tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46552840923816706042024-03-05T16:49:11.207+00:00THE SCHLAGER SYSTEMSWECLOME TO THE SCHLAGER SYSTEMS BLOG. THIS SITE IS RUN BY SCOTTISH GLAM OUTFIT 'THE VODKA SYSTEMS' AND EXPLORES OUR LOVE FOR SCANDINAVIAN SCHLAGER!!! WE HOP OVER TO SWEDEN FREQUENTLY TO SEE OUR FAVE SCHLAGER STARS PLAY! WE LOVE CAROLA, ANNA BOOK, KIKKI, LINDA BENGTZING, LENA PH, MAGNUS CARLSSON, SANNA NIELSEN, ABBA....TO NAME BUT A FEW. STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT WHAT FUN AND HIGH JINKS WE GET UP TO! TO SCHLAGER AND BEYOND.........THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-82991813991764727852010-04-25T10:56:00.000+00:002010-04-25T10:56:41.838+00:00Netherlands - "Ik Ben Verliefd (Sha-La-Lie)" - Eurovision Song Contest 2...<object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wzRHqOSg--s&hl=en_GB&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wzRHqOSg--s&hl=en_GB&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-60698712814925637762009-02-20T19:49:00.003+00:002009-02-20T20:05:13.283+00:00We Are Not Alone - Alexander Bard talks to The Schlager Systems<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja50Ts3hGm4aLGn_aRb_2kK5pa6LOHDl7jGBx-T0ow_ZokRwR2eRTu37PTa9Bpbe4Xh1sDnDLmrA2Vt9l-O1vZDe5SCls4t1ubrnrNwkH-Gq0nLCsaCK-wsg3juf8DdfghUtZObjjh61E/s1600-h/bwo_ny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja50Ts3hGm4aLGn_aRb_2kK5pa6LOHDl7jGBx-T0ow_ZokRwR2eRTu37PTa9Bpbe4Xh1sDnDLmrA2Vt9l-O1vZDe5SCls4t1ubrnrNwkH-Gq0nLCsaCK-wsg3juf8DdfghUtZObjjh61E/s400/bwo_ny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304971844608236498" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Ahead of BWO's performance in Leksand, Sweden for this years Melodifestivalen, we find out the gossip from the man himself.
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<br /></p><p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TSS: Can you describe this year's BWO entry 'You Are Not Alone' for Melodifestivalen?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: A dramatic melodic modern electronic gospel ballad.
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<br /></p> <p> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TSS: Does Marina wear a fabulous frock?</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: We all wear cosmonaut suites on Saturday. </p> <p> </p> <p>
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TSS: We loved 'It's My Life' by Amy Diamond, how did that song come about? Did you have Amy in mind while writing?</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: Yes, when I write for others, I write what they want me to write. When I write for BWO, I write with my heart. Iäm glad Amy likes her song so much.</p> <p> </p> <p>
<br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TSS: Apart from BWO and Amy, what other favourites do you have from this year's MF?</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: Alcazar. They're back in full form and made a stunning performance with a catchy electro track. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="" lang="EN-US">TSS: We absolutely love Alcazar! Apart from winning MF and Eurovision what else have you planned for this year?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: The big priority is the release of our brand new album "Big Science" in April. "You're Not Alone" is only a first taster from the new album. A second single is planned for the summer and a third single is planned for the autumn. This time around we will have a Pan-European release (ncluding the UK) from day 1 of the new record. </p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="" lang="EN-US">TSS: Have you heard the Lloyd Webber penned UK eurovision entry yet? Do you like?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: I actually and honestly think the UK track is awful. This is one of the worst and most dated songs ever from Lloyd-Webber. But I really like Greece's entry this year which is very now and very sexy. </p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="" lang="EN-US">TSS: The Schlager Systems will be at the final this year again, any tip on where to party after the final?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: I will find out for you if BWO make it to the final again this year. </p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US"> </span></p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="" lang="EN-US">TSS: Do you have a message for you UK fans?</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal">AB: We love you all!!! And we hope you will like the new sound of the "Big Sceince" album in April. </p> <p><span style="" lang="EN-US">
<br /></span></p><p><span style="" lang="EN-US">Thank you Mr Bard and lycka till for tomorrow!
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<br />THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-9470810726404111072009-02-09T18:59:00.007+00:002009-02-09T20:27:29.316+00:00MGP and MF 2009Well Friday saw another absolute awful instalment from NRK's 'Melodi Grand Prix'. We don't mean to be bitchy but don't you think Per and Maria could have done a couple of weeks of 'Atkins' before appearing on telly? The only decent song this week coming from Alexander Rybak with the fiddle playing in 'Fairytale. We here at the Schlager Systems think it could possibly win for Norway. The only other decent song in the contest is the fantastic 'Find My Girl' by Zuma front man Alexander Stenerud. Compared the last few years Norway's song choices for this year are dire - we know there is much more talent in Norway that what has been put forward for the show.<br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wtVDRha4PIA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></object><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="480" height="295"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wtVDRha4PIA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>On Saturday, the whole Schlager world tuned in the the first semi final of Melodifestivalen 2009. Wasn't sure of the Alcazar snippet STV had placed on there website but when we heard Alcazar perform 'Stay the Night' on the night, it blew us away and they deservedly won their place in the live final. Was it just us or does anybody else think that Emilia just couldn't hold a note? Maybe she was too nervous. Marty loved Shirely Clamp, but unfortunately her sore throat ruined the big vocal climax and she missed out altogether! It was so nice for the international jury to decide that Caroline av Ugglas' 'Snälla snälla' was the 'most eurovision sounding song' of the night - YES ONLY IF YOU'R DEAF!!!!!! Anyway here's Andreas, Tess and Lina doing what they do best........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMwG_YubevZFX2ab5nW8UOyup8CAPwt0vtB4SzWnDCz6GDUWxLPJ6zv9uO39l63xuNLeEDAsEXhuyzo_M0fg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-43751583333006408012008-12-16T20:14:00.000+00:002008-12-16T20:16:33.345+00:00Stay Tuned Lots of Schlager Interviews Coming Your Way!Well as MF 09 season starts to get into full flow, we here at the Schlager Systems will be bringing you as many interviews as possible. So keep checking back!