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Dancer In the Dark premiere winner [14.IX.00]

The winner to the Dancer in the Dark premiere in New York next week has been pulled out of the Hat. The lucky one will be flown to NYC by Elektra Records and treated to a night out at the movies. And what a night out!!!

And the lucky one is (drumroll, please) Jesse McKeon of Atlanta, GA. So enjoy!!!

The MWC of bjork.com, bjorkdirect.com and Elektra Records, wish to thank all for the participation. Until next time...soon!

All is Full of Love Awards Special Breakthrough [08.IX.00]

Björk's All is Full of Love video picked up 'Breakthrough Video last night at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. If that was not enough this piece of art picked also up 'Best Special Effects'. Congratulations!!!

This video continues to receive accolades and its director Chris Cunningham. Other video news at mtv.com

Today is Webeo day at mtv.com [01.IX.00]

Today is the webeo day at mtv.com, the day when we get to see the results from the trio of Björk, director Floria Sigismundi and digital designer Piotr Szyhalski. This will be launched sometime today in New York, exact time is not available at the publishing of this news update.

The only thing to do is to go frequently to www.mtv.com until it appears! (don't fret, expect it late afternoon New York time)

A source close to the project, Meester Fly, would only divulge that this was indeed extraordinary project. Soon enough will we be able to view it.

Telegraph#3 goes to the printers [24.VIII.00]

A bit of good news for those who have subscribed the Information Service, also known as the fanclub. Issue number #3 of Telegraph has gone off to the printers and it should be coming through the letter box in the very near future. It will be full of exciting material.

For those who do not know about the magazine, but would like to know more should simply check this here out!

New York Film Festival & YOU... [16.VIII.00]

In celebration of the premiere of the Dancer in The Dark in the United States, the MWC of bjork.com, bjorkdirect.com and Elektra Records kick off an extraordinary competition.

The winner of this competition will join the festivities and is invited to the premiere at the New York Film Festival on 22nd of September. Flights to NY, hotel and ofcourse the ticket to the premiere. One cannot ask for more!?

But alas, this competition is only for US residents, this time around! Others? Well our time will come... :)

So for the competition do the right thang and click the banner below, just click away and you might end up in New York dancing away!!!

The Dancer New Site & trailer exclusive [15.VIII.00]

Dancer in the Dark will be the opening night presentation of the New York Film Festival in September. To prepare us for the shabang and the release of the film in the US, FineLine have launched a new site for the film. As always: Check it out!!!

And for the exclusive viewing of the cinema trailer for Dancer in the Dark, go to www.IFILM.com for some pure viewing pleasure.

It might look like this [10.VIII.00]

The webcarpenters got their hands on this poster image for Dancer the Dark, and soon Selmasongs will be released! Check it out!

And now Ladies and Gentlemen it is time... [01.VIII.00]

Massive response to 'I've seen it all' mp3 with Björk & Thom.

Such a good appetizer for Selmasongs, which will be out in September. And now The MadWebCarpenters have taken it down, as they did not want to drain the song completely.

Happiness all around though. The waiting will somehow be shorter. How can it be shorter? Time is time and time flys or flies, depending on the Meester himself.

Floria & Björk & Webeo in September [28.VII.00]

A webeo for MTV.com will be created by Björk, director Floria Sigismundi and a digital designer yet unnamed. A webeo is an on-line video as defined by MTV.com. (but ofcourse call it webeo! say the MWC)

The results of this project will launch on the 1st of September on MTV.com. That so happens to be one week or seven days if you prefer, prior to the MTV Awards in NYC, where Björk is nominated for two awards. More information posted as soon as it materialises.

All is full of what you see [25.VII.00]

The nominees for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards were announced today in the USA! To our great pleasure Björk picked up two nominations for her video to All is full of Love directed by Chris Cunningham.

The nominations are for 'Breakthrough Video' and 'Best Special Effects in a Video'. Now we only have to keep our fingers crossed! And well done Chris!

The MP3 of The Moment [21.VII.00]

The Mad WebCarpenters of Websense can not wait any longer! They want you to hear this track and here it is.

'I've Seen It All' from the album 'Selmasongs' from the motion picture soundtrack 'Dancer in The Dark'.

'I've Seen It All' features indeed Thom Yorke duetting with Bjrk.

The album Selmasongs will have a world wide release on the 15th of September, so here is the chance to get into the right phase.

For the download of 'I've Seen It All', ooops, you should have clicked the song name, well do it now then!

This is all, for the moment from the Mad WebCarpenters.

You thought you'd seen it all? [20.VII.00]

So did The MadWebCarpenters. Thought they had seen it all, but they had not.

Sometime tomorrow on Friday the 21st of July, you will be able to see it all here on the Grapewire.

Like the song goes: 'I heard it through the Grapewire' first.

We could get more cryptic than this. The only solution to this mad gibberish is to check the Grapewire tomorrow Friday 21st of July, for the latest installment of the Grapewire.

