The Triumph Of A Heart video is about Björk’s stormy marriage to a cat, whom she leaves for a time to get drunk at the now extinct bar Sirkus in Reykjavík. I only saw the video recently while I was sweating on a skiing machine in my gym in Reykjavík, and the audio was turned off. I had a laughing fit, most of the actors are good friends of mine and on the video I saw them in a completely new light, which was very funny. And Björk was hilarious.
I’m mentioning this because I came across somebody on the 4UM who had seen Triumph Of A Heart on a recent setlist, and was disappointed that it wasn’t performed. I’m not going to comment on that per se, but I did email Björk recently, offering to play the cat in the song, whenever we would play it. She asked me back: “Ok, but who will play Sirkus?”
It is a shame Sirkus has closed down (I’m not sure why). I have many fond memories from that bar. My last time there was when I attended an absolutely fabulous concert with Ghostigital.
So my question is: What BAR in Reykjavík is going to play Sirkus in the future?
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