<br /><br />Love MartyTHE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-2693132829626956152008-10-17T19:22:00.002+00:002008-10-17T19:35:00.016+00:00It's Agnes Carlsson<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g0K27TsN6pQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g0K27TsN6pQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />The Schlager Systems are back after a lengthy absence due to several personal disasters and difficult circumstances. We are bigger and better with a lot more glitter! Anyway, we quite like <strong>Agnes Carlsson</strong>, winner of Idol Sweden 2006. This is her new song <strong>'On and On'</strong> which is a little bit <strong>'Ace of Base'</strong> - which means it's a slice of pure svenska europop - nothing wrong with that! She is a little ray of sunshine through the shite we have to endure through this miserable forthcoming winter.THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-48115778189790265072008-10-12T08:58:00.001+00:002008-10-12T09:01:46.601+00:00Our Own Marty Releases Debut Album!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mKq0MpYaP85lWtayPP8MoLYAjdZwlTecmpSXqiu2sjkegufP1e-WXA5kvUTigrDiH9M-bNhT5tvFFyK7pq8bt-Ww22sSBq2nVmM_gAcSLVT9mvWACkDus_8KOzuLNuJVYNWC_v3X8gk/s1600-h/Dark+Heart+2008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mKq0MpYaP85lWtayPP8MoLYAjdZwlTecmpSXqiu2sjkegufP1e-WXA5kvUTigrDiH9M-bNhT5tvFFyK7pq8bt-Ww22sSBq2nVmM_gAcSLVT9mvWACkDus_8KOzuLNuJVYNWC_v3X8gk/s400/Dark+Heart+2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256189279767928466" border="0" /></a>Nothing like a bit of self promotion but Marty from the Schlager Systems has released his first solo album, entitled 'Dark Heart'.... it's not schlager but it is rather good... available from itunes (worldwide), Payplay.fm (worldwide), Amazon.com (USA/Canada only), Bengans.se (Sweden), åhlens city (Sweden) to name but a few. Go buy it and show support lol!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-76430923772001483122008-08-04T19:39:00.017+00:002008-12-09T07:27:35.434+00:00Let It Rain! The Schlager Systems at Europride 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6huW4ufLutt82tbziyVQNcM6YV5Pzj1_tIUWg2t64zQecqOldbfEGd5pMnZ3tdlaWsO17q5CxUYhJS5kMGXY_qfgHi34aSZ-eDTjfFVAEsvBJl4qbZBZ2IWqArMkbuymNRbNh0rT9rP8/s1600-h/pride+stockholm+2008+082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230772164347035682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6huW4ufLutt82tbziyVQNcM6YV5Pzj1_tIUWg2t64zQecqOldbfEGd5pMnZ3tdlaWsO17q5CxUYhJS5kMGXY_qfgHi34aSZ-eDTjfFVAEsvBJl4qbZBZ2IWqArMkbuymNRbNh0rT9rP8/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+082.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRvQQqDIZHxXZeIMjvPAJWjLf1QA_a1yxU_GyVVQciA29hRClVRqoxNHiAzXeSraY35tbteIzgqMA416poa6LdGrFryjzyxYRdtX7axJJLOOrn2qfubtCtqxrwuPfM0a5lfgYsb4NUj8/s1600-h/pride+stockholm+2008+108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230772169148121922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRvQQqDIZHxXZeIMjvPAJWjLf1QA_a1yxU_GyVVQciA29hRClVRqoxNHiAzXeSraY35tbteIzgqMA416poa6LdGrFryjzyxYRdtX7axJJLOOrn2qfubtCtqxrwuPfM0a5lfgYsb4NUj8/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+108.JPG" border="0" /></a> Well that's us home from Europride in Stockholm! We had a thoroughly fab. We missed the first half of schlagerkväll due to Marty losing his mobile phone and all his contacts! However we did get to pride park for part two. Here are some pics:-<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYFM3rd9ToGz_56H1vU8bZcfmw-Sv2IiYCRCzOpGE3DSeyFfzEhFiQApJ-u2NpkjXuThFCraBC7gbGU3wsUtdDLkBZf6BL9yx-Cm2fHnIeiADO_G2dOvdWqkAxTuxReEM8OEhu_GWka8/s1600-h/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+156.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230752236407636754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYFM3rd9ToGz_56H1vU8bZcfmw-Sv2IiYCRCzOpGE3DSeyFfzEhFiQApJ-u2NpkjXuThFCraBC7gbGU3wsUtdDLkBZf6BL9yx-Cm2fHnIeiADO_G2dOvdWqkAxTuxReEM8OEhu_GWka8/s320/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+156.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230772159458560242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsauEWUDSKlMUykheYvuAMb9W4o4ZIn3D61JJIrPJpEwagfmgiDVHQ0vFDqGKIkSHcggGglVbm8BHTLBHb-LMH_hTnoGozjQSmIcQXh5Q-4I4I1S0KThL4socPl74pHWKhr8rxxzfAPgA/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+100.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230752725347641858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2HD1uHqP80vxNYPau0we7kkvYWTgDBm_gsMeXQ_oG2thMgGKBQX2utAqsglyjyX9oVP8PidJXY-E0ZcxGbu4Q7YGfZaEoeIKrMvsckJBAi0QhjM0m2LZhN9mGe1xwdgbnrfjBfgttsc8/s320/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+162.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230774559005499474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Pl1As_oIpOlc5QpAIRp926ROMRrqdHibwQ1AgDxvdwU8-PH0lGw9noYxzLnD_yGbn1KuDS_LtaLKOqpkfhBW9Pb-2XlX25VDlNUjCj0SsmZXP18HWNlBIggh0_jwbRXh9sVA72qMsU8/s400/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+173.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230754984811393554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5G46dD-IHVb8SV8r51RJ0kUqWZmaiMdhj3JBCHyIxaF8LFIcbPtl-uyZhwmtVS4a8qskmCua5b9jxY0vNazdu6F4WRsIOrJSpZADhRN7ouTCRNLrRHej4d-ZI3hYgbgK4pf7_FDFLt7M/s400/bengtsing1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230754996004448594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VCzGVhUg3BaDWFny00z-COVMzj-OP4uobtIiY4-XoKFonMC5B1dhOqA0mjUZaq_xTWEvtDMViqdBhVCQidjwU6LGfar8O12I9louRVvTGEh__5A3UyTKqVqvqpgOZ2RRoN2oi7Kqy5c/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+113.JPG" border="0" /><br />We really enjoyed Linda Bengtzing, Sanna Nielsen (although, what was she wearing?) and really loved Lena Philipsson - who was the highlight of Thursday... we were too busy screaming to take pictures by this time lol.<br /><br />Friday in the park wasn't really up to much so we headed off to the Blue Moon Bar, just off Stureplan to see Schlagerfeber featuring none other than Mr Melodifestivalen himself, Christer Björkman. Despite being told rudely by some knob that this was a TOTALLY straight venue, we had a great time dancing to all of our fave schlager hits in the TOTALLY straight schlagerbar. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230763307919584130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSC7zpCOJtuYbjELISMX9DKQZIaPmVkJ2iLP_6YVgZy5yjc3696XeWOeGD1p1TUC1ETMYEBnYgFb-9-UiI_5CIGf6E658QvQtHT_0JFKLP26mdht1putUKpP8IlLnnN47ivPMwpWtdTbQ/s400/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+230.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230763319021211794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJR0dsyuFqsnZSHP1lXDuqSPv2T1SL7KFeQoz2IvyYNixVFqoNkzfAv-CJXM2xFkhYVVpoZ1OmaReV-G5prPum6VXzFEZFWrrBC2_G2FszYdonzqp3vkwEptWjKWiZ6nJcv23IFy_Jc7A/s400/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+236.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230763311747262786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEk55tMptEwkJS0Sc4G66mp9CGOKI-f7X0Wv5nljLF8EmDy3qhes7hMXLl6D7q1EW-TXgbGdnjFfH6TPyf3_qP8MW3LSJd6wBQJp6q7NZ46YaK__ciBa-5Md5C3jxJAAJXtIddd_i_8w/s400/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+234.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230763327929439666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXGCRlEiwNnY5rOfY9ZMFwiT3Bbat7EDfb9Xv5VUjLLrQZGl2m5CSLilI9XgcuzuNNNJW2XCQEAX42DkzMhC_k4MjyOc7A87GJgzVeJAADFw239yMUeZ1v78FycDPBzQECH12pKYdMFc/s400/Stockholm+Pride+amd+stuff+233.JPG" border="0" /> <p>It had been glorious sunshire on Thursday and Friday but the day of the march was rainy, light at first while on the march but really heavy later on in the park. After the march Marty was really looking forward to seeing German electronic musician Eto, who played a great set including the infectious 'Bi-curious'. He's is pretty hot too!