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On this episode Trevor, Ken and Mario continue the conversation started in CS 650: Gone Platinum.  The party is officially over, and there are some factions who are unwilling to let it go.  Living vicariously thru live streamers, not admitting when your leader lost, the Sharks chomp into all the false pretenses that make up our current popular culture.

ATTN:  For deeper context to this episodes conversation listen to “CS 650: Gone Platinum” first.

Links From This Episode;

• The End of The Millnial Lifestyle Subsidy – https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week Trevor, Ken and Mario cirlce up to deep dive on hip-hop.  Death Row on the West Coast, Posi-Rap on the East, this episodes gets deep in the Old School and how it compares to the New School.

Links From This Episode:

• The Chronic Pre-Sale Commercial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPs11_OvEfQ
• The End of The Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy – https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/uber-ride-share-prices-high-inflation/661250/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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On this episode, Trevor and Ken dive into the discourse around Charlie Kirk, and what it says about our society, and the changes it’s going thru.

Show Notes:

https://youtu.be/HZFhCyV0Jck?si=JUZj2IFL7snPe8qT

https://youtu.be/D7XyhHLv6cI?si=MjwB4Fw7DNvIbeJ6

https://youtu.be/eIVxTY7SfNw?si=a6FGkeK7M3mYFvnl

https://youtu.be/YaIEWm0_k4U?si=FGNYfD8r1rqCCOsI

https://youtu.be/DUA5AxGTvzc?si=byuRZAWqQEjYmhWB

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdMSc41/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdMrBRR/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdM6Lqo/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdMWyQk/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMdMwVgt/

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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Trevor stops in really quick to give an update on why the show has been trying to play catch-up. New material is in the can and on the way very soon!

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (www.piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week Trevor, Ken, Mario, Vida, Jason England and Michael R Jackson coterie together to talk shop about, review and rate the new movie Sinners.  SPOILER FILLED REVIEW EPISODE.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week Trevor is joined by guest, Monia Ali to discuss fandom, shipdom and the business that surrounds both.  Monia is a fandom critic and researcher, documenting the consecration & corporate exploitation of fandom, and contextualizing the rise of stans in our cultural ecosystem.  You can read more from Monia on Medium at https://exiledfan.medium.com/ and on Substack at https://substack.com/@exiledfan

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This week Trevor is joined by guest, Monia Ali to discuss fan-dom, ship-dom and the business that surrounds both.  Monia is a fandom critic and researcher, documenting the consecration & corporate exploitation of fandom, and contextualizing the rise of stans in our cultural ecosystem.  You can read more from Monia on Medium at https://exiledfan.medium.com/ and on Substack at https://substack.com/@exiledfan

This is Part 1 of a free unlocked episode.  To get early access to future episodes, become a paid subscriber for $5/month over at patreon.com/champagnesharks and also get access to the whole archive of subscriber-only episodes, the Discord voice and chat server for patrons, detailed show notes for certain episodes, and our newsletter.

Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week, Trevor and Ken kick it off will the Diddy trial as an example of a new type of person who likes to be the defacto expert on whatever is trending in the media.  Then the conversation turns to the new movie ‘Sinners’ and the buzz its creating around the net.

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsrec.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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This week Trevor Mario and Ken gather up and open the show with a conversation on conspiracy in Hollywood – what would you do for fame?  And of course when you get the Three Amigos together some time will be spent on hip-hop and basketball.  All of these topics plus more combine to create a narrative of the “spam-a-fication” of modern American life.

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This week Trevor is joined by Teen Sheng to talk about his new article and the Vibecession we are finding ourselves in.

Links for this episode can be found at:

•Teen’s Substack Article – https://interarma.substack.com/p/the-potemkin-economy-and-the-origins

•The Onuha Brothers Scammers – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ecTFUjch_g&ab_channel=SpencerCornelia

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Co-produced & edited by Aaron C. Schroeder / Pierced Ears Recording Co, Seattle WA (piercedearsmusic@gmail.com). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)