So do come back...

Björk cancels her appearance with Voices of Europe [30.VI.00]

Björk has canceled her appearance with the Voices of Europe in August and September.

Björk felt that the original intention of her involvement in the project, along with the increased media frenzy that was anticipated to accompany these dates, her participation was increasingly looking as though it would dwarve the entire project and its original intentions.

Björk was originally due to perform three songs acoustically as part of a two hour performance, but previously she had sung with the Choir at a New Years Special which could be seen during a worldwide liveTV broadcast.

For the full statement from Reykjavik 2000 Cultural Office, go here.

The Mad Web Typist vs. The Chat [22.VI.00]

The MadWeb Carpenters of WebSense met the Mad Web Typist, and the result is the transcript of the Björk chat earlier today. So feast your eyes and senses!

Here is the Transcript!

The Chat with Björk is Today [22.VI.00]

Set your alarm calls for the chat later today or night!. The times are:

* Los Angeles - 1pm * New York - 4pm * Reykjavik - 8 pm - (20.00 GMT) U.K - 9pm * Europe - 10pm

Simply click here and have a refreshing time!

The Gentle Reminder [21.VI.00]

For those with photographic memory, like our dear Meester Fly, here is a picture to remind us all of the chat:

And the name is: 'Selmasongs' [19.VI.00]

The Mad Web Carpenters make it be known, with great pleasure, that the soundtrack album to Dancer in the Dark by Björk will here after be known as:

'Selmasongs'

It is scheduled for release in September 2000, and as of now, no single is planned for the album.

( Don't forget the chat on 22nd of June)

Always wanted to ask that Question? Now is the time... [17.VI.00]

The time is now to submit these questions you wanted to ask Björk. Submit your questions for the chat on the 22nd of June.

Don't be afraid!

The mad webcarpenters of WebSense are not afraid and embraced their partners @ ArtistDirect for this chat, and guess wot? We thought of a Question?

What it is, we will not tell, but now is your time to submit the question, simply go here!

Please note that the times below are absolutely the correct times for this chat!
They changed, if you hadn't noticed, but these are the correct ones!

* Los Angeles - 1pm * New York - 4pm * Reykjavik - 8 pm - (20.00 GMT) U.K - 9pm * Europe - 10pm

Björk chat on the 22nd of June [15.VI.00]

Björk will be doing a chat on the 22nd of June. I special questions page will be set up so you can submit your questions before hand. The questions page will be accessible directly from here and should be up today or tomorrow. So check back!

The times for the chat are, as we are scattered around the world, and we apologize for not having every city in the world here:

Los Angeles - 1pm
New York - 4pm
Reykjavik - 8 pm - (20.00 GMT)
U.K. - 9pm
Europe - 10pm

Some information regarding the chat states the wrong times ! These are the correct times!

This should do it, so please check back here to submit your questions!

Post the Dancer [25.V.00]

Life has taken normal shape again after Palm D'Or. Björk has resumed work on her music, but will be traveling around the world to promote and introduce the soundtrack to Dancer In the Dark which is still on schedule for September.

Not much has been seen or written on the making of the music for the film, but here we intend to rectify that a little with this article by David Toop.

For those searching for extensive coverage of Dancer in the Dark is their site, and then there is Lina's special.

Björk has just won the Palm D'Or at Cannes [21.V.00]

Björk has just won the prestigous award Palm D'Or of the Cannes Film Festival for her role as Selma in Dancer in Dark.

Lars Von Trier received Palm D'Or for his picture Dancer in the Dark.

Congratulations to Björk and Lars from the Mad Web Carpenters of Björk's Websense. Congratulations!!!

The flyarazzi has arrived... [20.V.00]

A small inside insight has been delivered to the Mad Web Carpenters by Meester Fly from the opening night of Dancer in the Dark.
Now we only have to wait for the delivery of the verdict of the jurors of the Cannes film festival which is due tomorrow, Sunday...

La Beauté and the Dancer [19.V.00]

After the premier of Dancer in the Dark Björk took off to Avignon to complete her work for La Beauté. This is the French government's official artistic contribution to the Millenium. The curator of the project is Jean de Loisy, he is also the curator of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Bjrk is contributing the music to an installation by Alexander McQueen and Nick Knight, it makes a return to the team who created the "Homogenic" cover image.La Beautr is based in Avignon, one of the European Cities of Culture during the year 2000.

Other artists involved in the project, of which there are many, include designer Philippe Starcke, artist Jeff Koons, David Bowie, director David Lynch, Jean Luc Goddard, designer Hussein Chalayan and many more. Each contributer will be doing an installation featuring their version of beauty. All the installations take place in different venues - churches, houses, factories, clubs and open spaces.

The event will be opened by theFrench president, Jaques Chiraq on Thursday 25th May at the Palais des Papes.
La Beautr opens to the public on Saturday 27th April and will run through until September.

