It's a poorly kept secret that there's a special club that all the Polaris Music Prize jurors hang out in to hurl insults at each other, share fart jokes and contemplate The Hunger Games fan fiction.

They also talk about music. Passionately. As in, someone says “X album is awesome,” so Y person goes, “No, it's poo,” then Z person is like, “No, you're poo. It's double-awesome.” That kind of stuff.

Now we're going to start bringing some of this conversation to you, the public. We'll be skipping the poo-face talk, but the stuff about the records… yeah, there'll be lots of that.

Stay tuned. Polaris Picks will be debuting soon.

In the meantime, our favourite Polaris People have been up to many interesting things again this week.

ClarityOne Earbuds presents a music lover's discussion hosted by Montreal writer Erik Leijon focused on the new album "Kook Soul" by Parlovr and its chances of winning the 2012 Polaris Music Prize.

The Polaris team is lucky to work with a multitude of awesome folks within the music industry -- one such talent is our Gala photographer, Dustin Rabin. We asked the busy lensman to tell us a bit about shooting the ceremony over the years, his many career milestones, and going behind the scenes with a certain Beatle.

Dave Jaffer
Freelance writer
Hometown: Toronto
Polaris Jury Member since: 2007

Please share the Top 5 Canadian albums you put on your ballot.

The Liptonians Let's All March Back Into The Sea
Young Galaxy Shapeshifting
Grimes Halfaxa
Selina Martin Disaster Fantasies
Arcade Fire The Suburbs

Tell us about your top-ranked choice. Why #1?

I won't lie – my placement of Let's All March Back Into The Sea was strategic. I put the Liptonians' record at the top of my ballot to try to push them onto the Short List because I knew that Arcade Fire didn't need my support to end up there...

Arthur Fafard, Owner
Blackbyrd Myoozik, Edmonton

What’s your record store best known for (or: what’s unique about it)?

Blackbyrd is best known for its wide and eclectic selection of cutting edge sounds, new and old. For the past 18 years, Blackbyrd has always had a great selection of vinyl too, and currently boasts a wide array of records covering every style and genre.

We love all of our sponsors – because all of our sponsors love music.

We love Rdio because when we said to them, "Let's stream some Short List albums in full right from our site," they said: "We can do that."

Starting at 12am ET this coming Tuesday the 23rd, and for the next few Tuesdays and Thursdays, we will stream a selected Short List record right here for 24 hours for your opining and listening enjoyment.