STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS with James Dier aka $mall ¢hange and Guests

Episode 68 of STARK REALITY features guest DANIEL EFRAM's excellent playlist of psyche, rock, dub, groove and experimental sounds, featuring tracks from Can, Tinariwen, Butch Cassidy Sound System, Stereolab, Gary Numan and more.  Daniel is an East Village NYC-based multifaceted photographer, journalist, producer, curator, and art publisher focusing on culture and social justice. With a robust background in music, film and TV production, Efram has recently produced projects such as "The Elephant 6 Recording Co." doc film (Greenwich Entertainment; 2023) and "The Steve Keene Art Book” (Tractor Beam / Hat & Beard Press; 2023). 

To hear Daniel’s in-depth interview with Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange, go to Episode 67 of STARK REALITY.  Jim and Daniel talk about his current projects, some of the bands associated with the Elephant 6 label, photographing the recent riots in New York City, and much more!

For more information about Daniel Efram, go to www.danielefram.com and follow him @danielefram on Instagram

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Episode 64 of Stark Reality Playlists features Berliner CANDICE HOLMES’ eclectic mix of soul, new wave, world and German Electronic sounds from The Isley Brothers, Fatima Al Qadiri, Whirlpool Productions, Talking Heads, Scooter and much more.

Candice Holmes is a native New Yorker in exile, living in Germany since 2015 and based in the Peter Pan capital of Europe for the past 6.5 years. She spends her days working in Marketing and nights out and about in the Berlin club and bar scene.

To hear the in-depth Stark Reality interview with Candice and Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange, where they get into a number of topics related to Germany, racism, their issues with Palestine and BDS, club culture, how Berlin is changing, culture shock when renting apartments there, and more, go to Episode 63 of Stark Reality.

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For Episode 62 of Stark Reality, guest LOGAN GRENDEL gives us a very eclectic exclusive Stark Reality playlist of rock, hip hop, soul, electronic, metal and more - to reflect his diverse tastes - featuring tracks by Paramore, Run The Jewels, Marvin Gaye, Tuxedo, God Lives Underwater, Basement Jaxx and much more.

Harlem-based dog guru, photographer, activist, urban gardener, magick practitioner, artist, musician, and Nonbinary Black leftist rabblerouser, Logan Grendel describes himself accurately as seven people all at once. His podcast Focused on Infinity covers 'everything from politics to sex and religion, always with an eye on honesty and authenticity.'

Check his podcast and TikTok vids - he's on point.

Go to Episode 61 of STARK REALITY to hear Logan's in-depth interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, where they get into get into a number of topics in an extended conversation. From dog walking and gardening, fire spinning, his music background, and a lot of politics ofc, within the party community, trans rights, how Zionism weaponizes anti-semitism, prison conditions and modern day slavery, the Montgomery mollywop, individualism vs community, debating online, trolls and boundaries, basic empathy, both side-ism, and video games.

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For Episode 58 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, veteran New York City DJ, radio producer and party promoter REGGIE JOHNSON serves up an exclusive tasty 90-plus minute mix of vintage African funk, featuring tracks from Miriam Makeba, Tony Allen, Manu Dubango, Abdou El Omari, Fela and much more.

Reggie Johnson is an audio engineer, radio show host, party promoter and all around good ppls. He's been working as an engineer behind the boards at WBAI Pacifica for a few decades, and co-hosting Jeanie Hopper's Liquid Sound Lounge since '98. His own radio show From the Soundboard has been running since 2007, a 'program that usually focuses on concerts regardless of genre. This is where the artist and (or) group perfects the art of the "call and response" with its audience.' He does great deep dives on all kinds of artists and groups like Gal Costa, Link Wray, Yusef Lateef, Paul Robeson, Ramsey Lewis and many others. He's also helped promote parties since 1998 and has a longtime summer thing called Beats & BBQ. In his own words, he's 'just an average individual who believes in Socialist principles through music, arts and action. Everything is connected to everything.'

To hear Reggie's in-depth Stark Reality interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, where they go deep into music, promoting, classic parties, politics and much much more, go to Episode 59 of Stark Reality.

For the latest news and updates on Reggie's radio show and events, follow him @deepdancenyc on Instagram and all socials.

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For Episode 58 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, NYC DJ HUGGY BEAR gives us a nice masterful mix of disco, edits and classics, featuring tracks from Talk Talk, Simply Red, Coke Escovedo, Durand Jones & The Indications, Billy Ocean, Shannon, The Jackson 5 and much more.

