FEBRUARY 3. 2006
Taking a Spin with DJ Alex Hollywood
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How did you spend your best or worst Valentine's Day?
J Alex Hollywood has been a
fixture in the Portland club
scene since he movfed here with
his mom one Christmas break
from Pendleton at the impres­
sionable age of 14.
“Before I went to The City, the music 1
listened to was like my mom in the church
choir and American Bandstand on TV.” As
it delivered to the land of Oz, Hollywood
discovered Madonna and his gayness
around the same tune. “1 turned on KBOO,
and they were playing-Madonna—1 knew,
DJ Alex Hollywood got his start at 14 running lights at
it just all of a sudden clicked.”
The City.
Hollywood has been at C.C. Slaughters
as both a DJ and the marketing and entertainment
song by trying to sing it themselves. “I mean, they
director for a year. Before that, he spun at Panorama
don’t know the title or the artist or anything, and
and Boxxes as well as at The City for 10 years.
they try to sing it. It’s impossible!”
“I became friends with the DJ there when 1 was
He has found a home at C.C. Slaughters. “It is
about 14, and he got me to do lights for him. He
a place where really different parts of the gay com­
was a drunk, so would pass out and then 1 would
munity can enjoy things they might not find else­
have to step up and just DJ.”
where.” Of course, he is referring to the legendary
country nights Wednesdays and the hip-hop scene
Hollywood also got his chops in the music biz
Thursdays, which draws a younger crowd. “We also
working for Warner Bros, and Sony doing local
have bear night once’a month. It’s nice to stay
publicity. He also owned Turntable Mary’s for
open to a variety of styles.”
about five years in the early 1990s.
You can check out DJ Hollywood on Thursdays
Hollywood’s favorite part of his job is the reac­
and Saturdays at C.C. Slaughters. Listen for his
tion to the crowd. “I really like the new stuff and
mash-up of Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” and
stuff everyone’s in love with." Although he is hes­
itant to say anything about his job that he dislikes,
J-Kwon’s “Tipsy.”
—Sarah Dougher ©
he does have a pet peeve for people who request a
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Happily
Unemployed
K atie N olan
Licensed Massage
Therapist
“None stand out
as being
traumatically bad
or magically
good.”
“1 teach couples
massage classes, so 1
usually spend it
helping other
people enjoy their
mate.”
J ael O’H are
Carpenter
Revolutionary
R amdas R ae
Acupuncturist
“1 was hanging out
with my roommate
and her girlfriend,
and they went to bed
early. I was lonely
and spent the
evening watching
Queer as Folk and
trying to drown out
the noise of them
doing it.”
“My partner and 1
have other names
for each other,
George and
Mildred. She wrote
a Mercury valentine
to George from
Mildred and 1 didn’t
make the
connection that it
was from her, but it
was very sweet."
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