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BRIT Awards 2021: Observations, Comments & Review

I don’t have a commentary post on the BRIT Awards like I usually do because be honest: nobody wants to read that, but regardless I do feel the need to keep up with the tradition of the event and post some comments about the awards since, well, it’s going to impact the chart. It would make a hell of a lot more sense to broadcast the show on a Friday as a result of that so it makes the biggest possible impact and doesn’t leave me with confusing left-overs and assorted gains that only picked up traction in the mid-week... but I digress. You should get the gist but I’ll do some explaining prior for the sake of it. Regardless, I guess welcome to REVIEWING THE CHARTS?

So, how do the BRIT Awards work? Well, every year, the BPI – the British Phonographic Industry – holds the BRITs to celebrate pop music in the most high-profile ceremony for popular music in the United Kingdom. Back in the 1990s, it used to feature some of the craziest, most unexpected moments in the history of British pop music, with this anarchic reputation that has since been sanitised and refined to where it is now: a high-budget award ceremony hosted by some idiot, probably, and recorded live for broadcast on ITV. This year, it’s hosted by Jack Whitehall – as it has consistently been in recent years – and was delayed as a result of the global pandemic, but regardless, it’s back and we’ll see how the show copes with restrictions and social distancing... okay, well, it does involve Dua Lipa so I don’t think much of that will be going on but regardless, the show will naturally be affected by COVID-19, even if our response is going better than it was this time last year with all the vaccines coming out. What has not changed is our host and, oh, my God, I wish it did because Jack Whitehall is an annoying void of personality who’s never not been unfunny and awkward, especially on such an improvisational show like the BRITs. I think the only host who can live up to the flamboyancy of the show is Graham Norton, but he’s got his work cut out for him as the Eurovision narrator and he does a damn good job at that too.

Most awards are announced on the night but some, like the Global Icon and Rising Star award, were already decided – it’s Taylor Swift and Griff, by the way. I do play a little game every year where I have a scorecard, and that’ll be posted right now. After that scorecard is posted, you’ll come back to me from after the awards have finished with some of my comments – nothing of a gret deal of detail, probably, but definitely observational. See you in a tad.

Well, that was a nice slice of rainbow capitalism, if a bit too refined for what it is. I’ve felt this for years now but the BRITs do feel so factory-processed to go perfectly now that some of the charm is lost. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy the ceremony as that would be largely untrue – a lot of the performances for one were great. Some highlights included Olivia Rodrigo’s performance which in my eyes certified her as a popstar to watch, especially with that husky, imperfect vocal delivery towards the end that really sold it for me. The Weeknd delivered the most consistently and aesthetically high-quality performance with a “Save Your Tears” Zoomed straight from I assume Canada. Years & Years paraded around with Elton John on a technicolour stage pretty befitting for the gay anthem they performed, Headie One and AJ Tracey traded some new politically-charged verses with less impact than Dave but pretty fitting of the entire aesthetic of the show. The last BRIT Awards felt perhaps too serious, not that I’m offended by social messages being placed into award shows, but the fun just wasn’t there and was actually here in spades, especially with the vibrant Y2K choice of aesthetic that made perfect sense for a lot of these performers, especially the Dua Lipa medley that basically started the show off with some high-energy girl-group nostalgia.

In fact, a lot of that was there this evening, with Little Mix becoming the first all-female group to win Best British Group, to my surprise, and HAIM of all people winning Best International Group, although it seems clear to me that the awards were just given to whoever was there as a result of certain restrictions. Said restrictions in fact made the show arguably smoother and more refined than ever, and I’m actually happy for it. There were barely any noticeable mistakes either, other than an indecipherable few verses from Headie One in which he performed gestures that made it quickly obvious what was being rapped anyway, and Lewis Capaldi commanding everyone in the audience, including key workers, to shut up before his quickly-censored profanity, long after the watershed, bled out through emergency mute functions.

The whole “key workers” bit has annoyed me since the pandemic started – if the government is going to be this performance, at least provide them adequate pay and mental welfare for all of the arduous work you put NHS frontline workers through long before and including the pandemic. I’m saying that not because I wanted to spew my own diatribe but because that’s pretty much what Dua Lipa said as the Queen herself made sure to not only have one of the best performances of the night but also deliver some of the longest and most meaningful victory speeches, in which she dedicated her awards to individuals you may not have even heard about who have served their local and national community on a certain scale. Charities were often brought up, whether it’s Boy George blessing the rains down in Africa much like he patronisingly did on the at-best misguided, at-worst maliciously ignorant “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” all those years ago. Proceeds from Years & Years and Elton John’s performance will go to charity, as will those of Rag’n’Bone Man and P!nk’s “Anywhere Away from Here” (which is actually a genuinely good song live rather than on studio recording). Rag’n’Bone Man may have the biggest impact next week on the charts because he had both the closing performance and the album boost, so watch out for that on Friday.

