http://informage.net/articles/2003/05/25/cultures-of-eurovision en-us 40 tales from anglospheric la-la-land <p>Kieran Healy gives a droll <a href="http://www.kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/000433.html" target="_blank">account of the Eurovision song contest</a> for the uninitiated. The strange thing is I remember getting genuinely excited about this in my youthful years. </p> <p> <blockquote>"But in terms of kitsch, tackiness, geopolitical tension, and sheer entertainment value the U.S. has nothing, but nothing, to match the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision is the common cultural bond uniting generations of Europeans, the continent&rsquo;s one true collective ritual."</blockquote></p> Sun, 25 May 2003 22:43:31 +0100 urn:uuid:236fe8a157088f74d978240bc4b0d8c1 sean http://informage.net/articles/2003/05/25/cultures-of-eurovision linkage http://informage.net/articles/trackback/4