In the DJ Booth With the Degrassi Girls

Posted by Roger Cullman
Filed in Music
February 6, 2008

Caitlin from Degrassi as a DJ.jpgSpike and Caitlin from the TV series Degrassi Junior High are now guest deejays at a monthly '80s dance night called In Between Days.

Last Friday, I braved the elements and hit up The Annex Wreckroom and was rewarded with a really fun '80s dance party with guest DJs Spike (DJ Demanda) and Caitlin (DJ Mistycious).

The two TV actresses -- Spike is actually Amanda Stepto and Caitlin is Stacie Mistysyn -- take turns doing 30 minute sets and posing for photos with their fans. The duo have been friends since the Degrassi days.

Spike no longer has the spiked hair, but shows her punk cred with several colourful tattoos. And Caitlin is, well, as pretty as she was as a teenager in the late '80s.

By the end of the night, the Degrassi girls are partying it up on the dance floor too.

As episodes of The Muppet Show flash on the giant screen behind the dance floor, I ask "Caitlin" if she prefers dancing or deejaying and she says she likes both.

"When I'm playing a song I really like, I want to dance. So I end up dancing in the DJ booth."

Besides this DJ gig the first Friday of every month, Stepto and Mistysyn are working on their own TV show called OverXposed.

More of life after Degrassi, including photos from their DJ night after the jump....

Spike from Degrassi as a DJ.jpg"It's a bittersweet comedy co-created by Amanda, me and our writer partner Denise Blinn, featuring Amanda and I," explains Mistysyn.

How did the idea for this new TV show come about?

"We were having a drink one day last year and started coming up with all these anecdotes about the biz, relationships, etcetera," says Mistysyn. "Mostly embarassing situations we've been in.

"And we were cracking each other up so badly that we decided right then and there we needed to write it down so people can laugh at us and hopefully with us."

DJ Demanda and DJ Mistycious next join DJs Shawn MacDonald and Djorge for an '80s dance party March 7. $5 cover after 10:30 p.m.

Can't wait until then to get your '80s fix? There's a few other '80s nights starting up and and ongoing that will entertain you in the meantime.

Failing that, there's always Degrassi old school episodes you can now get on DVD.

If you're of The Next Generation, perhaps you'd get a kick out of seeing where the series started to take off.

More photos in a mini photo slideshow below:

Photos by Roger Cullman.

last night a dj died on February 6, 2008 at 10:39 AM

Really? "djs"? So if I was a semi-famous teen actor once and pick cds at random, I too can be a DJ? Good to know.

Sarah on February 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM

Caitlin looks the same but I wouldn't recognize Spike...

bin lazer on February 6, 2008 at 10:53 AM

Caitlin. Still so very hot. J. Jeremiah never knew what he had 'till it was gone. Hiyooo!

Japhet on February 6, 2008 at 9:32 PM

Caitlin's looking good.

me on February 7, 2008 at 11:06 PM

yum. a caitlin spike sandwich with me in the middle. i can dream.

InToid on February 9, 2008 at 5:44 PM

Did you really need to put FIFTEEN links in this entry? Is the Amazon degrassi store purchase link really all that hard up for hits? You gotta link what's RELEVANT. Wikipedia links to the Muppet Show don't add anything.

something like: http://www.staciemistysyn.com
That would be both useful AND relevant in regards to her DJing, as much as I'd love to imdb her.

Big luls at adding this to digg. Got a chuckle out of that.

Lastly, agreeing with everyone about STACIE. Tres hot.

Mary on July 5, 2008 at 3:24 PM

to the comment left by "last night a DJ died":

What else would you call it?...They are slanging around discs...or jockeying them, if you will....DJ stands for "disc jockey" last time i checked, or did you super cool techno people change that definition also? Don't hate on the Degrassi, it's part of pop culture...

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