Hire Me for Your Next Funeral...

Tuesday night I got word from the boss that I would need to spin 80s for the first 2 hours of my set. He said "you know 80s right?" I replied "Sure, I totally remember everything that happened in the 80s." [I was born in 85] I asked why the heck would I suddenly have to spin 80s music on tranny night. The reason was that the Brass Rail was hosting a wake that night. This further baffled me. It turns out that wakes at bars are pretty common in the gay community. When a gay person dies and their family never accepted their sexual orientation, they do not allow the gay friends at the funeral. This was very disheartening to me, especially when I showed up for my gig last night. It was the best crowd that I've ever seen at the Brass Rail or any club for that matter. It was a tight knit crowd of 200+ young professionals. Even tough they were mourning they seemed very out going and uplifting. Looking around at the young man's friends I got a feel for the type of person he was. Even in death his family couldn't look past their biases and fully accept him as the wonderful person that he was.