“Boingy Boingy Boingy!” When it was first announced about two years ago that Steven Spielberg was mounting a revival of the cult-hit animated series “Animaniacs“, Kim and I were happy…but concerned. You see, the original series, which ran from 1993-1998, was a favorite, not just of ours, but of all our friends. We have a friend who regularly invokes the […]
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He was truly one of the most prolific film score composers of all time, with an estimated FIVE HUNDRED scores under his belt in his six decade long film music career, and his music influenced countless generations of all types of musicians. Italian film composer Ennio Morricone has died at the age of 91 following complications from a fall. Morricone […]
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For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Netflix is premiering an original film later this week, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga“, a “comedy” written by and starring Will Ferrell as one half of an Icelandic duo whose biggest dream is to compete in and win the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Now, not surprisingly, given who is […]
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Well, it’s finally here….after seven weeks of countdowns and coverage, the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest season is over. Sad since it never really was to be…there are no winners in a cancelled contest….well, OFFICIAL ones, anyway…:-) But take heart – my FINAL look back at this year’s shows, a look forward at 2021 to the return of the REAL Eurovision […]
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As I noted the other day, although I only recently started watching ESC when it first became OFFICIALLY available in the US when Logo broadcast it in 2016 (I was hooked INSTANTLY!), I’ve been aware of it for a long time, thanks to my natural love of music. The Eurovision Song Contest is a strange little show – there’s nothing […]
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I know it’s NOT going to be the same because of the insane circumstances, but we’ll try nonetheless…it’s time for Eurovision Week on eCO, TKR and PlanetBM! Beginning at 3 PM today, you can come here to connect to this year’s Grand Final replacement special “Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light”. Telecast live from Rotterdam with all kinds of special extras […]
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It’s EUROVISION DAY – well, it WOULD BE, if this year’s contest hadn’t been cancelled. But we’ll make it up to you – I’ve got lots of stuff today, and we’re kicking off today’s festivities with a special – it’s DADI FREYR DAY! Freyr won my top spot this year and by all accounts online (except for one or two […]
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Time for the Eurovision Song Contests’ new “Home Concerts” series, where artists past and present from the ESC perform for a worldwide viewing audience from their homes, hence the title. Guests for week seven, billed as the “Season Finale”: Go-A, Ukraine 2020 Diodado, Italy 2020 MELOVIN, Ukraine 2018 Imri, Isreal 2017 Dami Im, Australia 2016 Yohanna, Iceland 2009 Dana, Ireland […]
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UPDATED WITH SHOW COMMENTS BELOW! I know it’s NOT going to be the same because of the insane circumstances, but we’ll try nonetheless…it’s time for Eurovision Week on eCO, TKR and PlanetBM! Beginning at 3 PM today, you can come here to connect to part two of this years’ Eurovision Song Celebration! The second semi-final songs plus remaining Big Five […]
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As I noted the other day, although I only recently started watching ESC when it first became OFFICIALLY available in the US when Logo broadcast it in 2016 (I was hooked INSTANTLY!), I’ve been aware of it for a long time, thanks to my natural love of music. After I FINALLY got into ESC when it began airing in the […]
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UPDATED WITH THOUGHTS ON SHOW ONE! I know it’s NOT going to be the same because of the insane circumstances, but we’ll try nonetheless…it’s time for Eurovision Week on eCO, TKR and PlanetBM! Beginning at 3 PM today, you can come here to connect to part one of this years’ Eurovision Song Celebration! The first semi-final songs plus Big Five […]
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Sorry this is a day later than I planned – things got off track yesterday, heh heh… Although I only recently started watching ESC when it first became OFFICIALLY available in the US when Logo broadcast it in 2016 (I was hooked INSTANTLY!), I’ve been aware of it for a long time, thanks to my natural love of music. And […]
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I know it’s NOT going to be the same because of the insane circumstances, but we’ll try nonetheless…it’s time for Eurovision Week on eCO, TKR and PlanetBM! This week, I will have Eurovision-related stuff every day – Today, Wednesday, and Friday, I’ll bring you my Eurovision-related lists of some sort that spotlights certain topics. Friday will also bring the final […]
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Time for the Eurovision Song Contests’ new “Home Concerts” series, where artists past and present from the ESC perform for a worldwide viewing audience from their homes, hence the title. Guests for week six: Suzy, 2014 Portugal Paula Seling & Ovi, 2010 Romania Michaela, 2019 Malta Hera Björk, 2010 Iceland Jedward 2011 & 2012 Ireland Surie, 2018 United Kingdom Lea […]
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TC’S TOP 25 EUROVISION SONGS 2016-2020 So….after spending the past month plus running down all 41 of this years’ entries, I have been working on some other ESC related lists and such. I’ll have two or three more throughout this week, and of course, next week we’ll have complete coverage of all the specials, concluding with the Eurovision Europe Shine […]
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#1 – Iceland “Think About Things“ Dadi Og Gagnamagnid Songwriters: Dadi Freyr Petursson eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons […]
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#2 – Sweden “Move“ The Mamas Songwriters: Melanie Wehbe, Patrik Jean, Herman Gardarfve eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons […]
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Time for the Eurovision Song Contests’ new “Home Concerts” series, where artists past and present from the ESC perform for a worldwide viewing audience from their homes, hence the title. Guests for week five: Tom Leeb, 2020 France Ben Dolic, 2020 Germany Roxen, 2020 Romania Michael Schulte, 2018 Germany Sandro, 2020 Cypress Senhit, 2020 San Marino, ZiBBZ, 2018 Switzerland VAL, […]
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#3 – Malta “All Of My Love“ Destiny Songwriters: Bernarda Brunovic, Borislav Milanov, Sebastian Arman, Dag Lundberg, Joacim Persson eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom […]
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#4 – Switzerland “Respondez-moi“ Gjon’s Tears Songwriters: Gjon Muharremaj, Xavier Michel, Alizé Oswald,Jeroen Swinnen eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the […]
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#5 – Greece “Supergirl“ Stefania Songwriters: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sharon Vaughn, Arcade eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons for my […]
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#6 – Ireland “Story Of My Life“ Lesley Roy Songwriters: Lesley Roy, Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt, Tom Shapiro eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to […]
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#7 – North Macedonia “You“ Vasil Songwriters: Nevena Neskoska, Alice Schroeder, Kalina Neskoska eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the reasons […]
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#8 – Azerbaijan “Cleopatra“ Efendi Songwriters: Luuk van Beers, Alan Roy Scott, Sarah Lake eCinemaOne, The Kirkham Report, and Planet BiblioMusica has begun its Countdown To the now-cancelled Eurovision Song Contest 2020! Over 41 days I’m bringing you all the info on each song this year ranked in order of my personal preference from bottom to top. I’ll give the […]
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