Drag face, Baretta did that shit and the most liberal place in West Virginia + this day in history w/the St. Patty’s Day Parade and our song of the day by The Boatrawker on your #MorningMonarchy for March 17, 2023.
Notes/Links:
Video: GTA IV – “Liberty City Gun Club” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tmajLYO7Zw
Image: And0 @TheDoomKitchen rockin’ his MM hat!
https://twitter.com/TheDoomKitchen/status/1636458733122232324
Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan & James McNew Perform In Drag In Nashville
https://www.jambase.com/article/yo-la-tengo-ira-kaplan-james-mcnew-drag-nashville
The B-52s “Denounce” Wave of Anti-Trans Laws
https://americansongwriter.com/the-b-52s-denounce-wave-of-anti-trans-laws/
Tennessee enacts nation’s first law restricting drag shows, bans gender-affirming care for youth
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3881688-tennessee-enacts-nations-first-law-restricting-drag-shows-bans-gender-affirming-care-for-youth/
How Tennessee’s Drag Ban Is Already Causing ‘Confusion and Fear’ For Live Events & Queer Artists; Experts weigh in on the immediate effects Tennessee’s new law could have on live events, queer performers and the LGBTQ community writ large.
https://archive.is/SKyjy
“thread drag show children”
https://twitter.com/search?q=thread%20drag%20show%20children&src=typed_query&f=top
Lewis Largent, Influential MTV ‘120 Minutes’ VJ and KROQ DJ, Dies at 58
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/lewis-largent-mtv-120-minutes-kroq-dead-dies-1235549497/
Bobby Caldwell, soulful R&B singer who broke barriers, dies at 71
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64971880
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington dies at age 71
https://abc13.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-gary-rossington-dies-guitarist/12918869/
Legendary Producer SPOT (BLACK FLAG, MISFITS, SAINT VITUS, Etc.) Has Died
https://metalinjection.net/this-is-just-a-tribute/legendary-producer-spot-black-flag-misfits-saint-vitus-etc-has-died
Chaim Topol: Fiddler on the Roof star dies aged 87
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64898895
Tom Sizemore: Saving Private Ryan actor dies at 61 after brain aneurysm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64721187
Guitarist David Lindley Dies at 78
https://americansongwriter.com/guitarist-david-lindley-dies-at-78/
Robert Blake, Combustible Star of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘Baretta,’ Dies at 89; The Emmy-winning actor faced real-life drama when he was accused of murdering his wife, a con artist, in 2001.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-blake-dead-baretta-1235347379/
Video: ‘Baretta’ Actor Robert Blake Dies at 89 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6QIj84yPzM
Video: Chappelle’s Show – “Celebrity Trial Jury Selection” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXc3O6GMZt0
12 Biggest Snubs From The Oscars 2023 In Memoriam Segment
https://screenrant.com/oscars-2023-in-memoriam-actors-people-missing/
Video: RadioGPT Launch Video.mp4 (Audio)
https://vimeo.com/801620131
Reclusive Gene Hackman, 93, looks fit in first sighting in years
https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/reclusive-gene-hackman-93-looks-fit-as-he-pumps-gas-performs-yard-work/
Special prosecutor in Alec Baldwin Rust shooting case steps down
https://news.sky.com/story/special-prosecutor-in-alec-baldwin-rust-shooting-case-steps-down-12834130
Queen’s Brian May knighted by King Charles III
https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/14/brian-may-queen-knighthood-king-charles/3331678824796/
Ticketmaster’s Post-Swift Strategy: Take On Ticket Fees; Although a cyberattack undermined a presale for the superstar’s The Eras Tour, the Live Nation-owned company is focusing on eliminating its “drip pricing” model.
