Explicit photo rows, small town controversies and staying in the groove + this day in history w/monkey trials and our song of the day by The Boatrawker on your #MorningMonarchy for July 21, 2023.
Notes/Links:
Huw Edwards Named As BBC Presenter Who Allegedly Paid Young Person For Sex Images
https://deadline.com/2023/07/huw-edwards-bbc-presenter-scandal-named-1235432455/
Video: Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter in explicit photo row – BBC News (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6doWZn95gRA
BBC presenters with the highest salaries – top 5 revealed; Gary Lineker, Zoe Ball, and Huw Edwards are among the highest earners
https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/497564/bbc-presenters-with-highest-salaries-revealed/
Anti-Flag Announce Break Up Following Possible Rape Accusations Against Frontman
https://www.stereogum.com/2230667/anti-flag-announce-break-up-following-possible-rape-accusations-against-frontman/news/
Sir Elton John gives evidence in Kevin Spacey trial; “The musician was asked about Mr Spacey’s attendance at a party hosted by the singer at his home in Windsor.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66222886
Nevada police searched a home today in connection with the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur 👀
https://twitter.com/Not_the_Bee/status/1681412275339444241
David Mack (police officer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mack_(police_officer)
Ronan Keating’s brother Ciaran killed in car crash
https://news.sky.com/story/ronan-keatings-brother-ciaran-killed-in-car-crash-in-co-mayo-12921923
Actress Rosanna Arquette Crashed Into Malibu Shopping Center: Cops
https://www.thedailybeast.com/actress-rosanna-arquette-crashed-into-malibu-shopping-center-cops
Icon Jane Birkin, 76, found dead at home
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/icon-jane-birkin-76-found-dead-at-home/ss-AA1dXTmB
Singer and actress Jane Birkin dead at 76; “She was treated for leukaemia in the late 1990s and it was reported in September 2021 that she had suffered a stroke, forcing her to cancel a planned appearance at an American film festival.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66216417
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Birkin’s Merkin’s ‘Lemon Inquest’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1131796574519971880/20230721_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1131796575891492905/20230722_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Tony Bennett, Master Pop Vocalist, Dies at 96
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/tony-bennett-dead-dies-pop-vocalist-1235676390/
Inflation in the US is so bad right now that… My friend received a predeclined credit card in the mail…
https://discord.com/channels/311625265627529216/597898944584089623/1130996722148048947
I’m sure @SmithInAmerica reached out to James Corbett for a comment on his article, right?
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1681721993425502218
Robert Kennedy Jr’s racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says
https://archive.is/M1Xr8
Yet another nail in the broadcast coffin: Radio & Music Industry Trade Website All Access to Cease Operations in August; “We will all miss serving and working with all of you — our readers and clients,” said founder/president/publisher Joel Denver in a statement.
https://archive.ph/lNuI6
Judas Priest to Replace Ozzy Osbourne at Power Trip Festival: Exclusive; Osbourne pulled out of the superstar lineup on Monday due to health reasons.
https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/judas-priest-replace-ozzy-osbourne-power-trip-festival-1235369620/
Sloan’s Patrick Pentland Believes In: Zakk Wylde (May 21, 2011)
https://magnetmagazine.com/2011/05/21/sloans-patrick-pentland-believes-in-zakk-wylde/
Disney CEO Bob Iger doesn’t want company ‘drawn into any culture wars’ during DeSantis feud
https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/disney-ceo-bob-iger-doesnt-want-company-drawn-into-any-culture-wars/
EXCLUSIVE: Snow White and the Seven… Politically-Correct Companions? First pictures of new live-action remake of Disney classic shows stand-in princess walking with diverse band of merry men and women after row over using dwarf actors
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12298801/EXCLUSIVE-Snow-White-Seven-Politically-Correct-Companions.html
Disney’s Live-Action ‘Snow White’ Casts Sexually Fluid Actor As Male Lead
https://www.out.com/film/2022/1/13/disney-live-action-snow-white-andrew-burnap-male-lead-sexually-fluid-actor-tony-award-winner
Musicians Syndicate Cancels License for Travis Scott Concert over Concerns of Contradicting Egyptian Cultural Values
https://archive.ph/16Doe
Fan Taking ‘Selfie’ Causes Massive Crash At Tour de France
https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/17/fan-taking-selfie-photo-causes-massive-crash-tour-de-france/
A Reddit User Admitted To Pirating a Movie 12 Years Ago. Movie Studios Want To Unmask Him.
