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ibizan 839 a7

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Boho Bride, Ibiza Wedding
Style in Shebizan, Page 12
Ferry Tales, Mr Corsten’s
State of Trance, Page 11
Who Are The Pirates?
Editorial, Nick Gibbs
Ibiza’s Pirate Taxi trade made national
news this week with Spanish Channel
Telecinco running a report of the widespread illegal business.
In the television report, which lasted almost a quarter of an hour, their undercover reporter questioned illegal taxi drivers
and customers. He obtained testimony of
inflated prices and the offer of additional
illicit services—the supply of drugs and
prostitution.
Despite the concerted efforts of Ibiza’s
licenced taxi driver associations and various Government departments, the problem
of illegal taxi services has never gone
away and in peak season they are known
to quite openly ply their trade outside
nightclubs and at taxi ranks feeding off the
often long queues of passengers.
Regardless of the rights and wrongs
of the issue, it is another in a seemingly never ending stream of negative publicity for the island and that
is most unwelcome. But before we
accept the report as simple confirmation of an Ibizan problem of which we
were already aware, I would like to
take the issue back a step or two.
(Continued on page 7)
The Ibizan, Thursday 11th August 2016, Issue 839
also online at theibizan.com
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Fiesta Cala Llonga.
Brian Whetton
With everything that's happening in Cala Llonga this year you may think that it's always
Fiesta time, however it's now time for the official one.
There are all sorts of things happening with Sunday 14th being a day for the youngsters,
Sand Castle Competition, Parrot Show and Foam party plus much more.
On Monday 15th, the main Fiesta Day, everything starts at 11am and culminates with
the fabulous Ibiza House Orcestra See the programme ad for full info.
There isn't a Free Cinema on the beach this coming Saturday, but on Saturday 20th
August Madagascar 3 will be showing at 9-30pm. Everyone welcome.
Tuesday 16th
San
Antonio/Bay,
Sean Mackey @ Stevie
Ds, 10pm see advert
Wednesday
17th
Ses Salines, National
Park Tours, 10am to
12.30pm, Centre d’interpretació de Sant
Franscesc.
Reservations are required by
telephone 971 17 76
88 ext 3.
San
Miguel
to
Benirras full moon
and sunset kayak
tour.
6.30pm
FB
Walking Ibiza
San Antonio, All
Saints / The Age of
L.U.N.A.
@
Ibiza
Rocks
Weather
Thursday 26o
Thursday
18th
Ibiza Town, 10pm
Cinema
Paradiso
(fb),
Reservoir
Dogs
Playa d’en Bossa,
Dorado Live, Mystery Jets
Full moon and
sunset walk – place
and time to be
announced
FB
Walking Ibiza
Playa d’en Bossa, Mystery Jets
(acoustic concert)
Dorado Live Show
@ Santos. 10€
with a beer. From 8pm.
Friday 27º
Saturday 27o
Sunday 27º
Day by
Day…
Also see articles on this
page and throughout the
newspaper. Agenda continues on back page.
Ongoing
Monday 28º
16th July to 16th August
Bloop Arts Festival, San
Antonio & Ibiza Town
https://www.facebook.com/
bloopfestival
3rd – 31st August. Ibiza
Town, Calle Aragon, 17,
Sa Nostra exhibition
hall, exhibition of Ibizan
artist Joan Escandell,
daily 3pm – 8pm.
Tuesday 27º
Thursday 11th
Ibiza Town, 10pm Cinema Paradiso (fb), The
Big Short
Friday 12th
Wednesday 28o
San Antonio/Bay, Chris
farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
San Jose, walk from the
church to the Festival
Club ruins to see the
Perseid meteor shower.
9.30-midnight, with Ibiza
Walking Association
San Antonio, Melon
Bomb @ Ibiza Rocks
House at Pikes. Free
entrance from midnight
but guest list is required.
Sunday 14th
Figueretas, Jazz, Hotel
Rest Figueretas,
Playa D’en Bossa, Cinema Dorada, Grease FB
Santos Ibiza
San Miguel to Benirras
sunset
kayak
tour.
6.30pm FB Walking Ibiza
Cala Llonga, Children’s
Fiesta day with sandcastle competition, parrot
show and foam party.
Figueretas, local band
Lemon Emigrants, 9pm.
Part of the local fiesta.
San Carlos, Las Dalias
Night Market 7pm-1am
Santa Eulalia, Nimmos
Wild Rover, 9 pm onwards: Open mic jam
session, all comers invited to come and contribute. If you can play,
come and play…
Monday 15th
farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Figueretes Festival of
the Earth - midnight.
Fireworks on the beach
Cala Llonga Fiesta Day –
see programme on advert.
Friday 19th
farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Saturday 20th
Ibiza Town, Musica Jove,
9pm, Baluard de Sant
Pere in Dalt Vila, Quin
Delibat and Morning
Drivers
Ibiza Town, Nits de Tanit, Joana Amendoeira the Portuguese singer
sings Fado. 20€ in advance or 25€ on the
night.
Cala Llonga, Free Cinema on the beach, Madagascar 3 showing at
9.30pm
Sunday 21st
Rest Figueretas,
sunset
kayak
6.15pm FB Walking
Ibiza
Night Market 7pm1am
Santa Eulalia, Nimmos Wild Rover, 9
pm onwards: Open
mic jam session, all
comers invited to
come and contribute. If you can play,
come and play…
Monday 22nd
San Antonio/Bay,
Chris farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Tuesday 23rd
San Antonio/Bay, Sean
Mackey @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Talamanca Beach: 10pm,
Space films, Public &
Free 2001 - A Space Odyssey
Wednesday 24th
Park Tours, 10am to
12.30pm, Centre d’interpretació
de
Sant
Franscesc. Reservations
are required by telephone 971 17 76 88 ext
3.
sunset
kayak
tour.
Cala Compte to Ibiza
Henge - short and sweet
sunset walk. 7pm FB
Walking Ibiza
Thursday 25th
Ibiza Town, 10pm Cinema Paradiso (fb), The
Godfather
Friday 26th
Ibiza Town, Nits de Tanit, En un Salón de la Habana - sopranos Irantzu
Bartolomé and Núria
Orbea
with
pianist
Mentxu Pierrugues offer
a lounge concert in Havana. 20€ in advance or
25€ on the night.
farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Cap des Falco sunset
walk. 6pm FB Walking
Ibiza
Saturday 27th
Ibiza Town, Musica Jove,
9pm, Baluard de Sant
Pere in Dalt Vila, Skyts
and Big Rot
Sunday 28th
Rest Figueretas,
sunset kayak tour. 6pm
FB Walking Ibiza
Night Market 7pm-1am
Santa Eulalia, Nimmos
Wild Rover, 9 pm onwards: Open mic jam
session, all comers invited to come and contribute. If you can play,
come and play…
Monday 29th
farley @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Tuesday 30th
San Antonio/Bay, Sean
Mackey @ Stevie Ds,
10pm see advert
Ibiza Town, Sinestesia –
dance from the emerging dance company from
Barcelona Iron Skulls set
in a post-apocalyptic
world. Part of the Nits
de Tanit cultural festival.
10pm on the terrace of
the Universitat de les
Illes Balears, the old
military command building just outside Dalt Vila
on Calle del Calvario.
10€ in advance from La
Sirena or 15€ on the
night from the box
office on site.
Wednesday 31st
Park Tours, 10am to
12.30pm, Centre d’interpretació
de
Sant
Franscesc. Reservations
are required by telephone 971 17 76 88 ext
3.
Pou des Lleo short and
sweet
sunset
walk.
Reggae Moon
San Carlos
Thursday, August 18 marks the full moon and the
Launch Party of the Outlook Festival in Las Dalias Ibiza. With performances by General Levy backed by the
Wisdom sound system. Also on the bill are Fourth Core,
Barcelona’s One-bass Bcn (Misled Soundsystem), Hoppy
Dread, the Noite Zulu crew and a live performance of the
band Jahbless Authentic & the Lions of Zion
Las Dalias Sunday Night
Market
San Carlos
Las Dalias is launching a special market every Sunday in
August from 7pm to 1am.
Described as being more relaxed than the Saturday market environment, the first was held on August 7th and it
will be repeated on 14, 21 and 28 August. In addition to
a hundred stalls with many new features, the Sunday
market has a special play area for children, ecological
exhibits, plus art exhibitions and live music.
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Agenda
Fiesta in Figueretes
Perseids Meteor Shower
The annual fiesta in Figueretes takes place from August
11-15. Most days in the afternoon and going on into the
evening there are workshops and activities for children
and concerts on the stage in the Plaça Julià Verdera on
the beachfront. The fiesta culminates with a fantastic
firework display over the sea at midnight on August 15
to celebrate the fiesta of the Assumption of the Virgin
Mary. The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into heaven, and signifies her passing into
eternal life. There will be DJs and music before the fireworks. Here’s some of the highlights of the programme:
Thursday 11, Ball pagès (traditional folk dancing) from
La Colla de Sa Bodga at 9pm, live music from local female rock band Wind Rose at 10pm
Saturday 13, live music from local musician Miguel Ángel Silva at 10pm and Contra-Band, a rock and ska band
from Valencia at 11.30pm.
