Firing off sportsballs, strikeout anthems and gaslight manifestos + this day in history w/storming the Bastille and our song of the day by Benefits on your #MorningMonarchy for July 14, 2023.
Notes/Links:
Video: Everyone wants Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride (Audio)
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/a90b9a0a-bf37-487d-ab0f-e9fec09efb6b
Jimmie Allen Countersues Two Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Assault: Exclusive; The country artist filed documents in Nashville federal court “to protect my reputation and refute these claims.”
https://archive.is/PLmwf
Failed Fledgings, Parasite Singles, Four NOs, Basement Dwellers, NEETS or Ninis.
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/failed-fledgings-parasite-singles
Lisa Marie Presley’s death in January was from natural causes due to the effects of a small bowel obstruction. An autopsy report said it happened due to complications from bariatric surgery she had several years ago.🚽
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1679638466898919425
Alan Arkin Cause of Death And Obituary: Oscar Winning Actor Dies at 89
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/alan-arkin-cause-of-death-and-obituary-oscar-winning-actor-dies-at-89/ar-AA1doOzq
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Says One-Off Charges Aside, Fiscal Year Ended Up on Streaming and Synch Gains; The publicly traded fund’s gross revenue declined during the year ending in March based on one-time costs and a tough year-ago comparison.
https://archive.is/UIKB1
The final judgement in SEC vs LBRY is out. In accordance with the court’s order and our promises, we expect to spend the next several months winding LBRY Inc. down entirely. As to what happens to LBRY from here, well, that’s up to you.
https://twitter.com/LogosIsBond/status/1679151058923266051
Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal gets US judge go-ahead, UK softens opposition
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-judge-rules-microsoft-deal-buy-activision-can-go-forward-2023-07-11/
Alesis owner inMusic ordered to pay Roland $4.6m for infringing electronic drum kit patents; Roland says that it “will continue to vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights”
https://www.musicradar.com/news/alesis-roland-electronic-drums-patent-lawsuit
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI and Meta alleging copyright infringement
https://archive.is/sx6Z7
There’s a Free Mobile App Helping Teens Crash the Hot 100, and It’s Not TikTok; BandLab’s 60 million-plus registered users have posted hundreds of millions of music videos on TikTok, and some are landing label deals.
https://archive.is/6124r
Elton John’s Farewell Tour Becomes First to Earn $900 Million in Boxscore History
https://archive.is/9q1KJ
Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour is doing insane numbers and is on pace to be the first to gross $1 billion. Her take-home profit will be $500m+.
https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan/status/1674834557839998976
Ticketmaster Blames Software Vendor for Halted Taylor Swift Tour Sale in France
https://archive.is/rekDd
NEW: Two people went into cardiac arrest at the Ed Sheeran concert in Pittsburgh on Saturday—while 17 more concert goers were rushed to hospital. Of the two cardiac arrests—one man was a paramedic & the other worked as part of the stage crew.
https://twitter.com/TexasLindsay_/status/1678535648750305282
Travis Scott & Other Astroworld Organizers Won’t Face Criminal Charges Over Deadly Crowd Crush; After 19 months of police investigation, a grand jury has decided that no one should be criminally charged over the 2021 disaster.
https://archive.is/N6SzH
The Legal Beat – CASANOVA GETS 15 YEARS
https://archive.is/U3w7X
Live Nation Launches Mindfulness App For Artists and Music Professionals; The Mindful Nation app is an online space where music meets meditation for a necessary mental health break.
https://archive.is/UCmFM
The Eagles Announce ‘The Long Goodbye’ Farewell Tour Dates
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-eagles-announce-the-long-goodbye-farewell-tour-dates/vi-AA1dwxki
#Madonna donates $1 million to fund hoping to create coronavirus vaccine; The money will go towards the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s efforts (#April4, 2020)
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1674860935008374784
Video: NEIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLL HAMBURGER!!! My favorite Madonna joke: [the 1st joke here] (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWwwqBSdeJE
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Maderna’s ‘Like a Surgeon’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1129426554385076254/20230714_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Singer Jill Scott Faces Backlash Following Ad-Lib Attack on America During National Anthem
https://radaronline.com/p/jill-scott-national-anthem-essence-festival-backlash/
JILL SCOTT I DONT FUCKING CARE ABOUT NATIONWIDE STOP SINGING WITH AWFUL GODDAMN VOICE. JESUS CHRIST.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CommercialsIHate/comments/nwemw3/jill_scott_i_dont_fucking_care_about_nationwide/
How Meaningful Is It That Country Songs Occupy the Top Two Spots of the Billboard Hot 100?
