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Post by derek on Aug 10, 2007 21:02:50 GMT -5
i think it's easier to tell the tale with pics.... so, my aunt, sister and me wake up at 4:30am at the Radio City Apartemnts...get ready.....and head to the lobby.....we walk out the door and it's POURING RAIN. we get to bryant park at around 5:30is and we see people starting to gather around the stage. it was really dark though... I noticed NOTHING was set up (camera's, chairs, baracades, anything...so we were wonderin what was happening (FEARING they CANCELLED the damn thing). Then, on lady hollered that we have to go to the abc studios..sure, it ain't too far of a walk...I thinking that Oh wow, we're gonna be the first ones in line for the studio. (I thought the people who were at the park were the only audience members (and there weren't alot)...so I was all estaic. We turn onto Times Square and begin to see a group of people at teh door of the studios...as we walk further, the "group" turns into the line...going down the street around the corner of the building...my aunt said right there "there's no way we're getting in that studio...so we go to the back of the line and here we are right infront of the side studio entrance...the door was wide opena dn props and people were going in and out..I was hearing some backing track for Big Girl echoing from the doors ..well, I go to starbucks to get my aunt a coffee, figuring mika was already in the studios, I come back and my aunt said "you JUST missed him, I tried to get my camera out to take pics, but it happened so fast..." (we found out that Mika actually WENT to Starbucks right before coming to the studio....if I was a few minutes early, I could have seen him there!) I felt so disgusted and the world was against me that very day. But we wait about a half hour and finally MIKA APPEARS from backstage!!!!!! It took me a while to get my camera situated but he was like looking out the window from the stage like making faces and sticking his tounge out...it was very funny and cute...he never walked directly up to the windows, though. ANYWAY, he started rehearsing: then for a while, i trying to figure out where to stand....I moved to the other side of the bilding and stayed there for about 2 hours...and mika took his sweater off. YES! rehearsing... I'm not so sure about this! as doug and skeeter used to do, mika BANGING on a trashcan! Chuckle. When he was “telling” us about his secret gig which I COULD NOT GO TO AND WAS PISSED ON THAT FACT...lol, but I managed to feel a bit better and you can tell why if you keep scrolling… The drummer, cause I’m so used to seeing her on all the performances on Youtube. one of the few pics mika actually looking toward the camera as a fan is about to make a heart with her fingers, i guess. the smile. :) Mika talking with the the show’s coordinator. aaaaa... MORE TO COME!.... :)
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Post by G-Reg on Aug 10, 2007 21:17:17 GMT -5
AHHHH Derek, the pics are amazing! I tried to look for you on the tv, but since I'm not really sure what you look like and most of the time they were focused on Mika, I didn't. But I'm glad you had a great time. MIKA was AWESOME.
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Post by derek on Aug 10, 2007 21:25:59 GMT -5
yeah, i recorded it with dvr and scanned...you wouldn't have been able to see me even if it was focased...I was behind about 4 or 5 "rows" of people outside the first window on the left... FYI----only about 30 people were allowed to come in the studio and I think all them had special passes from the Mika Fan Club.
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Post by derek on Aug 10, 2007 21:40:14 GMT -5
Moreness!.... LOL...weatherman had such a crush on mika…lol, I remember him coming up to the window and waving and people were like “who’s that?!” I didn’t know who he was either, lol. mika listening intentivly to sam champion scary mika! :o kissin the microphone. Aww..mika looking at us…..I SWEAR, I gave him a thumbs up around this time…he saw me and gave me a thrumbs up back.....*starts shaking again* One of the lollipop girls in this one… Mika jammin' with the lollipop girls! One person yelled out “YOU SUCK!”…mika was quick to respond…. Awww…this was when I figured out I could zoom in closer with my cam…unfortunately, the discovery was a bit late. :( And the show ends and mika disappears....during the performance, I talked to so many mika fans!! My sister and aunt were in front of another window.... I was next to this one girl who I was next to pretty much the entire time...JUST moved to NYC from Korea and was staying the for 2 years to study something (I forget what she said)...but she asked me if I thought Mika was gay...and I said "darlin, is the sky blue?"....no i didn't....she thinks he is, though. ok, ok....I also got a MIKA T-Shirt! they were handing them out for free....the coordinater than gave us these cards to fill out so they have our info so we can get exclusive tickets to GMA in the future cause they felt bad we couldn't see the show at Bryant park...i dunno how honest they were in that, but I couldn't think at the time and for "artists of interests", I put "Mika......Britney Spears"....I COULD NOT think....lol!! So, I handed it back to the lady...but it was AMAZING because even though it was stuffy and crowded and my back and legs were KILLING me....I felt very at ease....I could show these people that I too liked mika and I sang, put my hands up and blushed everytime mika looked at us toward the window...LOL and these girls who were up front had made HUGE posters and began to hold them up during mika's first performance live and EVERYONE behind them started SCREAMING and YELLING at them to take it down...so they did and the crowd applauded...haha... still more to come....wooo!
