heima means homeland

mitt hjartað, slá
[my heart, beats]

Just for today, sigur rós is taking over the home page at YouTube—which means all the videos on the front page will be music videos, performances, AND the full version of the music documentary Heima. Heima shows the band in impromptu, unannounced performances in ghost towns, small town halls, mammoth concerts, and in the highland wilderness of Iceland—interspersed with beautiful stark footage of Icelandic environments. Interesting fact! I wondered who shot it, and upon googling learned it was Dean Deblois, whose singular previous directorial feat is Disney’s Lilo & Stitch. Hm.

Heima will probably be gone for free viewing before too long [I think it’s only available for one day] but it is precisely what I wanted to accompany my lackadaisical Cazh Fri cubiclings. Everything feels slightly more lovely. Granted, reduced on my desktop while I type a boring press release makes for a less than authentic xperience [I would love to absorb it in full in the near future?] but what I have learned thus far:

I want to go to Iceland.

I want to see sigur rós in concert.