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Saturday, August 28, 2010 by Nanette As if you could not tell! It may return but more likely most of the writing on Human Beams will be on the front page of the site (http://www.humanbeams.com) and this blog will just hang about for anyone who wants to look at the archives or something. Or one of the other writers may occasionally drop in and post something, but I doubt it will be regularly. I am mostly posting on my personal site now, http://www.nanettekelley.com , though I will also be doing the posting on the main site here once things calm down enough for me to do so with any regularity. Melonhead99 can be found on Twitter. Doc Logan is taking a break from the lot of us.
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Monday, May 24, 2010 by Melonhead99 Slovakia are about 5 or 6 years behind the times, this type of jumpy round dancers and traditional loud drums stuff did well back then, but seen it all before now Spain are always a bit strange, dancers look like idiots, I’m sure Portugal had similar dancers last year? Song is just annoying, but not quite as annoying as the bit at the start. next Sweden, everyone loves Sweden apparently, well I don’t, but I get told every year by Terry Wogan or someone that I do. Oh look, she can play the guitar, get her on Pop Idol quick, sod the fact she’s not a very good singer, she’s a girly who plays the guitar, she’ll reach the final easily!
Ukraine please sod off, this is utter shite, but SHE’S GOT A WIND MACHINE! they love wind machines at Eurovision. United Kingdom, poor song, poor singer, poor performance, poor dancers, poor me for the embarassment of this representing this country! I’ll apologise now for anything bad I’ve said about any other nations song, even Russias is better than this crap! I think thats the lot? saved the worst till last, I’m half Welsh ok, the United Kingdon is just England really, blame them!
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by Melonhead99 Norway, he sings loud, voters like that, memorable, “I liked the loud bloke, lets vote for him”
going down the alphabet, started bland, started improving, but Poland and now this crap from Portugal have dragged it right down to depths of badness even Eurovision should be ashamed of
Right, lets look at Romania, bloody hell, it’s David Gest! another shouty one. looking at Russia’s song, reminds me of the episode of Father Ted were Ireland picked the worst song possible as they wanted to lose, I’m guessing this is how Russia was thinking, this plumbs new depths of awfulness Serbia, a poor country that needs to recycle costumes, I’m sure thats the same jacket last years one had on? Anyway, terrible song, but terrible in that way that makes you smile, I like it for being utterly crap in a fun way. Slovenia with God knows whats it’s supposed to be? one of those mixed styles ones, I think it’s
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Sunday, May 23, 2010 by Melonhead99 FYR Macedonia is another bog standard Eurovision type song, following the same tired formula of so many including the Guitar solo, yet for some reason one of the favourites? Malta, have a woman soloist, they have that every single year and tend to get nowhere much, can’t see that changing with this Moldova are another one following usual Eurovision way, with fiddle solo, Saxaphone solo and jolly pop song. Netherlands have gone very 60’s and 70’s Eurovision with lyrics like Shalalie shalala Shalalie shalala type of annoying tune that might be horribly memorable enough to do well
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by Melonhead99 Georgia are going with usual Eurovision formula, girl, ballard, rocky bit in middle, blah blah Germany have a girl, I’ll leave it to you to decide who she sounds like, I can think of about 4 or 5 different ones, only one of em being Rolf Harris. I won’t comment on her awful bloody accent, she can’t help being German Greece, lots of drums, loud, jumpy around dancers, same as Greek song just about every year. Iceland have a song in French according to the BBC website, they couldn’t have listened, about 5 words of French, rest in English, sung by some fat girl, crap song not too bad a voice, but fat girl from Iceland, she’s up against it. Ireland, they have Niamh Kavanagh who apparently won in 1993, it’s another not too bad singer with a deadly dull song, with added pipes to show how “Irish” it is Next Israel to cries of “but they aren’t in Europe!” who gives a shit. The singer was 2nd in Israels own Pop Idol style show. Hang on, it’s David Milliband! it is, it’s Dave! with a shite song and him looking like he’s constipated. Latvia, oh dear, accordion is a plus point, always a hit in Eurovision, sadly they seem to have thought of using one and many other instruments, with now real thought to what fits, ended up with an absolute bloody mess of a song. I’m in two minds on Lithuania, which standing out as different in this years contest, is very similar to the type of stuff in previous years from groups like LT United. Seems to be a mix of jolly “comedy” with a protest about Eastern Europeans being treated as second class inside the EU. Anyway, it’s not too bad.
