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DJ Tennessee

Puerto Riiiiiico!

About Me

FIRST OFF HELLO THERE! IF YOU WANNA BE MY FRIEND, SEND AN EMAIL FIRST. BANDS, DJ'S, OTHER ARTISTS, ETC. I ONLY ADD YOU TO PIMP YO SHIT ON HERE IF I LIKE IT MYSELF. ALLOW A WEEK FOR FRIEND REQUESTS, BUSY MAN HERE. PLEASE, TAKE 60 SECONDS TO READ MY PROFILE & THEN FIGURE OUT IF IM YER MAN YA NEED TO ASK TO BE A FRIEND ..... IM 42 YRS OLD, SINGLE , NEVER MARRIED, NO KIDS, AND MY GOALS ARE TO MAKE BIG DANCE MUSIC HITS , MEET CHER & DOLLY PARTON & SELL THEM MY FILM SCRIPT. NOW YOU TELL ME, DOES THAT SOUND LIKE SOMEBODY YOU NEED TO KNOW? HERE IS MY BIO : WRITTEN IN THE 3RD PERSON SO YOU KNOW IM BRINGIN THE CRAZY! One of downtown NYC's brightest stars for the last 2 decades, DJ Tennessee continues to turn it out for the masses to shake their asses well into the 21st century and beyond. Arriving in Manhattan in 1987 , he found his first gigs as a singing waiter in Haoui Montaug's No Entiendes Cabaret and helped bring Karaoke machines to maintstream America. His first DJ gigs were at the Legendary Nightclubs of yore such as The Pyramid, The World, Red Zone , Mars, Tunnel & Save The Robots. In 1991, he began working for Infamous Party Monster Michael Alig @ The Limelight and was the Chapel Shampoo! Room Saturday Night DJ for 4 years running. Working at the Pyramid club, Tennessee met and befriended the entire gamut of the East Village Performing Arts Scene of the late 80's and soon afterwards began to collaborate with many of them, creating shows that complimented his unique DJ style. As a performer, Tennessee first saw international exposure as a dancing genie in the music video of fellow Pyramid Almuni - Deee-Lite's 1990 global dance anthem "Groove Is In The Heart". Several collaborations with Deee-Lite members include a 1995 dance remix of jazz band Giant Steps Repercussions' "Promise Me Nothing" with Supa DJ Dmitry ( Tenn's first top 10 Billboard Dance Hit) and a 1996 solo tour doing onstage trippy visuals and camera work for frontwoman Lady Miss Kier at Perry Ferrell's Enit Festival.In 1995, frustrated at the lack of attention/mainstream exposure given to dance and house music artists on MTV, BET & VH-1, Tennessee started his own cable access show , Tennavision, which , today now begining its 10th season, still maintains a loyal following of NY viewers as well as fans all over the globe now that it is streamed on the web via The Manhattan Neighborhood Network website. (Monday Nite, Ch 56 12:30 am (est) www.mnn.org) With his quick wit, comedic writing , voiceover skills, spot on impersonations & endless musical library, he has written material for RuPaul's morning radio show on 103.5 WKTU, and worked as a production assistant for 8 of downtown Drag Diva Lady Bunnys Annual Labor Day Wigstock Festivals, much of which can be seen in Wigstock :The Movie. After touring the states and Canada as a DJ throughout the 90's, Tennessee landed in Europe in 2001 to wow club crowds with his "past present future," NYC house sound in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Bordeaux and Marbella Spain where he kept a 6 month residency at The Costa del Sol hotspot Faces. In 2003, Tennessee provided the voices of 2 characters in the over the top, ultra sex and violence Japanimation Cartoon Series "Guren: Blood Shadow" something he loves to do and hopes to land more cartoon voice over work in the future, being very inspired by Looney Tunes master voice artist Mel Blanc. Today in 2007, Tennessee has found a new home in uptown Manhattans Black Mecca, Harlem , where he first started out upon his arrival to NYC almost 20 yrs ago & currently holds a Saturday nite DJ Residency @ the uptown Washington Heights new hotspot NO PARKING. You can see him in the upcoming film "The Boys & Girls Guide To Getting Down" & hear his new voiceovers in "StarrBooty" starring RuPaul coming summer '07.Tennessee to this day says he feels SO lucky to count himself amongst the living after coming thru unscathed and surviving the HIV holocaust of the 80's/early 90's that took the lives of so many people dear to him, which to this day, fuels his passion for HIV / AIDS fund raising / education & prevention. He feels his accomplishments are phenomenal for a "Chattanooga Field Hand with a 10th grade education" and encourages everyone young and old to follow their dreams and never give up no matter what anyone says. In closing , he hopes to meet more people from all over the globe on my space that share his passion for music, travel, sexcapades, she-nani-gans, cuttin up & actin silly, learning new languages and non stop laughter. visit Tennessee online also @ www.tennavision.com
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My Interests


Get this video and more at MySpace.com DJ'ing, dancing, thrift shopping for vinyl, remixing, learning new languages, world travel, laughter, non-stop laughter & pants pissing laughter, maximizing fun, trying new things daily.

I'd like to meet:

Cher , Rip Taylor, Dolly Parton, Michael Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Missy Elliot , MYLO, Rihanna, Jorge Posada, Lorne Michaels, Donna Summer & YOU ! Get ta know me!