Sunday 14, live music from local bands Lemon Emigrants at 9pm and The Frigolos at 11pm
Monday 15, fireworks on the beach at midnight with
music and DJs before
On average, under completely clear skies, and in complete darkness, observers may witness 50 to 80 meteors
per hour but these rates can exceed up to 120 meteors
per hour in rural locations. Be aware that local conditions such as light pollution, cloud cover, and precipitation will also play a major role in the number of meteors
you are likely to see.
For the best viewing experience, find an area unobstructed by a structure that is far away from city lights. Using
optical devices such as binoculars or telescopes is not
recommended, as your field of view will be greatly restricted, thus making the possibility of missing a
"shooting star" more likely.
Once you have settled down at your observation spot,
face half-way up toward the northeastern portion of the
sky. Looking northeast, you will have the constellation of
Perseus, the radiant of the Perseids shower, within your
field of view. Not coincidentally, the Perseids meteor
shower is named after the constellation Perseus for the
reason that they appear to originate from the sparkling
Greek “hero.”
More agenda on the back page
Figueretes
Claire B
Best hours to observe in Spain: 11:00pm - 04:30am
Peak: Night of Aug 12 to morning of Aug 13
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Fresh on the Strip
gibbs@theibizan.com
It is that hot on our visit to the Sunset strip’s newest eatery
that, in a reviewing first, agua con gas is the drink of choice to
quench our thirst. Thankfully the sun-stroke induced madness soon subsides and we are glad to take the recommended Strawberry Mojitos as a certainly more photogenic tipple,
but also as it turns out an equally refreshing one. I have always been slightly suspicious of newly flavoured classics in
everything from chocolate bars to crisps to cocktails, but
whatever mixing mastery took place behind the bar leaves
me as changed a man as after my first bag of marmite crisps,
there are always exceptions to the rule and Fresh’s Strawberry Mojito gets on my list.
Served in jam jar, which is as welcome in being a nice little
style touch, as it is in being voluminous in capacity.
Fresh is all about style from the moment you sit down. How
would you describe it? Shabby chic, with a touch of tin-can
ethnic simplicity? You could call it that, but you’d be rightly
called something past a bit pretentious. I love manager and
ever-attentive host Louise’s description of ’like my Grandma’s
garden by the sea’. There is tin, enamelled metal, wooden
boxes and other assorted post war austerity style touches
that seem a bit random, but all come together in what is of
course the cleverly designed style of a restaurant needing to
live up to the name Fresh. Complementing the fixtures, the
staff sweep between the tables in their equally modern contemporary fashion, but simultaneously retro striped blue and
white uniforms that would gain the approval of a restaurant
opened by Jean Paul Gaultier.
A beautiful setting designed by man, positioned in front of
one of the most beautiful settings Mother Nature has to
offer. But with the food to follow we would soon learn Fresh
is definitely not a restaurant where style comes before substance.
To start the Provolone came highly recommended. In fact
such was my waiter’s confidence in this plate that I heard him
subsequently sing its virtues to a table of Italians who were
clearly sceptical as to whether one of their homeland specialities could be successfully accomplished off their own soil.
Though I may not have the same ’like-a-mamma-make’ point
of reference, I did note they were tucking into theirs with all
due gusto 5 minutes after I had gusto’d through mine.
Though I have eaten provolone before, I had not realised the
dish is simply named after the cheese which forms its main
part, it’s delicious, oozing, creamy, melting main part. Given
my limited knowledge of this most delicious dairy delicacy, it
is not surprising that I do not know the current situation as to
Ibiza’s stockpile of Provolone, but a fair guess would be that
every time one is served at Fresh the remaining stocks must
be hugely depleted. The amount of cheese in the dish is brilliantly ridiculous and if the recent publicity regarding the
addictive nature of cheese is to believed, one portion will
leave you with the equivalent of a bad drug habit.
The Provolone is served topped with salad, sweet red and
yellow cherry tomatoes and crunchy red onion, just enough
to add texture and contrast, but not so much as to get in the
way of the cheese. It almost needs an extra vowel or two,
cheeeese.
On to the mains and the recommendation given was for the
Rib Eye Steak, but we also wanted to try the Burger for which
Fresh are
earning
quite
a
reputation.
As with all
the
grilled
plates
at
Fresh,
both
would come with
the Josper grillseal of confidence. If
you have not come
across the Josper grill before, ‘seal’ is the optimum word.
Very much the ‘in thing’ in the best steakhouses and grills
from London to Barcelona, the Josper grill is sealed tight to
cook using all of the retained barbeque smoke. Things sure
have come a long way from pouring beer onto the coals.
Both dishes were sublime.
Starting with the burger; it is rare the humble bun would be
review worthy, but the Fresh burger comes encased in a lovely crispy bread roll worthy of an artisan accolade.
We recently had a burger at a very trendy eatery that best
remain nameless. It was selected after we watched what
looked to be fantastic burgers served to other diners. What
we got was a huge disappointment and the difference between that bland burger and the excellent example at Fresh
is, cooking technique aside, all about the beef. You can tell
the moment you bite into it that it is the very best cut of
meat in burger form. Elevated by the tangy cheese, fresh
salad and fried onion, it is, as the menu says, a true classic
beef burger. A simple meal, cooked exceptionally well.
The Rib Eye steak would have received my one criticism, really quite petty but something of a bugbear, in that it was
served without a steak knife. But then you realise there
would be absolutely no point. A butter knife would have
sufficed. So moist and tender, a melt in the mouth cut that I
would describe as being in the centre of anglo-hispanic taste.
I have definitely moved away from the British ‘all fat is bad’
outlook, and happily come to realise that whether you
choose to eat it, keeping some fat on the cut enhances flavour hugely. There is little doubt that the British approach of
Marks & Spencer perfect round, perfect red, tomatoes and
beef so lean it looks to have come from Olympian cows, leads
to a bland flavour.
I doubt Argentinian chef Romaro could bring himself to serve
such an abomination to the taste buds if he tried, and thank
the sweet baby Josper for that.
Both the burger and steak were served with fries that were
perfectly salted, that special dry salt coating they can achieve
in the kitchen but you’d never get from the condiments on
the table. Your doctor probably wouldn’t approve, but as s/
he isn’t here we’ll forgive ourselves the indulgence.
The steak also comes with a ‘cute’ (please note that is my
wife’s description) serving spoon of homemade cheese sauce.
Despite its diminutive size we are left thinking that whatever
damage our Provolone had done to Ibiza’s cheese reserves,
this little spoon of, how to describe it, “ultra-cheese”, must
be leaving the island’s stocks at critical. Leicester crumbly in
texture, but with the full flavour of the very ripest Brie.
After such a wonderful meal in such a great setting, served
by such friendly people, it seems a little tacky to talk of
price, but on balance I think we must. Fresh is not ‘cheap’,
if you want a cheap burger there is a man of dubious hygienic
standards open till 5am in a kiosk on the lower bay road, but
Fresh is significantly cheaper than many restaurants in this
position. It is getting a great reputation among the workers
and residents and that really speaks for itself.
You will find Fresh at the Marina end of the sunset strip, just
along the way from Mambo and next door to Savannah.
For those afloat there is the summer jetty adjacent to Fresh.
Small boats can use the jetty and have their mooring validated with a food or drinks bill at Fresh or Savannah, and larger
vessels can call for a rib water taxi to give a ship to shore
service. That should keep Ibiza’s sailing community happy,
but we can’t help thinking they won’t be anywhere near as
happy as Ibiza’s vendors of cheese.
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Food & Drink
Page 6
News
Party Boat Control
Campaign
Guardia Civil boarding boats to inspect documentation, issue
breathalyser tests to crew, test sound levels and check safety
equipment and procedures.
Ibiza’s party boat industry is under the spotlight through a
campaign aiming to curb what some consider to be their antisocial excesses, and also their compliance with environmental
and safety regulations.
A total of 20 inspections have been undertaken so far involving multiple agencies lead by the Guardia Civil.
The lucrative party boat sector were given advance notice of
the forthcoming campaign when the authorities issued notice
during June of all necessary regulations to which operators
should be aware and observing.
The inspection phase of the plan is during July and August.
When a boat is boarded the Guardia are administering alco-
hol breathalyser checks to the crew, and checking the
onboard safety equipment including availability of flares and
lifejackets, and that permitted maximum numbers have been
observed.
They are also taking decibel readings of music levels and
checking the vessels documentation and necessary permits.
A further objective is to ensure compliance with a law recently passed by the full Balearic Parliament. The Environmental
Assessment Act prohibits boat parties in all protected areas
of the Balearic archipelago This applies to 50% of Mallorca’s
coastal waters, 40% in Menorca and 30% of Ibiza 30%. The
island of Formentera is vetoed 100%.
