John on Eurovision?

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> He
> also confided that he felt overcome with emotion at having made it
on to the
> stage and touched the scoreboard. And all this from a man who
championed The
> Pixies.
> 
> - David Bridgman
> 
> above was from
> http://tv.cream.org/specialreport/peel/index.htm
> 
> Paul Webster


Oddly enough, on one of the far-too-few occasions I met the great man,
we talked about Eurovision: he asked if I watched it, and I said I
watched the scoring at the end.  "No, no, that's like having your
pudding without eating all your vegetables.  You have to watch the lot."
  
Mark