Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Blaðsíða 2
2 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 12 — 2012 Editorial | Anna Andersen Music | Free SPORTSHIPSTERS TRAVEL MUSIC HATE × 2012 × August 10 - 23Issue 12 YOUR FREE COPY THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO LIFE, TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT IN ICELAND + Complete Reykjavík Listings - Lots of cool events The debate rages on! We caught OLYMPIC FEVER! This is a cover of a handicapped dude caught in the middle of a city of stairs. Where does he go? What will he do? Finally, a list of pools and hotpots! Japandroids, Sigur Rós, Innipúkinn... Not everyone <3s Iceland! SCHEDULE EXCERPTS INSIDE Ever wonder why downtown Reykjavík is peculiarly devoid of wheelchairs? In a place where stairs are basically ubiquitous, it should come as no surprise. But, in a country touted as being socially progressive, why have authorities seemingly forgotten the wheelchair-using segment of the population? Journalists Byron Wilkes and Cory Weinberg look at the legal and cultural realities of an Icelander's life on wheels. Page 26. Reykjavík: City Of Stairs It's raining, you've stubbed your toe, lost a sum of krónur in some sort of demeaning fashion and you're just a little bit moody. It's time to listen to Sudden Weather Change. This isn’t meant to be a negative introduction to the world of Sudden Weather Change. This band is deli- ciously dark and extremely dense-sounding, with a glo- rious combination of melodious vocals and thick, heavy guitars that seem to physically drag you into some sort of intricate, shadowy world. SWC have been around since 2006, and most of them study or have studied visual arts together—their combined artistic prowess is very much palpable in both their music and album art. Guitarist/singer Loji even made a documentary about a year in the band’s life, which you may soon view at Bíó Paradís. Download their track “Weak Design” at www.grape- vine.is and check out the rest of new album, ‘Sculpture,’ at gogoyoko.com. And refrain from missing their album release party at Faktorý on September 8. See y’all there! Weak Design Sudden Weather Change Download the FREE track at www.grapevine.is TRACK OF THE ISSUE Download your free track at grapevine.is 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 in ChiEf: Haukur S Magnússon / haukur@grapevine.is Managing Editor: Anna Andersen / anna@grapevine.is Journalist: Mark O' Brien / mark@grapevine.is Editorial: +354 540 3600 / editor@grapevine.is advErtising: +354 540 3605 / ads@grapevine.is +354 40 3610 PublishEr: Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson / hilmar@grapevine.is +354 540 3601 / publisher@grapevine.is Contributing WritErs: Paul Fontaine Ragnar Egilsson Kári Tulinius Melkorka Licea Guðni Rúnar Valur Gunnarsson Dan Warry-Smith Álfrún Gisladóttir Sarah Pepin Neil Holdsworth Laura Studarus Clyde Bradford Óli Dóri Bob Cluness Editorial intErns: Byron Wilkes / byron@grapevine.is Eli Petzold / eli@grapevine.is Cory Weinberg / cory@grapevine.is Emily Babb / emily@grapevine.is Photo intErn: Juli Vol / juli@grapevine.is Journalist Mark O'Brien / mark@grapevine.is on-linE nEWs Editor Paul Fontaine / paul@grapevine.is art dirECtor: Hörður Kristbjörnsson / hoddi@grapevine.is dEsign: Páll Hilmarsson / pallih@kaninka.net PhotograPhEr: Alísa Kalyanova / www. alisakalyanova.com MusiC ManagEr: Bob Cluness / bob@grapevine.is salEs dirECtor: Aðalsteinn Jörundsson / adalsteinn@grapevine.is Helgi Þór Harðarson / helgi@grapevine.is distribution ManagEr: distribution@grapevine.is ProofrEadEr: Jim Rice 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 October. Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publish- ers. The Reykjavík Grapevine is distributed 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’). Handball, Trampolines, GDP And Wheelchairs Anna’s 12th Editorial Cover by: Döðlur Cover illustration by: Hrefna Sigurðardóttir Last Wednesday was a sad, sad day in Iceland. Our esteemed handball team lost to Hungary in the quarterfinals during second overtime. This re- quired us to rewrite four articles in this issue as we rushed to print, which just goes to show how excited and confident people were about taking home Iceland’s fifth ever Olympic medal. Alas it didn’t pan out. I’ll admit that I wasn’t nearly as upset as my fel- low countrymen were when it was over, but then I grew up in Southern California where handball was just something that you played in elementary school—a playground game that involved bounc- ing a ball against wall, with moves called “babies” and “waterfalls.” At least we’re good at something though, and at least that something is a bit cooler sounding than trampoline, which became an Olympic sport in 2000. Just imagine if we were all rallying behind Iceland’s trampoline stars, and if the president had told TIME magazine last week that our country had bounced back from the financial crisis and that the art of trampoline had something to do with it. People are always eager to ask about the Ice- landic economy when I go back to the States and I’m never really sure what to tell them. Of course there are all kinds of numbers to cite—unemploy- ment, inflation, GDP, etc.—but since I moved here in 2009, changes in these num- bers have never really trans- lated to changes in day-to- day life for me. It’s easy to overlook things that don’t directly im- pact our lives. Most of us, for instance, probably don’t think about the fact that there are many people who can’t play handball or trampoline—let alone walk—and they at least deserve to live in a city that is accessible to them. The country is rebuilding, though. And as it rebuilds, its citizens must think about this. As Cory Weinberg and Byron Wilkes point out in this issue’s feature “You Can’t Always Go Down- town,” Reykjavík isn’t exactly the most accessible of cities. Ponder this: were an alien anthropologist were to visit us, he or she would probably deduce, based on the signs on bathroom doors and park- ing spaces, that we are a population consisting of three types: men, women and the wheelchair- bound—the latter being genderless. For that segment of our population, it will be a fine, fine day when, for instance, wheelchair ac- cessible bathrooms aren’t located at the top of a long flight of stairs and soap dispensers aren’t placed out of reach. Read more on page 26. Trivia question: Which pair of countries do not both have non-heterosexist laws, granting marriage and adoption rights to all sexualities? A. Belgium and the Netherlands / B. Sweden and South Africa / C. Iceland and Spain /D. Norway and the UK / E. Sweden and Canada. Turn to page xxxxxxxxx for the answer! WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THOSE CRAZY ICELANDIC LETTERS YO? We thought we’d explain. We’re ripping the idea off from the Icelandair magazine. Go read that magazine if you can. It’s free. We like spelling things using Icelandic letters like ‘æ’ and ‘þ’ and also those crazy accents over the vowels. Like Icelandair’s inflight magazine—IcelandairInfo—says, the Icelandic language can use accents on all of the vow- els, making them look all unique, like this: á, é, í, ó, ú, ö, ý (the accent also changes the pronounciation of the letters. The á in “kjáni” sounds quite different from the a in “asni”, for instance). We also have an additional three letters. As IcealandairInfo notes: æ (often written as ae) is pronounced like the i in tide. ð (often written as d) is pronounced like the th in there þ (often written as th) is pronounced like the th in think” HERE IS YOUR KREISÍ ÆCELANDIC FRASE FOR ÞIS ISSUE! “Afsakið fröken, gætuð þér leiðbeint mér að næsta hraðbanka?” (aaafs-aah-keed froek-aen, gaetuth thayer laydbaint mayer ath naesta hraeth-bouwn-ka?”) Pardon me miss, could you direct me to the nearest ATM machine? fontana.is Your element • Steam rooms • Thermal baths • Sauna Laugarvatn Fontana is composed of a series of interconnected outdoor mineral baths and steam rooms, built over natural hot spring that Icelanders have used for bathing since year 1929. The ideal stop between Thingvellir and Geysir – daily tours by Reykjavik Excursions Welcome to a true, authentic Icelandic experience! Open daily E N N E M M / S ÍA
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