For Episode 52 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, Long Beach's 'Queen of Vintage' KATHLEEN SCHAAF gives us a nice playlist of underground rock/punk/etc. featuring tracks from Bronski Beat, Joy Division, Humble Pie, Yo La Tengo, Roxy Music, Suburban Lawns and more.

Kathleen Schaaf runs Meow Vintage in Long Beach California since 1986. She is the coolest, her taste is impeccable and Meow's is a true curated vintage shop.

To hear the STARK REALITY INTERVIEW with Kathleen, where she chats with Jim about digging for clothes in the 70s/80s, going on roadtrips to find deadstock, 'denim dogs' aka jeans vendors, t-shirts, west coast classic surf wear like Hang Ten, OP, etc, fast fashion, underground music scenes and how they are related to vintage clothes, trends in vintage as times change, newer buyers and how they shop, and staying excited about digging for clothes after 4 decades plus in the game, and much more, go to Episode 51 of STARK REALITY on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network MUSIC Channel here or wherever you get your music podcasts.

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For Episode 50 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, international DJ/Producer MAGA BO serves up a sizzling mix of Brazilian and African beats and rhytmic vibes, featuring tracks by Maga Bo himself, Subatomic Sound System, Africanoise, Joey B & Sarkodie, and the Kondi Band, among others.

Check out Maga Bo's music on his bandcamp page and follow him @magabodj on Instagram

To hear the exclusive Stark Reality interview with Host James Dier aka $mall Change and Maga Bo, check out Episode 49 of STARK REALITY wherever you get your podcasts or live & direct on the Stark Reality page on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network MUSIC Channel 

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Episode 46 of STARK REALITY features guest Honeychild Coleman’s nice set of local / newer underground and punk sounds, featuring tracks from Simi, Mother Goddess, Tamar-Kali, Suffrajett and her own band The 1865.

Honeychild Coleman, a longtime friend in NYC we met in the mid 90s at a loft party in Williamsburg.  She is an OG afro punk, rude girl, DJ, musician, an original. One of those ppl that keeps New York still New York, despite the yuppification of this town. Forward thinking politics and dope fashion. Top top ppls. And she keeps very busy.

Originally from Kentucky, Carolyn / Honeychild fronts blues-punk outfit The 1865 (Mass Appeal Records) on vocals/baritone guitar, and spins records under DJ Sugarfree BK. plays on bass/sings in Post Punk trio Bachslider. Collaborators/ Projects: GKA, Heavensbee, Gracefully, Mad Professor, Apollo Heights, Death Comet Crew, Burnt Sugar, DJ Olive, Raz Mesinai’s Badawi, etc etc

For more info about Honeychild go to www.honeychildcoleman.com and follow her on Instagram @hccoleman

To hear her exclusive in-depth interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, go to Episode 45 of STARK REALITY here or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode 44 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with Caracas-based writer and editor RICARDO VAZ.  A stellar selection of his latin sounds from various countries, this mix features tracks by Carlos Puebla, Victor Jara, Chico Buarque, Victor Heredia, Maria Elena Walsh and much more.  For full playlist information check out Stark Reality Episode 44 on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network's Music Channel

Ricardo Vaz works for independent media outlet Venezuelanalysis and he is also a member of Venezuelan collectives Tatuy Tv and Utopix. 

To hear Ricardo’s exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview, check out Episode 43 of Stark Reality on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode 42 of Stark Reality with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive STARK REALITY PLAYLIST from filmmaker/artist and vinyl enthusiast DARCY TRUNZO

Darcy Trunzo is a coalminer’s daughter, artist and producer living outside of Pittsburgh – who is using art, music and film as a method of inquiry, explores culture and its weird relationships to history and sense of place.

For this exclusive STARK REALITY PLAYLIST, Darcy creates an epic mix of funk, soul and boogie jams, plus a few surprises thrown in, featuring tracks from Yellow Magic Orchestra, Fatback Band, Eddy Grant, Donald Byrd, Little Sister, Captain Beefheart and more!

