Chances are, if you’ve been to a hip-hop show or club night,
you’ve seen it – seaspot.com. On a flyer, a banner across the back of
the stage, or on the DJ booth–people carry around picket style signs, or
someone sporting a jersey emblazoned with the logo seaspot.com. If
you’re still asking yourself what Seaspot is, chances are you’ve been missing
out on some of the hottest stuff that goes on in Seattle and the Pacific
Northwest! So, for those of you still actin’ brand new, seaspot.com is the website
for anything and everything in the urban entertainment world and beyond.
Seaspot.com was founded by Chukundi Salisbury and was
actually an evolution of his personal website. Salisbury is also known as DJ
Kun Luv or just Kun. He has been working the party scene from back in Pier 70,
Gary Payton’s party days, to Vito’s and Tommy’s as of late. In the late 90’s,
Kun formed a website using his first name, Chukundi, but had problems getting
the info out. “People couldn’t remember my name. (I would tell them) it’s
chukundi.com. (They would ask) ‘Oh is it sha or chu?’ So I would be in the
clubs saying log on to chukundi.com. Screaming over the music and it just
wasn’t working out!” In 1998 Kun changed the name to Seaspot.com and the hits
started adding up. The website started just to get the word out on his own
events, where he was DJing, photos and what not. He then started getting
questions about what else was going on. So he started adding other flyers and
party announcements to his website and it started to grow. Since then,
seaspot.com has come to be the end-all and be-all for everything encompassing
the urban lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest. Seaspot has street teams or associates
in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Vancouver B.C., and Montana.
A large portion of the website is dedicated to clubs,
concerts, and events. As well as the pictures from the nights that were
crackin’ with the sexiest ladies and the fliest fellas that make up the local
nightlife community. The event listings stretch from Vancouver B.C. to Tacoma
and sometimes beyond. So if you’ve been sitting around thinking that there’s
nothing jumpin’ off in Seattle, you just ain’t been looking in the right ‘Spot!
With 25,000 members, Seaspot is one of the largest
nightlife-based websites in the area, with the most current and accurate
listings of urban events. They also feature articles on topics ranging from
album reviews and artist interviews, to politics and fashion. This is not your
average nightlife website. Kun feels that, while the partying and music might
bring you to the site, as long as you’re there, check out some of the other
things going on. The Spot has featured stories on AIDS, missions, changes in
the seatbelt law and many other topics that impact the community. Resources on
a number of issues are also available on the website. On New Years Eve,
seaspot.com provided links to the free taxi services that were available. “It’s
obvious that we give a damn about people and about the scene. It’s not just
about,‘Hey go party, go have a drink.’…We’re definitely saying, ‘ Hey there’s
more to life than Heineken beer or whatever’…Tomorrow the sun is gonna come up
in the morning and here’s some other stuff that’s going on in your community.
And how you can get involved.”
Keeping you informed of some of the hottest nights around,
Seaspot also has a tendency to throw some of the biggest parties around too.
The biggest being the Virgo party, which takes place every September and
started as Kun’s birthday party and has grown into an astrological celebration
for all! The Virgo Party is probably one of the biggest and longest running
hip-hop and R&B events in Seattle and has a reputation of being the
classiest! Semi-formal and formal attire are often the norm and the last few
years have seen the men out-shining the ladies. The location changes each year
but it keeps growing. Starting as a house party in ’91 and moving to
Celebrity’s and a few other hot spot clubs of the 90’s, the Virgo Party has
progressed to Union Station, Seahawks Stadium V.I.P. lounge, EMP, and the
Premier.
Based on information from Neilsen Media Research,
Seattle-Tacoma is the 12th largest media market in the country. The
Spot intends to take full advantage of those numbers by moving into other areas
of major media. There is already a monthly magazine in local record stores,
and Chukundi and his team plan to move forward with another monthly magazine
aimed exclusively to teens, called Jump Off. Kun is also in the process of
putting together a weekly television show to air during local programming on
UPN. If you caught the BET Awards this year, chances are you caught an
advertisement for Seaspot too. They doin’ it big for Seattle!
Contact: melaniek@musicaentertainment.com
