Comments on: We’re not as legal as you

By: Fans of “East European Funk,” Unite!

Fans of “East European Funk,” Unite! — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:08:24 +0000

[...] watching each permutation of the “East European Funk” video several times in order to write about the song in the lead up to the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, I was rather infected by the song’s [...]

By: You are William the Conqueror, not Vilius the Vergas!

You are William the Conqueror, not Vilius the Vergas! — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:45:17 +0000

[...] the European Broadcast Union determines whether “Eastern European Funk,” in suggesting inequality between eastern and western Europeans, suffers from having political content, Lietuvos Rytas yesterday published an article by Andrius Užkalnis that argues a similar point of [...]

By: Eurovision and neoliberalism: the case of InCulto

Eurovision and neoliberalism: the case of InCulto — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:43 +0000

[...] second post is a 3000-word monster that looks at the fate of songs with political messages in recent Eurovision conte… Then I shift into high gear and talk about miscegenation, economic inequality and the egalitarian [...]

By: Eurovision, politics, and InCulto

Eurovision, politics, and InCulto — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:13:36 +0000

[...] Funk,” to see if it’s “political” in nature. Though I’m certain that my 3000-word meandering on the political content of the song over the weekend in no way tipped off the EBU, I’m still sad that they’re going through [...]