https://reclaimthenet.org/reddit-user-unmask-piracy-user
Unlikely hit ‘Sound of Freedom’ opens new front in US culture wars
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/unlikely-hit-sound-of-freedom-opens-new-front-in-us-culture-wars/ar-AA1dZRcC
Sound of Freedom Rating & Parents Guide
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/sound-of-freedom-rating-parents-guide/ar-AA1dSU1M
First Hollywood now Broadway; Some Theater Workers Holding Strike Vote: Hollywood Reporter
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1681870419123486720
New Mexico film industry to feel impact from actors guild strike
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-film-industry-to-feel-impact-from-actors-guild-strike/
New Mexico advocacy group speaks out about ‘Oppenheimer’ film
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-advocacy-group-speaks-out-about-oppenheimer-film/ar-AA1e5zht
“Oppenheimer” brings painful memories for New Mexico Hispanics
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/oppenheimer-brings-painful-memories-for-new-mexico-hispanics/ar-AA1e8enk
Netflix Tumbles Despite Blowing Away Subscriber Estimates, As Revenues Miss, Guidance Disappoints
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/netflix-tumbles-despite-blowing-away-subscriber-estimates-revenues-miss-guidance
Stevens Point man brings opportunity to once again have a ‘Blockbuster Night’
https://www.wsaw.com/2023/07/19/stevens-point-man-brings-opportunity-once-again-have-blockbuster-night/
Call of Duty battle over after Sony deal with Microsoft
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66217632
The Ledger: Faster Than a Speeding Shopper! More Powerful Than Casual Streamers! Superfans!
https://archive.is/gReum
Blur’s Damon Albarn says the “road is clear” for an Oasis reunion
https://www.nme.com/news/music/blurs-damon-albarn-says-the-road-is-clear-for-an-oasis-reunion-3469075
Video: Miranda Lambert stops mid song to scold fans for taking selfies during the concert. (Audio)
https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1681082196432486401
Taylor Swift Record Accidentally Mispressed as 90’s Dance Music LP
https://fourfourmag.com/news-taylor-swift-record-accidentally-mispressed-as-90s-dance-music-lp/
Morgan Wallen and mom meet with Idaho murder victims family in ‘full circle mama moment’ backstage
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/morgan-wallen-mom-meet-idaho-murder-victims-family-full-circle-mama-moment-backstage
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ Logs 14th Week Atop Hot 100, Tying for Fifth-Longest Reign Ever; Plus, Taylor Swift becomes the first woman with simultaneous top 10s from three of her own albums, as her re-recorded “I Can See You” debuts at No. 5.
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-14-weeks-number-one-hot-100-taylor-swift-i-can-see-you-debut-1235372897/
Jason Aldean Suffers Heat Stroke While Performing, Runs Off Stage; It was not hot in Hartford on Saturday night, though the humidity was very high, so dehydration is a possibility.
https://americansongwriter.com/jason-aldean-suffers-heat-stroke-while-performing-runs-off-stage/
This is one of the most dangerous, irresponsible videos from a mainstream artist I have ever seen. @Jason_Aldean is openly radicalizing his fans into white nationalist vigilante violence.
