Category Archives: ThotLight

On this week’s episode of the Thotlight podcast: hosts Jim and Freddie bid farewell to the womb of our cozy/creepy recording “studio” after 16 shows recorded there as we prepare to move our show downstairs to the RedEye NY stage for live audience tapings next week! They preview what the new show might look andContinueContinue reading “Podcast: VERS Owner David DeParolesa Has an Idea About That Brick Thrower”

Freddie & Jim review their Thanksgivings, Freddie’s kikis at Stonewall & Monster, and shows by Dina Martina (where Jim spotted a major celeb) and Thirsty Burlington. Jim also has a harrowing tale of a “violent” adventure in an “outer borough bar” to share! Then it’s time for a fun chat with ShowPonii, a first timeContinueContinue reading “Podcast: BitchFest Twinner & Uncrying Cancer Showponii”

Thotlight is nominated for a GLAM Award! Jim and Freddie chat Thanksgiving and revel in their nominations, and prepare for Awards Season! And wait… are Jim’s ancient parents really coming to the ceremony!?  Then it’s time to chat with  two time GLAM nominee Sherry Poppins! This eclectic and unpredictable comedy queen discusses her POV onContinueContinue reading “Podcast: Sherry Poppins Bloops & Bleeps Her Way to the GLAMs”

Freddie’s back, but his Other Show isn’t! Jim of Thotyssey’s got a new weekly Sunday gig filled with lots of dancing and drag and Freddie’s got you for Thanksgiving Eve.  Our hosts have things to say about new venue The Dickens, and analyze some some poignant social media carrying from Nicky Boom Box and ChrisContinueContinue reading “Podcast: Islaya Makes it Official”

Freddie couldn’t make it today due to Reasons (he’ll be back next week!), so Shady Boss Lady Daniel Nardicio sits in to co-ho with Jim! They discuss the chaos and victories of the recent election, a funny naked party pic in HK, piping hot tea re: local nightlife gossip, and a little previewing of the new RedEyeNYContinueContinue reading “Podcast: Porn God Hans Berlin Shoots His Star All Over Us”

Jim & Freddie spill tea on jury duty, new gigs, Hans Berlin’s new musical Shooting Star, and Halloween antics. And wait, did someone just book Sherry Pie? Then it’s time to chat with the hilarious Glace Chase, recent star of The Village: A Disco Musical who’s about to star in an outrageous one woman show of her veryContinueContinue reading “Podcast: Real Talk with Wombat Rider Glace Chase!”

Happy Halloween! Jimmy and Freddie celebrate their landmark TENTH episode, as well as some other important recent milestones for them both.  We review Chola (“Cola?”) Spears’ Stonewall Invasion, LaLa Wiggy’s “Killer Queen” and Tiresias’ “Underworld,” and share our spooky plans for the holiday. Then we have a robust chat with New York’s premiere Concept QueenContinueContinue reading “Podcast: Halloween with the Concept Queen!”

After last week’s exclusive bombshell re: Daniel Nardicio’s purchase of the Ice Palace, you can only imagine the tea that is spilt in this week’s ep! Things start off with a review of Freddie’s DJ debut at the Monster, and how another local DJ hilariously mistook Jim for a dead celebrity that same night. Plus,ContinueContinue reading “Today’s Podcast: The Q’s ex-Creative Director tells all!”

Jim & Freddie review The Village: A Musical (which is returning),  while Jim laments just missing a chance to see the only person he’s ever wanted to meet in nightlife and complains about getting boostered. Later we carry about our recent East Village adventures in Boiler Room and The Cock. Also, RedEye’s Sam and Taylor stopContinueContinue reading “New Podcast Ep: Russian Tea with Svetlana & a Major Announcement!”

In this week’s episode of ThotLight, Thotyssey and Red Eye Radio’s weekly reckoning of NYC nightlife biz and jizz: Another week of nightlife gossip and general thottery with Thotyssey’s Jim & Redefine Radio’s Freddie! Today we discuss the changing seasons, stink fetishes, Hocus Pocus 2, their girls’ night on Christopher St, Freddie’s upcoming DJ gig and a reviewContinueContinue reading “Stream Podcast Ep. 7 with Yuhua Hamasaki Now!”

In this week’s episode of ThotLight, Thotyssey and Red Eye Radio’s weekly reckoning of NYC nightlife biz and jizz: Jim recounts a sad chapter last week sitting alone with the bags in Thirst while Freddie was thotting it up in the back with the VIPs… and to add insult to injury, Freddie also shares hisContinueContinue reading “Stream Podcast Ep. 6 Now!”

Episode 5 of ThotLight, the Red Eye Radio podcast hosted by Thotyssey’s Jim Silvestri and Redifine Radio’s Freddie Cosmo, is up! On this ep, Jim spills some sweet tea on a game-changing new venue, while Freddie plays with new sound effects and ponders what Rosalía’s appearance means for OTA. We report on the new MissContinueContinue reading “ThotLight Podcast Ep. 5 on Spotify & more!”

The third episode of the ThotLight nightlife news and gossip podcast is up, and it’s a big one! This week Jim Silvestri and Freddie Cosmo bid adieu to Lagoona Bloo while praising “BrendaVision,” The 9th Ave. Saloon, Miss Continental and Casey Caldwell, all while trying to make sense of the memed-around-the-world Chicago Ballroom Macing.  WeContinueContinue reading “ThotLight Ep. 3!”

Thotyssey is proud to present the premiere of our brand new podcast ThotLight, care of Red Eye Radio! Red Eye NY is a soon-to-open nightclub and coffee shop in NYC owned and managed by legendary nightlife figure Daniel Nardicio which will feature live tapings of original in-house podcasts. Until the venue officially opens (TBA), theContinueContinue reading “Premiere Episode of ThotLight Podcast!”

Thotyssey’s column “ThotLight” reviews and reports on the big events in NYC nightlife. By Jeremy Grossman What makes HYPE at Hardware different from any other drag show on a Tuesday night? “Well, first of all, it’s two Black girls in Hell’s Kitchen,” says Jax. “One of the only shows with two Black girls in Hell’sContinueContinue reading “ThotSpot: HYPE at Hardware with Jax & Islaya”