Page The Editor’s Bit SUBSCRIPTIONS Don’t miss out on your copy of The Only a week to go before the new Premier Amsterdam Stun: Take out a subscription League season kicks off, which means you’ve and the latest edition will come through your only got another week to enter our Premier letter-box every month. Our prices barely Predictions League competition. Our football cover the cost of the postage, so you are getting expert Frank reveals his predictions in Being a bargain. Frank on Football, starting on page 8 and Netherlands € 25.00 per year there’s an entry form and more details about Europe € 35.00 per year the competition on page 3. You can also enter Rest of World: € 40.00 per year via the Stun website where you’ll find the, new for this season, drag and drop entry form. It’s Although every effort is made to ensure much easier than filling in numbers in boxes! the accuracy of information printed in ‘The Also new on the Stun website: Everything! Amsterdam Stun’, the Publisher accepts Yes, the Amsterdam Stun’s online presence no liability for articles submitted by our has undergone its first complete overhaul in contributors. five years. Instead of trawling through a long ‘The Amsterdam Stun’ is published by: drop-down list of back-issues, you can now Andy Reeves & Elly Roomer at browse through the covers in reverse order or Stun Publishing by year. I’ve only got the last 4 years available 1013 AD Amsterdam at the moment, but more will follow soon and Tel.: 06-28 712 646 eventually, every single issue will be online. Fax: 0842-114 347 The gig-list can now be viewed by day as e-mail: [email protected] well as a continuous list and there are also links http://www.amsterdamstun.com to new venue pages. You can’t always trust If you would like to contribute a story or road signs (see cover) but with the maps on the even a regular column, don’t be shy: we’re venue/bar pages, you can get the walking route all amateurs doing our best here. to our favourite places from key locations around Amsterdam. Back to this edition of the Stun, all of our The following people also contributed to this regular stuff, like the jokes, crossword and edition of the Amsterdam Stun: loads of pictures are here, so enjoy your Stun. Andy • Frank Weston • John Gregory • Kirsty Swan Cotton • Lin Sargent • Ollie Hasselaar • Rush • Tommy McKeown The Amsterdam Stun is printed by: Full Colour BV www.fullcolour.nl Page Nikki had her birthday party in the London Bridge, Emily looking of course. mischievous behind the bar in the Waterhole. Eden behind the bar in the Blarney Stone. Joyce behind the bar in Partycafé Candela. Page 3 TALES FROM THE Happy Birthday Adrian, Al, Alan, Amy, Perfectionist Prince arrived in the afternoon, Andy, Ann, Billy, Blom, Brian, Bruno, he wanted to sort out the lights and sounds for Chuara, Danny, Dave, David, Elaine, Finny, himself. Prince is quite peculiar about these Gary, Gregg, Hans, Hennie, Hester, James, things. Jamie, Jasmina, Jim, Joep, John, Ken, Kiz, And about photographers! He got quite Len, Lenore, Leny, Leo, Marcel, Marie, Mary, ruffled with them in the end, and told them: Matilde, Michelle, Mick, Mike, Nicole, Paul, “This is a party, not a photo-shoot, see you Ray, Rebecca, Rikki, Ron, Rory, Ruben, later”! Sheila, Singh, Tamira, Terry, Tommy, Torre, And the concert itself was fantastic. tRAcY, Trudy, Vicky, Vivienne, Wendy, Zoe. Happy anniversary Anita & Tim, Nic & Harriet, Cathy & Chick, Nick & Tina. Congratulation Kirsty & Matt on the birth of your daughter Millie. She was born on the evening of July st, weighing a healthy 3260 grams. Welcome to the world, Millie! Ollie actually came around to do the Our friend Ollie was one of the lucky ones to crossword prize draw. A record ten entries in get to see Prince in the Melkweg, the surprise the hat, and I (semi) jokingly said: “I hope Pat concert. wins it this month”, so when Ollie actually Page 4 GUTTER Have fun boys, and congratulations to Pat! Andy handed him the voucher on one of the (very few) sunny days this summer. For this month’s crossword, the Original Giorgi (formerly won by Josie) Hoody shirt is back. Who will be the next Stun Crossword Master? Coming weekend one of the busiest and most colourful parades of Amsterdam, the Gay pulled Pat’s name out, he started checking Pride Canal Parade, will be longer & bigger every other bit of paper to make sure they than ever. didn’t all have Pat’s name on. Actually, the