157: DJ Sammy Jo!

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🗓️ 23 October 2021

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

The legendary and loquacious DJ Sammy Jo came to my NYC headquarters in 2019 to talk the importance and history of queer NYC nightlife, Jackie 60, Daniel Nardicio, Michael Schmidt's Squeezebox, Johnny Dynell & Chi Chi Valenti, Justin Vivian Bond, joining the Scissor Sisters circus, the birth of Electroclash, Larry Tee, “Top Choppers”, hott garbage, getting banned from the Barcelona W, Click'N'Drag, Matt Dillon's evergreen hotness, bottle service bummers, DJ Nita’s secret after hours bops, Mattachine, the brilliance and loveliness of Detox, Faye Dunaway’s special beverage service, Club Cumming, and quite possibly Jake Shears 🌈

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0:00.0	Stop whatever you're doing and subscribe to this show right now. You probably are already subscribed
0:05.3	why wouldn't you be you're a sophisticated crowd but subscribe make sure you subscribe and then leave a five star review to show your level of sophistication.
0:35.3	Hey there so going through my files I discovered a whole ton of shows that have not seen the light of day and not for any good reason.
0:47.3	Really it hardly had to do with the bus strike because there's some shows taped towards the end of 2019 that were planned for release in January February March.
0:56.3	I got super sick and then the bus strike happened. We all know what happened after that.
1:01.3	It just didn't seem to be the right time in the middle of last year to put out my chat with the Zedora.
1:06.3	However that chat is coming out in the next couple weeks. This chat was taped earlier than that in April of 2019 during one of my trips to New York.
1:15.3	Doing the one man band operation is great except the trouble is the organization sometimes takes a bit of a hit.
1:21.3	As you may have guessed there's not a lot of spreadsheets going on here.
1:25.3	However this means we are blessed with shows that we can enjoy now particularly ones taped pre bus strike.
1:31.3	And this is a great reminder of how important night life is to all of us.
1:35.3	Now the guest on this episode is the fabulous the legendary and the ever so charming Sam-Ajo or rather DJs.
1:44.3	If you've ever been to a sister's show then you've heard this lady spin in on the decks and if you are a habitual of New York and the proper places.
1:53.3	Well then you're more than familiar with Sam-Ajo and if you're not familiar at all with Sam-Ajo
1:58.3	well you'll be in love with Sam-Ajo by at least the 15-minute mark of this show.
2:03.3	With all that now it's time to hear my chat with the legendary DJs.
2:08.3	Sam-Ajo!
2:11.3	I'm a little friend of a caro today.
2:14.3	That's appropriate.
2:16.3	I don't want to get to listen to this. There's a touch of New York and I think that's...
2:18.3	Get your coat text out.
2:20.3	Thankfully, I'll swing it all around.
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