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Post by snappysnap on Aug 10, 2007 21:46:57 GMT -5
See Greg, I TOLD you Sam Champion had a crush on Mika!!!!
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Post by derek on Aug 10, 2007 21:55:50 GMT -5
Something tells me the "secret suprise gig" in NYC was planned way beforehand...that's why he canceled the Canadian performance today.....more NYC exposure, I sopose.
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Post by derek on Aug 10, 2007 22:31:18 GMT -5
i'm taking a night break.....grand finale coming tomorrow. ;)
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Post by G-Reg on Aug 10, 2007 22:43:05 GMT -5
thanks for posting all of this derek!
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 10, 2007 23:43:07 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing all the pics/commentary, Derek!
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Post by un4gitible on Aug 11, 2007 8:37:21 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing your pictures and your experience, Derek! I'm so glad you had such a great time!
I look forward to the ending
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Post by derek on Aug 11, 2007 17:05:45 GMT -5
So it ends, and crowds are beginning to disappear as people frantically try to get more info on the "secret gig"..... A quick pic I took of the address of the secret gig written on someones arm…Later, I found out we couldn’t stay in NY cause my sister had soccer and my aunt wanted to beat the traffic…sigh…whuteva! I find my aunt and sister and we cross the street across from where the side doors of the studio were...then my aunt says....omg....that's the car mika arrived in...it was pulling up across the street...so, we waited out in the rain while the other guest got in the car infront of the side entrance...that car left and mika's escort rolled in....we were waiting a GOOD 15 mins when suddenly the crowd began to condense...I THOUGHT mika was gong to go STRAIGHT into his car, but he was talking to people...when I realized he was actually about 15 feet away from me, my shaking subsided and I began hollering out "mika, you are awesome", "You're one of a kind"...but my voice just blended in with the other voices....i remember hearing him talk to the people about where his "secret gig" was going to be held at, but I wasn't listening, lol. but then we went to the other side of the doorway near me and I heard him speaking and I almsot lost it there....I saw him....he was SOO REAL...like, words COULD NOT explain how weird this expeirence felt...here, I've been watchign him on a screen, pixelated and 2 dementional when this real human being is right there in front of you....oh god.....I never felt like that before in my life....people are crowding around and the FREAKIN umbrellas were in teh way if me taking a pic...but then mika was LITERALLY about 4 feet away and he was talking face to face pics with fans...right there in front of me.... then, he stood up and I looked at hima dn I rasied my hand and waved and HE LOOKED AT ME and NODDED BACK....looked RIGHT at ME!!! oh MY GOD!!! I hear his music, see him all over the web on on tv (rarely, though, lol)...and he stood there and acnoledged my presence......then, before you knew it, it was lt OVA as the car door slammed shut and the excalade began to creep in the street... my aunt was SOAKED cuase she didn't have an umbrella. we began walking up teh sidewalk and the excalade was passing us and I waved toward the tinted windows, not know if Mika saw me or not...I was just beside myslef, you know? Here are the picks....my aunt got teh BEST PIC EVA of him(she hasn’t sent it to me yet…will post when she does).... I made Mika blink!! Lol….poor kid… I like the look of this pic. It kinda explains the moment….hectic and surreal. Just when I took this pic, a car door slammed and mika was gone. But let me tell you....I was in SHOCK, ok? There's the shock you get when you find out someone you know has passed...that bad shock......but I what I had was good shock.....but it was still unconfortable....I kept playing that image of Mika looking right at me over and over and OVA in my head! My stomach was a MESS and I couldn't eat anything (after not eating breakfast)...my heart was pounding everytime i thought of the instant...I kept saying to myslef and shaking my head sayin "this is umbelievable"....not real....god, I was like that until I got back home and saw familiar surroundings...haha....so strange I felt.... My sister wasn't too enthused with the performance (since she BARELY knew who Mika was (although, she did say he thought he was nice after she saw him talkin with those fans as he was leaving. My aunt had said she felt like she was watching an episode of the Wiggles...haha! I can't type anymore....hope you read my story cuase it was a b***h to type up. like I said, I'll post my aunts pics when she sends them to me.
