Tag Archives: DJ culture

Midweek Mix: DJ Billy Pfeiffer

Get your hump night humping with this exclusive JMG soulful house mix from NYC’s DJ Billy Pfeiffer. Setlist. Podcasts. Facebook. UPCOMING GIGS: DJ Billy Pfeiffer’s Body Rock! party at Manhattan’s Rockbar turns three this Friday. Catch Billy this Friday at Body Rock! – 3 YRS, at one of the upcoming Honey! – Urban Bear NYC dance parties, and every Sunday …

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HomoQuotable – Rich Juzwiak

“Frankie Knuckles kept the disco in house before ‘disco house’ or any of the mass sub-genre-ization of house was a thing. The racist and homophobic Disco Demolition Night, held July 12, 1979, largely killed disco’s mainstream cool, but Knuckles stuck with it, riding it through the ’70s and well into the ’90s and beyond. A maligned people had their maligned …

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The World’s Highest Paid DJs

From Forbes‘ just-released 2013 rankings: 1. Calvin Harris ($46 million) 2. Tiesto ($32 million) 3. David Guetta ($30 million) 4. Swedish House Mafia ($25 million) 5. Deadmau5 ($21 million) 6. Avicii ($20 million) 7. Afrojack ($18 million) 8. Armin van Buuren ($17 million) 9 (tie). Skrillex ($16 million) 9 (tie). Kaskade ($16 million) 11. Steve Aoki ($14 million) 12. DJ …

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Boy George: I Am A DJ

Boy George explains his 30+ year progression from pop star to a DJ who plays massive events all over the world.

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Weekend Mix: DJ Dave Huge

Keep your weekend rolling with this eclectic smooth electro mix from NYC’s DJ Dave Huge. Setlist. Facebook. Website. Twitter. UPCOMING GIGS: Dave is playing in Philadelphia next Saturday night at Gear Up, Get Out at the Bikestop. His NYC residency Collider takes over the upstairs at Stonewall on the first Saturday of every month. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG THIS YEAR: DJ …

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Belgium’s Tomorrowland 2012

A giant straight version of a circuit party: “More than 180,000 visitors attended one of the most beautiful and talked about festivals in world. The 8th edition of Tomorrowland was one that would never be forgotten. An amazing festival, a magic location, wonderful decor, more than 400 artists and by far the best public in the world!” Wikipedia claims that …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Billy Pfeiffer

Get your weekend jumping with this great soulful house mix from NYC’s DJ Billy Pfeiffer. Setlist. Podcasts. Facebook. UPCOMING GIGS: This mix was recorded live at Body Rock, Billy’s occasional Saturday night house party for men of all shapes and sizes. Body Rock 7 – The Heat Is On goes off next Saturday, August 25th at Rockbar (formerly Dugout) NYC. …

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DJs For Obama

The Obama campaign goes for more cool cred.

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30 Richest DJs In The World

Via Celebrity Net Worth: If you are a fan of electronic music, you will probably recognize the names on this list but we think you’ll be very surprised and impressed at just how rich and highly paid the top DJs are. These DJs put out their own albums and produce songs for other mainstream artists like Madonna and Britney Spears, …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Shane Stiel

Get on down with your bad self with this exclusive JMG mix by San Diego’s hot DJ Shane Stiel. Setlist Twitter. Podcasts. Facebook. Interview. Beefcake. UPCOMING GIGS: The Jungle @ Rich’s San Diego, Tonight. Vancouver Pride, Oasis Lounge, LL Bear @ Rich’s San Diego. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Jerry Bonham. DJ Michael Fierman. DJ Sin Morera. DJ Herbie James. DJ …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Saint At Large, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is a ticket to this Saturday’s 33rd annual Black Party, the longest-running and most famous leather dance party in the world, which this year stars DJ Satashi Tomie and DJs Chus + Ceballos, and which once again takes place at the legendary Roseland Ballroom in Times Square. We also …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Bill Pfeiffer

Get your big game on with this special super jam from hot NYC DJ Bill Pfeiffer! Setlist. Podcasts. Facebook. UPCOMING GIGS: This mix was recorded live at Friday’s Sugar Daddy one-off party at Union Fridays at Monster. Catch Billy at his occasional “Body Rock” party at Rockbar and check Billy’s other mixes and tracks on his Urban Gardens, Inc. labels’s …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Sin Morera

Jump-start your weekend with this kicking Latin-tinged vocal house mix from New York’s Sin Morera! Setlist. Facebook. Twitter. UPCOMING GIGS: Winter Music Conference, Miami (March 16th) Club Taboo, Singapore (April) Life Ball, Vienna (May 20th), PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Herbie James. DJ Paul Ferrer. DJ Dave Huge. NOTE: This is the fourth in the revived JMG Weekend Mix series in …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Herbie James

Shake off the snow and ice with this hot vocal house mix by Fort Lauderdale’s popular DJ Herbie James. Setlist. Website. Podcasts. UPCOMING GIGS: Fridays & Saturdays @ Ramrod. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Paul Ferrer. DJ Dave Huge. NOTE: This is the third in the revived JMG Weekend Mix series in which we highlight major national and up-and-coming DJ talent. …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Paul Ferrer

Turn up the volume on your weekend with this pumping disco-house vocal mix from popular NYC DJ Paul Ferrer. Setlist. Website. Podcasts. Facebook. RESIDENCY: The NYC Eagle every Sunday from 5pm to 10pm. On the roof in the summertime or down and dirty on the first floor when weather doesn’t permit. PREVIOUSLY ON JMG: DJ Dave Huge. NOTE: This is …

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Weekend Mix – DJ Dave Huge

Kick off your weekend with this eclectic electro mix from NYC’s DJ Dave Huge. Setlist. Facebook. Website. Twitter. Upcoming gigs: Collider, First Saturdays at Stonewall Inn. Body Rock, January 21st at Rockbar. Bassment, January 26th at Monster. Union, January 27th at Monster. NOTE: With this post we revive the JMG Weekend Mix series in which we highlight major national and …

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LAUNCHED: DJ Neil Lewis Podcasts

My pal Leif Wauters is spearheading an effort to post the sets of the late and legendary DJ Neil Lewis, whose epic work is considered by many to represent a pinnacle of San Francisco nightlife. Welcome to the premier podcast of Neil’s recorded sets from his nights at Pleasuredome. Each release represents both sides of an audio cassette tape recording …

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Pogo – Joburg Jam

From his coming World Remix project.

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RIP Technics SL-1200

The Technics analog turntable, the most beloved and widely-used machine in the history of nightclubs, is no more. Sigh. If I had back all the time I’ve spent within earshot of a pair of SL-1200s, I’d still be in my 30s. I am not kidding.

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Winter Party 2009: Spend Your Money Where It Does Our Community Good

About twenty years ago, gay pride in major cities and the circuit party scene began to explode from single-day events to a stamina-testing series of parties stretched over long weekends, as glinty-eyed promoters swooped in to take advantage of a captive and restless audience. While the unprecedented successes of these events offered attendees a long menu of party destinations on …

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