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Warming up for Eurovision? Try the TPN Eurovision-Rock-Tacular!

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Two hours to go, so while you’re settling in for a night of guilt pleasure of Eurovision, you might want to take 30 minutes out of your evening to prime up the engines with the annual TPN Rock Eurovision-Rock-Tacular! My tribute to the music of Eurovision with entries this year from around the continent. [audio:http://rock.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_rock_eurovision_20080523.mp3] Show Notes – RSS Feed – MP3 Greece: Mercenary Man, by Firewind (www.firewind.gr) Russia: The Beauty Inside, by Garden Hose Universe (Garden Hose Universe on MySpace). Serbia: I Walk With Satin, by Gabrijel Ra Undead (Gabrijel on MySpace). Norway: Fire Fighter, by Love Bugs (Lovebugs

Ewan’s Guide to The Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Tonight’s the night! While the semi-finals are both an acquired taste and require true dedication to watch (or perhaps wondering just what the frak Ewan is twittering about…) the final (tonight, Saturday 24th May) pulls in absolutely stonking viewing figures (last year topped eleven million in the UK). For all the media sniping, it is genuinely popular, and does unite Europe through the power of song; which was one of the original goals back in the late fifties. Anyway, I’ve got the contest inked into my Filofax (yes ink, not pencil, it’s that much of a landmark), sat through the

Eurovision 2008 Semi Final 1

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Frak. First semi-final for Eurovision starts, and Twitter goes down (http://www.istwitterdown.com/ always useful), and potenially the only sighting of Dustin the Turkey this year. Who am I going to cyber bitch to know – now that Slovenia’s answer to The Rani has taken to the stage? Update: All the songs are over, my picks for the nine voting places (the tenth is chosen by a jury) are Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia Herzegovena, Greece, Andorra, Slovenia, Netherlands and Finland. I’ve not considered Ireland, because frankly it’s either going to do a Lordi and sweep everything away, or a Jemini and be