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 11, 2007 22:24:33 GMT -5
LOL @ The Wiggles comment.
Thanks again for the pics and story. Glad it was as amazing as you expected it to be.
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Post by derek on Aug 14, 2007 2:14:58 GMT -5
Just to get this thread moving again (it's in a DESPERATE need of life), thought I'd post two vids I found on Youtube today that are pretty interesting. This vid takes us back stage of the "T4 On The Beach" event in the UK. What I like about this video is that it shows Mika acting TOTALLY different than he does on stage....Lol, he's so goofy! I love it! And why do they keep showing horses in the video, what is THAT soposed to mean!? >:( www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxpMUV5bCswAnd this next one Greg already knew about, but I didn't and maybe a few of you don't know, but Mika's been performing new songs on his tour and one of the songs (the most "well known" new song) is a song called "Holy Johnny". It has tons of evnergy and it's story is a mixture of sillyness and sorrow (at the end). The lyrics are up, you just gotta search for them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4BU65vBj5s
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 15, 2007 19:20:42 GMT -5
08/25: 139 115 MIKA LIFE IN CARTOON MOTION 6,384 5,419 18 181,786
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Post by vinyl on Aug 15, 2007 20:33:13 GMT -5
SMASH increase, he'll cross 200k soon. And lovely story & pictures, Derek.
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Post by derek on Aug 15, 2007 22:52:57 GMT -5
I'm actually shocked the album is increasing in sales like this....Maybe it'll hit the top 100 again once that whole "Betty Girl" thing comes out. :)
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Post by derek on Aug 16, 2007 1:16:45 GMT -5
WAKE UP EVERYONE!!
That AWESOME new Ugly Betty MIKA promo is premiering TONIGHT between the hours of 8-11pm on ABC!!!! SET YOUR TIVO! It should be loads of fun!!
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Post by derek on Aug 16, 2007 5:17:22 GMT -5
Not sure if this is the "final product", but it has Mika singing the new song lyrics: www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007370892,00.html ;)
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Post by G-Reg on Aug 16, 2007 9:47:29 GMT -5
Excellent excellent excellent. Everything's going well now. Sure he's not #1 smashing, but he's not doing too bad. His CD's are selling with no radio support, and he's already smashing ww so go Meek!
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Post by derek on Aug 17, 2007 3:55:04 GMT -5
^^so tru as always, Greg! ;) OH!!! Mika's 24th Bday is tomorrow!!! I wonder how he's gonna celebrate it...I hope he doesn't have a show to do on his special day....Give him a day of REST, management! EDit: AND IT'S SOMEBODIES B-DAY TODAY!!!!!!
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Aug 17, 2007 20:38:09 GMT -5
WAKE UP EVERYONE!!
That AWESOME new Ugly Betty MIKA promo is premiering TONIGHT between the hours of 8-11pm on ABC!!!! SET YOUR TIVO! It should be loads of fun!! I saw it last night. I was just flipping through the channels before Grey's Anatomy came on and they showed the promo. Nice quick promo.
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Post by derek on Aug 17, 2007 23:59:22 GMT -5
Happy 24th B-Day, Mika. This is the year that you will EXPLODE! Take care of yourself now! After all this touring is done in December, relax and take it easy for a little bit...but not TOO long! Have a great day, my friend!
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Post by G-Reg on Aug 18, 2007 4:16:51 GMT -5
Mika tryin to steal mah bday ho
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Post by derek on Aug 18, 2007 4:40:31 GMT -5
Mika tryin to steal mah bday ho Don't you have some packing to do? ;)
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Post by derek on Aug 19, 2007 0:16:43 GMT -5
Portrait of a Star
The interpreter of Grace Kelly and Love Today.
