24/7 Valencia Magazine july 2008 by Tim Birch

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24/7 Valencia 28,000 readers 100 distribution points 24/7 Valencia 28.000 lectores 100 puntos de distribución 40FLATS…/ BABYLON 4 EDITORIAL 5 VIDAS DE VALENCIA 6 ART IN VALENCIA 7 POBLADOS MARÍTIMOS 8 RADIO CITY INTERVIEW 10 FOOD 12 RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH 13 BOOK REVIEWS 16 JULY/AUGUST 08 LISTINGS ARTS, THEATRE, OPERA, FILM 17 LIVE MUSIC - CLUBS 18 CHILL OUT 20 LATIN CLUBS/GAY - LESBIAN 22 RESTAURANTS 23 SHOPPING 29 CLASSIFIEDS 30/32 (Airlines, Hostels, Markets…) MUSIC REVIEWS 33 MIRADAS DEL CABANYAL 34 CROSSWORD JULY/AUGUST 35 VALENCIA GRAND PRIX 36 24/7 VALENCIA PARTY PEOPLE 38 CLUBLAND 39 VIAJEROS 40 USEFUL NUMBERS/BIKES 42 WOMAN 43 VALENCIA FOOTBALL 44 MAP 45 JULY/AUGUST AGENDA 46 CLUBS AND LIVE MUSIC BABYLON 48

EDITORIAL JULY / AUGUST 08

barrios with ‘Miradas del Cabanyal’. Indeed, we have a fascinating article on the historic barrios by the port with a piece entitled ‘Pobaldos Maritimos of Valencia’.

And the livin’ is easy. For those of you visiting Valencia this summer… you’re in for a treat. With hundreds of café-bars and terrazas to watch the world go by, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to chilling out with a cold beer and good company to pass the time.

If you fancy getting out of the city and into the countryside, Orange bikes get you prepared with an informative piece on essential Bike Equipment to make your journey as safe and comfortable as possible. In Woman, Anita Darling wishes she could get out of her boiling flat more and looks forward to the Benicassim festival!

‘Summertime’

If you fancy Spanish tapas and first class service check out our restaurant of the month review of ‘El Ganxo’, set in the buzzing barrio of Ruzafa. Out professional chef Erica has a wonderful Carrot cake recipe for you too! If you fancy a day out in the river, why not get down to the newly opened Wicky for a Mediterranean meal in the open air. For those of you looking to make the most of Valencia’s legendary nightlife, check out expert DJ Jordan’s Clubland piece with clubbing down by the port with Estrella Damn Lounge and The Mill and in the river with L’Umbracle Terrace and Mya. You should enjoy the colourful and exclusive 24/7 Valencia party people photos by Manu Fernandez too! Reflecting the increasingly multicultural face of Valencia, professional photographer Natalia takes a trip down to The Metro of Valencia. Manu San Martin visits one of Valencia’s most traditional

Talking of music, you’ll find our special July/August agenda is packed with concert info and our gig guide takes you through the highlights of the summer. Whether it’s indie, rock, flamenco, jazz, blues or classical you’ll find the Valencia community has plenty to offer this verano. We dedicate this special July/August issue to Luis, Iggy and the team of Radio City who backed 24/7 Valencia from the very beginning and believed in us. Thank you for your support and many thanks to every single one of our readers who, in their own way, have helped us get better with each passing year. ‘Good thoughts, good words, good deeds’ See you in September! 24/7 Valencia team

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editor: Will McCarthy. contributors: Altogringo, Anita Darling, Heino, John Murphy, Gooru, Manu Fernandez, Erica Choate, Mark Hulton, Owl, Hernandez Fiendish, Babylon, Manu San Martín, DJ Jordan, Natalia Figueroa González, Mike O’Neill, P.Birch, Lolita. layout & design: www.dsignes.net printed by: signografíco. distributed by: groovy cat Ltd.

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VIDAS DE VALENCIA

Made in the shade

White Heat

Abdel

Dreams

The Visit

Spanish Punk

Pride

Ties

Summer

Kickin’ back

Thoughts

Holding on

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All photos Manu San Martín © 24/7Valencia 2008

ART IN VALENCIA

Alberto Corazón Obra Coneptual, Pintura y Escultura 1968-2008

Sagunt a Escena Festival d’estiu

Herramientas del arte. Relecturas Isidoro Valcárcel Medina, Rogelio López Cuenca, Daniel G. Andújar

Joan Colom Fotografies de Barcelona, 1958- 1964

Hasta 14 septiembre IVAM C/ Guillem de Castro, 118 Tel: 96 386 30 00 www.ivam.es

Hasta 30 septiembre Sala Parpallo C/ Alboraia 5, 46010 Valencia Teléfono: 963 614 415 www.salaparpallo.es

5 julio- 30 agosto www.teatres.gva.es

Hasta 26 octubre Museu Valencia D’Etnologia Calle Corona, 36 Tel. 96 388 36 14 www.museuvalenciaetnologia.es

VALENCIA’S POBLADOS MARITIMOS Valencia’s Poblados Marítimos have been through a lot. Over the years they have been destroyed by fire, suffered the worst of the city’s floods, and been flattened by bombs. Now the area’s residents will have to put up with Formula One cars careering around their once peaceful streets and now crumbling houses, along with what many perceive as a new threat to the area as Avenida Blasco Ibáñez expands towards the sea and six huge fifty-floor towers are planned for El Grao. The Poblados Marítimos are made up of three of Valencia’s most traditional and most neglected neighbourhoods; El Grao near the port and along the seafront to the North, El Cabanyal and El Canyamelar. El Grao was founded by Jaume I in 1238 on the site of what is thought to be the old Roman port. Its residents gradually spread out to what was then called the “Barrio de pescadores” or fisherman’s district later to be known as the Cabanyal and the Canyamelar which were painted by Flemish Artist Wijngaerde in 1563 as a small group of “Barracas” (traditional Valencian wooden cottages with steep thatched roofs). Just as their original name suggests the main activity was fishing (with a bit of smuggling thrown in) while the residents of the Grao were mainly employed in jobs connected to the port. A great fire in 1796 completely destroyed the wooden structures of the Cabanyal. The fire was a huge tragedy for the district and stayed in the collective memory for years to come. The area was rebuilt but this time the, again, mostly wooden “barracas” were organised into a series of wide streets running parallel to the sea. Each street was wide enough to stretch out the fishing nets for drying as described in Blasco Ibáñez’s novel “Flor de Mayo”.

The barracas were gradually replaced by brick houses (the last barraca was demolished in 1939) but the structure of the streets remained, and still remains today, almost like a sea wall running horizontal to rather than towards the sea. The civil war brought more tragedy to the area. With its proximity to the port, bombing raids caused the almost complete destruction of El Grao and the whole area had to be rebuilt after the war. Then came the great floods of 1957. The design of the streets meant that the water could not easily escape to the sea, and the many one and two-storey houses in the neighbourhood were almost completely covered leading to great losses. It wasn’t until 1897 that the Poblados Marítimos officially became part of the city of Valencia and even then they were physically separated from the rest of the city by four kilometres of agricultural land occasionally punctuated by a few buildings like the Palacio de Ayora and later the “Isla Perdida”. The ValenciaBarcelona railway line which ran along what is now the Boulevard Serreria was another physical barrier. All of which meant that the people of the maritime neighbourhoods developed a strong feeling of having a separate identity to the rest of the city’s citizens. More than any other part of the city they have kept Valencian as their mother tongue and Spanish was rarely spoken in the area until the 50’s and 60’s. The area also has its very own Easter festival “la Semana Santa Marinera”

which takes place solely in this part of the city. The religious icons and Cofradias (brotherhoods) of sinisterlooking Nazerenes march through the district escorted by the “granaderos” (grenadiers) in Napoleonic uniforms, which are copies of originals stolen as trophies from retreating French soldiers at the end of the French occupation of Spain in 1812. The neighbourhood also goes against the grain when it comes to football. Cabanyal FC formed in 1907 changed its name to Levante FC in 1909 which later became the modern day Levante UD. To this day the majority of Levante’s fan base lives in or has links with the Poblados Marítimos. They are even different when it comes to facial hair. A bizarre study by the Universidad Politecnica showed that the percentage of men with beards is up to ten per cent higher in the Poblados Marítimos than any other part of the city. The low-rise single family houses and the high number of small family owned businesses (more than 3,000 in the three neighbourhoods) creates an atmosphere more similar to a village rather than a district of a large Spanish city, with people sitting out on their dinning room chairs outside their own front doors. This is the kind of sense of community that organisations like “Salvem el Cabanyal” claim are under threat by the planned extension of Avenida Blasco Ibáñez through the heart of el Cabanyal

