Golden years, Saudiwood and HD vinyl + this day in history w/the Johnson Space Center shooting and our song of the day by Guided By Voices on your Morning Monarchy for April 20, 2018.
Notes/Links:
#Morrissey gets clicks cuz they #lovetrumpshate
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/986258385791172608
#Morrissey is the last rock’n’roll rebel. From his love affair with Brexit to his criticism of the #MeToo hysteria, he rails against the political elite’s lazy moral orthodoxies in exactly the way rock troublemakers are supposed to
https://twitter.com/spikedonline/status/986357386872086528
Morrissey shares ‘lost studio track,’ “By The Time I Get To Wherever I’m Going”
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/986309829957271552
Ex-Pink Floyd singer denounces White Helmets as propaganda tool during Barcelona concert (Audio)
https://twitter.com/RonaldDeFina/status/985959822951702529
Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes Slams March for Our Lives Protests
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/978293519365230592
Queens Of The Stone Age and Run The Jewels hail new mash-up album
https://twitter.com/NME/status/981576509872852998
Kanye West returns to Twitter, writing a philosophy book in real time
https://twitter.com/guardianmusic/status/986695512936988673
Teacher Bans Phones From Midterm So Student Brings Record Player to Play Kanye West
https://twitter.com/discogs/status/985731280305352704
Trey Songz Alleged Assault Victim Granted Temporary Restraining Order
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/971485504029020165
Ninth Circuit Sides With Gaye Family in ‘Blurred Lines’ Fight
https://twitter.com/CourthouseNews/status/976590843548258305
Miami’s Winter Music Conference May Be Finished After 32 Years
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/971457818413993984
You’ve heard of underground music? Well, this is REALLY underground. Music fans are flocking 333 feet below the Appalachian mountains in Tennessee to hear a unique series of concerts in @CumberlandCave.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/976347933711962112
No criminal charges in musician Prince’s death, prosecutor says
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/987009376924954624
Prince’s estate has released a major find: a long-lost 1984 recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” along with rare video footage from his rehearsals
https://twitter.com/nprmusic/status/987013684013694976
Check out @WatchPolyphonic’s look at the occult underbelly of #DavidBowie’s “Golden Years” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/985624497037361154
Art Bell Dead at Age 72—Days After Supporting a Friend’s Plan to Drive Into Area 51
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/985675066129166337
Legendary #Pittsburgh sportsmen, @WWE hall of famer, Bruno Sammartino has passed away at the age of 82
https://twitter.com/KDKA/status/986612358750572545
Bruno Sammartino passes away at 82
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/986647060396101637
South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, who was once kidnapped by North Korean agents on the orders of then leader Kim Jong Il, an avid film fan, and forced to make movies for the regime, has died aged 91
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/986082757771051009
‘Night Court’ actor found dead in his North Carolina home, officials say
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/986057403132067840
“See, I married a witch. My wife is also a magician, an occultist. And I quite often think that I’m part of whatever it is she has planned. And that’s fine. Because I’m having a great time.” – #HarryAnderson
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/986799121813012480
Steven Bochco Dead: ‘Hill Street Blues,’ ‘L.A. Law,’ ‘NYPD Blue’ Creator Was 74
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/980839925640724480
R. Lee Ermey Dead: Golden Globe Nominee for ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Was 74
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/985675555327676416
Prolific voice actor and comedian Chuck McCann dies at 83
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/983197600173248512
Milos Forman Dead: ‘Cuckoo’s Nest,’ ‘Amadeus’ Director Was 86
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/985085247888023557
Saudi Crown Prince Descends on Hollywood Amid Planned Protests
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/980840412905639937
The company behind “The Wolf of Wall Street” has agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it financed the movie with money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund
https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/971243485717245952
Is ‘No Postage Necessary,’ Hollywood’s first blockchain movie, the first step toward ending piracy?
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/980158524897529856
The Pentagon & Hollywood’s Successful & Deadly Propaganda Alliance
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/974486674192437248
Hollywood, sports political activism driving away viewers
https://twitter.com/ValRichardson17/status/976515793033707520
U.S. Music Industry Hits Highest Revenue Mark In a Decade, Fueled By Paid Subscriptions
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/976889030116855815
Vinyl Me, Please CEO Matt Fiedler on Building a Record Club That Does What Spotify Can’t
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/977009607347527680
Dean Wareham on ‘Dream Pop’ for #Pitchfork
https://twitter.com/ahfow/status/986025442447691776
Producer Scott Rudin offered an in-court performance of Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in $10 million countersuit against Harper Lee’s Estate
https://twitter.com/FRIED_ALIVE/status/986365328711135233
Netflix programming binge pays off with subscriber surge
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/986074736647180288
‘The Simpsons’ Addresses Apu Stereotype Controversy
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/983300088125624320
Police: American Head Charge singer arrested with stolen guitars in California
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/985327221702307841
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s 1951 Fender fetches $250,000 at auction
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/985667138659733504
Apparently high-definition vinyl is coming next year
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/984496449546309638
Music Publishers Win Major Copyright Fight Over Streaming of Legendary Rock Concerts
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/983833368759554048
Spotify buys ‘cover song’ licensing firm to tackle copyright risks
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/984565536955797509
Crappy, bland bands Bon Jovi and Moody Blues inducted into Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/985326785100476422
MC5’s Wayne Kramer Plots ‘Kick Out the Jams’ 50th Anniversary Tour
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/981355834386079744
#NewMusicFriday: @ShuggieOtis returns! So do #APerfectCircle, but only cuz #AmericasNextTopPresident + #BlackStoneCherry, @Ras_G, @TessRoby, @Lars_Vogt & more
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/987176141113868288
#ThisDayInHistory: #April20 w/a handgun, William Phillips barricades himself in @NASA_Johnson Space Center in #Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself in 2007 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/987380366628372480
+ #LudlowMassacre, #LeagueOfNations dissolves, CIA’s #BayOfPigs fail, [Redacted] shoot up #ColumbineHighSchool, #DeepWaterHorizon spill
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/987381193267003392
Flashback: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand (Apr. 20, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/04/behind-tv-analysts-pentagons-hidden/
Flashback: Former Hitler Youth Performs Ritual at 9/11 Crime Scene (Apr. 20, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/04/former-hitler-youth-performs-ritual-a/
Flashback: ‘Operation Sudden Impact’ (Apr. 20, 2008)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2008/04/operation-sudden-impac/
+ #AdolfHitler, #HaroldLloyd, #JoanMiro, #LionelHampton, #TitoPuente, #EdieSedgwick, #LutherVandross, #CrispinGlover, @KillerMike, #JoeyLawrence birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/987381772219441153
#PumpUpThaVolume: Guided By Voices – “See My Field” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/986470261326168064