31.8.05
Possibly not Notting Hill Carnival then.
Yesterday's little quiz was clearly too difficult (for anyone to be bothered to answer), so here's a pictorial clue. Needless to say, the thrills of a three-day weekend away followed by one day back at work have taken their toll. I'm knackered and ever-so-slightly grumpy, but feel slightly better when I think of the full version of this picture. Nevertheless, I'm off for an early night.
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30.8.05
Living for the weekend
What a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend I have had. I hope you have too. Can you guess where Chig was on this weekend of clashing cultural and homosexualist priorities? Answer tomorrow (along with a few photos).
A: Bristol Mardi Gras
B: Manchester Pride
C: Notting Hill Carnival
If you do a little detective work, you'll find the answer in the photo gallery of one of the websites linked above! Clue: red t-shirt.
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18.8.05
00:39 A bit pissed.
We're shameless
We will do anything
To get our fifteen minutes of fame
We have no integrity
We're ready to crawl
To obtain celebrity
We'll do anything at all
Like I often said, Maxwell, Saskia and Kinga were always my favourites in this year's Big Brother, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. Hypocrite, moi?
Saskia love, eyes open! You'll never get glamour work with your eyes shut...
Tits and teeth, Kinga, tits and teeth! While I try to make my belly look as big as your chest...
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16.8.05
Baby's got a secret
Have you been dancing to the new Madonna album without realising?
Chig can't wait to hear Madge's forthcoming 'Hung Up' single, as it apparently samples Abba's 'Ring, Ring' (hence the phone connection in the title, presumably). She'd sell more copies if she just called it 'Hung' though, especially amongst her, ahem, core audience. You know, the ones who bought her American Life album, even though every review told them it was shit (as if the title track single hadn't proved that already), and then filed it away at the back of their CD collections. (FYI: That was the first proper Madonna album that Chig didn't buy, as I still hadn't forgiven her for wasting my money on the Music album.) In fact, I haven't liked a Madonna single since Beautiful Stranger, and that was SIX years ago. Fingers crossed.
UPDATE @ 23:55: I had no idea, when I wrote this in the early hours of this morning, that today was Madonna's birthday, which is weird. I had even less idea that Madge would be making the news today by falling off a horse and breaking a few bones. Now I remember very clearly that she spent some time as a cowgirl. (See photo for evidence.) Okay, so it was roughly for the duration of the 'Don't Tell Me' video, but surely she can ride a horse? No? Just the line-dancing then, was it?
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13.8.05
Goodbye Big Brother....hello Premiership football!
And so, as one obsession ends, along comes another to replace it.
The Premiership season starts today. Come on the Villa!
14:55
Wow! What a start! The mighty Villa are third already, and we haven't kicked a ball yet. You've got to love Ceefax for being so up-to-date and yet totally meaningless...
Bloody M*n Un*t*d on top again though. Grrr.
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...and yours too. Well done Anthony!
(And now I'm wishing I'd put an accumulator bet on the top five, which I predicted in the correct order on Wednesday, as did Diamond Geezer. Damn.)
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He's the greatest dancer*
*He's not really, but I don't care - he makes up for it in other areas.
All pictures (c) Channel 4, 2005
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Ant rap
17:56
Anthony Hutton can afford to look pleased with himself. He'll be winning Big Brother tonight if the results of our company's intranet survey all day today are anything to go by. Here are the results by 15:30, when I left:
Anthony 49.5%
Eugene 37.8%
Makosi 8.1%
Kinga 4.6%
So, it's definitely a two horse race, as the total number of people voting was 715, across various parts of England, Scotland and Wales, making it a pretty good sample. (Compare 715 with serious political opinion polls, which are frequently based on only 1,000 people.) It was also impossible to vote more than once per person, and, as it was non-compulsory, is more likely to be skewed towards those people who are interested in Big Brother, and therefore more likely to vote in real life. (Real life - remember that?)
One note of caution though - the question was 'Who will win Big Brother?' It wasn't 'Who do you want to win Big Brother?' The answers to those two questions may be different, but with a lead of 11.7%, and the fact that Eugene has lost the sympathy vote by claiming the fifty grand on Wednesday (and I don't blame him either), I think Ant has it in the bag. Wahey!
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11.8.05
Lost - episode 2
For those of you who don’t speak French, I’ve translated the woman’s distress call that the others heard on the radio. Don’t look in the comments box below if you don’t want to know the shocking truth.
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Don’t, on any account, gather the survivors together to have a meeting. That would be far too sensible.
Let the fattest person be in charge of gathering together what little remaining food there is.
