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nanoa1foryou · 2 years ago
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I am saying this now, way before we get to Eurovision live blogging.
Please, do not spell Käärijä's name as Kaeaerijae. I've already seen it done a few times and my Finnish brain melts. It becomes almost unreadable.
Just say Kaarija and move on.
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weaversweek · 7 months ago
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"Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)" - Domenico Mudugno
1958 Music: Domenico Mudugno; lyric: Domenico Mudugno and Franco Migliacci
The Eurovision Song Contest has produced many hits. None are as recognisable as this one. It's number 11 in Let's Do It, my personal fifty favourite singles from 1954-76.
Volare! (Fly!) Oh-oh! (Oh-oh!) Cantare! (Sing!) Oh-o-oh-oh! (Oh-o-oh-oh!)
Domenico Modugno co-wrote "Volare" after having a weird dream, and then he turned his song about that weird dream into this massive smash. It's a hulking great piece of ham, this cheese dream song, as subtle as being hit over the head with a brick.
A proper piece of light opera, Domenico performs "Volare" with great vocal capacity. And he remembers that it is just a silly little song, performed with a little chuckle in his voice.
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In short, it's exactly what any contest of popular song should reward. No wonder that it won the San Remo festival in 1958, and swept to an overwhelming third place at that year's Eurovision festival.
Popular taste has always been a strange and inexplicable thing, "Volare" was later covered (in English translation) by Dean Martin; he has the vocal brilliance, but doesn't quite have the playfulness Domenico brings to the song.
It was the most successful of a squillion covers, ranging from the sublime (David Bowie on the Absolute Beginners soundtrack), to the flamenco (Gypsy Kings), to the unspeakable (Aled Jones and Russell Watson).
And if you can't sing well, there's always a call-and-response section. "Volare" is the one Eurovision song that a desperate producer can expect a crowd to know and love. Chantel Janzen led the crowd in a singalong when technical problems delayed a rehearsal in 2021; producers in Istanbul used "Volare" to fill a gap when an item proved unbroadcastable in the 2004 final. These days, they might use "Snap".
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jackredfieldwasmyjacob · 1 year ago
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FELLOW EUROFANS! this is my only oportunity to talk about OT AND Eurovision so I have to post this video I just found about Eurovision songs in Operación Triunfo (updated until the 3rd week of OT 2023), if you have any questions i will be more than glad to answer them !!!!
Just in case it is a bit confusing as it is not in english, in the left you'll see the country and the year it went to eurovision, then it will say the song in the middle and below it the person who sung it in OT and when in the program (also the edition which is important to me personally), and in the left there's the position it got on ESC <3
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#eurovision#esc#vivitalksot#this video was made for me and me exclusively#dime appearing twice... EXACTLY#our national anthem#i also love how much gisela appears throughout the video... she really was the moment#gisela lladó you'll always be famous (she was the voice of elsa in the castilian dub of frozen btw !!!! also represented andorra in esc)#I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR MANU GUIX SINGING A-BA-NI-BI THAT WAS A JUMPSCARE#he looked so young in that performance as well 😭😭😭😭#okay now we get to the good part the new ot (yes i'm using the tags to react live to the video don't mind me)#euphoria by thalía and miriam... literally history of spain i am not joking#nerea's performance of quédate conmigo was SO GOOD and SO CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED#i don't want to go on a rant but. nerea rodríguez is the msot underrated OT contestant and i will die on this hill#tu canción... i do not want to talk about it#famous singing nobody but you by cesar sampson... lives were changed that night#also the guy making the video is such a coward.... he should've played the beginning of the toy performance#with maría and marilia being slutty#speaking of REMEMBER WHEN MARILIA'S PERFORMANCE GOT AGE RESTRICTED#marilia who was the sweetest contestant ever. like she's the embodiment of a sugarcube#top 10 funniest things ever#la venda <3#I FORGOT ELENI FOUREIRA PERFORMED IN OT#RIGHT THEY DID SOLDI IN THE COVID THINGIES I FORGOT#btw!! they posted the full performance of dime in OT 2023 and you GOTTA SEE the beginning ruslana was hypnotic she was the best#Youtube
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nbstevonnie · 2 years ago
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so i didn't have a problem with poland's entry in eurovision at the time (bland, english, but ultimately unobjectionable given it didn't get crazy amounts of votes from anyone) but HOLY SHIT i just found out what the public's favourite to go was and i'm retroactively really mad about this??