</p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230766268270912130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H8X8ol_pV208RaafTGPviOynUlBuTUnUdI6pVpyn84ZeQcZg1L86qN3eoRgUow_u22-HGz33BlbwHZNbD1Fc1veVgnsLpV5J6DAj_3kRAl-YOcULeleujoDHY9l66-lX6iUsYmNcNIE/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+184.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230766277446413554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywI25w-TTBzftE5CPWl2JMfdCmIo3dPAJnJJFUmGaaBEPa1fCAjLHlRhnacOzsJV99OApiHlD5eAjFOU77KuDk0Bt5uVLqamwlBMoKpxHBgbPAEZM6AmLbR5GlfzVTEv8OvyJF4e2hMM/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+177.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230766281959395218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdK1h6E3OBaSEKzWoCy1gpL5KRJdqG4dvw-IohWEyjRBjjeK5SXvck7X-W5CftVSP4CJaJlJffTUfs7GqpqtKaM3kUk-tN8ZZlNW73b24J1W84FaCFTu1WSl6xKwkuvwM2f3pNrv4R96w/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+183.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230766286646785762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ygW69jbo63dC7vlADaCXdq7lJ5xn5r_qJZwDVI4-aPdcgM_wHOx4cY6sSgy14_pOEVWNltSAcRi14go2vRcauL6drq7p5-QFPTSjkfudSIFA3k6CBoX2FVWTnfeaTKh8Oofy9jsb3mk/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+179.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>And the rain kept pouring and pouring. We got some pictures of Pay TV, Elin Lanto etc but when the time came for Alcazar and BWO, we were so drenched that the will to live was slowly leaving our bodies. Penny is pictured below in her rain poncho courtesy of Swedbank.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230772171851712818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFYGrRPkkEqgGhihp-udiQOL5GOrGQAvIWIIBNImrWd6h9AumH20E1LB1qEhINUQPFHs3jr7a01xMwQRd-Z9j2fBTxBJ87JZB6XS-4nZY0MrQam2LcKZ9ihl06hJG5rHhDTXqUQvY6hg/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+148.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230755000638118050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4r_00bz2ReqlzNzWr_qwhCWFYPIy2wg1o0qPVDiixHh7eH1Bf8BuVDXNKUY5YyCZ2YxIJE0ZqOiJ1-oYqvplWJSbRNuKP8suLz6pV2AHZUiudSXYZQKlv-JOjBy9v3_aIgpiKMpO72w/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+186.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230767067376162802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn91kUDvUjj3rMmvhwICYE0-6v5mKP7mf71Tz4vdX9543xkotOlhqQg_iY-tdQGy1O4p2oEvS7pWw3PUSNQ7cLUup-YHtQH53FjTcu1a38fQfn9wp1kO7IfV3OIbIdjAb9WYPrNkJsvU/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+189.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230755011543327874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oKMvS2o9y8DBzo-U4k90kEKvGfEzXWj-O6JKD9KSzZXya55dqtafOtLZBL44PkMJPNdJKS0P64KvVjbcl4uojSTblYqvv8tcdP5HdaPpM6M3jmeS6-N6dLnlwVJiSAB5HAW0FV-2jS4/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+199.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230767082211914898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYqeUxqPjwRhiIfEm67d-nm0KelTs-V3R0JXyOwDLMrmBfoNgEZFEY02MCw44_su3fo5SSKvgxQg_E-Ln85uXw1TjJEAqHlec9Qp_PweisL9ZlQXFJHjv-2EBO4M49r3QE3xPiPGDYZM/s400/pride+stockholm+2008+204.JPG" border="0" />We were a little disappointed in the organisers of the event. This was europride and everything was in Swedish. All the signs were in Swedish, all the talks and seminars were in Swedish. It catered only for the Swedish which was a shame because a lot of people from all over Europe had travelled all the was to Stockholm for the event. However the crowd were really friendly and helpful. Stockholm pride - could do better!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-44983033973247681762008-07-19T11:51:00.013+00:002008-12-09T07:27:37.073+00:00The Schlager Low Down From This Years Europride!<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLcieZ8ojRpQjAlwx1xeNX7sQmxS1KYfG9AafV8m5jFSK46xwFwJc23NfO1bJRoasU1Yaoi7cvIpwIxCtKvCoU6xMEjL8xpY_fltY0xqqi1A4BVJRdSL4WqP5RkDv2gZK5OF09qoAixo/s1600-h/61a82ed8-6065-4653-b447-e9e6bed2280e.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224707190944592002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLcieZ8ojRpQjAlwx1xeNX7sQmxS1KYfG9AafV8m5jFSK46xwFwJc23NfO1bJRoasU1Yaoi7cvIpwIxCtKvCoU6xMEjL8xpY_fltY0xqqi1A4BVJRdSL4WqP5RkDv2gZK5OF09qoAixo/s400/61a82ed8-6065-4653-b447-e9e6bed2280e.jpg" border="0" /></a>Not long now until The Schlager Systems stoat into pride park for this year Europride in Stockholm. We are really looking forward to Schlagerkväll on the Thursday night... should be fantastic! Friday in the park looks rubbish so we will be heading to Blue Moon Bar (<a href="http://www.bluemoonbar.se/">http://www.bluemoonbar.se/</a>) to see <strong>Schlagerfeber</strong>. Schlagerfeber, picutred above are a vocal group consisting of Melodifestivalen backing singers who sing a range of schlager/euro classics and medlies, (<a href="http://www.schlagerfeber.com/">http://www.schlagerfeber.com/</a>). The band are appearing on Friday 1st August with special guest Christer Björkman of Melodifestivalen fame!<br /><br />Our Schlager pics are (in no particular order)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224713963707148818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59D8u7SbWEOaiGIVs3Z7N-v9UtQWX-39uOdPtv3mYuM01jjHFUpEOxJ-CytgqeWQFSv7e3pJPQswGnwdIhdGhsNU0qkPBZJz8BdqTl8d-uuvbyWPa_bUuodsjbBSaeCqxoJOtf3yYAtk/s400/right-said-fred_2004.jpg" width="234" border="0" /> <strong>Right Said Fred</strong> 3/8/08 20.00-20.45. RSF should bring a little gay fun to pride with hits like 'I'm Too Sexy'.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224707191935321474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqGcD7zmslrAEKcKSXLsCNT_5qxVljVZwwAARpOPq7_pPGc-WH5Fl6yCvgDg6R1-DedFcVBzK8OENIT31uHmxRuL6EZe5aJmX486WP_JNLgNp57SUeDMMc9x-Jec3soCtSO_gipH-_P8/s400/kort_start.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>Wizex</strong> 31/7/08 19.00-20.30. With a career spanning 35 years and previously singers Kikki Danielsson and Charlotte Nilsson. We will hopefully get treated to 'Take Me To Your Heaven'.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Schlager Night</strong> 31/7/08 17.00-19.00 then 20.30-22.30. We are promised 25 acts from the history of Euro/MF including at leaset 2 Eurovision winners!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224709451798870194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="334" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNP46HkTXldJ6iFK-Pn_8C44G1afHNbgLQK5pmUc5hyphenhyphenpfCFOnrw4nnRHroGZRQ9YBWmZWxc-h7jTjrX5fx4Kx_FFwImzqOe3ZZAET4KkqscwMcbFc2B1aBqqXkgb84JQanQn4S_SZxJq4/s400/l_8cb9fc98624ed0641057aa08b694d2dd.jpg" width="277" border="0" /><br /><strong>ETO</strong> 2/8/08 18.00. ETO is an electronic musician from Essen, Germany, pop sensibilty 80's style with modern gay themes. Go listen to him now <a href="http://www.myspace.com/etomusik">www.myspace.com/etomusik</a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224711911387339618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWRWKaGcMTRCBnLJQehlEv03ib8Zl_O8bueV2WeEyV8PESqRdy8_-S2ssIx7D6Pdelipfa-pQ4zLeGBKBj9-9swj8Urwcqhoe0cwviHJnV9jc8gKpqrZQ2YbOz3Ozz3gGEsqI9PPtzlaI/s400/G.A.Y2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Alcazar</strong> 2/8/08 22.00.-22.30 With a new album on its was Alcazar will definitely play their most recent hits 'We Keep on Rockin' and 'Inhibitions', the crowd wont be pleased until they hear 'Alcastar' and 'Sinner Not A Saint'.