Make sure that the hunkiest survivor possesses a white t-shirt. At the first sign of a tropical rainstorm, he must get soaked while wearing it. Prior to this, he could even be completely shirtless.
If, in the relative safety of the plane’s cockpit, one of your number is plucked from you, as if by a huge monster, it’s probably best to run outside into the unprotected open jungle, rather than stay in the safe place.
In that respect, it’s probably best if none of the survivors has ever seen Jurassic Park.
If there is a token English person on the island, he must be slightly ‘odd’, by virtue of being English.
Next week: The survivors look for a conch.
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
Staying in is still the new staying in.
19:55
Just got in from work, and guess where Chig's going tonight?
Abso-bloody-lutely nowhere, that's where!
Big Brother
Lost
Big Brother - again
Lost - again
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck - again
Has there ever been a better midweek night's entertainment on one channel?
(Even the edition of 8 Out of 10 Cats, which is the only punctuation to those shows, is a new one, and not a repeat of Friday's.) Oh, Channel 4, you are really spoiling us...
All we need now is for creepy Craig to get the boot tonight, and all will be right with the world.
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6.8.05
Chig will be commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb today by trolling the streets and park at Brighton 'and Hove' Pride. Hardly appropriate, I know, but hey, I didn't pick the dates...
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Boot out bitchy tits!
21.28
Oh, good god. Until a few minutes ago, Chig hadn't been particularly bothered whether it would be Eugene or Derek voted out tonight, although it would have been more entertaining for the final week if Derek had stayed and then come second or third. However, seeing the suppressed smile on Craig's face as Davina announced Derek's name, it's just occured to me what's going through Craig's disturbed mind. He now thinks he has 'the gay vote' sown up, doesn't he? Kemal - gone. Derek - gone. He's laughing inside. He REALLY thinks he has a chance of winning, despite being so horrible and a big cry baby. Oh well, it should be entertaining to see him brought down to earth with a bump when he's the next one out - even ahead of Eugene. Craig is so vile, he would have difficulty winning Big Brother if it was just the punters in a gay club voting. And honey, if you can't win the gay vote, you ain't gonna win shit. End of.
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3.8.05
Canada: scared of illumination
It's an absolute miracle that no one at all was killed in tonight's plane crash in Toronto, but the BBC's report reveals that those Canadians are prepared for absolutely anything, from a surprise torch to an unexpected neon display;
"Mr Shaw said the airport had been under a "red alert" since midday Tuesday because of danger of lighting."
(sic)
I've never been to a Canadian airport. Are they usually dark?
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Write your own caption
Dear Big Brother producers,
Please could you broadcast a version of the daily highlights programme with Craig edited out? He's really getting on my tits.
End of.
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Eurovision 2011
Düsseldorf, Germany
10th, 12th, 14th May
Eurovision 2008
Semi-Final 1 – Tue 20 May
01 Montenegro - Zauvijek volim te – Stefan Filipović
02 Israel – The Fire In Your Eyes (Ke’ilo Kan) – Bo'az Ma'uda
03 Estonia – Leto Svet – Kreisiraadio
04 Moldova – A Century Of Love – Geta Burlacu
05 San Marino - Complice - Miodio
06 Belgium - O Julissi - Ishtar
07 Azerbaijan – Day After Day – Elnur Hüseynov & Samir Javadzadeh
08 Slovenia – Vrag Naj Vzame – Rebeka Dremelj
09 Norway – Hold On, Be Strong – Maria Haukaas Storeng
10 Poland – For Life – Isis Gee
11 Ireland – Irelande, Douze Pointe – Dustin The Turkey
12 Andorra – Casanova – Gisela
13 Bosnia-Herzegovina – Pokušaj – Laka
14 Armenia – Qele Qele – Sirusho
15 Netherlands – Your Heart Belongs To Me – Hind
16 Finland - Missä miehet ratsastaa – Teräsbetoni
17 Romania – Pe-o Margine de Lume – Nico & Vlad Mirita
18 Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe
19 Greece – Secret Combination – Kalomira
Semi-Final 2 – Thu 22 May