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rosetta-j-stone · 1 year ago
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Dispatches from 18th Slovenian Class incoming : D
OK so first off other student (The Normal One(TM)) was once again absent, so I was automatically Best Student despite the following:
Teacher: And how has your week been?
Me: Yesterday was a bit stressful...
Teacher: Because of work?
Me: No, because of Eu-
My brain:
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Me (internally): NOT NOW GUSTAPH
Me (aloud): Because of Eurovision
So yeah now my Slovenian teacher knows all about
(a) yesterday's ticket-buying saga
(b) the fact that this is the third time I'm seeing one of the Eurovision shows at the actual arena (previous times: Lisbon in 2018 and Vienna in 2015)
Teacher: So you could say "Nora sem na Eurovizijo"
Me: Ni mi žal
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uraandri · 2 years ago
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KAKAV JE OVO FAIL
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jadenvargen · 9 months ago
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swedish-specific resources for palestinian local activism. please do share. 
Här kan man som svensk organisera sig för palestina. ibland kan resurser som sprids vara fokuserade på andra länder såsom USA, men här finns info på hur du som svensk kan organisera dig lokalt. 
Snälla feel free att lägga till eller rätta vadsomhelst, 1000% amatör, men vill samla ihop info till folk som kanske inte stött på det innan på denna hemsida.
https://www.stoppaisrael.nu/ - organiserar sig specifikt i malmö gentemot ESC. har datum för planerade demonstrationer.
https://www.palestinagrupperna.se/ en huvudsaklig samlingsresurs för grupper i sverige att organisera sig med som är aktiv sen 70-talet. Här finns fakta, poddar, konsumentbojkotter, föreläsningar, insamlingar, osv. Palestinagruppen är mot apartheid fundamentalt utöver elduppehåll. De organiserar även Tuesdays for Palestine, för universitet och högskolor.
angående konsumentbojkotter i Malmö och Göteborg specifikt om ni köper second hand så stöttar björkåfrihet gaza, och säljer specifika palestinaimportprodukter såsom olivolja och kikärter.
Här finns kontakter och länkar till lokala organiseringar med Palestinagruppen:
Göteborg
Halmstad
Hässleholm / Kristianstad
Karlstad
Kronoberg
Lund
Malmö
Nybro
Stockholm OCH http://www.palestinagruppenstockholm.se/
Sundsvall
Uppsala - https://www.facebook.com/Palestinagruppen-i-Uppsala-203271060501107
Västerås - https://www.facebook.com/Palestinagruppen-i-V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s-850751518298673 
Gruppen är även organiserad i Varberg, Skellefteå samt Borås, men har där ingen sociala medielänk utan kontaktperson på hemsidan.
Israel i Eurovision song contest
SVT pekar mot EBUs beslut och att en stor del av osannolikheten av Israels uteslutning är att en huvudsponsor för ESC är ett Israeliskt företag.
i malmö har det i nuläget(02/22) bestämts att frågan om Israel i Malmös eurovision skall tas upp i kommande lokala kommunmöten. Man kan som medborgare ta del av dessa möten. I nuläget är det endast vänsterpartiet av regeringspartierna som driver frågan, men man kan ta kontakt med kommunrepresentant för att själv framföra frågan och ämnet. Man kan även fysiskt vara med under möte
Lista och Kontakt med Malmös kommunfullmäktige
mejladress tll styrelsen som helhet: [email protected]
mötesdatum: 6e mars, 10e april i statshuset 13:00
som tidigare nämnt organiseras protester i malmö lokalt under eurovisiondatumen bl.a på https://www.stoppaisrael.nu/ men det finns inom andra länkar i palestinagruppen också.
BSD i Sverige
Från palestinagruppen: "BDS National Committee rekommenderar riktad bojkott, fokus på ett mindre antal företag och produkter som bedöms vara strategiskt viktiga."
Samtidigt:
"Vill du undvika att köpa israeliska varor när du handlar så kontrollera varans streckkodsnummer, det s.k. EAN-numret. Israels landsprefix är 729. "
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här finns övergripande data på israels exportvaror till sverige
enligt https://trendeconomy.com är Israels främsta Frukt-o-grönt export som följer(som man kanske vill vara extra försiktig med, och rentav nämna till arbetare på din lokala matbutik- för deras mål är ju att sälja, inte bli bojkottade.) : Dadlar, fikon, ananas, avokado, guava, mango, citrus, nötter.
Sveriges regerings ställningstagande
Svenskt ställningstagande i “konflikten” är som följer:
Israel har en självklar rätt att försvara sig mot terrorism och urskillningslös raketbeskjutning.