https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1681086593417854976
CMT Pulls Controversial Jason Aldean Music Video, Country Singer Defends Song; Aldean denies the claims that “Try That In a Small Town” promotes gun violence and takes aim at the Black Lives Matter movement, calling them “not only meritless, but dangerous.”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jason-aldean-music-video-pulled-cmt-1235539052/
Jason Aldean Responds After CMT Pulls Music Video Over Online Complaints
https://reclaimthenet.org/jason-aldean-responds-after-cmt-pulls-music-video-over-online-complaints
Video: Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ music video pulled by CMT amid controversy (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=830viZkpHqo
CMT removes Jason Aldean new song because of the violent scenes in his video, which is actual news footage of the riots that happened during the “summer of love”; But let’s have Garth Brooks & Brad Paisley come out and support Ukraine while they’re blowing up their own people.
https://twitter.com/shipwreckshow/status/1681674967790788609
#BookSmarts: ‘In the Groove : The Vinyl Record and Turntable Revolution’
https://www.edelweiss.plus/#sku=0760383316&page=1
#BookSmarts: ‘In the Groove: The Vinyl Record and Turntable Revolution’
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/103470387-in-the-groove
#BookSmarts: For 35 years, this Charlotte record shop has been the go-to spot for vinyl lovers
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/plaza-midwood/repo-record-plaza-midwood-charlotte-north-carolina-vinyl-store/275-a7f3cda6-34ea-4faf-9a4c-ee7c6021a55b
#BookSmarts: Video: For 35 years, this Charlotte record shop has been the go-to spot for vinyl lovers (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMRCC6mRxWs
#ThisDayInHistory: 1925 – ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution. (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIftUGOxt84
July 2013 – Page 2 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/07/page/2/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode068 – The Power Come Over Me (Jul. 21, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv068/
#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160721morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 21, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160721pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170721morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 21, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170721pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200721morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 21, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200721pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2021
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210721morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 21, 2021 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210721pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 21, 2022
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220721morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 21, 2022 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220721pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory: 1998 – The Beastie Boys began touring for their fifth album, ‘Hello Nasty.’ (Or was it July 14th?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Nasty // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FzqbZVtNxs
#ThisDayInHistory: 1997 – C. Delores Tucker filed suit against the estate of late rapper Tupac Shakur.
https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tupaccritic1aug0197-story.html // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6SGS8ZngbE
#ThisDayInHistory: #July21 w/the failed copycat #London bombings, two weeks after 7/7.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/888446090529316864
#ThisDayInHistory: 2010 – Pres. Obama signed Dodd-Frank, a vicious cycle of conjoined bankers and presidents.
https://twitter.com/nomiprins/status/756136463461392384
#ThisDayInHistory: #July21 w/Mossad agents kill a waiter in 1973 whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the previous year’s Munich Olympics Massacre.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635396051894273
#ThisDayInHistory: #AppetiteForDestruction LP
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/888447775695790080
#ThisDayInHistory: Op Valkyrie’s Stauffenberg whacked, #AtomsForPeace, #MoonMaiden, #BloodyFriday, @alyankovic’s #UHF
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635398694248449
#ThisDayInHistory: #ErnestHemingway, #MarshallMcLuhan, #DonKnotts, #JanetReno, #KimFowley, #JohnNegroponte, #PaulWellstone, #KenStarr, @RealJonLovitz, #CharlotteGainsbourg, #DamianMarley, MM’er ASTRO birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1285635400984399875
#ThisDayInHistory: #KayStarr, #CatStevens, CC Sabathia, Sonny Clark birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/888449000583475200
#NewWorldNextWeek: From My Cold, Dead Hands! (AM Radio Edition) + Aspartame Admissions & BRICS Expansions
https://twitter.com/HealthRadix/status/1682182764118827009
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: Here’s the list for #July21, we’ve got big releases this week by #Blur, Greta Van Fleet, Molly Tuttle, Cut Worms, #GuidedByVoices, ODESZA and the archival album by Mort Garson.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1682208512514965504 // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20230721
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The Boatrawker (@boatrawker) – “Sprayin’ The Sky” (Audio)
https://youtu.be/AKT1HV3G_UU