity, euphoria or colors and shapes! but it can come in an intellectual rush of ideas and creativity. Ironically, I needed to stay away for a while before I could see the flaws in my work!

It really is hard to be all the way over here, watching Mika storm Europe and places in Asia, while no one here even knows who he is. It’s like being in a weird separate world. And while I think America would not appreciate him, necessarily, and while I think the way he conducts his concerts would actually be a bit dangerous for him, I wish he weren’t so far away. 

8 minutes ago, silver said:

Lack of sleep never helps

I’m on my second nap of the day today after days of awful half-assed sleep. This is getting old.

7 minutes ago, CharlotteL said:

There already is a full translation of this interview on the first page of this thread:

https://www.mikafanclub.com/topic/36715-mika-as-a-guest-on-radio-scoop-france-18-january-2024/?do=findComment&comment=4292888

 

This is the part that I think you are referring to:

Man: Yes it's true you sold Clairmont very well (laughs) He insists on it. Artists often get questions about how they feel before they release an album, but never after. What about you? Your album was out at the beginning of December, how do you feel about it now almost at the end of January just before the tour starts?
Mika: What I like a lot is that each person has different favorite songs. The other thing is like as it is in French I was afraid regarding the international market and even if it was released only in a few countries. There are special editions out in other countries like for example in Japan and what's funny is that everything is written in Japanese and translated into Japanese. But there is something really great that's starting to happen: we already started being asked for synching the music for [TV] series in the US.
Man: Waoh
Mika: And honestly I love the idea that you can erase and break down this idea of fronteers "If you do this it will cut you from this part of...no one will be interested in England
 Well...it doesn't matter...now you have to express yourself in a totally different way, in a unique way, create your music following your own story and it means that it will stay true and maybe it will evolve a bit  in an improbable way but it stays interesting.

 

But like Deb said, I'm pretty sure he just means that after releasing the French album he was approached by tv people (including American ones) about the rights to the songs so they can use them in tv shows and stuff.

17 minutes ago, QueenBigFat said:

To be clear I meant when his songs are gonna be on American tv

Although American translations of anything are very welcome!!! (I would say English translations but sometimes I need translations of what those Brits say)

16 hours ago, QueenBigFat said:

PleasepleasePLEASE post about it in English when you find out more specifics!

To be clear I meant when his songs are gonna be on American tv

Zen 

@SILVER! I put my iphone in my lap and did some stuff and looked down and—look who checked in!

(swear to god I did not type that word on purpose with my fingers while looking at the screen)

Doncha hate 

5 minutes ago, Hero said:

A bit, yes, thank you. House alarm was beeping again last night for the first time in ages, I thought I'd fixed it last time. At 4am after no sleep and thinking about everything else I'm dealing with, it was a bit, last straw. But hey, I've had a cry and now I'm thinking f it, if something doesn't get done, tough. 

 

 

Doncha hate it when you’re awake at night and your brain starts shuffling through your mental files looking for something to feel anxious about?!

PleasepleasePLEASE post about it in English when you find out more specifics!

I made myself laugh when I posted this because all I could think of was how many people on this site were seeing what was there and going , who is that bald guy? And why is she talking about him?

23 minutes ago, Anna Ko Kolkowska said:

Is this Yul Brynner?

It sure is! In another forum I was talking about having been a Broadway junkie (when B'way was B'way, not jukebox performances) and I talked about being fortunate to see many wonderful shows, but the best experience was that I saw King and I in his last tour before he died. He did it with one lung. Magical.

4 hours ago, TinyLove_CJ said:

Has that been painted on a plate? It's beautiful! 😍

Yep. Plate. I collect ones of wild animals (and a german shepherd as you can see in one of the Blake pictures I sent you). Her mother bought this one around the time we saw him on Broadway.

On 2/16/2024 at 11:22 PM, QueenBigFat said:

oh, CJ……..

 

Apple News headline for you…..

 

Oh CJ, AGAIN….

Hunny went to her childhood home to get some stuff and came home WITH THIS….

On 2/20/2024 at 5:47 PM, silver said:

Just discovered that it's national Love Your Pet day (UK) today

 

But I don't need a special day to love mine

 

Silver, I swear, every time I see this picture it stops me in my tracks and a quiet little oh! Falls out of my little open mouth.

1 hour ago, silver said:

Just discovered that it's national Love Your Pet day (UK) today

 

But I don't need a special day to love mine

 

Oh, silver, one of the best pix of his gorgeous self that I have seen!!!!

He really does cut a nice figure on ice in those yt videos 

ps So I figured it out: with his skates, and his hair, Mika is about 6’10!!!