12:15 AM And, according to Caribou, the winner of the #polaris music prize is....FUCKED UP!!!!
12:05 AM Holy Lord. F***ed Up are destroying! And Pink Eyes is half naked. And Kat and Justin from Lullabye Arkestra are fueling the mayhem with their vocals!
11:45 PM Good lord, I'm getting hungry. All this running around. Down the stairs, interview someone, back up the stairs. This wasn't supposed to be exercise. Hey Rosetta! are playing the lovely part of their first song of the night but I know a rock 'n' roll storm's a brewin'...
11:23 PM Watching a whole room of people smashing the crap out of some fake silver platters with wooden spoons during Elliott BROOD might be the highlight of the night so far. And Chad VanGaalen. That guy's a one-man highlight reel actually...
11:17 PM BRRROOOOOOOOOOODDDD!!! Here comes Elliott Brood! They've outfitted people with saucers and spoons to stomp and crash along to!
10:58 PM Just had a nice chat with Joel Plaskett and his dad Bill. Chad VanGaalen is set to hit the stage. Hey, Grant just shouted out Dave Hodge! Oh, here's Chad. Wait, Michael Barclay's up first to introduce him. Oh, and
he shouted out the incomparable Leonard Cohen. Okay, here's Chad. Let's listen. Btw, I think Chad's prolly gonna win this thing...
10:43 PM Wow, Joel Plaskett just mesmerized the room with a gorgeous performance. Oh, he's bringing out Anna Egge and Rose Cousins to join him and his dad for "Deny, Deny, Deny." Sounds gorgeous in here.
10:18 PM Jian just a round-about intro of K'naan who has just hit the stage with "Waving Flag." Let's listen, shall we.
10:00 PM Craig here. Patrick Watson is walking through the crowd. Jian Ghomeshi is back on percussion, sitting in a la his MoFru days.
9:25 PM I'm back from hunting out interview subjects. Great Lake Swimmers are on. Now here's a record I love to death. I hope they do well tonight.
9:11 PM The crowd really loved the stripped down version of Metric's "Help I'm Alive." I'm watching our co-hosts get made up. It's awesome. TV is interesting.
9:05 PM Famed music historian Alan Cross is introducing Metric. I can't see him because they've drawn a giant red curtain in front of my face. I think this was on purpose. Oh, Metric are on. Still can't see....
9:02 PM A single person just applauded this alliance between MuchMusic and CBC Radio 3. Grant and Sarah just made light of it. Oh, they're just announcing the list of short-listers and people are screaming in approval.
8:58 PM Polaris founder Steve Jordan just concluded a speech welcoming everyone to the Gala. People are sitting in quiet anticipation for this party to start...
Good evening everyone and welcome to
CBC Radio 3's live coverage of the
2009 Polaris Music Prize Gala! We've set up shop at the
Concert Hall in the
Masonic Temple in Toronto (
Led Zeppelin once played here! And
R.E.M. too I guess) where the next
Polaris Prize winner will be announced!
As you may know, we're broadcasting the whole shindig on
Sirius 86 and
www.cbcradio3.com, from
9:00 PM until it ends EST with a cast of some of your favourite characters!
Grant Lawrence!
Craig Norris! And me! Me! You don't know?...seriously? I'm a regular host here.
Vish Khanna. My name is Vish Khanna.
I'm inside the Concert Hall blogging about everything that happens so keep in touch here for all your Polaris Prize Gala needs. Also,
if you have any questions for any of the nominees, please post them and I'l try and ask them for you!
