Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.09.2007, Qupperneq 2

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You may not like it, but at least it's not sponsored. (No articles in the Reykjavík
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This issue is the last of our summer issues.
That means we will accept the inevitable win-
ter, and instead of bringing you a new issue
every two weeks, from now until May, we
will bring you one new issue a month. Obvi-
ously, that does not include our daily pub-
lication during the Airwaves festival, which
is something worth being excited about. I’m
psyched at least.
Next issue, you might notice some chang-
es to the paper. We will use this period to
do some fine-tuning, go over what has been
working this summer, and what not. We will
change the look somewhat, to bring you a
fresh and exciting Grapevine this winter.
Content wise, there will probably be
some changes as well. The quick turnaround
during the summer (the summer issues are
more or less done in one week) means that
we often don’t have time to spend on stories
that we find interesting, but would require
a longer work period. The winter is our op-
portunity to follow such stories. But enough
about next issue, let’s talk about this issue.
Iceland – China free-trade agreement
has been subject to some speculation for a
few months. This issue, Ian Watson takes
the difficult challenge of examining what the
agreement actually entails. Exiting stuff, I’ll
tell you.
The Lonesome Traveller is actually a per-
son; he is a little different from the rest of
us, obviously, for he elected to stay up in the
highlands for over 40 days, walking from
coast to coast. He is back. And he is ready
to tell his story. His Walden will be published
in six to eight installments over the next few
issues.
I suggest everyone read the interview
with Gerd Leonhard on page six. Gerd is a
forward thinker who has incredibly intelli-
gent things to say about the future of mu-
sic distribution. His point of view is similar to
that of Lawrence Lessig, the author of Free
Culture, a book that everyone should read.
(Download it from the Internet, it is free.)
May you live in interesting times.
From the Editor’s Chair
Articles
06 Future Music
Interview with Gerd Leonhard
08 Confessions of an Art-Terrorist, Part II
Interview with Sigtryggur Baldursson
10 Mount Esja: The New Couple’s Therapy
1 Airwaves Countdown
Three Weeks
45 The Saga Museum in Perlan
Features
16 Iceland – China
Music & Nightlife
0 Something Worth Hyping About
Franz Ferdinand at NASA
0 Who Needs Oxygen, Anyways?
Sköllfest at TÞM
1 The Cornell Challenge
Chris Cornell at Laugardalshöll
19 CD Reviews
Outside Reykjavík
14 Across the Country in 40 Days
Adventures of the Lonesome Traveller, Leg 1
 Belgium, an Unlikely Choice
5 A Day at the Mall
6 Destinations
info.
B1 Listings
B5 An Everyday Extraordinary
Mary Ellen Mark’s Extraordinary Child at the National Museum of Iceland
B6 Reykjavík International Film Festival Preview
B7 CD Reviews
B10 Food Reviews
Boston, Hornið & Domo
B1 Shopping
B15 Five Classic Books About Moving to the North Atlantic
Book Review
The Lonesome Traveller is Out and About • Taking in Belgium • Is There Future For Music?
Art Terrorist Returns • Books on the North Atlantic • Reykjavík International Film Festival
Issue 15 // Sept 21 - Oct 4 2007+ info. A Complete City Guide and Listings: Map, Dining, Music, Arts and Events
The Puffin and the Panda
Examining the Iceland - China Free-trade Agreement
Cover illustration by:
Sara Riel