Not touring, merging media and schlock ‘n’ roll high school + this day in history w/the Manson murders and our song of the day by Juliana Hatfield on your Morning Monarchy for August 9, 2019.
Notes/Links:
Disneyland ejects LA Shoreline Mafia rapper, entourage after alleged gun threat
https://twitter.com/mercnews/status/1159332169313136641
Actor Danny Trejo played a real-life hero when he helped rescue a baby trapped in an overturned car after a collision at a Los Angeles intersection.
https://twitter.com/sacbee_news/status/1159326302790455296
‘Beautiful Trauma’ tour: Plane carrying Pink’s crew crash-lands, erupts in flames in Denmark
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1158943943305789440
Slayer’s Tom Araya says goodbye to Europe in emotional video
https://twitter.com/Loudwire/status/1158345239393898496
We couldn’t be more sorry to tell you this. David Berman passed away earlier today. A great friend and one of the most inspiring individuals we’ve ever known is gone. Rest easy, David.
https://twitter.com/dragcityrecords/status/1159237481939841024
Silver Jews’ David Berman Dead at 52
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1159503556048838657
Silver Jews – Interview: On Not Touring – Juan’s Basement (#February14, 2013) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159717667445465090
Happy 50th Birthday Elliott Smith
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1158804371917946882
Media Monarchy at the Elliott Smith ‘Figure 8’ mural in 2014
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1026529061080686593
In honor of what would’ve been Elliott Smith’s 50th birthday, @UME has released digital deluxe versions of his final two albums
https://twitter.com/PasteMagazine/status/1158775163191799808
Rest in peace, D.A. Pennebaker
https://twitter.com/FilmComment/status/1157759543390199809
DA Pennebaker obituary: Maker of idiosyncratic documentary films including Dont Look Back, about Bob Dylan’s 1965 UK tour
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159875913305059328
Beijing Bans Mainland Filmmakers From Attending “Chinese Language Oscars” In Taiwan
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1159054609719033856
Breaking: Disney announces $12.99 bundle for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
https://twitter.com/verge/status/1158845565880492033
Composer Alf Clausen, an integral part of “The Simpsons” since its second season, is suing The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century Fox, and Gracie Films for being fired from the show as its resident composer in 2017
https://twitter.com/rwmead/status/1158529682335326208
No Eternal Return for small investors
https://twitter.com/ABQJournal/status/1158964400302243840
New Media to buy Gannett for $1.4 billion, creating biggest U.S. newspaper publisher
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1158589315498291202
Gatehouse Media announces merger with Gannett (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159734844093374465
“Tommy Boy says they are ‘not in the business of giving artists back their Masters.’”
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1159520127819423750
Starting Wednesday’s I’m doing a LIVE TALK SHOW on SiriusXM Comedy Central Channel 95. Call in and talk to us! 7pm East Coast, 10pm West Coast!
https://twitter.com/itrevormoore/status/1158601925857689602
Unopened ‘Kid Icarus’ NES cartridge sells for $10,000
https://twitter.com/DigitalTrends/status/1158402028185378817
SONY’S NEW AI DRUMMER COULD WRITE BEATS FOR YOUR BAND
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1158845908533907457
‘Rock ‘n’ Roll High’ at 40: How the Ramones and a Rebellious Female Lead Invaded Theaters
https://twitter.com/RealGilbertACP/status/1159247309567340544
Rock’n’Roll High School [Original Trailer 1979] (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159713551063191557
#ThisDayInHistory: #August9 w/50 Years Later: Manson Family murders of Sharon Tate and others (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159884181230374913
+ Thoreau publishes #Walden, 1st #Scouts camp at Brownsea 💩, Wartime Ad Council unveils #SmokeyBear, psychos bomb #Nagasaki, #OperationDemetrius, #Mars7 launch, #MuddyWaters plays @WhiteHouse picnic
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159884183604350977
+ #RickJames pled not guilty, #Scopelliti whacked, bullshit liquid bomb plot arrests, #MichaelBrown assaults clerk and cop while #HandsUpDontShoot lie gets spread
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159884188767514626
+ #ErnestAngley, #RObertShaw, @jackdejohnette, #SamElliott, #BarbaraMason, #PeteThomas, #MelanieGriffith, #AmandaBearse, #KurtisBlow, #WhitneyHouston, #DeionSanders, #GillianAnderson, #McG birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159884195046445056
Flashback: Ridley Scott & DiCaprio Travel to ‘Brave New World’ (Aug. 9, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/ridley-scott-dicaprio-travel-to-brave/
#NewMusicFriday: The occult-y #BonIver and #Slipknot both return while @RegrettesBand just asks ‘How Do You Love?’ + new @PeteYorn, classic @JanieFricke1 & more + CHALI 2NA & KRAFTY KUTS, RA RA RIOT, THE WEDDING PRESENT
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159706609620156418
Thanks Andy, I’m currently in the pacific theater engaged in a covert CFR propaganda campaign, surveillance footage coming soon.
https://twitter.com/SeanEden/status/1159264104327987200
#PumpUpThaVolume: Juliana Hatfield – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” (The Police Cover) (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1159710569454174208