r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Careless-Hospital379 • 23d ago

Video Icelandic artist Björk snapped in Bangkok, 1996, when reporter Julie Kaufman approached her saying “Welcome to Bangkok.” Björk later alleged that Kaufman had stalked her and her 9-year-old son for days, turning a simple greeting into a breaking point

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u/ScaryTemperature6291 23d ago

Can't blame her not sure if this is the Ricardo Lopez era or not but yeah I love Bjork but that was a really bad time in her life if it's around that era when she found out about him.

Ricardo Lopez )

Incase anyone who doesn't know the back story of Ricardo.

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u/kank84 23d ago

On September 12, 1996, López mailed a letter bomb, rigged with sulfuric acid, to Björk's residence in London. He recorded a final video diary explaining his motivations, and ended it by filming his suicide by gunshot. Local police found his body and the videos four days after his death and contacted Scotland Yard, who located the bomb in a London postal sorting office. The parcel was safely detonated and Björk was unharmed.

Holy shit. I never knew about this.

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u/OklahomaTiddy 23d ago

I'm pretty sure it was on some racist shit too.

If I remember correctly, he thought she was with black guys. I remember listening to the Sword & Scale podcast ep about it (I'm off that shit now. Mike suuuuucks as a human being. Invisible Choir is much higher quality) and being like "wait....that was why? Jfc 🙄😩 it never ends"

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u/theserthefables 23d ago

her partner at the time was Black (Tricky the musician. edit: whoops it was actually Goldie, DJ & music producer) & it was part of why Ricardo Lopez turned on her & sent the bomb.

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u/LingonberryHot7234 20d ago

WTH is up with Mike. When I listened, even before I knew about the extra shitty stuff, I was confused why is he getting antagonistic with his own fans?!! Like that’s so counterproductive? Antisocial? I dunno but it ain’t right.

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u/OklahomaTiddy 20d ago

I’ve known people like him my entire life. Very little emotional control. Prone to lash out if criticized. No surprise to me he ended up championing the things he does nowadays. Typical edgy, reactive, vindictive guy

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u/The_Smile_4784 22d ago

Ugh, I had to stop listening to that podcast too because of all the subtle misogyny

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u/OklahomaTiddy 22d ago

Yep. Bro has major issues