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224711911862102898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstWwjEkeyiLyWVMCMS34wpyBGXrhCi7GfnaCO1eIoZd-CGGd0Lh8ifk1rA7suJXfhpjvWYyr6QwG188-dz_LvygQ7y9FyxGLSOApRx7UJR8DcKGwqWSHKUsjm0XszpWQZ5_zMqQTTpgc/s400/G.A.Y.jpg" border="0" /> <strong>BWO</strong> 2/8/08 22.30-23.30 need no introduction at all, with be playing this years Europride anthem 'The Bells of Freedom'.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224710483445952450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFKOqUPDn63q6YHMobPXAJfoDfzKsKEhMHzB5qpVNTYaopsbqbFt4hhITCbZZzOld2pXl-V_a0Yxtvgg_gn7Ps_ZAwpTC72JIhBpeI1x0pVZVhPdr83akLmQ9FNM2QXuWNwmLMvVjGMU/s400/dd_start.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Diamond Dogs</strong> 2/8/08 21.00 - The fabulous Swedish drag act - the Bitch is Back!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224713960591574770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif78MSlwex7wvM_RS11qbWlnc99QUzLPwjJnhYKCM1bKTt7tnJlUdgYI4Y-95hdntyVeKBg110C4ym6JY9bE1I1ysn1fM-GOtKrLs0kTxEOfwES63B02J1JSjGwiQiuBrhnVkb4SOEGDU/s400/P1010186.JPG" border="0" /> <strong>Pay TV</strong> 2/8/08 18.00 with hits like 'Refrain Refrain' and 'Trendy Discoteque', the girls should get the gay boys and girls dancing.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224715111342052786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4gJWZ6d4ukCAqPf0cl-19kp-CDw0w-aOzx30EzkNLPf0tkSB_lmXesthcLWtLH_UxPFm3fPV-Vuu-pIgmr17c4VDcEsFsV1Z-ce08B9_Du-WjOvCpTP8qand7oqtpkCH3CKksvUJhFc/s320/Winners+Euro+057.jpg" border="0" /><strong>Nicki French </strong>30/7/08 - with hits like 'Don't Play That Song Again' and 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. Pitty she's not playing Friday night to liven things up a bit!<br /><br /><strong>Arrival</strong> (ABBA tribute) 30/7/08 21.45-23.00 Again should be playing Friday, but aren't!<br /><br /><strong>Discoboys</strong> 1/8/08 22.30 - 23.30 - relive the studio 54 experience.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224715115759763618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuBmkdF-6yAc9Klkxc8-17TE5k8UtANd6zy2hRdoKDRNABmhMyJWD44t0GOgzM1Z0CI4A2w6YW_vLwUnjg3qBOduGM78skIOf1RAtyvokbcgc3DK19KlBvlqJ40dObq48ROhdXvEDteA/s320/P1010192.JPG" border="0" /> <strong>Linda Sundblad</strong> 30/7/08 20.45-21.00 Lighten up a bit love, don't take yourself too seriously. Reprising her appearance from last year with hits 'Oh Father' and 'Lose You'.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Lil Babs</strong> 31/7/08 16.00-16.30 schlager star with a career spanning 4 decades!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Svenne and Lotta feat Hep Stars</strong> 3/8/08 19.00-1945. Benny Andersson's old band should be worth a listen!<br /><br /><br />See you in Sweden!!!<br />Love Martin and Kethan </div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-66391450732764877542008-07-07T18:39:00.005+00:002008-12-09T07:27:38.240+00:00BWO and Alcazar at G-A-Y<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGTYHc5w7xJ8gVgRL_UNv7Cz99YwEqd8kSTthNKDG3Njf8_GYrQLzoECF4rVh3eQJjD53KHD0shDPyWcts-PePD7tGSWLIkI9y3JJQ7eia3xlbKiKx2v6aV8RQIvN3qASacZcHsKkfR0/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+138.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220345704940575458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGTYHc5w7xJ8gVgRL_UNv7Cz99YwEqd8kSTthNKDG3Njf8_GYrQLzoECF4rVh3eQJjD53KHD0shDPyWcts-PePD7tGSWLIkI9y3JJQ7eia3xlbKiKx2v6aV8RQIvN3qASacZcHsKkfR0/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+138.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbg9o0eI23xLGBRkb5oYDBQscyO36Zv-K2uASdW-kZrmDTbnmGQBsYUtuib3plpgHp6c0Qg0YG1gkji8UOyfH855Y5dPqKmql91CBHqf251SN_kn_GgWg8N_11zqhM9urLiiERJfQtL0/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220344294515884498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbg9o0eI23xLGBRkb5oYDBQscyO36Zv-K2uASdW-kZrmDTbnmGQBsYUtuib3plpgHp6c0Qg0YG1gkji8UOyfH855Y5dPqKmql91CBHqf251SN_kn_GgWg8N_11zqhM9urLiiERJfQtL0/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+021.jpg" border="0" /></a> Marina Schiptjenko<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aE4u6padJJk1mPJiix9GHP7sz9pT-KpJvJvSNcfn1qFW__nmeOdIncUfxOtU9N5ex641tnhRl_whVguTa6Eynj8SUatw0Kbltr6yiPH8imBd8fMp1r1asn4LrVVr5M9kYKuU6in0OfI/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220344303930820274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aE4u6padJJk1mPJiix9GHP7sz9pT-KpJvJvSNcfn1qFW__nmeOdIncUfxOtU9N5ex641tnhRl_whVguTa6Eynj8SUatw0Kbltr6yiPH8imBd8fMp1r1asn4LrVVr5M9kYKuU6in0OfI/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+033.jpg" border="0" /></a> Alexander Bard<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TPK9KdbXJnYl3fnKOAdEj57OrHHsG9WxhxuDWvzCzEFxGXOUTy3x6NTsT7qtbHmyka6ErxxgW57U6AN6MStM_7mzRTualkSF3UU1Fo8PTSETtp862xXzm712wQS90MurDbKvVk_FhN0/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220344308687689378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TPK9KdbXJnYl3fnKOAdEj57OrHHsG9WxhxuDWvzCzEFxGXOUTy3x6NTsT7qtbHmyka6ErxxgW57U6AN6MStM_7mzRTualkSF3UU1Fo8PTSETtp862xXzm712wQS90MurDbKvVk_FhN0/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+045.jpg" border="0" /></a> BWO<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX1h38FgFRYg_pqz4snKuOmi_hwCukUmG-VlVOnPj0CxJlr0sGWXEgPGdaJy9e2HWPxgBEX3kscFSK3K7eifLpCWjDz2us2b4P3u2Ecn2qtNZk_nKUZKexis0Jc46JXAIkGobqe4kc5c/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+079.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220344318638666082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdX1h38FgFRYg_pqz4snKuOmi_hwCukUmG-VlVOnPj0CxJlr0sGWXEgPGdaJy9e2HWPxgBEX3kscFSK3K7eifLpCWjDz2us2b4P3u2Ecn2qtNZk_nKUZKexis0Jc46JXAIkGobqe4kc5c/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+079.jpg" border="0" /></a> Martin Rolinski<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgFtENkggiqmmkfE-X5IjWIinT7Opq8pZETBFsg0UwWyzwSGHl7MJUzdaJ7xfE6AgCkR2q1m5P5lm86QRZBq0sA_iF06D4pEv78USm9Cj9LfKass59N3B-cuJraE_ZfbkoEY7mNhKtsQ/s1600-h/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+084.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220344317888454802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgFtENkggiqmmkfE-X5IjWIinT7Opq8pZETBFsg0UwWyzwSGHl7MJUzdaJ7xfE6AgCkR2q1m5P5lm86QRZBq0sA_iF06D4pEv78USm9Cj9LfKass59N3B-cuJraE_ZfbkoEY7mNhKtsQ/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+084.jpg" border="0" /></a>Alcazar (Mark 3)<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220345714400340242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76PwNl2pbmOsZapKEvrZ_WXD6lKdOFRUjhe5byCXzNGDCGFNsdDSZ1xbenZWXk21oaOGq_JxIJcXwKD20XT7ZjhXJiIphCmMFZFEJPbdCp8gEExKi_9BzH2S4y2ocMCdgNPSjUXhDyy0/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+168.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220345692520847730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcLiEr8nSvbSzhogZIiViQ9EEOOuVBM4AFA045_81DdhmJa_gvcd5HhIA9ClFxAhbrNFgvzBzFcjjYRcdH7HO1RdAUGIsWzFvODetd_W1zuVHFgub0hB33VbrPggXdf2D8IG6ccVGYb8/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+086.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220345707122753346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPn-xOo2hGSMCI6x01wFYk-G7tVPaxUjBEQzkyItZxpBy8KdTL7BabPlWgD8KkjRWCYOC8mX0wW9e0AlZaij-3MvKyw8mz2c94PA3GWMbq5WEAeGJLFZRQXCr0P5ktVvcpAk6aTksCKOM/s400/G.A.Y++5th+July+08+143.