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March 30, 2012
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.
Blogs
March 23, 2012
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.
Voice Choices
February 15, 2012
Björk
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.
Music
February 1, 2012
Björk Gets Pedagogical
The class act returns to New York
Film
November 9, 2011
Inni
The class act returns to New York
News
October 19, 2011
BEST OF NYC®
Globe-trotting on a MetroCard
Shop till you drop? No, you won’t drop. It’s all right here.
Blogs
May 23, 2011
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 >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants
ioffer.com1. 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 >>
Theater
December 1, 2010
Metamorphosis Does Kafka by Way of Iceland
Things get buggy at BAM
Film
October 20, 2010
Wanna Buy a Lung? Making a Mockery of Organ Trafficking in Inhale
Things get buggy at BAM
Blogs
October 12, 2010
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.
Film
October 6, 2010
Feel the Rage All Over Again With Financial Disaster Doc Inside Job
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.
Voice Choices
September 22, 2010
Chapterhouse
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.
Blogs
August 17, 2010
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 >>
Voice Choices
August 4, 2010
Outer Space+Sexxxual Iceland+Drainolith
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 >>
Blogs
June 26, 2010
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 >>
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June 26, 2010
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 >>
Dining
May 25, 2010
Bromo Satay House Serves up East Java
Queens now tastes a little more like fermented shrimp paste
Voice Choices
May 4, 2010
JONESING FOR JONSI
Think Sigur Rós with less parentheses
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April 21, 2010
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 >>
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April 21, 2010
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 >>
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April 19, 2010
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.
Blogs
April 19, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
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 >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
So, Are These the End Times? Signs Point to Maybe.
Okay, people. There are some scary things going on in the world, things that make us an eensy bit concerned. I mean, hello ... Mayan Calendar? I Ching? Nostradamus? That Nicolas Cage movie? Nicolas Cage himself? We at Runnin' Scared have uncovered 10 reasons you may want to hold off on payi ... More >>
Blogs
October 30, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
October 27, 2009
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 >>
Blogs
September 2, 2009
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 >>
Art
September 1, 2009
Eileen Myles, Still Cool for You: The Importance of Being Iceland
Violate some categories! A downtown poet-performer collects 25 years of art writing.
Blogs
June 18, 2009
Nico Muhly Takes on the Times, the Word "Precious," and, Uh, Us
Brooklyn Vegan has kindly noted Composer to the Indie Stars Nico Muhly's spirited and pretty much instantaneous riposte to the New York Times' "weirdly mean-spirited" review of late May's Grizzly Bear show. (Ben Ratliff's closing thought: "I left Town Hall grinding my teeth.") Nico, a major player o ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
Daily Flog: Settling for violence in Israel, settling for Palin over here
Brooklyn Vegan has kindly noted Composer to the Indie Stars Nico Muhly's spirited and pretty much instantaneous riposte to the New York Times' "weirdly mean-spirited" review of late May's Grizzly Bear show. (Ben Ratliff's closing thought: "I left Town Hall grinding my teeth.") Nico, a major player o ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 1, 2008
BAD SEED
Iceland's Vesturport Theatre gets help from Nick Cave
Voice Choices
September 10, 2008
WE PLAY ENDLESSLY
Icelandic soundtrack gurus move the crowd
Blogs
July 28, 2008
Exciting Update on Squeezebox The Movie
Icelandic soundtrack gurus move the crowd
Art
May 6, 2008
Olafur Eliasson's Anti-Sublime Enchantment
The Icelandic Dane brings his lab studies to MOMA and P.S.1
Voice Choices
April 15, 2008
VIKING NATURAL
Water travelling uphill and other wonders
Film
February 26, 2008
Jar City
CSI: Reykjavik
Music
October 30, 2007
Sigur Rós's Hvarf/Heim
Iceland's finest bluesmen kick out more vapor-trail jams
Blogs
April 24, 2007
Bjork and Timbaland: Together at Last
Iceland's finest bluesmen kick out more vapor-trail jams
News
August 22, 2006
Letters
Iceland's finest bluesmen kick out more vapor-trail jams
Art
May 25, 2004
Being and Nothingness
In Chelsea, two sculpture shows that evoke the spiritual and metaphysical nature of art
Music
March 9, 2004
Failing From Grace
Flying flawed like an eagle when art-reach exceeds grasp
Music
July 30, 2002
Music
Flying flawed like an eagle when art-reach exceeds grasp
News
September 11, 2001
Global Terror
Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"
Film
July 24, 2001
Idle Hands and Devil’s Playthings
Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"
Film
November 30, 1999
Iceland Cometh
Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"
Film
March 16, 1999
Devil's Advocate
Russian Paper Cites Fear of "Uncontrollable Escalation"
Columns
December 29, 1998
NY Mirror
Grace Jones appeared in rainbow-colored wings to address us as 'my subjects' while Lee Majors danced wildly with the ballsy puppets.
Film
December 1, 1998
The Outlaw and His Wife
Grace Jones appeared in rainbow-colored wings to address us as 'my subjects' while Lee Majors danced wildly with the ballsy puppets.
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