Free festivals, record store ambassadors and delicious satire + this day in history w/the first man in space and our Treefort song of the day by Naked Giants on your Morning Monarchy for April 12, 2019.
Notes/Links:
Kanye West’s Coachella Sunday Service could be his moment of redemption
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1114479612350701568
#Coachella Tips w/@JennyMilk (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116591225715355648
Treefort Music Fest was more than your standard algorithm driven music festival
https://twitter.com/NoiseyMusic/status/1115328554470973450
Donald Trump’s Use of Dark Knight Rises Score Was Unauthorized, Says WB
https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1115983781452754944
How Rachel Maddow Turned Into Infowars
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1115088689544167425
Lori Loughlin thought the DA was bluffing so she rejected their first plea and now faces additional charges.
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1116104311610777600
Academy Award-winner Geoffrey Rush wins defamation case against Australian newspaper over reports that he behaved in an inappropriate sexual way to an actress
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1116227715869208577
AI trained on Jordan Peterson raps Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/FluidFluxation/status/1115069812592476160
Univision Sells Gizmodo Media Group and The Onion to Great Hill Partners
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1115313776289624065
Comedian Chris D’Elia bashes Albuquerque on Twitter days after show
https://twitter.com/krqe/status/1115392150705979392
The Weird Machine That Measured Radio Audiences in the ’30s and ’40s
https://twitter.com/WFMU/status/1115984534057705472
The Mighty Boosh reunite as Record Store Day ambassadors for 2019
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1115636996406480896
Get ready for Record Store Day (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116593448897826817
Madonna confirmed to play at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1115329943767064578
Iron Maiden singer made honorary citizen of Bosnia’s capital
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1114723406329544704
Co-founder of chart-topping The O’Jays dies of cancer at 78
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1115085960361009152
Seymour Cassel, who worked with Cassavetes, Altman, Alexandre Rockewell, and Wes Anderson, has died. He was 84.
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1115393885067448321
The Classic Movie Streaming Service Criterion Collection Launches Today
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1115490889785401345
How Turner Classic Movies Built a Marquee Brand by Catering to Film Fans
https://twitter.com/denker/status/1115601846846902272
Coober Pedy’s desert drive-in cinema a feast for the eyes — and not just on-screen
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1114994893280161792
#DeepFocus: King Cohen and ‘The Stuff’ of Satire // ‘The Stuff’ Trailer // “My main inspiration was the consumerism and corporate greed found in our country and the damaging products that were being sold…” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116601708472201216
#DeepFocus: ‘The Stuff’ Fake Commercial // “…the sheer volume of junk food we consume every day. We continue to eat these foods despite the fact some of them are killing us. That’s when I started thinking that The Stuff could be an imaginary product…” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116601710116343810
#DeepFocus: Legendary B-Movie Horror Director Larry Cohen Dead at 77 // ‘King Cohen’ Trailer (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116601711378878466
#ThisDayInHistory: #April12 w/The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight aboard the Vostok 1 in 1961 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116760907571290112
+ Commie’s #ShanghaiMassacre, #FDR croaks in office so #ThirtyThree Freemason Truman becomes 33rd Prez, polio vax decalred safe, #JanBerry crash, #SonnyBono elected mayor, ‘#LiveThroughThis’ out
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116760908393377793
Flashback: Corbett Report: Episode083 – Food World Order (Apr. 12, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/corbett-report-episode083-food-world/
Flashback: Conservatives Using ‘Apocalypticism’ Against Obama (Apr. 12, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/conservatives-using-apocalypticis/
+ #BillyVaughn, #AnnMiller, #TinyTim, #HerbieHancock, #EdONeill, #TomClancy, #DanLauria, #DavidLetterman, #DavidCassidy, #PatTravers, #AndyGarcia, #VinceGill, #TamaJanowitz, #ArtAlexakis birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116760909274214400
+ #AmyRay, #SarahCracknell, #ShannenDoherty, #ClaireDanes birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116760910134046720
#NewMusicFriday: Tons of new releases by @NorahJones, @MEtheridge, @BruceHornsby, @JohnPaulWhite, @ShovelsAndRope, @ChemBros, #DamienJurado, #SunKilMoon & more 🎼🎶 #April12
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116533706133508096
#PumpUpThaVolume: Naked Giants – “Slide” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1116567483526172672