Whodunnit?
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The other evening Chris and I happened to catch a British T.V. show on German TV. The murderer in the episode turned out to be … the butler.
Category Archives: Music Clip
On the street where she lived
Earlier this year, Chris and I created a Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning letters blog site, where we’ve been posting the letters between the two poets that documents their 1.5 year courtship. During the period of those letters, Elizabeth Barrett … Continue reading
The route that ran through Tübingen last Saturday
Last Saturday, Chris and I had a chance to go to two outdoor events here in Tübingen that, oddly enough, wound up having something American in common.
Waiting for the next Hard Rock Hallelujah
In the interest of completeness, I feel compelled to report that the eventual winner of the Eurovision competition a couple of weeks back was the song that went into the final as the favorite, the song from Denmark. Not my … Continue reading
Postcard from ESC Semi-Final #2: Dracula sings
I know, I know, it’s not always easy to understand my fascination with the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). But consider, where else in the space of two hours would you get to see:
Postcard from ESC 2013: Semi-Final #1
So last night was Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final #1. Today Chris asked his students — who come from various parts of Europe — if any of them had watched it, they all said no. Or, perhaps, just wouldn’t admit … Continue reading
Today’s the day
Well, I’m sure it comes as no surprise that today is the start of Eurovision 2013 – you’ve all had today’s Eurovision 2013 Semi-Final #1 marked on your calendars, right?
Elvis, Chubby and Fred
Chris did a little more investigative work on that question of why Chubby Checker sang a song based on an Schwabian folk song. Actually, what he said was he did a little more checking. 😉 Anyway,
A German Twist
OK, class, in today’s post we have a pop quiz.
Road to (and from) Eurovision
It is now less than one month to Eurovision 2013, the annual Europe-wide song contest. It’s therefore not a moment too soon to report back with an update on what happened with Germany’s official entry in the contest.