Can somebody who's going to Eurobash please fill me in on any tidbits which come out about the FB group fracas. Unsurprising, but also want the full story coz I love a bit of goss.

Self Esteem: what can I say, the woman's a genius. This was an extraordinary show. Made an already great set of songs even more visceral.

Spent the weekend off the apps, catching up with new music. Come back on and it seems I'm in the minority for actually rather liking the new Geese album??

This is a really great (without meaning to fall into glib criticism!) piece by Laura. It hits the heart of things I've been mulling over more & more this year, and which from various conversations with friends I think is becoming more recognised as missing from Liverpool right now.

I just let him enjoy his dinner with his pals. But I did but a ticket to his Cavern gig next month if anybody else is going?

I am in a restaurant and THE ACTUAL SAM RYDER has just sat down two tables across what do I do?!

One day, inevitably, Russia will revoke Steve Rosenberg's visa and it will be such a shame. He's so good at reporting from a country that's increasingly distant, with empathy towards the people in his stories. This one unites two big spokes of my wheelhouse and it's great.

One day I'll be able to sing Diogo's song in the ground on 20 minutes without welling up. But it is not this day 🔴

Can I afford another trip to Stockholm alongside everything else I've booked lately? Head says no, heart says maybe...🧐

I find it increasingly interesting that while countries are definitively coming out against their participation, there's no confirmed statements *for* it. Only reports. Wonder if now a Big 5 has set out their stall, the countries in that group rumoured to be on the other side 🇩🇪🇮🇹 will say anything?

The Spain news, AND I've just got tickets for SOAD in Poland 🇵🇱 sorted. Not a bad half hour!

304 off 20 overs! And they say cricket's boring. (Obviously they have always been wrong, especially recently)

Look what arrived in today's post to cheer the day right up.

Quit Spotify for Tidal the other month. Minimal difference to my user experience. Less cluttered interface. Same price. And, crucially, not supporting AI miltary tech development.

Went to my first Spanish class in 17 years tonight 🇪🇸 due to a schedule change I ended up in "intermediate" by mistake and...kept up! (mostly) ¡Vamos!

Now up on Twickets here: www.twickets.live/app/block/11...

Eurovision people: sadly, doesn't look like my October plans can fit in the Erika Vikman gig in London on Saturday 4th. Which means I have two tickets to sell. Asking here first before they go on Twickets.

Today's discovery is that Radio Free Europe by R.E.M is a perfect pacing track to start a 5k with 🎵

Today in flagwatch: car in work car park with two union flags. Well at least you know where they are at all times that way.

Slovenia the first to be this blunt - will more follow? Stakes getting higher.

In Our Time is one of my go-to series. Pick a topic; enjoy a knowledgeable and rigorous discussion about it - chaired by a presenter who's genuinely interested in digging deep. I learn so much from these shows and that's in no small part thanks to Bragg being great at his job.

anyway liverpool are a better club for not employing marc guéhi

The first question Marc Guehí should be asked is if he is homophobic. Should #LFC’s LGBTQ+ supporting fans be ok with having him in the team. Signing him sends them completely the wrong message, IMO.

Been hoping we wouldn't sign him for exactly this reason. But now we have. Seen people saying it doesn't matter: would they be saying that if he was, say, racist? Says a lot about how socially accepted homophonic still is. Cognitive dissonance in fandoms (no criticism of 'ours') drives me mad.

Liverpool win with a world free kick 🔴 AND I get a ticket to the next Eurofest 🪩🇩🇰 What a lovely evening!!

Looks like I'm probably missing us play Real at home for the second year in a row 😕

Time for me to get my October sorted! Will I be going to London twice in a month to see Erika Vikman and then Fyr Og Flamme? Am I definitely skipping over Eurobash? Who knows - not me! 😅 its all crept up quickly!

UK people: one of the many campaign promises Starmer seems to have reneged on is passing Hillsborough Law. This petition is being organised by a Liverpool-based MP to make him keep his promise. Will you read and sign? actionnetwork.org/petitions/pa...

Grimsby Town now hold the right to have Blundell Park referred to as The Theatre of Breams from now on.

Hahahahhahahahahahahhahahaaaaaaa

Beyond the mad edits, turns out I've lived on Merseyside for about a week longer than Rio Ngumoha has been alive. Which...yeah.

April 27th was last time we played a game that mattered. That's 4 months off. I'd almost forgotten what this particular tension is like; still love it 🔴

A dramatic and context-filled game against Newcastle that leaves me stressed on the edge of seat until the final whistle? NOW the season is back. 🔴 #lfc

Drove to Rutland for the weekend, and it was really unnerving to see the flag business on all the motorways. That is until we hit Wirral again, where the only flag tied to a bridge was celebrating the Reds. Times may be darkening, but seems we're still holding out here for now.

Lots of people I've told this today IRL think that I'm weird to still be booking hostels in my late 30s. But if I go, Eurovision week is already expensive enough. A week in a central hostel is the same price as 1/2 nights in a hotel. As it stands, I'm travelling solo. So...it makes sense??

For all my doubts over whether I'll even be following the contest next year, you bet that I've just booked a place to stay in Vienna that week (with free cancellation obvs)

It feels ages since I stopped writing. I used to even get paid for it sometimes! I stopped when I started working full time & had less time to see things, but I think I might be ready to dip my toes back in the water. And so a single minute on Friday has inspired my first public words in a while. 🔴

Whatever you think of the new logo, the brand will stand or fall on whether it represents carrying on with business as usual, or genuinely meaningful change like, I dunno, excluding a genocidal state? And that we still have to wait on...

JFC.

Mood.

Back home, then. Liverpool looking immense, giving away two easy goals and still winning anyway. Seems familiar...Bring on the rest of the season! #lfc 🔴

After a few months off, I'm trying to sell a few bits on and so Vinted has got me right back in its claws. No, I absolutely do not need an oversized jumper with flamingo embroidery. Yes of course I absolutely bought it.

Loads of good songs played at last Friday's Eurofest and THIS is the one that's been this week's earworm 🙄 youtube.com/watch?v=El53...

Just finished S2. What a final episode, wondered where it was going to go but that was the only possible place, really. Quite the show.

Wasn't convinced that the sauna part of tonight's saunce-swim-ice bath combo was gonna be where it was at when it's 30 degrees. But it was actually so amazing. Very needed.

Can't get that upset about not winning that. Enjoyed seeing the new signings be good; OTOH,the gaps we all suspected would exist, were very visible. Let's build on the lessons for Friday 🔴

Is right, Mo. Knowing that a player in his position will be aware of his public voice, I find this quite a significant ramping up of his rhetoric from previous straightforward calls for aid. A shift in what his public activism looks like.

Furthest I've been: N - Reykjavik 🇮🇸 E - Beijing 🇨🇳 S - Tanzania 🇹🇿 W - New Orleans 🇺🇸

Listening to loads of Fontaines lately. Think this is still my favourite album, in part for the surprise of it - the goth/shoegaze follow-up to a solid indie debut that had got them hype & fans. I admired the boldness of it. tidal.com/browse/album...

I've had my summer months of decompression from both footie and Eurovision. This next week it's time to dive headfirst back into both. So I'm heading to London to see Nebulossa at Eurofest on Friday night: see you there? 🇪🇸🦊