PJ, Björk and Tori are sick of this shit.

They can both be right. Industry power-players tend to ignore Bjork's talent because she is a) a woman AND b) not a multi-millionaire A-lister.

Brings to mind this cartoon. My wife's kept a framed copy in her office for nigh on 30 years. Disappointing that it still applies.

I hate her music. So much. I had to listen to it in the car when I was a kid, and it was just so boring.

I'm about the same age as Bjork, and in the late 80's/early 90's there was definitely a perception that sexism was a "pipeline" problem that was in the process of going away as more women went into the workforce/traditionally male fields. So there was this hope that if you just leaned in, worked your ass off and…

Totally just dropped by, again, to mention that I saw Bjork in concert and it was just amazing.

It was the best crowd I have had the pleasure to be a part of. People were lying down on the ground. Some dude was walking around burning sage. If you wanted to get up to the front of the stage you literally just had to ask…

And despite all the awesome music she made, all the awesome things she said, the only thing society remembers is that horrid swan dress she once wore. Talk about gender steretypes and objectification. Sighs.

I totally remember something analogous to this when Kathryn Bigelow was being interviewed for Zero Dark Thirty and she was heaping praise on her team. They were discussing the raid scene being shot in infrared and she was saying how the cinematographer did this and that, and then the cinematographer interjected "But…

I feel like sometimes those mini Bjork soundbites get lost in her manner of speaking. It's like when my mom makes metaphors and they sound weird or flip or off but it's just her understanding the meaning in her mother language and then choosing the english word that is closest.

ah. My friends are all high on hash. Most of my friends are more the wicklow hippie type.

There is no meth culture - yet - but there is a pharmacy prescription deal going on in more isolated places across Ireland and the UK and maybe other places in Western Europe. Our prescriptions are heavily subsided by the government so maybe that is why. And a hash culture because of the massive coastlines. Coke…

Well, I grew up in the country, and I have spent quite a lot of time in Ireland. (Both cities and small places) I do love it there, and we have a ton of friends there, but I think the weather really WOULD get me down. The cows and sheep and donkeys (ESPECIALLY THE DONKEYS) would actually be reasons to move there. I…

Complete Cork and Limerick are full of drugs. If you know the right person.

Our friends who live in these places are just high ALL THE TIME. Which is certainly one way to deal with it!

ALWAYS checking for her. And she always delivers.

man, no wonder she brought some powder with her. Gotta stay alert!

Emma - everyone over 35 plays bingo in some towns. You get beer and winnings and yer man can't complain. I went to my cousins bingo in Galway and FER FUCKS SAKE it was serious business. I kept missing lines and they were mighty shamed of me.

Do you at least bring coke with you?

she is a treasure