Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.03.2011, Blaðsíða 3

Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.03.2011, Blaðsíða 3
 2 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 3 — 2011 Editorial | Haukur S. Magnússon The Reykjavík GRapevine Hafnarstræti 15, 101 Reykjavík www.grapevine.is grapevine@grapevine.is Published by Fröken ehf. www.froken.is Member of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association www.saf.is Printed by Landsprent ehf. in 25.000 copies. Editor: Haukur S Magnússon / haukur@grapevine.is Journalist: Anna Andersen / anna@grapevine.is Editorial: +354 540 3600 / editor@grapevine.is advErtising: +354 540 3605 / ads@grapevine.is PublishEr: Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson / hilmar@grapevine.is +354 540 3601 / publisher@grapevine.is Contributing WritErs: Anna Margrét Björnsson Ragnar Egilsson h. Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl Bob Cluness Egill Helgason Madeilene T. Bogi Bjarnason Valdimar Ármann Alda Kravec Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson Editorial intErns: Sindri Eldon / sindri@grapevine.is Steve Ganey / steve@grapevine.is Vanessa Schipani / vanessa@grapevine.is on-linE nEWs Editor Paul Nikolov / paul@grapevine.is art dirECtor: Hörður Kristbjörnsson / hoddi@grapevine.is dEsign: Páll Hilmarsson / pallih@kaninka.net PhotograPhEr: Hörður Sveinsson / hordursveinsson.com salEs dirECtor: Aðalsteinn Jörundsson / adalsteinn@grapevine.is Guðmundur Rúnar Svansson / grs@grapevine.is distribution: distribution@grapevine.is ProofrEadEr: Jim Rice PrEss rElEasEs: listings@grapevine.is submissions inquiriEs: editor@grapevine.is subsCriPtion inquiriEs: +354 540 3605 / subscribe@grapevine.is gEnEral inquiriEs: grapevine@grapevine.is foundErs: Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson, Hörður Kristbjörnsson, Jón Trausti Sigurðarson, Oddur Óskar Kjartansson, Valur Gunnarsson The Reykjavík Grapevine is published 18 times a year by Fröken ltd. Monthly from November through April, and fortnightly from May til Octo- ber. Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. The Reykjavík Grapevine is dis- tributed around Reykjavík, Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, Borgarnes, Kef lavík, Ísafjörður and at key locations along road #1, and all major tourist attractions and tourist information centres in the country. You may not like it, but at least it's not sponsored. (No articles in the Reykjavík Grapevine are pay-for articles. The opinions expressed are the writers’ own, not the advertisers’). THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE, TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT IN ICELAND www.grapevine.is ECONOMICS Britney Spears features prominently for some reason... MindGames harness your brain ART Get snowed in with MoMS MUSIC Remembering Biogen TRAVEL Dog sledding trolleying, yeah! NEXT LEVEL SH*T IN THE ISSUE Issue 3 • 2011 • March 11 - April 7 2011 COMPLETE CITY LISTINGS - INSIDE!+ Siggi Eggertsson as seen by Goddur, in conversation with Siggi Eggertsson DESIGNMARCH DesignMarch Full schedule inside Siggi Eggertsson is arguably Iceland's fastest rising star in the field of graphic design. The Akureyri raised, Berlin based designer already has a slew of awards and notable clients to his name, and shows no signs of slowing down. To celebrate DesignMarch, we got him and his old professor, the legendary and outspoken designer Goddur, together in a room, threw some topics at them and recorded the results. Read them inside! Page 12. THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE, TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT IN ICELAND www.grapevine.is ECONOMICS Britney Spears features prominently for some reason... MindGames harness your brain ART Get snowed in with MoMS MUSIC Remembering Biogen TRAVEL Dog sledding trolleying, yeah! SHOPPING IN THE ISSUE Issue 3 • 2011 • March 11 - April 7 2011 COMPLETE CITY LISTINGS - INSIDE!+ DesignMarch Full schedule inside Siggi Eggertsson is arguably Iceland's fastest rising star in the field of graphic design. The Akureyri raised, Berlin based designer already has a slew of awards and notable clients to his name, and shows no signs of slowing down. To celebrate DesignMarch, we got him and his old professor, the legendary and outspoken designer Goddur, together in a room, threw some topics at them and recorded the results. Read them inside! Page 12. Goddur as seen by Siggi Eggertsson, in conversation with Goddur DESIGNMARCH Comic | Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir Losing all hope is easy enough. That’s probably always been the case, but with the overf low of information, opinion and news at our fingertips at every instant, falling into the void now feels somehow especially ef- fortless. And sure enough, there is plenty to be saddened or upset or infuriated or