Fevered egos, steamed hams and ‘It Came From the Video Aisle!’ + this day in history w/’You Nazty Spy!’ and our song of the day by The Decemberists on your Morning Monarchy for January 19, 2018.
Notes/Links:
Don’t believe Moby’s story about his ‘CIA friends’
https://twitter.com/headisajar/status/953998871058878465
“Jimmy Kimmel, Will Ferrell & Moby are ready to meet you!”: #Moby makes brief cameo in #PodestaEmails
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954244351026016257
Moby HAS done an awful lot of secret-agent-CIA-killer kind of film scores and songs (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954224692209922048
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian announce birth of third child
https://twitter.com/guardianmusic/status/953322731025530881
There’s a bitcoin rapper called CoinDaddy, and he’s just one of the fantastic characters in San Francisco’s bizarre crypto culture
https://twitter.com/erikmoshe/status/952958694744121345
@ConnieBritton defends $380 ‘#PovertyIsSexist’ sweater she wore to #GoldenGlobes
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952593980079796225
The Southern Poverty Law Center claims it protects us from “hate groups”. But it’s a scam… a money grabbing slander machine (Audio)
https://twitter.com/JohnStossel/status/953338959874048001
These Adidas sneakers double as a one-year pass to Berlin’s mass transit
https://twitter.com/AdFreak/status/953725112511057920
Morgan Freeman and #GameofThrones star Peter Dinklage star in @PepsiCo’s #SuperBowl teaser plugging new @MountainDew and @Doritos line extensions.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/953832810187386880
Mark Wahlberg named as client jailed steroid distributor
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/953802881530040320
Music Labels Sue Fit Radio for “Massive Scale” Copyright Infringement
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/954155044542263297
Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for ‘Oh Happy Day,’ dies
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/953117857436651521
Hugh Wilson, director of ‘Police Academy,’ dead at 74
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/953793908085088257
#SteamedHams is a thing…
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952809735647973376
#SteamedHams but it’s #MetalGearSolid (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952810289858101248
#SteamedHams but every word is replaced with its first occurance (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952810989241516032
Steamed Hams but Seymour is played by Google Home (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952811324911710208
Steamed Hams but it’s the Australian Dub (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZm5QvpfonY
Google app that matches your face to artwork is wildly popular. It’s also raising privacy concerns.
https://twitter.com/stillscenes/status/953554474672574464
Pueblo, Colorado artist (and @MediaMonarchy fan) aims to educate, illuminate with show at the Blo Back Gallery
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/952605925998714880
#BookSmarts: ‘It Came From the Video Aisle!: Inside Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment Studio’ by Dave Jay, William S. Wilson & Torsten Dewi 📚
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954237270537613312
‘Puppet Master’ Trailer (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954256562247278593
#BookSmarts: ‘Hollywood Obscura: Death, Murder, and the Paranormal Aftermath’ by Brian Clune 📚
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954238298876084224
#BookSmarts: ‘The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema’ by Michael Vaughn 📚
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954239069373870081
#BookSmarts: ‘World War II Posters’ by David Pollack 📚
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954165832803762176
#NewMusicFriday: @The_Go_Team returns to pump! you up, @Glen_Hansard sets sail, @TMBG like fun, #MeatBeatManifesto are impossible, @MoonTaxi go major, the legendary Anvil keep pounding and so do the @DeLuxBand
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954230511588671490
#ThisDayInHistory: #January19 w/beating Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’ to the big screen by almost a year, #TheThreeStooges release the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Hitler with ‘You Nazty Spy!’ in 1940 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954416037251883008
+ #ACLU founded, 72% of US watches #LucilleBall give birth, #PatBoone sang for Ike, #ArethaFranklin sang for Carter, #KlausBarbie arrested, @TomWaits keeps @FritoLay’s money, #Megaupload shut down
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954418269632344064
Flashback: FEMA Will Regain Power // Pentagon Explores ‘Human Fear’ Chemicals // Northcom to Run Computer Disaster Drill Noble Resolve’ in OR, TX, VA (Jan. 19, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/01/fema-phermones-return-of-noble-resolve/
+ #LysanderSpooner, #EdgarAllanPoe, #LesterFlatt, #PhilEverly, #JanisJoplin, #ShelleyFabares, #DollyParton, #RobertPalmer, #MarthaDavis, #KateySagal, #Wiley birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954419103095140353
#PumpUpThaVolume: The Decemberists – “Severed” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/954247172412686336