Master DJ Selectors Ben & Stu stretch out on Episode 3 of JAMMING BY A THREAD with Brit-Pop, Trip-Hop, Funked Up Beats from Stereolab, Lord Echo, Cymande, El Michels and more…taking you on another magical musical trip of sick selections from their massive vinyl collections of the finest sounds around...Dynamite! 

Original selector Ben Allen aka the Loop Professor is a US based Londoner with years of experience as a #ninjatune hip hop producer and soul funk #radio DJ and presenter.  Vinyl junkie supreme Stuart “Stu” Rogers is a Sydney native and international festival booker and longtime broadcasting vet.  Lifelong professional #cratediggers and partners in DJ crime, Ben and Stu are back and finer than ever...ping-ponging tracks and JAMMING BY A THREAD!

Master DJ Selectors Ben &amp; Stu stretch out on Episode 3 of JAMMING BY A THREAD with Brit-Pop, Trip-Hop, Funked Up Beats from Stereolab, Lord Echo, Cymande, El Michels and more&hellip;taking you on another magical musical trip of sick selections from their massive vinyl collections of the finest sounds around...Dynamite!&nbsp;
Original selector Ben Allen aka the Loop Professor is a US based Londoner with years of experience as a #ninjatune hip hop producer and soul funk #radio DJ and presenter.&nbsp; Vinyl junkie supreme Stuart &ldquo;Stu&rdquo; Rogers is a Sydney native and international festival booker and longtime broadcasting vet.&nbsp; Lifelong professional #cratediggers and partners in DJ crime, Ben and Stu are back and finer than ever...ping-ponging tracks and JAMMING BY A THREAD!

JAMMING BY A THREAD is the only podcast series featuring the finest DJ tag-team selectors.  US-based British cratedigging master DJ and former Ninja Tune producer/recording artist BEN ALLEN (aka the Loop Professor) and Aussie music junkie, DJ and worldwide music festival producer STUART ROGERS play tag with tracks via their mobile devices, creating a monthly exchange of deep sounds.  Based on a theme (or Not!), expect a mind-blowing "broader than broadway" selection of inspired funk, soul, reggae, dub, latin, hip-hop, jazz, rock, freestyle, fusion and whatever other audio bombs they are throwing at each other to create episodes that are masterclass deejay sessions in their own right!

Check out Ben's bi-weekly two-hour radio show of deep soul, funk, blues and R&B on the long-running Saturday night "Soul Mates" program on WMPG FM in Portland, Maine and anytime on wmpg.org

And when Stu isn't listening to his massive and eclectic vinyl collection, he is busy as the Director of Programming at the prestigious City Recital Hall in Sydney.

JAMMING BY A THREAD is the only podcast series featuring the finest DJ tag-team selectors.&nbsp; US-based British cratedigging master DJ and former Ninja Tune producer/recording artist BEN ALLEN (aka <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/962422-Loop-Professor">the Loop Professor</a>) and Aussie music junkie, DJ and worldwide music festival producer STUART ROGERS play tag with tracks via their mobile devices, creating a monthly exchange of deep sounds.&nbsp; Based on a theme (or Not!), expect a mind-blowing "broader than broadway" selection of inspired funk, soul, reggae, dub, latin, hip-hop, jazz, rock, freestyle, fusion and whatever other audio bombs they are throwing at each other to create episodes that are masterclass deejay sessions in their own right!
Check out Ben's bi-weekly two-hour radio show of deep soul, funk, blues and R&amp;B on the long-running Saturday night <a href="https://www.wmpg.org/show/sat1900/#">"Soul Mates" program on WMPG FM</a> in Portland, Maine and anytime on <a href="https://www.wmpg.org/show/sat1900/#">wmpg.org</a>
And when Stu isn't listening to his massive and eclectic vinyl collection, he is busy as the Director of Programming at the prestigious <a href="https://www.cityrecitalhall.com/about/staff/">City Recital Hall </a>in Sydney.

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For Episode 80 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS, guest JULIA POPESCU serves up a properly noisy and raw playlist of punk favorites, featuring Bad Brains, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, The Warmers, Patti Smith Group and much more.

