Reykjavík Grapevine - 19.05.2006, Side 18

www.grapevine.is
Listasafn Árnesinga / LA Iceland 2006
opið alla daga / open every day
May 20 - August 31 / from 11:00 to 17:00
Staðsetning / Location : HVERAGERÐI
enginn aðgangseyrir / no entrance fee
Remember when audio equipment all looked simple, stylish and func-
tional? Tivoli Audio combines the benefits of retro stylishness with up-
to-date technology and all modern functions. Their Model line of table-
top radios and CD players, as well as their PAL line of portable radios,
can be fully integrated with iPods and other fancy new-fangled crap.
The design and colour schemes go well with Mini’s and other Yuppie
shit, and they weigh enough to
cause damage when chucked at
the cat. You can check them out
at Kokka, Laugavegur 47.
Retro
Radios
GRAPEVINE’S PURCHASES THAT
JUSTIFY EXISTENCE� �
by gunnar hraFn JÓnsson and sveinn birkir bJÖrnsson
Garth Ennis and Neil Gaiman don’t write
comics, they write novels, childrens
books and, gag, plays for Scottish theatre. Before all this, they did comics.
Whether you prefer the dark humour of Garth Ennis’ The Preacher, or the
delicately woven web of mythology present in Gaiman’s Sandman, you owe
it to yourself as an adult to put your prejudices aside and give this format a
chance.
Before They Wer
e
Novelists: Preach
er
and The Sandma
n
At the city library, you can get unlimited ac-
cess to poetry and comics, magazines and music, fiction and history, CDs
and movies, all for the price of two beers. The one stop for all your cerebral
needs. Except for the beer of course.
Library Card
City Library
– 1,200 ISK
Are you a member of an unpopular
political party that’s past its prime? Are
you tired of being accused of destroying the environment and selling out to
corporate greed? The solution is simple: buy a big Hummer, put your logo
all over and park it in a handicapped space outside a campaign rally. That’s
what the party formerly known as the Progressive Party did – and you know
you want to be like them.
A big, fat
Hummer
For the big spenders, the ultimate solution in home cleaning. An au-
tomatic vacuum cleaner that vacuums the floor by it self while you are
out of the house. Simply press the start button or program the timer
and the robot takes care of the rest. It will
even find its way back to the charger unit for
a recharge.
Electrolux Trilobite
ZA2
Rafha ehf. – 149.000
What is Treo, the Icelandic over-the-counter pain relief for almost
any ailment. Tooth ach, Treo. Back pain, Treo. Sun burn? Dementia?
Psychotic episodes? Treo. Actually, Treo is just bubbling Tylenol, but
it gets immediate relief quickly, and it comes in a heavy container that
you can chuck at your cat, though not heavy enough to do appropriate
damage—see above for recom-
mended cat discipliners.
TREO
Only grandmothers and losers would be
caught dead with a crossword puzzle.
You can tell all the other posers it’s an ancient Japanese art, but you might
be interested to know it was invented by an American magazine in 1979. The
great thing about Sudoku, it makes you feel smart, without actually helping to
develop one useful skill or section of your brain—something like going on to
conservative Internet chat rooms.
Sudoku
Puzzles
Oldest bakery in Iceland
since 1834
BERGSTAÐASTRÆTI 13
- PHONE: 551 3083
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