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DTG DJ Terence Gunn Member Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 250	DTG DJ Terence Gunn Posted posted on Mon, Jun 27, 2005 5:57 PM Defintely add me to the list. There will most certainly be a Seattle Lounge/Tiki event and crawl next summer here, and I will be one of the organisers. I'm aware that Seattle and the surrounding area has a lot of lounge and tiki fans whom I do not know and would like to get to know. When I was DJing my lounge nights in public in Seattle in the mid to late 1990s (anybody remember Shaken, Not Stirred at MOE's? My various theme nights at The Backdoor Ultra Lounge?) there was a terrific and large group of local regulars and supporters of lounge and tiki culture. Some of my friends and I also became fairly acquainted with the original line-up of organisers and performers for Vancouver, B.C.'s Blue Lizard nights at The Waldorf Hotel, and we had a good connection going between there and here. I stopped DJing my Lounge nights sometime in 1998, and as a result nothing but the annoying neo-swing scene was happening in Seattle. Then I moved away for several years in 2000. I've been back just over 2 years now, and while I continue to DJ at and organise private parties round the area, and while there still is a core group of loyal lounge and tiki fans, the scene has dwindled considerably and is in a terrible rut; and this simply has to do with people not knowing the existence of each other, and the fact that nobody is doing much of an ongoing public lounge or tiki night anymore, in a decent venue (of which Seattle has very few) on a decently appropriate night. In any case, I still throw theme/cocktail parties at my West Seattle home bar, The Shrunken Head Lounge, and my friend's Dan, Russ, and Evan (The Castaway Lounge, The Blue Flamingo, and Zanzibar) at their home bars (2 of which are also in West Seattle). I'm always up for entertaining and hosting and having visitors. If you're a fan of lounge and tiki culture, and you haven't met any of us, let's organise a night when we can meet and greet. And for the surrounding area and people, please keep me abreast of any events of interest. Cheers. DJ Terence Gunn. [email protected]

Defintely add me to the list. There will most certainly be a Seattle Lounge/Tiki event and crawl next summer here, and I will be one of the organisers.

I'm aware that Seattle and the surrounding area has a lot of lounge and tiki fans whom I do not know and would like to get to know. When I was DJing my lounge nights in public in Seattle in the mid to late 1990s (anybody remember Shaken, Not Stirred at MOE's? My various theme nights at The Backdoor Ultra Lounge?) there was a terrific and large group of local regulars and supporters of lounge and tiki culture. Some of my friends and I also became fairly acquainted with the original line-up of organisers and performers for Vancouver, B.C.'s Blue Lizard nights at The Waldorf Hotel, and we had a good connection going between there and here.

I stopped DJing my Lounge nights sometime in 1998, and as a result nothing but the annoying neo-swing scene was happening in Seattle. Then I moved away for several years in 2000. I've been back just over 2 years now, and while I continue to DJ at and organise private parties round the area, and while there still is a core group of loyal lounge and tiki fans, the scene has dwindled considerably and is in a terrible rut; and this simply has to do with people not knowing the existence of each other, and the fact that nobody is doing much of an ongoing public lounge or tiki night anymore, in a decent venue (of which Seattle has very few) on a decently appropriate night.

In any case, I still throw theme/cocktail parties at my West Seattle home bar, The Shrunken Head Lounge, and my friend's Dan, Russ, and Evan (The Castaway Lounge, The Blue Flamingo, and Zanzibar) at their home bars (2 of which are also in West Seattle). I'm always up for entertaining and hosting and having visitors. If you're a fan of lounge and tiki culture, and you haven't met any of us, let's organise a night when we can meet and greet.

And for the surrounding area and people, please keep me abreast of any events of interest.

Cheers.

DJ Terence Gunn.
[email protected]

Post #168361 by DJ Terence Gunn on Mon, Jun 27, 2005 5:57 PM