{"id":6455,"date":"2013-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/blog\/polaris-people-for-the-week-of-june-14-long-list-reaction\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T17:59:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T21:59:23","slug":"polaris-people-for-the-week-of-june-14-long-list-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarismusicprize.ca\/fr\/blog\/polaris-people-for-the-week-of-june-14-long-list-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"Polaris People For The Week Of June 14: Long List Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

We revealed the 2013 Polaris Music Prize Long List earlier this week.<\/p>\n

It’s kind of a big deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also means we’ve now entered into the Great Polaris Debateâ\u201e¢ phase of our annual quest to determine the best Canadian album released this year.<\/p>\n

The lack of a true jazz album on the Long List has been noticed in some quarters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the absence of Serena Ryder is causing others to call into question \u00ab\u00a0the validity of the entire award<\/a>.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

Over at Vulture they kinda, sorta made it about Justin Bieber. (Sly<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And even a couple of charter Polaris People got in on the pile-on.<\/p>\n

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@PolarisPrize<\/a> Your long list seems a little short to me. You forgot my two S’s—STARS and SNOWBLINK. The letter S is more powerful then P.<\/p>\n

â\u20ac\u201d Kevin Drew (@KevinSelection) June 14, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n