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Alternative Ibiza?

Stanley Edwards said:
I hope so. I would sooner have no company rather than the all male, all drinking company I currently 'enjoy'. Strange that most of my clients are female.

Looks like Cotton Beach Club is quiet for the time being. I am waiting for a woman from Switzerland to return, or get in touch about a very nice job. Lots of little jobs to chase. Today, I am taking a quiet Monday and just doing a small panoramic sketch on canvass to flog in the street whilst I drink, and smoke, and talk man talk :( I have no right to complain. It is a very nice life.
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Have you thought about producing some commemorative pics of the old and new kings? Maybe a line in tea-towels?
 
I'm taking an afternoon off. Spectacularly good morning - loads to do tomorrow and Wednesday, and sold a large sketch. €200+ in a single Monday morning. I am getting exceptionally good support from local business people here. Everyday at least Three people tell me they have seen my work in a bar/restaraunt/hotel. No idea where they are, but it is obviously very good for me. New netbook could be on the way very soon if this continues. It is only getting busier now.

Nice simple couple of days to look forwards to. Sketching around the old town :)
 
Stanley Edwards said:
I'm taking an afternoon off. Spectacularly good morning - loads to do tomorrow and Wednesday, and sold a large sketch. €200+ in a single Monday morning. I am getting exceptionally good support from local business people here. Everyday at least Three people tell me they have seen my work in a bar/restaraunt/hotel. No idea where they are, but it is obviously very good for me. New netbook could be on the way very soon if this continues. It is only getting busier now.

Nice simple couple of days to look forwards to. Sketching around the old town :)
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and drinking round the auld town no doubt
 
100% perfect life :)

My beautiful friend Catalan Elena is back with an invitation to dinner and an offer to model nude for me. Ideal days work ahead of me followed by a fabuloua evening. Difficult to imagine how life could be any better. Before any starts to accuse me of gloating; please read the entire thread - I went through some shit and did a lot of ground work to get here. And, the only certainty is that it will not last forever!
 
Trees are being dressed in brightly coloured chiffon. Bars are wearing huge flower, CND and love heart symbols. It is Pacha Flower Power night. This island is becomming Pacha island. Ibiza the name may well be forgotten if the Pacha branding machine gets its way. Total saturation and overkill - everything is Pacha. Established 1967 apparently. Lying cunts.

I have finished my work for the day. Think I am going to avoid Flower Power and stick with an evening in sketching beautiful company. Will post some scans tomorrow. Then, I can collect cash, buy a huge canvass and have a fun, just for me, painting experiment :)

Life is fucking beautiful currently. Sorry to hark on about it, but it has been a while since things were this good.
 
Poot said:
Are you staying in Ibiza for the summer, Stan?
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Might stay here forever :D

My loose plan/schedule is here until Second week of September. Then, Granada - Madrid - Paris - back to Ibiza mid December. But, it is a very loose plan. Almost certainly here until September. My contact info' is on my blog, or just ask around when you are here. Drinks, or eats could well be on me!
 
Been to the island seven times but never fancied Pacha much... It is meant to be even more expensive than the other clubs.
 
I am now carrying around a large painting, Seven sketches on canvas and all my shit (backpack, coat, sleeping bag) and sleeping out. I wish my client would pay me now for the sketches. I would far sooner spunk the cash than see all the work end up in the harbour. Spain - mañana, mañana. Fuckers :D

All is still very nice. Have to buy a camera just to photograph what I wake up to. It is stunningly beautiful and sparkly twinkly. No hardship sleeping out here.
 
I am doing OK cash wise. Not going to let on all, but my back pocket is happy. However, this is Ibiza - I should be doing more. My client today has just opened a new shop. The stuff he sells is comparable with what you find in the Chinese shop for less than a Tenner. Get the presentation right and idiots here pay €190. Seriously. So...

There are venues here with big capacities. 5,000 paying €45 entrance...


VANISHING POINT

Present...

SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE.