Mika’s 50 secrets.
The likable Mika makes us dance with the successful songs Love Today and Grace Kelly. His album Life in Cartoon Motion is a true anthem to the pleasures of life.
1. His name is Michael “Mica” Holbrook Penniman. 2. His family nickname is Mica. He changed the c by a k for professional reasons. 3. He was born under the sign of Leo, August 18th 1983. 4. He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, just like Keanu Reeves, that he knows well, and is his favourite actor. 5. He is 1.91m (6’3”) tall and weighs 82.8 km (183 lb). 6. He is single. 7. His sexual orientation being unceasingly the object of questions, he answers that he doesn’t have accounts to anybody and that public must take him for what he is first and foremost, a singer and a musician. 8. He is author, composer and interpreter. 9. His mother is from Lebanon-Syrian origin and his father American. 10. His father is a banker and his mother a housewife. 11. Because of the political context of his country, his family leaves Lebanon when he was one year old, to settle in Paris. 12. He was 9 years old when his family leaves the city of light to settle in London. 13. During the Golf war, in 1990, his dad was held, for security reasons, at the United States embassy in Koweit, during 7 moths. 14. He is third in a family of five brothers. 15. His older sister, Yasmine, an artist with the Penname Dawack, did the booklet of his album Life in Cartoon Motion. 16. He lives in the basement of his parents 5.3 millions $ house, in South Kensigton, in London’s suburbs. 17. In Paris, he studied at The “Lycée Français Charles Gaulle” where he was described by his teachers as “a slow student.” They later noticed he suffered from dysphasia (central disorder linked to verbal communication.) 18. due to the negative attitude of his teachers and sarcasm of his classmates, his mother became his home school teacher during two years. 19. In London, he studied primary school at St. Phillips in Kensington, after he did high school at Westminster. Later, he studied at the Royal College of Music, which he left to record his first album. 20. He doesn’t like to label his music style, but he says it’s between pop, rock, power pop, dance pop and glam rock. 21. He signed a contract with Universal-Casablanca Records. 22. He plays piano, guitar and a little bit of drums. 23. His voice can reach 5 octaves. 24. Because of his vocal acrobatics and his facility to sing in high tones, he is often compared to Freddie Mercury, from Queen. 25. He had as a teacher a known Russian opera singer called Alla Ardalov. 26. He was chosen as the most popular and most promising singer by a survey done in England by “Sound of 2007”. 27. He composed his first song at the age of 7. It was called “Angry”. 28. His first single Relax, Take it easy, released in fall 2006, passed completely unperceived. It’s the song Grace Kelly that launched him. 29. On Relax, Take It Easy, it’s found the melody of I Just Died in Your Arms, by Cutting Crew. 30. He speaks French as well as English. 31. At 11 years old, he played in an opera of Richard Strauss at the Royal Opera House. 32. At 15 years old, his performance in Vaughan William’s production “The Pilgrim’s Progress” at the Royal Opera House, gave him good critiques and the first pages of musical publication. 33. In January 21st, 2007, the song Grace Kelly dominated every British chart and became the second song to attain this position, thanks to downloads only. 34. Life in Cartoon Motion, his first album was launched by Universal Records, February 5th, 2007. 35. This first album gave him good comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Scissor Sisters, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Robbie Williams and David Bowie. 36. He wrote music that was played at all British Airways planes. 37. He wrote the music for a chewing-gum commercial. 38. He has a terrible fear of water and of sharks. 39. Like author-composer he fixed and objective so that his songs are not sung at karaoke. 40. He would like to be the first singer and composer to represent Lebanon at the contest Eurovision Song Contest of 2009. 41. He collaborated with Madonna’s next album that will come out in October 2007. 42. He set up his own company “Dodgy Holiday Tours”, that has links to an Irish accountants firm, of which the Gallagher brothers are clients. 43. He is allergic to seafood and peanut butter. 44. His favourite male singers are Placido Domingo, Freddie Mercury, Tony Bennett and Sir Elton John. 45. His favourite female singers are Beverly Sills, Madonna, Aniie Lennox and Cleo Lane. 46. He promised himself to write an opera rock before his thirties. 47. On his next album he will duo with the opera singer Dame Kiri te Kanawa and the rocker Annie Lennox. 48. Recently, he hurt himself while falling from the drum set during a show. 49. He was supposed to do a show in Montreal in profit of the “Club des Petits Dejeuners” this past august 10th. But he had to cancel his visit because of his injury. 50. It was Gregory Charles that replaced him. ------
5. He is 1.91m (6’3”) tall and weighs 82.8 km (183 lb).
This suprises me! I thought he would weigh much less!