Music:

House Music, classic R'n'B, old skool Hip Hop, Reggaeton, Radio FG in Paris, www.radiofg.com/live, MyLo, Les Rhythms Digitales AKA Stuart Price, Jacques Lu Cont, The Killers, Mary J. Blige, Cher, Dolly Parton , Diana Ross & Supremes, Celia Cruz, Bee Gees, CHIC, Kylie, Armand Van Helden, Deee-Lite, Led Zeppelin, ELO, Van Halen (w/Dave), Negativeland, Peaches, Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Blondie, Barry White.

Movies:

Snakes On A Plane,Dream Girls , SICKO,Volver, Borat, An Inconvient Truth, Brokeback Mountain , Supersize Me, Motorcycle Diaries, Kung Fu Hustle, Crash, The Aristocrats, American Pimp, The Matrix, Bad Education , Farenheit 9/11, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Before Nite Falls, Maria Full of Grace, Mildred Pierce, Saturday Nite Fever, Super Fly, Blue Velvet, Mullholland Drive, Boogie Nights, Bonnie & Clyde, Scarface, Enter The Dragon, Showgirls, Stand By Me, The Color Purple, All John Waters, All Pam Grier, Mommie Dearest, Nashville, Its A Wonderful Life, All About Eve, Andy Warhol's BAD, Paris Is Burning , Painted Babies, Valley of The Dolls,Sex Pistols:The Filth & The Fury, Human Traffic & Any XXX flick with Rocco Siffredi- OUCH!!!

Television:

Dave Chappelle, 3-Non Blondes, All In The Family, Maude, South Park, The Simpsons, Batman '66, Wonder Woman, NY Yankee Games, Dynasty, Dark Shadows, Top of The Pops, Solid Gold, American Bandstand, Soul Train, Carol Burnett Show, Insight, Night Gallery, & Tennavision, as you can see, I rarely watch any new shows, I despise reality TV, its EVIL!!!

Books:

The Secret- Rhonda Byrne, A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Re-examined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease- Cintra Wilson, Why Me?- Sammy Davis Jr., You Can Heal Your Life- Louise Hay, Develop Your Psychic Abilites- Litany Burns, Dude, Where's My Country?- Michael Moore, My First Time- Cher, Autobiography of Malcolm X,- Alex Haley, The Holy Bible, Rona Barretts Hollywood 70's magazines, My Life & Other Unfinished Business- Dolly Parton,The AutoBiography of Miss Jane Pittman- Ernest Gaines, All That Glittered: My Life With The Supremes- Tony Turner, The Andy Warhol Diaries- Pat Hackett & Andy Warhol

Heroes:

Jesus, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Jorge Posada, Cher, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner, Roseanne Barr, Batgirl, my grandmothers Lorene & Lula & ME for making it thru this far!

My Blog

why I left.

to quote RuPaul upon his departure from Mix 102.7FM. "why would I  remain riding   in a car with one headlight,  faulty brakes, a legally blind driver, too many passengers ,  ...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

I LIKE MIKE!

Hey everyone I hope your summer is going gangbusters, Im having so much fun in the midst of so much crazy craze in the world today. Last Fri. Aug 11th one of my all time fave TV talk show hosts ...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:31:00 PST

Summer Fun Top 10 2006

Hey everyone Life is going gangbuster great right about now! This is the best summer Ive had in years! Orchard Beach, Woodstock/ Kingston  NY, Baltimore, Long Island City , Washington Hts , Ive b...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:18:00 PST

Autobiography In Five Short Chapters

Autobiography In  Five Short Chapters - by Portia Nelson                          ...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Sat, 13 May 2006 06:33:00 PST

BEST OF 2005

HEY SO WE MADE IT! (WELL ALMOST 2 DAYS LEFT ) 2005 HAS COME AND GONE RATHER SWIFTLY I MIGHT ADD IT WAS SUCH A ROLLERCOASTER YEAR FOR ME INSANE HIGHS & LOWS SO GLAD TO HAVE JUST MADE IT I MET SO...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:18:00 PST

My Top 10 Fall Songs

Hey everyone- Ive gotten so much great new music lately just had to hip you to it. Buy, copy, download or steal these slammin trax, Great to hear from you out there , stay in touch Fall Top Ten ( in...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:27:00 PST

Beverly Hillbilly

Hey Everyone - So, here it is more than a month later & Im just now getting around to posting about my trip to LA in late Aug. But , hey , better late than never right? First of all, this trip was...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:29:00 PST

California Dreamin'

Hey everyone- Im back from my L.A. jaunt, Ive experienced so much , there is so much to tell , right now Im WAY too exhausted to write, got off the plane & went right back to my job. I promise to...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:10:00 PST

Back In The Saddle Again

OK. Im back. I havent been DJ'ing now in almost 6 mos,  I took a break after playing almost 20 yrs every Saturday nite after getting thrown out the saddle. Im settled into my own apartment ...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:36:00 PST

Cruel Summer

Ive been depressed after getting fag bashed. My head hurts. My back hurts. My vision goes blurry.  I dont sleep well. My job is wearing on me, Im  having trouble remembering people...
Posted by DJ Tennessee on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST