EuropeCrazy

A couple of things I was supposed to get round to... my Eurovision review my Bratislava holiday diary ...will eventually be posted on here, ...

Courtesy of www.eurovision.tv First Semi-Final (27 May) 01. Belgium (167 points) 02. Greece (133) 03. Iceland (123) 04. Portugal (89) 05. Se...

I was too busy reading all the post-mortems last night and haven't been around today (or tonight for that matter) and, well I won't ...

Sweden's hottest new boyband - well, ok, boy-duo then - appeared on TV4's "Sommarkrysset" this weekend. So here is the li...

Otherwise known as...the "spent too much time watching MTV Germany in my hotel room" playlist...! The fact remains, I know as much...

Firstly, I can only apologise for the lack of posts/updates on this blog over recent weeks, as a certain other blog of mine continues to dem...

OK so it's been a while since I did a playlist on here, so here goes... Music Again/Whataya Want From Me/For Your Entertainment - Adam L...

It will all be over. To borrow/paraphrase from that one-time potential Eurovision entrant Morrissey, "has Eurovision changed or have I ...

Damian has a new blog called Swedish Stereo - find it at http://swedishstereo.blogspot.com - where he promises regular updates about one of...

As Europe boards the "Alors On Danse" bandwagon (is it just me or does this song make anyone think of Raphael gone ravey??) it...

How do you follow last night? By spending the day on cloud nine, floating over Gothenburg in a bubble of happiness....And even though the ra...

Friday 26th March 2010: Salem Day. The day that I had waited for, for so long, finally arrived, bringing with it an surprisingly relaxed fee...

I just found out this afternoon, whilst browsing the web during my afternoon tea break at work, that Eddie Razaz, one of the most beautiful ...

Finally... Slovenia: "NARODNOZABAVNI ROCK" - ANSAMBEL ZLINDRA & KALAMARI: another trip into the Eurovisional timewarp. Terrify...

You know summer is on the way when our favourite Swedish outdoor TV-spectaculars are back on screen. According to Aftonbladet today, TV4...

I'd hoped to finish this off this weekend but as usual the best laid plans.... Tonight I'm having a first-listen to the first 10 son...

Bear in mind that these are all reviewed on first listen (apart from Iceland, which I had already heard a couple of times) Malta: "MY D...

If all goes to plan I'll publish the rest of the Gothenburg Diaries and also parts 2,3 and 4 of that ESC preview. (I haven't been ab...

Thanks again to Popjustice for bringing Dekade to my attention: formerly known as NiteVisions, they are none other than the sons of Andy and...

According to this Aftonbladet article , BWO are splitting for an indefinite period for the band members to focus on solo careers. I'm q...

I'm planning to do this in 4 parts, although the next part probably won't appear on here until the weekend. So here is what I think...

From what seems like an endless line of creative Swedish musical geniuses comes Malmo’s very own Magnus Tingsek, with his fourth album ...

Finally getting round to posting about my recent trip over to Sweden. The main reason for my trip was the very same as one year ago - to see...

This made me laugh tonight :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQ3wYqJ_ng By the way my Eurovision songs review is coming very soon, I'm ...

You know I'm just a bit depressed about musical matters just now...and the other day I was thinking about how musical careers of some lo...

Surprised that I can actually cobble something together, considering I hardly watch any telly these days, particularly since the arrival of ...

"I can make more than you steal in a day" From 1990, truly the golden era of indie-dance-pop which for a long long time was my nat...

Another one of those great lost songs from the 1980s! Win was a Scottish band whom big things were expected from - but like many other bands...

The man who gave the world the Sex Pistols died this week. McLaren was an innovator with a unique and unpredictable personality: the world ...

This review has been republished from my other blog, Planet Salem. The review was originally published there on 22.03.2010 but I wanted to s...

Firstly I just want to wish a happy three-quarter-century to one of our most favourite compilation albums! Welcome to Now 75, which from its...

Remember Eddie Razaz??? Well...he's back! Meet Rebound - a duo made up of Swedish Idol 2009 contestants Eddie Razaz and Rabih Jaber. Wh...

Regular readers of this blog should be aware that it also has a little travel remit going on. So... 1. There will be a review of our rece...

When was the last time you looked at a singles chart and your favourite song was at no.1? Welcome to this week's Swedish Radio Digilist...

Found out today that a new live DVD of my all-time favourite French singer will be released on 12th April. The title is pretty self-explanat...

Been thinking about her quite a lot lately...just wondered if anyone knows what's happened to one of my most favourite bloggers? If you ...

So while we're on the subject of long-forgotten 1980s Swedish pop, let's get to something completely wonderful - "Ifrån" b...

Something Swedish and obscure and rather funky in a late 70s/early 80s style....I remember Hansson De Wolfe United from back in the day, alt...

Again, I'm going "against type" tonight but "Hazard" was always a pretty special song back in the day so I thought I...

Awwww...bit of mid-90s slush to kick us off tonight :))) I'm not really into this kind of swaying ballad but this one always reminds me ...

Hello y'all.... 4 O'Clock/Keep On Walking/Virgin Mary/Red Rock/Bloody Breakfast/This Is For - Salem Al Fakir: it's only April, b...

Fingers crossed that this blog finally gets back on track this weekend!! So you can expect some chart updates, an album review or two, some ...

Hej..... I'm back from Sweden, from a rather fabulous weekend which included an updated contender for the best night of my life :) Revie...

For the three people in the world who don't know yet, I'm off to Sweden tomorrow to go and see Salem Al Fakir in concert in Gothenbu...

Awwwwwwwww........ :))) This probably won't make any sense if you don't watch "Harry Hill's TV Burp", but I just th...

Keep On Walking/Brooklyn Sun/Virgin Mary/This Is For/Bloody Breakfast/I'm So Happy/Red Rock/4 O'Clock/Split My Personality - Salem A...