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">Venue G.A.Y Astoria London<br />Date 5th July 2008<br />Time 01.30am<br />Crowd Capacity 2000<br /><br />The atmosphere was phenomenal at the BWO and Alcazar night to celebrate London Pride 2008! Just before the the first act had come on, Jeremy Joseph, the promoter announced that this was the last G.A.Y pride party as of July 26th 2008, G-A-Y will be closing its doors (but it may return), in the meantime concerts will still be held at the venue whilst the decision will be made as to whether to raise the building to the ground. The threat of demolition has been looming for 10 years & it's still standing!<br /><br />First Act was BWO the audience erupted their set included; the bells of Freedom, Lay your love on me & Chariots of Fire & towards the end of the set Martin Rolinski poured a whole bottle of water over himself and the audience went comletely wild. Second act was Alcazar again the audience went absolutely bonkers, their set included; This is the world we live in & Funky Town to name a couple. Both acts received a thunderous applause what a last Pride Party @ G.A.Y an the end of an era for such a well known venue.<br /><br />Words and Pictures by Miss Tempest</div><div align="justify">Edited by Martin Hannah (Editor)<br /></div></div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-760464619935930232008-06-28T23:29:00.006+00:002008-12-09T07:27:39.094+00:00Bobby G's Bucks Fizz Live at Artburst EK<div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217081684269644754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 419px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 324px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="336" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LCFKM0f3_6QDmPOcY5SclhOcCCz3CFf4moqQCGYO9aDbVIjInYacHt2be027J-L2WTOpdjZo6W7vxDlcmkgF7_2dSTo_xkue7w0L5sZQWz0jfivhE-R1oP__WMPw650Ht6VKRlc0b-s/s400/P1010453.JPG" width="448" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wICzvVEXu8CCBf9axaUTUTfSyAGjijFnHFYMwvHIamFB8v6qHkXwYRfC25hlrP6B-Gjfjw-zqtrcDxesg7Fil6QhvIi5ZYQROV7oEZ7mOvglmQ9VAEORooZJ8ZsIrq5hgiuGEZyNGUM/s1600-h/P1010489.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217230795552458882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wICzvVEXu8CCBf9axaUTUTfSyAGjijFnHFYMwvHIamFB8v6qHkXwYRfC25hlrP6B-Gjfjw-zqtrcDxesg7Fil6QhvIi5ZYQROV7oEZ7mOvglmQ9VAEORooZJ8ZsIrq5hgiuGEZyNGUM/s400/P1010489.JPG" border="0" /></a> Bobby G<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxat4MMLt_y__Mcrn9nQP4hiTLKhapkvN9znUjjX3bO35kagwQcBF057K0X2E1wMvPRj_K3Gc1O-W1ThIc_Uh9v8JeEbxBddp7USvPM-EHC6-4H_s0lEHMHEsA6d8LUIuVErjcYqC1GQ/s1600-h/P1010449.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217086794995969282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxat4MMLt_y__Mcrn9nQP4hiTLKhapkvN9znUjjX3bO35kagwQcBF057K0X2E1wMvPRj_K3Gc1O-W1ThIc_Uh9v8JeEbxBddp7USvPM-EHC6-4H_s0lEHMHEsA6d8LUIuVErjcYqC1GQ/s400/P1010449.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Well Bobby G's Bucks Fizz were playing our home town of East Kilbride at the annual Artburst Festival so we just had to go along! They opened the show with 'New Beginning', which was just one of only five Bucks Fizz songs sang in their one hour set, the others being 'My Camera Never Lies', 'Run For Your Life', 'The Land of Make Believe' and the inevitable 'Makin' Your Mind Up'. The rest of the show was made up of an Abba medley, a Motown medley, Starship's 'We Built The City' and some Meatloaf songs. The set list was a bit strange considering the band released in excess of 18 singles, most of which were huge hits. When Bucks Fizz entered the stage could here people in the crowd ask each other 'where's Cheryl?', obviously unaware that the line up now only consists of one original member, Bobby G. The band's performance however was very polished and professional although the performance was more cabaret than what you would expect from multi-million album selling eurovision winners. This Bucks Fizz have only one quarter of the original line up and appear to have only one quarter of the credibility. 'The Original Bucks Fizz' have Cheryl Baker, who really is the star of the band and they deliver nothing but a pure Bucks Fizz performance. Bobby G's Bucks Fizz, which is the official Bucks Fizz, seem almost a parody of themselves, which is a shame.<br /><div align="justify"><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217230794453557234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfVcxrtZn0_m0aPp9tUBCFxKxerPP9nxljaYURwp03w86SxZXYfGylRYdplb9w0xyT0b4ynTBLjdc8njqy3VY_LB1FQSiGXs7FgxmDv64JoqutQb3a3PMiYo6SI3p3gJAHiaem9R4hq0/s400/P1010509.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Tammy Choat</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217230805995539330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTqYq2WoC-_aDHmfkRpdVzt0LqM41xIhffw4KT1leTTNpj2GJbSqFs-p6N-aPJ8NheslSw3y4X5ddt2zu2bMTKTHRKB2IK3-2HMBPrGf8eYQUt_olY2iAPkV5M8awGgdE8dw3iMSPqVk/s400/P1010469.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Bobby with new boy Paul Fordham</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217230784024074722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJAl2Vp67-l79WTFuVZOpvo9iE0T7_4B002yp6qFVBNwbExGTAwt2p0zs50u87_mRygvnpVcZpi5dWzbKN9dYDgZi3I08zLbL1B0cmrLEb2ee0QPUhfcaYQ_DjwF7knz23eOTp52ZAg8/s400/P1010508.JPG" border="0" />Bobby's wife Heidi Manton<br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OVqeM-u1SHs"><br /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OVqeM-u1SHs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object></p><p align="center">Bucks Fizz singing Makin' Your Mind Up</p></div></div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-63930961195896035332008-06-18T19:58:00.006+00:002008-12-09T07:27:39.504+00:00ALCAZAR - INHIBITIONS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyoWQMGP5iR3PJ-MJRXgO9dR9ptFUeyeWYfuoYhR-x5I5c8iNEROfeXZWgQN8in25LBVm-skiX3Tj24nnFfUJhTgqLZqKJH4nVFPROqXBO9SzUNW-QZ8wbtsjZuqKHm3DOW5BiApAVes/s1600-h/acd0f39af460c98ae353cfbaa88f5bb3a9356975.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213314693798053170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="158" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyoWQMGP5iR3PJ-MJRXgO9dR9ptFUeyeWYfuoYhR-x5I5c8iNEROfeXZWgQN8in25LBVm-skiX3Tj24nnFfUJhTgqLZqKJH4nVFPROqXBO9SzUNW-QZ8wbtsjZuqKHm3DOW5BiApAVes/s400/acd0f39af460c98ae353cfbaa88f5bb3a9356975.png" width="152" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Alcazar have released there brand new sigle from their as yet untitled Album, the track is called 'Inhibitions' and it's simply fab! Alcazarworld.com ran a competition for fans outside Sweden to win a digital copy of the single, all the fans had to do was think of a title for Alcazar's new album... The Schlager Systems have suggested 'Triple Distilled' as the title and we think that should definitely win, we like our vodka triple distilled too! Alcazar will be appearing with BWO at this year London Pride at G-A-Y on July 5th and at Stockholm Europride on August 2nd. </div><div>Click below to listen to the full song!</div><div></div><br /><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyd5ftrseLUS2ySzs3KYrBhJiuiT6WuEh1Vy9_syGTQgNJAKB1VEAo_myR_NQvggBb79w2NIKt8CvwLYFw91g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-590355868875536282008-06-14T09:51:00.004+00:002008-06-14T09:57:23.429+00:00Schlager Leeds Cancelled!Christopher and Lee from Schlager Leeds have informed us that unfortunately differences with the venue Management have forced them to cancel the event. We here at the Schlager Systems hope that the team will be able to re-schedule the event for the near future.THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-77258029596498847332008-06-04T19:58:00.004+00:002008-06-04T20:25:33.554+00:00Alexander Bard Talks to the Schlager Systems about BWO's Big Gay Summer!