so i started a new website for maison called MAISON DC, where you'll find the most up to date info on Maison plus other TMY events. I'm being really gimmicky and saying that this month's maison is the "official Maison website launch party." But the site will begin producing content immediately, unlike this page!
TMY specific events (just pictures of flyers really) will be on my DJ TMY tumblr from now on.
And of course you can always catch me on twitter. @DJTMY & @MaisonDC
So long google always shutting down my posts for copyright issues blogspot.
You may remember a while back the Pocket Gays and I hooked up with DJ Good Goose (NYC) at Velvet Lounge. Dude is dope and just came out w/ a new mixtape. Some fun mash-ups and remixes and definitely worth a listen. It's called Lyin' with the Flesh, Flyin' with the Goose.
The Pocket Gays and myself are teaming up again to bring you the bestest and gayest Oscar Night Party known to man (the men in DC at least). We will have live coverage of the Oscar's this Sunday, February 27th at Zentan (the restaurant at the Donovan House).
The party starts at 6pm with DJ sets by the Pocket Gays and myself while we watch scenes from the Red Carpet. Zentan is offering their Happy Hour Menu all night long, as well as $50.00 Moet Buckets (4 splits), $8.00 Copola Splits, $8.00 Cava. Sushi and wings will also be available in case you get hungry.
Think you know who is going to win at this year's Oscars? Submit your picks for this year's winners in our very own Oscar Pool. Do well and you could win prizes such as a $50 gift certificate to Zentan plus drink tickets and free cover to upcoming events in DC.
At 8pm, we'll have live audio and video on the big screen in the main room as the Oscar's begin. Music provided by the DJs will continue in the back room, where flat screens will have the Oscar's on with closed captioning. During commercials, the DJ sets will be played in the entire restaurant.
Tonight is Maison! You know the drill. DJ TMY + special guest DJ LEMZ (Baltimore). Napoleon Bistro Lounge (1847 Columbia Rd NW). This month we're introducing a new drink special: $5 Champagne glasses ALL NIGHT LONG!
Track Listing: Brigitte Bardot- Moi Je Joue
Breakbot- Please Don't
Leno Lovecraft- Princess
Gramophonedzie- Out of My Head
Burns & Fred Falke feat Seb- First Move
Teenage Bad Girl- Keep Up With You (Kartell Remix)
Kelis- Bossy (Fred Falke and Alan Braxe Earth Out Remix)
Speaker Buster- Supernova
Yelle- Safari Disco Club (Beataucue Remix)
Tonight is Pocket Pleasure w/ the Pocket Gays at Rendezvous Lounge. $4 Rails/Beers All Night. Come check out DC's newest gay bar- it's pretty cool. Our buddy Mikey is DJ'ing there every Tuesday, and it's definitely a cool spot.
Tomorrow night I'm at Tabaq for my regular gig.
Saturday Night I'm DJing Matt Bailer's ultra-fun party Peach Pit at DC9. All 90's music, and you better believe I'm playing some old-school 90's hip-hop and RnB. I'm on from 11-12.
Monday night I'm back at Tabaq for the Boy's Night Party.
And finally, next Thursday is Maison. I just put up the event on FB and made the flyer, so enjoy. This month we have DJ Lemz from Bmore! I also got a bunch of new surprises for Maison for this month and in the future that I'll be announcing shortly, so stay posted.
The only other real update that wasn't included in the original DJ schedule is that I'm doing a SOVA Sessions party over at Sova (duh..) on H Street NE on February the 19th. With a bunch of homies including DJ Ratt Moze!
I use to put my DJ schedule up on my FB page, but it's not much more difficult to do so with the reformatted pages, so I"ll throw it up on here.
This Week (February 1st-Febuary 6th):
Wednesday the 2nd: Over The Hump @ U Street Music Hall (Junebullet, vAnniety Kills, Keenan Orr)... like the flyer I made for it? This is also my U Hall debut.
Friday the 4th: Tabaq Rooftop- my normal gig upstairs at Tabaq (U Street between 13th and 14th St)
Rest of the Month:
February 10th: Pocket Pleasure @ Rendezvous: The Pocket Gays and I hook up again at DC's newest gay bar in AdMo.
February 12th: Tabaq Rooftop
February 14th: Monday GAYYY party at Tabaq
February 17th: Maison at Napoleon w/ DJ LEMZ
February 25th: Tabaq
February 26th: STANK! @ RnR Hotel w/ Ed The Metaphysical
February 27th: Oscar Watch Party @ Zenten w/ The Pocket Gays
I hope you guys are excited about my progress at making event flyers as I am. I am particularly fond of my latest one for tomorrow's Maison Party at Napoleon Bistro Lounge in (the good side) of Adams Morgan. This month I have guest DJ Chris Nitti spinning all night long with me. As always, $5 champagne from 9-11PM (and I think $7 after that) + $4 domestic beers all night.