Big name DJ + Someone you have never heard of.
Someone else you have never heard of in smaller letters.
More annon` peeps and someone you may have a vague memory of.
Someone you have never heard of and his mate. His mates cousin from Doncaster.
Stanley Edwards (Live) plus his mate from Telford. You may not have heard of him.

Tuesday, (we forget the date) at DC10 from 10PM.

40 nicker on the door!!!

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I can do this. I know what the people want ;)
 
That Vanishing Point thing sounds quite good. I'm sure I've heard that bloke from Chelmsford before. Who do I give this £50 note to?
 
goldenecitrone said:
That Vanishing Point thing sounds quite good. I'm sure I've heard that bloke from Chelmsford before. Who do I give this £50 note to?
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Looks like it should be a good night. Lots of people playing. Might even go and watch myself live also. PayPal me and I'll post the ticket. Ask for Manchester Dave on the door when you arrive and he'll show you the VIP lounge. Just mention my name ;)
 
A change in working hours.

By day everybody is at the beach, or in the countryside, or at the hippie markets. I will sketch by day and work proper by night. I need some twinkly lights. My mate Richard has a set of 12 battery tea lights on the tables of his bar terrace. Perfect. They sound tacky, but they are actually very effective and just €50. They will pay for themselves in a single evening, so I am off to the Chinese sell everything shop to see if they sell them. If not, I will choose something else. You need lights if you're selling at night.

The most important 'tool in your box' in this life is your dropping box/hat/mat. If you have a nice eye catching dropping box you don't actually need to do anything. Nice scarlet velvet, a candle and Gracias, Merci, Danke, Thank you etc etc in bright, bold colours and you just have to put the box out ;)

I'm not that needy ATM. People are paying me to paint naked women. Seriously! People are actually paying me to paint naked women. Not imaginary women, but real, tangible naked women. I am in Ibiza and people are paying me to paint naked women!!! How the fuck did I get here? How did this happen to me?

I have given up telling people about my past life. I just see people looking at me in a "you are a drunk deluded alcoholic streeet sruffshyster" sort of way. Fair enough, but actually it is true... Nah, OK. Maybe you're right maybe I dreamt it all. Well, I only take people for who they are today, so why should I expect anyone to listen to my past? Today I am a drunk, scruffshyster street person artist thingy WHO GETS PAID TO PAINT PICTURES OF NAKED WOMEN!

:thumbs::hmm::facepalm::rolleyes::oops::eek::D:p:cool::confused::mad::(;):)
 
Still ticking over very nicely. Got a bit of luck today after a very lazy weekend. Think I am going to pay for an expensive bed tonight. I need a long shower.

My mate in Granada sent me a text last night to tell me I was in the papers. I replied asking if I was in trouble. Apparently not - all is still good news. Phew.

Bit of an off weekend. I needed a break. Saturday evening I decided to indulge a little. Bloody typical; half way down a bottle of wine and and a couple of spliffs with street mates when The World's most perfect woman sprang a surprise visit. How do they do this? No point in pretense really - she knows who I am. Love her to bits, but I think a shared drink, or Two is as much as I can hope for. And, to be very honest with myself, I am bloody well lucky to get that!

Client meeting tomorrow. I may finally order that new laptop and get on with my real work. As much as I love this ATM, I don't want to do it forever. I have other plans.
 
I cannot find a self service laundrette in Ibiza. I really do not want anybody else touching what is inside my backpack.

I am thinking about washing my worn out, paint splattered Diadoras and putting them with the Italian girls at the new GetDirty shop. Must be worth a Ton. Their new SS14 collection OUT OF STYLE is OUT. These girls are cool as. They are going places.
 
There is no self-service laundrette here :confused:

So, to the second-hand shop. Everything I was wearing goes into the bin. 'New' clean clothes for €4. Thorough sorting of backpack to retain just the quality stuff. My winter coat is becomming a pain to carry around - I need to sort a room quickly. Wasted almost an entire day yesterday looking for a laundrette.

