The 2006 Juno Awards

[Allie]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 9:35am

It's Juno weekend here in Halifax, the city has been taken over by musicians! It's fabulous. I'm trying to get some friends together to go out tonight... we're bound to run into somebody famous!

The actual awards show is going to be crazy. Set to perform are Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams, Hedley, Nickelback, Coldplay, Broken Social Scene, Black Eyed Peas, Buck 65, Divine Brown, Massari, and Bedouin Soundclash. Pamela Anderson is hosting this year.

Reading the Spotlight section of the newspaper this morning was so exciting. There's a charity hockey game going on this evening feauturing musicians and NHL players... a Songwriters Circle, meet and greet for fans, art shows featuring album art...

Check out the nominees on the site linked below. I have a feeling Michael Bublé is the man to beat this year!
http://junoawards.ca/

[Allie]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:20pm

I know I'm not the only Canadian here!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:22pm

Eh, it could be worse Allie.

You could live in...upstate New York! eek!

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:23pm

I might actually watch this year. That lineup looks good and diverse. Hopefully Pam isn't going to be as annoying as she is in the commercials.

Akiva

[Allie]

Posted: 3/31/06 at 1:25pm

Ugh, it's an awful commercial.

Only seven awards are being presented in the actual broadcast. Do they do that every year? There's a gala tomorrow night where the majority get handed out.

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:01pm

BUMP for the broadcast! Starting now! Buck 65's rapping the intro.

Good Lord, Pam Anderson's making seal clubbing jokes already. Quelle surprise. Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:01 PM

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:11pm

Oh my GOD, Michael Bublé is one gorgeous man. He just hugged Bryan Adams, and it was hot.

[Zyla]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:12pm

Makes me wish I had a TV.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:24pm

Damn! I thought it started at 8. Thanks for the reminder.
Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:24 PM

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:24pm

I'll keep updating for you, Zyla.

BRYAN ADAMS TRIBUTE COMING UP SOON!!! I'm so excited!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:31pm

I am in love with the drummer of Bedouin Soundclash. He's so cute!

You guys, I'm, like, crying right now. I wanted to go so badly. Updated On: 4/2/06 at 07:31 PM

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:42pm

Kalan Porter gets more and more feminine-looking every time I see him. And he is SKINNY. Eek.

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:43pm

Seriously! He looks like a mixture of Michael Jackson and Nicole Richie. Scary.

I would have liked Feist to win. Yay Broken Social Scene!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:46pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE Broken Social Scene! I first heard them on Queer as Folk, actually, and loved them ever since.

Hurry up and bring on the Bryan Adams tribute!!!

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 7:48pm

That was great! BSS are like an ode to CanIndie which I love.

Amy of Stars is one of my favourite singers. She was rocking it out. Plus, I love Feist.

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:02pm

Oh my God, oh my God. I am a MESS! Bryan Adams is my single most favourite performer EVER. He's playing in Halifax again later this week. I neeeeed to find a ticket somewhere. He's absolutely incredible. That tape piece just killed me. OMG.

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:07pm

There is nobody like Bryan Adams.

Did anyone catch exactly what Chris Martin said about being aroused when Bryan Adams hugged him? I want to quote it, but I didn't catch the whole thing!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:16pm

Wow, Arcade Fire won Songwriter of the Year... I really thought Joel Plaskett had that one this year. And they're not even there! Pfft. Give it to Joel!

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:18pm

I LOOOVE THE ARCADE FIRE.
AND COLDPLAY
AND BSS
AND METRIC
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:19pm

Yay for "Arcade Fire"!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:21pm

Michael Bublé!!!!!!

I'm a Plaskett fan. :-P

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:26pm

Oh for Christsake. The Doritos ulitmate fan winner is a freakin' little kid. That contest was mine!

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:27pm

No! I love Arcade Fire.

GBS + Feist = hot!

Massarri needs to leave Canada and never come back. Seriously, that was painful. That kid couldn't ennunciate a word if he tried, plus he had to sing along to a prerecorded vocal track. Also, no one wants to see your stomach Massarri.

Divine Brown was great. But I wish she could have sang Seasons of Love and nailed the double high D. The note she held for forever was kind of random.

Oh, and that thing I said about Massarri and leaving Canada, it apllies for both Nickelback and Simple Plan.

[LorelaiGilmore]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:30pm

"You could live in...upstate New York! eek!"

HEY! I live in upstate New York!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/2/06 at 8:32pm

MarkCohen, I am honestly shocked that Bublé didn't win that! He's had such an amazing year... and been EVERYWHERE. Did you hear those earsplitting screams from the crowd when his name was called? Seriously, this is Bublé's year. BOO Simple Plan.