Harassment culture, mini monopolies and inflated stats + this day in history w/the death of Bob Marley and our song of the day by Pinkshinyultrablast on your Morning Monarchy for May 11, 2018.
Notes/Links:
TV stars Allison Mack and Nicki Clyne married on orders from ‘cult’ leader Keith Raniere
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/992095775663341568
NBC says no culture of harassment in its news division
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/994370444647129088
Avicii ‘died after cutting himself and bleeding to death’
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/991515833833750528
‘SIMPSONS’ Creator Defends ‘Apu’ (Audio)
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/991427073402064896
Pastor pitching Trump on Kanye summit
https://twitter.com/DRUDGE_REPORT/status/992058290291916801
Comcast prepares all-cash bid to gate-crash Disney-Fox deal (Audio)
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/993650427949408256
Comcast prepares rival bid to crash Walt Disney-Fox deal
https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/993662785954467840
NASCAR ownership exploring possible sale, reports say
https://twitter.com/koat7news/status/993615783958757376
The Occult Sex Magician Who Sent America to Space Is Getting a Television Show: ‘Strange Angel’ will tell the story of Jack Parsons, the man who invented rocket fuel and spread the gospel of British Occultist Aleister Crowley. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/991927085097734145
Oscar-winning film editor Anne V. Coates dies at 92
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/994369486928207879
Nellie McKay was longtime friends with Bob Dorough, the late composer known his work on the beloved ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ series
https://twitter.com/allsongs/status/992076774539489280
Eurovision fans laugh at “hilarious” list of items banned from the contest
https://twitter.com/WFMU/status/990253555528413186
JAY-Z and Eminem are reportedly taking legal action against former business partner Weinstein
https://twitter.com/pitchfork/status/993554595153698816
Tidal reportedly inflated streaming stats for Beyoncé and Kanye West
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/994302163840094208
Dr. Dre loses trademark battle with OB/GYN Dr. Drai
https://twitter.com/g3rd3r/status/994205517378502656
Why didn’t ppl #MuteRKelly years ago? Why wait until WHITE N̶O̶N̶ PROFIT organizations like #TimesUp & others to make Black targets the face of the #metoo movement in order to financially profit from it? And they have their corporate Black employees acting as their foot soldiers
https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/990986108006694913
R. Kelly Facing Protests in North Carolina
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/994431038515568640
‘This Is America’ seals Donald Glover’s reputation as protest artist
https://twitter.com/boozeleprechaun/status/994271807611064322
Discogs asks: What’s the best b-side ever?
https://twitter.com/discogs/status/990670576397189121
If you liked #SteamedHams, you’ll love “Radiohead albums described by _______”
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/992593149850669056
@NineInchNails announce new ‘Bad Witch’ EP and tour with The Jesus and Mary Chain
https://twitter.com/NME/status/994586761878818816
Fully Reunited, A Flock of Seagulls Readying New LP ‘Ascension,’ with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
https://twitter.com/xopublicity/status/993613524382371840
#NewMusicFriday: @ArcticMonkeys and @SMDisco get lush, #MarkKozelek, @Loreena McKennitt and the #SeaAndCake keep on keepin’ on + @Sevendust, @StrungOut, more #BuckOwens’ Capitol singles & more…like Beach House and Ry Cooder
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/994779691721613314
#ThisDayInhistory: #May11 w/#BobMarley, the soul and international face of reggae music, died in a Miami, Florida, hospital of an amazingly fast-acting cancer at age 36 in 1981 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/995011467031207936
+ #KnightsTemplars burned at the stake, PM #Perceval assassinated, the #ŌtsuIncident, Israel joins UN, #AdolfEichmann caught, #KlausBarbie on trial, #DeepBlue beats @Kasparov63
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/995011469296025600
+ #IrvingBerlin, #SalvadorDali, #PhilSilvers, #MortSahl, #LouisFarrakhan, #ButchTrucks, #NatashaRichardson, #TimBlakeNelson, @MrGregDulli, #CoryMonteith birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/995011470868926464
#PumpUpThaVolume: Pinkshinyultrablast – “Taleidoscope” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/994346348865503232