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this one beats the letter siggimus got from mrs. sese-seko

da shortest shower ever taken

dressed in the hurriest of hurries

drove like the wind

den at 4 mins past 7, as siggimus came running, der was a chick standing in de door, waiting for siggimus, cheering him along

see, siggimus being a siggimus, dey waited so he could see eugene o’neill’s mourning becomes electra, and a good thing at that, for it was an excellent production with some superb acting

that hilmir snær feller is truly incredible

erm… sorry about the coughing…

went to theatre last night with colleagues. saw þetta er allt að koma! (e. i’m almost there!)

quite funny, & the set was simply ingenious 🙂

while most of the actors were good, ólafía hrönn & þröstur leó were undoubtedly the best. ólafía hrönn was excellent as toddler geysir þór, screaming ‘i want pizza!!’ at everyone & everything

while there was a lot of stuff missing from the book, that unique optimism & inane positivity so many icelanders suffer from was indeed there;

‘but i still wouldn’t have wanted to miss out on the experience’

-following an au pair experience in italy that included rape attempts

den off for a beer at hverfisbarinn with some of the gang, where írena pulled out a mobile phone & showed everyone pictures of what looked like a monster at first, but turned out to be that furry little dog of theirs, whatsername (karólína?) & another of a blob she maintains will turn out to be her & sibbi’s firstborn

drooled some more, reminiscing about that excellent violent femmes concert with petersen & vos (who also just put a bun in the oven, but didn’t have any blob-pics) & kjo & m & sith

eeek!!!

just got text message saying ‘see you at the theatre in 10 mins!’

:/

excellent, to say the least

quite worth the wait, & now siggimus is 1 step closer to being able to die happy

it is a distinct possibility that after the pixies concert in a month, siggimus will keel over & die with a satisfied grin sculpted on his face

anyhoo, dr. gunni was rocking good, playing a massive set

old siggimus was especially happy to get to hear such anxient favourites as aleinn í bíó, öxnadalsheiði & mónakó again live. something he had given up on a long time ago…

so, den de men stepped up & started doing deir stuff & it was wicked indeed

go violent femmes!!

siggimus sung himself hoarse, taking painstaking care to sing along with all the words to all the songs, although color me once gave him a bit of bother

brian was terrific, punishing that bass like it was pure evil. & just when siggimus was about to get sour that he wasn’t playing anything but the bass (the man can play pretty much everything!!) he went over to the xylophone for gone daddy gone

victor tried to steal the show, & did at times. incredible stuff he can squeeze out of that tiny little wannabe drumset

gordon was everything we expected, that whiny voice of his being perfect for their songs

so, siggimus is happy, & the 15 year wait was worth it 🙂

de afterparty was a bit of a letdown; mingling with friends of m & benni (his band, skátar were playing) & chewing tobacco smoke for 2 hours only to find out from that curly haired feller that the band was booked on a flight out at 4.30

still, siggimus does not regret going to the afterparty, for the tingly titillating anticipation of seeing brian, victor or gordon walk up those stairs at grand rokk is something that will stay with siggimus forever

besides, actually meeting them would probably have been too much :/

thank you violent femmes, it was sheer joy to be part of this with you

not only is siggimus going to see his long time idols live, but he’s invited to the party following the gig, so he will get a chance to meet them in person

😐

why can’t i get just one screw?

why can’t i get just one screw?

believe me i know what to do

but something won’t let me make love to you

why can’t i get just one fuck?

why can’t i get just one fuck?

i guess it’s something to do with luck

but i waited my whole life for just one

there’s nothing worth living for tonight

tell me that there’s something worth living for tonight

don’t let me down

don’t let me drown

the pain is somewhere very close to me

fear not, friends & admirers; siggimus is not on the verge of siggimusicide; it’s just a beautiful song 🙂

the road map is not dead; iraq is free; the referendum is now good; and, as orwell might have added, war is peace.

hats off to ritstjórinn for bringing attention to the dresden dolls

gots to say that that sounds like quite a find there. & just piano & drums 😀

in addition to frank zappa, white stripes, pj harvey & violent femmes, siggimus also got to thinking of le tigre, & even good ole risaeðlan (reptile) at times, especially that “i can’t imagine any flesh and blood would be his match / i can even fuck him in the ass”

even made siggimus take a wee break from his violent femmes orgy to dig for a bit…

hah!! itunes sees fit to follow it with the sugarcubes’ excellent rendition of the carpenter’s top of the world

siggimus wanted to link to the other song from the one that ritstjórinn linked to, but dang, this one is better, so siggimus shamelessly purloins the link & hopes ritstjórinn won’t mind, but if he does, is welcome to bash siggimus in the comments thingy…

anyhoo, a bit more about le tigre, starting with a belated thank you to elin 1 for introducing dem to siggimus in ’01

a chick band, a grrl band, ‘a new kind of feminist music’

anyone running scared yet?

highly political, but great fun too!

some samples of their stuff include:

deceptacon, the video. excellent video to an excellent song 😀

keep on living

for some reason, not too many who share siggimus’ fascination with le tigre

what a pleasant thought indeed

from da big trip

well, not really that big a trip

but quite adventurous at times

e.g., the trip yonder, a breezy 4-5 hours in the summer, took just about 7 hrs, on account of a wicked blizzard & slippery as fuck roads on holtavörðuheiði & steingrímsfjarðarheiði, reducing the musmobile to a sissy crawl of 30-40 km/h, whooshing past trailer trucks who were immobilised by the side of the road

the tiny one slept like a log all the way in the comforts of the musmobile

all was real thrilled to see the wee one, especially the old man, who lit up 🙂

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same can not be said for da brat who had a serious attempt at driving siggimus bonkers

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cute big sheep & cuddly little future cow

den de trip back was a breeze, took just about 5 hours, 1 hour stop inclusive

musmobile flew like the wind

luckily, erm, that one police mobile the musmobile met with, was met while waiting for the chance to overtake a wussmobile

but it’s damn dirty now…

even allergic-to-most-things-television bjössi

bjössi loving the office

loves the office

the atmosphere just sick enough for him…

erm…

trying to focus on the bright side, siggimus chants the following mantra “at least the joint didn’t go up in flames!!”

leaving bjössi’s cds on top of that microwave/grill thingy for a few weeks – not such a brilliant idea after all

the credit card receipts looked even worse :/

“at least the joint didn’t go up in flames!!”

“at least the joint didn’t go up in flames!!”

“at least the joint didn’t go up in flames!!”