Though no information has been issued relating to any specific sanctions issued as a result of the inspections, the Guardia Civil have issued a video of their operations in which they
show partygoers drinking through funnels and having spirits
poured directly from the bottle.
Radio One Weekend
2016
What for many people is one of the highlights of Ibiza’s summer season calendar; the Radio One weekend, seemed to hit
all the right notes in 2016.
Ibiza Cream Boss Nick Ferguson said of the Creamfields night
held at Space on Saturday “We are delighted to have sold out
Space with our second ever Creamfields show! This was a
truly magical event, bringing together so many different
styles of music under one roof for one night only, with the
highlights broadcast on Radio One!”
Mambo in San Antonio hosted the traditional opening breakfast show on Friday and then what turned into a spectacular
evening full of surprise guests on Saturday. If a picture says a
thousand words this one says people by the same factor.
Those early enough for a good vantage point were treated to
surprise appearances by Craig David, Dizzee Rascal and Katy
B amongst many others. With the Radio One Ibiza website
saying “something pretty special about a beach party, a really, really big beach party, we want to come back already!”
Open University, Free
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greet people, say where you live and what languages you
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describe people and what they wear, talk about your family
and home;
talk about daily life, what you do and when things happen;
talk about your hobbies, likes and dislikes;
make phone calls, book accommodation,
shop for food or clothes, and get things done;
and ask for directions, order food and drinks when you’re
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For more information and to sign up
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Tourist Spending Up 8.2%
Balearic spending up 13% to 4.6 billion euros.
Average daily spend in Spain 134€
The amount of money forked out by tourists that have visited
Spain during the first six months of this year has gone up by
8.2% from the same period in 2015. This is according to a survey carried out by Egatur, which was published by the National
Statistics Institute.
However, the sum of money actually spent per tourist during
their holiday in this country actually dropped 3.13% from last
year, registering at 997 euro. The average amount spent per
day went up 1.5% to 131 euro.
This means that the number of tourists this year that have
holidayed in Spain between January and June has increased,
but the number of days spent in the country has reduced 4.6%
to an average of 8 days per visitor.
Holidaymakers from the UK spent the most amount of money,
with 20.6% of the total, which added up to 6.7 billion euro. The
Brits were followed by the Germans, with 14.6% of the total at
4.8 billion euro.
The majority of the money spent by foreign tourists was done
so in the Canary Islands. Here, visitors forked out 7.1 billion
euro, which was 9% more than last year. The second destination that received the most money from foreign visitors was
Cataluña, with 7 billion euro – 2.8% more than in 2015. The
third most important destination in terms of tourist spending
is Andalucía, where more than 5 billion euro was spent. This is a
huge 12.2% more than last year.
And, tourists also parted with 13% more money in the Balearic
Islands between January and June this year, registering a total
of 4.6 billion euro.
Just for the month of June, visitors spent 12.7% more money
than they did in June 2015, which is a positive indication of
how the rest of the summer will go.
The average amount spent per tourist was 1,038 euro for the
total duration of their stay, with a daily spend of 134 euro,
0.8% more than in June 2015.
As above, Spain received the most amount of money from
British, German and French tourists.
“Killer Ecstasy” Warning
Robbery Suspects Found In Possession Of ‘Music On’
Pills, 5 Times The Normal Strength
The National Police reported yesterday the seizure of 90 tablets with a dose in each of 400 milligrams of ecstasy (MDMA).
In a press statement the police said "this amounts to five times
the usual strength, which is around 80mg, and there is a clear
risk of death from a single pill”.
The drugs were found as part of a seizure of a man arrested on
suspicion of theft of 11,500€ from a hotel safe. The detainee
was carrying 3,500 euros and various narcotic substances, including 90 ecstasy pills, 23.7 grams of cocaine, 3.4 grams of
MDMA and 48 grams of liquid ecstasy, when arrested by the
Police.
The pills are distinctive in their being formed in the shape of
the popular ‘Music On’ party held at Amnesia.
In addition to the risk of a fatal reaction the statement detailed several other potential consequences including heart
attack and seizures all of which would be exacerbated by the
high dosage. "One of the serious complications of the use of
these substances is hyperthermia or 'golpe de calor', consisting
of an increase in body temperature above 39 degrees."
Page 7
Editorial
Who Are The Pirates?
Continued from front page…
From I have to concede to being at least a
past pirate taxi user. Not for many a
year, but as a frequent flyer tourist I used
pirate taxis on quite a regular basis.
I remember our first as being from Salinas. Having easily got a cab down there
we found ourselves stranded at the end of
an afternoon. We had waited for at least
a couple of hours at a bar on the road
while the owners tried several times to
call a cab, but always with a resigned
assumption that none would come. In the
end, either because they took pity on us or
wanted to close, they suggested calling a
‘friend’.
The illegal taxi that arrived would have
gained a euro crash rating in the negative, but what the car lacked in airbags it
made up for in big smiles and a happy
atmosphere that I have rarely found in its
legal counterpart.
From there on the illegal taxi became a
relatively frequent resource, to a point it
became a preference.
My experience was never one of hugely
inflated prices and delivery into the hands
of all manner of evil as testified by Telecinco’s reporter. It was one of the fare
being a bit more expensive, but a journey
home that included music, permission to
continue smoking/drinking, and best of all
one that lead to a good few after parties.
Though my own experience was several
years ago, using the illegal taxi trade
actually resulted in some great friendships that remain until this day.
Way back then I was not the slightest bit
interested in the politics of Ibiza, the
rights and wrongs of Taxi licensing. I
was on holiday. The weeks of the year I
wanted to enjoy myself, and a few euros
more for an illegal cab from DC10 compared to the party-ending downer of
hours in a shuffling queue was a no brainer. To put it in some balance if I were
asked at the end of the night where I had
felt most ripped off financially, or had
been offered drugs most brazenly, my
answer would always have been the
‘legitimate business’ of the nightclub, not
the illegal taxi after the nightclub.
Also before we stereotype the illegal taxi
driver as lowest of the low, how many of
us happily pay to use unlicensed ’mates’
or so called concierge services to get
us from a to b? OK the chap we’ve
sometimes used to do an airport run
for 25€ (20€ for residents), a chap
well known and well used by many
in our community, may be able to
offer no more by way of drugs than some
Bisodol to aid a morning after kebab, but
make no mistake—he is an illegal taxi
driver. He has no permit, is technically
There are many months of the year when
Ibiza’s taxi numbers are perfectly sufficient to meet demand.
uninsured, and is taking income that Ibi- legal taxis exempt from speeding re- In this respect it is accepted that the simza’s licenced kebabs demand is theirs by strictions? Why are they allowed to travel ple granting of more licences would have
right. In practice what he does is very at whatever maximum speed brings them a detrimental effect to those currently
different to the man outside Space at to within 6 inches of your rear bumper, earning their living from the ranks.
5am, but legally, there is no difference at and do so with absolute impunity? We all The demand for additional taxis is at its
all.
know they do this as much as we know earliest from June, though in reality more
Back in my tourist days I had no qualms the illegal taxis exist. But when have you solely in July and August.
morally or legally. I remember illegal ever seen an initiative from the town halls I would contend that there are many regtaxis as a friendly business operated to curb taxi’s excessive speeding?
ular citizens of Ibiza in regular jobs in the
mainly by South Americans and typically The argument, if you talk to one of them, shops offices and industrial estates of the
a boyfriend girlfriend couple as a way of is of maximising their trade during the island, who hold sufficient knowledge of
earning enough to enjoy a party season in busy period. But where else does that cut the island, and own vehicles fit for the
Ibiza. I entirely accept that this may have ice? Are the bars of the west end allowed task, that would welcome the opportunity
changed to be more ruthless and sinister to open with music playing until 6am of a month or two’s additional prime-time
operation now, as indeed have many as- because that is their busy period? No they income working part time as a taxi.
pects of life in Ibiza. But also I add a note are not. Can party boats flout safety leg- This would give a boost to many a family
of caution and prudent scepticism to this islation in the same way as they want to who earn incomes at Spanish national
single ‘undercover’ report. I feel sure that earn as much money as possible in Au- ‘norms’ but incur Ibiza’s inflated living
any journalist who went out with the gust? No, they cannot.
costs.
intention of showing illegal taxis to be all This is the most publicly visible example These temporary taxis could be regulated
things evil could achieve enough sound- of their seemingly self-adjudicated special through tests based on their knowledge of
bites to prove exactly that, and equally status that puts them above the normal the island and their vehicle. They could
the opposite.
rules and regulations that the rest of us pay a licencing fee to cover full insurance
Something that has definitely not changed have to live and work by. It is an example and perhaps even an amount into the sysis the reason for using one in the first most will be familiar with, but also I ex- tem that could be used to reduce the
place. That being the sometimes impossi- pect many people reading this will have amount being paid by the full time, perbility of getting a licenced cab to take you heard as many hearsay examples as I manent, taxi drivers.
where you wanted to go, or at best the have of licenced taxi drivers behaving The outcome could be improved living
mood-busting time it took to do so. Our unprofessionally through to outrageously conditions for local residents, improved
evening at Salinas was nothing of an iso- in their treatment of customers.
quality standards for tourists, and lower
lated incident. I remember a wait into the It is this psychosis they seem to hold Ibi- operating costs for the licenced taxis. But
hours leaving the strip on a Manumission za’s power masters under, which results in the context of the illegal pirate taxi
night. I remember a restaurateur taking in a shortage of taxis during the tourist debate they would also negate the deus from Cas Serres into Ibiza Town per- season that in turn results in the demand mand for pirate taxis, and if there is no
sonally rather than even try to call a cab. for the illegal taxis that thrive in Ibiza.
demand they wouldn’t exist.
