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icebaer69
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does anybody has pictures from the 80s ?
i´m looking especially for a picture where you can see the ibiza - sanan-road
(long before it became a ****ing highway) with sometimes at midday
hundreds of people laying in the grass/chilling/sleeping/waiting for a ride/etc
right and left of the road after leaving amnesia and KU !?
i´m looking especially for a picture where you can see the ibiza - sanan-road
(long before it became a ****ing highway) with sometimes at midday
hundreds of people laying in the grass/chilling/sleeping/waiting for a ride/etc
right and left of the road after leaving amnesia and KU !?
madwhitegiant
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What a lovely thread and that is meant in a non-pee taking way.
I don't know half the places but it is nice to hear other people's recollections etc.
The airplane quote though was top draw.
I don't know half the places but it is nice to hear other people's recollections etc.
The airplane quote though was top draw.
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icebaer69
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domino ? ! ?
"...
Ibiza, the Beatnik Paradise
June 14, 1962
Beats Meet at Ibiza
This time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season.
They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre,
and other coffee-house neighborhoods to congregate on this olive and fig-tree island
through October.
Ibiza is a Spanish dot in the Mediterranean close to Africa and still living partly
in a Phoenician-Carthaginian-Roman-Arab past.
In the tiny capital, also named Ibiza with its white Moorish-looking houses,
its sixteenth-century walled quarter, its two traffic cops directing the bicycle,
motor-scooter traffic, the beats meet each noon for breakfast under the awnings
of a cafe on the main square.
The rest of the day they take the fierce, perpetual sun in bikinis on some sea-splashed
rocks outside town -- avoiding the tourist beaches -- and every night they collect
at the Domino, a small cafe on Ibiza's waterfront.
Domino, halfway below street level, is as steamy as an equatorial jungle or a New York
subway at rush hour, and a Village coffee-house patron would instantly recognize his habitat --
a cellar noisy with talk, crowded with other bearded, long-haired types
in dungarees, barefoot girls in tight jerseys, and throbbing to the hip jazz
on the record-player.
The only difference is that the Domino conversations are in six or seven languages...
..."
(http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/02/clip_job_ibiza.php)
"...
Ibiza, the Beatnik Paradise
June 14, 1962
Beats Meet at Ibiza
This time of year, the beats are returning to Ibiza like birds in season.
They're en route from Bloomsbury, Schwabing, Bleecker Street, Montmartre,
and other coffee-house neighborhoods to congregate on this olive and fig-tree island
through October.
Ibiza is a Spanish dot in the Mediterranean close to Africa and still living partly
in a Phoenician-Carthaginian-Roman-Arab past.
In the tiny capital, also named Ibiza with its white Moorish-looking houses,
its sixteenth-century walled quarter, its two traffic cops directing the bicycle,
motor-scooter traffic, the beats meet each noon for breakfast under the awnings
of a cafe on the main square.
The rest of the day they take the fierce, perpetual sun in bikinis on some sea-splashed
rocks outside town -- avoiding the tourist beaches -- and every night they collect
at the Domino, a small cafe on Ibiza's waterfront.
Domino, halfway below street level, is as steamy as an equatorial jungle or a New York
subway at rush hour, and a Village coffee-house patron would instantly recognize his habitat --
a cellar noisy with talk, crowded with other bearded, long-haired types
in dungarees, barefoot girls in tight jerseys, and throbbing to the hip jazz
on the record-player.
The only difference is that the Domino conversations are in six or seven languages...
..."
(http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/02/clip_job_ibiza.php)
chief_legend
New Member
i miss cheers!
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icebaer69
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(ibiza-voice)
"...
PIN-UP - gone
Once upon a time, there was a club called Konga, one of Ibiza's many tacky little discos.
In 2002 somebody must have waved a huge ****ing fairy wand over the top of it,
because it was reborn as the amazing beach-side venue Pin-Up!
Despite being the most beautiful club on the island, and cheaper than everywhere else,
a lack of tourists pretty much buggered up this relaunched venue's first year.
Nevertheless, with a blaze of publicity, and promoters including Zenith, Garlands
and Dance Valley lined up for the season,
Pin-Up returned in 2003 ready to finally take Ibiza by storm!
So what do they do? They manage to upset everybody - including me,
you don't make the only gay member of staff redundant when he's (a) your hardest worker,
and (b) the object of my affection - losing Zenith before they opened,
Garlands within a couple of weeks, and Dance Valley by closing before
the Dutch promoters had even arrived on the island!
