{"id":14422,"date":"2025-09-22T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=14422"},"modified":"2025-09-22T20:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:38:00","slug":"dark-stranger","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/presenters\/dark-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading]Dark Stranger[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.eruptionradio.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5978-scaled-e1758569850902.jpeg 1194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Philosophy Professor by day, hardcore raver by night,The Dark Stranger started raving at NYC parties in the 90s. 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