whole festival lasts longer They didn’t, of course, so the bottle of this year, nine days of parties, gay weddings, whisky is Pat’s, but we have heard he will share meetings and celebrations. his prize with other Coco’s Outback staff. And the number of participating boats, as always filled with flamboyantly dressed and/or only partly dressed singing and dancing groups of people is up to ninety. For the first time a boat from the military, with soldiers in uniform, will be participating too. Lets hope the weather is good, no boat will sink, and nobody falls in the water. Elly Page 5 Page 6 I’m sure Marlene and Deborah were both behind the bar every time I dropped in the Old Quarter last month. Friday night in the Stone’s Café, with Lisette, Wendy, Polly and Talitha. Kim was in the Stone’s Café with her best mate Jessica, so I had to take a picture. Mark was in town for his birthday and got Beth and Valentijn doing touristy things with him. Mick from Newcastle always reads the Stun when he visits, and now he’s in it, after we met him in the Old Quarter. High Quality Photo & Video Service For music, promotions, weddings & parties Call: 06-10146549 of 020-6328652 E-mail: [email protected] Page 7 ONE NIGHT Vincent gets the Re-Plugged Open Mic Night going in Café Candela, and then Giovanni takes over when he’s finished on the streets. Monday evening in late July, the height of Summer and the terrace heaters were on! They usually start around 21:30; here are some late arriving musicians. A warm welcome from Yola, upstairs in Café Candela. She loves the Stun Jokes Page; of course she does, she’s from Birmingham. Page 8 ON LEIDSEPLEIN Don’t know who these two are; they just asked me to take a photo! On to the Waterhole, where I bumped into Alfred, who shares the same birthday as me. Humphrey was taking care of business in the back of the Waterhole. Leny (ex-Last Waterhole) and Gigi were at the bar with Magic Sem. Ilya at the bar, waiting to play, again! (He’s starting to fall into the Magic Sem category). Page 9 QUIZ NIGHT Presentation of the monthly quiz night in Finnegan’s Rainbow was, as usual, in the capable hands of Mark Mysterious, who regularly grabs his guitar and asks something like “who sang the original version of this song?” I can’t remember the song now, but the answer was Bob Dylan. Egbert, Jet and John, alias Team Egbert, were missing a couple of their regular team- mates and could only manage 4th place. As well as pulling pints, bringing round snacks and collecting the quiz answers, Marjolein also sets the questions. Team Moore or Less; Jur, Britta, Kim, Berna and Pim took 1st place with 69 points, and the prize money from Marjolein. As is the custom in Finnegan’s, they rung the bell and bought drinks all round. Page 10 WHAT’S ON Our friend Wolfling will be opening for I Saturday 13th is also the first day of the new Am Kloot in Paradiso tomorrow (Saturday 6th Premier League football season. You could stay August). He had 5 free tickets up for grabs on at home watching the matches on Sport, but Facebook this morning, but they’re probably where’s the fun in that? Get to a bar and watch gone by now, so it will cost you €16 if you don’t a match there instead; you know it makes want to miss, in Wolfling’s words, “one of the sense! Just to make it even more interesting, best live bands I know, and certainly one of my why not enter our Premier Predictions League favourites”. Doors open at 19:00. Wolfling will competition? Details are on page 3. do a half hour set at 19:30 SHARP. I Am Kloot Although it’s not mentioned in the gig-list, I will take the stage at 20:30. have it on good authority that Mark Mysterious Also on Saturday 6th, The Amsterdam will be playing with Mick de Neeve at the Summer Cruise 2011 will be casting off from Acoustic Session in Maloe Melo on Sunday behind Centraal Station at 20:00. With 3 areas, 7th August. free fully staffed and stocked bars (powered Maloe Melo’s music hall will be closed for by Jameson Irish Whiskey), live acts, including the next three Tuesdays, but Rock n Roll Nico Olly De Quartz rocking the open air top deck, will be leading an acoustic session in the front and international DJs all aboard an incredible bar on those nights. vessel, it promises to be a good night out. Great seeing Mosquito in the Albert Heijn The last I heard, tickets are still available for advert! You can catch them every Sunday at €55 (including all drinks and food).