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“People are attracted to
weird. You stand out in
crowd when you are weird;
you are allowed to do what
ever you like if you are
weird. Coming back to the
elves, of course, this image
sells.”
Professor Terry Gunnel talks about Iceland-
ers’ relationship with elves
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“The goal was to show all
aspects, both poles of the
political spectrum. For
example, some complained
about our depicture of the
Iceland-Palestine move-
ment as being biased, yet
at the same time no Zion-
ist group is making itself
heard. You simply can’t
show something that is not
visible.”
Ása Einarsdóttir on her documentary ‘The
Sofa Generation’
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“What we have been mak-
ing, that’s not even going
to be songs man, it is go-
ing to be an adventure, a
trip.”
Mínus frontman Krummi on the band’s
newest material
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“Her voice was so full and
consuming that, almost
inadvertently, it grabbed
you by the little hairs on
the back of your neck and
thrust you into the melo-
dy.”
Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir attended a Mr.
Silla & Mongoose concert at Organ
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