November 21, 1965. Björk Guðmundsdóttir calls the ocean her mother, "life, death and sex" her three obsessions, and Georges Bataille's "Story of the Eye," a story all about teenage lovers engaging in increasingly perverse sexual exploits, her favourite book. Known to the world wide as Björk, her storied career spans across award-winning films, genre-defying music, environmental activism, and critical education development for her home of Iceland. On this episode, Michelle and Jeremy not only explore Björk's first feature film role as the young witch Margit in Nietzchka Keene's "The Juniper Tree," but also look to her music and lyrics for ideas strongly reflective of her astrological makeup.
How do you actually pronounce Björk? How do you actually pronounce Homogenic? Are those nipples being pierced?
Join us and find out! Don't bring a map or compass as there's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic to human behaviour.
Artwork by Sara Helm / Music by Jacob Anstey
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Episode Nugs:
The Always Uncjorked Björk - https://thequietus.com/articles/05818-bjork-interview-jon-savage
Hallo, my name is Björk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjJTdcIkkk
"Jóga” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loB0kmz_0MM
"Moon" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br2s0xJyFEM
"Human Behaviour" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0mRIhK9seg
"Pagan Poetry" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OBD-al0cIM
"Hidden Place" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54LQ_AO1gDI
"Wanderlust" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5XkLaDTBXM
"Black Lake" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGn1pJIpZw8