During the peak season it was not the I will concede to not knowing the historic In closing I ask who are the pirates? Ibiexception but the norm.
intricacies of the Taxi driver’s arguments. za’s legal taxi drivers seem to think they
But whatever they are it should not cre- can take their plunder flying under the
Supply & Demand
ate a situation where their minds are to- protection of a Government flag when it
So that brings us to the reason for the tally closed to any changes in their work- suits them, but completely disregard the
pirate taxi sub-sector to exist in the first ing practices. We must remember that the law when it does not. They work as a
place, that being a simple one of supply consequence of the current situation is a crew and have no qualms holding an isand demand.
tick against Ibiza as a destination for land under siege for their own self interThough the legal, licenced, taxi drivers tourists.
ests.
object furiously to the pirate taxi trade, How many times have you seen restau- If the illegal taxi drivers have moved from
they seem to have a level of intransigence rant staff apologetically explain to visitors the almost quaint image I have from
to any proposals to alleviate the widely that there is no point them even trying to years gone by to one of gang organised,
recognised shortage of taxis during the call a taxi as none will come. The bemuse- drug and prostitution pushing criminals
tourist season.
ment on the faces of Ibiza’s tourists is looking to rip our tourist visitors off at
It is as if they have some compelling hold understandable—I have never in all my every opportunity, I would be the first to
over the island, some right to trade that travels been in a city or country where want to eradicate them.
even the big nightclubs with all their self- you can’t get a taxi.
But let us face facts, over a decade of
protectionism cannot command.
concerted effort has done nothing to stop
The Consell and local town halls tippy toe Possible Solution?
them, indeed if this undercover report is
around them, scared to incur their wrath. It is never right to complain of a problem to be believed the problem has become
worse.
he reason for their existence is the demand for their service, The reason for their existence is the
demand for their service, and the aband the absolute intransigence of Ibiza’s legal and licenced
solute intransigence of Ibiza’s legal
taxi drivers is the main reason that demand exists.”
and licenced taxi drivers is the main
reason that demand exists.
But why are they above the law?
without having an idea of a potential solu- A perfect example of prevention being
By example, let me give one situation I tion, and so I give one here. It might not better than cure. Prevent the demand,
think every resident reader of this news- be perfect, but the point is the licenced, and there is no problem we have to cure.
paper will be familiar with. Why are the legal taxis will not even listen to ideas.
“T
Kaiser Chiefs
Ibiza Rocks, San Antonio
Words Claire B, Photos Luke Dyson
Kaiser Chiefs played at Ibiza Rocks on Wednesday August 3 for their 5th time. They always put on a good
show and this year was no exception. Support was
from The Bulletproof Bomb who returned to the venue also this year and did a grand job of warming up the
crowd as they arrived to take up their positions
around the stage.
Everyone was full of anticipation at showtime – slightly earlier than usual at 10.15 – as Edwin Starrr’s ‘War’
rang out loud and proud through the PA system, signalling their entrance. Launching into ‘We Stay Together’ from their 6th album ‘Stay Together’, due to be
released at the beginning of October, singer Ricky
Wilson quickly got to work commandeering the stage,
jumping onto everything in site and lurching into the
crowd. Next was ‘Everyday I
Love You Less and Less’ and
from then on they played all
their anthemic favourites,
with a couple of new tunes
mixed in, including the latest
single ‘Parachute’. The stage
visuals – a giant ‘K’ on the left
of the stage and ‘C’ on the
right – with changing graphics
in between as a backdrop
added to the drama as did the
lighting and occasional bursts
from the confetti cannons.
But as usual, Ricky was the
star of the show and he has
become one of the best frontmen in the business. And the
crowd lapped it all up – the
atmosphere in the venue was
electric. He had the left side of the crowd chant
‘Kaiser’ and the right side ‘Chiefs’ in an audience chant-off. By the time they played ‘Ruby’,
pretty much everyone was singing along at the
tops of their voices in the chorus and jumping
up and down in synch. ‘The Angry Mob’ ended
with a row of firework fountains shooting upwards from the front of the stage and without
a pause they launched into ‘I Predict a Riot’.
Part way through Ricky ran off the stage to the
lower VIP area at the right of the stage where
he carried on singing much to the delight of
those nearby, before climbing down into the
crowd and being carried through them on the
shoulders of a security guard back to the stage.
Magic moments! Back on stage we were treated to a cover of The Who’s ‘Pinball Wizard’,
which went down a storm. Could it get any better? Well, yes, actually! At the end of the final
song Ricky picked up a handheld streamer gun
and fired huge streamers over the crowd – a
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great ending. It was my 4th time of seeing the band
and I honestly think that they just keep getting better
and better. Whether Ricky being a coach on ‘The
Voice’ has led him to consider their overall performance more or because they’re playing a lot of large
festivals now and they’ve had to up their game as result has had an impact on their stage show, is unclear,
but they’re definitely one of the best bands to see live
at the moment. They have a large catalogue of great
songs that sound fantastic live and everyone can sing
along with; the band are tight and hold their own on
the stage whilst Ricky jumps around on the amps, on
the drums, launches himself into the audience and
generally uses the venue as a playground. They certainly rocked Ibiza and that will be one of the gigs of
the year, but with Dizzee Rascal, Faithless and Wolf
Alice still to come, it’s not over yet!
Video of some The Angry Mob and I Predict a Riot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vfs4AHMoxok
Pre and free parties
Ibiza gets a lot of criticism for its ‘everything expensive’ tourist tariff, and we the residents are probably the majority
moaners, however there are many opportunities to party
without the premium price tag. A timely reminder
of Ibiza’s pre, and free, party agenda.
the Mambo Facebook page in the days running up to the
event.
https://www.facebook.com/mamboibiza
To give an idea this week they had Redlight for Together at
Amnesia on Tuesday, and Martin Solveig for Pacha’s My
House on Wednesday.
Café Mambo
Sunset Strip, San Antonio
Café Mambo has to be the pinnacle of pre party
venues. Hosting some of the island’s biggest nights.
It is open to all to go along and see famous names for free.
Having just come out of the massive Radio One weekend
which admittedly has line-ups and crowds you will not expect
every day of the week, those looking for the ultimate in A-list
entertainment for free should make a note of the annual
event in their holiday diary.
This year’s Saturday night pre and post sunset session had a
line-up to rival a Christmas edition of Top of the Pops, though
with far more cool kudos than Kid Jensen (apologies to those
too young to get the reference) in a Christmas jumper.
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Savannah
Sunset Strip, San Antonio
Just a few metres along the strip, Savannah
offers a different vibe but still the same free
to all public access. Savannahs shows are not
‘pre anything happening later at night’, they offer an
eclectic selection throughout the week.
Monday is the Corona sunset sessions with Ibiza Global
Radio.
Tuesday is one that we have been enjoying with DJ Oliver’s
Born in Ibiza concept featuring some of the island’s legendary
icons in their art, such as DJ Pippi and founder of the Balearic
beat, Alfredo.
On occasional Wednesdays (coming up 17th and 31st August and 14th September) no less than Defected Diva Barbara
Tucker takes to the terrace.
Similarly, Saturdays is Sax day with the Lovely Laura and
Ben Santiago (13th August and 16th September).
https://www.facebook.com/savannahibiza
Plastik
The Egg, San Antonio
Just another week, Martin Solveig, Redlight and Bob Sinclaire (above), Danny ‘Top Gear’ O’Sullivan (below)
Craig David (above), Dizzee Rascal (below) and Katy B got up
front and personal on the sunset strip terrace this year.
Whereas Mambo and Savannah are all about
sunsets with soulmates, Plastik is all about
bouncing with your buddies.
If we were in the UK I feel sure there would be a press standard prohibiting us from promoting pre-loading, but we are in
Ibiza and you are on your holiday so why beat around the
bush.
If you are off out on a big night, Plastik is the perfect bar for
those Vodka Limons to get the party started—and do so at a
price that later in the night, you will come to look back on
with serious affection.
You will be mixing with like-minded party people going onto
the Scouse house of Mansion, the hippy chic of Holi, the state
of trance at Connect, the infamous Judge Jules and perhaps
even have some bump’n’grind pre Hy Pa urban.