9 to the sea. They also claim that in the last decade the area has been systematically excluded from any development or restoration projects leading to even more deterioration. Others argue that the extension will revive the area economically and is necessary for the development of the city and the district. Whatever your opinion, 184 buildings will have to be demolished if the plan goes ahead, many of them (like the “lonja de Pescado” built in 1909) are level 1 to 3 protected buildings. Since the plan was approved in February 1999 the council has received more than 110,000 written complaints. Though the area will undoubtedly change there are plenty of places which will hopefully keep the spirit of the place alive like the Cabanyal’s old Casinet at

the end of Calle Progreso. A large, noisy old bar which hasn’t really altered since the 1900’s and has long been at the centre of the community as the home of the Fisherman’s Union. And then there’s the Calle de la Reina with its popular modernist houses decorated with shiny broken ceramic tiles and wrought iron. There’s also of course Casa Montaña at 69, Calle Jose Benlliure, one of the oldest bodegas in Valencia, which has been providing people with wine and beer since 1836. Now a nice little tapas bar, if you can’t find room in the old shop entrance front bar, the place balloons out through the back. In El Grao the real must-see is the Reales Atarazanas, the fourteenth century shipyards with their five long magnificent gothic arches in Plaza Tribunal de les Aigues. Just across the

street you can get a real taste of the Grao by having a caña and a toasted bocadillo de habas in the dusty old Casa Calabuig at the very end of Avenida del Puerto. So if you are popping out of the pizzeria or McDonalds or into the Irish pub for a pint of Guinness and wondering about how hard it is to tell one European city’s faceless shopping centre from another, why not take a little trip down to the Poblados Marítimos.

David Rhead and Jose Marin

RADIO CITY

An exclusive interview with Luis Padilla It is highly unlikely if you have been to Valencia that you have not been to Radio City, or at least even heard of the place. Renowned for their eclectic, colourful, and unique mix of music, clientele and monthly events programme, this is one of the longest-running bars in El Barrio del Carmen and a household name for most of its residents and visitors alike. With their 30th anniversary not so far away, and the spirit and soul of the place still alive and flourishing, I head down to Calle Santa Teresa to meet up with Luis Padilla, the brains behind Radio City… as it is known and loved by locals and visitors alike today. I arrange to meet Padilla at the delightful Radio City offices, above the bar itself, on a hot and balmy Tuesday afternoon. It is usually me running against the clock, but I am almost relieved he is a tiny bit late - his oldest son has just had his first day at Big School. I am told to come up and wait, but get hopelessly lost inside the building, opening the wrong doors, venturing into stockrooms and trekking up endless flights of stairs, so I traipse back downstairs and sit at the bar.

It is early afternoon, and the doors don’t open until the evening, so there’s noone on the dance floor and the sunlight coming in the windows gives me the perfect chance to get a good look at the ceiling in the front of the buliding - each square tile is painted with a different picture or portrait, make sure you look up when you are next in. When Luis arrives, we go back upstairs, the right way, to the offices- cool, bright, light and relaxed - and get stuck in talking about the history of one of the City’s true gems. In 1979, the first ‘zumería’ in Valencia opened, reasonably far away from the Plaza del Carmen and Mosen Sorell Market, which formed, back then, the heart of the old town. The juice bar became a kind of social club of the area - punters would sit in the interior patio and drink fresh juices, milkshakes and the infamous Agua de Valencia made from freshly-squeezed local oranges - it was a meeting place for the most creative minds of the City. Poets, artists, and musicians would gather on Calle Santa Teresa, and while away the afternoons, evenings and nights reading, playing and jamming. A painter even lived on the first floor - the place was a living breathing artistic stomping ground. Fast forward to 1996, to the arrival of a new and different wave of people to the Barrio, and to a golden opportunity to take over, yet keep the visionary spirit of the place alive and well, for Padilla, his late brother and two of their friends. The four men took over the licence and the premises seeing it at first as almost the ideal way to hang out, have a few drinks for free and a lot of fun through a

business that was already becoming wellknown. They took their inspiration from Sala Matisse and decided they wanted a monthly programme of events too. During the period they named R.C., there were four to five concerts being held a week, and the place was thriving as a concert venue and nightclub, but when Padilla’s brother was suddenly killed in a tragic motorbike accident, it served as a wake-up call to turn the place around and take it back to the roots of Radio City, a place where creativity, artistry and the imagination could thrive once more, and so in 1999 Iñaki Domaica came on board as business partner. After R.C. became Radio City once more, and after surviving threats from the Ayuntamiento to shut the place down through the support of the neighbours in El Carmen, the first project that came about. The first ingredient in the recipe of Radio City’s success, was Café Teatro, a concept no-one was familiar with or interested in at the time. However, after the theatre company Donas Móviles did the same show Thursday after Thursday after Thursday, a reputation and an audience started to build, and the “Circuito” came about. What started off as an evening of theatre and drinks in one bar expanded and took a walk through the entire City, though Radio City are no longer involved in the circuit and hold their own theatre evenings. Tuesday nights are Live Flamenco nights, a tradition that begun in the year 2000 when Blanco Añó, who still directs and coordinates, brought Arachí to Radio City. But Flamenco and theatre are definitely not all the venue has to offer. Padilla cannot stress enough how

11 true their slogan, We Are Open to Your Proposals, is. Open every day of the year, there is more than enough time for everyone and anyone’s ideas to be welcomed with open arms. Their tag-line, La Debida

Evolución, refers not only to the evolution of the venue itself, but also of life, people and the universe in its due course, and means they are receptive and responsive to change and to new suggestions and propositions. They have already held everything from mud- wrestling to an

auction to raise money for a dog refuge, and are always looking for new ways to surprise and amaze visitors and regulars - birthday parties, performances, shows, exhibitions, photography… Padilla describes how the whole team is a relaxed yet hard-working crew, and are all encouraged to develop as people in the company, to get on and to enjoy themselves. Only good people who are beautiful from the inside out can work for the group and all they really aspire to is to have fun and grow helping other people have fun. With their other sister venues, hosting live music at concert hall El Loco, and letting us boogie even further into the night at the most recent addition, the club Disco City, and the events organisers, Superarte, Radio City are more than firmly established as a permanent feature in Valencia. The charm and attraction of Radio City is that everybody is welcome. On the pista de baile, the eclectic mix of music, from drum’n’bass to soul to pop and back again, never sticking to one particular style, ensures a good time to be had from all - as Padilla says, you are more than likely to find a suited and booted yuppie making shapes by the DJ booth right next to Mr.Hippy with his long dreadlocks and baggie Tee. And the decor stays as much the same as physically possible- there’ll be no stripping of the heart and soul of this place with aluminium bar tops, hightech trendy lighting and uncomfortable yet fashionable barstools. Keep your eyes peeled at the end of this year for the newest Radio City project - they will be opening in the afternoons once again with El Jardín de las Ideas, “Chill In”, as Padilla describes it, and let the seeds of your creativity and imagination germinate. And remember, they are Open to Your Proposals, so if you think one of your ideas tops that, get in touch and put forward a proposition. This place is already in the History books; wouldn’t you like to be a part of it all?

