emmy hennings is a nominee in the writers category.

awesome! I stopped voting when it gave me choices for best performance (band) and album though, cause all the choices sucked.

The people who make Sydney the vibrant, exciting cultural capital that Melbourne insists we're not.

Wins the inaugural ''chip on the shoulder, much?'' award.

ps. I voted for Hennings.

all the choices sucked

You could write your own in if you selected ''other'', although it felt a little pointless. Can't imagine Castings running away with the popular vote here, unfortunately.

the band choices were indeed a bit limited.

i also didn't like how it made me vote on theatre / performance, because i know nothing about that and so i just randomly selected entries.

Yeah, I finally saw that. And yeah, I put Castings :)

i voted. i didn't vote for emmings.

Also, Spod is there.

i voted. i didn't vote for emmings.

special vote for mr murphy?

andyr you know that mr murphy is my sole source of cool factor. i felt like i was cheating if i voted for anyone else.

there should be a none of the above option. we should stop rewarding this crap

or a nuke button even!

used other a few times.

holy shit art rush is in there for best newcomer. possibly the worst act i've ever seen

ohyeah i hate to break it to you but i think you and i are the only ones who think mr murphy is cool

oh and perhaps my little brother

oh and daniel z

possibly the worst act i've ever seen

It's funny you should say that, 'cause one of the other ''best newcomers'' was one of the worst bands I've seen in recent memory - or least to my liking, anyway - and it wasn't Art Rush.

maybe this is a parroty poll

should be the smack awards for sydney's best druggos.

i don't care andyr, we be EXCLUSIVE

should be the smack awards for sydney's best druggos.

i thought one of the dudes looked like jamo from grinners!

the visual artist category is pretty tough.

we buy your kids are tops, but.

shit yeah! vote for me!

bahah! AndyUprock is a nominee?!

dear spod, you you should start a club for culture and call it culture club. thats the worst joke ever and im sorry... love dudewolf

hell yes

that sucked dude.

x

i voted (for emmy), but felt completely disconnected from most of the nominees.

i voted for spod. natch.

i didn't. sorry spod.

I voted for emmy too. I thought the nominees for some things were really good. They had Pig Island who are great.

No probs, but you don't get to sit on the tropical island i'll get when I win then, adam.

I came to vote for GREEDY HEN but stayed to put one in the live SECKS MAGIK.

I voted for emmy and did write-ins for most of it. Actually, I didn't even vote for one of the visual art ones as I had no idea. I hated basically all the musical nominees. (Hermitude are fine...)

winners in no specific order:

SMAC REMIX THE CITY Award - SYDNEY FESTIVAL FIRST NIGHT
SMAC IN YOUR FACE Award - RAISE THE BAR
Music Event - SYDNEY FESTIVAL BECKS BAR/SPIEGELTENT
Music Performance - DAPPLED CITIES
Record of the Year - THE PRESETS Apocalypso
Newcomer of the Year - music - CLOUD CONTROL
Arts event - exhibition, play - UNDERBELLY PUBLIC ARTS LAB AND FESTIVAL
Artist - visual artist - graf, design, illustrator, jewellery design, filmmaker - KILL PIXIE
Artist - actor / performer - BRENDAN COWELL – Hamlet
Newcomer of the year - art - GREEDY HEN

spod's set was fun.

who won the blog category?

the category emmy was nominated in was won by raise the bar.

I vowed to kill and feed on the bodies of Dappled. Good night.

2009 version launching tonight.

and the nominees are...

all these people

can't be bothered cutting and pasting, to busy getting ready for outrage.

Congratulations to the 2009 SMAC Awards winners!

Best Live Act - Seekae
Best Music Event - All Tomorrow's Parties
Next Big Thing – Music - Sherlock's Daughter
Record Of The Year - Lost Valentinos - Cities Of Gold
Best Sydney Song - Fergus Brown - John, She Was Never Only Dancing

Best Collective - Red Rattler
Best Artist - Wade Marynowsky
Best Performer - Cate Blanchett
Best Arts Event – Semi-Permanent
Remix The City - I Heart Kings Cross
Best Major Festival - Sydney Festival

SMAC Of The Year - John Wardle

I'm sure Cate is thrilled

her husband was there to accept... sounded chuffed.

Nice that they give a shit what people under 45 think.

Record Of The Year - Lost Valentinos - Cities Of Gold

4 real?

Good thing Wagons weren't eligible.

her husband was there to accept... sounded chuffed.

i'd imagined he'd be sounding pretty chuffed most of the time

what do you mean scally? He's a really lovely, down to earth guy.

well, great job, great wife...