<p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gwlOYlZtcBU&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gwlOYlZtcBU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p><br /><br />Schlager Systems's Martin catches up with Alexander Bard to find out about BWO's Euro Pride 2008 anthem, 'The Bells Of Freedom', his thoughts on Melodifestivalen 2008 and Eurovision 2008.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Hi Alexander. How did you come to write this year's official europride anthem?</span><br /><br />We were asked to do the Europride anthem because BWO is of course popular in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe already and Europride, while taking place in Stockholm, will have an Eastern European theme this year. So we couldn't really resist the offer. It seemed a perfectly natural thing for us to do.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Did you work on the song with co-writers?</span><br /><br />"The Bells Of Freedom" was co-written by me, Martin Rolinski and Anders Hansson. The same team that writes most of BWO's songs. There was really no reason why we would write the Europride anthem differently from the way we write all other BWO songs. All we were concerned with was to write an all-inclusive pop anthem but with a slight political touch. The wedding bells in the chorus section stand for the political aspect.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">The song is up-tempo and full of energy. How important is energy to the music of BWO?</span><br /><br />We love pop, pure pop! And pop includes both energetic up-tempo songs and gorgeous ballads. We just do our best to write the very best songs we can come up with. Songwriting is always at the center of everything BWO do.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">BWO will be headlining at Europride in Stockholm! What can we expect from the performance?</span><br /><br />A full-on live performance. We're proud to perform on the same stage as our friends Alcazar who will also perform together with us on the stage of G-A-Y in London four weeks earlier at London Pride.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Were BWO disappointed not to make it to Eurovision this year?</span><br /><br />No, not at all. It's actually a kind of luxury, to perform at Melodifestivalen, place third as the edgiest and freshest entry, have a massive and now also an international hit single with "Lay Your Love On Me", and then hear from everybody afterwards that "Sweden should have sent BWO instead of Charlotte to Eurovision". It feels quite good, to be honest about it.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">You told us in Stockholm that 'Lay Your Love on Me' had outsold Perrelli's 'Hero' on the day of MF08 final, that must have felt good?</span><br /><br />We don't actually compare our songs that way. Both Charlotte, Sanna and BWO were winners at this year's Melodifestivalen in the sense that we were the Top 3 at Globen at the MF finals and then all had massive hit singles and albums afterwards. Our other common demoninator is of course that Bobby Ljunggren co-wrote all three songs (!) Bobby is really a hero.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Cheeky question – was it true you guys never got any 'good luck' flowers from Carola at the MF final?</span><br /><br />It's hardly a secret that BWO and Carola dislike each other. A lot. But I absolutely love and adore Ani Lorak from Ukraine. Ani has all the charisma and modern sexiness that Carola and Charlotte lack. I would love to work with Ani one day. She has both the charisma and the amazing voice I like in a good performer.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Did you get a chance to watch Eurovision this year? Any favourites?</span><br /><br />Ani Lorak, of course, Are you kidding? She blew all the others away. I also liked Switzerland's song but the guy who sang it came across as being so pale and insecure while performing that he blew it all already at the sem-finals. There was no charm there, for sure. Martin and Marina loved Sebastien Tellier from France, But that's of course because Tellier does modern and cool electro and not some dated old eurovision fodder. But God, we LOATHED the German and UK entries. They were sooo bad! In every aspect! Why can't the UK and Germany send something better? Maybe BWO could help them out?<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">It's such a shame you didn't get to compete as you would have gained a lot of votes as you are hugely popular in easter Europe, aren't you?</span><br /><br />I suppose that's true. It certainly didn't hurt Dima Bilan that he is already a major star in lots of Eastern European countries.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Are you playing any UK dates soon?</span><br /><br />Yes, of course, BWO and Alcazar will perform live together at G-A-Y in London on July 5. And BBC Radio 2 are already playing "Lay Your Love On Me", set for UK release at the end of July. Life could be a lot worse.<br /><br />Best</p><p>Alexander x</p>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-8297671796450930702008-06-02T16:19:00.029+00:002008-12-09T07:27:42.116+00:00Diva's Fizz at the Scala - The Eurovision Winners Party<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8kVPk3x1ChJd5DHH-iOyMKPqF3MTOd_DzQc75l0AecF5zCyLqm8BJJ3pQ8hBqTdUVNnIgbch8N9yAKohJcIjRjwaShigYzlakDnUZr3K1C2H6xz2XAjwxHAaqJLNA23efrgL8h5IcBM/s1600-h/Winners+Euro+217.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208153439962334002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8kVPk3x1ChJd5DHH-iOyMKPqF3MTOd_DzQc75l0AecF5zCyLqm8BJJ3pQ8hBqTdUVNnIgbch8N9yAKohJcIjRjwaShigYzlakDnUZr3K1C2H6xz2XAjwxHAaqJLNA23efrgL8h5IcBM/s400/Winners+Euro+217.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRyV9Jfw5F7IIWDAxJwWqkzbzJ7rAFRLJQfTKCPu_qDi660j6rwMVLfOp6xYlvaK9Z4PDrAP_3oGmkyWfHA4JOKL0xEODT1dsY-sLAK28vlhaw0sG7Eua91_Uy3V6hV5tCdp622p_TvU/s1600-h/Winners+Euro+211.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208153448552268610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRyV9Jfw5F7IIWDAxJwWqkzbzJ7rAFRLJQfTKCPu_qDi660j6rwMVLfOp6xYlvaK9Z4PDrAP_3oGmkyWfHA4JOKL0xEODT1dsY-sLAK28vlhaw0sG7Eua91_Uy3V6hV5tCdp622p_TvU/s400/Winners+Euro+211.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVvpuhgw8PBaP1PSgOTnxA9QBvkPcIutPO_y00EeKZ2WXwU4SPRAcRaNvgtt5KxcNYbhBBd7yYVusccCQaA6YdSpALQnJ3S2XJvtm7MqfLtXKCOmKSOGEExPiEx6cqrtqnpfkJuISnbY/s1600-h/Winners+Euro+251.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208153452847235938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVvpuhgw8PBaP1PSgOTnxA9QBvkPcIutPO_y00EeKZ2WXwU4SPRAcRaNvgtt5KxcNYbhBBd7yYVusccCQaA6YdSpALQnJ3S2XJvtm7MqfLtXKCOmKSOGEExPiEx6cqrtqnpfkJuISnbY/s400/Winners+Euro+251.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br />The only place to be on Saturday night, if you love eurovision, was the Scala in London, which played host to the Eurovision Winners Party. Brought to the pubilc by the same team who hosted the preview Party, the winners party was a night to remember. Eurovision fans came out in force to see their favourite acts perform and to see the runner up and winner from this years competition. The scala was heaving with fans! