Josh Dubovie was robbed. I have done a complete 180 on the UK’s participation in Eurovision after last weekend. I truly believe the UK should withdraw from Eurovision – at least for a few years. There’s every good reason to – the UK economic situation is dire and severe cutbacks need to be made. Why [...]
Sometimes the studio version makes all the difference
There was a song in Melodifestivalen this year called “STOP” by Sibel. It took me a while to latch on to it but, when I did, I wasn’t impressed with the performance. Sibel’s notes seemed to be all over the place. And the two false endings of the song confused both the audience and me! [...]
Watching the Melodifestivalen final
If you go to the Social page on this website, you’ll see a stack of photos from last Sunday’s get together to watch the Melodifestivalen 2010 final on the big screen. Shots are lacking captions because I am waiting on the lovely Patrick to get back to me and remind me of all the names [...]
9 hours in my undies
What a strange day it’s been. I’m hoping to head off to bed soon and forget the whole thing! Tomorrow we have a small, but expectant gathering of the faithful to watch a DVD of the final of Melodifestivalen 2010 in a nearby pub. As I write this, the final hasn’t even commenced. In fact, [...]
How about a nice big cup of BORING BALLAD?
“Barfing (known medically as emesis and informally as throwing up and a number of other terms) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one’s stomach through the mouth and sometimes the nose. Barfing may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated intracranial pressure. The feeling that one [...]
My two favourite Melodifestivalen 2010 entries
Well, we’re at the business end of Melodifestivalen 2010. Three three semi-finals have happened and there’s only “Andra Chansen” (2nd Chance) to go before the big night. We have six confirmed songs chosen for the final already with just the two from “Andra Chansen” to go. This year’s Melodifestivalen has been a bit dull and [...]
Hold Me now!
Its Wednesday morning here in Sydney. In Stockholm it’s Tuesday night’. My best Swedish friend is 17,000km away and I won’t get to see him for Christmas. It’s suddenly left me feeling a little melancholy. I’ve come over all Svenska! When that happens, there’s only one thing for it….Nanne! Hold Me I Must Kiss You! [...]
Nordic Film Festival starts today
The first Nordic Film Festival has started. Yoda, James and I are seeing a number of films this weekend including the legendary ONCE IN A LIFETIME / Livet Är en Schlager. Session times are on www.dendy.com.au or direct link: http://www.dendy.com.au/event_detail.asp?Event_ID=437 Oh, and they’re here too. Dendy Opera Quays – hint, hint, hint. Hope to see [...]
Livet är en schlager comes back to Sydney: Screw you SBS!
I am as happy as a pig in shit! I’m so happy I could just shit! I just found out that there’s a Nordic Film Festival coming up in Sydney next month. And they will be showing ‘Livet är en schlager’ also known as ‘Once in a Lifetime’ in English. This is a fabulous movie [...]
The words don’t mean anything at all
I had a revelation the other day. There’s a fun song called ‘Higher’ by Star Pilots – it’s an entry from this year’s Melodifestivalen (the Swedish national competition to select their entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest). It’s not a bad song at all I enjoy bopping along to it when it pops up [...]
