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That really is lovely <3 I didn't get it at the time but I sort of wish I had done. I think I was a bit sceptical that the finished product would be as nice as the mock up but all the photos I've seen of them suggest they are just like the promised design.

This one counts as one of my grails for sure, although I'm not sure whether anyone else would be interested in him or not. I got into Susumu Yokota back around the turn of the century when the 'Sakura' album got some critical acclaim, over the following years I bought about 10 of his albums on CD and really enjoyed them as relaxing late night listens. They've always been quite difficult to track down but now two boxsets are being released to cover all of the Japanese artist's work up until his untimely death 10 years ago. They're a bit pricey I guess but I've hardly been buying many albums at all of late so I've decided to treat myself to the first one as it contains a few of my favourites in one place, namely 'Sakura', 'Grinning Cat', 'Will' and 'The Boy and the Tree'. I haven't heard the other albums included before so looking forward to being able to give them all a spin.

I flicked through and think your entry sounded strong!

AQ | Fljótavík • Joon Gloom • Joker SF1 01 | Flynnonda • Borderline • When It's Raining 02 | Greenfroze • Ken Hirai • 1995 03 | Bronzil • Fazerdaze • Motorway 04 | Macromia • Marika Hackman • Drown 05 | Jupiterdonia • RØRY • WOLVES 06 | Cheiron • Daisy Grenade • Don't Sweat It 07 | Kathaldazia • MERCY • POSSESSION 08 | Scotland 2 • Dijon • Yamaha 09 | POPHub • Magdalene • Lucky Girl 10 | Dobago • NXCRE & The Villains • USURPER 11 | A-Konohagakure • Phuture Noize • Hyperspace 12 | Sandénia • LØLØ • omg 13 | Skall • Bubble Love • Double Caper 14 | Land of DW • Lord Of The Lost & Within Temptation • Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness 15 | Terra Avium • Future Utopia & Lava La Rue • The Pleasure Trap 16 | Thelonia • Your Mate's Ex • Disco Shift 17 | Taahino • Ashnikko • Trinkets 18 | Hendinia • Frost Children • WHAT IS FOREVER FOR 19 | Jadakissnia • S1RENA • DNA 1NTERLUDE / DNA 20 | Séyetana • Ecca Vandal • CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE 21 | Cor Lupus • Tsatsamis • Sweet Praise 22 | Why So Sirius • Yu • Geld 23 | Elëdan • Nicolás Jaar • Aquí 24 | Lookylion • Goddess • Sexual 25 | Kluminican Republic • Swank Mami • Baddiez 26 | Aesthetica • Jae Stephens • Afterbody SF2 01 | Persephonia • Maustetytöt • Tee Se Itse 02 | Ajanaeda • Nuovo Testamento • Dream On 03 | Bøtanikkä • Tanzer • Maximum Glamour 04 | Herbilore • Julia Fox • Down The Drain 05 | New Lexico • Yorke • airplane mode 06 | Danæviia • Levi.Sct • Technotude 07 | Zanmatony • Dan Deacon • Feel The Lightning 08 | Aelandor • PRXZM • Where We Started 09 | Pestolia • ivri • tower of memories 10 | Summericia • Avery Cochrane • Shapeshifting On A Saturday Night 11 | Utopia • Water From Your Eyes • Playing Classics 12 | Aeroche • sim0ne • space cadet 13 | Mothertopia • Samia • Lizard 14 | Baleghde • OCT • Half Horse Half Man 15 | Yehesi • BRUSES • ANTES de MORIRME X.x (feat. Amandititita) 16 | République d'Áskorza • Astrid S • First To Go 17 | Altyr Muunilinst • Krewella • Crying On The Dancefloor 18 | East Rukahavian • coastal club • conversation 19 | FARC • Sycco • Dribble 20 | Cumulonimbia • Deki Alem • House Fire 21 | Trifoski • acloudyskye • Shoots 22 | Hushkanukia • Kirsty Grant • Outerbody 23 | Neliönoir • Night Tapes • storm 24 | Suedeonia • Ducks Ltd. • Train Full Of Gasoline 25 | Lotunia • Luca Vasta • Santa Maria 26 | FSR Rontvia • ARGO • Korku