FOOD

Preheat your oven to 190°C (or 150°C for fan-forced). Grease and line the bottom of a 9-inch square baking tin with grease proof paper. Alternatively, you can make 24 muffins, or use a round cake tin.

GUILTY PLEASURES

Baking is one of my favourite pastimes. Cakes, muffins, brownies, flapjacks, and any number of sweeties imaginable make amazing gifts, cheer people up and usually force me back into some kind of boot camp style fitness regime to compensate for eating them all! The following guilty pleasure, though, in my mind at least, is on the healthy side of guilty and will fill your kitchen with the most delicious of aromas. The humble carrot cake is a master of disguise. Such a changeling – it can be whatever you choose it to be. Muffins, square cakes, round cakes, sandwiched cakes, and you can throw in just about any number of ingredients to pretend you’ve made something different every time. I sometimes substitute grated carrot for parsnip, courgette and even beetroot, which is amazing by the way, or you can mix together a combination… sweet potato even works! You can change the spices around, too; ginger, 5 spice, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg are all fantastic. You can change the flour from plain to whole meal or a mix, you can change the types of nuts and seeds, you can even change what type of oil you use. Olive, macadamia, avocado, pumpkin, hazelnut or walnut can all be employed. This is one of those easy peasy cake recipes that you don’t have to follow strictly. So give it a go and take it on your next picnic, boat trip, bike ride, party, whatever you fancy.

In large bowl, mix together the flour, sugars, and baking powder. Then add the spices and grated vegetables. Now pour over the oil and the eggs, and stir everything together until well combined and then stir through the nuts.

Unbeatable Carrot (or whatever) Cake 2 cups whole meal flour (or plain, or both) 1 cup light brown sugar 1 cup dark brown sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 4 eggs, lightly beaten 3 cups grated carrot, parsnip, beetroot, etc. 2 tsp spices (ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, 5 spice) 1 cup oil (macadamia, olive, avocado, pumpkin, sunflower…) 1 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, almonds, sesame seeds, poppy seeds)

Pour the batter into your prepared tin or muffin casings and bake for 50 - 60 minutes if you’re making a cake or about 25 - 30 minutes for muffins. Check that the cake springs back when you touch it in the centre, or a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. This is a very moist cake, which is partly why it’s so good, so don’t worry if it doesn’t seem cooked. As long as your toothpick comes out clean with no batter stuck to it, you’re fine. Allow to cool a few minutes in the pan before inverting cakes onto a wire rack to cool as well. Serve warm if you prefer or you can ice it once cool. Erica Choate Article ©2008 24/7Valencia

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RESTAURANT OF THE MONTH We decided to stick to tapas and not order main dishes (even though there were a few things that tickled my taste buds). We decided on Patatas a la pobre, Pan de ajo, Alitas de pollo, Tempura de calamares and the ever-so famous ‘Bolas de queso con semillas de sesamo.’ Reading up on El Ganxo on the Internet, the one thing everyone talked about were these amazing deep-fried, sesame seedcoated, gooey cheese balls served on a platter with nuts and raisins. Delicious. The food came very quickly and was all freshly made, and HUGE portions! A and I tend to be big eaters but even El Ganxo defeated us! There were enough calamares to feed a family of 10. The alitas de pollo, aka chicken wings, were just right and the patatas a la pobre were piping hot and tasty. We were very full but not too full to try the chocolate cake with basil, a flat chocolate cake that had a basil kick to it, with ice-cold coffees to accompany it. Then we were full to bursting and wondering how we were going to stand up and go home when one of the waiters brought out his special shots. Small shot glasses, full of thick chocolate liqueur with cream on top, very strong but very yummy.

EL GANXO Being an ‘El Carmen’ chick who eats, works, parties and lives here, it was great news when 24/7Valencia rang me up to tell me I had to review a restaurant in Ruzafa. This barrio is the upcoming area of Valencia just behind the North train station. It has been amazing Valencians and visitors recently with its colourful bars and restaurants that seem to be opening up overnight all over the place. It’s international, creative and fun!

There are dozens and dozens of places to choose from for a meal or a drink in every price range and every style. Every place heaves with people and everybody

seems to know each other and say hello to everybody. There is something magical about the Ruzafa atmosphere.

Not only does El Ganxo have a huge terrace that seats around 30 people on the main street, but they also have an interior terrace that seats another 20. A good meal with wine and lots and lots of food would set you back around 20 euros a head and they offer set menus for big groups. They are open every day, Monday to Sunday, and have a menu del día Monday to Friday for 9 euros including one drink.

El Ganxo has been open for around five years now and they serve traditional Spanish tapas with a twist. Looking through the menu, A and I had a giggle or two, Shepherds Pie was on offer! They have an extensive list of foreign beers, and a large interesting selection of tapas.

El Ganxo is run by a friendly, experienced Spanish/Irish couple and the staff is cosmopolitan, too. All in all, a great place for a relaxed meal, especially during these summer nights, with attentive, quick service and a lovely laid-back atmosphere. We will definitely be back soon.

The very helpful waiter sat us outside on the large terrace in the middle of other bars so we could enjoy the balmy summer night and watch the world go by. He served us some ice cold Claras (beer with lemon Fanta) and helped us through the menu.

Lolita El Ganxo C/ Literario Azorín, 4 ( ZONA RUZAFA ) Tel: 96 328 55 48 Open Monday to Friday 10:00am - 1:30am Saturday to Sunday 6:00pm - 1:30am Photos Tim Birch, Article © 24/7 Valencia 2008

SHIATSU IN VALENCIA

A member of the 24/7 Valencia team went along to experience a Shiatsu session first-hand and is happy to report that it was a deeply relaxing experience. On the premises, we interviewed qualified Shiatsu practitioner Carolina Suárez about the subject. What is Shiatsu? Shiatsu is a manual technique of Japanese origin which consists of applying pressure, using the fingers and hands, on key points and regions of the body. What sort of problems do patients come to you with? These applications serve to alleviate problems like stress, anxiety, back pain, menstrual pain, headaches, constipation, post-natal disorders and more. What is the effect of receiving Shiatsu? There is a preventative effect with regular sessions, which serves to maintain a newfound equilibrium. Since the body is being cured, the cause as well as the problem is being treated. However, the efficiency of this mechanism for self-cure depends on

a number of factors: the condition of the patient, age, their habits and confidence in the treatment. How is the patient dressed? The pressure applied should go deep into the body and for this reason no oil is used. The patient receives the treatment wearing traditional, comfortable, Shiatsu cotton clothing. Could you describe a session for our readers? Before the session begins, the therapist asks the client basic questions about the motive for the consultation, the quality of their sleep, diet, type of work and emotional state. We believe that all of these factors can influence the client’s current condition. With this information in mind, the therapist can define the appropriate treatment for each individual client. A session lasts between 50 - 60 minutes. The patient is given cotton clothing to wear in a relaxing room with gentle music, and lies on a comfortable ‘camilla’ (couch-bed) and gently unwinds as the session commences. What happens at the end of the session? At the end of the first session, the therapist gives their evaluation to the client and informs them of the appropriate treatment they should follow, including

exercises that can help their recuperation. The number of sessions depends on the general condition of the client. Generally speaking, when there is vitality the recovery tends to be rapid and when there is a lack of vitality or energy the recovery tends to be a bit more prolonged. Where can our readers contact you if they are interested in a Shiatsu session? We are called Bamboo Shiatsu, a qualified practice based at Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 79, Valencia, next to Mercadona. To reserve a session, please call Carolina Suárez by mobile at 617 925 582 and check out our website at www.bambooshiatsu.blogspot. com. We are open throughout the year and we also speak English.

