Eurovision 2011 Liveblog

Do you like glitter? Pyrotechnics? Lyrics that sound as though someone wrote them using the babelfish translator? Well, this post is for you.

Tonight myself and my glamorous assistant Captain Tact will be covering Eurovision in an exciting liveblog stylee. Be back here at 8pm to witness the real time glory of our caustic wit in the box below. We have also selected some of the great and good of the twitter to feature in the timeline.

It'll be a bit like attending a Eurovision party, but a text-based one in the comfort of your own home where nobody will try and force you to have snacks created around various preconceptions of the Baltic States. Enjoy.

30 Day Song Challenge - Day Twelve

A song from a band you hate.

This is quite hard. Theoretically I hate U2 because Bono... is Bono. But I don't actually hate their music, particularly. I dislike Pearl Jam, but I don't hate them. I have oft discussed my aversion to the despicable Mull of Kintyre but I'm not sure if I know anything else by Wings. And whilst I don't see the point of Jedward or The Cheeky Girls, they're not doing anyone any harm.

I did used to find it pretty hard to cope with Bonkers compilations, but I think they make a lot more sense now that I am old enough to understand the context they're designed for - a soundtrack to drag races around the tesco car park between spotty teenage boys.

So yeah, the following is a song from a CD franchise I used to hate, but now tend to ignore. Life is too short to spend scrubbing the bile off the back of one's tongue.