Author: spshamankaphoenixcom
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My beautiful synapses and other things
When I was younger I had a recurring dream where I was floating on the sea surrounded by other round floats similar to the one I found myself bobbing around on. I was quite alone and I knew I had to get close to the other floats and use them to move, to […]
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To explicit or not to explicit, that is the question…..
And so, it’s Good Friday, a time that traditionally heralds the arrival of Spring and the first stirrings of a season on the White Isle. Although I’m now based in the UK, I know exactly what is happening now in Ibiza. It’s all systems go to get ready for the 2018 season! My bags are […]
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Down and Out in London and Ibiza
Down and Out in London and Ibiza (or how I moved from London to Ibiza in the 90s to escape London cost of living and witnessed Ibiza become an outpost of London). When I moved to Ibiza in 1995, I’d been living in London for 16 years. I grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and left home […]
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La Parada de Los Monstruos – Manumission and beyond (the Ibiza years 1999 – 2005)
Those Manumission years were surreal in Ibiza. The parties allowed everyone to dress as wildly or as daringly as they could imagine. Cross dressing was nothing new of course but the nightlife of Ibiza town and especially the night time parades in the port area were something to see – a touch of carnival every […]
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IBIZA – the early years ’95 to ’99
If you went to MANUMISSION in 1996 and managed to stick it out till sunrise, you will have seen me dressed in white, short pixie-cut hair, making my way across a ramp over the swimming pool in PRIVILEGE to a central, disc-shaped platform (actually a fountain when in use), the sun coming up behind me […]
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