Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.01.2007, Síða 4

0_RVK_GV_ISSUE 01_007_LETTERS
Thank you very, very much Sve-
inn Birkir Björnsson for the article
about the Sugarcubes reunion gig
in November. I wasn’t aware it had
happened and so was devastated to
have missed it, but reading the ar-
ticle was great, at least now I know
a bit more about what I missed and
what a wonderful occasion it must
have been. Thank you so much,
Adam, Oxford, UK
Well, that is what we are here for
Adam. If you look carefully, you’ll
see that a panel of music scribes
we contacted actually chose this as
the best concert in Iceland 2006.
Although, that might not make you
feel any better. In any case, it was a
great concert, and I hope you and
other Sugarcubes fans were able to
enjoy my review of it.
-Editor
Dear The Grapevine team,
I’m a german student, and in sum-
mer 2006 I have travelled through
Iceland for 4 weeks and I was so
delighted to be able to read a news-
paper there, which was very infor-
mative and just great, I especially
enjoyed the series of The lonesome
traveller and the concert reviews.
Also the political issues were really
interesting for a foreinger like me.
In the last days I also enjoyed
to read your online articles, but
it would be so great, if you could
send the grapevine to me,in paper
or as a pdf or something, as you
announce it on the left-bottom
side on your webpage.
I’ve tried several times to sub-
scribe, but everything that hap-
pened, was that a new page
appeard with the headline “Sub-
cription” and unfortunately noth-
ing but!
So it would be so nice, if you
had a service of sending grapevine
to europe or via email; i would re-
ally enjoy it!
Jan Dammel
Straße der Republik 9
65203 Wiesbaden
GERMANY
All back issues are available online
in .pdf form. Simply select an is-
sue from the dropdown menu on
the left and your view should be of
the contents of that issue… Now,
this is where things get compli-
cated. On the upper-right side of
that page, you will find a link that
says, “Download in .pdf,” bring the
mouse pointer over the link and
then click the left button on your
mouse (for Mac users, simply click-
ing the button will bring the same
results). I know that this is a lot of
lefts and rights, but I cannot stress
the importance of the “Download
in .pdf” link in this matter.
But naturally, there is nothing
that beats the real thing, so for all
our international readers: send an
email to subscribe@grapevine.is,
and we will send you the required
information. And that concludes
today’s lesson.
-Editor
Hi
I am thoroughly enjoying Grape-
vine on line, and learning and just
trying to keep the feeling Last
summer my wife and i visited Is-
land for a few weeks and we will
be back many times in the future.
You may want to look at my web-
site and it is www.jimtubb.com.
I want to thank you for keeping
me informed especially about the
music and art of Iceland as it is so
relelvant to the planet and to my
own tendencies.
If you want to please send my
note anywhere you want to as I try
to connect to your country in all
ways I can. I hope to develop an
exchange programme somehow
with Canadian and Local artists in
the plans.

Thanks and good luck and peace
Jim Tubb
Hello Jim,
As your letter has now been post-
ed in the Grapevine, I am sure
your mailbox will be flooded with
enthusiastic people from Iceland
and around the world who share
your interest in our country. This is
bound to happen.
-Editor
Hello!
I fell in love with your paper while
spending the month of July in
Reykjavik this past summer. I was
excited to find your paper online so
I could get my fix of all things Reyk-
javik from afar.
I have one complaint regard-
ing your online issue though. I
am a graphic designer and like to
download the issue in its entirety
to see the whole thing, but you do
not list the file size of the pdf of
each issue. I keep hitting download
at work, then realizing the issue is
ENORMOUS and have to stop it! A
simple “(PDF, xxxMB)” under the
link would suffice. Many people
out there have very slow connec-
tions and a little heads up on the
file size could allow them to make
a more informed decision as to
whether to download or not.
Keep up the great work! I am
looking forward to reading this lat-
est issue.
A. Samson
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
I don’t want to be rude, but…
Considering that you are a graphic
designer, should it not be self-evi-
dent to you that even a lo-res .pdf
edition of a 48-page magazine in a
large format is a pretty big file?
But, I see where you are going, you
are of course looking out for our
readership at large. I will make sure
this is brought up at our annual
staff meeting.
-Editor
Correction:
In the December issue of the Reyk-
javík Grapevine, Jan Kargulewizc
failed to properly credit Kári Gylfa-
son’s study of Polish immigrants in
Iceland in his article A Short History
of Poles in Iceland. Gylfason’s study
formed the basis of Kargulewizc’s
writing, although his accreditation
did not reflect that clearly. We ex-
tend our apologies to Gylfason.
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