Reykjavík Grapevine - 17.07.2015, Page 4

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Hi Grapevine
It's a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if
you can help me?
I'm an English drummer/composer
staying in Reykjavik between July 25th
and Sept 21st.
I'm coming out to try and work with
interesting alternative Icelandic musi-
cians/bands for the period of that stay
- a kind of musical adventure/experi-
ment really.
It obviously makes sense to make con-
tact with potential artists before my
visit, so I can 'hit the ground running'.
So - I wanted to ask you if you wouldn't
mind keeping an ear to the ground for
anyone needing a drummer for a short
term project/collaboration, or to cover
another drummer's absence?
Or perhaps you could suggest any RVK
musician's Facebook groups I could
join? All ideas welcome!
My tastes definitely 'alternative'. I
have my own electronic alt.pop project
- www.ghostsindaylight.com and I also
play drums for www.thelittleunsaid.
com - whose music is not really defin-
able - and I think that's a really healthy
thing! :).
I will have drums with me, including
sampler/percussion. And a car - so
travelling around RVK or the region
is fine.
Takk fyrir for any time you spend on
this!
Tim
Hi Tim,
So our hope is that someone will
read this letter and contact you!
Otherwise, just come on over, go to
some events, and talk to people. Post
some flyers. Join the Facebook group
“Tónlistarviðburðir á Íslandi.” Also,
there are jam session around the
city, like at Hressó, KEX, Húrra and
Dúfnahólar 10.
Good luck!
Grapevine
Help!
Dear Grapevine, I’m writing a novel
which has accidentally ended up being
partly set in Iceland, more than I’d
planned (those pesky characters won’t
always obey their author). I’ve been to
Iceland a few times, but it’s way too far
for me to pop over from Australia, each
time I’ve got a query. I’m wondering if
there are any Icelanders who wouldn’t
mind answering the odd email from
time to time, checking little details?
(Mainly trivia that Icelanders would
know instantly, like, do you buy Panodil
in supermarkets or pharmacies?, that
sort of thing). I hate it when foreigners
write books in Australia and get the
most obvious details wrong - so I’d like
to minimise (though I’m sure not eradi-
cate) the number of clangers I make
about Iceland. I’m happy to answer any
number of queries about Australia, in
return!
I’m not sure if your readership is too
oriented towards visitors? Please
suggest if you think somewhere else
would be more suitable place to look for
friendly Icelandic micro-fact-checkers.
thanks, Sarah
boj_j76@hotmail.com
Hi Sarah,
We’re a flaky, flighty, generally
chaotic bunch at the Grapevine, so
don’t count on us to answer your
questions because we’ll see it in
our inbox, think “Someone should
respond to this,” sit on it for a few
days, forward it to an intern who
will remember it a week later, and
will by then have assumed another
intern already answered it. BUT
there is this Facebook group you
could join to ask questions called
“Away From Home - Living In Ice-
land.” Ask nicely, say takk, and hope
that a helpful soul will reach out!
Happy writing,
Grapevine
Dear Grapevine and Hannah,
It is bad journalism and poor form not
to mention the headliner for this night
was Iceland's own Sólstafir.
http://grapevine.is/culture/music/live-
music-reviews/2015/07/10/eistnaflug-
thursday-paint-it-black/
Signed,
Watching the Fallout
Dear Mr./Ms./Mx. Fallout,
On behalf of the Grapevine, we
apologise for the elitist kvlt taste
of our journalist Hannah. We’ll sit
down and force her to listen to some
Deafheaven.
Grapevine
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