nmg | May. 24th, 2008

May. 24th, 2008

While trying to excitedly tear a crust of bread to get at the Marmite thereon, the garklet has just managed to slip and deliver a perfect backhand to his beaker of milk. There's now a trail of milk that stretches from him, across the table, over my right arm, along the floor, over ias's work bag, up the side of the arm chair, over the cushion, and down the other side - a good three metres.

We're either going to have to invest in tennis lessons, or some sort of magnetic device for holding the beaker down.

Edited to add: he's just done it *again*

We're either going to have to invest in tennis lessons, or some sort of magnetic device for holding the beaker down.

Edited to add: he's just done it *again*

Bosnia and Herzegovina have my vote so far. Proof that there's a twenty-year delay in popular music between the UK and the Balkans (no bad thing).

Israel - boring, fast forwarded over it (having rewound to show ias B+H's entry)

Finland - METAL!!! "Where all the men ride forth / there the sheep cannot graze". Timeless.

Bosnia and Herzegovina have my vote so far. Proof that there's a twenty-year delay in popular music between the UK and the Balkans (no bad thing).

Israel - boring, fast forwarded over it (having rewound to show ias B+H's entry)

Finland - METAL!!! "Where all the men ride forth / there the sheep cannot graze". Timeless.

A bit reminiscent of the French entry that got nul points about a decade ago. Must be the accordion. "I was the first Internet ever / Sailing on ships with my music". Special.

pls to stop wailing. kthxbye.

Not bad at all - energetic dancey stuff (ias: "a bit of a camp torchsong ballad")

I now have a mental image of a puzzled Eurovision viewer saying "blood sweat and tears? does that make any sense in English?"

Not bad at all - energetic dancey stuff (ias: "a bit of a camp torchsong ballad")

I now have a mental image of a puzzled Eurovision viewer saying "blood sweat and tears? does that make any sense in English?"

ias: "blimey - this isn't your standard Turkish entry"

Four piece guitar band playing pop with Indie Rock sensibilities (or perhaps the other way around). A bit Kaiser Chiefs.

ias: "blimey - this isn't your standard Turkish entry"

Four piece guitar band playing pop with Indie Rock sensibilities (or perhaps the other way around). A bit Kaiser Chiefs.

Portugal: dreary. It's a good ballad, but I don't think that it's got enough energy to do well.

Latvia: Unlike this - Hi-NRG camp pirates. Eurovision at its best, surely. Bosnia still has my vote though, followed by Turkey.

Portugal: dreary. It's a good ballad, but I don't think that it's got enough energy to do well.

Latvia: Unlike this - Hi-NRG camp pirates. Eurovision at its best, surely. Bosnia still has my vote though, followed by Turkey.

Why did she start off in monochrome? Bad, scary make-up. Cher plus Celine Dion.

Denmark does Dexy's Midnight Runners. Actually not too bad at all. Cheery feel-good song with a catchy riff and chorus. I could see the doorman whistling this one.

A Song with a Message, and they're going to sing at us out of tune until we listen. Or change the channel. Also, sunglasses and a bad Hollywood cyberpunk aesthetic? Please, no.

Oh I see, it's a Bucks Fizz homage, but now they're all wearing Things To Come-esque white (and the male backing singer is too porky for those pleats).

A Song with a Message, and they're going to sing at us out of tune until we listen. Or change the channel. Also, sunglasses and a bad Hollywood cyberpunk aesthetic? Please, no.

Oh I see, it's a Bucks Fizz homage, but now they're all wearing Things To Come-esque white (and the male backing singer is too porky for those pleats).

Will probably do well in the gay nightclub scene. Otherwise forgettable.

Starting to think that Croatia wasn't as bad as all that, even if the lyrics didn't survive translation.

Will probably do well in the gay nightclub scene. Otherwise forgettable.

Starting to think that Croatia wasn't as bad as all that, even if the lyrics didn't survive translation.

Chivers? Is this a song about marmalade? Or is it about cheap Masterfoods-produced chocolate bars? Who can tell! Love the backing singers though - I might actually go and buy this.

Enough of the shrieking already, please. Also, why does the singer-dressed-as-the-devil seem to be gargling instead of singing?

I don't see much chance of the Azerbaijani national broadcaster being bankrupted next year.

Enough of the shrieking already, please. Also, why does the singer-dressed-as-the-devil seem to be gargling instead of singing?

I don't see much chance of the Azerbaijani national broadcaster being bankrupted next year.

Trying too hard to look like Britney. And the song's pretty poor too.

Any song with "chicki chiki" in the title has to be a winner. Or dire.

Intro on a cheap children's toy guitar - sounds a bit 24.99 from Argos.

I think that they're trying to recreate the Macarena. Give it up, guys. And lose the wigs. srsly.

And they've name-checked Robocop. Words are insufficient to express just how awful this is.

Any song with "chicki chiki" in the title has to be a winner. Or dire.

Intro on a cheap children's toy guitar - sounds a bit 24.99 from Argos.

I think that they're trying to recreate the Macarena. Give it up, guys. And lose the wigs. srsly.

And they've name-checked Robocop. Words are insufficient to express just how awful this is.

Good intro. It's another ballad, obv. She's slightly off-key, though.

Not a bad entry for all of that, though.

Good intro. It's another ballad, obv. She's slightly off-key, though.

Not a bad entry for all of that, though.

Another good start. I think that the Euro-power ballads are starting to blur into one strangely-accented song about how love is all we need, and we can all do better if we give peace a chance (etc). I wouldn't vote for it.