Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.05.2010, Qupperneq 19

GRÓFARHÚS 6th floor · Tryggvagata 15 · 101 Reykjavík · www.photomuseum.is
Opening hours 12–19 mon–fri, 13–17 weekends · ADMISSION FREE
15. maí – 29. ágúst 2010
Pósthússtræti 9 Reykjav
ík Tel: 578 2020
www.icelandicbar.is inf
o@icelandicbar.is
Shark
Lamb
Whale
Puffin
Wild game
and ALL the
icelandic
beers
Kitchen open
till 23:00
Maíhem at Venue!
Cosmic Call, Reykjavík!, DLX ATX, Útidúr & more
Venue 21:00
Admission 500-1000 ISK, Free for DJ sets
You know what is really cool? Long weekends. Yes. If you don’t like long weekends,
get the hell out of town! But I digress. Monday is a day off and that means we’re all
going to go even more apeshit than we do on a regular weekend and max out our
credit cards on partying. The good folks at OkiDoki and the new club Venue (in
what was formerly Club 101) will be helping us out with this by throwing a TOTALLY
AWESOME concert series!
Kicking off on Thursday night and rocking hard until the wee hours of Monday
morning, the place will be full of great music: Sing for me Sandra, Caterpillarmen,
Sudden Weather Change, AMFJ, Captain Fufanu, Me the Slumbering Napoleon,
Jungle Fiction… the list goes on and on. All shows cost 500 ISK except Friday night
at 1000 ISK. If you are a bit short and you just want to dance, each night will end with
free DJ sets from the likes of Dans Hans and Sykur. It’s going to get messy! RL
The Family Album: Thomsen & Thomsen
Reykjavík Photography Museum
Free
Peter Thomsen Senior studied photography in Germany in 1935, was
drafted as a military photographer and subsequently fled back to Iceland
but was imprisoned in England for desertion. After his release, he returned
home and worked as an industrial photographer. In this exhibit, the last of
his works were snapped in 1973, when Peter Thomsen Junior was born.
Picking up after his grandfather, he took up the camera and became
known for a series of construction photography. Seen through the eyes
of two different generations, this beautiful exhibit is a conversation on the
changing landscape of modern Reykjavík and the inhabitants within it. RL
Soap Box Beauty
Contest
Mr. Gay / Herra Hommi
The National Theatre
21:00
2500 ISK
Forget about waxing your chest.
Sharpen your wits boys! Magnús
Guðbergur Jónsson, organizer of the
event and last year’s winner of the
Mr. Gay Iceland title, says this beauty
contest will skip the swimsuits. “You
don’t have to have any muscles to
compete. It’s more about how you can
sell your idea onstage.”
The winner of this event will move on to
represent Iceland in the Mr. Gay Europe
contest, and raise awareness worldwide
about gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
transgendered issues. Event contestants
will voice their thoughts on gay rights,
and answer questions on what they
would like to see Iceland teach other
countries. Over his past year as Mr.
Gay Iceland, Magnús’s main goal was
education. It could be better in Iceland,
he told the Grapevine, but this open-
minded little country could still teach the
world a lot about what it means for all
citizens to have equal rights in society.
Any gay Icelandic male 18 or older can
enter the contest. Just drop Magnús a
line on Mr. Gay Iceland’s Facebook site,
or you can email mr.gay_iceland@ymail.
com. DJ Glimmer and friends will be on
hand to entertain. SO
20
May
23
May
15
May
29
August
Megas is in a league of his own. Here in
Iceland, very little more than his name
needs to be said for people to know it’s
a big deal. The writer, poet and musician
is a cult unto himself. He was banned on
Icelandic radio for writing purportedly
Satanic and definitely satiric lyrics,
collaborated with experimental-goth
band KUKL and a very young Björk and
was namedropped by The Fall in their
epic song ‘Iceland’. He has released over
forty solo and collaborative albums and
six books. For one night only, as part of
the Reykjavík Arts Festival, the legend
will perform with a string quartet, a
children‘s choir and a rock band and run
the gamut of his work, as well as new
songs written by his son, Þórður. Go. RL
24
May
Megas
Háskólabíó Concert Hall
21:00
Admission 5500 ISK
It’s Time To Get Yr. Skúli
On
Skúli Þórðarson
Hornið, Hafnarstræti
21:00
Free
Now, here’s a fun and excellent event
that you probably had no idea about.
Skúli Þórðarson is a troubadour (he also
performs in a band – Skúli Mennski &
Grjót – check out their jean-clad CD
if you can find it) that has a striking
and powerful voice, some excellent
guitar playing skills and writes these
gorgeous lyrics. He’s also a very tuneful
songsmith. Think Tom Waits, think
Dylan, think Megas. OK, that sounds
like a horrible cliché, but Skúli is not.
Promise.
So, this winter, he has been
throwing these monthly, intimate
concerts in the tiny basement of Hornið.
They are all life-affirming and exciting in
their own way. Check this one out if you
can – you shan’t regret it. HSM
27
May