According to my nice black marks and spencers diary, tonight is the eve of the vernal equinox on which day, according to said source, spring begins. Sprang! Could have fooled me, for whoever "they" are, they seem to be making a pretty damn good job of it so far. HOWEVER, the line "the archipelagic icicles have melted like the cage" has provoked debate in come circles (ok, one circle... well, actually triangle) and i was delighted that my favourite communist newsletter the guardian G2 yesterday enlightened me. The line is a reference to "The Gulag Archipelago", the seminial work by nobel prize winner Alexandr Solzhenitsyn who was sentenced to eight years in the gulag or Soviet labour prison camp after he critised Stalin in private correspondence with a friend. Of course! Like, duuuh. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom's entry provides a comparable showcase for lyrical subtlety: " Care for some salted nuts sir ?" No i damn well wouldn't, you rep...
Stuck for eyewear inspiration? Looking for something versatile for both work and an evening out? Something that simultaneously looks professional and also shows off your fun side! Well Maruv has the answer. A bond villain with the catchiest instrumental chorus hook of any national final song this year, she delivers with a kind of distracted disengagement that suggests she may not have time to stick around for the whole three minutes. There appears to be little relation between the proximity of the microphone and the lead vocal which suggest the backing singers may be adding more than a little here, but it adds the overall effect. Ukraine are a euro powerhouse and have never failed to qualify from a semi-final yet (joined now by only Australia who have had many fewer chances to fail) and if they send Maruv 2019 will be no exception. This is pop perfection. Bang.
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