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I’ve spent the last few days contacting friends in order to make plans for my upcoming birthday. I always try to make my birthday memorable, whether it be with a group of friends or by myself. Last year’s birthday was one that I would never forget, as I found myself singing a Polish folk song in a restaurant in Iceland while Antifa was burning an American flag directly outside. How did this all come about? Let’s find out. (more…)
Björk
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Björk’s music is full of range and dimension. This is true both in the sense of her voice, which sweeps across octaves with equal helpings of elegance and coarseness, but also in her varied inflection and choice of songwriting material. One could plot her music on a chart with two poles that span innocence and seductiveness, alongside harmony and discordance, and find that she dances around in all four quadrants (more…)
Christian Krohg, Leiv Eriksson oppdager Amerika (Leif Eriksson Discovers America), 1893
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Thanks to the sagas, it has long been known that Vikings reached the North American continent about 1000 AD. But not until the 1960s did archaeological evidence emerge in Newfoundland, Canada to corroborate the written accounts. (more…)
Iceland by torchlight: Icelanders riot for debt relief -- and win!
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If anyone still doubts the existence of a Liberal Mindset, or that it is not just a harmless tic but so, well, wrong as to position its bearer 180 degrees off from reality (more…)
