Maybe They Don’t Want Your Vote
I’d read with interest The Multicultural Centre’s extensive survey from last year, “Aspects of Immigrants in the West Fjörds and East Iceland.” This survey asked immigrant
Are We a Nation of Inactivists?
In late March 2005, Minister of Health Jón Kristjánsson appeared on the front page of the newspaper announcing that a new clinic for eating disorder patients had been opened. Peo
English Football for Cinephiles
The Plot Chelsea are the bad guys, owned by an all powerful, exuberantly rich, Russian billionaire oligarch, Roman Abramovich. They have, in their manager Jose Mourinho, a criminal
Buy Sweets
Flatkökur The only bread Icelanders knew before late eighteenth century, flat bread is actually one of the best (and only) inventions of this nation when it comes to combining gra
Mr. Destiny
Grapevine: (To Egill, whose band Vinyl will perform at Airwaves) Is Destiny destroying your band? When do you have time to play, if you’re doing this full time and you […]
GRAPEVINE’S PURCHASES THAT JUSTIFY EXISTENCE
Coalface from Lush About 1000 ISK. Lush is the soap store on Laugavegur and at Kringlan. Inside the store is a black bar of soap called Coalface: it includes liquorice […]
The Opposite of Rock Stars
Grapevine: How did you get the idea to enter Musiktilraunir? Gunna: I think it was me and Alexandra, we went downtown one school day to sign up for it and […]
Where’s Stuart?
Zoot Woman are the Blake brothers, Johnny (lead singer) and Adam (drums and programming) plus famous dance music mogul Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont, aka Les Rythmes Digitales)
What Is This Paper Doing on the Airplane?
If you’re just sitting down in your Icelandair flight on your way to Keflavík, and you’ve picked up a Grapevine because the flight staff offered, and because it’s in English
Jamming with Nick Cave:
Now, Vesturport is about to premiere the play Woyzeck by Georg Buchner. The musician composing for the group is no other than Nick Cave. Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir is one of [&hel
Nobody Should Have to Work for Free:
Last year, the independent theatre scene in Iceland had something for everyone to enjoy. Shows like Fame and Grease catered to the musical fans, while shows like Brim by Vesturport
Letters
Dear Bart, At the risk of sounding like every other reader writing in to The Grapevine, I’d like to begin by congratulating you and the rest of the Grapevine team […]
Unfinished Business for Parliament
Last month, Thelma Ásdísardóttir appeared in interviews with Morgunblaðið and Kastljós respectively. Her interview put the issues of domestic violence and sexual abuse firmly
Using Empowerment to Objectify
I remember first hearing about sexual empowerment in correlation with Madonna (when I was way too young to understand what it was about). Her message was that women could derive [&
66° North Opens in SoHo
Famed outdoorwear company 66° North has been known to Icelanders for nearly 90 years, but has only recently began selling its wares to retailers in the US. On 1 November, [&hellip
The Timeless Fashion of ELM:
A group of multi-functional sweaters caught our attention recently. One could be worn in two ways: turning it upside down changed the look dramatically. Another sweater could be wo
No More Party Papers
After ten years at the now solely online Progressive party newspaper Tíminn and 31 years at govenment radio, Kári Jónasson took on the position of editor of Fréttablaðið, Ice
Don’t Do the Math
In our feature article, Julika Huether presents the faults of the country’s universities—among them an extremely high student to full-time faculty ratio. Her feature is not
GRAPEVINE’S PURCHASES THAT JUSTIFY EXISTENCE
Pocket knives at Friða Frænka 450 ISK. Pocket knives for healthy young boys. Available at Friða Frænka. If you don’t know Friða Frænka, the antique store Vesturgata with a