I remember a co-student of mine asking me in, probably some time around 1993, I was studying in Hamburg:
Hey, I have a ticket for Björk in Grosse Freiheit this week, I paid 20 bucks, can't go, want it for 15?
Me: Who is Björk? Whatever, sure.
There were maybe 30-50 people on that concert. It was mindblowing; very personal. I didn't know her music at all and ended up 2m away from the small stage. After that I definitely knew who Björk was. :)
No clue why this is on HN, but Bjork is brilliant. IMO one of the greatest living musical artists. If you haven’t listened to one of her records, I recommend starting with Homogenic
EDIT: For deeper dives, note that each album is generally thematic. Vespertine is about physical intimacy, Volta experiments with percussion, Medulla is 100% human vocals, etc. Wikipedia is your friend here :)
She turned 60 yesterday. I think she is great and unique and nerdy which makes her a good fit for HN in general. Her birthday (and the news around it) satisfy the news aspect.
Unfortunately I could not find anything that was interesting and not completely ad infested at the same time, so I posted the Wikipedia article. New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, etc. where is your anniversary tribute?
Her song "All is full of love" and the music video by Chris Cunningham is hauntingly beautiful, a magnificent work of art: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI (NSFW, lesbian robot sex)
Björk, daughter (dóttir) of Guðmundur. Icelandic names are cool, they keep the son-of- / daughter-of- tradition of old. From Wikipedia:
> Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.
I remember a co-student of mine asking me in, probably some time around 1993, I was studying in Hamburg:
Hey, I have a ticket for Björk in Grosse Freiheit this week, I paid 20 bucks, can't go, want it for 15?
Me: Who is Björk? Whatever, sure.
There were maybe 30-50 people on that concert. It was mindblowing; very personal. I didn't know her music at all and ended up 2m away from the small stage. After that I definitely knew who Björk was. :)
No clue why this is on HN, but Bjork is brilliant. IMO one of the greatest living musical artists. If you haven’t listened to one of her records, I recommend starting with Homogenic
EDIT: For deeper dives, note that each album is generally thematic. Vespertine is about physical intimacy, Volta experiments with percussion, Medulla is 100% human vocals, etc. Wikipedia is your friend here :)
She turned 60 yesterday. I think she is great and unique and nerdy which makes her a good fit for HN in general. Her birthday (and the news around it) satisfy the news aspect.
Unfortunately I could not find anything that was interesting and not completely ad infested at the same time, so I posted the Wikipedia article. New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, etc. where is your anniversary tribute?
Her song "All is full of love" and the music video by Chris Cunningham is hauntingly beautiful, a magnificent work of art: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9JE6rUwfckI (NSFW, lesbian robot sex)
All of her videos are amazing. Pagan Poetry or Joga are worth checking out too.
Her ex husband Matthew Barney is also a multimedia artist.
Björk, daughter (dóttir) of Guðmundur. Icelandic names are cool, they keep the son-of- / daughter-of- tradition of old. From Wikipedia:
> Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name