Reporter regrets, nearly lost you and surveillance music + this day in history w/Frank Sinatra on Magnum P.I. and our song of the day by Angry North on your #MorningMonarchy for February 25, 2022.
Notes/Links:
Agent Spicoli: Sean Penn is in Ukraine to film a documentary on the Russian invasion
https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1496914573500289027
“Sean Penn was in Haiti during the CIA op in that country .. now he happens to be in Ukraine .. probably just a mere coincidence ..”
https://twitter.com/CatfishHokes/status/1496915358925697027
American arrested in Haiti worked alongside Penn (Jul. 9, 2021)
https://apnews.com/article/caribbean-arrests-haiti-taiwan-909515800a2cf95d77e057aff84bce0f
The Clinton-Silsby Trafficking Scandal And How The Media Covered It Up
https://web.archive.org/web/20170608000555/https://disobedientmedia.com/2017/01/the-clinton-silsby-trafficking-scandal-and-how-the-media-covered-it-up/
Kate del Castillo, Sean Penn, and El Chapo; The Go-Between – The Mexican actress who dazzled Joaquín Guzmán (Mar. 11, 2016)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/21/kate-del-castillo-sean-penn-and-el-chapo
Husband of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins says he felt ‘so angry’ seeing Alec Baldwin describe killing her on set and then fail to ‘accept any responsibility’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10544777/Husband-Rust-cinematographer-Halyna-Hutchins-felt-angry-seeing-Alec-Baldwin-interview.html
Santa Fe IATSE Boss Jon Hendry Resigns Amid Sex Harassment Scandal (Mar. 18, 2018)
https://deadline.com/2018/03/embattled-santa-fe-iatse-boss-jon-hendry-resigns-amid-sex-harassment-scandal-1202339987/
Phoebe Bridgers Responds To Defamation Lawsuit, Files Anti-SLAPP Motion
https://www.stereogum.com/2176305/phoebe-bridgers-defamation-lawsuit-anti-slapp-motion/news/
Jordan Peterson pens a song for Trudeau in the vein of Syd Barrett, perhaps
https://www.rt.com/news/550044-jordan-peterson-song-trudeau/
Kyle Rittenhouse To Sue Whoopi Goldberg, Other ‘Celebrities, Politicians And Athletes’ For Calling Him A Murderer
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kyle-rittenhouse-sue-whoopi-goldberg-other-celebrities-politicians-and-athletes-calling
Kyle Rittenhouse teases LeBron James lawsuit
https://www.rt.com/sport/550508-kyle-rittenhouse-lebron-james/
Levi’s executive pushed out over anti-lockdown activism and opposition to school closures
https://www.rebelnews.com/levi_s_executive_pushed_out_over_anti_lockdown_activism_and_opposition_to_school_closures
French No 1 Gael Monfils blames adverse reaction to Covid booster for his recent withdrawals, with 35-year-old citing ‘health glitch’ as compatriot Jeremy Chardy also struggles after getting vaccinated last summer
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10539871/French-No-1-Gael-Monfils-blames-adverse-reaction-Covid-booster-recent-withdrawals.html
Djokovic, the Trucker? Tennis Star Sticks to His Guns as Sports Press Explodes
https://archive.ph/0qQxv
Novak Djokovic loses world number one ranking to Daniil Medvedev in Dubai shock
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/607209/Captains-belief-for-Kishan-as-India-thrash-Sri-Lanka
Video: Reporter Instantly Regrets Interview (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay3MCImPt_0
Tool Reduce Deluxe $810 ‘Fear Inoculum’ Price After Fan Criticism, Announce Price Cut: Lol, Only $750 Now!!!
https://www.stereogum.com/2177383/tool-reduce-deluxe-fear-inoculum-price-after-fan-criticism-announce-opiate-reissue/news/
$200k+ worth of Pokemon cards stolen
https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/550151-thief-steals-pokemon-cards/
Behind the trading card chaos at Target and other stores: ‘We got screamed at every Friday’ (May 27, 2021)
https://theathletic.com/2617031/2021/05/27/behind-the-trading-card-chaos-at-target-and-other-stores-we-got-screamed-at-every-friday/
Grant Morrison won the internet yesterday
https://www.comicsbeat.com/grant-morrison-won-the-internet-yesterday/
Image: Holy shit, Grant Morrison.