For those of you looking to learn more about Shiatsu classes: ESCUELA SINTAGMA C/ Padre Rico 11 www.escuelasintagma.com CENTRO QUIROSOMA C/ Troya 1 www.escuelaquirosoma.es

BOOK / IPOD REVIEWS

GOORU’S BOOKSHELF So now we are into the “Qué calor!” stage again and “It’s come too suddenly, no time to prepare!” Prepare for what? This is summer in Valencia, traditionally hot, soaring temperatures and humid. And, as always at this time, in the early days and weeks of the heat, bad tempers on the roads and in the streets. Once everyone is used to it by the end of summer, it will be cooling down again. But hey, it’s school holiday time, 11 weeks of time off for kids and teachers, and lots of beach time for all of us. Which means it’s time for beach reads and more than just music on your iPods and MP3 players. Let’s start with iPods (or similar), there is a wealth of stuff legitimately downloadable from the web, like Podcasts from the www.bbc.co.uk site. Quite a few comedy and chat shows are available, and if you have recording software that will record streaming audio, the possibilities are endless.

The BBC alone has enough online, live and in Listen Again, to keep even the most jaded listener happy. If you have never listened to the wonderful I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue with the late, great Humphrey Lyttleton in the chair, now is your chance, as they are repeating the best episodes throughout the summer. This is classic British comedy at its very best. Our other Radio 4 favourites are Loose Ends, a regular and very entertaining round table chat, and Saturday Live with Fi Glover. Fi does a great job with this eclectic mix of interview, documentary and poetry. Radio 2 has the very funny and surprisingly clever Jonathan Ross Saturday show. Then there are the excellent plays on Radio 4, one every afternoon and another every Friday and Saturday night. The BBC site is fantastic, it is probably one of the best sites on the WWW. If you search you’ll find on a daily basis a treasure trove of Spoken Word, from news and politics to comment and opinion to culture and comedy, and Music, of course, with great jazz, world and classical on Radio 3 and the latest on Radio 1 and 6. Finally, there is a great American site www.kcrw.com that has a show called Morning Becomes Eclectic, hosted by an Englishman, Nic Harcourt, who has been in L.A. so long he now has a accent that is more Los Angeles than English. The show regularly features extended live performances from international bands and performers. It’s all there just waiting for your MP3 player. If none of the above satisfies your taste buds, go on iTunes and check out the thousands of Podcasts there. Favourites for us here are the fabulous The New Yorker Magazine Podcasts, and they’re free! If you record half of the stuff I mentioned above, you won’t need to take books to the beach, but if you want a couple of recommendations I am happy to oblige! I don’t know about you but I am lousy at keeping a diary. I start out with great intentions but by about the third week of the year, it starts to gather dust. Reading other people’s diaries, however, is a favourite pastime of mine so when I came across Alec Guinness’ My Name

Escapes Me, I naturally snapped it up. He freely admits that this is a diary he was commissioned to write (for Penguin Books) though he had kept a diary since 1962, “a series of daily jottings… the only use I have ever found for them has been to settle arguments when my wife and I have disagreed about when or where or who with on years long past.” This book is a delight, 18 months starting from January 1995. It is a fascinating insight into the life of this great actor as he begins to slow down. He was 81 when he wrote this and is still so sociable and active. He is surprisingly candid and unselfconscious. A lovely book. The Visible World by Mark Slouka, comes highly recommended to me from my friend B. A good source of reading material is B. This book is set in Nazi-occupied Prague and is a literary tour de force, and I am already hooked. I tried reading Louis de Bernieres’ Birds Without Wings yet again this month but failed, yet again, to get past the first chapter. This is the third time I have attempted it, and I will keep trying. I had the same trouble with Captain Corelli’s Mandolin but in the end my perseverance paid off and it is still one of my favourite novels of all time. Have a wonderful summer - see you next time. Gooru

MUSIC REVIEWS

GIG GUIDE

In Valencia, the summer months of July and August are a great time for live music lovers to forget about work, kick back with a few beers and enjoy some top notch bands. The legendary FIB 2008 festival at Benicassim,17-20 July, (www,fiberfib.com) is a ‘Glastonbury by the beach’ with a strong line up including Babyshambles, Gnarls Barkley, Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, My Bloody Valentine, Siouxsie and many more! Just 45 mins up the coast by train or car. Sun, sea… and more!

JULY / AUGUST Café Mercedes Jazz, set in the arty Ruzafa district, has gained quite a r e p u t a t i o n f o r ex c e l l e n t l i ve j a z z b a s e d bands. Check out the jazz jam session with classy drummer Vicent Espi and musicians, flamenco jazz with Alex ‘Conde’ Carrasco and soul-blues-funk organ quartet of Julian Maeseo. Feria de Julio at Viveros has a discreet line - up this year but disco lovers will e n j oy B o n ey - M a n d w e r e c o m m e n d t h e flamenco fusion of El Bicho.

groups, a good crowd of locals and visitors and a fun time on the dancefloor after the concert is guaranteed. Ace Bossa Nova/jazz guitarist Mike McKoy will be playing at Café Mercedes Jazz and at the Tremens Cervecería on (Antiguo Reino, 66) at 21.30h on the 10, 16 and 24 of July

Wah Wah has punk with Marky Ramone, pop rock with Doblesentido and flamenco rock with El Satiro Vago.

Black Note has a free ‘Tonky Jam’ session every Monday night with blues, jazz and rock and good vibes. Later in the month, there’s a blues festival and L a t i n s o u n d s w i t h C a l e n t i t o, f u n k w i t h Solomones. In August, there’s reggae with Survival, jazz with Very Cool People, soul sounds from Nou and Soul and Brazilian vibes from Trio Canarias. The intimate Café Del Duende is seen as one of the most authentic flamenco venues in town and has live flamenco every Thursday and Friday. We recommend Leo Molina y su gente, Jose Metralla and his dancing sticks and the superb Arabic guitarist and laud player Habbi. A master of rhythm and control…

El Loco, regarded as one of the best live music venues in Spain, has the Queers rocking out in July and Pedro Saxo + Jazzerwock jazzin’ it up in August. Palau de Musica has a truly excellent Jazz festival in July with living legends Gilberto Gil, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson and Matt Bianco lined up. Don’t miss this golden opportunity!

Radio City has live flamenco every Tues day throughout the year at 23.0 0 h. The cream of the community’s flamenco

P.S. Keep your eyes out for gigs in the coming months from Glaswegian song-writing genius, Dj and one man band ‘5th and Pontiac’. He is playing The Lounge on 3rd of July. He plans to record his next album in the fair city of Valencia!