https://archive.is/Qiyup
Fans Question Sumerian Records’ Tweet About COVID Booster Shots
https://loudwire.com/sumerian-records-covid-booster-tweets/
We do not believe anyone should be forced to take a covid booster shot every year for the REST OF THEIR LIVES like the FDA now suggests. That is your personal choice. If you think people shouldn’t be allowed at shows unless they have every booster every year, then we disagree🎶💜
https://twitter.com/SumerianRecords/status/1631032229110624256 // https://archive.is/l88as
Tilda Swinton refuses to wear COVID mask on set of new film: “I’m full of antibodies and very healthy”; The Oscar-winning actress has previously struggled with complications from the virus
https://www.nme.com/news/film/tilda-swinton-refuses-to-wear-covid-mask-new-film-3413371
Morgan Wallen Charts Single-Week Record 36 Songs on Hot 100
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-single-week-hot-100-record-36-songs-one-thing-at-a-time-1235285241/
Adidas Expecting First Annual Loss in Over 30 Years Due to Kanye West Fallout
https://americansongwriter.com/adidas-expecting-first-annual-loss-in-over-30-years-due-to-kanye-west-fallout/
Glastonbury Festival releases new poster after apparent criticism from Lana Del Rey; The American singer-songwriter suggested she might pull out of performing at the festival because she wasn’t announced as a headliner.
https://news.sky.com/story/glastonbury-festival-releases-new-poster-after-apparent-criticism-from-lana-del-rey-12834047
U.S. Visa Hike May Impact Future Mobility of Touring Musicians
https://americansongwriter.com/u-s-visa-hike-may-impact-future-mobility-of-touring-musicians/
Artists say 260 per cent US visa cost increase will make touring impossible – but you can help; With artists already pulling US tours due to the costs, members of Easy Life, Primal Scream and music industry insiders tell NME how new changes could either lead to a massive increase in ticket and merch prices – or stop artists touring altogether
https://www.nme.com/news/music/artists-say-260-per-cent-us-visa-cost-increase-will-make-touring-impossible-but-you-can-help-3403350
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Postpone Number of Tour Dates Due to Illness
https://americansongwriter.com/bruce-springsteen-and-the-e-street-band-postpone-number-of-tour-dates-due-to-illness/
George Ezra cancels London O2 show due to acute vertigo diagnosis; The singer-songwriter is currently on tour promoting his third studio album, Gold Rush Kid. He won the Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist in 2019.
https://news.sky.com/story/george-ezra-cancels-london-o2-show-due-to-acute-vertigo-diagnosis-12833932
Image: Sleaford Mods still enforcing “COIVD-19” vaccinations to see them talk over Casio beats in America
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597898944584089623/1085989027469074492/Screen_Shot_2023-03-12_at_9.30.33_PM.png
The Cure say North American tour tickets won’t be “transferable” to minimise “resale and keep prices at face value”; “Unfortunately, despite our desire to protect our low ticket prices for fans, the states of NY, IL and CO make this very difficult”
https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-cure-say-north-american-tour-tickets-wont-be-transferable-to-minimise-resale-and-keep-prices-at-face-value-3411602
Star-studded Live Aid-style concert for Ukraine set for Wembley
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7555183/live-aid-ukraine-war-wembley-stadium/
Oscars Reject Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Bid to Appear on Telecast
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-oscars-appearance-russia-1235547499/
With Sped-Up Songs Taking Over, Artists Feel the Need for Speed; Life in the fast lane: Labels are leaning into uptempo remixes as a way of driving streams and bringing “new life to tracks”
https://archive.is/2ZwYl
Explode from #blipverts
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1636182426480435201
Bootleg Remixes Used to Be Frowned Upon — Now They’re Turning Songs Into Chart Hits
https://archive.is/go6Tf
Music Piracy Is Rising — And the U.S. Is a Trouble Spot; Stream-ripping is the most prevalent form of music piracy in the States, the world’s third largest market for piracy, according to a report from MUSO.