https://twitter.com/riteshwriter/status/1493254084912369664
“There used to be studio films, now there are Marvel pictures … one prototype movie that is made over and over and over and over and over again to look different” — Francis Ford Coppola
https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1494380639713300480
First print VHS tape of ‘The Terminator’ has sold for $32,500
https://www.nme.com/news/film/first-print-vhs-tape-of-the-terminator-has-sold-for-32500-3167164
Jamie Lee Curtis says “bittersweet” goodbye to ‘Halloween’ franchise as ‘Halloween Ends’ shoot ends
https://www.nme.com/news/film/jamie-lee-curtis-says-bittersweet-goodbye-to-halloween-franchise-as-shoot-ends-3167886
Strand Of Oaks Announces US Spring & Summer Tour 2022
https://www.jambase.com/article/strand-of-oaks-tour-dates-spring-summer-2022
Flashback: Strand Of Oaks Cancels Fall 2021 Headlining Tour (Oct. 1, 2021)
https://www.jambase.com/article/strand-of-oaks-cancels-fall-2021-headlining-tour
Willie Nelson Cancels Most Upcoming Shows At Indoor Venues
https://thejjreport.com/celebrities/willie-nelson-cancels-most-upcoming-shows-at-indoor-venues/
Paul McCartney Confirms 2022 ‘Got Back’ Tour
https://americansongwriter.com/paul-mccartney-confirms-2022-got-back-tour/
Styx & REO Speedwagon Add 10 Dates to Summer Tour with Loverboy
https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/styx-reo-speedwagon-tour-dates-extended-2022/
Firefly Music Festival 2022 Lineup: Dua Lipa, Green Day, My Chemical Romance
https://www.jambase.com/article/firefly-festival-lineup-2022-dua-lipa-green-day-my-chemical-romance
Henry Rollins Announces Good To See You UK And European Tour For 2022
https://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/233232/9
Image: Henry Rollins Good To See You Tour 2022
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/379774652719038466/946804273314926622/henry_rollins_promo_js_041021.jpg
“Artwork by longtime friend and collaborator Shepard Fairey”
https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/york/henry-rollins-announces-good-to-see-you-2022-tour/
Kanye West takes a stand against streaming platforms
https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/549820-kanye-west-new-album/
On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ event in Miami: “It felt like a cult convention”; Ye filled the LoanDepot Park stadium with fans, famouses and flames, stoking further controversy as he aired out new tracks – and plenty of grievances
https://www.nme.com/features/music-features/kanye-west-donda-2-event-miami-report-it-felt-like-a-cult-convention-3167855
Kanye West shares four tracks from ‘DONDA 2’ on his Stem Player device
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-shares-four-tracks-from-donda-2-on-his-stem-player-device-3168132
Fans Upset Kanye West’s $230 ‘Donda 2’ Album Doesn’t Drop on Time
https://americansongwriter.com/fans-upset-kanye-wests-230-donda-2-album-doesnt-drop-on-time/
Snoop Dogg’s Death Row Deal Won’t Include 2Pac or Dr. Dre
https://www.billboard.com/pro/tupac-dr-dre-albums-death-row-records-sale-snoop-dogg/#recipient_hashed=3079fb616e4f6358a6522ff65b1c48a9af4f1d2b771a57f77dd14ce33e805a7c
Even With Sold-Out Concerts, No-Shows Are a Big Problem for Venues; Billboard explains why low attendance most affects venues, even when tickets are selling well.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/concert-attendance-venues-no-shows-revenue/#recipient_hashed=3079fb616e4f6358a6522ff65b1c48a9af4f1d2b771a57f77dd14ce33e805a7c&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=billboard_TouringUpdate&utm_content=332249_02-18-2022&utm_term=10406173
Live Nation Revenue Rebounded to $6.3B in 2021
https://www.billboard.com/pro/live-nation-earnings-q4-2021-revenue/#recipient_hashed=3079fb616e4f6358a6522ff65b1c48a9af4f1d2b771a57f77dd14ce33e805a7c
BMG Purchases Catalog of Blues Icon John Lee Hooker
https://americansongwriter.com/bmg-purchases-catalog-of-blues-icon-john-lee-hooker/
Bob Frank Entertainment Acquires Portion Of Charlie Daniels Masters
https://musicrow.com/2022/02/bob-frank-entertainment-acquires-portion-of-charlie-daniels-masters/
Britney Spears Signs $15 Million Deal for Tell-All Memoir
https://americansongwriter.com/britney-spears-signs-15-million-deal-for-tell-all-memoir/
Sally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in ‘MAS*H,’ Dies at 84
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1496975173924360194
Lindsey Pearlman, ‘Chicago Justice’ Actress, Found Dead At 43 After Going Missing
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/lindsey-pearlman-found-dead-chicago-justice-general-hospital-1235186293/
Found dead in the driver’s seat of her parked car. Another ‘Died Suddenly’ death.