distraught or enraged by. Just check any comments section of any newsstory of any website if you want to feel like hacking off all your limbs with a dull and rusty blade to ensure slow but certain death. I am fairly susceptible to this. I spend a lot of time reading news and comment boards and stories. Some- times I am even confronted by awful things in real life, out on the street. The accumulated effect sometimes gets the best of me, and my befouled temper some- times even taints the very editorials I write on these pages. Yes, there have been plenty of ‘losing all hope’ sentiments expressed in these pages, written in mo- ments of weakness and little faith. By allowing myself to succumb to this dark pit of despair, and by allowing it to infect whatever message I choose to send through these editorials, I am failing myself and I am failing you, reader. I am taking the sentiments that drain us of power and hope and I am amplifying them and adding to them. This is not ac- ceptable. Because, you know, while it’s easy to momentarily lose sight of all the inspiring awesome that’s out there, it’s still out there. Allowing oneself to be blinded and drained by imbibing a bunch of dreck, instant gratifi- cation and Charlie Sheen on-line or through the media is lazy, and it is easily avoidable. The world remains full of great things: of love and ideas and science and kit- tens and boyfriends and girlfriends and theories and grandmothers and hard work and magnets and music and literature and thoughtful commentary. Of good friends and good people. You just need to actively seek them out, keep them in mind and approach the universe in a welcoming and joyful manner. Listen: I’m not urging anyone to turn into some sort of joy-zombie that giggles and coos at everything and shits double rainbows and thoughtlessly thinks ev- erything is excellent and questions nothing. You’ve got me all wrong, man. That’s not the idea at all. No the idea was simply to remind you, if you’d for- gotten, that there is a great big world out there, and that a lot of it is pretty damn cool. You wield a great power with your much lauded ‘freedom of choice’— you can very effectively shape your universe just by putting some thought into what you choose to ingest and how you digest it. You have absolute control over your perception of the world around you, and you should exert it more of- ten. Instead of reading junk news and poorly written blogs, why not subscribe and pay for a researched and fact-checked investigative journal? Instead of watching YouTube clips of funny dogs or people falling down stairs or nipple slips (all of which make for a great time), why not read a book (a good one). Y’know, choose the home cooked meal over the hamburger, hanging out with a friend instead of chat- ting with him over Facebook. Fight for a cause you be- lieve in instead of bitching about it on your blog. It sounds wonderfully simple and easy on paper. It might be harder in reality. But let’s give it a shot, huh? It’ll be fun. Do Cool Things, Talk To Smart People, Read Good Books We usually use this spot to showcase fresh new releases made by some of our favourite Icelandic bands. This time around, however, we wanted to dedicate our TRACK OF THE ISSUE to a legendary track that many believe helped usher in a dance music revolution in Iceland. We are of course talk- ing about the immense ‘Ruffige’ by Ajax. Everyone needs to hear this. Ajax was the project of messrs Þórhallur Skúlason (Thor) and Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson (Biogen). As you might know, Sigurbjörn left us for the next plane of existence last month. His passing was a shock and remains a great loss to Iceland’s electronic music community (and lovers of great music all over the world). He will be missed. However, we still have access to all of the won- derful music Sigurbjörn made during his stint on Earth. This is a comfort. A newly remastered version of ‘Ruffige’ was lov- ingly donated for download by Sigurbjörn’s partner in crime, Þórhallur. Fetch it and embrace the sounds of revolutions past, then move on to Sigurbjörn’s more recent works as Biogen, Babel, etc. There is a treasure trove of his tunes out there—go explore, and be amazed! www.facebook.com/biogenmusic www.facebook.com/thormusic Ajax: Ruffige TRACK OF THE ISSUE Download the FREE track at www.grapevine.is TRACK OF THE ISSUE Download your free track at grapevine.is SOME WWW.GRAPEVINE.IS EXCLUSIVES ‘Cuz we can’t possibly fit all this awesome on our pages -Jerszy Seymour interviewed. -More DesignMarch stuff + events -Show reviews -More on SKYR CANDY -Haggis? Haggis. -LOTS OF NEWS -LOTS OF HOT TIPS -LOTS OF EVERYTHING ELSE Haukur’s 37th Editorial Goddur cover by Siggi Eggertsson twww.siggieggertsson.com Siggi Eggertsson cover by Goddur www.goddur.com Heavenly pizzas! 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