Digital undergrounds, character assassinations and dance songs for hard times + this day in history w/the Rhythm Club fire and our song of the day by Vanguardian on your #MorningMonarchy for April 23, 2021.
Notes/Links:
CBS announces major reorganization after investigation into workplace
https://twitter.com/i/events/1383079575047999492
CBS combines news, TV stations group and taps new leaders after Times investigation
https://archive.is/ECUp1
The Media Lied Repeatedly About Officer Brian Sicknick’s Death
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-media-lied-repeatedly-about-officer
China launches app for citizens to report ‘mistaken opinions’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9487849/China-launches-app-citizens-report-mistaken-opinions.html
You just gotta love to watch them bomb (metaphorically): Kamala Harris just tried to crack a joke.
https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1384176373753815043
Doug Casey on the Shocking 2025 Deagel Forecast
https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-shocking-2025-deagel-forecast/
Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown dies aged 65
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56848233
Digital Underground’s Shock G Dead at 57
https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/22/shock-g-dead-dies-digital-underground-humpty-dance-tupac/
Before DOOM and Quasimoto, the throne of rap alter egos solely belonged to Shock G’s Humpty Hump. Hip-Hop’s libidinous id, perfectly cast against Shock G’s conscious leadership in Digital Undergeound. Keeper of the funk, house party igniter, simply never bested.
https://twitter.com/ghostly/status/1385419191805698049
Gregory Edward Jacobs, Shock G Of Digital Underground, Dead At 57 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OIVNdxacCM
Joe Rogan Search Traffic Has Dropped 40% Since His Spotify Exclusive Deal
https://www.tectalk.co/joe-rogan-search-traffic-has-dropped-40-since-his-spotify-exclusive-began/
Senate to Call Spotify, Match at Apple, Google Antitrust Hearing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/senate-to-call-spotify-match-at-apple-google-antitrust-hearing/ar-BB1fPsvw
Yes, tinylimp shutdown! Discord Ends Deal Talks With Microsoft
https://archive.is/LRa9I
AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot
https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/16/ai-driven-audio-cloning-startup-gives-voice-to-einstein-chatbot/
Netflix Now Has 208M Global Subscribers, Will Spend $17 Billion
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/netflix-now-has-208m-global-subscribers-will-spend-17-billion-on-content-in-2021/
MLB Talks RSNs Going Direct to Consume
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/mlb-talks-rsns-going-direct-to-consumer/
Group behind Golden Globes in turmoil over BLM email
https://twitter.com/i/events/1384235163731718152
Morrissey is gonna be on The Simpsons tomorrow?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/414600236783239168/833110326340747284/175528636_304056174413951_4085200709278497961_n.jpg
Morrissey hits back at The Simpsons over parody
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/morrissey-says-the-simpsons-are-taunting-a-lawsuit-but-he-cant-afford-to-retaliate/
Morrissey now says The Simpsons “are taunting a lawsuit”
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/19/morrissey-the-simpsons-parody-panic-on-the-streets-of-springfield
‘Panic on the Streets of Springfield’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_on_the_Streets_of_Springfield
Morrissey Slams ‘Simpsons’ Parody (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdeFEArKuBo
A “non socially distanced music festival,” … So, a music festival, then?
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/covid-no-distancing-music-festival-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
Live Review: Yours and Owls 2021 had us dancing and singing our hearts out again
https://www.theaureview.com/music/live-reviews/live-review-yours-and-owls-2021-had-us-dancing-and-singing-our-hearts-out-again/
Rich Rhino RSD 2021 Releases!
https://www.analogplanet.com/content/rich-rhino-rsd-2021-releases
#MediaMemes/#AlbumAnalysis: Battling the Scamdemic Blues with ‘Dance Songs for Hard Times’ (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1385442525121376258
1940 – The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_Club_fire // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0TDtbw6Ro
Flashback: Biowars Updates: Quake Drill, Oil Spill & Radioactive Rain (Apr. 23, 2011)
https://mediamonarchy.com/biowars-updates-quake-drill-oil-spill-radioactive-rain/
Flashback: Eridu: World’s First City And Home Of Enki (Apr. 23, 2011)
https://mediamonarchy.com/eridu-worlds-first-city-and-home-of-enki/
#NewWorldNextWeek: 9/11 Cover Up Director Appointed to Chair COVID Cover Up Group
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1385375906957459457
Here’s #NewMusicFriday for 04/23/21. The first solo album by @OfficialCropper since 1969 (and it’s great!) The 19th solo album by @ToddSnider singer-songwriter @ImeldaOfficial with a major release on Decca new #FlamingSideburns and more!
https://twitter.com/PumpUpThaVolume/status/1385413791987425280
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: VANGUARDIAN – “The Seven Henchmen” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1385420959289511936