There’s a reason Holy Ship! is regarded so highly among those who have attended, whether on the original ship or on the newly minted Wrecked! varietal in Mexico. Everyone booked for the event is already at least someone close — of course some more than others — but it always gives way to some of the most surprising and one-of-a-kind circumstances across the festival circuit.
One of the producer/DJs who regularly shows up and creates a wonderful sort of chaos is Valentino Khan. We reached out to Holy Ship! to have Valentino provide us with some of his favorite photos from across the years, as well as his thoughts on each occasion.
Below, you’ll see impromptu b2bs with Phantoms & GG Magree, or Diplo, as well as his WWF event, and just some general rambunction. Check it out below and visit holyship.com for more info about festivities next week!
The back 2 back sets are always very impromptu at Ship. Here I am playing with a country western DJ who says his name is “Diplo.”
Best part about the few days is hanging with buds you don’t get to see too often. I think we all ended up getting dinner after this pic.
Last year they had these coconuts filled with rare Dominican liquor and I couldn’t stop drinking them. They always seemed to spur conversation.
I always try to play a ton of house music during my sets at Ship. Never fails to set the mood right.
It’s become a tradition for me to referee World Sumo Wrestling Federation. Basically a tournament of people in inflated suits trying to destroy each other.
When you play Holy Ship, half the fun is hopping around and checking out all your friends’ sets.
Sometimes you link up with your homies and your bottles collide to create an incredible mix.
And sometimes you stumble into something random. I was walking the beach and pulled up on Phantoms hosting a cocktail contest & got in on the action.
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Fantasy Island fans will see more of Javier during season two of the series. John Gabriel Rodriquez is now a series regular on the FOX drama. His character is in charge of getting the guests to and from the island. A reboot of the classic ABC series, Roselyn Sánchez stars as a decedent of Mr. Roarke, played by Ricardo Montalbán. She now runs things on the island.
Deadline revealed the following about Rodriquez’s role:
“Rugged, handsome, and charismatic, Javier (Rodriquez) is Fantasy Island’s head of transport – a pilot, mechanic and jack of all trades. While the island provides Javier refuge, as with everything else it offers, it may come at the price of a reckoning.”
Ahead of season two of Fantasy Island, fans will see a double holiday episode special air on December 21st.
What do you think? Are you excited to see more of John Gabriel Rodriquez on Fantasy Island?
Sometimes you’re the windshield; sometimes you’re the bug. This bit of philosophical wisdom was imparted to me long ago by a guy whose name I don’t remember, nor can I recall the breakup. I suspect that in this case, I was the windshield.
Indeed, sometimes a romantic breakup feels like ballast thrown overboard so your ship can sail, baby, sail. And sometimes, breakups pierce the heart and wound the spirit forevermore. This is the stuff of poets and songwriters — the “see ya” and “ciao” and “so long” to lost amours. or maybe the ones you didn’t appreciate until they walked out that door. Now you’re sorry. So classic.
Breakup songs have always been about the important things like love won, then love gone. Sometimes breakups are wistful and sometimes they’re full-on insane, and on some occasions they’re mutual and that’s the rare win-win. Don’t dismiss the subject as cliché because it’s not — not if breaking up happens to you.
Here are the top 10 breakup songs from back then and now, because breaking up is timeless.
1. “It’s Over” – Roy Orbison
Elvis Presley called Orbison “the world’s greatest singer.” Orbison wrote “Only the Lonely” for Presley, but then went on to record it himself, singing in his trademark three-octave range that Elvis called “the perfect voice.” After a lengthy musical hiatus, he joined the Traveling Wilburys — probably the most exclusive VIP “boy” band there ever was.
2. “Wild World” – Cat Stevens
Stevens rejected enormous commercial success and changed his name after converting to Islam. “Wild World” appears on his wildly successful album Tea for the Tillerman, and he says about the song, originally written after a two-year relationship ended, “I’m basically talking about myself in this one.” Now called Yusuf / Cat Stevens, he recently released Tea for the Tillerman 2 and will be touring with son Yoriyos and their band.
3. “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” – Leonard Cohen
Like other songs penned for Marianne Ihlen, for example, “So Long Marianne,” Cohen knew how to say goodbye and write about it too with these poetic lyrics. He left their idyllic life together on Hydra and moved on to ever-increasing fame.
