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“I really enjoy that the best people
can say against us is we a silly name
(oh noes!). A foreign name (gasp!).
A name that doesn't fit acceptable
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“All participants have signed a pre-
liminary agreement, promising not
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“When I apply, I do have credentials,
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won’t see them. You see a picture of
a black girl named Shanice Rogers.
If it’s not Jóhannsdóttir, it’s onto the
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Employment prospects look grim for immi-
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with that?
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“Some people definitely think Morr is
an Icelandic label by now.”
The founder of this German record label tells
us morr about its history with Iceland. Okay,
no morr puns.
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