"When west is no longer west, and east is no longer east, Europe is greater." Harold Treutiger, 1992. Twenty years ago today saw the fall of the Berlin Wall . The 1990 Eurovision Song Contest in Zagreb , saw many a melodi celebrating a united Europe . Chris Kempers and Daniel Kovac were hand in hand for Germany , singing about freiheit , with Frei zu leben . Text och musik: Ralph Siegel and...
Interesting to read on Esctoday.com that the BBC appear to be sticking to precisely the same formula they used last year to come up with a Eurovision entry, ie. internally commission a songwriter to produce a song, and have a casting show to choose the singer by public vote. I had assumed that last year would be a one-off, as it was almost impossible to imagine which songwriter could possibly have...
Props to Fischerspooner / AutoErotique for netting the number one spot this week, and a warm top five welcome to Rob / Sebastien Tellier , VHS or Beta / LA Riots , Major Lazer / Laza Beam and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart / Saint Etienne . 1. Fischerspooner - Supply & Demand (AutoErotique Remix) 2. Rob - Femme et Enfant (feat. Sebastien Tellier) 3. VHS or Beta - Feel It When You Know (LA Riots...
Just over a year ago we posted “If Mr Kipling made bands this would be another one of his exceedingly good ones.” That quote was in relation to the feisty, theatrical and quirky Marina and the Diamonds . One year on as Marina prepares to release her debut major label single Mowgli’s Road , that quote holds true. Mowgli’s Road originally featured as the B side to the Marina and...
More photos » by Julie Jacobson - AP Browse more photos » A couple of days ago I received "The Bill James Handbook" in the mail (from ACTA Sports ). For those of you who are unfamiliar with the handbook, it's 95% stats with a little commentary thrown in. Earlier, I posted what the handbook had projected for the 2010 Angels, but here are a few other things I found interesting:...
Last night was of course Guy Fawkes Night, or Bonfire Night, or Fireworks Night. It's Guy Fawkes Night to me though as it is all about Guy Fawkes. In my youth (the 1970's) we kids/teenagers used to build giant bonfires in the week building up to Guy Fawkes Night. We would go around people's houses knocking the doors and asking them if they had anything for the bonfire and they'd always give us old...
A few years back, Bruce Forsyth appeared on Room 101, the BBC show where celebs can put the case forward for consigning their least favourite things to history. The very last thing he wanted to put into the dank... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
This week has been kinda slow in the blog-o-sphere. I've come up with lame/unworthy music which i don't even waste my time with... I came across this 1 hour 19 min and 42 sec mix done up by Dj Sweet Dick Vega . The mix is titled ' It's late and I'm awake '. Its pretty good. Download if you like the tracklist. Peace. Track-list Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Treasure Fingers Remix) Miami...
THERE has been a few announcements this week from various corners of the continent regarding preparations for next year's Contest in Oslo. The first is the unfortunate news that Leichtenstein definitely won't be making its debut in Norway. Those... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass has raised the volume over EU plans stopping people listening to loud music on their mobiles and MP3 players. The West Midlands MEP has ghetto-blasted the EU over plans which will strictly limit noise levels on music players. If Brussels bureaucrats get their way, future music devices will have to be manufactured to restrict noise levels. But Mr Nattrass believes the EU is once...
“The Lunar Crystal” Handsome Clothing Co. (Toronto, Canada), have recently released 4 new outer space themed designs on various t-shirts and sweatshirts. The shirts themselves tell the story of two scientists embarking on an outer space adventure. The scientists’ spiritual journey through the universe has been documented in their lookbook accompanied by The Outer Space Mix (includes...
The dire forces of Aosoth are clearly not the type to shake your hand and parlay; their chosen form of communication is to cut your throat, chug a sanguine sampling, and then offer you forth as some demonic sacrifice. One of France's more grinding, venomous exports, they offer nothing but cruel, Satanic inspired hostility. Far more Arkhon Infaustus than Peste Noire , they just hammer the piss out of...
You have to hand it to South Park . As one of our editors puts it, "as long as the world keeps doing stupid $h!t, they have unlimited material." Maybe so, but they never fail to deliver on said material. Last week, Eric Cartman performed Lady Gaga's hit "Poker Face" and while far from sophisticated, the humor of listening to the song in his G*d-awful voice is classic. The premise?...
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