Oh dear. Alexis is angry, Kieran is dismayed and Caspar Llewellyn Smith can't guarantee he will remain awake. There's no point in pulling punches here, the Music Weekly team has some deep concerns about the Brits. But what can be done about it?
Plus: although this is a Brits special, we couldn't go without at least paying brief respects to the wonderful and cherished Kevin Ayers, founder of Soft Machine, who sadly died this week at the age of 68.
Given the ragged state of our crew this morning you probably have more coherent thoughts about where the Brits are heading so do leave them below the line.
Thanks for listening. Next week we'll have Johnny Marr, Andrew Weatherall and Pete Paphides' Parallel History of Pop.
