Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.07.2010, Blaðsíða 57

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BEST OF THE BEST ISSUE 09 YOUR FREE COPY
YOUR ESSEnTIal gUIdE TO lIFE, TRavEl
and EnTERTaInmEnT In ICEland
Page 6
"We are owned from within, and the
irony with which this man stands on
his soap box after being replaced
at the national newspaper by one
of the most deplorable members of
team 'let's-fuck-Iceland' would be
hilarious were it not so nauseating.
And this is the problem; the majority
of the population thinks it’s ok that
Davíð Oddsson is now controlling a
once respected media source largely
because he is an "Icelander.""
- Ben Frost takes on Styrmir Gunnarsson's
anti-EU joining stance
Page 6
“Well, since Mr. van Vliet seems
fond of profanity laced discourse, I
shall reply in kind. Not...a...fucking...
chance. Are you seriously trying to
suggest that people with multiple
and profound physical and/or intel-
lectual disabilities living in institu-
tionalised or semi-institutionalised
situations share one iota of responsi-
bility in this? That their services and
support systems that are now under
threat is not problematic because
it is part of their ‘collective respon-
sibility’ of their happening to live in
Iceland? Please.”
- Grapevine’s proofreader Jim Rice responds
to Vooral van Vliet’s Isesave issues
Page 14
“It was too hot and humid, riding the
tube was like being a tapeworm in
Satan’s colon, and the beer in pubs
was just as expensive as Iceland!
In the end my stress levels were so
high I almost punched a granny in
the face because her dog looked at
me funny.”
- Bob Cluness learns the valuable lesson that
you can never go home again
Page 22
“There were no ‘disco freaks’ at
Safarí, however, just hip people from
the Rokk í Reykjavík era, now gone
all ‘new romantic,’ dancing endlessly
to The B52s’ ‘Rock Lobster,’ or so it
seems in my Alzheimer-lite version
of the place.”
- A trip down memory lane with Dr. Gunni’s
favourite concert venues over the years