28 June: We visit Óskar & Grétar in the evening - since it's so warm, we decide to sit in their front garden, drink our wine and enjoy the sun - mmmm, lovely! | |
![]() 2 bunnies = 1 bottle + 2 glasses :-) |
![]() The girls are too busy with the sweets to say "cheese"... |
2 July: Just back from a weekend in Hell, Norway. We can watch the sun going down during the bus ride back from the airport into town. | |
![]() Hafnarförður, midnight. The sun has just disappeared. |
![]() Back in Reykjavík. |
![]() Looks more hellish than Hell! |
![]() With a bright hole in the middle. |
7 July: It's 07/07/07 today, and Bibbi (who's now changed his name to Curver) is releasing sjö (seven), a DVD version of the 12" he put out 10 years ago - both versions produced in 7 days and a limited edition of 77 copies are sold for 777 Krona. We go to Sirkus at 7PM, expecting to see a launch event - as it turns out, Bibbi's just sitting in the garden, talking to friends and selling the DVDs :-) | |
![]() Booze, fags and DVDs. |
![]() Drinking and chatting. |
![]() At 9, a band called Ultra Mega Technobandið Stefán start to play. |
![]() They're very energetic and great fun to watch. |
![]() Einar (Singapore Sling), Alex (Kimono), Jóhann E (Gjöll, ex-Reptilicus) & Bibbi watching the band. |
![]() These guys - called Reykjavík!, I believe - are pretty good too. |
![]() Bibbi smiling. |
![]() Alex & Jóhann looking serious. |
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My copy of the DVD (No. 33 of 77), with a credit card receipt for 777 Krona.
The visual content of the DVD is the original 12" record going around and around on a turntable (and in the middle of the Wednesday track, the disc gets turned over.) The audio is in 7.1 mono(!!) There is also a bonus track, a radio interview - where you see a cassette tape going around and around... It's so analogue and lovely, and surprisingly watchable. |
We stay and chat until well past 2AM, then walk down to the sea to witness another beautiful evening sky, before going home to bed. | ![]() |
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