It is double playlist week again. Canada Day is on this Sunday so I had to bring out the Canada playlist again with a couple new tracks added. It has over five hours of very Canadian music for your listening pleasure. From Stompin’ Tom Connors to Snotty Nose Rez Kids and everything in between. The way things are in the world these days, I am very happy to be Canadian. We certainly aren’t perfect and have some dark stories in our history, but it is a pretty fantastic country to live in. The music on the playlist mostly celebrates that fact. Oh Canada…oh oh Canada.
The other playlist is a much shorter one but one I spent much more time on putting together. The Polaris Music Prize Long List was revealed on June 14 and since then I have been listening to the 40 albums and trying to decide who is going to make my ballot for the Short List. I have until July 4 to make this decision and once again I am not finding it easy to do. I made a playlist of 10 tracks representing the albums that are on my Short List. I have to now narrow that down to 5 albums for my ballot. The Barr Brothers are my #1 pick and will be on my ballot for sure. Jeremy Dutcher’s album is a very interesting artistic album and will be on there too. Right now I am leaning towards U.S. Girls, Weaves and Lydia Kepinski finishing off the ballot but that may change before Wednesday. Who do you think I should vote for? Once our votes are in, we will all have to wait until July 17 for the official Polaris Music Prize Short List to be revealed. I am excited to find out who makes it through.
Once I have cast my ballot, it is out of my hands and I will just have to sit back and wait to see what happens. Unless of course, I were to get invited to the Grand Jury. Then I would be off to Toronto to help make that decision with 10 other jurors. That would be very cool and frightening at the same time.
Enjoy the playlists and Happy Canada Day!
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Classified has a new EP released.
https://play.spotify.com/album/3hJhZrFemO37h6uJsgu9PX?si=a2Nst1bFT92YtmlY_QIM8Q
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Hey Garf. Thanks for the image.
You are more than welcome Candy. I was looking for a flag to animate to go into a 3d model I have been playing with and found that one.
That was the largest size I could find but I had to edit the shade of red because it wasn’t the proper one (I may be a nerd)
G’day. Back home. 32 outside, and this from my highly professional Home Hardware thermometer. In my back garden though, so…
The pavement getting close to cookable-egg.
For those who didn’t get the news elsewhere, here’s how they got the killdeer’s nest moved (Ottawa Bluesfest): An expert was called in, and she built a fake nest, and put in the eggs. Parents came back. Then, a series of small moves (parents fly away, nest is moved a bit. 1 metre? 2? Don’t know.) In the end, they moved the nest some 25 m without the parents abandoning it, and then enclosed it some.
Parents and babies will GET SOME LOUD ROCK, though.
It’s currently 18c outside and 24c inside (according to my Origan thermometer)
I am glad they found a solution for them. They will have to put little ear muffs on them.
Here, 32 outside and 20-21 inside.
The closest we get to ac is opening the windows
Love the right up @darbar. Ver cool flag @garfeiduk. Amazing how reading the last sentence of the first paragraph … well I couldn’t just read it because all I could hear was the song! Totally brainwashed in a a good way:)
@b from o happy to see human effort for the animals we share this planet with.
On a not as happy animal and human note; someone keeps jamming my front gate open. Suki the dog is very old and I am worried she is going to get out. I think by letting my opinions on the fourplex being built in the middle of the street be known I have irked someone.
Regarding Polaris; Barr Brother is also my top pick. Jeremy is very creative and skilled but it is not my jam.
In the past the prize seems to go to more technical and cutting edge music. I am wondering if Esmerine will come out on top this year?
Hi morgana! Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.
Sadly Esmerine didn’t make it to the long list. I tried but didn’t get enough other jurors on board. Jeremy Dutcher’s album takes a few listens but I hear ya.
I meant to add a part to the write up about how there are many albums on the Long List that I love and are great listening but didn’t fit the “artistic merit” mark that I was looking for. Such a subjective thing but for me it has to have something different about it or be so moving that it reaches my heart.
The Long List: https://polarismusicprize.ca/2018-long-list/
This is not our Rah Rah!
http://play.spotify.com/track/7ExTuB3fICZd0eWwmKEy6K
It was on my Release Radar today. :-/
Right! Totally missed a step in the elimination process.
I have listened to Jeremy’s album a few times and while it is quality music it does not speak to me.
I don’t envy you having to pick @darbar, there is some serious talent on that list!
It is so hard to choose! I listen over and over, narrow it down and then go with my gut.
https://open.spotify.com/album/4lrUc2CTh9wCvcwzEJA4RG?si=kOCHLjWKSoiinQeDWIyWWg
seems to me there are some very Canadian songs here that could be added if you like
Thanks morgana. I added a couple.
Off to my parent’s 60th wedding anniversary tonight! 60! Can you imagine?
Have a great weekend and Happy Canada Day wherever you are!! 😀
Now my ballot is leaning towards The Barr Brothers, Jeremy Dutcher, YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN, Jean-Michel Blais and U.S. Girls. What will it end up as on Wednesday?