Now that the MTV Video Music Awards have been
put to bed, it's time for the channel's college-aged sibling, mtvU, to announce the nominations for its Woodie Awards, which have along with their deliberately snicker-inducing name an award to honor artists' philanthropic efforts, presumably so you feel bad about laughing at boner-related imagery. The nominations are all over the map, with no artist getting more than one nod. The artist of the year award—which goes by the name Woodie Of The Year—is split between Lil Wayne, Paramore, Tokyo Police Club, MGMT, and Santogold. I'd say there's a pretty obvious winner out of that bunch, but who knows, maybe the kids will surprise me. Full slate of nominees after the jump.
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Last year around this time, we sent Kate to the mtvU Woodies because a) she's freaking hilarious b) Rilo Kiley was playing and c) she was the only staff member who could actually get the channel, which at the time was exclusively beamed into America's dorms. (But mostly "a.") Thanks to the expansion of the digital-cable universe, mtvU is available on off-campus cable systems these days (what's up, Fios at my parents' house!), so you can get ready for what you're going to see next Wednesday night this evening, when we send Kate to liveblog the whole affair once again. Come back at 8 p.m. ET! Musical guests include the artist formerly known as Santogold (she goes by "Santi" now), Lykke Li, and Vampire Weekend with Chromeo, which oh boy that should be something. [