Cheers! Owl

‘MIRADAS DEL CABANYAL’

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24/7 CROSSWORD JULY / AUGUST 08 ACROSS: 1. Which 1992 Spanish film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film? (5,6) 7. Which company is advertised by the bull silhouettes found on hilltops around Spain? 8. Which score is worth five points in rugby union? 9. Very, very big. (1,1,1) 11. This word indicates a dry champagne/cava. 13. Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira recently resigned as leader of which political party? (1,1,1) 15. What is the nickname of Valencia CF midfielder Rubén Baraja? 17. The science of reasoned argument. 21. “___ be back” – Terminator catch phrase. 22. Which rapper/actor’s real name is O’Shea Jackson? (3,4) 23. Who wrote Frankenstein? (4,7) DOWN: 1. The _____ is New York City’s most northerly borough. 2. What is the written equivalent of slander? 3. Which group had a worldwide hit with The Final Countdown? 4. A haiku is a kind of ____. 5. In which country are the headquarters of Al Jazeera? 6. Football: which country won the African Cup of Nations this year? 10. 16 in Roman numerals. 12. First name of supposed psychic Geller. 14. Who most recently played Q in the James Bond films? 15. What kind of object appears on the cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album? 16. Zaragoza’s Virgin. 18. What was Oliver Twist requesting when he said “Please, sir, I want some more”? 19. What did Don McLean drive to the levee? 20. Which rock group is famous for their black & white stage make up? JUNE 2008 ANSWERS: ACROSS: 1. Heath Ledger. 7. Rosario. 8. IVA. 9. Eagle. 11. Saab. 13. Mob. 15. Expo. 17. Lance. 21. Ill. 22. Matisse. 23. Glastonbury. DOWN: 1. Hergé. 2. Ass. 3. Harlem. 4. Eton. 5. Güiza 6. Ria. 10. Aix. 12. ABC. 14. Blyton. 15. Ewing. 16. Palma. 18. NHS. 19. Emery. 20. Omit. Winner of JUNE CROSSWORD - Rubio Agustín

Arrange the letters from the six shaded boxes to form the name of a country. Email the answer to 247crossword@gmail.com along with your full name, using JULY as the subject line. The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries received by August 20.

36 FERNANDO ALONSO

Valencia Grand Prix

Valencia 22 to 24 August

The first Valencia Grand Prix (or the Telefónica European Grand Prix as it is officially known) will take place on the streets of this great city on 22 to 24 August. Just how the race will shape up is open to question. Formerly planned to run through the city, the circuit has now been moved to the port area. In fact, part of the track crosses the entrance to the America’s Cup port. This has been achieved by constructing an elegant swing bridge over the water. At 5.4 km, the circuit is one of the longest in Formula 1 and should provide drivers with good opportunities for overtaking. The first set of viewing stands opened to the public were sold out in early April within hours of issue. The demand has been so great that further stands are being constructed as we go to press and will be on offer shortly. The residents of Valencia watched the Monaco Grand Prix in May with more fervour than usual, hoping to get some idea of what kind of spectacle they could expect. The hope is that Valencia will become host to the second most famous street race in the world. There is little reason to doubt this as street racing has an immediacy and ambience that thrills spectators in a way that ordinary circuits cannot.

Current leaders of the drivers’ championships are: Ferrari

Felipe Massa

Robert Kubica

Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton

McLaren

Nick Heidfeld

Heikki Kovalainen

McLaren

Mark Webber

Red Bull

Jarno Trulli

Toyota

Fernando Alonso

Renault

Nico Rosberg

Williams

BMW Sauber 46

BMW Sauber 28

All of these placings may well change following results of the three races - first the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, then the German GP at Hockenheim and finally Hungary - that take place before the teams arrive in town. With 10 points going to the winner of each race and a further 29 points shared out amongst the runnersup, the situation could look very different by the time the teams line up here in late August.

Fernando Alonso has been struggling a bit since his return to Renault this year and is probably hoping to gain some valuable points before he gets onto the grid in Valencia. This former double world champion was a keen supporter of a second race in Spain and will be determined to give a good account of himself here on the streets of the city.

Felipe Massa is the first Brazilian to top the leader board since Ayrton Senna fifteen years ago. His teammate, current world champion Kimi Räikkönen, will also be keen to stamp his authority on the new course, as will Robert Kubica, who gained his first victory in Montreal earlier this month. Briton Lewis Hamilton, who burst onto the Formula 1 scene with such force last year, is still trying to settle into what has been for him a difficult season so far. Valencia will provide a new challenge for these young drivers and the race promises to deliver the kind of spectacle that is drawing many new fans to the sport. If you have the chance to be here in August, you may be witness to the start of a thrilling new chapter in the history of Formula 1.

Mike O’Neill

Mike has a regular column on thisisvalencia. com following both Formula One and the America’s Cup.

37 ROBERT KUBICA

KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN

LEWIS HAMILTON

Closer

Yeah!

Freedom

Joy

Babe Watch

Loca Buena

Night notes

Colours Nosotras

Bliss

Think Holiday

Happy Clowns

Electric Shock

Liquid

Rock ‘n’ roll

39 pre-clubbing to enjoy the DJs continuing their set there. You can also visit The Mill Fridays and Saturday with full DJ line-up and occasional live gigs. 3 dance floors! Open until 7.30h!

CLUBLAND

BarBerBirBorBur, is a new club by same promoters as The Mill devoted to the rock and retro electro dance sound. Located on Paseo Alameda by the Calatrava bridge, don’t miss Optimo DJs (UK) playing on Friday 11th July.

Valencia has been given a great deal of promotion lately. The past year, the city was broadcast on TV screens worldwide with the celebration of the America’s Cup and the Formula 1 is having its first race in Valencia’s history. Some of this hype is beneficial to club lovers, in the sense that promoters start risking more and therefore it’s becoming more and more possible to enjoy big names behind the decks and onstage in the regular and new venues around. People in Valencia go out late, dinner is between 21.00h and 23.30h so don’t expect to see much happening before then. You’d rather want to go to a bar or have a pre-club experience from 24.00h till 4.00h before you hit the club. Luckily there are a few places which are recommended to visit in this time schedule; they all have free entrance, a dance floor and DJs. Doo Bop, for instance, is my own club night, together with my mates Javi Funkeluya and José Mardigras, where we play classic and modern funk, soul, jazz, Latin and hip-hop. Occasionally we have guest DJs and concerts with groups from the international funk scene. Doo Bop is every Friday and Saturday from 24.00h to 3.30am with free entry at C/ Erudito Orellana, 12. Check us out at www.myspace.com/doobopclub. Around El Carmen, visit 47 on C/ Quart 47 between midnight and 3.30h. A varied line-up and diverse music styles mixed with crowded people has made it one of the in places to hang out for early hours. Flow (http://www.myspace.com/ flowvalencia.) is on the rockier dance tip located by the university area just behind Av. Blasco Ibáñez. As well as DJs, the promoters have been throwing on some interesting live gig events. You can normally see their posters out and about on the street to check the full programme.

A nice option for clubbing in these summer months is staying outside on a terrace. You have to be prepared to take a taxi as the nearest one is a bit outside the city centre. Estrella Damm Lounge (free entrance) is clearly one of the better ones. Located by the beach in the post-America’s Cup area (now getting ready for the Formula 1), it’s been the best option since its set-up in 2006. This year it continues with a daily offer of evenings with a loungier vibe and nights with a clubbier sound. Don’t miss Cosy-O’s groovy Thursdays with his classic funk, hip-hop and R&B style. Unfortunately, many bars and restaurants in the area which had been successful in the past years have now been forced to close their doors. The unfeasible plan to back up entertainment on behalf of the city council is definitely part of the problem. Moving down to the river, the L’Umbracle Terrace by the Arts and Science museum is worth a visit as well. A spectacular place with views of Valencian architect Calatrava’s masterpiece. A bit more mainstream when it comes to music, however you can always enter the recently inaugurated Mya which is downstairs from the terrace. A circle-shaped club which reminds you of a traditional stylish jazz club, but you get José María Aboga and Robin playing pumping house music instead of a big band. At the other end of the river, by the atmospheric Parque de Cabecera, clubbers will love Wicky, an open air restaurant - bar - terraza, fantastic cocktails, cool beats, friendly crowd and open from 17.00h till 3.00h except Mondays. Open all day Sunday!

