Hi, I'm Dan McKay.

Sorry for whatever misfortune brought you to this site. Some know me as a DJ, karaoke host, marketing guru, commentator, entrepreneur, writer, advocate for size acceptance or cynical blowhard. I love you all.

On this page you'll find lots of links to hopefully get you 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 the Northwest's largest plus-size social group, BBW Northwest. When we began in 2000, it was based on our belief that a group based on size 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 50,000 people join. My blog talks about the local BBW scene, life, love, and other bullshit.

Over the years BBW Northwest suffered some slings and arrows from jealous critics and groups that have long since come and gone, 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!

I've been a professional DJ and party host since 1979 performing at thousands of events for my company, Party Hits Entertainment. My clients include Nordstrom, Macy's, IKEA, Verizon, United Airlines, Nabisco, Texaco, and Microsoft. I'm founder of the Seattle Disc Jockey Association, and blog about the mobile DJ industry on DJTalk.com. I've also started hosting my Dangerous Karaoke show at bars around Seattle. It's a blast to be unfiltered and say all the things I never could when I worked on the radio.

Prior to me coming to the Seattle area in 1996, I did my thing on stations including New Orleans' WTIX, WQUE and KHOM-104 and Mississippi's SL-100, WQID and WXYK/KISS-FM. It gave me terrific insight on what a personal medium local radio really is. A shame that the trend of that medium is automation, syndication and fewer local DJs/personalities. If broadcast radio is ever to win over iPods, satellite radio or streaming internet stations, I believe they need to return to their roots as a live and local community voice.

I'm not embarrassed to admit that I liked the 70's. And Disco music. (Still do!) 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, whom I met in 1976 courtesy of a radio contest. Sure my Afro got a little tighter in the 80's, but my not my funky tinted aviator glasses. I remember making stacks of that photo to reply to personal ads. That was a whole other adventure and I met lots of great women. Bless the internet for those odd emails I'll get now and then. You found me!

There were a certain number of benefits in being on the radio. Gotta love the free pizza and concert tickets. Melissa Etheridge did the "meet and greet" with me (though she seemed more friendly toward my female contest winners) during her 1995 concert tour. I've also gotten to shake hands with Barry Manilow, Chuck Berry, Rush Limbaugh, Wolfman Jack, Gene Simmons, Dan Aykroyd and a Beach Boy (I forget which one). I traded the radio headphones to direct my years of advertising and marketing experience into being a self-styled internet impresario and marketing guru. Maybe you've seen TV commercials I produced, heard jingles I've written or seen websites I designed. I've been lucky to have huge companies like America Online and Microsoft write me a lot of checks for my talents. And I've learned to love the smell of erasable markers, talk about "conversion rates" and throw around acronyms like SEO and CTR.

And then there's Ben. Who would think at age 16 someone would have such a robust interest in politics and business? He's blissfully becoming aware that the best opportunities are given to those who work for them. Maybe that's why he spends an inordinate amount of time on his hair! Except for the piles of trash and laundry in his room, he's my pride and joy.

On weekends you'll find him texting his girlfriend, 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.

And Deven, who knows the difference between Dan and Daniel...and for some strange reason seems to love them both.

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