Speaking of that, this awards show was on a Tuesday, meaning its chart impact will be muted or at least split between two tracking weeks – although I do think this is the type of event that can help a song have some mid-week rebound. The impact of the BRIT Awards as a whole intrigues me – I mean, it has much less prestige than the GRAMMYs and was known for its campy chaos. It’s never been about awarding credibility or artistic reputation, even if Taylor Swift may have thought it was in her semi-inspiring speech, it’s always just about putting on a fun, extravagant show. Money should probably be pumped into something more representative of Britain – the only Scottish man who spoke was Lewis Capaldi – but as we have this tradition, we might as well engage and enjoy the mindlessness of it all. The cynic in me says it’s fake-woke circle-jerks for millionaire popstars but I can never watch it and conclude that it’s anything as deep as that. I mean, it started with Coldplay sounding like hand gel and featured a sea shanty acting as a roast of the guests but still had some serves and looks from everyone on the red carpet and somehow managed to get Michelle Obama to big up The Weeknd for two minutes straight, so it’s doing something right. In the nicest way possible, the BRITs this year were very lame and very gay, but that’s the purpose they will always need to fill in pop culture. See you on Saturday!

[thebryanandsilvergarbage]

Comedy & Variety Main Races for 2017 - The Bryan Awards

 BEST COMEDY SERIES:

Atlanta (F/X)

Black-ish (ABC)

Master of None (Netflix)

Modern Family (ABC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Veep (HBO)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA - Donald Glover as Earn Marks (F/X)

BLACK-ISH - Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson (ABC)

LAST MAN ON EARTH - Will Forte as Phil Miller (Fox)

MASTER OF NONE - Aziz Ansari as Dev (Netflix)

SILICON VALLEY - Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks (HBO)

TRANSPARENT - Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman (Amazon Prime)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson (ABC)

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND - Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch (The CW)

DIVORCE - Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances (HBO)

INSECURE - Issa Rae as Issa (HBO)

MOM - Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett (CBS)

VEEP - Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer (HBO)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:

BASKETS - Louie Anderson as Christine Baskets (FXX)

BLACK-ISH - Laurence Fishburne as Pops Johnson (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy (ABC)

UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT - Titus Burgess as Titus Andromedon (Netflix)

VEEP - Tony Hale as Gary Walsh (HBO)

VEEP - Matt Walsh as Mike McLintock (HBO)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Jenifer Lewis as Ruby Johnson (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy (ABC)

ONE DAY AT A TIME - Rita Moreno as Lydia Riera (Netflix)

TRANSPARENT - Kathryn Hahn as Raquel Fein (Amazon Prime)

TRANSPARENT - Judith Light as Shelley Pfefferman (Amazon Prime)

VEEP - Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer (HBO)

Younger Actor in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Marcus Scribner as Andre Johnson Jr. (ABC)

FRESH OFF THE BOAT - Hudson Yang as Eddie Huang (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy (ABC)

MODERN FAMILY - Rico Rodriguez as Manny Delgado (ABC)

SHAMELESS - Cameron Monaghan as Ian Gallagher (Showtime)

SHAMELESS - Jeremy Allen White as Lip Gallagher (Showtime)

Younger Actress in a Comedy Series:

BLACK-ISH - Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson (ABC)

CASUAL - Tara Lynne Barr as Laura Meyers (Hulu)

ONE DAY AT A TIME - Isabella Gomez as Elena Alvarez (Netflix)

SHAMELESS - Emma Kenney as Debbie Gallagher (Showtime)

SCREAM QUEENS - Abigail Breslin as Chanel No. 5 (Fox)

SCREAM QUEENS - Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin (Fox)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:

GIRLS - Matthew Rhys as Chuck Palmer (HBO)

GIRLS - Peter Scolari as Tad Horvath (HBO)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Dave Chappelle as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Tom Hanks as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

VEEP - Hugh Laurie as Tom James (HBO)

VEEP - Peter MacNicol as Jeff Kane (HBO)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:

THE BIG BANG THEORY - Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper (CBS)

CATASTROPHE - Carrie Fisher as Mia (Hulu)

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND - Tovah Feldshuh as Naomi Bunch (The CW)

GIRLS - Becky Ann Baker as Loreen Darling (HBO)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Scarlett Johannson as Host/Various Characters (NBC)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Melissa McCarthy as Host, Sean Spicer, and Various Characters (NBC)

Writing in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA (F/X) - "B.A.N"

ATLANTA (F/X) - "Streets on Lock"

BLACK-ISH (ABC) - "Lemons"