Another clubbing experience on a Sunday in Valencia is La Soirée. Open every Sunday in July from 23.30h till 7.00h and it’s just a 5 minutes walk from El Carmen across the river on C/ Pepita, 15 (parallel to C/ Sagunto). Go for the Valencian label Microfreak’s showcase on 3 August; see 3mv’s own Crisitan G. Martí, a myth in Valencia, on 17 August. So if you’re out and about in the Valencia nightlife, leave your flip-flops at home, don’t have supper at 18.00h and leave your car parked unless you’re not having a drink! For more information on clubbing through the summer, check the excellent 24/7 Valencia July/August agenda at the back! Jordan is one of Valencia’s most well known DJs and co-runs the record store & distributor 3mv disc-unit. You can check his shop at C/ Dr. Gil y Morte, 16 or surf their huge online catalogue with everything from hip-hop to electronica or become friends at their MySpace site. For more info, drop an email. jordan@disc-unit.com http://www.disc-unit.com http://www.myspace.com/3mv

Other key nightclubs worth visiting are The Mill, near the port just off Av. del Puerto on C/ Padre Porta, 2. In July, this club is linking its programme with Estrella Damm Lounge on Sundays, so you can hit the venue after some open air Photo Manu Fernández, Article © 24/7 Valencia 2008

VIAJEROS

“To read, think, look, listen, search, get lost, understand, integrate, discover, adapt, remember, enjoy, to belong and to travel. Literature and photography combine and reflect a journey; quotes from writers shown by passengers from around the world. These exclusive photos were taken in the Metro of Valencia, showing what it feels like to be a foreigner, visitor or resident in this city” - N.F. ‘Viajeros’ Project by Natalia Figueroa Gonzalez in collaboration with Metrodiversidad with the support of Ceimigra.

YOUR BIKE EQUIPMENT We’ve talked on other occasions about aspects of our own security and that of our bikes. This month we’re going to look at things which can make our journey on two wheels more agreeable. The first and foremost, as it directly affects our health, is hydration. The typical thing to do is carry a water bottle. These were first made of plastic and later have been made from aluminium, with double ceramic bottoms which help maintain the desired temperature, normally cold. In these hot-hot days, when it’s almost always over 30 degrees centigrade, it’s really important to keep yourself hydrated even if you’re only going for a short wheel-a-round. There is another way now of keeping yourself hydrated which is much more comfortable, and that is a hydration bag. I have at times been laughed at by other cyclists… ha ha ha, looks like a baby’s bottle, and so on. But the truth is they end up convinced by the system and asking you for a bit because their bottle has dried out. The advantages are obvious…you can store up to 2.5 litres of liquid, when a bottle designed for a bike rarely takes more than 750 ml. With the rucksack hydration bag you have a tube connected to the bottle which reaches close to your mouth. All you have to do to drink is move your head a bit and take one hand off the handlebar to get it into position. So it’s both easy to do and means you can comfortably carry more water with you.

Drinking water is fine but it’s good to mix the water with some isotonic powder on these hot days or doing any long route. My favourite, one of the classic and better known ones, is Isotar, a powder which is dissolved in water and gives you mineral salts and other necessary components for challenging trips or climatic conditions. There are also energy bars and fruit jellies that can help you replenish your strength on a long trip. We have also talked about the importance of wearing helmets before… but the writer of this piece doesn’t venture out without other pieces of equipment including: g l a s s e s (because when you are careering downhill at 60 km an hour, you don’t welcome a mosquito in your eye); and gloves (for the similar reason that if you fall, the first thing that touches the ground is often your hands. Gloves can mean not having to wear bandages for weeks after a nasty fall.) The last item on my personal list of essentials is a pair of cycling shorts, with a padded bum to protect you from uncomfortable rubbing. As always, we remind you that Orange Bikes can kit you out with these items to make your bike trips a more comfortable experience, from water bottles and hydration bags to gloves and cycling shorts.

WOMAN

Hot Stuff Baby This Evening! My mind manages to block out all damaging long-term memories in a way that both petrifies and delights me, as I blissfully trot through life having forgotten all the nasty things that have ever happened to me, all the public humiliations, unpleasant experiences and suffering of sorts. However small. Not meaning to sound melodramatic or to make you, dear reader, feel desperately sorry for me and imagine all kinds of terrors including a dreadful childhood (mine was delicious - family holidays on Formentera, Mr. Whippy 99 cones on Brighton seafront, and wonderful weekends with the grandparents and hundreds of cousins), as I really haven’t had a terrible life in any which way or form. But S*** does happen as we all know, and now, due to the natty workings of my ridiculously clever brain, all these things have blended together with a pinch of sugar and spice and all things nice and allow me to look back on it all with a hazy smile and think, “Wow, aren’t I lucky.” That is, until Summer comes around and I am cruelly reminded of one awful, awful fact that is quite impossible to don one’s rose-tinted glasses for - my flat is unbearably H.O.T. for at least three, if not four, sticky, dizzy months of the year. 2008 is another year I have failed to recall, yet again, this nauseating truth though it was delayed a few gorgeous weeks with May and June being as wet and miserable as they were. You may think I am exaggerating - how could being a little warm be the worst thing to happen to this girl? - but I can assure you, the people who designed this building over thirty years ago had only one thing in mind when it came to my lovely pied-à-terre on the fourth floor - creating a Summer experience for all future tenants as close to the inside of a sauna as possible.

Even if it is not even 30º outside, one of those joyful days when the sun is shining brightly but there’s a lovely breeze and getting on with things in the heat is not a chore at all but a treat, and it feels like nothing could go wrong at all, I get home, skip easily up the four flights of stairs, open the front door and literally have to strip off to my knickers, which I am sure my Macho Ibérico! neighbours directly in front are more than happy about, switch on all fans and grab my water spray to spritz the air and myself with at frequent intervals until it’s time to leave the house again. At this point, I have maybe my fifth shower of the day, get dressed with the blinds fully down to avoid any light and therefore extra heat entering my solarium, sorry, bedroom, and dash from the house before the first beads of perspiration start to form, though it’s usually too late. Oh, and I do my makeup in the street, otherwise it would melt and drip down my face, and the look I go for in Summer is never ‘Kiss Fan meets Malibu Barbie.’ I say Malibu Barbie because over the last few weeks I have ditched my usual monochromatic uniform of black, black and more black worn with the standard white T-shirt (yes, ladies, I am still on my eternal quest to find The Perfect White Tee - I truly believe it is out there somewhere) and embraced a palette of bright, light and breezy colours. Neon pink and orange polka dot shoes, a bargain at €3, even I, queen of the discount sale, could not believe my eyes, a fluorescent blue and yellow, flowery waist-cinching puffball skirt and a green and bright red check shirt-dress, which I am proud to confess has been in my cupboard since I was twelve (and probably twelve kilos lighter), all make up my new wardrobe. I am becoming a girl of colour, and have shunned the black skinny jeans and dark blouses. Perhaps I could owe my newfound rainbow brite-inspired style to the Euro2008 Football Cup. All the fans in their national colours made me want to belong to my own team, Team Anita. And my team colours are unrestricted! I want my members to emanate Agyness Dean and her fabulous eclectic way - even though I don’t really believe she throws on “what’s clean”, I’m sure each outfit is planned in advance otherwise it would never work as well. But it’s a good way to

go about life and I have always been one to cheer on a little spontaneity. With my darling girls, minus the remarkable Miss R., whose presence we mourned greatly as it was she and I who had orchestrated the entire moviethen-cocktails plan, I headed down to the centre of town, not a stone’s throw from my greenhouse of a home in El Carmen, to catch the premiere of Sex and the City, as I gushed about at length last month. In one of my new I-like-colour! outfits and killer heels, I dashed down with Lolita D. (in itsy bitsy teeny weeny miniskirt) to join Miss C. in floral dress and white tux, P. in ripped skinny jeans and M. with the craziest cleavage the Cines Lys had ever seen, to weep and laugh and hold each other’s hands through the entire two hour film. If we didn’t love Carrie and her girls so dearly I am sure we wouldn’t have been half as moved by the whole affair, but we do, and we were, greatly so. As a consolation prize for Miss R., who had to work her minuscule little bottom off that evening out in the middle of nowhere (the things we sacrifice for a promotion), I popped into town and bought her a lovely polka dot dress. In a bright, bright blue, of course. I want her on my team, especially as she has air conditioning and a spare room at her glorious pad! Tee hee!

