Newly-discovered DJ mixtapes take us back to vintage Fire Island
Fire Island and New York gay club nights are causing a stir online. The cassettes have been digitized and put on Mixcloud (‘The Pine Walk Collection’) by Brooklyn-based DJ, Joe D’Espinosa.The collection consists of over 200 tapes.
They cover the period 1981-1999. They include sets from such venues as The Saint in NYC and the Pavilion on Fire Island.For many older people, the sets are taking them back to their youth.
For younger listeners, they offer a time capsule from a bygone age.The tapes came to light when husbands Peter Kriss and Nate Pinsley bought themselves a vacation home on Fire Island last summer.
Their property lies on Pine Walk.When the couple moved in, they found the previous occupants of 40 years had left many of their belongings behind.
