The Brits

Have I told you we finally got a telly?! We have collected it the cheap way though, since it's a hand me down from our American friends who moved back to CA. And it was a hand me down to them! So it's the telly that's making the rounds. And it's totally an old school 13 inch screen box with rabbit ears! But I am excited nonetheless. And especially now since Brian's colleague had an extra Freeview box, which they gave us. This box allows us to receive up to 20 digital channels free, so we're not just stuck with the 5 basics. So last night we were really excited to watch . . . . American Idol!! Brian won't admit it of course, but it was such a great taste of home. :)

Last Wednesday were the Brit Awards, which is the UK version of the Grammys. The entire Osbourne family served as hosts, and actually they were pretty decent hosts. It was the rest of the presenters and award-winners who were doozies! I know the American awards shows offer plenty of booze for the celebs to inbibe, but in general, even if they are drunk, they try to pretend they aren't too bad off. Well at the Brits, everyone who got on stage to present or accept an award were extremely pissed (drunk!) and literally either couldn't remember what award they were presenting or couldn't even talk they were so drunk! And they would bring their drink on stage with them. At one point Sharon Osbourne is scolding them in the background and yelling for them to get off. It was a doozie of a show!

I have to admit, there are a number of extremely talented musicians from over here. But, there are not many of them. The ones who are though are great. Amy Winehouse performed and she's amazing, although extremely eccentric. Artists who performed and are popular British acts were; Mika, Mark Ronson, Adele, Kate Nash and Arctic Monkeys.

Now that I've lived over here for more than 1 year, it's hard for me to know if I'm keeping up with US music, or ahead of it, or probably a mix of both. So it's fun to be up with current music, but from another country.

Check out the link to the awards page if you're interested: www.brits.co.uk

Then Sir Paul McCartney ended the show with a 3-song set, which was pretty awesome. First song was something new from his current solo stuff. Second song was Live and Let Die and then he ended with a rocking version of Hey Jude, which was a blast.