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Eurovision’s Semi-final #2 happens this evening, but I won’t be reporting on it until tomorrow. So today, I want to take a look at all kinds of everything related to Eurovision.
Category Archives: Music Clip
Raising the flag over Eurovision 2014 Semi-final #1
Welcome to a recap of all the action from last night’s Semi-final #1 at Eurovision 2014. I’ve got lots to tell you, so let’s get the bad news out-of the way first.
Time to bake the cake
A headline that intrigued me the other day was “Joran Steinhauer, the son of a parish priest from Germany, is Latvia’s contender in Eurovision 2014.”
Monday Mysteries: What will Conchita’s destiny be?
Today on Monday Mysteries we kick off a week-long look at the Eurovision 2014 contest by taking a look at the unfolding controversy surrounding Austrian singer Conchita Wurst.
She was a scamp …
Chris recently ran across a mystery novel both written and set in the 1920s. The action takes place during the filming of a silent movie, and it talks about how the actors are all playing stock types in movies of … Continue reading
Up on that roof
As promised yesterday, here’s the view you get standing up on that rooftop terrace of the Circus Hotel.
How I learned all I ever needed to know
There is really a book called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. With apologies to the author of that book — a book I have never read, I might add — I beg to disagree with … Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: West with the Sun
Today on Monday Mysteries we learn about the ornate, huge sundial in Tübingen that only counts from 2-7.
If Elvis had been Austrian
Schlager music, as you may recall from a previous post, is a particular kind of Germanic pop music that’s been around since the 1950s. I find it hard to pin down, and therefore I can’t quite relate it to a … Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: The Steps to Nowhere
Today’s Monday Mysteries post answers the question: “Why is there a small set of steps to nowhere at an opening in a hedge next to the Ammer River?”