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sky last night wrote: where I was once ejected from a medieval banquet by men in tights

Rarely have I seen such a shocking display of blatant showing off.

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Greece: Within just a couple of notes of Victor's angst-ridden ballad (or whatever style of music this is) I could sense a couple of ducks preparing to take off. Indeed Mr Vernicos takes teenage (?) misery to completely normal heights in "What they say". What I most liked about this - othe...

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Evening

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German band Lord of the Lost very kindly present us with "Blood and Glitter". The song is somewhat Lordy style (remember Finland 2006?) while the band attempt an updated Marc Bolan/Ziggy Stardust aesthetic. I remember running home from school to watch "Marc", which, I'm proud to ...

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My first thought when I dialled up Georgia's "Echo" was: Lawrence of Arabia. My second thought was: John Shuttleworth (see Forgotten Chocolates vis a vis "Echo"). My third thought was: Yowch! Suffice it to say that Iru has a voice which slices through your brain. At least it does...

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There will be - I was a bit too knackered yesterday

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Angered by this, or perhaps just enjoying herself, she ripped up the Eiffel Tower and used it as a weapon to attack the Champs-Elysees before confronting the Arc de Triomphe which turned out to be where a giant Venusian space dinosaur was hibernating. The consequent battle laid waste to much of Par...

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In France's "Evidemment" - brought to us by "La Zarra" through the medium of Jessica Rabbit - the biggest surprise was that "evidemment" is spelt with two "m's". All these years I've been using it to demonstrate my mastery of the French language, without reali...

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Speaking of Tabula Rasa (see Sky last night) - this was pretty good
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_Rasa_(TV_series)

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Or a kolokithaki/melitzana effect

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He certainly missed a trick there - if you write and tell him now, maybe he can add for the finals?

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Käärijä's "Cha Cha Cha" (Finland) is a very (and suprisingly) strong contender. The clothing mystifies me, and I'm coming to the conclusion that sartorially these days I'm quite a traditional kind of a clanger. But the rest of it is bewilderingly ace, as a man with a Dwayne Dibley haircut ...

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It's all very demoralising - but it's a global thing. The world has become deranged.

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The main thing about Estonia's "Bridges" is that it's at the opposite end of the colour spectrum from Denmark. No pastels here I'm afraid, it's black and red (until it's black, white and red) all the way. The piano is black, the dress is black, the scarf is black and the rose petals are re...

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Ah there you are. Anyway here goes:

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Due to timing issues my comment on Labour came after the slave post (which I hadn't seen until now).
Isn't that criminal never mind anything else?

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Am thinking Eurovision, but I need the reminder

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Where's AK?

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OK - Am with you. Labour are becoming no better than Tories so what's the point.

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Morning all.
Am considering setting up my next new business: "Scumbag Painter's and Decorator's"
I think it's got leg's.

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"We've come on holiday by mistake"

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Well Andrew Lambrou (Cyprus) bemoaned the breaking of a broken heart, and now we have Reiley (Denmark) doing more of pretty much the same. To be honest, though, I'm not sure that Reiley has actually existed on the planet for sufficient time to justify appearing on Eurovision. The only thing that cam...

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OK it's Eurovision time

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No they do not

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It could be

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I have three favourite emoticons/emojis

and of course

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Don't worry - am on a mission.

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Czech Republic - god only knows what's going on here. The turn is Vesna; the song "My Sister's Crown", and we do, at some point, see someone wearing a rather jaunty little crown. But other than that it's just very confused. We've got New Romantics, Men In Purple, Cabaret, the Sound of Musi...

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@RFM - it's a mess. Of course you're right. As I say am jaded.
But Eurovision is cheering me up.

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Today's stop in our Eurovision odyssey takes us to Cyprus, where Andrew Lambrou dons a leather jacket to whine about ducks flying off to Russia (see the earlier review of Austria's "Who the hell is Edgar"). To be honest I'm perplexed by the massive increase, of late, in the wearing of leat...

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(I'd be the first to admit I'm deeply jaded, so probably have nothing useful to contribute)

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Am no fan of SKS but am pretty sure there are worse people at large - and while I've withdrawn from the party am still not sure what the alternative to Labour is. Politics is full of career politicians and bullshit, and the world is going to hell. So what's (or what are) the least worst option/s?

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In Eurovision news: don't get too excited about Cyprus (I know you might be). Coming soon to a nest near you.

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Wow, Croatia. So much to say, and yet so impossible to articulate. Let's just say that Let 3's "Mama SC!" defies any meaningful description. There's such a wide range of costumes, interspersed with distressed clown make-up and flag-waving, that it's difficult to understand what we are seei...

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Liverpool hosting Eurovision reminds me of a tale about when it was the European City of Culture. JK Rowling had a new book out (don't ask me which one, I neither know nor care) but what's signficant is that someone had stolen some copies from somewhere in Liverpool prior to the launch. A (Scouse, w...

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Meanwhile in the run up to Liverpool later today we'll take a look at Croatia.

Gosh.

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It's a mess - but the world is a very different place. Question now is simply what's the best route to avoiding the worst-case scenario.

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Gustaph from Belgium brings us Pure EuroPop for Now People, and his dancers are just ace. Talk about flexible - crikey! Given my ongoing nostalgia crisis, it will come as absolutely no surprise to hear that many components of "Because of you" reminded me of Various Things From The Past. Gu...

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Oh! Thanks!

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(That's a very loose "we" by the way)

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Meanwhile I've tried to edit the header and failed (ie: can't work out how to do it).

Given the existential crisis facing democracy itself, I wonder if there is more we can do to prevent it's downfall.

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frog222 wrote: ↑Fri 07 Apr, 2023 9:57 am Damn . No QT last night !

This is indeed a great shame. HOWEVER, today will bring us Gustaph from Belgium. It's early days, but I think we may have a winner.

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Sorry RFM - forgot to add 2023 to the title ....

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Morning all

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On the elusive Lambchop vibe is it this one?

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I'll admit it's not really the same.

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Eurovision Odyssey part 5: Azerbajaan I am often strangely drawn to Azerbajaan's Eurovision entry, and this year is no exception. Hardly flamboyant, TuralTuranX's "Tell me more" is just very sweet. So much so, that it might have drawn a stealthy tear to the clanger eye. Visually we're talk...

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