And on the subject of the flyarazzi promised by Meester Fly, the Mad Web Carpenters, have once again been trying to track him down, as he only delivered one photo of someone holding on to a polarbear with a note saying that his experience should be ready as soon as he has found a way to "de-shake some of the pictures" as they were indeed shaky and shady!!!. The Mad Web Carpenters hope that this means Saturday.

Still shaking... [18.V.00]

and so should he be, Meester Fly who was whisked away and into Cannes for the premiere of Dancer in the Dark last night! Never before has he been so impressed, and especially by the fashion police who took a dislike to his footwear...
WebSense's Meester Fly turned into a flyarazzi and will hang out his photos to dry tomorrow in a dancing running shaking special...

Spring is in the Air!! [24.IV.00]

..and you don't really need Meester Fly to tell you so! Some confusion has risen once again around the collaboration between Björk and Thom Yorke of Radiohead. The most interesting and speculative was similiar to: "OhMYGawd! it is not happening!" Why this was proclaimed Meester Fly and his team of web insects never understood. When the only thing they heard on the grapewire was that it was still on, but not yet happened. Things don't happen until they happen, pretty obvious isn't ?! So what can Meester Fly say today! Well, it has happened, (and if it has not happened he will retract this statement), but the act happened in a foreign country, at least foreign to England and Iceland.

Confused? and even Dazed? you will not be, as the mighty Dazed&Confused will hit the shelves, bookshelves in the next few daysorweeks with a brand new issue, and a special dedicated to European movies and indeed an extensive interview with Björk. A tiny glimpse of the images are here on the right but the interview, well, get the magazine.

And to lessen the confusion! Dancer in The Dark will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on the 17th of May, but the soundtrack not out until September 25th. More information on The Dancer in the Dark is dead easy at their site!

 

Wassup! Well the hush!hush! is out [28.III.00]

One of the best kept secrets of Meester Fly is out. Indeed Björk and Thom Yorke of Radiohead are to duet together on one track for the soundtrack album of the Dancer in the Dark film. Meester Fly unable to comment at the moment, so is Björk and Thom! But for those thirsting for a bit more go to nme.com

Oh! No! Not So Quiet !! [16.II.00]

It has been quiet here on the webfront at the beginning of the year. Though it has been quiet here, it has not been so quiet elsewhere! Like Meester Fly, his friend Björk has been busy as a bee over the past few months, and fruits of that labour should be emerging in the next few months, indeed not few months but many months to come.

Continuing to explore new frontiers Björk has been working with composer John Tavener who has written a piece for Bjrk entitled "A Prayer for the Heart" that will be performed sometime during the year 2000. John is the UK's most widely acclaimed and respected living composer.

'Dancer in the Dark' will be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The finishing mixing touches are being administered at the moment. Expect a single in June 2000 and the full album release in September 2000. Work has started with first time video directors for the single. Those in the knowing - Meester Fly? - promises some surprises tied to the release of the single and album. (But has Meester Fly seen the movie, and what did it do to him?!)

Sketching and the composing of a brand new album are aswell well underway. The first recordings will take place in the spring, with the album completed before X-mas for an April 2001 release. There might also be the possibility of doing a big tour next year in very intimate venues - keeping it small!! What will not be small though is the concerts planned with the Choir of European Voices in the nine cultural cities of Europe.

The much talked about box set of singles might finally arrive into our mittens in early spring. happyhappyjoyjoy!!!

Contrary to all report, it is of pure pleasure, that Meester Fly can confirm that an island has NOT been bought in Iceland, not by him, the webcarpenters or Björk! Indeed NOT!!!

All is Full of Love Strikes Again [10.I.00]

News happens fast, and the WebCarpenters of WebSense had not returned to their mobile desks when the first news of the new year hit their desk. (Well hit their desk while they were still well away ). Therefor they - or we - bring you late news of the latest accolade bestowed upon the brilliant All is Full of Love video directed by Chris Cunningham.

All is Full of Love has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of 'Best Short Form Music Video'. Other nominees are: Everything Is Everything by Lauryn Hill, Freak On A Leash by Korn, Back At One by Brian McKnight and Unpretty by TLC.

So now the only thing we need to do is to wait and hope that the sensible choice will be made! Otherwise we have been told that everything is quiet on the northern front, so to speak! Well quiet, not quite, how can it when Björk is around!

 

If you see this... [31.XII.99]

If you see this, then the Y2K bug has not hit bjork.com or Meester Fly or it could be that you are seeing this before 00.00 GMT!
Then there is the other possibility...
If you don't see this then the Y2K bug has hit bjork.com and Meester Fly and it could be you are watching this after 00.00 GMT!
This all boils down to the simplest of messages from
Björk
and her team of senseless
WebCarpenters:

Happy & Prosperous
New Year
2000

 

 

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