DJ Lina Bradford on Barbie, Candis Cayne, Fire Island & more

Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess Rothschild

Rhony, Tv & Film, Andycohen, Rhobh, Realhousewives, Bravotv, Vpr, Rhoc, Bravo, Popculture, Rhop, Pumprules, Bethennyfrankel, Lgbtculture, Rhod, Realhousewivesofnyc, Rhoa, Vanderpumprules

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jess is joined by New York icon LINA BRADFORD to discuss her Barbie ~ pop culture doll collection, being raised as a girl since age four, growing up in New York nightlife, best friend CANDIS CAYNE — the Linda Evangelista to her Naomi Campbell. Plus, career evolution from dancer > nightclub host > DJ as performance art, why she feels the “trans” label limits her, 10-year reign on Fire Island + a lot more!

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IG: @jessxnyc | @thelinabradford

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Hot Takes and Deep Dives, and if you've been listening to my new
0:18.5	docuPodcast series Finding Fire Island, and if you're not, get into it.
0:24.0	You know that DJ Lena Bradford was featured in this week's episode.
0:28.2	Well, I knew when I was going to sit down with Lena that we were not only going to talk
0:32.7	about her 10-year DJ residency on Fire Island, but also her entire life story.
0:39.4	Growing up on the Upper West Side, being an active member of the Underground Club Kids
0:43.8	scene in the early 90s, opening Barracuda with Candice Kane, why she doesn't like using
0:49.7	the Translabel, and also her DJ mentors, Junior Vasquez, Frankie Knuckles, all of it.
0:56.2	So here we go with the DJ Lena Bradford.
1:00.2	High Lena Bradford.
1:01.2	Oh, good afternoon, Cookie.
1:03.8	How are you today?
1:04.8	I'm wonderful.
1:05.8	So a little peek behind the curtain, we just went into Lena's dollhouse, where not only
1:11.2	does she have obviously the original collection of Barbies, but I did identify the 902 and
1:17.8	O Barbies, including Brenda, Brandon, all of them, yeah.
1:22.5	The whole gang.
1:23.5	The whole mix bag up in this gig.
1:26.3	And I asked you if you had gotten these on eBay.
1:28.9	All original at the time.
1:30.6	Yeah.
1:31.6	It feels great to get stuff, especially when they get the likeness of them.
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