Reykjavík Grapevine - 22.05.2009, Page 13

turing Kimono, Rökkúrro and Me, the
Slumbering Napoleon.
Græni Hatturinn
21:00 The Akureyri Big Band and
AIM music challenge winner.
Entrance: 2.500 ISK.
Hressó
21:00 Jógvan and Vignir followed by
DJ Bjarni.
Kaffi Hljómalind
20:00 Ramming Speed.
London/Reykjavík
00:00 DJ Kristján.
Opera House
21:00 Tiger Lillies cabaret perfor-
mance. Entrance: 3.500 ISK.
Prikið
21:00 Taggpartý.
Rósenberg
21:00 B. Sig.
Sódóma Reykjavík
22:00 Changer, Beneath, and Gone
Postal.

30 SAT
B5
23:00 Resident DJs.
Celtic Cross
01:00 Live Music.
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
English Pub
22:00 Live Music.
Grand Rokk
22:00 Ramming Speed
Græni Hatturinn
21:00 Megas and Senuþjófarnir.
Entrance: 2.500 ISK.
Hressó
22:00 Band Ímynd in concert followed
by DJ Bjarni.
Kaffibarinn
23:45 Terrordisco.
NASA
23:00 Reyk Veek. Dance collective
DJs all night!
Prikið
23:00 Girls Night!
Rósenberg
21:00 Langi Seli and Skuggarnir
Release Concert.
31 SUN
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
Háskólabíó, Concert Hall
20:00 Deborah Voight. Entrance:
6.900/6.400 ISK
Hressó
23:00 Silfur followed by DJ Elli.
Ketillhúsið
17:00 The Reykjavík Big Band with
Bob Mintzer. Entrance: 2.500 ISK.
Prikið
22:00 DJ Danni Deluxe.
Q-Bar
23:00 Boys Only Dance.
Rósenberg
22:00 Graduation Concert, CVI
Diploma.
1 MON
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
Rósenberg
21:00 Blúsfélagið with Dóri Braga.
2 TUE
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
Rósenberg
21:00 Trúbatrix female troubadour
sessions.
The Adventures of Taxi Driver | "Travis Bickle"
The Continuing Adventures of
“Taxi Driver”
Grapevine’s Cabbie Pal Explores the
Hidden Side of Reykjavík
23:43
A hysterical shriek of abject terror pierc-
es the still moonlit night. A girl comes
running round the corner perhaps f lee-
ing what she has wrought, perhaps run-
ning for help.
Curious, I put down my book and get
out of the cab. There is a road by the sea
where, as elsewhere, pedestrians have
the right of way. Rounding the corner I
discover the screaming girl thought dif-
ferent, as under her idling Yaris lies a
heavyset chick concealed up to her waist
by the car. The panicking driver draws
a slew of bystanders who stand frozen
in observance of the blood seeping onto
the asphalt. Someone finally snaps out
of their trance and calls an ambulance as
I and two other men hoist the vehicle of
off the fractured lady. A good start to the
shift.
1:23
–“Dude, you saw how I got all of ‘em
right. Not a fucking mark on me!”, ex-
claims crew cut bleach blond number
one.
–“Yeah, I got a punch in on that big guy
too before the bouncers showed up”, re-
plies his pumped up fugly companion.
–“I´m telling you, maybe not tomorrow,
maybe not the next day, but we’ll get
those cunts. You get some guys you can
trust, I´ll get my friends and we´ll find
those guys. All seven of them. And fuck
them the fuck up!”, says perp number
one.
–“Yeah, the bouncers probably know
who they are. We´ll ask ‘em....Dude, I
need another hit of that shi...”, starts
fugly guy. “Sssshhhhh, not in front of
the cabbie”, bleach blonde cuts him off.
–“What you talking ‘bout. Just offer
him some. He ś cool, right?”, asks fugly,
turning to me. “He ś probably nose deep
in it tryin’ to stay up these night shifts”,
he carries on as he scoops out a key ś
worth from a portion sized bag and ex-
tends it my way.
–“Naw, I´m good”, I reply. “Strictly
chronic for me. You go ahead though”.
3:13
There are two seventeen year old girls
strapped for cash trying to pay the fare
with a pair of used panties. One of them
is shit hot and she is slipping down her
underwear from under her skirt. The
perv thing to do would be to accept. May-
be when I´m older and more sexually
starved. Had she offered a BJ, as the fat
chicks often will, it´d been a done deal.
4:52
Outside Bar 11, I pick up a hag of a wom-
an on the verge of middle age who wants
to be chauffeured to the ghetto highrises
of Breiðholt. She asks what the hell kin-
da shit music I´m listening to, and will I
turn it the fuck off? That ś strike one. I
will not have people deriding Mastodon
in my taxi. Then she starts commenting
on my tics. She says she ś been in my cab
before and it ś the same shit. I must be
on drugs ‘cuz I´m showing all the physi-
cal signs. Amidst explaining to her the
particulars of my ailment, I ask her if
this expert knowledge of hers doesn t́
reflect more on her than me, since I do
in fact have a condition but she ain t́ got
no excuse for knowing what she knows.
The woman will not be told though. She
insists that I´m lit up on amphetamines.
Deciding that there are no strike threes
in my vehicle, I eject her ass at the next
lights.
6:13
–“Flókagata first”, the woman stresses.
–“No, Ægisíða”, the guy urges.
–“Hey, the cabbie knows it ś always la-
dies first, don t́ you”.
I am non-responsive.
–“Dude, it ś Ægisíða”, he argues..
–“No, I ain t́ going to your place. Drive
to Flókagata”.
This goes on for a while until I put my
foot down.
–“Look lady, the guy hailed me. You ŕe
merely hitching a ride”.
–“Ok, Fine”, she replies.
At Ægisíða, it ś the same old spiel.
–“Come in for one drink. Just one
drink”.
–“No, I ain t́ coming inside”.
This goes on, with variations, ad infini-
tum, until the woman finally goes:
_“Ask me one more time”.
–“Why, what are ya gonna say?”.
–“Come on, try it. Just ask me”.
–“Ok, why don t́ you come in for a drink”.
–“No. Got it?”, she replies, and the
douche finally exits.
–“What a goddamn bore”, and more to
that effect, she informs me all the way
home to Flókagata.
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