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207403525787550338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRz22S08IJ3ntzhAnlgIt8tAx3I7TqRZt-FbaHnqEjTLfdoKC3m0K9-689HjakWCZYQvwYB73Zgoy3rIn3SIJiomfncXFMb2UlleN2Nray0a9JQFz0WOSvZlwKthCfDT4f6spisAnCXLY/s400/Winners+Euro+256.jpg" border="0" /><br />Nicki French was the host for the evening as Paddy O'Connell couldn't make it and what a host she was! Nicki opened procedings with a Eurovision type medley singing 'Beg, steal or borrow' and 'Boom Bang-A-Bang' which was very well received. Nicki introduced the first act, which was Sonia. Sonia, looking very thin, wore a black number and a red hat, she got the crowd going to her huge hit 'You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You' and her eurovision runner up 'Better The Devil You Know'. Sonia was in great voice and so were the audience who faithully sang along with every word, except the for the Russian contingent, who looked bored rigid as all they were interested in was Dima Bilan.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207402237297361474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTV-7heDyoDzPHV96KE14wp3M2p79ZmCMfgiI6CYK_2pZ1mJVc_OaiSuafMzTqg40oaqnUsYa9b9CvgvsONNfbocAYpFsdrJV2aje2DfjcAsN6vuIQN6xj7qOa3Le4s3Q5gnSGxTUbOk/s400/Winners+Euro+046.jpg" border="0" />Sonia told the Schlager Systems, when we were chatting that she is so proud to have been part of Eurovision and that see is constantly singing, sh'e in demand all lover the world and that she has never been so busy!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207402529355137618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUsUmHmjU5zVB8aKlxLSJ2qkn-B_4IS6aV4m1rc-Th1l9gfKELw3OD4G7q-7W7r0G-e8qNBLxWhLp8koz2vWE6j8RAeoREb8qlwEJWDSUfhs6QIsi6PrU4QY_kmqk2D7Pf4piC6gUuP_U/s400/Winners+Euro+066.jpg" border="0" /> Next up was 'The Original Bucks Fizz' , so called, as Cheryl Baker explained that the couldn't use the name Bucks Fizz for legal reasons. The band sang hit after hit, 'Land of make Believe', 'I Hear Talk', 'New Beginning' and of course 'Makin' Your Mind Up' to name a few. The audience were truely loving this appearance by the Fizz. Later we got the chance to tell Cheryl how great we thought the performance was, she thanked us very much and shook our hands!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207773790623171218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5RCrVX-vGINzL1kkKU_zwTOYBd9KhIm4nXut-HbrJO2WQDxruFGVt_iD5OXSoMHtUx-An5GuYkDMrqMvcOYljpntt6dFAx7i6Zmq9kqqs-A1feJF4YnglS6TQESCpY7bzd6wflqumaA/s400/Winners+Euro+037.jpg" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d3OrUUt9AnQ"><br /><br /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d3OrUUt9AnQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object></p><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207773799213105826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiraw-m0ONpDA6gqoxieOPpSbpi12eSIzC8Df0zi6qNoGftDQIXDR1FNYyhucpq9lHARVGnHSCKhGA3YVxN-trr0Qwo1graOoTn3NBRi94bAg7ZcxftQxnEbSgIU9C7BPj3ZKkFL0eNTmk/s400/Winners+Euro+124.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207775414120809186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtzXkrVZyeUYtE763HjOvNYjUkBVUvxLAgc5hVS31Bhh74LJVcdXbEoMucd-fyVajmn0HQfnfSiC47EgVBVuqmVOlME7Vk76bu3qUxByapPbSDawu_SfEQk3Vx6PBOqLKCBxEgO7TCjE/s400/Winners+Euro+178.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwxyGHdCEVUagqUcQ4DQMAhN9SiAi_wjTqpfQqWYzFzegy2DHgWQ4QseO-HUTVB9_4Fac1Pv7bTbP_i34JviA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207402830002848354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-sfIXY-cabqgsh-6bH7Po8PvUWyYQBRq8cISCVujRCmwotU6FBIF9GBUNBYhbXdgCbIjppBH0DoToh3p6S7fasRkjXhyphenhyphenOpoOkMtplcncVSWqJlyKhMoaZEuYHorwXzS2WCE9htX0CaU/s400/Winners+Euro+150.jpg" border="0" /> </div><br /><p align="center"><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B6sz6YhLLGM&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B6sz6YhLLGM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><br /><div align="left">Dima Bilan managed to fly back into London for the performance at the Scala, although very brief appearance. When Nicki introduced him there were a lot of very audible boos from the Brit contingent and screams from the mullet haired Russian crowd. In our opinion the booing was in bad taste, whether you agree that the winning song should have won or not is your opinion, but we felt it a little disrespectful given the occasion. Diva Dima was supposed to perform last, but during the break the running order changed, maybe he didn't like the boos and wanted to leave early, one can only speculate. The Russian girls were going nuts for Dima, trying to grab the legs and clothes of their eastern block idol. Dima performed again with the violinist from Euro (sans ice skater - thank God) and again he hideously oversang his song 'Believe'. His second track was his last Russian number one in which he oddly began behaving like Michael Jackson, all crotch grabbing and moonwalking, then off he went.. no encore.<br /></div><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207403216549905010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIOKSmUZN47SCFxxQD1SYud7NUMRlqxlTfKYs_dPnXRsHcVX0gNjNrjeo7Z0WOxAM2HK0QNdmIUBz9BgeyVG_zec-I8tKf38LlcWemhJUnuuB85lm7Nx9B1Cdlryu-8kWGx-6m_k7o7s/s400/Winners+Euro+232.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207773812098007746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrL44eks78YdMPoIsHMeJcQZLKLtla-d7WFTj543Ns8adaUwIsQpyOyVqRa-rQaBQWOVmfQzj0FDky949CbzsvgcpFVtZO1brj3AuGBr7nT8U7mMpV1xuGXg8kwxUBa_3X7a5gEVOE0Y/s400/Winners+Euro+206.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p align="center"><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EikE-GnHw0Q&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EikE-GnHw0Q&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><div align="left">After the break Nicki came back on to rapturous applause and sang a few numbers including her Eurovision entry 'Don't Play That Song Again' wearing her original coat from her Eurovision performance! She sang to an audience chanting 'Nicki, Nicki' trying to drown out the Russian girlsscreaming 'Dima, Dima'! The final act of the night was the stunning Diva that is Ani Lorak. Ani sang Tina Turner's 'The Best', Bon Jovi's 'It's My Life' and ballad from her 2006 english language album.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208153448552268626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_1OYiCaD6DdI5W1PSl6lRyWgaq0ZBPHhGrVz1KEFKQDSlJaB9K0PDZxA1U1k24AO9yGke7ERKmTzntlOhSnXBge-3BA5867nHlBBvoosmCh8jwy-KFKhI0HVAGkHYvh_d_kcDBRRyPeI/s400/Winners+Euro+284.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vk12XyjlD7k"><br /><br /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vk12XyjlD7k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed> </object></p><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207773820687942354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexYGRCFLw5Vum-dLRKWDn0t9uXOFcNoA7-cLftwiZAknTxXXhi4c_H0aehJKrR6Mg5CHm1q5eN2K3njtxoxzH_hAY78thQxIOa3e5P9tBEBDWra08aIjTClqn669GXbGJdqGbk2U1QAY/s400/Winners+Euro+337+Quick+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" />Ani's final song was, inevitably, this years Eurovision Runner Up 'Shady Lady', for the Ukraine. It's worth noting that Nicki French accidentally introduced Ani as this years Eurovision winner (oops)! In a stomping performance with two hot athletic dancers, the diva whipped the crowd into a frenzy, she even came on and did it again for an encore!! Sheer class. Barry Viniker and all at Clear Focus and ESCtoday deserve a special mention for putting together a great show, all their hard work and effort definitely paid off. </p><p><br />Videos by Kethan<br /></p><br /><p align="left">Words Martin </p><p align="left">Pics Moira Ferguson aka Miss Tempest (more pics on Miss Tempest's site. Link on right hand side)</p>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-86708266014799695512008-06-01T11:32:00.001+00:002008-06-01T11:32:44.385+00:00Euro Winners Party!Well what a fantastic night last night in the Scala. This is just a preliminary report. We are still in London so will report in full from home. The artists and crowd were amazing. There were plenty of Russian girls there in support of Dima Bilan and were exceptionally vocal. Barry and the team pulled off a stunning night. Our heigh lights include, Bucks Fizz's performance and then meeting Cheryl and telling her how fabulous she was! Ani Lorak was a total diva legend and Nicki French excelled as hostess for the evening. Story in full with pics and videos to follow!