Post by Owen from Final Fantasy on Jul 5, 2006 13:03:33 GMT -5
Hello everybody, this is Owen.
"He Poos Clouds" has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, meant to be Canada's answer to the Mercury.
The other nominated albums are the latest releases by K'Naan, Malajube, Cadence Weapon, Broken Social Scene, Metric, The Deadly Snakes, Wolf Parade, Sarah Harmer and The New Pornographers.
I'm of two minds about this competition.
Canadian music desperately needs more vanity, I think. I love all these albums and I'm not afraid to say so. I wish more Canadians would feel the same way, instead of viewing our country's music scene as a meritocratic talent show.
Thus, although I'm all for celebration, I'm not sure if picking the "best album" is an appropriate tribute to the hundreds of amazing records that have come out of this country in the last year. I'd rather see Polaris give $2000 to all of these bands, or even better, all the money to bands who haven't yet achieved that nebulous, inconsequential state of "critical acclaim".
But I don't have $20,000, so I don't make the rules. So instead: "Hooray for the Polaris!"
In the unlikely event that "He Poos Clouds" brings home the sunshine, here's my acceptance speech: "There's so much pain and suffering in the world, $20,000 can't possibly solve that. So instead, I'm taking the prize money and using it as a down payment to buy a cottage in the woods to get away from said pain and suffering. All my love, Muffins Fantasy."
"He Poos Clouds" has been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, meant to be Canada's answer to the Mercury.
The other nominated albums are the latest releases by K'Naan, Malajube, Cadence Weapon, Broken Social Scene, Metric, The Deadly Snakes, Wolf Parade, Sarah Harmer and The New Pornographers.
I'm of two minds about this competition.
Canadian music desperately needs more vanity, I think. I love all these albums and I'm not afraid to say so. I wish more Canadians would feel the same way, instead of viewing our country's music scene as a meritocratic talent show.
Thus, although I'm all for celebration, I'm not sure if picking the "best album" is an appropriate tribute to the hundreds of amazing records that have come out of this country in the last year. I'd rather see Polaris give $2000 to all of these bands, or even better, all the money to bands who haven't yet achieved that nebulous, inconsequential state of "critical acclaim".
But I don't have $20,000, so I don't make the rules. So instead: "Hooray for the Polaris!"
In the unlikely event that "He Poos Clouds" brings home the sunshine, here's my acceptance speech: "There's so much pain and suffering in the world, $20,000 can't possibly solve that. So instead, I'm taking the prize money and using it as a down payment to buy a cottage in the woods to get away from said pain and suffering. All my love, Muffins Fantasy."
--that truly is a terrible thing-- but im overjoyed to hear that Canada can recognise a truly imaginative and diverse an album as 'He Poo's Clouds'......
