Well, we’re certainly getting into the home stretch of March, aren’t we? Just a couple of days left. Barely enough time to bake a cake, or defrost a leg of lamb. Where does the time go??

Our time yesterday went to viewing the 2009 Juno Awards, commonly referred to as “Canada’s Grammy Awards”. Technically a stretch, because we do tend to participate in the actual Grammies, and only give out one “international” award throughout the evening’s broadcast (picked up by Coldplay, for their mega-selling 2008 release).

Aside from that one little detour from Canadiana, the balance of the evening is spent deriding any successful Canadian musical acts – something we quite relish. Any artist or group with even moderate success on the global stage is mocked, or dismissed as sell-outs. That’s how we treat our musical royalty here in Canada. Although, long-timers like Loverboy managed to pick up inclusion into the Canadian something-something Hall Of Fame – it may have been “rock and roll” – it could have been “leather and spandex” – I nodded off during the announcement.

It is kind of funny – there are so many Canadian acts topping the charts worldwide right now, but something in our national “hip” make-up just can’t bear to recognize that collectively. Whenever someone Canadian becomes a superstar, we prefer considering that as some sort of blemish on their integrity. Go figure!

But that could just be me, flapping my typing fingers again…

Chow for now!!