01 Iceland – This Is My Life – Eurobandið
02 Sweden - Hero - Charlotte Perrelli
03 Turkey – Deli – Mor ve Ötesi
04 Ukraine – Shady Lady – Ani Lorak
05 Lithuania – Nomads In The Night – Jeronimas Milius
06 Albania – Zemrën e lamë peng – Olta Boka
07 Switzerland – Era Stupendo – Paolo Meneguzzi
08 Czech Republic – Have Some Fun – Tereza Kerndlová
09 Belarus – Hasta La Vista – Ruslan Alekhno
10 Latvia – Wolves Of The Sea – Pirates Of The Sea
11 Croatia – Romanca – Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents
12 Bulgaria – DJ, Take Me Away – Deep Zone & Balthazar
13 Denmark – All Night Long – Simon Mathew
14 Georgia – Peace Will Come – Diana Gurtskaya
15 Hungary – Candlelight – Csézy
16 Malta – Vodka - Morena
17 Cyprus – Femme Fatale – Evdokia Kadi
18 FYR Macedonia – Let Me Love You – Tamara, Vrčak & Adrian
19 Portugal - Senhora do Mar (Negras Águas) - Vânia Fernandes
Final – Sat 24 May
02 United Kingdom – Even If – Andy Abraham
04 Germany – Disappear – No Angels
19 France – Divine – Sébastien Tellier
22 Spain - Baila el Chiki Chiki - Rodolfo Chikilicuatre
23 Serbia - Oro - Jelena Tomašević ft. Bora Dugić
Chig's Gigs & stuff 2007-2008
Coming Up:
11/12 Steel City Tour: ABC, Heaven 17, The Human League - Wolves Civic
Gone Down:
21/01 Sing Live! - B'ham Symphony Hall
05/02 Mika - Berkeley Square, London
13/02 Shayne Ward - Nott'm Arena
21/02 X Factor - Nott'm Arena
04/05 Scooch-Nightingale, B'ham
12/05 Hosting Eurovision night @ The Nightingale
17/05 Jason Donovan-Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
25/05 Pet Shop Boys - Wolves Civic
26/05 Liberty X - Nightingale, B'ham
27/05 Scooch & Björn Again - B'ham Pride
16/06 Muse, The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things, Rodrigo y Gabriela & Zane Lowe - Wembley Stadium
28/06 Brotherhood of Man & Buck's Fizz - Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
14/07 Sing Live! - Summer in the '60s & '70s - Royal Leamington Spa Centre
14/09 Rise - Leek Wootton Village Hall
16/09 Erasure & Onetwo - Wolves Civic
17/09 The Twang & The Priory - B'ham Carling Academy 2 (private gig - Janice Long's Radio2 show)
20/09 Turisas & Abgott - B'ham Carling Academy 2
27/09 McFly - Wolves Civic
10/11 Buck's Fizz & Futureproof (The X Factor), Nightingale, B'ham
17/11 Vengaboys & Andy Williams (The X Factor) - Nightingale, B'ham
01/12 The Human League plays Dare! - Hammersmith Apollo
10/03 Gary Numan Replicas Tour & Daggers - Wolves Wulfrun
15/03 David Gray - Symphony Hall, Brum
18/03 Russell Howard, Alexandra, Brum
20+22+24/05 Eurovision Song Contest, Beograd, Srbija
10/06 Eurobeat-Almost Eurovision, B'ham Hippodrome
12/06 Yazoo - Wolves Civic
14/06-16/06 Bingham Cup, DCU, Dublin
24/06 Westlife & Hope - Nottingham Arena
07/07 Duran Duran & The Duke Spirit - NIA, B'ham
01/08 kd lang - Symphony Hall, B'ham
Coming Up:
11/12 Steel City Tour: ABC, Heaven 17, The Human League - Wolves Civic
Gone Down:
21/01 Sing Live! - B'ham Symphony Hall
05/02 Mika - Berkeley Square, London
13/02 Shayne Ward - Nott'm Arena
21/02 X Factor - Nott'm Arena
04/05 Scooch-Nightingale, B'ham
12/05 Hosting Eurovision night @ The Nightingale
17/05 Jason Donovan-Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
25/05 Pet Shop Boys - Wolves Civic
26/05 Liberty X - Nightingale, B'ham
27/05 Scooch & Björn Again - B'ham Pride
16/06 Muse, The Streets, Dirty Pretty Things, Rodrigo y Gabriela & Zane Lowe - Wembley Stadium
28/06 Brotherhood of Man & Buck's Fizz - Nott'm Royal Concert Hall
14/07 Sing Live! - Summer in the '60s & '70s - Royal Leamington Spa Centre
14/09 Rise - Leek Wootton Village Hall
16/09 Erasure & Onetwo - Wolves Civic
17/09 The Twang & The Priory - B'ham Carling Academy 2 (private gig - Janice Long's Radio2 show)
20/09 Turisas & Abgott - B'ham Carling Academy 2
27/09 McFly - Wolves Civic
10/11 Buck's Fizz & Futureproof (The X Factor), Nightingale, B'ham
17/11 Vengaboys & Andy Williams (The X Factor) - Nightingale, B'ham
01/12 The Human League plays Dare! - Hammersmith Apollo
10/03 Gary Numan Replicas Tour & Daggers - Wolves Wulfrun
18/03 Russell Howard, Alexandra, Brum
20+22+24/05 Eurovision Song Contest, Beograd, Srbija
10/06 Eurobeat-Almost Eurovision, B'ham Hippodrome
12/06 Yazoo - Wolves Civic
14/06-16/06 Bingham Cup, DCU, Dublin
24/06 Westlife & Hope - Nottingham Arena
07/07 Duran Duran & The Duke Spirit - NIA, B'ham
01/08 kd lang - Symphony Hall, B'ham
Who is Chig?
