Charlie StrossFeb 17
Oh boy, this year the UK is—surreally—entering Sam Battle, aka Look Mum No Computer, as their contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest. Yes, it's *that* Sam, who built the Furby Organ.
Show threadAndrew DeaconFeb 17
@cstross Well if we are going to get Nil points we might as well do it properly and thumb our nose at the whole thing.
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 17

@aadeacon He could go down in a blaze of glory but I feel he also has the potential to go the Full Lordi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi

Lordi - Wikipedia

Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialFeb 17
@cstross @aadeacon hopefully not, since Lordi turned out to be racists
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialFeb 17
@cstross @aadeacon (I was so mad to find this out, they were my favourite act of all time. Hatari have now taken that spot.)
Show threadjaseg
@gsuberland tbh hatari is an excellent first place to replace them
Feb 17 at 2:59pmWeb
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialFeb 17
@jaseg they're great. I had tickets to go see them a while back, but unfortunately the gig got cancelled 'cos of the pandemic.