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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Tales From The DJ Booth dot com. My name is DJ HazMatt and these are my stories. For nearly two decades, Tales From The DJ Booth has graced the pages of Exotic, the Portland-area "strip club magazine." In addition to Tales, I have archived some of my other writing here. Hopefully, this is enough top text to fill up this section of the website. Cheers!

Latest Tales

Strip Club Songs That Need To Be Retired

Strip club DJs come in all shapes, sizes, races and ages—but, there is one thing that we all share in common: an MP3 folder full of the same dozen songs that have been deemed safe to play for pretty much any dancer or crowd. However, we rarely stop to reflect on the messages we are sending by playing these supposedly one-size-fits-all strip club jams. And, no, I m not talking about obviously messed-up choices like "She Talks To Angels or "P.I.M.P. Rather, I m going to be unpacking the problematic elements of songs that have been systematically given privilege, due to historical inequality. Okay, now that I m speaking the Portland language, here is my list of songs that need to be removed from every strip club DJ s playlist...

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Recent Tales

Upcoming Cancellations For 2021

Strip club DJs come in all shapes, sizes, races and ages—but, there is one thing that we all share in common: an MP3 folder full of the same dozen songs that have been deemed safe to play for pretty much any dancer or crowd. However, we rarely stop to reflect on the messages we are sending by playing these supposedly one-size-fits-all strip club jams. And, no, I m not talking about obviously messed-up choices like "She Talks To Angels or "P.I.M.P. Rather, I m going to be unpacking the problematic elements of songs that have been systematically given privilege, due to historical inequality. Okay, now that I m speaking the Portland language, here is my list of songs that need to be removed from every strip club DJ s playlist...

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Political Candidates As Punk Bands

Last month, I was having a text argument with Exotic writer Blazer Sparrow, about whether or not Portland is "on fire" or "peacefully on fire." The discussion was political, with me being a more right-leaning asshole, who doesn’t care what inclusive message is attached to the bricks being thrown at the windows of black-owned small businesses, while Blazer, being just left of Stalin, was calling my useful and in-no-way excessive closet of metallic tools a "paranoia-driven stockpile." Look, dude—I don’t even have a lawn, let alone the urge to keep anyone off of it...

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Archive

Otter’s Inn

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Now Hiring (Jobs For Former Strip Club DJs)

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How Your Drug Of Choice Affects Your Night Out At The Club

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12 Rules For Strip Club DJs (Part 2)

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