Jón Gnarr and Björk

In today's New York Times there is a profile of Jón Gnarr, the Icelandic actor, comedian, conceptual artist, and sometime punk rocker, who last month was unexpectedly elected mayor of Reykjavík. I met Gnarr in 2004, when I went to Reykjavík to interview Björk. As the Times piece points out, Gnarr is married to Björk's close friend Jóga Jóhannsdóttir, who inspired the song "Jóga." Einar Örn, Björk's former bandmate in the Sugarcubes, also gained a seat on the city council in the recent...