Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.09.2014, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.09.2014, Blaðsíða 2
2 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 1 — 2011 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 Editor: Anna Andersen / anna@grapevine.is Journalist: John Rogers / john@grapevine.is Journalist & Listings editor Tómas Gabríel Benjamin / gabriel@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: Björn Teitsson Davíð Roach Haukur Már Helgason Helgi Hrafn Guðmundsson Hildur María Friðriksdóttir Holden Jaffe Jessica Solt Jess Spoto Kári Tulinius Larissa Kyzer Lawrence Millman Magnús Sveinn Helgason Mark Asch Matthew Eisman Nathan Hall Óli Dóri Paul Fontaine Ragnar Egilsson Rebecca Scott Lord RX Beckett Editorial Interns: Melissa Coci / melissa@grapevine.is Saskia Vallendar / saskia@grapevine.is Art Director: Hörður Kristbjörnsson / hordur@dodlur.is Layout: Hrefna Sigurðardóttir Photographers: Axel Sigurðarson / www.axelsig.com Magnús Andersen / www.magnusandersen.co Matthew Eisman / www.mattheweisman.com Nanna Dís / www.nannadis.com Sales Director: Aðalsteinn Jörundsson / adalsteinn@grapevine.is Helgi Þór Harðarson / helgi@grapevine.is Óskar Freyr Pétursson / oskar@grapevine.is Distribution manager: distribution@grapevine.is Proofreader: Mark Asch 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 repro- duced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. The Reykjavík Grapevine is distributed around Reykjavík, Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, Borgarnes, Keflavík, 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’). On the covers: GusGus and karlssonwilker Covers by: karlssonwilker (www.karlssonwilker.com) Editorial | Anna Andersen Halló, I’m Back! …Playing catch-up I went on a vacation last month. It was wonder- ful. I left the country. I spent very little time sit- ting behind a computer. I stopped following Icelan- dic news. I browsed our website and Facebook a few times. It was really wonderful. I tuned out (and all but turned on, tuned in, dropped out). To say that nothing much happened while I was gone would be an understatement. The Icelandic media seems to be in shambles (turn to page 16 for the scoop on that). The office ate Thai food last print week (we usually subsist on burgers and pizza). They also threw a party with a Bouncy Castle (thanks a lot for waiting, guys!). Justin Timberlake was here. The Fljótsdalshérað municipality’s ‘Truth Commit- tee’ declared that the (formerly?) mythical Lagarfljót worm is REAL (go to grapevine.is to read that story). And then a bloody volcano threatened to erupt, didn’t erupt and then erupted elsewhere (turn to page 6 for a geophysicist’s overview of what happened and how it might play out). A bunch of other things probably happened too, but I’m still playing catch up. So, as I thought about what to write, my feelings about being back in the country inevitably came to mind. I often find it dif- ficult to jump back and forth between two drasti- cally different lives (the other being in the Land of Opportunity, where I grew up). But after the initial jolt of returning to this small, cold rock wears off, I go back to being content and find myself wonder- ing, ‘Could I really leave? Will I miss it too much?’ One of the aspects that I most appreci- ate about living here in downtown Reykjavík (and busting my ass for a magazine with silly long hours) is how closely con- nected I get to be to all kinds of people doing ex- citing stuff. It’s the kind of place where a drink after work turns into a many-hour adventure in which you run into all kinds of people that you didn’t realise you missed or wanted to see. And a farfetched request on Facebook for a photo of Möðrudalur turns up all kinds of help (turn to page 28 to find not only a photo of the seemingly ob- scure church that I was looking for, but also a photo of the altar painting in which Jesus Christ is sliding down Mount Herðubreið!). This is what it’s like to live in a small, tight-knit community. Somebody knows somebody who knows somebody who knows. Now I’ll probably have found my bearings by next issue and have more to say about what’s going on, but there’s no shortage of interesting articles to read here. In addition to the above mentioned ones, there’s an interview with Björk on pages 10-12. An- other couple of big ones with Gusgus and the design- ers who worked on their visuals (and made our cover!) on pages 21-24. And a whole bunch of other stuff, too. Until next time... 2 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 14 — 2014 North Iceland northiceland.is North Special Inside TRACK OF THE ISSUE If garage rock from the mid-90s is your kind of thing, then you, my friend, are going to love Sindri Eldon. Although the artist may be in his late twenties, he channels his in- ner cynical teenage self through his mu- sic, as can be clearly heard in “Honeydew.” The lyrics focus on a quintessential teen- age problem: whether to make someone feel better by saying you love them when you don’t. The sound may be garage-y, but the arrangement is anything but sloppy, as the ever-so-slightly lazy bass, lightly dis- torted guitars and snappy drums all get a chance to shine before coming together in the chorus. Take a trip down memory lane, and check out the song’s video, too, as it is absolutely smashing in its early-MTV-esque purposeful amateurishness. It also portrays Sindri in his three true forms: shaved, stub- bly and bearded. You can download the song on our web- site www.grapevine.is. Sindri Eldon “Honeydew” from ‘Bitter & Resentful’ Anna’s 47th Editorial
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