Civila måste skyddas. 
Humanitärt tillträde är fundamentalt. (Jag vill belysa att regeringen här menar på att “ett stort ansvar för den humanitära katastrofen i Gaza vilar på Hamas som styrt Gaza sedan 2007” och även följande: “Sverige är en stor kärnstödsgivare till flera av de humanitära aktörerna på plats." Trots vad som står inom den fetade texten har sverige beslutat att stoppa bistånd till UNWRA. https://www.amnesty.se/aktuellt/sveriges-beslut-far-katastrofala-konsekvenser-miljontals-manniskors-liv/ )
Regional eskalering måste undvikas
En hållbar fred bygger på en tvåstatslösning.
Med grund av dessa uttalanden som bl.a direkt beskyller Palestiner för de över 30.000 dödade av den Israeliska militären är det inte överranskande att medier i sverige genast är vinklade, till ingens överraskning. Den senaste artikeln jag råkade ha öppen för att göra den här posten har språket
“Sydafrikas regering har anklagat Israel för folkmordsliknande agerande mot Gazas befolkning”
 “kriget i Gaza, som inleddes efter Hamas blodiga attack i Israel den 7 oktober. EBU har sagt att Israels public servicebolag inte brutit mot några regler och kommer att få tävla.”
Inga ord om att ICJ dömde Israel för detta “folkmordsliknande” beteende, eller vad som skiljer folkmord från “folkmordslikt”, medans attacken gentemot Israel är rentutav "blodig". På denna nivå överlag ligger journalistiken i Sverige. 
Det är viktigt att vi som medborgare belyser att Sveriges regering inte bara är åskådare utan är medbrottslingar i Israels fortsatta utrotningsförsök mot det palestinska folket. Vi bör vara väl medvetna om propagandan som inte bara kommer utifrån, utan inom sverige, och bekämpa denna.
snälla kom med egna tips, resurser, anmärkningar, kritik, whatever! ville bara ha en samlingsplats på tumblr för sätt i sverige att organisera sig lokalt, och vill verkligen bara att rätt ska va rätt.
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skeppsbrott · 1 year ago
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SVERIGEVÄNNER
Eller ja, ni svenskar som har en relation till Eurovision.
Här är dina stolpar för vad du ska skriva i ditt mejl:
Namn, ålder och ort
Ditt ärende (be SVT sätta tryck på EBU att stänga av Israel från Eurovision 2024)
Hänvisa till NGOs som Amnesty, Läkare Utan Gränser, etc., och deras uttalande om den humanitära katastrofen som just nu utspelar sig i Gaza (du kan länka till SVTs egna artiklar om detta)
Påtala tävlingens syfte (att främja fred och internationell gemenskap)
Påtala hur tävlingens trovärdighet och Sveriges värdskap kommer komma att ifrågasättas om Israel deltar
Påtala Sveriges ansvar som värdland och vår makt inom Eurovisionsammanhang
Påtala att Ryssland uteslöts just för att TV-bolagen utmanade EBUs beslut och fortfarande är uteslutna
Skriv något om din relation till tävlingen (hur länge du kollat, eventuella ritualer och traditioner, något kort bara)
Var tydlig i att du kommer delta i en bojkott mot Eurovision om EBU tillåter Israel att delta (det är också okej att vara tydlig med att du kommer vara ledsen över om så sker)
Var artig och vänlig men tydlig och bestämd
Undvik radikal politik - målet är inte att övertyga någon tjomme på SVT om att imperialism och nationalism är fel, målet är att övertyga dem om att det är en JÄTTEDÅLIG idé att låta Israel tävla och att vi är många som bryr oss om detta.
Här är mejladressen för kontakt med SVT: [email protected]
Här är en länk till EBUs uttalande om avstängningen av Ryssland 2022: https://web.archive.org/web/20220313071630/https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-russia-2022
@svenskjavel @dagenssvenska
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svenskjavel · 10 months ago
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För er som vill protestera mot Israels deltagande i ESC
Exempeltext:
“Hello
My name is Namn Namnsson and I am contacting you regarding Israel’s participation in Eurovision Song Contest this year.
There is a crisis in Gaza. Innocent civilians are being murdered. People die from treatable causes. Hospitals are bombed. Infrastructure destroyed. Help is denied access to the region. A generation of Palestinians traumatised if they’re lucky enough to survive.
Many organisations are calling for ceasefire, Doctors without Borders among them.