Multi-disciplinary artist JULIA POPESCU shows under Snakes for Hair, her Tarot and candle company. Her work references '90s analog media and the occult, with a punk twist. Her spiritual practice is based on magick, manifestation and transformation for all. No one is free until everyone is free. Her site is www.snakesforhair.com and her IG is @snakes4hair

To hear Julia's Stark Reality in-depth interview with Host James Dier aka $mall ¢hange, where they go deep on politics and Palestine, zine culture from back in the day, her DC punk roots and much more, go to Episode 79 of STARK REALITY wherever you get your podcasts.

For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud or live & direct on uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page

For Episode 80 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS, guest JULIA POPESCU serves up a properly noisy and raw playlist of punk favorites, featuring Bad Brains, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, The Warmers, Patti Smith Group and much more.
Multi-disciplinary artist JULIA POPESCU shows under Snakes for Hair, her Tarot and candle company. Her work references '90s analog media and the occult, with a punk twist. Her spiritual practice is based on magick, manifestation and transformation for all. No one is free until everyone is free. Her site is <a href="https://snakesforhair.com/">www.snakesforhair.com</a>&nbsp;and her IG is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/snakes4hair/">@snakes4hair</a>
To hear Julia's Stark Reality in-depth interview with Host James Dier aka $mall &cent;hange, where they go deep on politics and Palestine, zine culture from back in the day, her DC punk roots and much more, go to <a href="https://jasoncharles.net/podcast/stark-reality/julia-popescu-the-stark-reality-interview/">Episode 79 of STARK REALITY</a> wherever you get your podcasts.
For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall &cent;hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stark-reality-playlists-episode-70-shirley-brahas-new/id1562000503?i=1000664174423">Apple Podcasts</a>, Mixcloud or live &amp; direct on <a href="https://jasoncharles.net/show/stark-reality/">uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page</a>

STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS Episode 80 JULIA POPESCU's Noisy & Raw Punk Favorites

For Episode 79 of STARK REALITY, Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange rolls the tattered red carpet out to Brooklyn and talks to special guest JULIA POPESCU. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who shows under the moniker and brand Snakes for Hair, her Tarot and candle company. Her work references ‘90s analog media and the occult, with a punk twist. Her spiritual practice is based on magick, manifestation and transformation for all. No one is free until everyone is free. Her site is www.snakesforhair.com and her IG is @snakes4hair

$mall ¢hange met Julia once at a Palestine benefit party featuring Palestinian DJs etc about a year and a half ago, closer to the beginning on this ongoing genocide. She knows the time and has traveled to Lebanon multiple times and visited Palestine, which helped shape her awareness on these issues. She has a punk background growing up in the DC area in the '90s and seeing bands like Fugazi every week, doing various mutual aid projects in her youth. After a career in fashion she leaned into her witchy side and started making candles which took off into her own business and her moniker Snakes For Hair. Jim and Julia have a great conversation, talking about the silence of ppl during this genocide, operating an independent business, her own evolution politically, the DC punk scene, '80s/'90s zine culture, etc etc.  Recorded July 9th, 2025.

To hear Julia’s exclusive STARK REALITY Playlist of properly noisy and raw punk favorites, featuring Bad Brains, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, The Warmers, Patti Smith Group and much more, go to Episode 80 of STARK REALITY or STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your music podcasts.

For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud or live & direct on uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page

 