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-luke-combs-fast-car-country-top-two-five-burning-questions-1235362844/
Morgan Wallen Moves 100,000-Plus Units of ‘One Thing at a Time’ Album for a Record 17th Week; That’s the most weeks any album has exceeded 100,000 units since the Billboard 200 began ranking titles by units in 2014.
https://archive.is/9zJK4
How’s the Music Modernization Act Working? Congress Gives Landmark Legislation 5-Year Review; A House judiciary committee hearing with industry leaders rehashed the MMA’s successes and criticism of the Mechanical Licensing Collective it created.
https://archive.is/uNCVg
Britney Spears Slapped by NBA’s Victor Wembanyama Security, New Photos
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/06/britney-spears-slapped-in-face-victor-wembanyama-spurs-security/
Home Run Derby audience not bad despite five-year low
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/07/home-run-derby-ratings-viewership-down-not-bad/
MLB All-Star Game hits another new low
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/07/mlb-all-star-ratings-record-low-viewership-fox/
New York Times axes sports desk for The Athletic
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/07/new-york-times-axes-sports-desk-athletic/
Cowboys Ex Deion Sanders Hires Another NFL Coach at Colorado
https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-deion-sanders-hire-colorado-pat-shurmur-amputate-health-mike-zimmer
Deion Sanders Reveals Toe Amputation, Leg Scars on Camera for First Time (Dec. 22, 2022)
https://www.si.com/college/2022/12/22/deion-sanders-reveals-toe-amputation-leg-scars-on-camera-for-first-time
Dick Vitale has been diagnosed with vocal cord cancer
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/07/dick-vitale-battling-cancer-vocal-cords/
Image: Classic cool nerds playing board games in 1972
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7585890/acquire
Jeff Van Gundy laid off after 16-year ESPN run
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/06/jeff-van-gundy-laid-off-espn/
ESPN layoffs: Kolber, Young, Kellerman, Johnson among cuts; LaPhonso Ellis, Ashley Brewer, Joon Lee also laid off
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/06/espn-layoffs-suzy-kolber-steve-young-max-kellerman-keyshawn-johnson/
Video: More LAYOFFS At Woke ESPN! | Jalen Rose, Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman FIRED, It’s A BLOODBATH (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWx6KgKPaE
Sound of Freedom ticket sales SMASH expectations while Disney Indiana Jones falls flat
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-sound-of-freedom-ticket-sales-smash-expectations-while-disney-indiana-jones-falls-flat
It’s hard not to text :alexa_friend: to see if he’s signing up his kids for some of the wars he voted for
https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/breaking-news-biden-orders-to-active
Hollywood actors are going on strike after contract negotiations fail; The entertainment industry is already at a standstill because of a writers strike.
https://archive.is/73zx7
‘Oppenheimer’ cast exits London premiere after SAG-AFTRA strike is called
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-07-13/oppenheimer-cast-actors-strike-london-premiere
Video: Hollywood actors prep to join writers on strike (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68O330EeRg
I hear there’s work in Ukraine for the wars they voted and cheered for…
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1679712306844803072
Video: Film Actors Guild (F.A.G) – Team America: World Police (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOH9trJLedk
#DeepFocus: Gaslight manifesto
https://discord.com/channels/311625265627529216/552586654682972172/1128462556722372668
#DeepFocus: Video: Gaslight (1940) – extract | BFI (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x12CXPBOHKc
#DeepFocus: Gaslight (1944 film)#Production
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslight_(1944_film)#Production
#DeepFocus: Video: Gaslight (1944) Official Trailer – Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman Movie HD (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ToLfQU2xmg
#ThisDayInHistory: 1789 – Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution. (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgjmIzCKxc
July 2013 – Page 4 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/07/page/4/
Flashback: Oculus, The All Seeing Eye Below Ground Zero (Jul. 14, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/oculus-all-seeing-eye-below-ground-zero/
July 2013 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/07/page/3/
Flashback: What Edith Rockefeller Can Lead To… Part 1 (Jul. 14, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/what-edith-rockefeller-can-lead-to-par/
Flashback: Illuminati OKC Ritual Exposed? (Jul. 14, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/illuminati-okc-ritual-exposed/
Flashback: Big Pharma Using India’s Poor as ‘Lab Rats’ to Test Meds (Jul. 14, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/big-pharma-using-indias-poor-as-lab/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160714pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Killer Cop Robot Kills Cop Killer + Blue Helmet USA & Patriot Act Fail
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw277-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw277-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/201707014pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200714pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2021
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2021 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210714pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory: #July14 w/Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner, NM in 1881.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1283095271715438592
#ThisDayInHistory: #July14 w/the first, full #PlutoFlyby in 2015.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/885909932326887424
#ThisDayInHistory: 2016 – A terrorist vehicular attack in Nice, France kills 86 civilians and injures over 400 others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack // https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/2016-nice-terrorist-attacks // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7EWlxoVuc
#ThisDayInHistory: #July14 w/Sedition Act, Plamegate
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/753637200898641920
#ThisDayInHistory: Chicago Fire of 1874, Great Railroad Strike of 1877, #Nazi #eugenics begins, the #FootballWar, @DrDre/#DexterWiggle sues #Detroit
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1283095274034880513
#ThisDayInHistory: #Klimt, #WoodyGuthrie, #GeraldFord, #IngmarBerman, #HarryDeanStanton, #RoseyGrier, #BobCasale, #AngeliqueKidjo, #JackieEarleHaley, #MattHaughton, #DanSmith, #DanReynolds, #ConorMcGregor, vax tard sellout Kyle Gass birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1283095276362727425
#NewWorldNextWeek: Bohemian Grove Sacrifices Staffers + Pandemic Treaty Pushback & Killing Climate Cows
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw522-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw522-audio/
#NewMusicFriday: Here’s the list for 07/14/23. It’s quality over quantity on this slow summer week featuring highly anticipated releases by Colter Wall, Lukas Nelson, Duane Betts and Palehound.
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20230714
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Benefits (@Benefitstheband) – “Traitors” (Audio)
https://benefitstheband.bandcamp.com/track/traitors-2