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by Melonhead99 I’ve listened to a few more, I won’t bother blogging about them all, as frankly hearing em again is just too much, so I’ll do a select few. Bosnia have a bloke that finished second in a Bosnian TV Show it’s X-Factor Style “rock music” slightly loud, guitar solo, you know the type. Bulgaria are a bit of a novelty, a song in the native language, not in English! but as much of the lyrics is “Ооооооооооооооооооооооо doesn’t make that big a difference Croatia have 3 finalists from “Croatian Idol” who formed a group, bland, thats it, bland and depressingly dull Cyprus have a singer from Wales singing for them, with a group called “The Islanders” what a imaginative name, they are on an Island, so call themselves The Islanders, brilliant. It’s inoffensive, thats the most positive thing I can say. Denmark are apparently one of the favourites this year? I can’t see it myself, the very start of the song sounds like it’s ripped off from another song, can’t recall the name, it was The Police or Sting? to me it does anyway, the rest sounds a bit Abba ish or more or less 90% Eurovision songs from the 70’s and 80’s Estonia, land of something, fishing maybe? a Group that according to the BBC Website, “draws from funk, electro, soul, synth-pop and boy-bands” I won’t argue, except to add, “STOP BEING SO DEPRESSING” I watch Eurovision for light entertainment, this years is more like an advert for Dignitas good old Finland, rely on them for something good, lots of clapping, piano accordion and a fiddle, this is what we want from Eurovision, utter shite in a foreign language. France have gone for a Black Male singer, we did that once, never worked, as lets be honest, half of Europe still thinks Hitler was bad for being too liberal. It’s not too bad for the type of music it is “Ivorian music ranging from hip-hop, jamaican dancehall and zouk” it’s not exactly my cup of tea, but at least it’s a bit upbeat. Finland and France have restored my faith in Eurovision.
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Saturday, May 22, 2010 by Melonhead99 I’m going to do my annual Eurovision Blog, but with little enthusiasm, what a load of bland “Pop Idol” type shite, I’d guess most the acts are a result of such shows. First off Albania. not to sure what I can say, it’s not completely awful, it’s not good, it’s bland and average, thats it, you listen to it and think “have I heard this before somewhere?” Armenia next, a song about an Apricot Stone or something? the singer seems a little confused I think, she’s got the Apriocot Stone hidden in her hand, yet keeps demanding people give it her back? Anyway, I’ll stop talking shite, here it is Azerbaijan’s entry next, Drip Drop, I’m listening to it now for first time, coming to the conclusion Drip Drop is a good name, about as jolly as Water Torture, depressing dull shite from an average Eurovision type singer. How I long for the days of Cliff, any sort of Cliff, the singer or one to throw myself off. Right, lets see, looks a bit classical from the picture, clicking on play, this is from Belarus, 3+2 singing Butterflies, not sure why 3+2 as appears to be 6 of em? Ah, from reading the shite on the BBC website, they were on a TV Talent show and someone went “you would be ideal together as a band” blah blah, the song itself, I’m not sure I really recall much, sort of one ear out the other, thats what I get for eating beans on toast at the same time as doing this, sort of ballardy type thing song by not too bad opera singers, it’ll get votes, end up in top half, but not a winner. Belgium next, and suprise suprise, this bloke finished second in Belgium’s version of The X-Factor, in the picture he’s got a guitar, I’m betting the audience got really exciting “oh he plays a guitar, never seen anyone do that before!” anyway, it’s much as you’d expect, very much a Boyzone type song, these songs are so bland, impossible to think of an interesting thing to say about em? I’ll do some more tommorow
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Monday, April 05, 2010 by Melonhead99 Wanted to delete the last post, no idea how to? Bugger it anyway, not blogged in a while, so much to post about in the world, no idea where to start? so I’ll go away give it some thought?
