Outdated cultural depictions, dick jewels and fake art hoaxes + this day in history w/the CIA’s Unabomber and our song of the day by Tame Impala on your Morning Monarchy for November 15, 2019.
Notes/Links:
Tim Dillon: Every crowd is a gift from God. Some need to be told just how special they are. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/TimJDillon/status/1185947065869840386
Disney+ plays the first 19 seasons of The Simpsons in the wrong aspect ratio. Hang on to your physical media, kids!
https://twitter.com/1000TimesYes/status/1194145482274197505
Boy, we hope somebody got fired for that blunder: Disney+ is cropping out Simpsons jokes // It begins… or rather, it continues after memory-holing MJ and Apu
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1194825688601092096
So, no Song of the South?? Disney Plus Warns Users Older Movies Have ‘Outdated Cultural Depictions’
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1194803949598986240
In shameless attempt to pander to lunatics, @Disney apologizes that history existed: New Disney Streaming Service Affixes Warnings of ‘Outdated Cultural Depictions’ to Some Films
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1194662050259259394
THE SIMPSONS Reveals New Voice of MARTIN PRINCE in Wake of RUSSI TAYLOR’s Death
https://twitter.com/ComicBookNOW/status/1193623108881485824
Woman Starring In Indie Horror Film Charged In Real Life Murder Day After Filming Wraps
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1192961837655977984
Reporter Uncovers History-Changing #MansonFamily Connections to #CIA and Hollywood
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1193565306075197445
Box Office: #JokerMovie Tops $955 Million Worldwide (On A $62.5 Million Budget) And Becomes The Most Profitable Comic Book Movie Ever
https://twitter.com/ScottMendelson/status/1192823424696979456
A harrowing drama about school bullying has struck a strong personal chord with Chinese cinema audiences and soared to the top of the box office, after authorities belatedly gave it the go-ahead
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1194892472872255488
7 young adults went undercover as high school students and found life as a teenager today is nothing like they remember
https://twitter.com/Brittani_Ward11/status/1194610198163402752
SLAYER: THE REPENTLESS KILLOGY | A FITTING FAREWELL
https://twitter.com/aarxn82/status/1193979396094353409
Tennessee Titans honor David Berman with scoreboard message
https://twitter.com/stereogum/status/1193997997111160837
Classic Black Keys. Screw over your fans just to make a self righteous (albeit valid) statement: Hundreds of Black Keys fans who purchased tickets from StubHub, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats were shut out of the band’s show at the Wiltern Thursday.
https://twitter.com/SeeLB/status/1175292505111322626
Kodak Black sentenced to 46 months in prison on federal weapons charge
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1194778141732016128
Ex-Astros pitcher Mike Fiers – Team stole signs with camera
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1194416856175710208
From the creators of predictive programming and be afraid of stuff all the time: Richard Jewell (Audio)
https://twitter.com/g3rd3r/status/1194291454362841091
Why Hundreds of Music Stars Are Giving Fans Their Phone Numbers
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1193567642516410373
“Nobody’s saying it to John Mayer”
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1193783845167874048
Nobody’s saying bass face to John Mayer because he plays lead guitar. And you would say bass face to a dude, as that’s how the whole phrase/meme started in the first place…years before your first LP.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1193785507265671169
Taylor Swift publicly reignited her battle with the heads of her former label, saying it is threatening to bar her from going through with an upcoming performance and Netflix documentary over her plans to re-record her early albums
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1195150240795516929
Funny how the most savvy media star of our era wasn’t smart enough to control her own catalog
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195154545564733440
She sold rights to her music thru The Carlyle Group, and now she’s asking us to ask them for help? *That* Carlyle Group? Nah. Serves her right tbh.
https://twitter.com/verycosmic/status/1195196471533920257
Liberty Media, Parent of SiriusXM, Sees Third-Quarter Earnings Fall
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1193915213386600448
Over a thousand indie musicians are standing up to the retail giant
https://twitter.com/NME/status/1193317453985648640
“New and exclusive collaborations with Amazon, whether that’s Amazon Originals, or Amazon-sponsored events. We’re committing to not do these until they stop supporting ICE, and developing facial recognition that’s being sold to racist police forces.”” // So brave 🙄
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1193327688141824005
CASE DISMISSED: Woody Allen’s legal battle with Amazon has come to an end.
https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1193299093424103424
Jeff Smith’s Bone Is Heading to Netflix as an Animated Series
https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1193385552155951104
Throwing cash on it to remain relevant fire sale style – until they’re bought out: Netflix To Spend $15 Billion On Content Amid Escalating Streaming Wars
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1192530031504871424
Open Memory Box, the “biggest digitized collection of home movies from the GDR”
https://twitter.com/WFMU/status/1195030397597487110
A Chicago Library Needs Help Transcribing 17th-Century Spellbooks
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1195033191901384704
Chicago book returns surge 240% after city eliminates fines
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1194647607210991616
Beijing’s Iconic English-language Bookstore to Close
https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/status/1193916319449698304
Prince Charles Reportedly Caught Up in $136 Million Fake Art Hoax
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1194647044255703040
Breaking Down Prince Charles’ Involvement In Biggest Art Scandal In Royal Family History (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195197161639530496
#ThisDayInHistory: #November15 w/Packages from CIA MKULTRA test subject Theodore Unabomber Kaczynski are sent on this day in 1979 and 1985 (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195412393741864960
+ Sherman’s March to Sea, #FDR lays Jefferson cornerstone, #Guadalcanal ends, #LoveMeTender opens, #InColdBlood murders, US/Soviet #K19 collusion, #LicenseToIll, #Atlantis launch, Istanbul bombings
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195412398439464960
Flashback: Corbett Report: Episode108 – Peace Prizes For Warmongers (Nov. 15, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/corbett-report-episode108-peace-prizes/
+ #GeorgiaOKeeffe, #CurtisLeMay, #EdAsner, #JGBallard, #RandySavage, #OlDirtyBastard, @E40, #ChadKroeger birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195412401035735040
#NewMusicFriday: #BonniePrinceBilly made a place, @JulianaHatfield covers the cops and @NauMichael is less ready to go + @RonnieWood covers #ChuckBerry, @Suede’s #HeadMusic turns 20 and #DavidBowie convos + More played on PUTV👇 🎼🎶 #November15
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195225275375636480
#PumpUpThaVolume: Tame Impala (@TameImpala/#TameImpala) – “It Might Be Time” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1195163132752064512