Plastik is also your bar fantastic for those that love Celeb
culture. They even have Dane Bowers on their resident DJ
roster and with a steady stream of reality stars going Plastik,
a selfie moment will never be far away.
See Plastik ad for weekly line up.
https://www.facebook.com/PlastikIbiza2013
You can take the Joey out of Essex, and he’ll probably end
up at Plastik, with Andy Matthews and pals
Watch this brilliant 3 minute video clip to get a feel of what
you missed, or if you were lucky enough to be there, a reminder of how good it was.
https://www.facebook.com/mamboibiza/
videos/10153943340318165/
Radio One comes but once a year, but Mambo pre parties give
big nights out a great start and taking it easy nights a real
sense of quality.
The daily line-up is given below with guest DJ’s announced on
Bob Sinclair has been a great hit this year with his flamboyant
Paris by Night Pacha pre parties, and whatever day of the
week you go along, you will have Mambo’s resident DJ, and
Ibiza’s equivalent of a Top Gear presenter (i.e. perfect job)
Danny O’Sullivan taking care of your need for evening beats.
Mon “Café Mambo Presents” with special guest DJs
Tue Pre-party for TOGETHER at Amnesia
Wed Pre-party for Martin Solveig’s MY HOUSE at Pacha
Thu Pre-party David Guetta’s F*** ME I’M FAMOUS Pacha
Friday Pre-party for INSANE at Pacha
Saturday Pre-party Bob Sinclar’s Midnight in Paris at Pacha
Sundays – pre-party for DO NOT SLEEP at Sundays at Space
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Community
Thurs 11th August to Weds 17th August 2016
ARIES - Ten of Wands
A week where you feel you're running around in
circles. If you're over doing it then for goodness
sake delegate! Taking care of number one
should be top of your list. Stressing out will get
you and important projects nowhere; if you stop
to smell the roses, you'll calm down enough to
see the exit strategy over an important dilemma.
TAURUS - Temperance
How refreshing to be given recognition and
praise for work you’re currently doing. Take
time to introduce a more harmonious way of
living into your day to day life; as it’s true that
what you project on to others is a reflection of
your own inner world. If any stressful situations
arise, handle them right and all will be alright!
GEMINI - Five of Pentacles
There's naught lacking in life, but your own attitude to it. Turn your thoughts to what's really
important; your relationship with others. If you
are feeling the lack of abundance or love then
look at what you give out. Nature/life loves balance therefore, if you give out some love and
kindness; stands to reason some will be heading
back your way soon!
CANCER - Nine of Swords
What is there to fear, but fear itself? Therefore,
this week start the process of not letting your
fears grind you to a halt. Swords represent our
thoughts; so much of what you fear is being created in your mind and will NEVER happen, therefore why draw that negativity towards you?
Step up and take on this personnel challenge.
LEO - The Chariot
Onwards and upwards this week Leo! Places to
be, people to see; no need to plan too much. Be
guided by your intuition and you'll be in the right
place at the right time to reap rewards or applause. Career wise, opportunities fall into your
lap; be sure to choose what pleases you; not
what suits loved ones or associates.
VIRGO - The Fool
No, this doesn't mean you are one Virgo! Often
it’s the behaviour of those around you that causes a knee jerk reaction from you, so avoid biting
back at any perceived slight. The Fool encourages you to assess challenging situations and
have no fear in dealing with them. Be adventurous in outlook and bold in your decision making.
LIBRA - Page of Cups
This week you’ll feel more emotionally secure
than you have for some time and are able to be
more objective in close relationships. You’re
more than willing to accept that nobody's perfect and are therefore more willing to compromise readily over matters that were sticking
points a few weeks ago. Your giving nature is
appreciated and well rewarded this week.
SCORPIO - Ten of Cups
This week you get the happy card! There’ll be
something to celebrate with friends and family
as there’s good news regarding someone in your
close circle. Personally, you get plenty of attention and those of you who are single, (and some
who are not!), will hook up with someone easy
going; it could be the start of a beautiful relationship.
SAGITTARIUS - Queen of Pentacles
Listen to sound advice this week especially if you
are more inclined to ignore it, which is a tough
one; Sagittarians pride themselves on their independent thinking! This is especially apt if it concerns unresolved money issues that need to be
concluded to your satisfaction. Patience, someone is working behind the scenes to make sure
you get what you're due.
CAPRICORN - The Moon
You’ll no longer tolerate being deluded by others and if a situation or person seems false, then
you're probably spot on! The truth is all that
matters. You’ll also address areas of your life or
even behaviour patterns that are 'fake'. This is
an act of courage. Partners or close associates
will be treading wearily in the days ahead.
AQUARIUS - The World
Is your oyster this week. You've come a long way
in the past year and can now see long held ambitions coming to fruition. You're in the process of
major change, which becomes more apparent
this week. You now desire to leave behind attitudes and behaviours that were perfectly suitable in your past, but that no longer serve you
now.
PISCES Four of Cups
If you make others feel special, you'll attract a
fair bit of happiness your way. This is a good
time to entertain or have people over at yours
and if you're in the hospitality trade, expect to
be well rewarded for your efforts. Romantically,
if unattached wait before you commit, there'll
be more than one admirer knocking on your
door!
View From The Pew
The Gnostic Gospels
Rev. Dr Peter Pimentel
In 1945 peasants, who were digging for fertiliser, discovered
12 ancient leather-bound codices or books and 8 loose leaves
of papyrus from the 13th book. The ancient documents consist of 52 Christian Gnostic books now known as the Nag
Hammadi Library. They were found in a stone jar just a few
miles from Nag Hammadi on the western bank of the Nile.
The 12 books and 8 loose pages contain 52 Gnostic texts
written in the ancient Egyptian Coptic language. The Gospel
of Thomas is perhaps the best known Gnostic Gospel from
the Nag Hammadi library.
The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of 114 sayings of Jesus.
Some scholars date this Gospel as early as AD 50. In the Gospel of Matthew (in the Bible) Jesus, talking about prayer,
says: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and the door will be open to you.” (Matthew 7:7). The
Gospel of Thomas reflects an alternative tradition of this
saying: “Jesus said, ‘Let him who seeks continue seeking until
he finds.’” (saying number 2). Don’t give up!
Church Services this Sunday 14th, 10.30am at Santa
Eulalia, Chapel of Lourdes, Carrer Sant Jaume 85
(the main street), and 10.30am in the Chapel at Es
Cana.
The English-Speaking Church on Ibiza & Formentera.
See website for locations & information. Tel 971 343383
chaplainibiza11@gmail.com
www.ibizachurch.org
simply luck. Your boys are exactly that, your boys and I
wonder if maybe they have picked up some of your common
sense and intuition. We can never keep our children as safe as
we might like, there comes a point where we have to trust
their judgment, often they will get it right sometimes they
will get it wrong and all we can do is be there to support
them through that. They will want to find their own way
through life and all the choices they will come across, you can
guide and when asked offer advise and that is maybe one of
the most frustrating aspects of being a parent but in some
ways also the most rewarding when you see them journey
from being boys to men that you can rely on.
Take care of yourself and those boys
Warm regards, Kate
Sabina's Dog Psychology
Sabina Farnhill
Dear readers and dog lovers,
today I would like to inform you about obesity in dogs. The
term obesity with dogs is actually not correct. A fat dog is
always man made, because we are controlling our dogs intake of food.
As with humans there is also a growing fattening to be observed with dogs increasing year by year.
The obesity of dogs has in principle only to do with the human psychology.
Since we humans domesticated the dog through thousands
of years, we more and more took the dogs instinct and therefore we are responsible for his welfare.
We control the lives of our dogs by 100% and it is only in our
hands whether our dog is slim or fat. Obesity has become a
disease of our society and unfortunately it is projected on
our
dogs as well. In
human psychology Love is
equal with Feeding.
The
well-known
proverb:
"Love goes through the stomach" confirms it.
We humans compensate for
our frustrations, suffering
and mental anguish, etc.
with
It’s Good to Talk
Kate Stillman
Dear Ibiza Sun
I suppose lots of people would
call me an old raver from the
80’s acid house days, I used to
dance in fields take too many
drugs and generally felt life
was one long party. I came to
Ibiza initially to continue that
life style but now many years
along the line things have
changed, I have changed and
live a quieter life. Don’t get
me wrong I still enjoy a drink
and a bit of a wiggle if I’m in
the mood. I consider myself
very lucky; out of our close
group of friends I am one of
a very small number who
hasn’t been a casualty of
that period. I never got
addicted to drugs, I have
never had any mental
health problems ( much of which I put
down to the life we lead) and I am in a good marriage with
2 teenagers.