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Monday, January 11, 2010 by Nanette Well, I’ve taken the plunge and switched the front page of the site to the main Human Beams blog. That means that unless melonhead or Doc, or anyone else whose name is listed in the left menu, decides to post here, this blog is basically closed. There is an rss link to the new blog on the front page. There are still a few kinks to work out, but so far, so good. This really is a plunge for me. In my wacky brain there is somehow a difference between posting directly to the main page (or, really, only page for now) and pulling in a feed. I guess I feel more of a responsibility, a commitment now that it’s done. Weird. I had planned to do this only after I had a regularly functioning computer, reliable internet access and plenty of quiet time to write. I have none of these things, but oh well. What’s that they say? Leap - and the net will appear.
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Saturday, January 09, 2010 It’s Almost Like Starting Over… by Nanette I’ve decided that the best plan - for me, for Human Beams - at this point in time, is to have no plan at all. Not, of course, that I will not and do not have goals in the back of my mind, or a vision of where I want things to go, but… well, I don’t know. It’s not that it never works out, it’s just that I think I need to just let it be, for right now. Not the site, although I had almost decided to do that, as well… even had the little “see you on a better day or in a better year” type post written out, but still in drafts. I can’t recall what happened before I could click “publish”, but I was interrupted in some way and thought I’d just go ahead and let it simmer for a bit. I’m glad I did. So, what’s going to happen? I’m not all that sure. I just feel I need to sort of “find my voice” again, as they say, writing about everything that seems to fit, and let whatever the site will be grow from that. I think it will be a stronger, more focused site that way. Or, maybe it’ll just stay a blog, whatever - no pressure! The page itself is changed too, by the way. It has no links to the other parts of the site (all of the articles are still available directly and through the archives), so it will be just this page and, if others are still writing on it, Stalking Sunlight. arin (who needs to stay warm in 17 degree wind chill!) set this up for me a couple of months ago, but I didn’t access it till now. Also, for those who have Stalking Sunlight on rss, the address will be changing as I switch over to the main site blog - I am not sure of that rss address yet, will post when I figure it out. This page may look a bit iffy from time to time as I play around with placement and stuff, but not to worry, it’ll all right itself (or I will yell for arin) eventually. Anyway, I am doing a lot of writing these days, which is a good thing, between my personal blog (Serenity… an expedition) and my Black history/book writing blog (The Book of Louis) and now this one, and wonder of wonders I am looking forward to doing more of it. Having no plan may free me up enough of my brain to actually make one, but not just yet. Okay. Time to begin my non-plan plan.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010 by Melonhead99 Still fighting the cold here, snowed in by nearly 4 inches of snow! local buses not running, terrible!, local schools closed! how can we cope? so if I don’t post again, you know why, I’ll be dead from being unable to go shopping, starving to death!
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010 by Nanette I apparently have - quite accidentally - set it up so that, if I email something to myself from my Blackberry, it will post here. I did attempt at one time to set up a “moblog” because it’s difficult for me to sign in and post, but it didn’t work. Or so I thought. Good thing I was just checking if my email was functioning properly and not sending state secrets (if I knew any) to myself. Let’s see if this one shows up, too. If so, I will probably start posting more regularly again. Maybe.
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by Nanette Chk
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Sunday, December 06, 2009 News Notes - Uganda’s “Kill Gays” Bill by Nanette I confess I’ve (yet again) not been keeping abreast of the news, but some things did pierce through the fog: Uganda - what the heck,? I know little about that country - except that my father was stationed there, with UNICEF, sometime in the 50s or 60s. Oh, and Idi Amin, of course, which is the first thing many think of when there is mention of Uganda. Now it seems that legislators there would like to replace that image with fresh hell, in the form of codifying genocide against gays and lesbians into law. Aided and encouraged, apparently, by some religious groups and leaders in the US. Links are difficult and time consuming for me, on this device, so I’m just going to refer you to Box Turtle Bulletin’s comprehensive collection of links located at the end of each of the pages linked above. Reading through them I notice that more people and governments are speaking out against this than I had previously thought, so that is a bit heartening.
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by Nanette I painted this a few years ago, copying from a gift bag. There is not really anything to say about it, it’s just that I am testing whether pics show up (am sending via email from my phone) and, if so, where.
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