Piece of this! • Big love goes out to Amy Winehouse this month -regular readers will know how much I adore this girl - who has apparently been diagnosed with emphysema. Let’s hope it’s a lesson to her and she gives up the drugs and cigs and brings out a killer new album soon! • Fe st iva l I nte rn a cion a l de Benicàssim! My Summer event of the year. Never anything my brain would want to wipe out, I simply cannot wait to boogie with The Ting Tings, Gnarls Barkley and Mika, who are all out to make us Feel Real Good this July, from 17th to 20th.

Anita Darling Photos Manu Fernandez, Article AD © 24/7 Valencia 2008

VALENCIA FOOTBALL - IT’S BEEN A CRAZY YEAR!

The ﬁnal goal

Silva not gold

¡Olé!

King of Europe

YUSO

02. LA EDAD DE ORO 04. THE LOUNGE ORANGE BIKESA/ DJANGO /RAÍCES LA FLAMA / ORIENT XPRESS SINPY JO’S TAPAS 2 GASTRONOMIK

GUINNESS HOUSE

CARPE DIEM SAHARA LABORATORIO FINNEGANS/VINTARA CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ

LA SOIREE

SHERLOCK HOLMES CULLERA DEL PALAU EL BOTIJO /NEGRA MALUCA

DOO BOP

DISCO CITY

GREGAL BACCO DOC / DON SALVATORE 42. WICKY 43. LA MARGAROTA

JULY - AUGUST 08 / JULIO - AGOSTO 08

24/7 VALENCIA LIVE MUSIC & CLUBS AGENDA TUESDAY / MARTES 1

CLUB: Sunset Down con Dioni Sanchez + H4l 9000 + Pablo Bolivar. SUNSET ESTRELLA DAMM: Sunset Down con Pulsher Live.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 2

BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h Gratis. PALAU DE MUSICA (Jardines): Joan Soler Quartet + Avisai Cohen Trio 22.00h Gratis (Valencia Jazz Festival).

RADIO CITY: Arachí, Flamenco en vivo con Amaro Carmona, Juan de Pilar, Víctor Rodríguez y María Linzana 23.00h 7€ con consumición CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam Session por Vicente Espí y pintura por Atila Stark ‘Kulo’ 22.30h Gratis. CENTRO DE TECNIFICACIÓN (Alicante): Bob Dylan. CIUTAT DE VALENCIA STADIUM: The Police.

THURSDAY / JUEVES 3

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Amaro Carmona y Juan De Pilar (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Javier Zamora y Toni Cotolí (guitarras) 22.30h /24.00h 12€ con consumición. GREENSPACE: Willy DeVille & Mink DeVille Band (rock) 21.00h 30€ anticipada / 35€ taquilla. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Gloria Gaynor 22.15h Ticket precio por confirmar.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 4

BarBerBirBorBur: El Club: Soft + Nerd + Julio Verne / Pop Bar: Ciudadano DJ. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Manuel Fernández, Manuel Reyes y Cristina Simo (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jaixira (trio) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. DOO BOP (at El Loco): DJs. 47 CLUB: Funkeluya DJs. MILL CLUB: Gregor Tresher (Alemania) + Sergio Máñez / Dr. Troy & Dale Cooper (Depeche Mode party) PICCADILLY: Pinball Crew. WAH WAH: Marky Ramone (punk) 22.30h 18€/20€.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 5

BLACK NOTE: Nou and Soul (soul) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jaixira (trio) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. EL LOCO: Polar + Gilbertástico (rock) 22.00h Gratis. 47 CLUB: M.F. Sintètic aka Manu Fernández. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Ballet Nacional de Moldavia 22.15h Gratis. MILL CLUB: Teatro: D.A.R.Y.L / Freestyle Room: Rocksteadybeatz / Factory: Lipstick DJs. TANGO Y TRUCO: Live world music 21.00h.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 6

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Música de Cámara (Chamber Music) con María Carmen Fernández (flauta) y Miquel Carbonell (piano) 19.30h 5€. LA SOIRÉE: Oscar Barila + Eddu Reig. MILL

MONDAY / LUNES 7

TUESDAY / MARTES 8

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Macadamia Teatro: Erótica, poesía viva 21.00h /22.30h 8€ con consumición. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Herbie Hancock 22.00h 50€/37€ (Valencia Jazz Festival). RADIO CITY: Arachí, Flamenco en vivo, Kallardó con Rafael Vargas ‘El Chino’, Miguel Pérez, Pepe Pérez y Dani de Francisco 23.00h 7€ con consumición.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 9

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam Session por Toni Belenguer + Electro – Boogie Action Sculpting 22.30h Gratis. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Gilberto Gil (Brazilian) 22.00h 50€/37€ (Valencia Jazz Festival).

THURSDAY / JUEVES 10

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Rocío Soto y Pedro Pimentel (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Moi & Tere (piano - guitarra duo con voz) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. GREENSPACE: Dios Salva a la Reina (Queen tribute) 22.00h. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Boney M + Azul y Negro 22.15h Ticket precio por confirmar. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Arturo Sandoval (Latin) 22.00h 36€/27€ (Valencia Jazz Festival).

FRIDAY / VIERNES 11

BarBerBirBorBur: Óptimo DJs (UK) + Diyeicito / Skippy. BLACK NOTE: Olivia de Happyland (pop) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: El Mollina y Christian Sabalete (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Belenguer & Hamerlinck Duo (trombón - guitarra) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. EL LOCO: Queers (rock) 22.00h 8€. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Original Blues Brothers Band 22.15h Ticket precio por confirmar. MILL CLUB: Paul Kalkbrenner (Alemania) / New Fakers.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 12

BarBerBirBorBur: Pink Elephants on

Parade / Angel Pop. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Belenguer & Hamerlinck Duo (trombón -guitarra 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. DOO BOP (at El Loco): DJs. EL LOCO: Kruchenko + Megaphone au la Mort + Nestor Mir (rock alternativo) 22.00h 5€. 47 CLUB: Rocksteadybeatz. GREENSPACE: Riders on the Storm (Doors) 22.00h 25€ anticipada. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Antología de Opera 22.15h Precio por confirmar. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Dianne Reeves (vocal) 22.00h 36€/27€ (Valencia Jazz Festival). TANGO Y TRUCO: Live world music 21.00h. WAH WAH: Doblesentido (pop rock) 23.00h 5€.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 13

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Alex ‘Conde’ Carrasco (flamenco-jazz quintet) 19.30h 9€ con consumición. LA SOIRÉE: JM Marco + Oscar Liv. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Return to Forever con Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola y Lenny White 22.00h 50€/37€ (Valencia Jazz Festival). SUNSET ESTRELLA DAMM: Sunset Down con Guillaume and The Coutu Dumonts.

MONDAY / LUNES 14

PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Marcus Miller (fusion) 22.00h 30€/22€ (Valencia Jazz Festival)

TUESDAY / MARTES 15

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam session por Francisco Blanco ‘Latino’ y pintura por Atila Stark ‘Kulo’ 22.30h Gratis. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Madeline Peyroux 22.00h 30€/22€ (Valencia Jazz Festival). RADIO CITY: Arachí, Flamenco en vivo con Toneti, Juan de Pilar, José Antonio, Oscar de Manuel y Leo Molina 23.00h 7€ con consumición.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 16

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam Session por Vicente Espí 22.30h Gratis. GREENSPACE: Heptones y Basque Dub Foundation (reggae) 21.00. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Cassandra Wilson 22.00h 36€/27€ (Valencia Jazz Festival).

