DanMcKay.com

Hi, I'm Dan McKay. Sorry for whatever misfortune brought you to this page. You might know me as a DJ and party host, commentator, entrepreneur, writer, advocate for size acceptance or a cynical blowhard. I love you all.

Hope you get what you came for. Some pics, some stories and the self-indulgency only a personal webpage can afford.

 

HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY?

Well maybe you have! I've met thousands of people through the parties and events my wife Deven and I have hosted as founders of BBWNorthwest. We'd been members of various plus-sized groups over the years, but had felt less than comfortable at their functions. We felt any group based on acceptance should be accepting of everyone of every size, not a "fat admirer" group based on divas and fetishists. Since its creation in 2000, we've had over 25,000 people join. My blog talks about the local BBW scene, life, love, and various other bullshit.

BBWNorthwest has suffered some slings and arrows from critics, but it's the terrific friends we've made that have encouraged us to continue working toward fostering more confidence, self-respect and esteem for our king and queen-sized members. Join us!

DJTalk.com: Mobile DJ News, Tips, Gossip and OpinionI've been a professional DJ and party host since 1979 at literally thousands of events for my company, Party Hits Entertainment. Among my clients are Nordstrom, Macy's, Ikea, Dun & Bradstreet, United Airlines, Jack Daniels, Budweiser, Nabisco, Texaco, and Microsoft. I'm founder of the Seattle Disc Jockey Association, and blog about the mobile DJ industry on DJTalk.com. Prior to me coming to the Seattle area in 1996, I did my DJ thing on radio stations including New Orleans' WTIX, WQUE and KHOM-104 and Mississippi's SL-100, WQID and WXYK - KISS-FM.

There are a certain number of benefits in being quasi-famous. Like when Melissa Etheridge did the "meet and greet" with me (though she seemed more friendly toward the women) during her 1995 concert tour. But the real attraction wasn't on stage, it was in the audience. I was the morning DJ who escorted our two female contest winners. The lucky lipstickers were either very much in love or just wanted to fit in with the rest of the crowd. They did put on a convincing display in the limo though! I've also gotten to shake hands with Barry Manilow, Chuck Berry, Rush Limbaugh, Wolfman Jack, Dan Aykroyd and a Beach Boy (although I forget which one).

I'm not embarrassed to admit that I liked the 70's. Sure it's a cliché now, but to those of us who lived it - rather than watched the sitcom - it might have been the  last decade with a glint of innocence. Yes, that is Sylvester Stallone. In 1976, thanks to a radio contest my friend won, I was spirited to the world premiere of Rocky II in Philadelphia all expenses paid; including the party at the Art Museum building where ol' Rock runs up the stairs in the film. Had a ball watching co-star Carl Weathers lust after every woman in the place!

 

And then there's Ben, who's 14 years old and is embracing teenager-dom with sullen exuberance. He's never shy about making a precocious remark and then rolling his eyes, "because the girls like it".

On weekends you'll find him up until 2 am taunting people all over the world on xBox Live, running the message board of his favorite WWII online game, or writing his own futuristic novels.

He's given me much joy and a lot of perspective. With me as his Dad, there's no telling how he's going to turn out... but then after I became an adult I realized how nuts MY Dad was, yet I haven't been sentenced to prison or a padded cell. Yet. Stay tuned.



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