DJ Spinna Prepares to Host This Weekend’s Michael Jackson Tribute Party
What’s the Michael Jackson party you’re throwing this weekend?
Even before Michael Jackson passed away I’ve been doing these Michael Jackson versus Prince parties just celebrating their bodies of work. Once the death of Michael came upon us I continued to do tribute parties. Spike Lee caught wind of that. He was wanting to do a Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson tribute party and someone told him I was already doing something similar and we talked about working together. There’s a lot of red tape in the city though, so he’ll be hosting my event Forever Michael, which is this coming Sunday.
Do you get emotional when deejaying at these tribute parties?
Oh yeah, of course, I grew up listening to his music and he touched so many people. I don’t care what anyone says — he’s definitely the biggest artist of our time. No matter how many people try to copy him and copy his music, there will never be another Michael. A lot of people know this and those are the people who I get coming to the parties — the diehards. I remember doing a party in 2009, the year he died, and kids were allowed to come through so we had kids from four-years-old up to their parents all enjoying his music. His music affected us in a great way.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/08/dj_spinna_tweets_is_watching.php#more
What’s the Michael Jackson party you’re throwing this weekend?
Even before Michael Jackson passed away I’ve been doing these Michael Jackson versus Prince parties just celebrating their bodies of work. Once the death of Michael came upon us I continued to do tribute parties. Spike Lee caught wind of that. He was wanting to do a Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson tribute party and someone told him I was already doing something similar and we talked about working together. There’s a lot of red tape in the city though, so he’ll be hosting my event Forever Michael, which is this coming Sunday.
Do you get emotional when deejaying at these tribute parties?
Oh yeah, of course, I grew up listening to his music and he touched so many people. I don’t care what anyone says — he’s definitely the biggest artist of our time. No matter how many people try to copy him and copy his music, there will never be another Michael. A lot of people know this and those are the people who I get coming to the parties — the diehards. I remember doing a party in 2009, the year he died, and kids were allowed to come through so we had kids from four-years-old up to their parents all enjoying his music. His music affected us in a great way.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/08/dj_spinna_tweets_is_watching.php#more