THURSDAY / JUEVES 17 TO SUNDAY / DOMINGO 20

Benicàssim: FIB Festiva Aldo Linares + Babyshambles + Calvin Harris + Death Cab For Cutie + Eef Barzelay + Facto Delafé + Gnarls Barkley + John Acquaviva + The Kills + Leonard Cohen copyright 24/7 Valencia ©2008

JULY - AUGUST 08 / JULIO - AGOSTO 08 + Morente Omega con Lagartija Nick + Morrissey + My Bloody Valentine + Nada Surf + The New Pornographers + The Raconteurs + Sigur Rós + Siouxsie + These New Puritans + …

THURSDAY / JUEVES 17

BLACK NOTE: Presentación Cazorla Blues Festival 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Kallardó con El Chino, Miguel Pérez y El Pepe (flamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Elma Sambeat (voz + invitados) 21.00h /23.00h 10€ con consumición. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): El Bicho (flamenco rock) 22.15h Precio para confirmar.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 18

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: José Serrano ‘El Metralla’ y Su Gente (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Campos – Mezquida Dúo (contrabajo – piano) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. DOO BOP (at El Loco): DJs. LA FLAMA: Fiesta friki MILL CLUB: Someone Else (USA) / Paco Plaza.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 19

BLACK NOTE: Calentito (Latin) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Campos – Mezquida Dúo (contrabajo – piano) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. 47 CLUB: Hal 9000. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Beatles Music Group (Beatles versions) 22.15h Ticket precio por conﬁrmar. PALAU DE MUSICA (Sala Iturbi): Johnny Winter 22.00h 30€/22€ (Valencia Jazz Festival). PICCADILLY: Populent con Cassete DJs + Cinnamon. TANGO Y TRUCO: Live world music 21.00h. WAH WAH: El Sátiro Vago (rock ﬂamenco) 23.00h Gratis.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 20

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Mike McKoy & Andrés Belmonte Duo 19.30h 9€ con consumición. LA SOIRÉE: Lorena la Santa aka Miss Shampoo? + Miss Yuls. MILL CLUB: Sunset Down con Fran Campos + Alberto Vidal.

MONDAY / LUNES 21

JARDINES DE VIVEROS: Ten Tenors (pop opera, Feria de Julio) 22.15h Ticket precio por conﬁrmar

TUESDAY / MARTES 22

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Miquel Casany (guitarra + invitados) 22.30h /24.00h 8€ con consumición. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Lorena McKennitt (folk cantautor) 22.15h Ticket precio por conﬁrmar. RADIO CITY: Arachí, Flamenco en vivo con Aroha Maya, Toneti, Piraña, Juan de Pilar, José Serrano “El Metralla’ 23.00h 7€ consumición.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 23

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam Session por Albert Sanz, pintura por Rhea Marmentini 22.30h /24.00h Gratis. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Hijos de Ibrahim Ferrer (Cuban) 22.15h Ticket precio por conﬁrmar.

THURSDAY / JUEVES 24

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Isabel Julve, Manuel Reyes y Manuel Quintero (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Moi & Tere 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 25

BarBerBirBorBur: Eat Tape + Julio Verne + Alexis Saez / LikeaDJ. BLACK NOTE: Solomones (funky) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Leo Molina y Su Gente (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Julian Maeso – Sergio Fecé (organ quartet, soul-blues-funk) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. EL LOCO: El Tio la Careta + Nanai (ska / ﬂamenco mix) 22.00h 6€.`47 CLUB: Catalina Isis. JARDINES DE VIVEROS (Feria de Julio): Final Circuit Rock ‘08 + Momo (Valencia rock) 22.15h Gratis. MILL CLUB: The Advent (UK) + F.Rob & Damaso.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 26

47 THURSDAY / JUEVES 31

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Ana y Habibi (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Moi & Tere (piano – guitarra duo con voz) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. EL LOCO: Kirama (African) 22.00h 5€. 47 CLUB: M.F. Sintètic.

AUGUST / AGOSTO FRIDAY / VIERNES 1

BLACK NOTE: Survival (reggae) 23.30h Gratis. CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Amaro Carmona, Manuel Reyes, Manuel Quintero y Manuel Serena (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. EL LOCO: Pedro Saxo + Jazzerwock 23.00h. MILL CLUB: Nacho Anibal + Komanzzy.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 2

EL LOCO: Decadent Daughters (punk rock) 23.00h. MILL CLUB: Citric + Rodrigo Gaona + Sergio Máñez / Tango & Cash

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 3

LA SOIRÉE: Salva Cotanda + David Sens. MILL CLUB: Sunset Down con Jamie Jones (UK). SUNSET ESTRELLA DAMM: Sunset Down con Jamie Jones (UK) + Dioni Sanchez.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 6

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Julian Maeso – Sergio Fecé (organ quartet, soulblues-funk) 23.00h /00.30h 12€ con consumición. DOO BOP (at El Loco): DJs. MILL CLUB: Guido Schneider (Alemania] + Sergio Máñez. PLAZA DE TOROS (Benidorm): Lou Reed ‘Berlin’ Tour. TANGO Y TRUCO: Live world music 21.00h.

EL LOCO: New York Ska Jazz Ensemble (ska jazz) 23.00h.

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Lidia Peters & Mike McKoy (duo) 19.30h 9€ con consumición. LA SOIRÉE: Fabel y Rober Duck. MILL CLUB: Sunset Down con Juanjo Villa + Fernando Luna. SUNSET ESTRELLA DAMM: Sunset Down con Dioni Sanchez.

BLACK NOTE: Trio Canarias (Brazilian) 23.30h Gratis. MILL CLUB: Sergio Máñez + Nacho Anibal / Paco Plaza + Ligres.

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 27

MONDAY / LUNES 28

BLACK NOTE: Tonky Jam (Open Jam Session) 23.30h Gratis.

TUESDAY / MARTES 29

CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Poinciana Jazz Quartet 21.00h /23.00h 9€ con consumición. RADIO CITY: Arachí, Flamenco en vivo con Tomás Gonzalez, José de Torres, Víctor Rodríguez y Esther Garcés 23.00h. 7€ con consumición.

WEDNESDAY / MIÉRCOLES 30

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Mei Ming (otras músicas) 23.00h. CAFÉ MERCEDES JAZZ: Jam Session por Pere Munuera y pintura por Paula 22.30h Gratis.

THURSDAY / JUEVES 21

BLACK NOTE: Very Cool People (jazz fusion) 23.30h Gratis.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 22

BLACK NOTE: Nou and Soul (soul) 23.30h Gratis. MILL CLUB: Mauro Perotta + David Bell [?] + Sergio Máñez.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 23

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 24

LA SOIRÉE: J.M. Aboga + David Verdeguer. MILL CLUB: Sunset Down con Dioni Sanchez + Fernando Luna.

FRIDAY / VIERNES 29

CAFÉ DEL DUENDE: Leo Molina y Julián Santiago, El Kuky de Cádiz (ﬂamenco) 23.30h. MILL CLUB: Dámaso + Nacho Anibal + Sergio Máñez.

SATURDAY / SÁBADO 30

MILL CLUB: Sergio Máñez + Isis + Nacho Anibal…

SUNDAY / DOMINGO 31

LA SOIRÉE: Residents Night. SUNSET ESTRELLA DAMM: Sunset Down con Fran Campos + Alberto Vidal.