Here is the 14th installment of the Maison Preview Mix featuring the new Yelle single, Herr Styler, dOP, Masomenos, Fred Falke, Quinten 909, MR GONZO, and more.
I have to admit, Maison kinda crept up on me this month. Luckily I sent the invite out over 2 weeks ago, and more importantly I have tons of new French House, Nu-Disco, and French Touch I NEED to play.
If you hadn't noticed, I guess I have a *residency* at Tabaq on Friday and Saturdays. Full disclosure, I HATE the word residency. The term is usually used incorrectly and almost always used pretentiously. I prefer "in-house" DJ. Anyways, Tabaq is a good gig but I mostly play hip hop there. Not that I'm not into that, but I need a creative outlet and a break from the hip hop and pop, which Maison almost always seem to be for me.
I also gotta impress my homie, Chris Nitti who will be DJing with me this month. I DJ'd with this dude back in November for his (and other cool dudes') party Clockwork at Rock N Roll Hotel. We had a blast, talked about Maison and French music, and next thing ya know he's booked for this month's Maison. Chris has really gotten into Maison's M.O. and has introduced me to tons of new French music (i.e. this article). Chris is also DJing at Bliss Dance Party at U Hall this month. Not sure how he got that gig but I'm super jealous/excited for him.
Also, I'm excited to get back to Maison's roots of playing a wide-array of French Music. Nostalgic (Modjo). Relevant (Yelle). Progressive (dOP). The past two month's were really fun with the Daft Punk and Yelle tributes, but that was a little gimicky for me. Maison has always about throwing a bare-bones party, developing a signature sound, and drinking cheap champagne. It should be the anti-thesis of the Stefan-defined party themes that sometimes get the best of gay party promoters, myself included.
I also need Maison emotionally. If you didn't know I've been DJing full time since November, and honestly it's been really tough. I've been lucky to get lots of gigs to help pay the bills, but most of these gigs have not been like the creative outlet Maison or Aural Pleasure have been to me. Top 40 and Hip Hop are fun, but once you start down that track you open yourself up to people requesting the Black Eyed Peas and such. I've really come to learn that 90% (I love making up statistics) of this city has really really bad DJ etiquette. You can request a song, but if I don't play it next, requesting it again is just really annoying. And I really don't believe you when you say it's your friend's birthday, nor do I care. If I don't have something you requested, I'm sorry but handing me your iPhone isn't going to get your song in my DJ catalogue and able to play on the turntables. If I already played a song, I'm not going to play it again just because you say, "Come on, please, I wasn't here." I admit I need to learn how to deal with song requesters in a better way. I've sort of resorted to ignoring people and sometimes making snide comments to the more egregious of them with remarks like, "There are plenty of bars that have jukeboxes."
I've been dealing with really rude people, technical difficulties like an entire sound system at a bar failing on me while DJing, not getting paid on time, trying to make this freelance DJ gig work for me financially, and most dishearteningly, dealing with the passing of my grandfather and not being able to go home to mourn and be with my family because I have to DJ and can't find last minute flights home to the Quad Cities.
So yeah, I'm hoping Maison goes well tomorrow. It's been a rough go since Shea has departed to focus on his other events and take a step back from DJing non-stop. I understand and respect his decision and it's awesome that he came back as a "guest" for the Daft Punk party last month. But it's definitely challenging having Maison all to my lonesome. Luckily I've been able to invite some great DJs and even better friends to join in on Maison's sound. Doing the Yelle party with Mikey was so fun, and, as I previously mentioned, I'm obviously stoked to have Chris this month. Additionally, I can reveal that February's guest DJ will be Steve Lemmerman (DJ Lemz) from Baltimore who I've been dying to work with since I met him in December of '09 when I was guest DJing for the Pink Sock party, which I'll be at later tonight!
And that brings me to the point where I decide if this post is too revealing, too long-winded, too much of a pity party, and should therefore be deleted. Just writing it has already made me feel better, which I guess is the point of journal writing. But then again, this isn't a journal... this is a blog.
So fuck it. I believe it was a very wise man by the name of Dr. Dre who said, "If Y'all don't like me, BLOW ME! Y'all are gonna keep fuckin' around wit me and turn me back to the old me."
If you haven't already done so, please RSVP to Maison on Facebook HERE
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