Alex G and Alvvays – BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Lena Horne Bandshell – August 22, 2023
Lo-fi folk-rock singer-songwriter Alex G and dream-pop outfit Alvvays have teamed up for a late-summer joint headlining tour that just kicked off in style last night in Prospect Park.
(Alex G and Alvvays play the Lena Horne Bandshell again tonight.)
(Alex G and Alvvays play the Dell Music Center in Philly on Saturday.)
Photos courtesy of Sachyn Mital | www.sachynmital.com
Climate Change Comes for Outdoor Gigs as Brooklyn Cancels Taj Mahal Show
- “We can’t … risk the well-being of our friends and neighbors who may have high-risk health issues,” organizers say
Citing “the unprecedented air-quality situation in New York,” Celebrate Brooklyn’s season-opening concert is canceled.
The June 7 show, which was to feature Taj Mahal, Corinne Bailey Rae and the Harlem Gospel Travelers, will not be rescheduled.
Blame Canada’s wildfires.
And climate change.
With smoke from the fires blanketing much of the United States, New York on June 7 had the world’s second-worst air quality, behind only Delhi in India, CBS News reported.
So the gig was scrapped.
“The health of our staff and the communities we serve is (our) No. 1 priority … and we can’t, in good conscience, risk the well-being of our friends and neighbors who may have high-risk health issues,” organizers said in a statement.
He was a fantastic actor and so much more than his role on Brooklyn 99. I watched many of his movies and shows, but will most treasure and remember him fondly for bringing us gut-busting laughs and countless memes as Captain Holt.
it’s just like. how many captain holt lines of dialogue live rent free in my head? how many scenes have made me get emotional & watch & rewatch & ponder over them? it was such a big deal to have an openly gay black male character whose gayness was never the butt of the joke on tv in the early 2000s. then rosa diaz was literally the first character I ever recall hearing say the words “I’m bisexual” on a popular network tv show & captain holt’s compassionate support of her was this thing that just was just simply not often a thing portrayed quite how it was on b99 on television in my experience at the time among multiple lgbt main characters. not only that but I don’t want to reduce raymond holt’s influence to his sexuality. he was funny in a unique, dead pan way that again just totally manages to cement itself in so many peoples consciousness. how many people can hear “BONE?” bellowed in disapproval in their heads? 😂 or picture the pineapple slut shirt? & how many people with complicated relationships with their dad latched onto the jake & holt found family dynamic that was just so beautifully written & acted? brooklyn has constantly been on in the background of my life because it’s one of those shows you can just watch endlessly & never get tired of. hundreds & hundreds of hours of my life have been spent chuckling at this show. & I’m just one sit com fan. we’re talking about one of the most influential sit coms of the modern age. I hope andre had some idea how much he meant to so so many people.
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It's been a whole week since I hopped on a plane to come home and stumbled upon a Netflix series from Sweden that altered the chemistry of my brain!!!!
One week since I sent an anonymous message to @young-royals-confessions while waiting for my suitcase because I had ALL these feelings and thoughts inside myself and I needed to let them out somehow because the alternative was screaming at everybody in the airport about how GOOD AND SWEET AND AWESOME AND SAD BUT LOVELY AND REAAAAL THIS SHOW WAS?? also THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE TWO LEADS??? That made feel SO MANY things?? Even with a look?? Because I could FEEL their silent communication. AND THE LONGING!!!! HOW? How was I supposed to be normal about this show when it's just beautiful and with beautiful people, it had me in disbelief Omar Rudberg was a real person lmao Definitely most beautiful man I've seen though!
To think I picked Young Royals because it was roughly 6 hours long and I didn't want to sleep on the plane to not mess with my sleeping schedule. Which I did anyway since I watched the second season immediately after I got home lmao Who needs sleep when I was dying to know if a fictional Swedish prince was going to get back together with his gorgeous Latino boyfriend with the amazing voice who happened to be the love of his life??? They gave me so much energy that I only felt the lack of sleep on Friday lmao
Now, I'm basically this:
Thank you again to @young-royals-confessions (@simonsapelsin ) for letting me freak out and for everyone who was so nice to me it gave me the confidence to release all my thoughts and feelings about season 2 too!!
And thank you to everyone who has been extremely welcoming since I made this blog, you guys are awesome and I already love you all!! 💜💜