4. “Je Suis Venu te Dire Que Je M’en Vais [I Came to Tell You That I’m Leaving]” – Serge Gainsbourg
Gainsbourg is beloved by the French (and the rest of the Francophile world too), and in this classic song, some of the lyrics are inspired by France’s great poet Verlaine. The words attest to the difficulties of the long goodbye and because it’s in French, well, saying good-bye sounds sexy too.
5. “I Will Survive” – Gloria Gaynor
This anthem of the disco age made a person stand taller and feel stronger — and maybe feel like a better dancer too! An early ode to female empowerment, the lyrics reframe breakups to make women — or anyone, for that matter — winners of the heartbreak game. The song packed the dance floor, and still does, like no other.
6. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” – Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell singing Jimmy Webb’s tune led to Campbell’s album of the same name taking home the very first Grammy Award for a country music album. The song’s inspiration came from Webb’s girlfriend leaving him and going on to marry someone else. When Webb himself sings the song as a soulful ballad, it attests to his status as one of the most gifted musical artists of his time. (And Isaac Hayes did perhaps the most soulful version.)
7. “The Shadow of Your Smile” – Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster
A gently wistful approach to the breakup, the lyricist Paul Francis Webster penned this song for the film The Sandpiper. It was awarded a Grammy and Oscar. Of the many artists covering “The Shadow of Your Smile,” Sarah Vaughn does a heart-wrenchingly smooth and pristine version.
8. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” – Miranda Lambert
I once had a friend who had a near-fetish for what he called “crazy chicks.” He was equal parts awe-struck and afraid of them, as though they were fearsome goddesses toying with mere mortals. Maybe they were. Lambert’s revenge tune is an upbeat call for acting out and being damn proud of it too.
9. “Lost on You” – LP
After years of writing songs for acclaimed artists like Celine Dion and Rhianna, Laura Pergolizzi or LP, stepped into the limelight herself with a breakout hit that topped the charts in Europe. Her deeply musical talent and charismatic stage presence have garnered cult followings here and abroad.
10. “Drivers License” – Olivia Rodrigo
Delivered in a distinctively girlish voice, the song struck a chord with lyrics that describe the residual effects of a breakup, like driving around the ex’s neighborhood and imagining they’re still together. The song broke Spotify streaming records twice and was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Nick Costa at UBS Arena, where his Offside Tavern is reopening. Photo: Courtesy of New York Islanders
Nick Costa describes himself as “one of those crazy, psychotic, die-hard Islander fans where the first thing I do in the morning is check on Isles news, and then I make sure my kids are okay, in that order.” And so when he left his job managing Off the Wagon on MacDougal Street to open his own spot in 2017, he knew he wanted it to be an Islanders bar. “I knew that there was a need for it,” he says. “I mean, you could go to a Pittsburgh Penguins bar in New York City, but there just wasn’t a place dedicated to the Isles.”
Over the next few years, Costa’s bar — Offside Tavern in Chelsea — did indeed establish itself as a gathering place for the team’s fans, drawing lively crowds on game nights and serving up Isles-themed cocktails like the Lamoriello Sour and the Martin-arita, plus snacks like the popular Tater Trotz.
Then came COVID-19, and when the bar eventually reopened for outdoor dining, it went from serving 250 people in a packed indoor space to 40 or so out on the sidewalk. Costa says Offside was doing just 10 percent of the business it had been doing pre-pandemic, and he had no choice but to pull the plug.
That might have been the end of Offside Tavern’s story, if not for a tweet Costa sent last October, responding to a photo of a space reserved for a bar inside the Islanders’ new arena, which was then under construction.
Incredibly, the tweet got a response from the team, and when UBS Arena opens up on Saturday night, a reborn Offside Tavern will open inside it, sort of, between sections 217 and 317. Fans can expect new Islanders-themed drinks that will be unveiled on opening night, as part of an arena food program that includes outposts of Milk Bar, Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque, Floral Park restaurant the Harrison, and Long Island’s Blue Line Deli & Bagels (known for its blue-and-orange bagels).
