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China targets foreign entertainers after Bjork debacle
China will ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that "threaten national sovereignty", the government said on Thursday, after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork.Earlier this year, Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at a Shanghai concert having performed her song "Declare Independence", which she has used in the past to promote independence movements in other places such as Kosovo. [Reuters]
Posted on July 17, 2008 4:01 PM
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....someone needs to take the chopstick out of their ass....
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 4:12 PM
Shucks, I guess that means my electroclash/dancepunk band, Yellow Peril, won't be able to get a gig in the People's Republic
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 4:25 PM
In other slightly more relevant Bjork news, she announced the end of her tour yesterday.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 4:29 PM
damn..
banned from the most populous country on earth.
that's bad-freakin-ass!!!
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 4:43 PM
Bjork is boring anyways.
Posted by michaelways | July 17, 2008 4:56 PM
you mean bjoring?
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:04 PM
fuck china.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:10 PM
So bjoring that I wish she was never bjorn. Just kidding dood.
Posted by michaelways | July 17, 2008 5:11 PM
I just bought her cd at Bjorders Books & Music.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:15 PM
The Chinese need to be better spjorts.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:39 PM
bjork sux so does china- when does Mudhoney play again?
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:46 PM
Bjork needs to be waterboarded.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 5:50 PM
^^^^waterbjorded? i couldn't resist.
P.S. Bjork owns!
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 7:15 PM
Next time she's in France, she should advocate independence for Corsica.
Posted by CORSICA RIBELLA | July 17, 2008 8:39 PM
newborn baby girls get put in baby bjorks
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2008 10:32 PM
a part of me loves when governments try to censor art because it means they have as much faith in its power as i do. i tend to think art influences and convinces better than anything else, that it's the best tool that exists to educate people and create social change (though it's also the greatest weapon to mislead and trick people). I find that most people in the world think of art as frivolous, but governments fear it.
Posted by Michael | July 18, 2008 8:09 AM
"(though it's also the greatest weapon to mislead and trick people)"
Posted by Anonymous | July 18, 2008 8:37 AM