That's two years in a row that they've got everything lined up perfectly
and ****ed up spectacularly.
Doing a Pin-Up will forever be associated with pissing off all the right people.
The opening party was good, however, I'll grant them that!
..."
(ibizaboy)
(djlili)
september 2003:
"PINUP downed -
ibiza´s freshest dayclub wilts temporarily"
(http://www.ibiza-voice.com/news/news2003.php?id=232)
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icebaer69
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ibiza-spotlight-borabora-checklist:
http://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/bora-bora/page2.html
1. dance on the tables
2. wave at the planes flying in
3. wave on the plane you were meant to be on flying out
4. drink as many pints of shandy lemon as you can before it gets reaaly busy
5. decide your mood ... music side or beach side ? crazy or cool ?
1+2+3+5: GONE !
http://www.ibiza-spotlight.com/bora-bora/page2.html
1. dance on the tables
2. wave at the planes flying in
3. wave on the plane you were meant to be on flying out
4. drink as many pints of shandy lemon as you can before it gets reaaly busy
5. decide your mood ... music side or beach side ? crazy or cool ?
1+2+3+5: GONE !
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icebaer69
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"... after two summers closed, extasis in san antonio turns into boho ..."
(mcrackin)
what ?
"boho"
http://www.spotlight-forums.com/showpost.php?p=1265899&postcount=110
why don´t they keep the name EXTASIS for ****´s sake ???
let´s hope they don´t destroy the fantastic interior design !!!
ps:
found some interesting stuff about extasis before it closed:
"...
subsonicsoundsystem is a team of international club event organizers
who put together creative talents to bring the fun back into underground club events.
Subsonic's electronic music background was born in the suburbs
of central and eastern europe.
Remembering back to when the rave days existed in the UK,
Ady and Lubka aimed at bridging the gap between east and western Europe.
They made the sort of dance parties in ibiza that you go to for the music and the fun
and not the designer brands and the drinks.
To compete Subsonic always had to create a fresh and original groove
by finding crazy locations and the best performers to brings out the wild side
of the electronic music scene.
Ady and Lubka who run The Zoo Project & Subsonic also launched
the legendary EXTASIS after parties in 2005.
The launch came right at the beginning of the techno / electro comeback.
Running the 1000 capacity club all season 7days a week helped bring the workers
closer and fuel the after party culture.
After shutting down all the competing after parties at EDEN and Es Paradise...
EXTASIS was set to be the only cool thing in San Antonio
but in 2006 a new law was passed closing all the after parties in San Antonio.....
The end of EXTASIS but the birth of The Zoo Project (21st September 2006).
EXTASIS was free to workers because they were all treated like special members
of the club. V.I.P treatment was normal behaviour to the average worker in EXTASIS
and 1 years later The Subsonic team created The Zoo Project.
The Zoo Project together with their partners helped fuel the rise of new brands,
The Minx Fx, Filth and a new super brands called Safari and Channel Zoo
run by Ady & Lubka (The Zoo Project) in UK, Spain, Italy, Uruguay, Brazil, France
and Ibiza and DEFEX in Austria and Germany.
New concepts and wild locations has been the Subsonic vision for the past 4 years.
The Subsonic team has managed to collaborate with some of Europe's most innovative
and imaginative people and this makes it possible to see peoples dreams,
generate new concepts and make them happen.
..."
(subsonicsoundsystem)
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Burtontricky
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Personally i really like The Harbour Bar in Santa Eulalia when Joe and Di ran it. Especially Saturdays when the locals were in
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icebaer69
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.... best part was getting ... straight from Pacha to SPace,
the BEST part was Matinee at 9:00 in the morning... atmostphere can't be beat.
Cheese yes, but sooo much fun!
sigh!
gone - the old DJ box in the discoteca at space, which was in operation as the booth until 2000, after which time it switched to where it is now, gradually getter bigger and more grandiose.
the dj booth was until this year used by the light/sound techs.
always loved how - just like pacha - people would be milling around through what seemed like some kind of passageway, then you'd see sasha deep into it.
gone........but not forgotten.
the dj booth was until this year used by the light/sound techs.
always loved how - just like pacha - people would be milling around through what seemed like some kind of passageway, then you'd see sasha deep into it.
gone........but not forgotten.
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icebaer69
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pacha-mag 8/2009, pages 144-149:
"...
back to the future
"the face" magazine championed ibiza to a hip young british audience in the 1980s
with this defining article the most impactful:
HOLIDAY BABYLON
animal nightlife on fantasy island
..."
pictures from amnesia, KU, summum, ...