Still, we wanted to know: What does it feel like for a superfan to have his bar reborn inside his team’s arena? So we called him to find out.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much were you kidding when you sent that tweet last year about reopening the bar inside the Islanders’ new arena? Not at all! I mean, was that the expectation? No. But was I kidding about wanting to be in the arena? Also no. Now, what did I think of the possibility of it happening? Maybe 5 percent.
So what happened after that? I’m guessing somebody from the team reached out to you? Well, I’ve always had a pretty decent relationship with the team. When we were open in New York City, we held a few events for them and we were known by the fan base as being, like, the place to go to watch the Isles. And I think they appreciated that we were there. So about seven months ago, I received a phone call from one of the guys I knew at the team and he talked me through the different paths forward if this is something that I really wanted to do.
And what was that path? It’s a licensing deal. They allow the brand to live on. I don’t have to do any of the day-to-day work, which is kind of nice, because I don’t know the first thing about concessions in a gigantic arena. There were different routes to go, compensation-wise, whether it be a sponsorship deal by a third party or for us to buy in. But the unfortunate thing about it was that I had all my eggs in the Offside basket, and we know what happened to that basket. So I didn’t have anything to give, but they wanted to make it happen anyway. And they found this path forward that made it happen.
What’s your involvement going to be? As far as execution of the bar, I’m helping name and design some of the items on the menu, and that will kind of be ongoing. We’re going to release new cocktails as time goes on. They want it to be authentic to the original Offside experience. The original Offside was kind of a dive-y sports bar in Chelsea, and they wanted to capture that feeling without, you know, taking away from the beautiful décor that they’ve installed in the new arena. So we just grabbed pieces that I was able to rewrangle up from the old place as a nod to the original.
What did you bring along to connect with the original bar? I gave them everything that I thought would make sense — signs and photographs that they’re going to print, hockey helmets, glassware, and things that adorned our walls before. Our signage on the storefront were individual letters that spelled out “Offside Tavern,” so hanging in this new place will be the original O and T. And probably one of my favorite pieces from the original place — there’s a guy named Patrick Dowd, who makes these handmade signs and sits right next to where the players come out and he holds them up. And he lovingly crafted one for us, which is a play on the Nassau Coliseum being known as Fort Neverlose. He made one for us that says Fort Everbooze.
Where was all this stuff for the last year or so? I couldn’t even track down a lot of it. When we closed up shop, there was just so much stuff and so much memorabilia that — you know, our last night was pretty brutal. I was just like, whatever, get this stuff outta here. I kept a few things that I wanted, and then was like, just let the fans ransack the place. And they did.
The scene at the original Offside Tavern during the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Photo: Courtesy of Nick Costa
Will you personally be on-site during games? Or even behind the bar? Yeah, I’m going to be there on-site as much as I can be. I’m not going to be behind the bar, though.
You mentioned drinks. Are you bringing over any food? Just the cocktails. The particular spot that we’re in doesn’t have cooking capabilities. But don’t worry, I’m going to push the team to put Tater Trotz on the menu somewhere in the arena, preferably close to where the bar is.
That was my next question. Gotta have the Tater Trotz.
Are the Islanders letting you keep your fisherman logo, which, for the non-fans reading this, is based on the much-maligned logo that the team wore from 1995 to 1997? They are keeping the fisherman logo. I gave them every graphic that I had for the bar. And at the end of the day, that is their logo. They can do whatever they like with it. The funny thing is, the first time that I had contact with the team was probably about six or eight months into us being opened, and somebody had reached out. My first thought was, Oh shit, here I go, I’m about to get a cease and desist about the logo. But it was just saying hi, just wanting to let us know that we were appreciated. And then I had a conversation with [Islanders co-owner] Jon Ledecky months later, and I told him that, and I thought for sure they were going to say to stop using it. And he was like, “Nah, it’s fine. Just don’t sell merch with it on it.” And now the team can.
For those unfamiliar, what made the original bar so special to Islanders fans? I think it comes from its authenticity. I myself am a die-hard fan, and what I was going for as far as ambience, I wanted you to feel like you were at a game without being at a game. Everything from playlist choices to goal celebrations. I cut together the [arena’s] goal horn, the goal song, and the “yes, yes, yes” chant, and had it cued up and ready to go. I created a button on my phone where I’d hit it and it would emulate what was going on at the Coliseum.
No need for that button anymore. Right, yeah, I’ll let the guy in charge of the PA system control the button.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
