Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 374 – July 4, 2018

PHOTO BY JUAN JON
WHERE AND WHEN DO
YOU SPIN AT THE PINES?
I BEGAN DJING THE HIGH
TEA DECK AT PAVILION,
THEN BEGAN ROTATING
INTO LOW TEA AND THE
POOL DECK. IN 2015,
AFTER THE PROPERTY
WAS ACQUIRED BY
PJ MCATEER, HE
CONTINUED TO KEEP ME
IN ROTATION ALONGSIDE
LEGENDARY FIRE ISLAND
DJ STEVEN OLIVERI, AND
CHRIS CAMUSO NOW
ADDING SIP N TWIRL
AS AN ADDITIONAL
VENUE TO SPIN. PJ IS AN
AMAZING PERSON TO
WORK FOR AND WITH.
HE IS BY FAR ONE OF THE
MOST LOYAL PEOPLE YOU
WILL EVER MEET, AND
PAINSTAKINGLY SPENDS
MONTHS MAKING SURE
DJS ARE SCHEDULED
PROPERLY AND THAT
WE EACH HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.
THIS SEASON I CAN BE
FOUND LATE NIGHT
FRIDAYS AT SIP N TWIRL,
MONDAYS WITH DRAG
HOST ROSÈ DOING LIP
SYNC FOR YOUR DRINK
AT SIP N TWIRL, VARIOUS
DATES AT LOW TEA AT
THE BLUE WHALE AND
TWIRL TEA AT SIP N TWIRL.
WHAT DID YOU DO
BEFORE FIRE ISLAND
AND OFF SEASON?
BACK AROUND
1997, I CREATED A
COMPANY CALLED
GAYCOLLEGEPARTY AND
BEGAN THROWING 18+
GAY PARTIES ALL OVER
LONG ISLAND. THE
PARTIES WERE A MASSIVE
SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY
BEING THE VERY FIRST 18+
GAY PARTY ANYWHERE.
I EVENTUALLY MOVED
THE PARTY TO NYC AFTER
DOING SEVERAL ONE-
OFFS AT ROXY, LIMELIGHT
AND WEBSTER HALL. I
EVENTUALLY OPENED
HEAVEN SATURDAYS
ALONG WITH ALAN
PICUS, AND IT BECAME
THE LONGEST-RUNNING
GAY 18+ PARTY IN NYC,
SPAWNING COUNTLESS
UP-AND-COMING
PROMOTERS, DJS AND
DRAG TALENT AND
EVENTS. CURRENTLY,
DURING MY OFF SEASON,
I TRAVEL AND SPEND
MUCH OF MY WINTER
TIME IN MIAMI. I STARTED
DOING GUEST SPOTS
AT SOUTH BEACH’S
INCREDIBLE TWIST
NIGHTCLUB THIS PAST
WINTER AND WILL BE
DOING A FEW GIGS
AT THE FAMED SOUTH
BEACH PALACE THIS
UPCOMING FALL.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN A DJ?
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR APPROXIMATELY
SEVEN YEARS. I
CURRENTLY HAVE 3 CDS
ON ITUNES, SPOTIFY,
GOOGLE AND BEATPORT:
“POPULAR VOL. 11,”
“GAYCOLLEGEPARTY
VOL. 1 REWORKED, AND
RECENTLY, “WURKOUT
VOL. 6,” ALL UNDER THE
LGBT-OWNED CENTAUR
LABEL (THEOUTCLUB.
COM). I AM CURRENTLY
WORKING ON A NEW CD
OF REMIXED CLASSICS
FROM CENTAUR’S
VAULT OF MUSIC. I HAVE
BEEN WORKING IN A
STUDIO AND LEARNING
PRODUCING AND
CREATING MY OWN
REMIXES. I AM EXCITED
FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR
IT WHEN COMPLETED.
WHAT MOTIVATED YOU
TO BEGIN TO DJ?
GROWING UP I LOVED
MUSIC. I WOULD LISTEN
TO EVERYTHING FROM
BIG BAND, HIP HOP,
DISCO, CLASSICS. I
LIKED SOUNDS AND
THE DIFFERENT BEATS
AND SAMPLING. FOR MY
20TH BIRTHDAY I GOT
A SET OF TECHNICS
1200 TURNTABLES AND
A MIXER AND LEARNED
HOW TO BEAT MIX FROM
VINYL. I WOULD PRACTICE
EVERY DAY AND REALLY
JUST LOVED IT. AT THE
TIME I WOULD FILL IN
FOR A PARTY COMPANY
DOING SWEET 16S AND
OFFICE PARTIES. BACK
THEN IT DIDN’T REALLY
PAN OUT FINANCIALLY,
SO IT WENT ON THE
BACK BURNER, AND I
PURSUED NIGHTCLUB
PROMOTING. CURRENTLY,
DJS LIKE BARRY HARRIS,
MAURO MOZART, TOY
ARMADA AND GRIND ALL
INSPIRE ME, AND THEIR
MUSIC IS CONSISTENTLY
MOTIVATING AND WELL
PUT TOGETHER. YOU WILL
NEVER HEAR A SONG
FROM THESE GUYS THAT
DOESN’T MAKE YOU
WANT TO BE HAPPY AND
DANCE.
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY
MOST ABOUT FIRE
ISLAND?
FIRE ISLAND TO
ME IS A PARADISE
WHERE EVERYONE IS
INCLUDED, AND PEOPLE
ARE FRIENDLY AND
WELCOMING. THERE IS
ALWAYS SOMETHING
TO DO, AND NO ONE IS
JUDGED. I HAVE LIVED
IN FIRE ISLAND PINES
FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND
COULD NOT IMAGINE
BEING ANYWHERE ELSE
DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS. IF YOU HAVE
NEVER BEEN, PLEASE
VISIT AND ENJOY THE
LOVE AND BEAUTY THAT
IS FIRE ISLAND PINES.
FOR BOOKINGS EMAIL
DJTONYYNOT@
GMAIL.COM OR VISIT
DJTONYYNOT.COM.