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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 01 — 2010
Cover llustration by:
Hugleikur Dagsson
Printed by Landsprent ehf. in 25.000 copies.
The Reykjavík Grapevine
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Publisher:
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Editor:
Haukur S Magnússon
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Journalist:
Catharine Fulton / catharine@grapevine.is
Contributing Writers:
Sigurður K Kristinsson
Haukur Már Helgason
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
Valur Gunnarsson
Bob Cluness
Paul F Nikolov
Sindri Eldon
Egill Helgason
Marc Vincenz
Ragnar Jón Hrólfsson
Ingi F. Vilhjálmsson
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Sari Peltonen
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The Reykjavík Grapevine is published 18
times a year by Fröken ltd. Monthly from
November through April, and fortnightly
from May til October. Nothing in this
magazine may be reproduced in whole or
in part without the written permission of
the publishers. The Reykjavík Grapevine
is distributed around Reykjavík, Akureyri,
Egilsstaðir, Selfoss, Kef lavík, Ísafjörður and
at key locations along road #1, and all major
tourist attractions and tourist information
centres in the country.
You may not like it, but at least it's not
sponsored. (No articles in the Reykjavík
Grapevine are pay-for articles. The opinions
expressed are the writers’ own, not the
advertisers’).
I have nothing to say for now. There
is enough editorialising in this issue
already. Seriously, it’s packed – go read it.
Like in our first issue of 2009, we tried to
assemble a large cast of folks to comment
on what just happened, and what it
means for them.
The opinions expressed are not
opinions of the Reykjavík Grapevine – a
magazine can’t really have opinions, is
the Grapevine’s opinion – but they are all
honest opinions, formed by good, honest
people. And they make for a damn good
read. Go find out for yourselves – the
paper should contain enough material to
keep you occupied well into 2011.
Now, I am going to go lie in some
corner and whine about Icesave for
a while. Happy New Year, thanks for
everything, keep on truckin’, free
Mumia, jamming is brilliant; so long
and thanks for all the fish.
Editorial | Haukur S Magnússon
Haukur’s 19th Editorial
“No comment”
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Comic | Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir presents:
Local alt-rock legends kimono certainly scored
a lot of points in a lot of places with their latest
release, Easy Music For Difficult People (available
RIGHT NOW from your favourite record store or
through gogoyoko via Kimi Records!). The album
received critical acclaim pretty much everywhere it
was reviewed, and topped several year-end list (including some you may read in this very issue); the
general verdict seems to be that EMFDP is kimono’s most consistently rewarding offering yet.
Lucky you, then, that the band has agreed to donate one of the album’s premier compositions
as our free track of the month. The track is exemplary of EPM4D and its gratifying soundscapes -
hear for yourself and download it now!
Our resident comic artist, Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir, is currently teaching a group of awesome teenagers a course on the art of creating comix. We
thought it would be a great idea to run the best of her students’ output in our issues. For this issue, we welcome Alfreð Hrafn to the ranks of GV
comic artists. Alfreð is a pretty cool guy, he was born in 1997 and his favourite comics come from the DC Comics imprint. We might add that he
has been drawing comix for the last three years. Welcome aboard, Alfreð!
Kimono
Tomorrow

kimono
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MUSIC
&
NIGHT
LIFE
2009 in Pictures JULIA STAPLES
These images are from a series titled "Home".
They summon up feelings about a distant
idea of home and one that is deteriorating.
They are all taken this past summer in
Rhode Island, USA, one of the places that
was home to me in my adolescence.
JS