For Episode 52 of STARK REALITY, Long Beach’s ‘Queen of Vintage’ 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 here.