Bucky!!!

My obsession with all things Canadian runs deep.
Too deep some might say.
There's a time and a place to discuss anything related to music from a Canuck - and that time is now, and that place is here.

A tiny reminder of what CBC Radio 3 is and why I never shut up about it:

CBC Radio 3 consists of three major parts all devoted to Canadian arts and music: a Sirius Satellite Radio station, a weekly podcast from the CBC Radio 3 website, and streaming audio on the same website. The satellite network does air some music by international artists in its playlist, but is primarily Canadian content; the webstream and podcast are 100% Canadian music. The podcast and the CBC Radio One program Fuse also air as programs on the satellite radio channel.
The network's unofficial mascot is Bucky, a cartoon creature with the body of a duck and the head of a moose. Bucky is primarily seen in the introduction to the network's weekly R3TV video podcast, and also lends his name to the network's annual year-end music awards.

Which is why I have written this post. Literally announced about 5 minutes ago, it's the inaugural (and prestigious) CBC Radio 3 Annual Bucky Awards for 2007.

As if I needed another reason to love Canadians, just look at the categories.


Song Most Likely to be a Future Classic:

Arcade Fire - Intervention
Feist - 1 2 3 4
Handsome Furs - Cannot Get, Started
The New Pornographers - My Rights Versus Yours
The Weakerthans - Civil Twilight


Best Song to Listen to in the Fetal Position:

Camaromance – 28 Balloons
Dustin Cole w/ the Specialest – Oh! My Captain
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton – Doctor Blind
Lightning Dust – Listened On
Octoberman – Run From Safety


Best Rap:

Abdominal – Pedal Pusher
Grand Analog – I’ll Walk Alone
Josh Martinez – Last Train
Notes to Self – Lifelines
Politic Live – Block O RMX (feat. Rochester aka Juice, Shad, Jerys & Oozeela)

Best Yacht Rock:

Andrew Rodriguez – Astonished Heart
Krief – What We Wanted
Patrick Watson – Drifters
Peter Elkas – Fall Apart Again
Young Galaxy – Swing Your Heartache


Best New Band Name:

Better Friends Than Lovers
The Got to Get Got
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Said the Whale
The Sweet Homewreckers


Best Gang Vocals:

The Besnard Lakes – Devastation
Carbon Dating Service – Starbeat Academy Graduation March
The Choir Practice – Red Fox
The Junction – Components of Four
Tokyo Police Club – Your English is Good


Best Lyric:

Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton – The Bank:
Whatever it is, spit into a bottle and sell it to me/ I’m looking to buy freedom from my sobriety/ Just like Huey Lewis, I need a new drug.

Great Lake Swimmers – Your Rocky Spine:
I traced my finger along your trails/ your body was the map, I was lost in it/ Floating over your rocky spine/ the glaciers made you and now you’re mine .

J-Bru – Put My Work In (feat. Classified and White Mic):
Excuse me, are you from Canada?/ Oui, yes sir/ I got the heart of Trudeau/ but look like Guy Lafleur.

The Two Koreas – U-Boat Commander:
You rushed the stage at the Morrissey show/ but you only touched the bassist.

The Weakerthans – Civil Twilight:
For the most part I think about golfing and constantly calculate/ all the seconds left in the minutes, and so on, etcetera/ Or recite the names of provinces and Hollywood actors/ Oh, Ontario, oh, Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Most Unpronounceable Name:

Anemones
Basia Bulat
Camaromance
9Nyne
The Phonemes


Best Road-Trip Song:

Jason Collett – Reunion
Maybe Smith – Hearts Like Bears
Po’ Girl – 9 Hrs To Go
Stars – Take me to the Riot
Two Hours Traffic – Backseat Sweetheart


Best Falsetto:

Caribou – Melody Day
The Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fashionable People
Miracle Fortress – Have You Seen in Your Dreams
Patrick Watson – Luscious Life
Two Hours Traffic – Nighthawks


Best Song Title:

The Consumer Goods – Looking for Love (while) in(vading) the Muslim World
Donovan Woods – My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring
The Got to Get Got – No One Riots in Winter
Tacoma Hellfarm Tragedy – True Love Killed My True Love’s Love For Me
The Wet Secrets – Grow Your Own Fucking Moustache, Asshole


Best reason to learn French (excluding Giselle Webber):

Les Amis au Pakistan – Mon soldat de plomb
Karkwa – La fuite
Numéro# – J’aime la bourgeoisie (vive le rock)
Omnikrom – NaNaNaNah
We Are Wolves – Magique


Best Sweatin’ to the Indies Workout Song:

Champion – Keep On (Champion’s Alternate Take)
Chromeo – Fancy Footwork
Numéro# – J’aime la bourgeoisie (vive le rock)
Pride Tiger – Let 'Em Go
The Wet Secrets – Secret March


Best Bass Line:

Pride Tiger – Sweet Dreams
Tokyo Police Club – Your English Is Good
Two Koreas – U-Boat Commander
The Western Investor – If You Wanna Go
The Wet Secrets – Secret March


Catchiest Hook:

Akido – Dancing in Chains
Buck 65 – Indestructable Sam
Feist – I Feel It All
The Saint Alvia Cartel – Don’t Wanna Wait Forever
The Western Investor – If You Wanna Go



Get voting here.

Remember, keep supporting & loving Canadian artists & their music.


There is only one possible way to end this post.
A few Pictures of hot Canadian artists.
Enjoy.

Lisa Lobsinger


Emily Haines


Regine Chassagne


AVRIL LAVIGNE!!!


Fuck it, Avril AGAIN!!!