Guy X
I first heard about Guy X two years ago, working at Hótel Saga. I got a room service call so up I went with the food, knocking on the door […]
Retro Radios
Remember when audio equipment all looked simple, stylish and functional? Tivoli Audio combines the benefits of retro stylishness with up-to-date technology and all modern functions
A big, fat Hummer
Are you a member of an unpopular political party that’s past its prime? Are you tired of being accused of destroying the environment and selling out to corporate greed? The [&hel
Good Morning, Mr. Spencer
It’s afternoon here, 9 am in New York. The man on the other end of the line is a regarded as a hero of rock music, as the man who […]
Sour Grapes
Hello, Regarding your undated article in https://grapevine.nhdev.is/undirflokkar.aspx?id=7 (REVERSING HISTORY, an interview with Salmann Timini, chairman of the Icelandic Muslim As
Seeking Foreigners
Once upon a time, the ReykjavÃk Grapevine was packed with Germans, Dutchmen, Finns, Canadians, and the occasional American crank, all joining together to voice our curiosities abo
The Immigrant Vote
The Intercultural Centre, standing directly across from the National Theatre, plays a vital role in ReykjavÃk’s immigrant community. Their staff provide an array of services and
Sigur Rós
Two and a half months after the release of Takk, and with their album making a range of best of 2005 lists, Sigur Rós returned to play the largest concert […]
Highlights from the Iceland Film Festival:The march of the penguins
The March of the Penguins is one of France’s biggest box office hits of all time – surprisingly enough, considering it’s a documentary. Director Luc Jacquet spent 13 months i
Highlights from the Iceland Film Festival:Searching for Angela Shelton
Searching for Angela Shelton is a one-of-a-kind movie experience. The documentary had its international premiere at IFF in Regnboginn, with filmmaker Angela Shelton present. She de
Library Card City Library – 1,200 ISK
At the city library, you can get unlimited access to poetry and comics, magazines and music, fiction and history, CDs and movies, all for the price of two beers. The […]
Reinventing the Bomb
News of the event arrived a little late in Iceland, but Stephen Colbert’s April 29th speech at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner definitely has our attention n
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Not content with having one troublesome actor, director Shane Black decided to go with the two most troubled in Hollywood. Robert Downey Jr, as talented as [&he
Being Terrified
A few weeks ago, I read the most controversial book in recent years in Iceland, Draumalandið – Sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð (Dreamland – Self Help for a Terrifie
Serenity
Serenity Popcorn movies. We’ve seen them all…everyone knows how they work. You get the hero to rescue the girl whilst fighting off the bad guy who has plans for world [&hel
We’re the Party that Cares for Old People AND Babies
There is considerable anticipation regarding the upcoming elections in ReykjavÃk. Going into the election, it looks as if the Independent Party might win back City Hall. For decad
Welcome To My Nightmare
The book is called Draumlandið: Sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð, or The Dreamland: A Self Help Book For A Frightened Nation. In the three months since its release, it h
Before They Were Novelists: Preacher and The Sandman
Garth Ennis and Neil Gaiman don’t write comics, they write novels, childrens books and, gag, plays for Scottish theatre. Before all this, they did comics. Whether you prefer the
Send It to Valhalla!
This past summer, a regional grocery store here in Duluth was having an art contest. The contest called for using no more than 50 grocery bags in creating a piece […]
So Sue Me
‘The Nanny State’ is a British turn of phrase, used to describe the general tendency of people in power to continue to legislate ad infinitum, or until every conceivable and [&
The Bore Campaign
/// There does not seem to be much difference between the political platforms of the parties running in ReykjavÃk in the upcoming elections. – I agree. There is not a […]