Quote from: Slim on May 11, 2024, 11:45:03 AM

Quote from: Thenop on February 29, 2024, 06:34:38 PMRight, the Dutch entry is known, and it's either hilarious or horrendous. Meaning he will either get 0 points or takes them all.

It'll be 0 points, I'm afraid. The Dutch entrant has been sent home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68993726

Doesn't look like the sort of person to intimidate people. Odd one.

Although it is unknown what was exactly said, the person Joost Klein is not a person who'd do this without a reason, or under normal circumstances. He apparently said something wrong.
It's become a tightrope to walk these days and he stepped the wrong way. In Sweden anyway.

Shame really, I was looking forward to it.

Got this pic last night, from NW Leics. The phone sensor has made it look a lot more obvious than it was to the naked eye, but it's nice to have a record.

Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on May 11, 2024, 12:10:20 PMMy neighbour went to Loch Lomond last night to escape light pollution to an extent. He said most of it appeared just as a wavy glow, but his iPhone photos on night mode display all the colours. Wish I knew how to post them here, they are excellent.

Email a couple to me if you like, I'll sort it out. Let me know and I'll PM you an email address.

I went outside but couldn't see much. Too much light pollution to the north I think. I did take a couple of pics myself and you can see the effect, but it's very faint.

Quote from: Matt2112 on May 11, 2024, 12:04:35 PMSlightly annoyed seeing all the spectacular pictures taken barely two miles from my village of last night's Aurora Borealis.

From the field I viewed it from I could see only a silver, ghostly glow emanating from Bootes - none of the other colours of the spectrum. 

Maybe I'll have more luck tonight.

My neighbour went to Loch Lomond last night to escape light pollution to an extent. He said most of it appeared just as a wavy glow, but his iPhone photos on night mode display all the colours. Wish I knew how to post them here, they are excellent.

Slightly annoyed seeing all the spectacular pictures taken barely two miles from my village of last night's Aurora Borealis.

From the field I viewed it from I could see only a silver, ghostly glow emanating from Bootes - none of the other colours of the spectrum. 

Maybe I'll have more luck tonight.

In other news - I must say I find it distasteful that Israel have been allowed to take part, in the present circumstances. Classic Israeli selfish disregard for other people of course, considering the trouble they've caused. Hopefully the crowd will make their feelings known.

Quote from: Thenop on February 29, 2024, 06:34:38 PMRight, the Dutch entry is known, and it's either hilarious or horrendous. Meaning he will either get 0 points or takes them all.

It'll be 0 points, I'm afraid. The Dutch entrant has been sent home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68993726

Doesn't look like the sort of person to intimidate people. Odd one.

I think I might add a hyphenated Jansen to my name in honour of the late great, Wim.

Tucker Carlson slapped down.

Quote from: Matt2112 on May 11, 2024, 02:45:06 AMTOTP 1996 on BBC Four x 2

The first one of these was actually rather annoying, as it was presented by Alan Davies, who to this day I've never found particularly clever or funny.  And, frankly, he comes across as a proper irritating bell3end in this - instead of disarmingly linking the performing acts with a professional presenter's patter, with the odd amusing bon mot, here he basically tries to cram in "edgy", pseudo-intellectual piss-takes of the performers and the programme, as if it is all beneath his towering wit.

It's tiresome, tedious and back-fires spectacularly - unsurprisingly, this was his first and last show.

Compare this with Lulu, who presents the following show (which also features one of my favourite bands, The Saw Doctors) - infectiously vivacious, bigging up every band she introduces and beaming throughout; in other words, showing a damn sight more taste, class and judgement than Davies.

As for the music: the usual combination of some songs that - rightly or wrongly - became established classics, some deeper cuts that deserved to be established classics and plenty of utter bilge that should never have been heard by any human ears in the first place.

Marvellous.

Gary Davies (?)