"...
back to the future
"the face" magazine championed ibiza to a hip young british audience in the 1980s
with this defining article the most impactful:
HOLIDAY BABYLON
animal nightlife on fantasy island
..."
pictures from amnesia, KU, summum, ...
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icebaer69
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he was one of those ibiza-characters you never forget - wonder if he still is around !?
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icebaer69
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"... Where Es Paradis is used to be a very popular nightclub called La Isla Blanca ..." !?
"...
Re: Who remembers their first holiday in Ibiza?
My first visit was at the beginning of 1971, but it was to work as a holiday rep,
not a holidaymaker.
I was assigned to the Coral Playa in Es Cana along with three colleagues.
In those days there was very little in Es Cana; H Coral Playa, H Miami, H Calanova, H Caribe, H Ereso, Hotel Panorama, Hostal Mar y Huerta and a couple of others that I can't remember. There were a few shops and a couple of restaurants. I remember Bar/restaurante La Cancela where I had my first ever bocadillo de jamon serrano. I thought it very strange and like old boots, but now love serrano ham. Downstairs was La Cancela Night Club which I think we went to every night as there was nothing else.
Beside the beach was the Miramar which did excellent paella and the only decent restaurant in the resort.
On our day off we used to spend the day at Cala LLena which could only be reached by walking over the rocks, no road in those days. There was a beach bar, though and I can still remember what we used to have for lunch - a tortilla espanola, tomatoe and onion salad and an ice cream. All washed down with a bottle of wine and a couple of hierbas.
To go to San Antonio from Es Cana you had go by road via Ibiza Town and it took ages. However, the road across the middle of the island had been cut out but it was full of boulders and rocks, but that didn't stop us driving along there with a hire car.
When it rained in San Antonio the front used to flood and the local shopkeepers would put out orange boxes for people to walk on so they could cross the road without getting their feet wet.
That summer they installed the first traffic lights on the island in the Vara del Rey in Ibiza Town. All the locals came to look and they became a tourist attraction in themselves.
I had the time of my life that first summer and worked the following year in the Hotel March in San Antonio, but didn't enjoy it quite so much as in Es Cana.
I still keep in contact with about ten of my then colleagues. Like lots of young English girls I fell in love with a Spaniard from Seville. He married a Sevillana many years ago, but I go to Seville on a regular basis and stay with various members of his family. I have even had his son to stay in London.
In the mid 80s I returned to work for another summer in Ibiza and ran the Tour Op office and lived in Ibiza Town. By this time it had started to change and the clubbing scene had already began. A lot of building work had gone on all over the island.
I have returned a couple of times since then, the last being about three years ago.
It is still a beautiful island, but has certainly not been enhanced by commercialism.
For somebody wanting a holiday just lying on the beach or clubbing it is fine,
but no longer is it for me.
I really think I had the good years there, made a lot of very good friends
and have very happy memories.
Where Es Paradis is used to be a very popular nightclub called La Isla Blanca
and they used to mainly have flamenco/cabaret shows.
I remember Silvia Yvars used to dance there who became one of Spain's best known flamenco dancers ( I think she is dead now) and was often on Spanish TV.
Many of the older Ibizencan ladies still wore their traditional dress and many of the homes of the locals didn't have bathrooms.
The electricity was constantly going off, particularly in the rain or during an electric storm.
The majority of beaches could only be accessed by dirt track and when you eventually got there they would be almost deserted.
The airport was a military airport. It was a very small, pretty whitewashed building with bouganvilla around it. There were hardly any proper check in facilities. We gave out the boarding cards for the flight on the coach on the way to the airport. Once at the airport the passengers put their suitcase on a trolley and it was consequently loaded on to the plane. Everything worked efficiently and ran like clockwork. How things have changed!
None of the roads were tarmaced and the road between the Coral Playa and Ereso used to seriously flood when it rained and was impassable on foot.
The only establishments that had telephones were the hotels, but communication was difficult. The telephone was operated from the exchange in Santa Eulalia by the most unpleasant and impatient woman on the island. It was difficult to make contact with the outside world. If I wanted to call my parents in London I had to ask for a 'conferencia'. I would ask the telephone operator about 9am and if I was lucky would get put through about midnight.
After Ibiza I lived and worked all over Spain for over 20 years,
but am now happy back in the UK.
..."
(hermanaeriza/tripadvisor)
"...
Re: Who remembers their first holiday in Ibiza?
My first visit was at the beginning of 1971, but it was to work as a holiday rep,
not a holidaymaker.
