Weird cartoons, dusty grooves and music marathons + this day in history w/Altamont at 50 and our song of the day by Sturgill Simpson on your Morning Monarchy for December 6, 2019.
Notes/Links:
The Rolling Stones Released “Let It Bleed” 50 Years Ago Yesterday
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202503255391186945
Beck Released “Midnite Vultures” 20 Years Ago Today
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1198360977185628161
Is Kanye West Starting a Cult? Let’s Consider the Signs
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1201179017669414918
“Full Service Presidential Candidate” Yang Raises Eyebrows After Dispensing Whipped Cream In Mouths Of Eager Voters
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1202282852831965184
Inside ‘America’s Got Talent’: Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1199472640232247298
Goo Hara: Ex-member of K-pop girl band found dead
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1198715627755786246
Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor Godfrey Gao died early Wednesday after collapsing during the filming of a popular reality TV show in southeastern China. He was 35
https://twitter.com/THRGlobal/status/1199574133870252032
K-pop stars Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon have been sentenced to six and five years in prison for gang raping drunk unconscious women
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1200392611149819904
South Korean actor found dead in latest K-pop tragedy
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1202252570586238976
‘Star Trek’ Writer D.C. Fontana Dies at 80
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1201950354541297664
Gahan Wilson, darkly funny cartoonist, dies at 89
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1199173912141193216
‘Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird’ (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202820510184173570
‘John Constantine: Hellblazer’ returns to DC”s Black Label
https://twitter.com/PREVIEWSworld/status/1199085536679518208
DC Comics Comes Under Fire for Deleting Batman Poster That Sparked Chinese Backlash
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1201948414876848128
Tick Tock: The Timeliness of Watchmen – Los Angeles Review of Books
https://twitter.com/PublishersWkly/status/1199085459474915330
Here’s how all these dumbass Disney superhero movies will look later // I’d *love* to be a fly-on-the-wall in some of these manager/agent meetings talking their important clients into this shit 🤣🎞️
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202833439998631937
Irving Burgie, songwriter of calypso hit ‘Day-O,’ dies at 95
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1201028380143030273
Dave Mustaine on Cancer Diagnosis, Megadeth’s Future
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1199494609925279745
Johnny Depp producing musical starring Michael Jackson’s glove: In which the King of Pop’s iconic sequin glove “is actually an alien from outer space [and] feeds on virgin boy blood”
https://twitter.com/Bo0zeLeprechaun/status/1200984298402320384
Slayer, “the hardest band in history,” throws devil horns for final time at Forum this weekend
https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1200146849866407937
R.I.P. Slayer: The Thrash Legends Take One Last Bite Out Of The Big Apple
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202576159881539585
HBO Adds Mental Health Advisories Before 14 Shows, Including ‘Euphoria,’ ‘Girls’
https://twitter.com/MotifDallas/status/1201721393290846208
CBS and Viacom Are Reunited Once More as Merger Completes
https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1202613452335976450
Amazon Will Reportedly Stream MLB Games Next Year in Partnership With The Yankees
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1202445241812496389
MLB Plans to End Blackouts of In-Market Games for Cord Cutters
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1199174662690922498
The #AstrosCheat Scandal
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1197759919014871040
AT&T TV Now Has Lost 37% of Its Customer Base in Just 12 Months
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1198492753891606530
Art Basel Miami: Banana works by artist Maurizio Cattelan selling for $120,000
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1202580799679275009
Marc Jacobs Countersues Nirvana Over Smiley Face
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1199713423241678848
This Review of “Ford v Ferrari” Reflects the Absurdity of Movie Critics Today
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1200762007919742976
‘I got to be my country’s James Bond’: Hollywood producer tells how he spied for Israel and had access to bank accounts to pay for guns and helicopters // Arnon Milchan, Zio terrorist movie producer (Nov. 27, 2013)
https://twitter.com/NOTDumPhuk/status/1197674812400910337
‘The Irishman’ Composer Robbie Robertson on Not Creating ‘Traditional Movie Score’ for Gangster Epic
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1201427197153726464
This new film travels with a record shop owner as he buys peoples’ collections // Dusty Groove: The Sound Of Transition (Audio)
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1201727397479043072
Les McCann Needs Our Help
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1201683584198696963
Spotlight: How Bob Boilen Turned NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concerts’ Into One of Music’s Biggest Stages
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1201948521244635136
Taylor Swift’s Army Of Ride-Or-Die Fans Sent A Flurry Of Death Threats To Music Manager And Family
https://twitter.com/ShawnCathcart/status/1198099390575108097
“We’re heading out with Mötley Crüe and special guests Poison & Joan Jett next summer for a tour SO MASSIVE that it could only be held in America’s biggest stadiums.” – #DefLeppard
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202686911766126592
Touring in 2020?? What Was in Motley Crue’s ‘Cessation of Touring’ Contract?
https://twitter.com/CourageSower/status/1202756311797993472
Tommy Lee Asks Greek Government to Stop Donkey ‘Taxi’ Rides
https://twitter.com/billboardbiz/status/1202684086717964288
After a long break, CMJ is under new management and re-launching in 2020. More news soon.
https://twitter.com/BeardedPastor/status/1202690984204595200
CMJ Music Marathon 1990 (Alternative Music) Featuring Lemmy Motorhead (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202811627789119488
#NewMusicFriday: A fucking “Original Broadway Cast Recording” of ‘#JaggedLittlePill’? ‘#JaggedLittleBroadway’? Srsly? GFY + I’d rather listen to @ForestSwords, @ArpSounds, @CometComing, #Bjarki & #BuddyRich +More played on PUTV👇https://allmusic.com/newreleases/20191206 🎼🎶 #December6
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202829823808163843
#ThisDayInHistory: #December6 w/During a free concert by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is beaten to death by Hells Angels security guards after pulling a gun…at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1203024284324491264
+ #13thAmendment, #WaPo/#WashingtonMonument est., #Monongah WV mine explosion, #HalifaxExplosion, Blood in the water polo match, #GimmeShelter, #MontrealMassacre, #BrokebackMountain premieres
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1203024287310831621
Flashback: Corbett Report: Episode111 – A Brief History of Biowarfare (Dec. 6, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/corbett-report-episode111-brief-history/
Flashback: Comcast to Buy Control of NBC Universal In $30B Transaction (Dec. 6, 2009)
https://mediamonarchy.com/comcast-to-buy-control-of-nbc-universa/
+ #IraGershwin, #AgnesMoorehead, #BabyFaceNelson, #DaveBrubeck, #WallyCox, #JonathanKing, #DonRickles, #JoBethWilliams, #ChrisStamey, #RickBuckler, #StevenWright, #PeterBuck, #RandyRhoads birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1203024289953284098
+ #AndrewCuomo, #DavidLovering, #JonathanMelvoin, #BenWatt, #JanineTurner, #StevenDrozd, #AdrianFenty, #JohnnyManziel birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1203024292927033345
#PumpUpThaVolume: Sturgill Simpson (#SturgillSimpson) – “Last Man Standing” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1202792985533939713