To hear the exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with Darcy, check out Episode 41 of Stark Reality

For more information about Darcy Trunzo, follow her @trunzoid on Instagram

 

 

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Episode 40 of Stark Reality with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive STARK REALITY PLAYLIST from musician, journalist, filmmaker BEN NORTON, founder/editor of the independent news site MULTIPOLARISTA where he does original reporting in both english and spanish, His work has been published in dozens of media outlets, and he has done interviews on Sky News, Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, El Financiero Bloomberg, Al Mayadeen, teleSUR, RT, TRT World, CGTN, Press TV, HispanTV, Sin Censura, and various TV channels in Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

An 80 minute mind-blowing mix of jazz, punk, hardcore, metal, avant-jazz and classical, Ben's mix features tracks from Peculate (Ben's own project), Meshuggah, Car Bomb, Tigran, Ben Wendel, Shostakovich and Schoenberg, and much more. 

link to the new album from Ben's PECULATE project:
www.peculate.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-personal-abyss

For more information about BEN NORTON, check out:
www.bennorton.com

www.multipolarista.com
www.thegrayzone.com/author/ben-norton
www.rokfin.com/benjaminnorton
@BenjaminNorton on twitter

To hear Ben Norton's exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview, go to Episode 39 of STARK REALITY on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Episode 38 of Stark Reality with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features the exclusive STARK REALITY PLAYLIST from KENNY RODRIGUEZ.  Kenny gives us a nice playlist of hip hop, rock, latin, club classics, etc aka '1/2 of DOobe Vol. 1' featuring tracks from Hot Chip, Cypress Hill, Pal Joey, Redman, Hector Lavoe, Sebastien Telliier and more…

Native new yorker and well known nightlife photographer KENNY RODRIGUEZ been documenting classic parties like Tiki Disco, The Rub, Freedom, etc for decades, and more recently House Of Yes.  For more information about Kenny and his sensational photo work, check out WWW.KENNYRODRIGUEZ.COM 

To hear Kenny's exlusive STARK REALITY interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange check out Episode 37 of STARK REALITY wherever you get your podcasts or live & direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network's STARK REALITY page

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Episode 36 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange features guest DR. ASATAR BAIR's exclusive "Generation X" mix of hip hop, rock and modern sounds, featuring tracks by Talib Kweli, Beck, Kendrick Lamar, Wu-Tang Clan, New Order and more...

Dr. Asatar Bair is a professor of economics based in Riverside California. He identifies as a communist, which is pretty rare to see in academia in the US.  He also has practiced meditation for many years.

To hear Dr. Bair's exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, go to Episode 36 of STARK REALITY wherever you get your podcasts or on the Stark Reality page on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network

 

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On Episode 34 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS, $mall ¢hange's guest, LEIGH BUTLER graces us with an exclusive Detroit Techno Mix from 2019.

Leigh is an old school techno head, music head really, been clubbing for many many years, UK, Germany, Detroit, Chicago, NYC, etc etc.  He occasionally spins out but mostly wheels and deals records, has a deep knowledge of dance music. 

To hear the exclusive STARK REALITY interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange and guest Leigh Butler, listen/subscribe to Episode 33, wherever you get your podcasts and live & direct on the STARK REALITY page on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network MUSIC Channel

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On Episode 32 of STARK REALITY, $mall ¢hange's guest, nyc DJ vet and photographer LUCIEN SAMAHA graces us with an exclusive "eclectic home lounge mix." Featuring tracks from Les Hommes, X-Press 2, Lonnie Liston Smith, Giorgio Moroder, Oumou Sangare and much more...

To hear the exclusive in-depth Stark Reality interview with Lucien Samaha, check out Episode 31 of STARK REALITY. And for more info all things Lucien, go to www.luciensamaha.net, check his Patreon page

and follow him on Instagram @luciensamaha_onfilm

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