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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Prize

Godspeed You! Black album cover

Godspeed You! Black album cover

By now most good musicos are aware that Godspeed You! Black Emperor won the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

We also know how that turned out.

What folks don’t know is that because of a combination of indifference, content hoarding and a dismal sense of history on the part of previous Polaris Gala broadcasters, this is the first time you can actually go back and watch the full awards show broadcast without worrying about it disappearing from the internet.

So please go back and watch the telecast via Aux TV if you haven’t. I was responsible for writing a solid seven per cent of the dialogue that came out of co-hosts Kathleen Edwards and Shad’s mouths.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3sUG8RfkKA

 

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Polaris People For The Week Of July 19 (Reaction To The Short List)

Metz

Metz

The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.

The 2013 Polaris Music Prize Short List got announced this week and amongst a narrow band of music writers and music fans this was a really big deal. As such, we tracked some of the reactions to the names that made it on the list and the ones that didn’t.

To read the column go here.

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