https://archive.is/K5fqW
LOL the CIA is out recruiting woke leftists at SXSW with a massive booth display. 😂 Rock and rollllllll!! 🥴
https://mobile.twitter.com/FiveTimesAugust/status/1636043889365729285
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – South By Spook West’s ‘Come Glow With Us’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1086302398571618475/20230317_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Ted Cruz jokes China wrote Pelosi’s SXSW speech that calls for countries to ‘work together’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ted-cruz-china-wrote-pelosis-sxsw-speech-calls-countries-work-together
Metallica buys vinyl factory
https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/573035-music-metallica-vinyl-plant-purchase/
Video: Metallica, the American heavy metal band, has purchased a vinyl factory. This comes as vinyl units outsold CDs for the first time since 1987 in the US. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/WIONews/status/1635871873916608512
Video: I Went To The Most Liberal Place In West Virginia (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHyVB0p6DAQ
#ThisDayInHistory: 1766 – The first recorded Saint Patrick’s Day parade took place in the city of New York. (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChqKwnih9Vo
March 2013 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/03/page/3/
Flashback: #PumpUpThaVolume: Episode050 – Dark Horse (Mar. 17, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv050/
Flashback: Strong CME Impact On March 17th (Mar. 17, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/strong-cme-impact-on-march-17th/
Flashback: Retro Sci-Fi Weekend: ‘Beyond The Time Barrier’ (Mar. 17, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/retro-sci-fi-weekend-beyond-the-time-barrier/
#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160317morningmonarchy/
#MixlrMusic: March 17, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160317mixlrmusic/
#NewWorldNextWeek: OKC Judge Rewarded With Supreme Court Nomination + Russia Leaves Syria & Portland Missiles
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw261-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw261-audio/
#NavigatingNetflix: ‘The X-Files’ Revival w/Jay Dyer
https://mediamonarchy.com/navnet-x-files-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/navnet-x-files-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170317morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: March 17, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170317pumpupthavolume/
“Tulipomania” and the Madness of Crowds
https://mediamonarchy.com/tulipomania/
#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200317morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: March 17, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200317pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2021
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210317morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: March 17, 2021 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210317pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: March 17, 2022
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220317morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: March 17, 2022 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220317pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Saudis Prepare to Back the Petroyuan + Ukraine Biometrics Collection & Failed Field Experiments
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw479-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw479-audio/
#ThisDayInHistory: #March17 w/Marcus Aurelius, Golda Meir annointed queen of Occupied Palestine, moon meteor 🌚
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/710303337908834304
#ThisDayInHistory: 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, begins his five month-long L.A. murder spree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mva2nGveYss
#ThisDayInHistory: #March17 w/the 1968 #SkullValley/#Dugway nerve gas sheep incident
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/842786741983494144
#ThisDayInHistory: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/mar/17/labour.uk // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZV2eFk_3xA
#ThisDayInHistory: #March17 w/Pulitzer propaganda photo #BurstOfJoy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1239972992597110787
#ThisDayInHistory: Red Coat’s Siege of Boston ends, Nat’l Gallery of Art opens, Treaty of #Brussels sets up #NATO, #Uganda cult mass suicide
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1239972997907136514
#ThisDayInHistory: Alfred Newman, #NatKingCole, #JohnWayneGacy, #JohnSebastian, #WilliamGibson, #KurtRussell, @CynthiaMcKinney, #CaseySiemaszko, #RobLowe, #BillyCorgan, #AlexanderMcQueen, #GeneWeen, #JustinHawkins birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1239972999874244608
#ThisDayInHistory: @MilesKaneMusic and #Hozier birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/842788665331875840
#NewWorldNextWeek: Crypto Contagion Banks Get the Runs + Foreign Agent Follies & Having A Syndrome
https://twitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1636493734299967488
#NewMusicFriday: Here’s the list for #March17, 2023. Good week, and the next two weeks of March will feature high volume as well.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1636564546977509377 // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20230317
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The Boatrawker – “All Jabbed Up” (Audio)
https://odysee.com/@theboatrawker:1/All-Jabbed-Up-Master-Odessy_x264:0