This is where I start to feel a way that I never have been, both
my sons are starting to go out, both have tried weed and I am
sure if they haven’t already then it wont be long before they
try other drugs as well. I may sound old and boring but I am
so worried. The weed they get now is not like the grass we
used to get back in the day, it is stronger and has a load of
chemicals in it that worry me. The drugs aren’t like they used
to be, they have other stuff added and then there are all the
newish drugs that I know little about like Ketamin and the
various “legal highs”. I suppose I just am not sure how to
handle it, I am not a good role model, they both know about
my past and the do as I say not as I did argument feels wrong.
Do you have any ideas on how best to handle this situation to
keep my boys safe.
Many thanks, JH
Dear JH
Thank you for your e mail and your honesty about your past, I
imagine there are many parents of that era who now have
teenagers and the worry about how they are getting on,
maybe that worry is based on almost too much knowledge
and awareness of what their children could actually get up to.
Your worry is very real and I can hear such genuine concern
for your two boys and yet I can’t help but wonder why you
don’t trust them in the same way you trusted yourself all
those years ago. You may call it luck that kept you safe from
becoming too deeply involved but you may also call it
something else much more conscious and deliberate then
food and fatten the
dog. I see literally
"fattened" dog creatures they can barely
walk and certainly not
run and enjoy themselves playing with other
dogs, they can only waddle along with their tongue
hanging out.
Left image of a healthy, slim body of a Dalmatian and the
right image of an obese and sick Dalmatian !!!
With such a sad sight I ask myself why humans do this to
their dog ?
A wolf or wild dog eats irregularly, perhaps every few days
and also needs to work very hard for it. A working dog
"earns" his food with work.
Have you ever seen an obese working dog? Why not ?
Because a fattened dog can’t do his job … !!!
The normal house dog doesn’t need to work for his food,
but he gets min. 1-2 meals a day. That's good, because under normal circumstances there are at least 6 hours between
the two meals to aid digestion, which is healthy, active feeding.
But the life of a fattened dog looks different. He gets several
times a day treats between the meals, "because he's such a
sweet dog" and you love to show your Love to your dog by
giving treats.
That way the digestive tract has never the possibility to digest the intestines empty.
Absolutely unhealthy for your dog, you can’t do any worse to
the intestines.
In my Childhood the dogs had a fast for one day per week …
(yes that's a gift for the dog). I myself have made fasts for
one week at the time.
You cannot imagine how your
body values and appreciates
this method of detox.
Please remember the responsibility you took on by taking care
of your dog at any time … but
feeding him fat is cruelty you
put onto him !!!
Thank you for reading my advice to you …
With kind regards, Sabina
http://
www.sabinasdogcoaching.info/
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Ferry Corsten
Stephen Donovan
This week I take a break from
my usual reviewing and instead, I´m the role of interviewer. Being a massive fan
of his for years, I felt truly
privileged to be interviewing
the trance legend, Ferry
Corsten. Hailing from Holland, Corsten is known for his
high energy but also emotional sets while mixing from a
variety of genres. Through his
several alias´s (System F, New
World Punx, Gouryella), Corsten
has stood the test of time starting
his career back in 1991
and is still today a
crowd favorite.
He is back in Ibiza for 2016 with a select number of shows for
Cream, playing his shows as Gouryella after massive success
with tracks Ánahera´ and Ńeba´. The interview takes place
on the open rooftop terrace of Amnesia an hour before his set.
Breaking the stigma of DJ´s being big-headed, Ferry greets me
with a smile, a big hug and a bag of Haribo and M&M´s for us
to share. Just shows what a nice guy he is, and really set the
interview off in a nice, personal tone.
We have some fast pleasantries and introductions, but I am
very eager to get onto my questions and hear his stories.
Seeing as this piece is for The Ibizan, I thought it only fitting to
start off my questions about Ibiza.
So Ferry, can you remember your first time in Ibiza? And what
year was it?
Yeah, it was in 2000, I had one or two shows in Es Paradise
and I was super proud because it was the beginning of my career. At the time it was a lot different from how it is now but I
was super excited to be playing there! I was still using vinyl
back then and not very experienced travelling with them. So I
get on the flight to Ibiza and the air stewardess tells me to
check in my records, which I did. And of course my records got
lost!! I had to borrow what I could from other DJ´s to fill my
hour-and-a-half set but somehow I made it work.
Can you remember who the headliner was that night?
I think it was (Judge) Jules. It was the year before he
started his Judgement nights. I really loved that night,
I can still remember it, with the main room for real
trance and the back room for house. After that year I
then ended up accompanying Jules for the next six or
seven years for Judgement. Then I did a few years
here at Cream and then started my own ´Full On
Ferry´ nights.
If you had one place to visit in Ibiza where would it
be?
I think I have to pick my favorite dinner place,
which is right next to here, Los Dos Lunas. This
maybe just because it’s out of habit because I play
here at Cream so often and when I used to play
with Judgement Sunday, me and Jules and the
crew would come here every week. The nice
thing about that place is you have that crazy
buzz coming from Ibiza town and San Antonio
and the food is amazing.
After all these years in Ibiza do you have a favorite club?
Amnesia is definitely one of the nicer clubs in
Ibiza especially for this type of music and maybe
Pacha for house music. But I´ve seen Ibiza come and
go and change, is it the same as 10 years ago? I don´t
think so.
Speaking of changes have you seen many during your time in
Ibiza?
Ibiza for me has always been the place where it was all about
the music and all about the pure sounds, while places like Las
Vegas was always about the bottle service and the glossier
stuff. Right now Ibiza is becoming like that. It's all in the same
acts, the same DJ´s with the same sets, and I respect everybody for what they're doing but I think the winning factor that
Ibiza had over everywhere else was that deeper side, the more
pure dance music instead of that commercial bottle service
bullshit like they have now.
Does this piss you off?
Yes it does piss me off. Because it's all becoming like that,
everywhere, and it's just bullshit!
After a 13 year break you´re back with Gouryella. Why did you
choose to come back now?
Yeah I brought it back maybe you felt already from some of my
answers but I'm getting really tired of the scene, I'm getting
tired of the music, trance as well to be honest. Is trance the
savior of all? No, of course not. Trance has taken a nose dive as
well over the past few years. Gouryella isn't just a thing that
happened last year. It started back in 1999 till about 2004, it
ended because my head wasn't in the right space. I moved on to
electro-house, electro-techno and electro-trance more of the
grainy stuff.
For me at some point trance became too fluffy. Trance is fine
when it's fluffy as long as it has a balance like a dirty side to it.
If it's all fluffy and rainbows it's like blah blah blah. I was tired
of the whole thing, with trance with EDM, with the whole 'Put
Your Fucking Hands Up!' & ´1,2,3 JUMP!´ So that's why I
brought back Gouryella. I'm taking the sound back to a time
with the music I loved, that use give me goosebumps!
Do you think you could get Tiesto back with you?
No, he gone in a different direction. We´ve never spoke about
it, but he wanted to move on and concentrate on his own sound.
Your new track Ńeba´ means Heaven, it’s such an emotional
song. Was it hard to produce?
Neba just came to me. It was real easy!
Who's your favorite DJ to do back-to-back sets with?
I'd have to say Markus Schulz, that's why we started New
World Punk. Markus and I are on the super same wavelength
with music. Even our backgrounds, coming from old-school hiphop and electronic Hip Hop. We really feel the music, and we
both dislike the same things and both like the same things.
For the past 2 summers you did Full On Ferry in Space. This
year you've chosen not to have a residency but to do select shows.
Do you prefer having more freedom with the shows you have or
rather the weekly shows that come with a residency?
I loved my shows in Space and I would certainly do it again, I
did it for 2 years with 14 shows a season and with 2 kids this
can be difficult. 14 weeks is a long time, so that's the main
reason behind not continuing my residency. Ideally I would do
6 or 7 shows and get guests to do the remaining and call it just
´Full On´ but Space changed its programming, and it gone very
techno heavy.
Are you happy with the shows you´re doing?
Yes, very happy. I´ve done Cream already this season which
was an amazing night and will be here again for the Closing
party on September 15th, which I´m excited about. Cream is the
only true night in Ibiza which is still supporting trance music,
which it had always done.
Can we ask you some general questions Ferry?
Your take on EDM, do you think it has a positive or negative
impact on trance?
Well I´ll try to make my own answer but Carl Cox made the
right answer for this. He said it’s an entry level for people who
never heard about dance music before, they come from HipHop, Rock, whatever. So I think generally it is a good thing, it
draws people from other music into the electronic space which
is great. And as Carl said they will start developing their own
tastes.
Do you have your eye on any up and coming DJ´s?
Yeah, there´s this guy called Dimension, he´s from Spain, and
he´s has that 1999/2000 sound but it’s also very now. He
could be that next big guy!
Your 3 all-time favorite trance songs?
Wow, this is a hard one to answer. Number 1 for me, I was
listening to this just the other day, would be Matt Dareys remix
of Ít’s not over´. Then The Thrillseekers ´Synaesthesia´. And
number 3 would be, DJ Tandu´s remix of Í believe´ by Lange.