For Episode 79 of STARK REALITY, Host James Dier aka DJ $mall &cent;hange rolls the tattered red carpet out to Brooklyn and talks to special guest JULIA POPESCU. She is a multi-disciplinary artist who shows under the moniker and brand <a href="https://snakesforhair.com/">Snakes for Hair</a>, her Tarot and candle company. Her work references &lsquo;90s analog media and the occult, with a punk twist. Her spiritual practice is based on magick, manifestation and transformation for all. No one is free until everyone is free. Her site is <a href="https://snakesforhair.com/">www.snakesforhair.com</a>&nbsp;and her IG is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/snakes4hair/">@snakes4hair</a>
$mall &cent;hange met Julia once at a Palestine benefit party featuring Palestinian DJs etc about a year and a half ago, closer to the beginning on this ongoing genocide. She knows the time and has traveled to Lebanon multiple times and visited Palestine, which helped shape her awareness on these issues. She has a punk background growing up in the DC area in the '90s and seeing bands like Fugazi every week, doing various mutual aid projects in her youth. After a career in fashion she leaned into her witchy side and started making candles which took off into her own business and her moniker <a href="https://www.instagram.com/snakes4hair/">Snakes For Hair</a>. Jim and Julia have a great conversation, talking about the silence of ppl during this genocide, operating an independent business, her own evolution politically, the DC punk scene, '80s/'90s zine culture, etc etc.&nbsp; Recorded July 9th, 2025.
To hear Julia&rsquo;s exclusive STARK REALITY Playlist of properly noisy and raw punk favorites, featuring Bad Brains, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, The Warmers, Patti Smith Group and much more, go to <a href="https://jasoncharles.net/podcast/stark-reality/new-julia-popescus-exclusive-stark-reality-playlist-of-punk-favorites/">Episode 80</a> of STARK REALITY or STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your music podcasts.
For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall &cent;hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stark-reality-playlists-episode-70-shirley-brahas-new/id1562000503?i=1000664174423">Apple Podcasts</a>, Mixcloud or live &amp; direct on <a href="https://jasoncharles.net/show/stark-reality/">uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page</a>
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STARK REALITY Episode 79 Guest JULIA POPESCU

For Episode 78 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS, guest DJ CATO serves up this exclusive 90-plus minute set of bumping global sounds, even a pro Palestine Amapiano track, featuring recent releases from Moblack, Megatronic & Jimpster, Mas Musiq, Gianni Romano, Chevals and much more.

DJ Cato. aka Congri, was born in Germany and moved to the states as a kid. Skateboarding and music were his refuge and he acquired his first set of Technics 1200’s and Realistic mixer when he was a teenager. In the 90s Cato moved to NYC, began DJing at night while working at the fashion clothing store Diesel during the day. As a bi- product of his day job, Cato was afforded numerous trots around the globe. He collected music not commonly found in mainstream America, and subsequently injected those new global sounds into the veins of New York clubs and lounges, where Jim would see him regularly until he moved to LA in 2012.  Cato is a very versatile DJ and has destroyed many dancefloors. If you get a chance go see him DJ and bring your dancing shoes.

To hear DJ Cato's exclusive in-depth STARK REALITY INTERVIEW with Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange, go to EPISODE 77 of Stark Reality wherever you get your podcasts.

For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall ¢hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on Apple Podcasts, Mixcloud or live & direct on uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page

For Episode 78 of STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS, guest DJ CATO serves up this&nbsp;exclusive 90-plus minute set of bumping global sounds, even a pro Palestine Amapiano track, featuring recent releases from Moblack, Megatronic &amp; Jimpster, Mas Musiq, Gianni Romano, Chevals and much more.
DJ Cato. aka Congri, was born in Germany and moved to the states as a kid. Skateboarding and music were his refuge and he acquired his first set of Technics 1200&rsquo;s and Realistic mixer when he was a teenager. In the 90s Cato moved to NYC, began DJing at night while working at the fashion clothing store Diesel during the day. As a bi- product of his day job, Cato was afforded numerous trots around the globe. He collected music not commonly found in mainstream America, and subsequently injected those new global sounds into the veins of New York clubs and lounges, where Jim would see him regularly until he moved to LA in 2012.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cato is a very versatile DJ and has destroyed many dancefloors. If you get a chance go see him DJ and bring your dancing shoes.
To hear DJ Cato's exclusive in-depth STARK REALITY INTERVIEW with Host James Dier aka DJ $mall &cent;hange, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://jasoncharles.net/podcast/stark-reality/new-dj-cato-the-stark-reality-interview/">EPISODE 77 of Stark Reality wherever you get your podcasts.</a>
For all of Host James Dier aka DJ $mall &cent;hange's in-depth interviews and exclusive guest playlists, Subscribe to both STARK REALITY and STARK REALITY PLAYLISTS on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stark-reality-playlists-episode-70-shirley-brahas-new/id1562000503?i=1000664174423">Apple Podcasts</a>, Mixcloud or live &amp; direct on <a href="https://jasoncharles.net/show/stark-reality/">uptownradio.net / jasoncharles.net Podcast Network Music Channel's STARK REALITY Series Page</a>

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