16. He lives in the basement of his parents 5.3 millions $ house, in South Kensigton, in London’s suburbs.
WHOA! Was that houe purchased before or after he became famous!?! When I heard in interviews that he lstill lived in the basement of his parents house, I was thinking it was like a row-house or something!
40. He would like to be the first singer and composer to represent Lebanon at the contest Eurovision Song Contest of 2009.
That’s so cool to hear!
41. He collaborated with Madonna’s next album that will come out in October 2007.
The rumors are TRUE!!
47. On his next album he will duo with the opera singer Dame Kiri te Kanawa and the rocker Annie Lennox.
GREAT!!!
49. He was supposed to do a show in Montreal in profit of the “Club des Petits Dejeuners” this past august 10th. But he had to cancel his visit because of his injury.
NOT true...
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Post by derek on Aug 20, 2007 4:34:40 GMT -5
MIKA TO TAKE A BREAK (8-20-07) www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf...0break_1041054www.contactmusic.com/photos.n...st=mika&page=1Pop star MIKA is to take a break from performing after failing to recover from a recurring ear infection. The Grace Kelly hitmaker cancelled an appearance at the Big Chill festival in England earlier this month (Aug07) because of the illness, and was forced to pull gigs in Denmark last month (Jul07) due to the same ailment. But despite wowing the crowds at the V Festival in Staffordshire, England on Saturday (18Aug) he has vowed to take some time off after failing to shake the condition. He says, "I had an ear infection quite a while ago and because we've been on tour for a year there's been very little recovery time, so it just hits me every time I get tired. "I decided to take some time off after V and hang around London. "I'm looking forward to being able to rest because the last thing I want to do is cancel gigs." --- Hopefully, like many peeps are saying, he'll get some writing time during this break....if not, he should just chill. He's SERIUSLY been touring since December, not taking more than 2 weeks break between performances and this was coming, I think. have a good rest, Mika! :)
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Post by derek on Aug 20, 2007 6:48:31 GMT -5
Mika has been nominated for the MTV Europeon Music Awards, just dunno for what yet. A rep confirmed it, but we're waiting for MTV to update thier site. ema.mtv.co.uk/It's also apparent he's going to appear at the show aswell, as his tour dates mention he's gonna be in Munich from Oct 31st to Nov 2nd and the EMA are Nov 1st in Munich! It was OBVIOUS he was going to get a nomination at this award show and I think it's safe to say that it's obvious he's gonna win at least 1. He also NEEDS to perform Grace Kelly at this event. *sigh* Just can't wait to see him on American TV again! :)
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Post by derek on Aug 21, 2007 7:03:32 GMT -5
Awww.... Meeeeeek! :'( www.holymoly.co.uk/news/28/mika-leaves-kanye-wests-aftershow-because-of-the-music-1255.htmlMika leaves Kanye West's aftershow because of the music There are certain things that are ironic, and most of them aren't mentioned in that **** Alanis Morrisette song, but one thing that undoubtedly is ironic is pop gonk Mika's behaviour at last night's Kayne West aftershow party. Clearly troubled by being in the presence of someone more famous (although i'd be more troubled by the dreadful hoodie), it was all too much for the poor man's Scissor Sister and he flounced out of the West aftershow, complaining about the music. Yes, Mika, who's forced us to endure his patronising plinky-plonky nonsense about big girls and how wants to be like assorted dead people, had the audacity to winge about the music. The tit. To save the day however, Rhianna decided to go to Stringfellows, singlehandedly adding a couple of slides to every heterosexual males **** bank.... Full review of the gig coming to HM soon (Which we are hearing was an absolute shambles. ------- Hun, I know the music may not be your taste, but you should stick around for the people! But, I guess music may effect people differently. If I was him and couldn't take the racket, I would have just left the party, without complaining about anything...idk..just to be nice to the host, you know? EDIT: Though I must say the writer of that article is a FIRST CLASS ASS! >:(
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