GIRLS (HBO) - "Latching"

MASTER OF NONE (Netflix) - "New York, I Love You"

MASTER OF NONE (Netflix) - "Thanksgiving"

Directing in a Comedy Series:

ATLANTA - "B.A.N." (Donald Glover, Director)

BLACK-ISH - "Lemons" (Kenya Barris, Director)

MASTER OF NONE - "New York, I Love You" (Alan Yang, Director)

SILICON VALLEY - "Server Error" (Mike Judge, Director)

VEEP - "Blurb" (Morgan Sackett, Director)

VEEP - "Groundbreaking" (David Mandel, Director)

Performance by a Cast in a Comedy or Variety Series:

Black-ish (ABC)

Modern Family (ABC)

Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Transparent (Amazon)

Veep (HBO)

VARIETY

Variety Talk Series: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Variety Sketch Series: Documentary Now (IFC) Portlandia (IFC) Saturday Night Live (NBC) Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)

Variety Special: Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 (CBS) Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin/Deep In The Heart of Texas (Netflix) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents The White House Correspondent’s Dinner...NOT (TBS) Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime)

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come (NBC)

Variety Performer - Series: DOCUMENTARY NOW - Bill Hader as Various Characters (IFC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Beck Bennett as Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Leslie Jones as Various Characters (NBC) SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Kate McKinnon as Various Characters (NBC) TRACEY ULLMAN’S SHOW - Tracey Ullman as Various Characters (HBO)

Variety Performer - Special: CARPOOL KARAOKE/THE GRAMMYS/THE TONYS - James Corden (All CBS) DAVE CHAPPELLE... - Dave Chappelle (Netflix) FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE PRESENTS… - Samantha Bee (TBS) LOUIS C.K. 2017 - Louis C.K. (Netflix) THE OSCARS - Jimmy Kimmel (ABC) STEPHEN COLBERT’S LIVE ELECTION NIGHT… - Stephen Colbert (Showtime)

Late Night Talk Host: CHELSEA - Chelsea Handler (Netflix) FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE - Samantha Bee (TBS) LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER - John Oliver (HBO) THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN - James Corden (CBS) THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT - Stephen Colbert (CBS) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON - Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

Daytime Talk Show: The Chew (ABC) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated) Harry (Syndicated) Live With Kelly (Syndicated) Steve Harvey (Syndicated) The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated) The Talk (CBS)

Daytime Talk Show Host: THE CHEW - Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Michael Symon, and Daphne Oz (ABC) HARRY - Harry Connick Jr. (Syndicated) LIVE WITH KELLY - Kelly Ripa (Syndicated) STEVE HARVEY - Steve Harvey (Syndicated) THE TALK - Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler, and Sheryl Underwood (CBS)

Writing in a Variety or Talk Series: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Directing in a Variety or Talk Series: Drunk History (Comedy Central) Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS) Saturday Night Live (NBC) The Talk (CBS)

Writing in a Variety Special: Dave Chappelle: The Age of Spin/Deep In The Heart of Texas (Netflix) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents The White House Correspondent’s Dinner...NOT (TBS) The Golden Globes (NBC) Louis C.K. 2017 (Netflix) The Oscars (ABC) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime)

Directing in a Variety Special: Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) The 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (HBO) Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Shit? (Showtime) The 2016 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony (NBC) The Tony Awards (CBS)

Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet To Come (NBC)

#bryanawards17

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A-Z Book Recommendations 📚✨

Inspired by @macrolit's post: (x) 

this is basically a list of all of my favorite books, each title has a link to a description of the book on the b+n website

A...American Gods by Neil Gaiman⚡️

B...Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 🌍

C...Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 🌈 

D...Do Unto Animals by Tracey Stewart 🐶

E...The Enemy Has a Face by Gloria D. Miklowitz❔

F...Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 🕶 

  ...Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ⚗️ 

G...Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn🔪 

   ...The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 🎲 

H...The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer 🦂 

   ...Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 🔥

I...The Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke 🖋 

J...Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 👒 

K...The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson 👑 

L...The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 🗡

M...The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo 🐘 

 N...Norte-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo 🕓

    ...Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 🗺 

O...The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan ☂️

   ...The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 📻 

P...Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 💌 

  ...The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall 🌿 

Q...?

R...Redwall by Brian Jacques ⚔️

S...The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 🌅 

  ...The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 🔬

T...A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 🇫🇷

  ...To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ⚖️

U...Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 🏞

V...The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis 🌊

W...The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 💵

   ...The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Coleen Murtagh Paratore 👰 

X...Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safran Foer 🏙

Y...The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 🌼

Z...A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin ☄️

123...2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke 🚀

      ...1984 by George Orwell 👁

pls read them all!! :))

#books #reading #reading list #literature #:)