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Saga: On Thin Ice

Wakka Wakka’s puppets deal with Iceland’s banking crisis

Candles As Band Merch: An In-depth Look

Perhaps you have seen that in addition to the T-shirts, hoodies, posters, and brass boat necklaces (?) found in their online merch section, Sigur Ros has introduced their "Vardeldur candle" for the princely sum of $23.50. The site describes its scent thusly: The smoky, slightly briny smell of a fl ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: November 14-20, 2012

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SONIC BOOM

Glenn Branca leads the 
pack at public assembly

Hilary Hahn & Hauschka

Lea DeLaria In Bjork's Swan Dress! Great Photo!

The other day, I told you about actress/singer Lea DeLaria's new project -- playing an imaginary figure of indeterminate gender who sings "Bali Hai" while wearing a facsimile of Björk's famous swan dress, in a play called Out of Iceland.

Imaginary "Troll" Sings "Bali Hai" In Icelandic While Wearing Bjork's Swan Dress!

You remember the famed swan dress that Bjork wore at the Oscars, which caused so much furor and chatter it was like the original Angelina's leg. Well, singer/comic/actor Lea DeLaria is wearing a facsimile of it in a new play called Out of Iceland.

Björk

Björk Gets Pedagogical

The class act returns to New York

Grimsvotn Volcano Eruption Forces Barack Obama to Leave Ireland Early

​An Icelandic volcano called Grimsvotn (so much easier to say than that other Icelandic volcano) about 120 miles east of Reykjavik has been erupting since Saturday, with ash now approaching Scotland and Ireland, where Barack Obama and co. are visiting. This means they'll leave Ireland tonight, ... More >>

10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

Metamorphosis Does Kafka by Way of Iceland

Things get buggy at BAM

Wanna Buy a Lung? Making a Mockery of Organ Trafficking in Inhale

Iceland Is a Pretty Awesome Place to Live if You're a Woman; New York Still Up for Debate

​According to the World Economic Forum's latest Global Gender Gap report, which rates things like economic opportunities, education, health and survival, and political empowerment between men and women, the place you really want to live as a woman is...Iceland! Or maybe Norway or Finland.

Feel the Rage All Over Again With Financial Disaster Doc Inside Job

Chapterhouse

Where Can Gays Marry and Adopt?

​Watchdog reporter Rex Wockner knows, and he's put it all down in one handy list for future husbears and bear-ents: "Same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Mexico City, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts ... More >>

Outer Space+Sexxxual Iceland+Drainolith

Comedian and Mayor Jon Gnarr Runs Iceland's Best Party, Loves The Wire

​Elections in Reykjavik, Iceland resulted with 34.7% of the vote going to a group called the Best Party -- really -- founded only in December. Its promises? "A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A 'drug-free Parliament by 2020.'" On the strength of these poli ... More >>

Comedian and Mayor Jon Gnarr Runs Iceland's Best Party, Loves The Wire

​Elections in Reykjavik, Iceland resulted with 34.7% of the vote going to a group called the Best Party -- really -- founded only in December. Its promises? "A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A 'drug-free Parliament by 2020.'" On the strength of these poli ... More >>

Bromo Satay House Serves up East Java

Queens now tastes a little more like fermented shrimp paste

JONESING FOR JONSI

Think Sigur Rós with less parentheses

Volcano Eruption Thwarts French Winemakers' Big Apple Visit

Hot stuff coming through.​Celebrity chefs weren't the only ones whose travel plans were upset due to the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull eruption settling all over Europe. A group of French winemakers from the region of Jura were forced to cancel their trip to New York, as well as a wine ... More >>

Crystal Castles Rush-Release New Record This Friday, Triggering A Lamentable Pun

​Last week, a leak from an ash-hole (Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano) forced the Crystal Castles to cancel and reschedule a London live date. Today, NME is reporting, a leak from an asshole has compelled the duo to rush-release their self-titled new album, originally slated for June but no ... More >>

Apocalypse Chow: Slim Chips, a Snack Food Made Out of Flavored Paper

​Here's something else to file under Food Products That Should Not Exist, Yet Could: in observance of Milan Design Week, some people in Iceland and Italy have concocted snack food made out of paper.

Eyjafjallajokull Continues to Piss Off Everybody Except Icelanders

​Remember that movie Joe Versus the Volcano? It wasn't very good, but it featured a young(er) Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan before her lips got all Howard-the-Duck, and it was about a guy who thinks he's dying and offers to jump into a live volcano to appease the volcano gods. And even though that mo ... More >>

Morning Links

​Herewith, your talking points for this Friday... • If you're trying to fly out of Europe, think again: "60 percent of European flights were not operating and delays will continue into Saturday," according to European traffic control agency Eurocontrol, which sounds like an early '90s elect ... More >>

Bidding Sonic's Founder Adieu; Top 100 Things Waiters Should Never Do

​Troy Smith, founder of the drive-in burger chain Sonic, died Oct. 26 at age 87. The first Sonic was located in a 24-bay parking lot in 1959, serving root beer, burgers, and onion rings, and marrying intercom ordering with rollerskating. [Wall Street Journal] The top 100 things restaurant wor ... More >>

Calorie Info Makes a Difference After All; Yet Another Cheese Steak v. Cheesecake Wager

​Nickel deposits will be imposed on bottled water starting at the end of the month, which means that all water bottles under a gallon will have a five-cent refundable deposit, like beer and soda bottles and cans. [NY Times] The Post takes a look at hidden rich people, like Dushan Zaric, barte ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Vivian Girls, All Tomorrow's Parties, Mike Judge's Extract, 'Mondo Fandom' at Anthology, and More

Hm, that ghost up there in the top left corner looks familiar. Vivian Girls photo by Santiago Felipe.​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla goes one more round with The Vivian Girls, and comes away from their record release show a sweatier and more fulfilled man. Christopher R. Weingarte ... More >>

Eileen Myles, Still Cool for You: The Importance of Being Iceland

Violate some categories! A downtown poet-performer collects 25 years of art writing.

Daily Flog: Settling for violence in Israel, settling for Palin over here

BAD SEED

Iceland's Vesturport Theatre gets help from Nick Cave

Exciting Update on Squeezebox The Movie

Olafur Eliasson's Anti-Sublime Enchantment

The Icelandic Dane brings his lab studies to MOMA and P.S.1

VIKING NATURAL

Water travelling uphill and other wonders

Jar City

CSI: Reykjavik

Sigur Rós's Hvarf/Heim

Iceland's finest bluesmen kick out more vapor-trail jams

Bjork and Timbaland: Together at Last

Failing From Grace

Flying flawed like an eagle when art-reach exceeds grasp

Music

Global Terror

Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"

Idle Hands and Devil’s Playthings

Iceland Cometh

Devil's Advocate

NY Mirror

Grace Jones appeared in rainbow-colored wings to address us as 'my subjects' while Lee Majors danced wildly with the ballsy puppets.

The Outlaw and His Wife