When Russia invaded Ukraine they were excluded the following day, 25 February 2022. You showed them that their behaviour is unacceptable.
When Belarus showed their disregard for Freedom of Speech they were excluded. You showed them that their behaviour is unacceptable.
Bold and political moves. Bold and political, just like peace. Peace which is the foundation which we created Eurovision Song Contest.
Now I am asking you to do it again. You need to show Israel that their behaviour is unacceptable. Exclude Israel.
Survivors of the Holocaust is condemning Israel’s behaviour, some even comparing it to their personal experience of the holocaust (http://www.ijan.org/projects-campaigns/nafa/survivors-and-descendants-letter/).
There is so much to Love about Eurovision. Costumes. Performances. The voices. The community. My favourite part is the cultural exchange. Italy showing us their hand movements and Iceland singing in their native. Sadly, if you still support Israel in this I can’t with good conscience watch Eurovision Song Contest this year.
Thank you for your time.
Kind regards
Namn Namnsson”
OBS! Använd exempeltexten hur ni vill för att underlätta för er själva; var medveten om att unika mejl tas på större allvar.
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coolcrazycoffeecat · 9 months ago
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Men visst! Norrmän i eurovision! En dansk förbundskapten! Kanske en finsk överbefälhavare? En isländsk ledare för bingo lotto på nyår? Ta vad ni vill!
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brendanjharkin · 7 months ago
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Today's march in Belfast to the BBC headquarters, calling for a boycott of Eurovision and calling out the BBC for its reporting (or lack thereof). Recent days saw the Northern Ireland Assembly vote through an opposition motion by a majority, which called for a ceasefire and mandated the First and Deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland to write to the UK Prime Minister and demand he end sale or transfer of arms to Israel. BBC NI deliberately did not report on it.
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foervraengd · 2 years ago
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Kalla mig en hater men finns fan inga tråkigare människor som inte röstar på låten dom faktiskt gillar utan ska alltid tjöta om att ”låten måste ju gå långt i eurovision”. HAR NI HÖRT TALAS OM ATT HA KUL? Tror ni finland skickade lordi för att dom ville vinna??? Ibland kanske det Är Here To Have Fun Not Here To Win.
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kurooscoffee · 1 year ago
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Our favorite Slovenian gossip mag strikes again 😅😅😅
Translation:
Bojan Cvjetićanin caught with his lover. There was lots of hugging.
Bojan Cvjetićanin spent a few days in Finland.
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It's no secret that the singer of Joker Out is currently most devoted to the Finnish Eurovision representative, Käärija. Bojan spent a few days with him in Finland and these beautiful photos were taken. The two of them are really cute together.
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It is very nice that such a friendship has grown between them. Soon Käärijä will also visit Bojan and maybe we will have a concert together.
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monokerus · 9 months ago
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Vet ni, ju mer jag tänker på det desto mer förbannad blir jag på SVT. Melodifestivalen är Sveriges största underhållningsprogram. Om man tittar några år tillbaka i tiden fick vi mellanakter som var minnesvärda och roliga, programledarna hade manus som faktiskt bidrog med något och programmet var upplagt så det kändes så att de hade tid att visa allt de ville. Det här är vad vi fick i år:
Programledaren var till hälften ersatt med expertkommentatorer. Då programledaren väl syntes hade hon inget manus som hade med tävlingen att göra - hennes jobb verkade vara att låta tiden att gå så att det skulle finnas tid att räkna röster.
Manuset - vad pågick? I år var det många regeländringar, som knappt nämndes för en sekund, det var väldigt tighta deadlines för röstning som aldrig förvarnades, jag tror det nämndes att vi ska hålla i Eurovision i Malmö typ en gång på 6 veckor och 5 av 6 gånger som telefonslussarna stängdes satt programledaren mitt i en intervju och fick försöka avbryta/prata över publiken som började räkna ner själva.
Mellanakterna... här tycker jag vi ser antingen en väldigt tight budget, eller en stor brist på fantasi. Vi fick en fantastisk start med A*Teens, men vad hände sen? Björn verkade ha nästan fria tyglar (vilket jag kan säga som en överpresterande prokrastinist med konstant imposter syndrome kan intyga troligen inte var great för hans mentala hälsa) och det blev ofta mer awkward än kul. Hans tal med Kristian och hans trolleritrick var riktigt kul, men vem tyckte det var en bra idé att han skulle sjunga för sin mormor i tre minuter, något som inte hade något värde för publiken eftersom texten knappt kunde locka fram ett par enstaka skratt? Kunde de inte ha wrappat upp Björn/Carina-storyn under förra veckan och sen pumpat upp finalen med något stort (Björnzone var fantastiskt, men behövde Björn verkligen vara i ALLA mellanakter? Var budgeten så tight i år?)