I was assigned to the Coral Playa in Es Cana along with three colleagues.
In those days there was very little in Es Cana; H Coral Playa, H Miami, H Calanova, H Caribe, H Ereso, Hotel Panorama, Hostal Mar y Huerta and a couple of others that I can't remember. There were a few shops and a couple of restaurants. I remember Bar/restaurante La Cancela where I had my first ever bocadillo de jamon serrano. I thought it very strange and like old boots, but now love serrano ham. Downstairs was La Cancela Night Club which I think we went to every night as there was nothing else.
Beside the beach was the Miramar which did excellent paella and the only decent restaurant in the resort.
On our day off we used to spend the day at Cala LLena which could only be reached by walking over the rocks, no road in those days. There was a beach bar, though and I can still remember what we used to have for lunch - a tortilla espanola, tomatoe and onion salad and an ice cream. All washed down with a bottle of wine and a couple of hierbas.
To go to San Antonio from Es Cana you had go by road via Ibiza Town and it took ages. However, the road across the middle of the island had been cut out but it was full of boulders and rocks, but that didn't stop us driving along there with a hire car.
When it rained in San Antonio the front used to flood and the local shopkeepers would put out orange boxes for people to walk on so they could cross the road without getting their feet wet.
That summer they installed the first traffic lights on the island in the Vara del Rey in Ibiza Town. All the locals came to look and they became a tourist attraction in themselves.
I had the time of my life that first summer and worked the following year in the Hotel March in San Antonio, but didn't enjoy it quite so much as in Es Cana.
I still keep in contact with about ten of my then colleagues. Like lots of young English girls I fell in love with a Spaniard from Seville. He married a Sevillana many years ago, but I go to Seville on a regular basis and stay with various members of his family. I have even had his son to stay in London.
In the mid 80s I returned to work for another summer in Ibiza and ran the Tour Op office and lived in Ibiza Town. By this time it had started to change and the clubbing scene had already began. A lot of building work had gone on all over the island.
I have returned a couple of times since then, the last being about three years ago.
It is still a beautiful island, but has certainly not been enhanced by commercialism.
For somebody wanting a holiday just lying on the beach or clubbing it is fine,
but no longer is it for me.
I really think I had the good years there, made a lot of very good friends
and have very happy memories.
Where Es Paradis is used to be a very popular nightclub called La Isla Blanca
and they used to mainly have flamenco/cabaret shows.
I remember Silvia Yvars used to dance there who became one of Spain's best known flamenco dancers ( I think she is dead now) and was often on Spanish TV.
Many of the older Ibizencan ladies still wore their traditional dress and many of the homes of the locals didn't have bathrooms.
The electricity was constantly going off, particularly in the rain or during an electric storm.
The majority of beaches could only be accessed by dirt track and when you eventually got there they would be almost deserted.
The airport was a military airport. It was a very small, pretty whitewashed building with bouganvilla around it. There were hardly any proper check in facilities. We gave out the boarding cards for the flight on the coach on the way to the airport. Once at the airport the passengers put their suitcase on a trolley and it was consequently loaded on to the plane. Everything worked efficiently and ran like clockwork. How things have changed!
None of the roads were tarmaced and the road between the Coral Playa and Ereso used to seriously flood when it rained and was impassable on foot.
The only establishments that had telephones were the hotels, but communication was difficult. The telephone was operated from the exchange in Santa Eulalia by the most unpleasant and impatient woman on the island. It was difficult to make contact with the outside world. If I wanted to call my parents in London I had to ask for a 'conferencia'. I would ask the telephone operator about 9am and if I was lucky would get put through about midnight.
After Ibiza I lived and worked all over Spain for over 20 years,
but am now happy back in the UK.
..."
(hermanaeriza/tripadvisor)
ric
Well-Known Member
is there a bar ( possibly in santa eulalia ) called joe spoons?? my granda was telling me about it the other day... my grandparents and my mum and aunties went to ibiza near enough ever year in the 60's and 70's... there's a photograph of my grandparents with the singer Lulu and her parents in a bar in the 60's or 70's... 
Don Simon
Well-Known Member
Yes, San Antonio,west end....irish placeis there a bar ( possibly in santa eulalia ) called joe spoons?? my granda was telling me about it the other day... my grandparents and my mum and aunties went to ibiza near enough ever year in the 60's and 70's... there's a photograph of my grandparents with the singer Lulu and her parents in a bar in the 60's or 70's...
just tie your bike up outside !