Altered scenes, fired superfans and gunning for hits + this day in history w/the Farewell Dossier and our song of the day by Ty Segall on your Morning Monarchy for July 19, 2019.
Notes/Links:
Prosecutors dropped sexual assault proceedings against Kevin Spacey after the case against the Hollywood star collapsed over his alleged victim’s refusal to testify
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1151606500713832448
NY judge OKs Weinstein defense team recasting
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1150538116450533376
Robert Sillerman to Pay $179,000 Fine in Securities Fraud Case
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1150871809186775040
Rapper @tayk pleads guilty to aggravated robbery, capital #murder #trial underway
https://twitter.com/XEyezWideOpenX/status/1151385562353475584
A 41-year-old man howled, “You die!” as he attacked workers at Kyoto Animation this morning by setting the building ablaze. Police are still investigating his motive.
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1151702165544718336
Netflix Alters Graphic ’13 Reasons Why’ Suicide Scene After Controversy
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1151264532607598593
Why Netflix Cut Graphic ’13 Reasons Why’ Scene (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1151707071110246400
How Disney became entertainment’s apex predator
https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/1152069850799300608
Janet Jackson, Chris Brown, 50 Cent, Future & Tyga Added to Controversial Saudi Arabia Concert Lineup
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1151662842132783107
Parkland Strong: A Special Night With Ska Legends The Specials At Brooklyn Steel
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1151938227433066496
36:00 – 37:00 Tracy Twyman’s take on Rosemary’s Baby. Sinatra / Monroe / Polanski / Manson. #MediaMemes (Audio)
https://twitter.com/g3rd3r/status/1150191489655308288
West Palm Beach playing “Baby Shark” on loop to drive homeless people away
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1151516856806780928
US Congress members call for A$AP Rocky to be released after fortnight in prison
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1151389520375570437
Van Jones Believes Meek Mill’s 2008 Conviction Will Be Overturned in ‘Three to Six Weeks’
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8520382/van-jones-meek-mill-2008-conviction
Tupac superfan asked to resign from government job a day after emailing Tupac lyrics to 4,300 employees.
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1151611053408698369
Naked Giants – “Green Fuzz” [Official Video]
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1151596138191118336
Ray and Dave Davies Are Recording New Kinks Songs for Possible Album
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1151536029272301570
‘We Sing, We Dance.’ A 1992 Arts and Entertainment documentary about the life of the Nicholas Brothers.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1151377145131724800
Atari 2600 rarity Extra Terrestrials goes on sale for $90,000
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1150692733448622081
IN MOST FAVORED NATION, BOOKS READ YOU! // Alipay starts face-scanning solutions with beauty filters in China’s largest bookstore
https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/status/1151612568512933888
Spy novel written by Kim Philby’s granddaughter to be published this week
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1150892387721367552
Alan Moore Is Officially Retiring From Writing Comic Books
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1151653849872130048
#BookSmarts: Gunning for Hits in the Horrifying Neon Wasteland of the 80’s Music Business // #GunningForHits #SDCC 📚💿🔫💰 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152097357955309568
#ThisDayInHistory: #July19 w/In a 1981 private meeting with Reagan, French President Mitterrand reveals the existence of the Farewell Dossier, a collection of documents showing the Soviet Union had been stealing American tech R&D. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152275666324185088
+ Paris Métro opens, #FrankSinatra weds #MiaFarrow, #StevenAdler sues @gunsnroses, #MikeTyson rapes #MissBlackAmerica, #DrDre sues over muh IP
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152275667913887744
Flashback: 9/11 & cyberterrorism – Did the real ‘Cyber 9/11’ happen on 9/11? (Jul. 20, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/911-cyberterrorism-did-real-cyber-911/
Flashback: Spacewalk #2 unfolds on 40th Moon anniversary // Americans remember the Moon landing by researching Apollo 11 hoax theories (Jul. 20, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/spacewalk-2-unfolds-on-40th-moon/
+ #SamuelColt, #Degas, #LizzieBorden, #GeorgeMcGovern, #PatHingle, #VickiCarr, #BernieLeadon, #BrianMay, #AbelFerrara, #AtomEgoyan, @JimNorton birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152275669365055490
#NewMusicFriday: #BrianEno & Hefner’s @DarrenHayman have #Apollo11/#Apollo50 fever + @GR_Punk, #MajorStars, @Sum41 and really the only one I give a shit about this week – @TrevorSomething/#TrevorSomething’s new EP, ‘Escape 🎼🎶 #July19
+ NEW FLAMING LIPS :: ‘King’s Mouth: Music and Songs’, BILLY CHILDISH, GRIZFOLK
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152090093185904641
#PumpUpThaVolume: Ty Segall – “Radio” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1152091959357562880