THE MIDGARD SERPENT LIVES
Not long ago men discovered how the ocean currents flow in counter directions, on the surface and beneath. All the world´s oceans are connected by this mechanism of nature. The [&
Here comes Esperanza
Good and evil, Walt Disney style Greenpeace are no strangers to specious science and emotive argument; the sort that lumps all whales into one category and all whalers the other. [
GREENPEACE AND ICELAND: PARTNERS?
“This year our response has been so positive and receptive, it’s been almost boring.” Why then does Frode Pleym, campaign director for Greenpeace in Iceland, say: “This yea
AFTER THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILISATION
When I moved back to Iceland in 1990, it seemed the scene was still living in the shadow of Rokk í Reykjavík. In fact, there was something of a punk […]
WHERE IS THE MULTICULTURALSOCIETY
If G. Pomrenke travelled from Virginia, USA expecting to engage in the social and cultural activities and expected to find them Icelandic/Nordic and not African, and presumably dis
THE NEXT BIG THING
Mugison Plays a type of music that´s very hard to define but apparently goes well down in Japan and recently played at the Sonar festival in Spain. He´s an actual […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Maus
I met with Birgir, Palli and Eggert of Maus the day before they opened for Placebo. Since winning a battle of Icelandic bands in 1994, Maus has been a staple […]
TOP 8 ALBUMS
I remember nothing! And I am thankful for that memory or memory loss which could be attributed to excessive exposure to noise and bad radio for decades. It also makes […]
SEARCHING FOR SHANNON ELIZABETH
Seeing Höddi’s camera, some stop us to deliver quotes: “I came to enjoy the culture and the game itself” says John Poppy, a Heineken beer distributor from Phoenix. Never min
ON THE RIVERBANK WITH BUBBI
The drugs and drink behind him and an early morning regime of workouts in the boxing gym have produced a man who exudes health and energy; a man in his […]
PLEASE DON’T INTERRUPT SIGUR RÓS
As the photographer drove me out of Reykjavík, complaining about Mosfellsbær as a suburb that takes too long on the bus, I could help noticing that, boring as the town […]
Coffee, Java, Hipsters & Me
I meander down to café/bars where I try to fit in among the hipster/musicians born from Iceland’s punk/new-wave/alternative music boom of the 1980s. I sit among them in my favou
BEERMAN IN: “COMFORTS DON´T COME CHEAP.”
Not knowing whether you scored the previous night, you move towards her. She´s not nearly as pretty as your waitress, but she´s there and the waitress is not. Whatever happened [
On a mission to rock
Even though the Icelandic rock scene is full of interesting new things, there is always something that stands out. A band swept through my mind that had stuck there since […
The Grumpies Man in Dublin
The longhaired man paced back and forth. He had been there when I arrived earlier during the day to pick up the tickets. When I came back six hours later […]
Outclassing Metallica
Krummi: Sorry I couldn’t get you into the show. I couldn’t even get my girlfriend in. Grapevine: That sucks. If you’d known that, would you have signed on for the […]
Shopping in Front of Suffering
It is, of course, to say the least, disconcerting; the sorrow and scars hit us brutally under the bright mall light. But the photos serve to remind us that not […]
Guerilla Theatre of the Absurd
“So there’s this chef and this hotel reception clerk. And they’re just standing in the middle of Kringlan. One is standing on top of a planter and the other one […]
MAN BITES SHARK
And then there are the huge green eggs spotted with black dots: seagull and blackbird eggs. I’ve seen them eaten raw before, right in front of the counter. Who buys […]
NOT ON THE TV
The other day I sat down to watch the news. We were in the middle of the presidential elections and I wanted to hear from the pundits how they viewed […]
Around the world in 90 minutes
Here he plays globe trotter and betting man Phileas Fogg. There´s something very romantic about the 19th Century, when there were still places left to be discovered, and of course