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Hi from {my car}!
While you’re reading this pre-written e-mail, I’m behind the wheel, on the road, probably somewhere in southern Germany or Austria.
Earlier today, I left Switzerland, a country I called my temporary home for the past three months. Heavy-hearted, I departed from Basel, the city of some fantastic museums, just before the start of Art Basel, a leading global market for artworks.
But you can’t have it all, can you? I was around from Eurovision to Fantasy Basel, the Swiss Comic Con. With the summer season coming in and a growing number of swimmers in the Rhine, I’m sure the temptations to extend my stay could go on indefinitely. It’s time to seek new paths ahead.
Before I leave, I must confess…
If you are a fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, these lyrics are surely familiar.
So, one more time for all the good times, I revisited Eurovision 2025, and especially the performance of my fellow countryman Baby Lasagna at Arena Plus, the event’s largest pre-party.
I’m talking about a stadium filled with people to the brink, all of them exposed to much more than just pure entertainment.
As I was rewatching my most popular Eurovision YouTube Short, I noticed some strange flickers. I started hitting the pause button and, after quite a few tries, just around 00:55, an unusual message popped up – something I wasn’t expecting to see at an Eurovision-linked event.
I wrote an entire article on subliminal messages hidden in Baby Lasagna’s performance, and you’re very welcome to share your take on this.
So is Baby Lasagna. An artistic intervention that includes a call to fund Islamic struggle surely needs a greater platform than what 1/30th part of a second provides.
Lasagna’s PR person seems to have forgotten what public relations is (it’s literally a real job!). But then again, ignoring media-raised questions is also a form of relation with the public. Not the best one, though.
I wish we didn’t have to live in a world where people need to struggle for their religious beliefs or identities. Whether you are a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew, no war is holy.
Judging by what is going on in the Middle East, we might not have to live in that world much longer. As some are truly calling for the apocalypse, now.
God didn’t choose anyone. And certainly, he didn’t choose anyone to play god.
Have a safe week!
Ivan Kralj
Pipeaway.com
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