Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.11.2007, Blaðsíða 48

For some the pictures are
considered cute, despite
the fact they are tainted
by perverted (anti) “no-
ble savage” imagery that
recalls Kipling’s famous
poem, The White Man’s
Burden.
Marvin Lee Dupree discusses the re-issue
of a children’s book.
Page 8
The images so innocently
framed in this book were
specifically designed to de-
humanize and mock black
people for over a hundred
years.
Gabriele Guðbjartsson also has a few
choice words on the subject.
Page 8
The business of selling
copies of music is over;
from now on the music in-
dustry must sell access to
its content.
Páll Hilmarsson investigates the future of
music.
Page 16
Some well-meaning wom-
an asks me why on earth I
am travelling alone – she
finds it so boring, you
know. I reply that most
often I am bored among
people. Social interactions
for the night practically
end there.
The Lonely Traveler is a people person.
Page 44
“The fancy arty people
from New York sat at their
tables, eating and talking
snobby about the exhibi-
tion. In the meantime we
climbed into the air and
built a huge sculpture
above their heads.”
MOMS is back at it.
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