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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 1 — 2011
Our track of the issue features all the best
of what Tonik Ensemble (Anton Kaldal
Ágústsson, and a host of contributing col-
laborators) can do in the studio. The beat
is steady, a driving force of welcome techno
staples, overlaid with deftly placed instru-
mental, ear-candy flourishes. Atop it all is
the solemn, chilled-out vocal track supplied
by Jóhann Kristinsson: it's synthesized
enough to sound mystical, but left alone
enough to retain humanity. “Imprints” is
a mood maker: the kind of track that adds
profundity to passing landscapes on a long
car ride, or gets things a bit weird and wavy
on a Friday night. In short: good stuff.
Download it at www.grapevine.is
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NEWS

ECONOMICS
TRAVEL
MUSIC
Cops: so unchill!
Greece vs. Iceland?
IN THIS ISSUE
Real Icelandicana!
On the road, again!
Submit to Iceland’s
theremin queen!
FOOD
WWW.CULTURENIGHT.IS
SCHEDULE
EXCERPTS
INSIDE
Guys, You’ve Got Us All Wrong!
Earlier this month, Dunkin’ Donuts opened shop
on our main drag, and if you haven’t noticed, it’s
kind of a big deal.
For more than a week now, there has been a
massive queue outside. People are lining up out
the door and down the block. We are, to say the
least, really excited about this new addition to our
budding culinary scene.
It’s amusing, then, to note that many of our
readers from abroad are actively grieving on our
behalf. On the day Dunkin’ Donuts opened, we
posted a photo gallery full of delighted Icelanders,
only to be bombarded with condolence messages
from around the world.
But they’ve got us all wrong, we thought, we’re
not this pure country free of big corporations. We
have loads of them! And we love them! In fact,
when McDonalds opened in Reykjavík, our Prime
Minister showed up to eat the very first burger
(see that glorious photo below!).
So, we thought, let’s set the record straight this
issue and attempt to explain why Icelanders tend
to consider the arrival of multinational junk food
franchises a really big deal.
Turn to page 21.
Anna’s editorial TRACK OF
THE ISSUE

A RARE,
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY
Visit the largest man-made ice caves
and tunnel in Europe
You can choose from various
tours and book online at
www.intotheglacier.is
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Imprints
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