Flower Power at Pacha (and around town) last night. This seems the way forwards - themed club events. Everything else seems to be in decline a little. Pacha aren't doing themselves any favours on the branding overkill either. Not good for the entire town to be seen with retired folk sporting the Pacha logo. Mind you, they can probably rightly claim to have been the originals at what is now the most fashionable night in town. It attracts the iPod crowd. The Samsung crowd are the DC10 Monday night people. Me? I'm brandless and homeless ;)

One person has disappeared off my radar. Hopefully he has sorted his shit and cut loose from the crazy bunch, and escaped the island. Another mate is looking quite seriously unwell. Many vulnerable people never get it together to get off this Isle of Pacha. Cruz Roja will help you out when in genuine need. But, where to go when you're already in that state?

Whatever was in the local Granada papers about me brought in Three phone calls yesterday. Not enough work to call me back yet, it can all wait until October. More than enough to keep me busy here still, but I'm still a little bit short of a new laptop and considering making a home a priority.
 
I think I need a new hat. I know I need some sane, beautiful female company, but I'm not sure what I have to do to get that. I can go to the hat shop. I have cash.

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I'm thinking something very different.

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I am experimenting with prices here. Current painting will be €280 today. Is this possible on the streets? I think it might be a good negotiating point in Ibiza.
 
kevinpurcey said:
looking good dude....:thumbs:
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4 years ago, but don't tell anyone ;)

I'm in Santa Eulalia. Been here before.

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That was December. It is very different now, but still not that busy given it is the middle of June. Plenty of space on the beach, no queues at the supermarket. I like this place. It has a very gentle feel. I am staying at Hostal SA Rota. Very nice little en-suite with private balcony for just €33/night. TV and all that stuff also. Great value for the time of year.

The local council have refurbished the central plaza. It is now the perfect sketching pitch. If police allow I will stay here a few days.

Not feeling too good. Feverish sweats and aching kidneys. My mind is a bit all over the place also! I think I have drank far too much sparkling water. No appetite. Haven't eaten at all today. Just can't even entertain the idea of food in my mouth.

Actually, now I think about it, Señor Kevin is one of those who try to tell me I am not an alcoholic. Well, I can tell you now that this is very, very, very shit and scary. I'm going to hide in my hotel room with a big bottle of agua con gas and a pack of fags (and the bud and papers I just bought from the kids - seriously, I think the guy I just bought from is about 17. I feel guilty).

Last paragraph was in refernce to another thread, but the selfish cunts posting there gave me a hard time. I am leaving Urban75 for the foreseable future. I don't like it here anymore.

¡Adios!
 
Stanley Edwards said:
Last paragraph was in refernce to another thread, but the selfish cunts posting there gave me a hard time. I am leaving Urban75 for the foreseable future. I don't like it here anymore.

¡Adios!
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What thread? There are some borderline gits on here, but overall it's still good. Need to sort out contact details if we're gonna meet for a wee vodka in July!
 
Stanley Edwards said:
Not feeling too good. Feverish sweats and aching kidneys. My mind is a bit all over the place also! I think I have drank far too much sparkling water. No appetite. Haven't eaten at all today. Just can't even entertain the idea of food in my mouth.

Actually, now I think about it, Señor Kevin is one of those who try to tell me I am not an alcoholic. Well, I can tell you now that this is very, very, very shit and scary. I'm going to hide in my hotel room with a big bottle of agua con gas and a pack of fags (and the bud and papers I just bought from the kids - seriously, I think the guy I just bought from is about 17. I feel guilty).

Last paragraph was in refernce to another thread, but the selfish cunts posting there gave me a hard time. I am leaving Urban75 for the foreseable future. I don't like it here anymore.

¡Adios!
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Take care stanley - I love seeing that this thread has been bumped, because i always hope it'll be another snippet of your life, the jasmine scented nights, the sun baked plaza and the characters who weave in and out of both...hope you feel better soon, no idea what the other thread is/was but i can guarantee you are far more interesting. Come back soon.
 
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