https://nypost.com/2022/02/22/lindsey-pearlmans-cause-of-death-still-a-mystery-after-autopsy/
Stand-up comedian and shock magician “The Amazing Johnathan” is dead after battling heart issues for years.
https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1496502155850694656
Music mogul Jamal Edwards died suddenly aged 31, no cause of death released; Tributes for SB.TV founder
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10533619/New-music-entrepreneur-Jamal-Edwards-dies-aged-31.html
Procol Harum Frontman Gary Brooker Dead at 76
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/procol-harum-frontman-gary-brooker-dead-obituary-1310688/
Dallas Good, the Sadies’ Singer-Guitarist, Dead at 48
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/dallas-good-sadies-dead-obit-1302430/
The Sadies’ Final Album, Co-Produced By Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed, Coming This Spring
https://www.stereogum.com/2176999/the-sadies-final-album-co-produced-by-arcade-fires-richard-reed-parry-coming-this-spring/news/
R.I.P. Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees frontman dead at 57
https://consequence.net/2022/02/mark-lanegan-dead/
‘This thing was trying to dismantle me’: Mark Lanegan on nearly dying of Covid; In this extract from his new memoir Devil in a Coma, the alt-rocker recalls how Covid-19 put him in hospital for months this year – and gave him a series of hallucinogenic visions
https://archive.ph/KTIe7
COVID-19 Left Mark Lanegan in a Coma With Little Hope of Survival
https://archive.is/8DnO3
Mark Lanegan on his new book and near-death experience with COVID
https://archive.is/Kif6p
JUL 5 2014 Mark Lanegan Setlist at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mark-lanegan/2014/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall-portland-or-7bc1ded4.html
JUL 5 2014 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Setlist at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds/2014/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall-portland-or-63c1ee2b.html
Includes a Rough Trade Exclusive 12 inch print of a Mark Lanegan painting.
https://twitter.com/RoughTrade/status/1453667808580079621
Video: Legendary Singer Mark Lanegan Has Died (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnKxu_vCpqU
#AlbumAnalysis: Hello? Are You Listening? Surveillance Music With The Spacewürm (Audio)
#AlbumAnalysis: I Listen: A Document of Digital Voyeurism
https://archive.org/details/ilistendocumento0000spac
#AlbumAnalysis: The Würm Has Turned
https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/mar/01/blurt-wurm-has-turned/
#AlbumAnalysis: Musician Publishes Book of Eavesdropped Cell Phone Calls
https://www.salon.com/1999/09/14/spacewurm/
#AlbumAnalysis: Interview | Kid 606
https://skirmishblog.net/interview-kid-606/
#ThisDayInHistory: 1987 – Frank Sinatra guest starred on CBS-TV’s ‘Magnum P.I.’. (Audio)
https://uproxx.com/hitfix/on-this-day-in-pop-culture-history-frank-sinatra-guest-starred-on-magnum-pi/ // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j7TYQQE7PA
Flashback: Fast Food Nutrition Labeling ‘Confusing, Ineffective’ (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/fast-food-nutrition-labeling-confusing-ineffective/
Flashback: Weekend Sci-Fi: ‘The Time Travelers’ (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/weekend-sci-fi-the-time-travelers/
Flashback: Weekend Pedoscope: Syracuse Sex Scandal Widens (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/weekend-pedoscope-syracuse-sex-scandal-widens/
Flashback: Weekend Pedoscope: Feds Subpoena Records in Penn St Scandal (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/weekend-pedoscope-feds-subponea-records-in-penn-st-scandal/
Flashback: #MurderAndMayhem: Trains, Troopers and More (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/murderandmayhem-trains-troopers-and-more/
Flashback: Time for Change: Thanks to @thePRA (Feb. 25, 2012)
https://mediamonarchy.com/time-for-change-thanks-to-the-pra/
Here’s #NewMusicFriday for 02/25/22. Huge week starts off sadly with the final album by @thespitfiresuk. Major releases by @officialSpzd, @superchunk, @tearsforfears, @gunsnroses, @scorpions, @YonderMountain, @softcellhq, @TheSwampDogg plus much more!
https://twitter.com/PumpUpThaVolume/status/1496993437547171842 // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20220225
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Angry North (@Angry_North) – “Gone” (Audio)
https://twitter.com/PumpUpThaVolume/status/1495193502333820928