Letters
Hi Valur! i really enjoyed all yr articles in latest GrapeVine 🙂 I can assure you that we always destroyed our own instruments so the bit about me attacking Danny […]
Finding everything you lost on the way
“I don´t get Nasa,” people would tell me. “That place gives me the creeps.” But Nasa didn´t worry me at all. You see, any question you can ever have about […]
Tom Waits
Thirty-one years ago, a struggling young artist named Tom Waits published his debut album entitled Closing Time. He went on to tour with Frank Zappa, record with Bette Midler, publ
So, what´s all the fuss about?
“What we need is more men and women to enter marriage,” say the priests and fundamentalists who worry about the collapse of a worthy institution. “We need men and
HOW THE WAR ON TERROR IS AFFECTING YOUR INFLIGHT MEAL
The data on special fly-meal wishes from Icelandair passengers is among the bits and pieces of info the airline has agreed to hand over to the authorities in the U.S. […]
A revolution on Laugarvegur
After battling first against Kringlan and then Smáralind shopping malls, Laugavegur seemed to be on a downward trend, but there now appears to be a mini renaissance occurring. The
In space, no one can hear you clean
Research at Grímsvatn revealed that, despite extreme conditions, the lakes are inhabited by single cell organisms. Whereas most known living organisms convert sunlight to energy,
CREATIVE FORCES ON THE LOOSE
There are five groups consisting of musicians, which included the Wind Quartet, who performed classical music and the Chamber Quartet Krummi, who play dulcet hymns while clad in bl
Singapor Sling
The room is stripped down. On the walls, one poster of a centerfold with an unusually well-groomed pubic region, one poster for Bonnie “Prince” Billie, two for Slowblow, and a
SPIDERMAN 2: A SOAP OPERA FOR BOYS
Where the first Spider-Man works best is when Peter Parker is discovering his powers. Somehow, it manages to capture the thrill of being an ordinary teenager who can suddenly beat
The settlement of Geir
Iceland has a lot to offer in matters of music and the way the industry works today, many musicians are trying to keep up with new and fresh sounds. But […]
SÆVAR KARL´S GALLERY: THE SUITS WON’T SPOIL IT
The exhibition space is simple and serene. Its discrete ambiance makes it feel like a peculiar haven, distinctly sans-fashion. But there’s no getting around it: it’s weird for
Editorial: 101 REYKJAVÍK : THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE, OF COURSE
The centre of my world began at Sjafnargata, and slowly expanded to the shop on the next corner, the Einar Jónsson Museum, Hallgrímskirkja and one day all the way down […]
In the footsteps of fictional characters
The City Library organises guided walking tours around Reykjavík centre, where scenes of great Icelandic literature are visited. There is a guide who delicately blends the world o
Playing chess and doing good
If you’ve never moved a pawn or been check-mated, now may be the time. Iceland’s champion chess club has started up some projects which go beyond the checkerboard and far [&hel
ENTER DA KITCHEN
I worked first at a dinner theatre that during any given week would serve up to 2,000 customers. The kitchen staff consisted on weekends of myself, two sleep deprived, overworked [
I CAN’T GET NO… SATISFACTION…
Yes, it’s a girl band in the sense that all of its members are of the female gender. But Brúðarbandið is not Iceland’s answer to the Spice Girls, or at […]
THE HAIR
But a question that I had to ask is: Where are the Icelandic hippies? How can an Icelandic audience connect to these freaks dancing around and grabbing each others’ asses? [&hell
A bottle message found in South-eastern Iceland
A message in a bottle has been floating in the ocean for 8 months until 11 year old boy found it in South-eastern Iceland, in Hornafjördur. It seems like a […]
REVERSING HISTORY
In Iceland, efforts towards intervention began years ago, culminating in the creation of the Icelandic-Palestinian Association in 1987. In a country where even the mass media has a
Build It, And They Will Come
“The reality is,” he explained, “that there are four parties acting in the development of any city planning project: architects, planners, city councilmen, and the public. Ar