Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.08.2013, Page 1

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Hotel
Reykjavík!
DANCECRIME POLITICS FOOD TRAVEL
Grapevine gets an
illegal strip dance
:-/
Your fucking face o‚!
It's a festival!
Invade Afghanistan
(via feminist PsyOps)
Enjoy Prins Póló's
sausage
SCHEDULE
EXCERPTS
INSIDE
Eyjafjallajökull
done two ways
YEARS
2003-2013
Is
this
what
we
want?
And
if not,
why
not?
A tension is building. Reykjavík's illustrious 101 arts scene is feeling pushed out
by the forces of CAPITAL, cornered and marginalized by the wealthy, who want to
"fill downtown Reykjavík with hotels" so they can "capitalize on TOURISM
FRENZY," and city o‚icials, who seem to be letting them "do whatever they feel
like" in the name of progress/profit. But is this the case? What's the story here?
Your Friends At The Grapevine investigate. Page 24