On todays episode Trevor and Ken sit down and discuss just how bad everything seems to have gotten. Links in this episode can be found at:

• State Of The Union: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvIZaz16DI0
• Racial Preferences: https://www.tiktok.com/@nuri.robinson/video/7610905292087266573?_r=1&_t=ZT-94KotQog1Vu

On this bonus episode, Ken and Mario give us another West Coast Sharks hip-hop deep dive; focusing on what it takes to be a good MC, and what makes a great album.

PLZ NOTE:  Due to some tech difficulties during the recording, Marios audio was affected negatively but we did our best to bring it up and out so you can enjoy the conversation.

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

On this episode, Trevor and Ken get into the pro’s and con’s of ‘The Fall Off’, in a track by track breakdown.

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

On this episode Trevor and Ken welcome guest Rich Moses on the show to talk hip-hop, culture, and the diddy diddling disaster doc “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”.

Links from the show:

1. Diana Ross – Workin Overtime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDN6_CkXvc
2. Flashbeagle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RxUF6U6O-I
3. EsDeeKid ft Timothee Chalamet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57C13H0BnnU
4. People Under The Stair – OSTs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGfP9MFFgIE

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

On this special West Coast Sharks episode, Ken and Mario open it up about family, hitting middle age and everything that comes along with getting older.  Then for the main topic, the Sharks take us back to the shows origins and discuss how Champagne Sharks has been shaped and changed over time.

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

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_)

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_)

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 ([email protected]). Opening theme composed by T. Beaulieu. Closing theme composed by Dustfingaz (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRazhu_)

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_)

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_)

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

This is Part 2 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_)