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World of Warcraft
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games may be one of the clumsiest phrases to be coined in the last century,…
Imagine No Star Trek and No Religion Too
Brannon Braga has been a part of the creative team behind Star Trek for fifteen years and is responsible for…
Put Down The Drink and Step Away From The Clown
I’ve always wanted to open one of these pieces with the words: “I had a strange encounter with a clown…
The Immigrant’s Party: Starts Today
The results of last May’s city elections have left more than a few people disappointed, particularly in Reykjavík. We now…
Dancing Pigs and Drunken Detectives
“I can’t believe we’re overlooking the most famous restaurant in Reykjavík,” says Ian Rankin, as we sit down. It takes…
The Modern Viking Goes Hunting
The Modern Viking is a single man. He is the new standard for the swinging and easygoing, yet reliable and…
If You’re Actually Into World Domination
Gaming is all well and good, but, as we pointed out a few issues ago, the new Sony PSP portable…
Democracy in Action: In your face protestors!
On Austurvöllur, right next to the campaign office of the Independence Party, the Friends of Iceland had orchestrated a big…
So Sue Me
‘The Nanny State’ is a British turn of phrase, used to describe the general tendency of people in power to…
The Immigrant Vote
The Intercultural Centre, standing directly across from the National Theatre, plays a vital role in Reykjavík’s immigrant community. Their staff…
Welcome To My Nightmare
The book is called Draumlandið: Sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð, or The Dreamland: A Self Help Book For A Frightened Nation….
French Kisses and Fucking Media People
At 30 years of age, I am easily in the oldest tenth percentile at most shows I attend. But not…
Minnesotans and Sex
by Bart Cameron
In my home, we had two things that we didn’t bring up in mixed company: Minnesotans and sex. Actually, we…
Kingdom of the Frown
by Bart Cameron
Kenny “CK” Lee sits next to us, munching on a bratwurst. He is all of five feet, round, in his…
The Unspeakable Brought to the Living Room
When the news network NFS was founded late last year, it had a lot to prove. Replacing the newsrooms of…
Save the Water!
You may have heard of the new water laws that clogged parliament with filibustering and heated debate for days on…
PMs Take to the Stage to Fight Sexual Violence
The backstage at the City Theatre on March 1st, 2006 wasn’t filled with actresses as usual, but Icelandic parliamentarians performing…
Going the Way of Styx
Not too long ago, a movement known as “progressive rock” began. Starting from the margins of music culture, bands such…
How an Inflated Currency Rate is Chasing off Icelands Smart Economy
Smart economy has long been a buzzword among Icelandic media, politicians and industry leaders. All parties agree that creating conditions…
Letters
Dear Grapevine, 500 Million ISK is a Small Price to Pay While I must admit that much of the graffiti…
“Female Writers Were Weird”
Though few foreigners know about her, Vigdís Grímsdóttir is one of the most prominent and prolific contemporary writers of Iceland….