Those 3 tracks for me are special, they have that sound, that
vibe, that goosebumps feeling. There’s so many but off the top
of my head these 3.
Best set you´ve ever played?
Wow, that’s another hard question, a few years ago I did a
producer set at Creamfields, an hour and a half of just my
tracks and no one had done that before and that was special.
The noise from the crowd was nuts, they were louder than the
music.
~
Ferry and I spoke for almost an hour (which went by in what
felt like ten minutes) before he had to make his way back to the
main room for his set. His insight into the dance/trance scene is
remarkable, having been in the industry for almost 3 decades
every question I asked, he responded with not just generic
answers, but with such understanding and detail. It was amazing to sit and pick his brain about Ibiza, and trance and everything in between.
Ferry will be back again for Creams closing party on September 15th, not a night to be missed.
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Shebizan
Ibiza’s Boho Brides
Although we are past the half-way mark this summer, in true laid back Ibiza style, late summer weddings are happening this month and next, here on
the idyllic white isle.
Ibiza has become an increasingly popular weeding
destination, due to the stunning backdrops and
locations dotted around the island. Everywhere
from Benniras Beach on the NW coast to Amante
Beach on the SE coast, it’s possible to create the
perfect wedding venue in every way.
Wedding planners are now in full force on the
island as well as hair and make up artists, caterers
and of course, wedding dress designers.
As every Ibiza bride will tell you, the one aspect of
your wedding day, is that everything must simply
look picture perfect.
Whether a natural boho feel, vintage glam or the
avant-garde, the options are abundant when it
comes to the ideal look. It doesn’t stop there.
Add shellac manicures, pedicures, eyelash extensions and spray tanning, even grooming the
Well, since it’s mid August, you may be
back home, or just about to jet off on
your holidays. Here’s the ‘hate me’ bit –
I’m off on a fortnight-long Balearic holidays part two this weekend, to Mallorca
and then Ibiza.
Other than being greeted with blue
skies and intense heat as one steps off
the plane, one thing you can’t avoid are the billboards greeting you, at the airport and all over the island,
be it Mallorca or Ibiza.
The biggest difference is that you’re bombarded with a
barrage of club billboards in Ibiza, whereas Mallorca’s promote luxury interior shopping, food and clothing markets.
In Ibiza, there are no billboards for fast food chains or mobile phone companies, Just clubs, parties and cringe worthy posing DJs. Most DJs aren’t oil paintings, so driving
past their faces blown up x10 makes me want to keep my
eyes fixated on the road.
Yes, tourists will appreciate seeing which DJ is playing in
which club on which date and the battle to create the
most eye catching piece of artwork seems to get harder
every summer.
It has to make an impact and convey relevant
information across in – almost literally – the blink
of an eye. But who gets it right and wrong?
Sorry to labour the point, but I hate the overly
retouched posters of DJs, some of whom I know,
posing as if they’re David Beckham in a pair of
Calvins. Let’s face it, not even black and white
can make most DJs seem easy on the eye. Naming no names - they make me cringe, while
swerving into the central reservation.
Many of the best Ibiza billboards are the simplest and Pacha gets it right (almost) every
time. The cherries help of course, so you don’t
need to guess which club is being promoted.
Pretty girls, vintage cool fashion and bold colours are always winners. One of the worst
though, is Martin Solveig’s My House at Pacha.
#Awkward.
My winner is Destino’s poster. The epitome of
Ibiza. Beautiful blue skies, palm trees and a girl
with her Brazilian butt perfectly placed in a
white swimsuit. Sexy and chic with a towel
turban, although slightly ruined by the caption
underneath: ‘Solomun + Live daytime open air
from 4pm’.
Anyway – enjoy analyzing this further yourself
if you’re Balearic bound.
Enjoy.
Read Amanda’s fashion blog
http://amandazipsitup.com/
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Steal That Style – Kylie Jenner.
Sophia V.
groom, best man and bridesmaids, it’s all available in Ibiza.
Summer boho weddings are all about beachy, breezy, effortless style. They’re the perfect opportunity to let your inner
bohemian shine. I’ve selected some of my favorite Ibiza wedding dresses for you from the best boho label in existence –
Free People.
www.freepeople.com
Think romantic lace and light, airy, flowing fabrics ready to
declare your love with on the beach. Put your feet in some
white flip flops or some vintage cowboy boots and top it all
off with a flower crown or felt fedora, beach hair waves or
loose braids and you’ll have the perfect boho bridal look.
volved and work in the fashion industry.
Meet Beth Hammond from Windsor.
“I am an award-winning Independent Stylist for Stella & Dot. As
a stay-at-home Mum to two girls, I was looking for a challenging
but fun and flexible job which could give me the best of both
worlds, being around as my children grow up while also getting
my feet back on the career ladder.
I discovered Stella & Dot, which ticks all the boxes – it offers
women a fantastic and flexible entrepreneurial opportunity to
build a fashion business of their own to suit their own needs
and to work around other work/family commitments.
Over the past two and a half years as an independent Stylist for
the company, I could not have imagined just how much my life
has changed.
Now, as well as being around for the girls, doing the school run,
bath and bedtime routines I love so much, I am running my own
team of over 50 stylists across the UK and Ireland.
As well as setting up “pop-up” boutiques in people’s homes,
showing off the gorgeous jewellery and accessories to groups
of friends, I also organise gifts for people to give their loved
ones for any occasion. Plus, I am on-hand to help style that perfect outfit for a job interview, wedding or any other special
event.”
Give Beth a shout if you need fancy hosting a pop-up shop at
home or want to find out more about Stella & Dot, how you can
get free jewellery or how you can become a Stylist and have
your own truly flexible business.
(Amanda has confirmed this opportunity is available in Ibiza)
www.stelladot.co.uk
Stella & Dot
Stella & Dot is the relatively new and uber cool jewellery range
from the US, now making waves over here, thanks to a clever
marketing ploy. Young stay at home mums, exclusive agents
and personal stylists retail the collection at private parties and
home visits. However, the products are a million miles from
those sold at home by Avon Ladies or 80s style ‘tupperwear
parties’.
I spoke to a good friend of mine who became a Stella & Dot
representative, about how the work combines with her hectic
lifestyle as a young mother and wife, still wanting to be in-
Summer Beach Read
Sophie Valentine
If you’re looking for a new book to read, then I have just finished The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson and it is so good!
I hear this was made into a TV series, which unfortunately I
didn’t catch. It’s about two young girls that date their older
teacher, who takes advantage of them, and plays them both of
against one another. When he ends up dead, one of them pays
the crime, and they both believe the other did it. There is a
great twist at the end.
Whether you love or hate the Kardashians/Jenner’s, Kris Jenner sure knows what she’s doing when it comes to building a
business for those girls. Modelling contracts, the face of cosmetics, own make-up, clothes, hair extension range, string of
stores, and so much more, they certainly know what they’re
doing.
My favourite is Kendall. She’s classy with a rock-chick edge,
although this article focuses on the youngest, Kylie Jenner.
With her constant Instagram posts which reveals her fashion
style, make-up and extension range, she’s catching up with big
sister Kim in respect of her following.
For cosmetics, Kylie often sticks to shades of brown, or nude
for lipstick and eye-shadow. She does however go for a bold
look from time to time, with a dark purple shade. She’s rarely
seen without false lashes either. Kylie ensures she has the
perfect pout and you can achieve this, without the lip-fillers,
by lip-liner, although ensure it’s no darker than your natural lip
shade, then add lipstick, and lip-gloss. Add cream highlighter
in the centre of your top lip so they look fuller.
Kylie’s hair is always changing, one day it’s a black bob, wavy,
long locks, blue, purple, orange or blonde. It’s difficult to
change your look as much as Kylie without ruining your hair,
therefore semi-permanent or wash-out colours are best.
In terms of Kylie’s fashion sense, she’s a huge fan of dresses,
whether they’re short or long. Most of them are figurehugging dresses. Her favourite colours appear to be black,
white, gold, silver, brown, nude and caramel.
When she’s not going for the VIP premier look, she’s casual in
jeans, denim shorts, jumpers, crop tops, caps and accessories.
Her footwear consists mainly of strappy designer heels, or if
going for the sporty look, trainers.
One thing about Kylie is that when she dresses, she ensures
she goes all out—flawless make-up, false lashes, nails and
extensions, or a natural wave.
To check out Kylie’s range of cosmetics, of which the lipsticks
and lip-glosses come in many different colours, check out
@kyliecosmetics on Instagram. She has new eye-shadows
coming soon too. The boxes the cosmetics come in are gorgeous. Apparently they sell out so fast that
even her sister’s have to wait for orders!
So, there you have it, Kylie Jenner’s style.
For more of Sophia’s articles and tips check
out her blog:
http://www.sincerelysophiav.wordpress.com
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Sport
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Jezza’s World of Sport
Cricket England
Power On but Not Good
News in Rio
Olympics
With the Olympics now well under way
over in Brazil, not good reading so far as
no medals for GB as I write (Monday).
