Damned Damned Damned at Number 90 is all you need to know about this absolute fucking nonsense

Help a website out, and for a short period, there's a subscription sale! That's got to be a boon for busy people on a budget *pats bum ASDA-ly*

anyone who saw my haul of pop from Vienna will be delighted to know that the Fad Gadget compilation has proven to be the winner. However the punt I took on three Chilly singles were a punt too far. Aside from the dynamic For Your Love, they made Boney M sound like SPK youtu.be/uhHliWca-w0?...

My and Jane's little film SCALA!!! is now FREE to watch for 14 days via this link, thanks to our lovely distributors, the BFI. And it has a terrific intro by Kermode too. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription... But do consider taking out a BFI player subscription too!

Next time you do your annual chart moan about Ed Sheeran or Christmas, just acknowledge that the rules which count only three tracks per act prevent the potential 20 items of Drake slop in the midweek Top 40. They don’t have that rule on the Billboard chart so he could feasibly take over the Top 50.

this is a brilliant read, not just about ‘Yes’ (now added to my daily playlist!) but about the queer side of Britpop more broadly

Goodnight Vienna. That was amazing

As part of the Eurovision celebrations, each cafe in Vienna is part of the official Eurofan bringing various international vibes. The Cafe Landtmann is one of the oldest restaurants in the city and is also celebrating the UK and San Marino (but let’s not dwell on how those two played out).

But also I love Norway in general

This is MY favourite

So this is apparently “very Naples” according to my Italian chum

Sweden is Chari TK Maxx but people are RESPONDING

Had high hopes dude to the whole silver thing (Droids tribute) but I’ve gone for a wee which is opinion

btw the flames actually feel hot but I am a little tipsy

MY FAVOURITES are Italy (it won’t win but it’s actually something I can imagine listening to after this) and Norway which is like a Harry Styles dungaree doing the White Stripes

(Berghain is easier to find than The Imperial War Museum)

France. Could win. I’ve been calling it Budgens as it’s a budget Berghain

THROW OFF YOUR MENTAL CHAINS

This is like Padam Padam with a head wound but got bigger cheer than Delta

Note: it’s not actually leather. Have you tried performing in leather? Trust me, it’s only less breathable than a rubber catsuit

Jack Saveloy

The stadium going BATSHIT for Delta

There’s a LOT of Verta hats about in Vienna this weekend and the vibe in the room is significantly more fun right now

This fucking Albania number. I was swearing at that getting at the expense of Luxembourg

Okay so TV is only half of it. The sound quality is incredible. It’s like a Smash Hits Poll Winners Party mixed with a Chems gig. It’s VERY intense

I’m sitting with the superfans and about 20ft away from the UK entry in case you wonder where the bellowing is coming from. I may have had stress gin (plural)

If you want to acknowledge the glamorous egalitarian nature of showbiz and hospitality passes, I’m standing in the rain behind Tia Kofi

Okay. Ready. Let’s do it.

I have gone FANCY ASS for Eurovision tea. French bread, Italian ham, Spanish crisps. All bought from a German supermarket.

Eurovision chat now and Torres crisps work out at just over £3 a bag here.

A few words on the majesty of Love is Blue/L'amour est Bleu and how it symbolises all the things I miss about old Eurovision.* [*spoiler: mainly, it’s the orchestra] www.patreon.com/posts/someon...

Gina G's backing singer-dancers for her 'Ooh Aah… Just A Little Bit' video and performance include Miranda Cooper, who during Euro-song 1996 contest week in Oslo meets Brian Higgins, with whom she forms '00s writer-producer team Xenomania, makers of those fantastic Girls Aloud hits. Thanks, Gina G!

Felt cute. Now you do too. (It’s actually green tea due to punk not being dead)

EUROVISION open.spotify.com/playlist/12l...

GIVE US TEACH-IN YOU COWARDS

Felt cute. Now you do too. (It’s actually green tea due to punk not being dead)

PLAY MONIKA LIU YOU COWARDS

I’m being driven around Vienna on an open-top Eurovision “partybus” and been handed a lager. I might have to take up smoking again at this rate

HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY YES

I’m off to Vienna on a special Eurovision flight and just been interviewed at the gate and asked to recommend a song about flying and I said International Jet Set by The Specials and so anyway.

HAPPY 31ST BIRTHDAY YES

To mark the passing of Alan Rothwell, the extended intro sequence to Picture Box courtesy of @seanreynard.bsky.social youtu.be/C3q0hxKHpA4?...

13 years ago tonight Josh Homme jumped on me and I gave him a piggyback. Right in front of my boyfriend too.

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I’m all up for GAY RIGHTS and representation and that but I’d sooner the first gay PM wasn’t that cocktip.

Properly excited at going off to Eurovision now. I have the light Universal Works jacket of mince elegance, research for my book and ready to serve Clive James realness.

co-wrote Nel blu dipinto di blu aka Volare, which came third in Eurovision 1958, won two Grammys, was the first foreign language song to reach Number 1 on the Billboard chart and sold 22 million. Had a massive stroke in 1984 and elected to Italian Parliament based on his work for disabled rights

clever

I'm listening to Ding A Dong

A masterpiece Here's what I had to say about it five years ago medium.com/@iamwadey/ol...