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What Do Icelanders Wish For In 2012?
by Lynn Klein
An interview with Eric Eymard on his creative video projectFrench expatriate Eric Eymard moved to Iceland several years ago and…
Making Digital Waves Across The World
by Bob Cluness
Yatra Arts seeks a wider audience for Icelandic electronic music in 2012. That can’t be a bad thing, can it?…
Thirty-Three Percent Of 2009’s Thirty-Three Look Back, And Forward
January of 2009 was an interesting month for Icelanders. The nation’s economy had just TOTALLY COLLAPSED along with its worldview,…
Björk Nominated for BRIT Award
by grapevine
Nominations for the British Record Industry Trust (BRIT) Awards are out, and among them is Björk, whose album Biophilia made…
City Withdraws Proposed Meal Fees For Disabled
by grapevine
The city council of Reykjavík has decided to withdraw their proposal to charge meal fees for disabled employees of two…
Copyright Holders Encourage National Firewall
by grapevine
Different copyright holder groups in Iceland are currently soliciting the government to create a national firewall which would block access…
City Council Criticised For Charging Disabled For Meals
by grapevine
City council recently passed a regulation that requires disabled people at two different occupational centres to pay for their meals,…
Still Fiercely Independent People Living On The Edge of the World
by Marc Vincenz
In April of last year, the Economist ran an editorial comparing Bjartur, the protagonist of Halldór Laxness’ 1934 novel ‘Independent…
Significant Music Of 2011: Writers’ Picks
Bored of year-end lists that usually don’t even manage to tell half the story, we decided to attempt a different…
Getting Rid Of ‘The Man Behind The Curtain’
by Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir and Rex Beckett
Before we begin, let’s just go ahead and acknowledge the illustrious, dazzling elephant in the room: Björk. She’s always there….
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
Some decades arrive late, in a pop cultural sense at least. The ‘50s started in 1955 with the simultaneous advent…
Björk: Biophilia
by Bob Cluness
As most people on Grapevine’s Facebook will know, I recently had the misfortune of losing my cat. True, in the…
Tickets Already On Sale For Airwaves 2012
by grapevine
If you enjoyed Airwaves 2011, or missed it due to last-minute planning, you now have plenty of time to get…
Diving Into Metamorphosis
“We wanted to take the legends of the sea up to the surface with us, not just to show fashion…
Strange Light Spotted Over Iceland
by grapevine
A bright, white light that sustained itself for a few seconds in the night sky was spotted by many people…
Ecology, echology, ecolology
A strong northerly gale pushed against me as I approached the constantly darkening façade of Harpa. Inside, multimedia would meet…
BJÖRK WILL TEACH YOU!
Look. We’ll come right out and say it. Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a genius, an innovator and a visionary. Her new…
In Their Other Lives
The whiskey drinking, football watching, Steinbeck reading ‘Other Lives’ are here from Montana!
Björkstep and Sufjancore
Last night’s party was held at the former headquarters for the conservative party and my current least favorite venue. A…
Turn the Party Out
Rabbi Bananas Now, I have to admit that I didn‘t have a clue what “Skweee” was until I wrote this,…