Even worse news for Lizzie Armitstead,
the GB cyclist who was embroiled last
week in a controversy over missing 3
drug tests but was allowed by the authorities to take part in Rio as she completely
lost it in her race and went from being
almost a shoe-in Gold medal prospect to
zero. Justice obviously prevailed, as, in my
opinion, as well as that of many other people
(competitors included) she shouldn't have been there at all.
Briefly, on other fronts, in Tennis, Our Andy, as the holder, won
his first match to go thru' to the next round; Swimming and
Andy Peaty is looking good for Gold in the pool; GB's Women
started off their quest for Gold in the Rugby 7's with two
group wins over Brazil and Japan; Drinkhall is thru' to the next
round in Table Tennis; Equestrianism and GB lie 3rd in the
Team Dressage event and in Hockey, GB's Women's team got
off to a great start with a 2-1 win over old rivals Australia.
Footnote: On a a very proud note, though, great news for Formentera as their 400m swimmer, representing Spain, not only
broke the Spanish record but also qualified for one of the Finals and altho' not coming in the top 3, what a brilliant record
for one of our locals.
Cricket
As I mentioned last week, we all hoped that England, after
their 330 run hammering of Pakistan in the 2nd Test would do
the same again in the 3rd Test at Edgbaston which finished on
Sunday. Didn't start off well tho' as Pakistan were in the ascendancy after the first innings as they had a 103 run lead, but
England came back and how, to leave Pakistan needing to
score 340 odd to win on the last day and England needing 10
wickets. So, what we thought would fizzle out in to a draw,
actually turned in to a brilliant day for Captain Cook's team as
they bowled out the visitors for 201 thereby winning by 141
runs to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the 4 Test Series. Congrats to the whole team for turning the match completely
around but special congrats to England's Moeen Ali who was
rightly named Man Of The Match for his all round contribution
including 140 odd runs, some great catches and a few wickets.
So, to the final Test at the Oval starting on Thursday, and if
England can win once again and the West Indies don't lose
their Series against India by 3-0 (currently 1-0 to India) then
England will go to World No. 1 again which would be brilliant.
This is possible because of the shock results in Sri Lanka as
they have taken a 2-0 lead in their current Series with current
No 1 Australia who have been duffed over twice in succession
by the Sri Lankans, who, just to rub salt in to the Aussie
wouNds,were thrashed in their recent Test Series in England!
Finally,
Football
and, as predicted, Jose won yet another trophy in England as
his new-look Man Utd team got off to a flyer and won the Community Shield at Wembley, the precursor to the start of the
Premier League this w/end, as they beat Champions Leicester
2-1 with new signing Ibrahimovich scoring the winner to claim
his 31st trophy. Elsewhere, it was ecstacy and agony for Herr
Klopp's Liverpool as they completed their pre-season matches
with a stunning 4-0 win over Barcelona but then, typically, lost
by the same score to German side Mainz. Arsenal put one over
on Pep's Man City side 3-2 and even worse news for the Catalan PL newcomer as he now has to suffer the ignominy of playing in the Champions League Qualifying Round, something
methinks he's not quite used to, and to make it worse, Man
City's opponents are not some little club from Albania, Latvia,
Andorra, Gibraltar etc but Steau Bucharest who are well known
in Champions League history. Told you, Pep, it ain't gonna be
easy this season! Not good news for West Ham either as they
christened their new Stadium in not quite the way they wanted
as they were beaten 3-2 by Juventus, Monday night's opponents in the PL Chelsea won 4-2 at Werder Bremen, Stoke lost
1-0 at Hamburg and Swansea beat Rennes 1-0.
Finally, the Championship got off to a flying start on Friday
with two of the favourites, Newcastle and Aston Villa, both
getting off to the worst possible starts as the former lost at
home 1-0 to Fulham and the latter lost by the same score at
Sheffield Wednesday. However, Our Ed will be delighted with
Ipswich's start as they won 4-2 at home to Barnsley, his enthusiasm shortlived tho' as worst enemies Naaarwich head the
table as they beat Blackburn 4-1 away. Still, very early days yet!
Finally, I hear Gary Neville, failed assistant manager for England and failed manager at Valencia, is now going to do what
he does best and without any pressure, as he is back with Sky
Sports as a pundit. Told you, Gaz, leave management alone,
take Sky's million+ salary for punditry and continue your love/
hate relationship with Jamie Carragher on the box! Simples!
Cheers all, Jezza
Left: Adam Peaty celebrates his record Breaking gold
medal win , Above: Sir Peter O’Sullevan
Sir Peter O'Sullevan:
'Voice of Racing' dies
aged 97
Former BBC racing commentator Sir Peter O'Sullevan - dubbed the 'Voice of Racing' - has died at
home in London after a long illness, aged 97.
An icon in the sport, he commentated on 50 Grand Nationals
and around 14,000 races before retiring in 1997.
Born in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland, he was the
BBC's main racing commentator for half a century.
In 1997, he set up a charitable trust which has since raised
huge amounts for animal and racing-related charities.
Nigel Payne, chief executive of that charitable trust, said: "Sir
Peter died earlier this afternoon, very peacefully, at home. Sir
Peter was one of the greatest men I've ever known. Only last
week he was talking about what he wanted me to do for the
trust in the future. He was still very alert. It's a sad day."
O'Sullevan was racing correspondent of the Daily Express for
36 years and also worked for the Press Association.
Also a successful racehorse owner, he was recognised for his
contribution to horse racing at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival,
when the National Hunt Chase bore his name for that year.
AP McCoy, 20-times champion jump jockey, described O'Sullevan as "an amazing man", adding: "Sir Peter O'Sullevan, the
epitome of class. The most distinguished and eloquent voice of
racing."
McCoy's fellow jockeys Willie Carson and Jimmy Lindley, who
both worked with O'Sullevan for the BBC, also paid tribute.
Carson said he had a voice like "velvet", while Lindley said "noone else could give you the same feeling watching a race".
Lindley added: "He made it feel as if you were riding in it. You
felt like you were on the horse yourself."
TV presenter Clare Balding, a retired amateur jockey, wrote on
Twitter that O'Sullevan was "incomparable, irreplaceable, indelible", later adding on BBC Radio 5 live: "He was very much
the professional, he knew a story when he saw it and he
Jim McGrath took over as the BBC's main racing commentator
following O'Sullevan's retirement in 1997 and he remembers
how meticulous his predecessor was in his preparation for
races. "Going back to the old days he would do his own colour
coding which he would spend up to four hours painstakingly
drawing the day before," McGrath told BBC Radio 5 live's Tribute to Sir Peter O'Sullevan. "Identification is key in horse racing
commentary and those many, many hours spent colouring
helped him to become familiar with the horses."
Commentator John Motson and presenter Des Lynam both
worked with O'Sullevan at some stage.
Motson revealed one conversation he had with O'Sullevan
would play an important role in his own career. "When I was
working for a programme in the early '80s called 'Did You
See...?' I was sent down to have a conversation with Peter
about the art of commentary," Motson told the show. "Two
things he said to me were: to remember that the only thing we
will be remembered for is the commentary we get wrong and
that we are only half a second away from saying something
wrong on air. Those words stuck with me for the next 30
years."
Lynam described O'Sullevan's voice as "majestic" and remembered fondly social gatherings with him. "Most of my stories
concerning Peter seem to revolve around red wine," he joked.
"He was an extraordinary man. A race happens so quickly but
he was great at reading it."
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Agenda Continued From Page 3
Melon Bomb
@ Pikes
San Antonio
Claire B
Friday August 12 sees
Melon Bomb return to
Ibiza Rocks House at
Pikes for their monthly residency.
The Melon Bomb crew
of Paul Reynolds,
Scott Gray, Ben Santiago and Corbi will
be joined by the one
and only Bad Barbie
on the decks.
And poolside from
10pm, 2 times DMC
mixing champ DeeJay Random will be
spinning the tunes.
It’s gonna be funky!
Free entrance but
guest list is required from:
http://www.ibizarockshouse.com
Tunnel Art
Ibiza Town
Claire B
Bloop, the International Proactive Art Festival is currently taking place in Ibiza until August 16. Murals have been popping up in San
Antonio over the last few years, but this year
Ibiza Town has had its own artwork created,
and gorgeous it is too. Mexican artist Spaik
has decorated one of the entrances to the
Soto tunnel, located off Carrer Joan Xico.
Spaik is an urban artist known for his colour-
ful works inspired by Latin
American folklore, traditions, mythology and
native stories. It took 5 days to create, and is
a permanent addition to the tunnel. The aim
of the Bloop Festival is to create long-term
projects in which the outdoor murals are
visible and can be visited throughout the
year. This year the theme of the festival is
‘Sin Miedo’ (without fear). It’s a great addition to what is a rather bland tunnel linking
Ibiza Town to Puig des Molins and is well
worth a visit to see it. More information
about The Bloop Festival at:
http://www.bloop-festival.com

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