Contact me: chig at cmdh dot freeserve dot co dot uk
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Chig is Nicki French's official stalker...but she doesn't seem to mind.
Chig's life can sometimes be a right pain in the balls...
Chig watches...
Dogtown, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Robin Hood, The X Factor, Spooks, Extras, Mock The Week, Popworld, Ideal, Deal Or No Deal, Eggheads, Hollyoaks, Never Mind The Full Stops, Doctor Who series 2 repeats on BBC3, The Bill, Match Of The Day, Ant'n'Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway.
Chig has failed at two attempts to watch the whole series of Invasion, so if you have it on DVD...
Chig still fancies Jesse Metcalfe...
...and Brandon Flowers, Roman Sebrle, Jonas Armstrong, Matthew Fox, Stefan Booth, Stuart Manning, Gary Lucy...
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Where I live:
Birmingham: It's Not Shit
icBirmingham
BBC Birmingham
The Nightingale
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Interests:
Flickr
gaytimes
Popjustice
The Official Charts Co.
Launch (UK charts)
British Hit Singles
Aston Villa FC
GFSN
Eurovision 2006
Eurovision 2005 in Kyiv
Popjustice Eurovision
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Official EBU Eurovision
Helsinki 2007 Official
DotEurovision (News)
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Norway: Melodi Grand Prix
AsianMissionToEurovision(Blog)
Eurovision 2007 acts:
Qualifier:
Albania: Aida & Frederik Ndoci
Andorra: Anonymous
Austria: Eric Papilaya
Belarus: Dima Koldun
Belgium: The KMGs
Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankulov
Croatia: Dragonfly ft. Dado Topić
Czech Republic: Kabát
Cyprus: Evridiki
Denmark: DQ
Estonia: Gerli Padar
Georgia: Sopho Khalvashi
Hungary: Magdi Rúzsa
Iceland: Eiríkur Hauksson
Israel: Teapacks
Latvia: bonaparti.lv
FYR Macedonia: Karolina Gočeva
Malta: Olivia Lewis
Moldova: Natalia Barbu
Montenegro: Stevan Faddy
Netherlands: Edsilia Rombley
Norway: Guri Schanke
Poland: The Jet Set
Portugal: Sabrina
Serbia: Marija Šerifović
Slovenia: Alenka Gotar
Switzerland: DJ Bobo
Turkey: Kenan Doğulu
Final:
Armenia: Hayko
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Marija Šestić
Finland: Hanna Pakarinen
France: Les Fatals Picards
Germany: Roger Cicero
Greece: Sarbel
Ireland: Dervish
Lithuania: 4Fun
Romania: Todomondo
Russia: Serebro
Spain: NASH
Sweden: The Ark
Ukraine: Verka Serduchka
UK MYMU entrants
Big Brovaz
Brian Harvey
Cyndi
Hawkins & Brown
Liz McClarnon
Scooch(!)
Artists:
Prata Vetra (Brainstorm)
Marc Almond
Pet Shop Boys
Scissor Sisters
Family history:
Chig is directly descended from the following families. If you have one of these surnames, we're possibly related, so feel free to get in touch: Crowe, Harborne/Harbourne, Higgins, Hutchins, O'Sullivan/Sullivan, Talliss/Tallis.
Above: My Gran with her Gran. Snitterfield, Warwickshire, c.1930.
Shameless exhibitionism:
Chig's January 1999 Gay Times article, behind the scenes filming 'Queer As Folk'
People we know:
After The Boyf
B-Boy Blues
Bitful
Daren & Justin
David Belbin
Glenn Ball
I'm Hip To You
Loobynet
Melodimen
Over Your Head
Poplicious
Quarter Hours
Reluctant Nomad
Schlagerboys
Simon & The City
Thoughts From Fish Island
Troubled Diva
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AceDiscoVery
Come Into My World
Club Contact
Following Adam
Diamond Geezer
My Ace Life
Naked Blog
TheSnowInTheSummerOrSo-So
Welshcake
Zbornak
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