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CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

Posted by Vish Khanna on Sep 29, 2008

And the winner is:

CARIBOU!!!!!

YESS!!!

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  1. suckamc
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    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by suckamc
    wooooo they were my guess! :) congrats Caribou!

    Martin
  2. WildWorks
    02

    Good choice

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by WildWorks
    Congrats to Caribou.

    I'm happy because I was worried that the Weakerthans would win and I'm not that big on them. It would be "blah" to me. Sorry Putzy and Grant since you are big fans of them. :)
  3. Russe
    03

    Hoorah!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by Russe
    I think that was a very wise choice. I don't know anybody that doesn't enjoy Caribou.
  4. MAK
    04

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by MAK
    fantastico!!!
  5. tb3
    05

    If it couldn't be London, ON

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by tb3
    I can live with Dundas ON!

    Yay Dan Snaith.
    Wonder if he figured out the mathematical chance he had of winning?
  6. Dodus
    06

    Polaris

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by Dodus
    Good call!!!!!
  7. effewe
    07

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by effewe
    Since Dundas is officially part of Hamilton now we get to claim him.

    With how bad the Ticats are, we need something good!
  8. thecornishogre
    08

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by thecornishogre
    Oh Shad!

    But Caribou, that's WONDERFUL!, Congratulations, you are genius, and respected, and make beautiful music - congratulations!
  9. JFacto
    09

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by JFacto
    caribooooooo.... i was holding out for Shad. ahh well, c ya in guelph tomorrow night dude!!!
  10. BigRockFan
    10

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by BigRockFan
    I have to say that Caribou does actually deserve this award. He is the first Polaris Prize winner who was legitimately one of the most critically acclaimed artists of the year. I think the Weakerthans and Black Mountain had albums that were as critically acclaimed as Caribou’s, but any one of them could legitimately have won. It is a little unfortunate, however, that yet again a jury made up of mostly southern Ontario people picked the one southern Ontario artist.
  11. neuromancer
    11

    Souther Ontario

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by neuromancer
    Actually, BigRockFan, both Basia Bulat and Shad are from London, ON, which are even more south than Dundas ON.

    When will people from out west/east realize that population density dictates these things simply because of probability, not because of western/eastern alientation?
  12. BigRockFan
    12

    @ neuromancer

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by BigRockFan
    I understand that Basia Bulat and Shad are from London, but based on critical acclaim they were not amongst the front runners to win this award. With respect to population, it isn’t the best measure, but even at that Toronto and southern Ontario have been hugely over-represented in almost all aspects of the Polaris Prize. IIRC 5 of the 11 person final jury were based in Toronto, and another was from London, so southern Ontario had almost twice as many people on the final jury as it should have based on population, 6/11.
  13. slow down molasses
    13

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by slow down molasses
    nice! there's other albums I was pretty excited about that didn't make the list (Sandro Perri, Veda Hille, the acorn), but andorra was definitely up there and Dan definitely deserves the win. Great choice!
  14. KIDA0101
    14

    Re: CARIBOU Wins the 2008 Polaris Music Prize!

    Posted on Sep 29, 2008 by KIDA0101
    Was there ever any doubt? It's would have been like suggesting Dion or McCain will win...
  15. neuromancer
    15

    population

    Posted on Sep 30, 2008 by neuromancer
    Why would you assume that judges are biased towards people from their own region? Do you really think a judge gets in that room and thinks "I really liked that Black Mountain record, but it'll be a cold day in HELL before I vote for someone from BC." NO!

    And when I'm referring to population statistics, I'm referring to the artists. More of them come from this region largely because of population/probability.

    You said it yourself that you think he deserves to win. Why can't you leave it at that? Why do you have to turn it into a negative thing, like there's some huge conspiracy?
  16. Ashoholic
    16

    Caribou?

    Posted on Sep 30, 2008 by Ashoholic
    Maybe with this cash, he can buy back the name Manitoba.

    I guess we can call Polaris, the East Coast Music Prize.
    Track to track, Black Mountain's album was better, but I could live with Caribou.
  17. EasierPlanet3
    17

    Geography

    Posted on Sep 30, 2008 by EasierPlanet3
    Ontario and Quebec are not on the East Coast.
  18. BigRockFan
    18

    @ neuromacer

    Posted on Sep 30, 2008 by BigRockFan
    I guess I don’t know what point you’re trying to make. I said that I believed there were three artists whose albums have received a higher level of critical acclaim than the others, and that they have all received about the same level of critical acclaim, and therefore that any one of the three would have been a legitimate winner. Then I said that it was unfortunate that the final panel, on which 6 of the 11 judges were from southern Ontario, picked the one of the three artists who was from southern Ontario. That situation naturally raises questions about a possible bias. With respect to bias in general, there are many different kinds including intentional, unintentional and systemic biases. Any kind of credible research or awards process will be aware of this and will guard against not only any possible bias, but also the appearance of bias. Needless to say, the Polaris Prize to date has not even been close to being credible. In spite of that, however, they did pick a worthy winner this year, for the first time.

    What was your point again?
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