I was lucky enough to catch Virgin Orchestra live a few weeks ago in Reykjavik. They filled up the small room that normally serves as the retail space for the Smekkleysa (Bad Taste) record label, leaving me confined to a peek-a-boo view from the stairs. But I’m not complaining because that meant I got to […]
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Iceland Airwaves 2025 – Day 0
And so it begins again, another Iceland Airwaves music festival. Thanks to the miracle that is modern travel it only takes seven hours for us to go from Seattle to Keflavik, Iceland’s major international airport. Door to door from our house to the front of our Reykjavik hotel? Just about 12 hours, give or take […]
Iceland Airwaves 2024 – Day 2
It’s just after midnight. I’m sitting in my hotel room and my ears are still ringing. I just scarfed down the last slice of a pizza I bought two nights ago and I’m sipping from can of Pepsi Max, not because I wanted either, but because I needed them. I no longer have any sense […]