Articles by: Haukur S. Magnússon
New Eruption Photos, Info
“The eruption continues to rumble on, with continuing quite spectacular fissure eruption activity,” Grapevine’s volcanologist friend James Ashworth reports in…
A Mountain Is Being Born On Fimmvörðuháls
A new mountain is currently being born on Fimmvörðuháls. The accompanying pic was shot by Þorsteinn Jónsson of Lambey in…
Eyjafjallajökull Eruption: Video Footage
Grapevine embarked upon a rather fruitless trip to the South coast of Iceland to try and spot some volcanic activities…
Volcanic Eruption: Actually In Fimmvörðuháls, All Is Well
Icelandic state news outlet RÚV has posted a public announcement in English regarding the volcanic eruption which we reported on…
Volcano Erupts Under Eyjafjallajökull
A volcanic eruption has just begun under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. This has been verified by local authorities in neighbouring Hvolsvöllur….
Fashion Distraction
These are some designed, fashionable times we’re living in. Everyone seems to be looking their absolute best these days, what…
Majority Polled Oppose State Artist Stipends
The majority of Icelanders are against any sort of state stipends or grants for artists, a poll by MMR that…
RFF Will Also Bring Some Noise
Are you dirt poor or ugly as hell? Body all weird and bulging all over the place? Fashion make you…
Reykjavík Finally Gets The Fashion Festival It Deserves
Remember the Iceland Fashion Week scandal of last year? Try to forget it. It was awful. Instead, spend your memory…
Iceland’s Designers March On
DesignMarch is happening again. Last year’s event was a great success and good times were had by all—the programme was…
Quit Fucking Around
I expect nothing of any politician. I do not believe in them. In fact, I cannot remember actually expecting an…
Stuff We Like!
We do love us some Icesave over here at the Grapevine. And, apparently, so do you guys! At least if…
Stuff We Like!
Aurora Borealis. Northern Lights. Yeah. Those are pretty amazing. And they were here yesterday and the day before… Yes, they…
Stuff We Like!
Cream-filled buns + salty salty mutton + begging for candy in a costume = F.U.N! Let’s imagine the previous statement…
kimono: Lowercase Ninjas keep piling it on
Mainstay indie-rock outfit kimono released one of 2009’s most critically lauded albums—Easy Music For Difficult People—four years after they unleashed…
Stuff We Like!
Grapevine isn’t always fun and candyfloss. Sometimes we get downright depressed and bummed out. Hell, sometimes we’d rather just stay…
Making Little Guys Accessible In A Small Country
Kino Klúbbur’s Rebecca Moran has a mission Icelanders like to brag about per capita records. Most published books in the…
You Can Call Me Mr. President!
You remember our last issue, right? The one where we tried to give some sort of account of what went…
Polar Bear Lands in Þistilfjörður – UPDATE
A small polar bear was spotted in the fjord of Þistilfjörður at around 2 pm today, RÚV reports. Already two…
Stuff We Like!
It’s damn near unbelievable how many excellent concerts are going on in Reykjavík these days. Ólöf Arnalds, Hildur Guðnadóttir, kimono,…
2K9 Round Up Bonanza Extravaganza Madness!
As 2009 drew to a close, Grapevine flipped through its stuffed contacts list and sent out a bunch of e-mails,…
Professor Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson On 2009
One of the Grapevine’s most locally discussed features of 2009 was our interview with Political Science professor and Independence Party…
A Year Of Waiting, Undercurrent, Countdown, Festivals And No Revolution
The 2009 artworld discussed, somewhatThe Grapevine somehow managed to convince two of its favourite people from the local artworld –…
Haukur’s 19th Editorial
I have nothing to say for now. There is enough editorialising in this issue already. Seriously, it’s packed – go…
Stuff We Like!
Since we are embarking upon an exciting new year of Grapevines, we thought we’d have some fun and invite you…