Kath did send it too at first, it was one of the few double confirmations. It caught me off guard a bit as I wasn’t anticipating anyone else to have particularly heard of her until Brer did the research and said it showed up in a couple of personal charts

Reserved for playlists x

The delegates of Fljótavík wish to welcome the 52 visiting nations to Mílanó for the unveiling of the acts taking part in the one hundred and seventy seventh Buzzjack Song Contest. As always the entrants have been split into two semi finals and you can view the lists of entrants in the thread below. You must vote only in the semi final you are allocated to, you do this by sending a PM to myself with your 10 favourite songs from your semi in the traditional Eurovision format of: 12 | 10 | 08 | 07 | 06 | 05 | 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 | The deadline for submitting your votes is 23:59 on Saturday 6th September. Any votes received after this point will only be accepted at my discretion and a penalty of 15% will be applied. If you fail to vote in your semi final then your entry will receive a 33% deduction to its final tally. The twenty countries with the highest scores from each semi final will progress to the final. As hosts, Fljótavík will be required to vote in both semi finals so that we may take advantage of the opportunity to allow Joon Gloom to gracefully glide directly through to the final with her dark electropop entry, Joker. And with that, we are delighted to reveal the songs that will be competing for the crown in BJSC CLXXVII: AQ | Fljótavík • Joon Gloom • Joker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nrgwtrTGCE 01 | Flynnonda • Borderline • When It's Raining | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzp0VUf5vZ0 02 | Greenfroze • Ken Hirai • 1995 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aQPWKWCIPo 03 | Bronzil • Fazerdaze • Motorway | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV5Jj4vKmF8 04 | Macromia • Marika Hackman • Drown | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X0KVi9tiSk 05 | Jupiterdonia • RØRY • WOLVES | https://youtu.be/Nb6udluM7-s 06 | Cheiron • Daisy Grenade • Don't Sweat It | https://youtu.be/qdr8nA56Xag 07 | Kathaldazia • MERCY • POSSESSION | https://youtu.be/cUE-30yF6UY 08 | Scotland 2 • Dijon • Yamaha | https://youtu.be/AJGS18kol_U 09 | POPHub • Magdalene • Lucky Girl | https://youtu.be/UoWv9cSCFVI 10 | Dobago • NXCRE & The Villains • USURPER | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28D2pAEDuk 11 | A-Konohagakure • Phuture Noize • Hyperspace | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfefLsx-7WI 12 | Sandénia • LØLØ • omg | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfanI-ZdLoo 13 | Skall • Bubble Love • Double Caper | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MlIhUZvP0E 14 | Land of DW • Lord Of The Lost & Within Temptation • Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRLmbULWDhY 15 | Terra Avium • Future Utopia & Lava La Rue • The Pleasure Trap | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1mhioNbw0w 16 | Thelonia • Your Mate's Ex • Disco Shift | https://soundcloud.com/yourmatesex/disco-shift 17 | Taahino • Ashnikko • Trinkets | https://youtu.be/NXxpVWgXc_M 18 | Hendinia • Frost Children • WHAT IS FOREVER FOR | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wqMvh02okE 19 | Jadakissnia • S1RENA • DNA 1NTERLUDE / DNA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CopDB4YaDsg 20 | Séyetana • Ecca Vandal • CRUISING TO SELF SOOTHE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pccffwLPRSw 21 | Cor Lupus • Tsatsamis • Sweet Praise | https://youtu.be/1B8KEqCvalk 22 | Why So Sirius • Yu • Geld | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtC3_o4YOEw 23 | Elëdan • Nicolás Jaar • Aquí | https://youtu.be/MdlUMv2INlE 24 | Lookylion • Goddess • Sexual | https://youtu.be/7burg-1J1R0 25 | Kluminican Republic • Swank Mami • Baddiez | https://youtu.be/ZUyc72DhLSY 26 | Aesthetica • Jae Stephens • Afterbody | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgpX94udm8 AQ | Fljótavík • Joon Gloom • Joker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nrgwtrTGCE 01 | Persephonia • Maustetytöt • Tee Se Itse | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv3MG-3gjks 02 | Ajanaeda • Nuovo Testamento • Dream On | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B54XuMrcFpg 03 | Bøtanikkä • Tanzer • Maximum Glamour | https://youtu.be/j1bhgu0B9zM 04 | Herbilore • Julia Fox • Down The Drain | https://youtu.be/AVzUHs0EKks 05 | New Lexico • Yorke • airplane mode | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9GlFAzRDrU 06 | Danæviia • Levi.Sct • Technotude | https://youtu.be/NzVn_k8nunI 07 | Zanmatony • Dan Deacon • Feel The Lightning | https://youtu.be/kK-1axSGkXc 08 | Aelandor • PRXZM • Where We Started | https://youtu.be/2EJY0q9Cvg8 09 | Pestolia • ivri • tower of memories | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD7tRv4A1FA 10 | Summericia • Avery Cochrane • Shapeshifting On A Saturday Night | https://youtu.be/FmRVW6lHK8E 11 | Utopia • Water From Your Eyes • Playing Classics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6QUT0Re_8Q 12 | Aeroche • sim0ne • space cadet | https://youtu.be/o0cw6hdcdoI 13 | Mothertopia • Samia • Lizard | https://youtu.be/fevSkDmwWHI 14 | Baleghde • OCT • Half Horse Half Man | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v_R180kIGs 15 | Yehesi • BRUSES • ANTES de MORIRME X.x (feat. Amandititita) | https://youtu.be/hLmQ8hULaUs 16 | République d'Áskorza • Astrid S • First To Go | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5FUVc4mkc 17 | Altyr Muunilinst • Krewella • Crying On The Dancefloor | https://youtu.be/c3iiTp2r0aQ 18 | East Rukahavian • coastal club • conversation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9F9Ixs6krc 19 | FARC • Sycco • Dribble | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=22xdL8ZCVWk 20 | Cumulonimbia • Deki Alem • House Fire | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-kaTYwAbAU 21 | Trifoski • acloudyskye • Shoots | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ywqbLbuKs 22 | Hushkanukia • Kirsty Grant • Outerbody | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-vS8IC5cL2I 23 | Neliönoir • Night Tapes • storm | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk7JItajmF0 24 | Suedeonia • Ducks Ltd. • Train Full Of Gasoline | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_8fmcCTDfE 25 | Lotunia • Luca Vasta • Santa Maria | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyezEBKoQ0 26 | FSR Rontvia • ARGO • Korku | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVRJZLJnjPY

We’re just waiting for the final sign off but everything is looking okay. The semis are all prepped so hopefully I’ll be okay to click the post button on them tomorrow 😊

Not as yet, no. Obviously I've seen the list and I'm not exactly expecting any from what I've seen - but often I've never heard of the vetoes so don't take that as a guarantee!

Oh my both Ray of Light and Tear Drop entering in the same week, two of 1998's very best tracks in one go there and indeed two songs that have permanent slots on my essentials playlist <3 Also love Push It out of the other new ones. Road Rage I liked it at the time, but it's a little bit irksome sometimes. The All Saints track was okay, but neither of the AAs were as good as the originals - I find Under the Bridge easier to listen to than Lady Marmalade which I find a little irritating in any form. Their best material was still ahead of them (and not just in 2000 too!)

Fratellis. It’s one of those annoying chanting by drunk sports fans kinda tracks

Hopefully Forever is Over is over

Yeah surely Akon and A1 will be the next two out.

7 is still a reasonable score though, I have to remind myself that you don’t use the hyperbolic 11 and 12/10 rating system that most on here use 😂

Oh of course!! How dumb of me, I did know that really - my brain clearly reverted to draft also!!