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Occasional reminder that the only good piece of political humour in the past 30 years came from the Drawn Together movie:

Not true at all, apparently

On the day Thatcher died, I raised a glass. Actually several. The celebration that she was well and truly gone from this Earth went on all afternoon.

Just finished The Devil's Chord having watched Space Babies at midnight, a few thoughts below.

I love Glen Campbell's voice too. One of his farewell albums, "Ghost on a Canvas," is named after a Paul Westerberg song that surprised me as only really other Westerberg fans would've known it. So it got me interested in his covers.

Emily Goldberg, former girlfriend of the late dj Avicii, died aged 34 from a lung embolism. She already died April 3rd.

I know this song was eliminated a while ago, but I really liked this cover version of All I Have to Do Is Dream, mostly because I love Glen Campbell's voice.

On social media part of the Israeli delegation have been bullying and threatening other countries on social media. Things being said include: About Greece - "Representatives of Greece, I hope you slept well at night" About Netherlands - "No anti-semitic has the right to sing or breathe next to us and won't come close." and "The Dutch representative doesn't like us and asked us not to take his picture" Ireland - "Not a friend" and "Also scares me a little on full moon nights" Also seen something about Spain being threatened.

11th May 46 Edwin Starr — War +4 34 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 24 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 23 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 21 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 21 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 12 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) -2 12 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie  00 The Supremes - Stoned Love -4

My review in spoilers for those who don't want to know. I watched both episodes at midnight.

I saw it but it wasn't anything like the National Geographic-looking pictures my friends sent me from 5 minutes away. The best part of this picture is the stars (I don't know anything about stars/planets, sorry, I just like looking at them) 20 past midnight, Glasgow, looking North-Northeast if anyone wants to flex their astronomy knowledge.

11/May/2024 44 Edwin Starr — War +4 33 Lynn Anderson — Rose Garden 29 Bobby Bloom — Montego Bay 28 Creedence Clearwater Revival — Up Around The Bend 25 The Four Tops — A Simple Game 22 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke — Resurrection Shuffle 21 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 14 Three Dog Night — Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 10 The Supremes — Stoned Love -5 08 Neil Diamond — Cracklin’ Rosie 00 Don Fardon — Indian Reservation -1

Prick.

Regardless of absolutely everything, all I know is I barely remember Israel's entry, whereas I have been spontaneously bursting into "Euro-pa-pa papapapapa" all day. And if I had a cat, I'd meow back at it. There's so much to enjoy this year, and I am determined to go to my mates' house for the party and enjoy it.

Sat 11 May 40 Edwin Starr -- War +4 33 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 28 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 25 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 22 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 21 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 15 The Supremes - Stoned Love 14 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 08 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie 01 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation -6

I wonder if some of the other delegations will refuse to participate now. They could easily break the competition by refusing to go on stage just as they are called. (We all know how the Israeli secret service work, wouldn't surprise me if there have been shenanigans - idle speculation obviously). Again, there have been some reports of audience members subjected to harassment. However, EBU's zero tolerance doesn't extend quite that far. All this could have been avoided though. I've tried to judge on the music and the artists, but this really ends my 50 year love affair with the competition.

Ofcourse, we don't know what has occured and the investigation is still ongoing, but the way in which this had been handled by the EBU could at the least be called very poor. A cancelled performance on friday, not a single clear statement by the organisation for half a day, resulting in endless speculation about Joost Klein and what might have happened. As a dutchman, I could ofcourse be seen as partial; I like Europapa as it is a happy, nostalgic and emotional song, as well as totally different than all of our post-Duncan Laurence entries. I am however trying to look impartially at the whole affair. If the alleged threatening of a member of the organisation has indeed occured, it would be quite bad and measures should be taken. But until the police has investigated the allegations and concluded there's at least any truth to it all, any action and / or punishment against the Dutch entry would be quite bluntly, a disgrace.

That wasn’t for security - that was becuase they couldn’t afford to host it a second time in a row.

Kodak.

I actually remember him form a contentious interview he had with Mel Gibson. He was questioning Mel about his controversial remarks back in 2006, and he responded by asking him if he "had a dog in this fight" drawing attention to his Jewish last name. He also once confused Samuel L Jackson with Laurence Fishburne in the middle of an interview.

11/05/24 36 Edwin Starr -- War 33 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 29 Bobby Bloom - Montego Bay 25 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 24 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 22 Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle 21 Andy Williams — Can’t Help Falling In Love 20 Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not To Come) +2 15 The Supremes - Stoned Love +2 09 Don Fardon - Indian Reservation -4 08 Neil Diamond - Cracklin’ Rosie -2

When you receive 10 like/haha/thanks your reputation becomes 'good'. It becomes 'excellent' at 20. It has nothing to do with negative reactions. Could do with some adjusting.

Gopal Krishna Goswami reportedly dead.

Silvio Luiz discharged .