Det är ett plus att artisterna får framföra sina vinnarlåtar igen, vilket de inte fick förra året, men att låta den börja i Greenroom och sen awkward vandra genom arenan känns billigt. Kan produktionen inte ge tillbaka de extra minuter som krävs för att sätta upp numret och låta dem framföra låtarna så som de är menade att spelas på scen?
Jag har följt vartenda deltävling i Mello sedan 2006. Några år har det varit lite sämre än andra, men produktionen i år kändes mer opersonlig än någonsin. Melloproduktionen älskar inte sitt program längre. Om Melloproduktionen tror att de fortfarande älskar sitt program så har de istället helt missat varför vi tittare älskar programmet. Gå tillbaka några år, se kärleken och charmen till den här cirkusen som bland andra Edward af Sillén och Daniel Rehn gav programmet med sina starka manus, och se hur stor kontrasten är. Det här är inte modernisering, det är ett hån mot vad underhållning kan vara.
Det var mitt TED-talk, ses till Eurovision då vår frälsare och gud Edward af Sillén kommer ge oss en show vi kan njuta av
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have-a-hiddles · 4 months ago
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Happy Birthday to me!
Here’s some (mostly positive) stuff about the year I was born:
Chinese Year of the Horse
United States Senate proceedings are broadcast on radio for the first time.
The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
The first global positioning satellite, the Rockwell International-built Navstar 1, is launched by the United States.
The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
San Francisco's City Council signs the United States's most comprehensive gay rights bill.
Dallas debuts on CBS, and gives birth to the modern day primetime soap opera.
At the 50th Academy Awards, Annie Hall won four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Woody Allen), and Best Actress (Diane Keaton). On the other hand, Star Wars won six Oscars, including Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction. Finally, Madame Rosa (France) won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta win the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 for Israel with their song A-Ba-Ni-Bi.
The Bee Gees' album, Saturday Night Fever, went #1 for 24 weeks.
Sarajevo is selected to host the 1984 Winter Olympics, and Los Angeles is selected to host the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Mavis Hutchinson, 53, becomes the first woman to run across the U.S.; her trek took 69 days.
The Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl, the Washington Bullets were the NBA champs, and the Montreal Canadiens clinched the Stanley Cup.
Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.
Charon, a satellite of Pluto, is discovered.
The rainbow flag of the LGBT movement flies for the first time (in its original form) at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, is born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK.
Pope John Paul I succeeds Pope Paul VI as the 263rd Pope.
NASA unveiled the first group of women astronauts: Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride.
Pope John Paul I dies after only 33 days of papacy.
United States President Jimmy Carter signs a bill that authorizes the minting of the Susan B. Anthony dollar.
Pope John Paul II succeeds Pope John Paul I as the 264th pope, resulting in the first Year of Three Popes since 1605.
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp.
Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy is arrested.
Cabbage Patch Kids are first created.
The video game Space Invaders launched a craze for computer video games.
The first email system was created at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, N.J.
The first spam email was sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketing manager who was promoting a new model of computer. Thuerk sent the correspondence out to about 600 prospects via ARPANET, and “complaints started coming in almost immediately.”
Illinois Bell Company introduced the first-ever Cellular Mobile Phone System.
Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Carl Sagan for his book, The Dragons of Eden.
 At the 30th Primetime Emmy Awards, All in the Family (CBS) won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Rockford Files (NBC) won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series. Carroll O’Connor (All in the Family) won an Emmy for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series, and Jean Stapleton (All in the Family) won an Emmy for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series.
At the 35th Golden Globe Awards, The Turning Point won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama, and The Goodbye Girl won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Actor Ashton Kutcher was born on Feb. 7, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Actor James Franco was born in Palo Alto, Calif. on April 19, 1978.
Actor Jason Biggs was born on May 12, 1978, in Pompton Plains, N.J.
Actress Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978.
Singer Nicole Scherzinger was born on June 29, 1978.
Actor Josh Harnett was born on July 21, 1978.
 NBA star Kobe Bryant was born on Aug. 23, 1978.
Singer Usher was born on Oct. 14, 1978.
Actress Katherine Marie Heigl was born in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 24, 1978.