Stephen Barr aka DJ Huggy Bear is a native NYer who grew up in South Ozone Park, when NYC was a slightly different place then it is today. Along with being one of the nicest dudes in the biz, he is also one of the finest and busiest working DJs in the city.

To check out more of Huggy Bear's dynamite mixes, check out his Soundcloud Page and follow him @djhuggybear on Instagram

To hear Host James Dier aka $mall Change's in-depth Stark Reality interview with DJ Huggy Bear, go to Episode 57 of Stark Reality wherever you get your podcasts or live & direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page

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For Episode 56 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, reporter, editor and author JESSICA LIPSKY (aka DJ Terry Dactyl) gives us a nice All 45's mix of her current faves, featuring tracks by Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, Eddie Floyd, Yvonne Fair, Willie Hutch, Ramones, and much more.

JESSICA LIPSKY covers culture, politics and music, and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Salon, Billboard, Wax Poetics, LA Weekly, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Chronicle etc etc etc. Currently she is the senior editor of the Recording Academy’s GRAMMY.com.  She has done radio at KUSF, KPOO, and a number of seedy establishments on both coasts.  Jessica is the author of the award-winning book It Ain’t Retro: Daptone Records & The 21st-Century Soul Revolution, available on Amazon or wherever books are sold. Her Harvey Averne interview/overview is coming out in the NY Times soon!

For more information about Jessica go to www.jlipsky.com and follow her @interview_boogaloo on Instagram

To hear Jessica's in-depth Stark Reality interview with Host James Dier aka DJ $mall Change, go to Episode 55 of STARK REALITY wherever you get your podcasts or live & direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page

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For Episode 54 of STARK REALITY with Host James Dier aka $mall Change, guest DESMOND O'BYRNE aka DJ REPOMAN gives us an exclusive and very nice playlist of sounds from around the world; cumbia, kompa, brazilian, rocksteady, and a few guitar licks, including tracks from Jorge Ben, Joe Bataan, Ray Barretto, Os Gambuzinos, Lisandro Mesa, The Maytals, Delroy Wilson, Jimmy Bryant and more.

To hear Des's exclusive in-depth Stark Reality Interview with Desmond O'Byrne aka DJ Repoman, go to Episode 53 of STARK REALITY on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network MUSIC Channel or wherever you get your podcasts. Des and Jim talk about his background as guitarist in the Irish garage rock band The Golden Horde, opening up for the Cramps and playing with bands like The Prisoners and Billy Childish, growing up in Dublin in the 70s, seeing the Clash and Ramones and Specials in '78, making posters for DIY shows he put on, moving to NYC, adjusting to playing music sober, becoming a dad, and much more.  Recorded Nov 2022.

For more info about Desmond O'Byrne aka DJ Repoman, check out his Discogs page

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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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STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS Episode 30 features a nice jacking hard house set, "HARDER 3," flawlessly mixed by DJ ZHAO, featuring tracks from Baraulio ZP, DJ Du Marcel, Batida, Baobinga & ID, DJ Amorim, Bruno M and DJ Ketchup.  For more mixes from DJ Zhao, check  his Soundcloud page...

For DJ Zhao's in-depth exclusive Stark Reality Interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, listen to Episode 29 of STARK REALITY and subscribe to STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS wherever you get your podcasts and live and direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel

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STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS Episode 28 features the exclusive mix from DJ and folklife archivist KEVIN NUTT.  This set of vintage gospel and spirituals, created for DJ $mall ¢hange's STARK REALITY podcast, includes some of Kevin's radio favorites and a short set recorded live at his local Alabama watering hole, the Leroy Lounge , including tracks from Spirit of Memphis, Soulful Sunrising Kings, Bessemer Sunset Four, CIO Singers and more.

Kevin Nutt's "Sinner's Crossroads" show on WFMU is the real deal. Amazing gospel show running for a decade and then some. Kevin also does a long running Friday evening weekly at the Leroy Lounge in Cloverdale, Alabama. 

To hear the exclusive in-depth interview about music, politics and much more with Guest KEVIN NUTT and Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, check out STARK REALITY Episode 27 on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts, on Mixcloud, or live and direct on jasoncharles.net Podcast Network MUSIC Channel

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This Stark Reality exclusive mix from DJ Clifton is from a night called 'Skin Tight', lots of heavy soul/latin/world grooves. DJ Clifton aka Clifton James Weaver III aka DJ Soft Touch is one of LA's best (and best dressed) DJs.

More about DJ Clifton: www.cliftonweaver.com

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