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-68316934318397757562008-05-31T19:28:00.002+00:002008-06-01T23:02:24.571+00:00Euro Winners Party! Live from the sound check!It's bucks fizz! Oh my god! It's Cheryl!<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtES8sX9Ubk&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BtES8sX9Ubk&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-67289618150279353242008-05-31T18:43:00.003+00:002008-06-02T16:19:41.145+00:00Euro Winners Party! Live from the sound check!It's Ani Lorak' she's got some lungs on her! She's got the just out of bed look but still looks like a true diva!<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wrmt7qFcIk0&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wrmt7qFcIk0&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-74221733899135837972008-05-31T18:24:00.001+00:002008-05-31T18:24:51.202+00:00Euro Winners Party! Live from the sound check!That's us in the Scala. Bumped into Nicki French on the way in! She's looking great! Dima has been held up. He has flown from Dublin to Germany for an un scheduled appearance. He is hiring a private jet to make it back to the party! Yeah, Nicki's on!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-61879409507740762032008-05-31T16:12:00.001+00:002008-05-31T16:12:34.412+00:00Euro Winners PartyWell we're in london with miss tempest. We'll soon be off the party! A few vodka's are currently being consumed. We should be off to the sound check at 6.30pm. Photos will be up when we have them.THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-64996573475581114632008-05-30T19:29:00.002+00:002008-12-09T07:27:42.378+00:00One More Day Until The Winners Party!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbEAdX6sC3NdztmsSkqwSfiiy0PgMuwuKSc6fe39ozTzTe08v4pcE5j13cJJ-Vxvam8es2xGN4SZXGeS5GkSIF-R5L3W9NhBv2mfMM56VyhSE0eBlQicb_ZurzLOeG3DC4tH8NbxJ8t4/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206257707133995762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbEAdX6sC3NdztmsSkqwSfiiy0PgMuwuKSc6fe39ozTzTe08v4pcE5j13cJJ-Vxvam8es2xGN4SZXGeS5GkSIF-R5L3W9NhBv2mfMM56VyhSE0eBlQicb_ZurzLOeG3DC4tH8NbxJ8t4/s400/logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The Schlager Systems will be bringing you our exlusive report from the UK Eurovision Winners Party tomorrow, so watch out for our update this Sunday! With the likes of Ani Lorak and 'The Fizz', it should be schlagertabulous! This is just the first event we will be attending this summer, others include Schlager Leeds, Rainbow Fest and Stockholm Pride... See you at the party!</div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-81574754548256496312008-05-26T22:02:00.002+00:002008-12-09T07:27:42.680+00:00BUCKS FIZZ IN REUNION AND PLASTIC SURGERY HORROR!?!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwiAKXibRafAoKRjxaC1X0bLL8PJWcE7N_uGX4OB5Db_EQjSXbb9MnmKMdtu0LxSdo8qsXaEV6yq3iPmmhvSiL4iWjXSKCI311C6SAZYyB9HfwTRMyRrw03K8wlTbwWar6FYlaY5Ati4/s1600-h/3136808.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204810560853281506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwiAKXibRafAoKRjxaC1X0bLL8PJWcE7N_uGX4OB5Db_EQjSXbb9MnmKMdtu0LxSdo8qsXaEV6yq3iPmmhvSiL4iWjXSKCI311C6SAZYyB9HfwTRMyRrw03K8wlTbwWar6FYlaY5Ati4/s400/3136808.jpg" border="0" /></a> Shock news from that reliable source 'the Sunday Mirror' that all four original members of Bucks Fizz are to reunite for a one off concert for a TV show called 'PopGoes The 80's', where Bobby, Mike, Cheryl and Jay will have plastic surgery to wind the clock back 27 years. Reporter Lara Gould informs readers that a source "close to the band" say that the band wont let old differences get in the way this time! Apparently Bananarama, Visage and 'soul diva' Chaka Khan will also appear in the series. No word from any of the Bucks Fizz camps at the moment as to the truth of this report but considering both Bucks Fizz and the Original Bucks Fizz have busy touring schedules, it seems highly unlikey if not rediculous!<br /><br />Mike, Cheryl and Shelly Can be seen on Saturday night at the Scala as the Original Bucks Fizz as part of the Eurovision Winners Party. Bucks Fizz (official) featuring original band member and lead singer Bobby Gee will be appearing in the Schlager Systems home town of East Kilbride on June 28th. The Schlager Systems will be covering both events!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-50214819166073430312008-05-26T15:40:00.004+00:002008-12-09T07:27:42.875+00:00Eurovision Winners Party Here We Come!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlacIEoekoC06ocGeLtjoIS-gq01umnXju4ffqewQtBpqW8dpBQbLmeKORgcDTBluRiSJQ_nPSNbqyUJPkBZSV38vgN59bvsNc114sIBn9WlPcjEotpYbnFM7f3ICMvNhI6swn5tvJAY/s1600-h/logo.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204712442325404370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlacIEoekoC06ocGeLtjoIS-gq01umnXju4ffqewQtBpqW8dpBQbLmeKORgcDTBluRiSJQ_nPSNbqyUJPkBZSV38vgN59bvsNc114sIBn9WlPcjEotpYbnFM7f3ICMvNhI6swn5tvJAY/s400/logo.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Well that's Eurovish over for another year... It never fails to amaze us here at the Schlager Systems how angry we get over the 'block' voting, but never mind. Maybe it will be different next year (oh there goes a flying pig). This Saturday Marty and Kethan jet into London and meet up with Miss Tempest for the UK Eurovision Winners Party, which they are soooo looking forward to. The Schlager Systems are not bitter about the Dima Bilan winning Eurovish but we would rather have had Iceland win or Sweden or Ukraine or Malta or Andorra or.... It will however be great to see the Original Bucks Fizz and Sonia and Nicki French! Tickets for the sho are £12 advance or £15 on the door and you can purchase them from the website <a href="http://www.ukeurovision.com/">http://www.ukeurovision.com/</a> </div>THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-10856586367273720852008-05-24T20:35:00.001+00:002008-05-24T20:35:27.969+00:00Eurovish liveToo drunk to comment now! We love greeceTHE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-39258148438888521492008-05-24T19:56:00.001+00:002008-05-24T19:56:40.039+00:00Eurovish liveTurkey sound a bit like muse, but not a lot. Shame on turkey for this song alone they should be refused entry to the e uTHE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4655284092381670604.post-34532451477975815952008-05-24T19:47:00.001+00:002008-05-24T19:47:49.652+00:00Eurovish liveIts isis, it's the biggest teeth in pop!THE VODKA SYSTEMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10300768316681554198noreply@blogger.com0