Popular movies included: Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Star Wars (the first one), Superman: The Movie, and Halloween.
 The most popular baby names for boys were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David, and James. 
The most popular baby names for girls were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy, and Heather. 
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theraggedygirl11 · 10 months ago
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New analysis on the way. As soon as I saw the new Bojan's photo, I immediately searched for the flowers and their meanings, as the self-proclaimed flowers expert of this part of the fandom.
I'm pretty sure the flowers are hydrangeas/hortensias (like @anxious-witch already said in his analysis).
Hydrangeas symbolize so many things based on their colours, and the meanings may change even based on the country or the historic era!
So prepare yourself for a dive into hydrangeas meanings (everything is from the internet, I will link everything I've found)
It's a long analysis, I'm sorry
Also, this is my opinion on this specific photo, feel free to add anything you want
Brief history facts here and here. In these links you'll find also other facts about this flower, and its meanings too, which I'll summarize down here.
White Hydrangea
They symbolize purity, innocence and honour, but also arrogance, vanity and boasting (maybe from the Victoria era, when this flower carried a negative meaning since it was gifted from men to women who rejected them and it was a way to indicate women's frigidity). Besides, these flowers are well known to have a huge inflorescence but produce very few seeds.
Blue Hydrangea
In ancient Japan this flower is linked to apology and remorse (there's a legend about and emperor who neglected the woman he loved, so he gifted her these flowers as an apology), nowadays it also means serenity and gratitude.
Pink Hydrangea
It symbolizes thoughtfulness, grace and love. It's the perfect gift to express affection and admiration for someone special.
Purple Hydrangea
It represents the desire for deep understanding. The colour purple is usually associated with royalty, pride and gratefulness across many cultures.
Brief summary from this website:
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Unfortunately the photo is in black and white, so we can't really know the colour(s) of the flowers in it, but we don't care.
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Let's go through every colour and connect it to Bojan.
White has pretty conflicting meanings, for sure. This colour is linked to purity, but, as I said above, it may also mean boasting and vanity. Let's focus on this last meaning. Bojan never showed himself to be openly vain, except for one thing: his hair. He complained about his gray/white streak more than once (cue to Plastika "koža ni več sveža in sivijo mi lasje,/ pa triindvajset jih imam šele"-"my skin is no longer fresh and my hair is going grey/ and I'm only twenty-three", then corrected to twenty-five in Groningen), and I'm pretty sure he's used to dye his hair because the white streak sometimes magically disappears. Now, white/grey hairs are a sign of old age and it's not unsual for younger people to get them (I'm turning 27 this year and I too have some random white hairs). Bojan's complaints, even in a jokingly way, show though that he's in some way affected by this. Beauty is linked to vanity, both in art and in literature.
Blue hydrangeas carry/carried a specific meaning in Japan, as already stated, which is linked to apology and remorse. Is he sorry for not reaching some of his goals, like winning Eurovision? Is he apologizing to us, his fans? To Slovenia, the country he so proudly represented at Eurovision and failed to make it proud of his work with their lower position in the final chart? To someone else we don't know about? We also know that they became a phenomenon despite the fact that Eurovision was a "disaster". Slovenia became famous, now people want to visit this country or even moving there to live. People are learning a language that only about 2 million people speak (it's still a pretty big group of people, but compared to other European countries, like Germany, France or Italy, it's a small amount of speakers). Is he grateful for the huge opportunity that Eurovision gave them to let the world know that Slovenia exists and that it's a nice country that deserves to be known? Is he saying "thank you" for other things?
Pink is often linked to nice feelings and emotions. In this case the flower symbolizes true feelings and sincere emotions. Bojan is a lyricist, he pours what he experiences and feels into his lyrics, and thanks to this we have Padam, Novi Val, Vse Kar Vem, and so on. Is this a wish for him to be even more open and truer on what he writes? A wish for him to be more free to write what he wants and feels and not what the public wants him to write? Being true and honest with yourself has always been a focal point in so many artists and has affected their work thoughtout the centuries. They have to live thanks to their art, so what do you do? Do you listen to your heart or do you please the people who give you the money to live?
Purple is the last colour but not the least important. It's a royal colour, also linked to pride. Being proud can be a double edged sword: one can be proud of what he's doing and achieving, but the line between pride and arrogance is narrow and one can easily slip into arrogance. Personally, I've never seen Bojan as arrogant, but this colour might remind him to be proud of his work, also the future one he'll do, and to not let arrogance conquer his spirit, to stay humble like he is now.
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