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“That’s Not Arrogance; It’s Ambition”

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“I love the amount of personal space you get here, and the good company. They don’t let just anybody in…

Political Change through Celebration

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Most of the year, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender people are invisible to the population at large in Iceland. The Grapevine…

How to Lose Your Mind in One Week

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Insanity comes in many forms. A sudden catastrophic event can turn an otherwise normal person into a drooling vegetable. Sometimes,…

Quantum Leap: We Did it Sam, We Saved Homoerotic Icelandic Rock!!

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I had seen Icelandic rock icons HAM 15 years ago at Fellahellir. I thought they looked like freaks (guess they…

Almost Infamous

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“I guess Frank, the guitarist, got too drunk and he passed out onstage and he landed on me. I thought…

Sjávarkjallarinn

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Sjávarkjallarinn roughly translates to “the sea cellar”, but don’t let the name fool you – this isn’t a hangout for…

Why I Love Press Conferences

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We had a lot of very important people in Iceland earlier this month. On 8 June, the 6th Annual Baltic…

Sour Grapes

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Hi Bart, Your website is really interesting and to be honest allowed my brain to survive up in the highlands…

Kingdom of the Frown

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Kenny “CK” Lee sits next to us, munching on a bratwurst. He is all of five feet, round, in his…

Going the Way of Styx

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Not too long ago, a movement known as “progressive rock” began. Starting from the margins of music culture, bands such…

Changes to Grassroots

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This year, not only the intention behind the exhibition, but the whole organization will be different, thanks to the new…

A Little Trip to Heaven

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When is an Icelandic film not an Icelandic film? That is the most important question raised by A Little Trip…

CULIACAN

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Welcome to Mexican Cuisine 101. Today’s lesson: How to Make Authentic Mexican Cooking Popular in Iceland. Case Study: Culiacan restaurant,…

Mr. Destiny

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Grapevine: (To Egill, whose band Vinyl will perform at Airwaves) Is Destiny destroying your band? When do you have time…

Toni & Guy

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“When you enter a Toni & Guy in the US, it’s just another trendy hairdresser,” a friend told me before…

Letters

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Hey Bart – I’m rather new to the Grapevine as an Icelandic friend just introduced it to me the other…

Molehills Out of Mountains

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There are press conferences you want to be at because you know something historical will be revealed, something that will…

Live Music Review:Innipúkinn

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Cat Power A phenomenal singer-songwriter whose minimalist compositions have sometimes painfully great depth, Chan Marshall was not in good form…

Cheap Way to Work or a Big Damn Hassle?

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The sun is already high in the sky as I board the number S2 bus at Hlemmur, just after 8am….

Death Hikes, Berserker Lava Fields, Hag Mountains and Desolated Islands:

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We have three different maps in the car, each with circles and notes from Icelanders suggesting different spots in Snæfellsnes…

Celebrate!

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The last issue of the Grapevine was our most popular issue in the three-year history of the paper, by far….