Arrested embellishment, best time to be alive and conservative punks + this day in history w/the National Park Service and our song of the day by Tom MacDonald on your #MorningMonarchy for August 25, 2023.
Notes/Links:
Image: Discord says Media Monarchy’s server is spreading medical misinformation – to its members-only community
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/379774652719038466/1144506533493887006/Screenshot_2023-08-24_095821.png
Bruce Springsteen, “taken ill,” postpones shows; Luke Bryan cancels show for “health reasons”; Saints’ Jimmy Graham in hospital with “likely seizure”; reality TV star Guerdy Abraira’s “cancer journey”
https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/bruce-springsteen-taken-ill-postpones
The Internet Mourns The Loss Of Comedian Donovan ‘Cripp Daddy’ Castillo By Outperforming GoFundMe Goal
https://knowyourmeme.com/news/the-internet-mourns-the-loss-of-donovan-cripp-daddy-castillo-by-outperforming-gofundme
WWE star known as Bray Wyatt dead at 36
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wwe-star-known-as-bray-wyatt-dead
Daniel Hopsicker Has Died at 72
https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=67563
A GREAT Journalist has passed — Daniel Hopsicker July 16, 1951-August 22, 2023 — R.I.P.
https://www.madcowprod.com/2023/08/23/a-great-journalist-has-passed-daniel-hopsicker-july-16-1951-august-22-2023-r-i-p/
Terry Funk, Hardcore Hall of Fame Wrestler, Dies at 79
https://archive.is/11OIq
David Jacobs, Creator of ‘Dallas’ and ‘Knots Landing,’ Dies at 84
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/david-jacobs-dead-dallas-knots-landing-1235572625/
Video: Robin Williams On Joe Biden (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn1nAfoXZrM
2009 Video of Robin Williams Calling Joe Biden an ‘Idiot’ Resurfaces
https://www.newsweek.com/robin-williams-calls-joe-biden-idiot-resurfaced-video-1798644
Video: Robin Williams on Donald Trump from 2012 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupZj_TN_XI
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – DJ Trump’s ‘Deal With It’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1144646981155815574/20230825_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Women’s World Cup viewership down big
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/08/womens-world-cup-viewership-down-big-early-timeslots-uswnt-exit/
NBA fines James Harden $100,000 after calling Sixers exec Daryl Morey ‘a liar’; The NBPA will file a grievance after the league fined James Harden on Tuesday
https://sports.yahoo.com/james-harden-fine-nba-76ers-daryl-morey-liar-comment-123214965.html
Former NBA employee takes loud quitting to a whole new level; The former employee poured it all out on the NBA’s official Facebook page.
https://www.thestreet.com/social-media/former-nba-employee-takes-loud-quitting-whole-new-level
Inside LIV Golf: Why the broadcast falls flat
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/08/inside-liv-golf-why-the-broadcast-falls-flat/
MLB places Rays SS Wander Franco on administrative leave amid investigation
https://sports.yahoo.com/wander-franco-administrative-leave-mlb-investigation-121958857.html
How Seinfeld Night in Brooklyn became the hottest ticket in town; What’s the deal with Seinfeld Night? The Brooklyn Cyclones will host the annual event on Saturday
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/how-seinfeld-night-in-brooklyn-became-the-hottest-ticket-in-town/4603993/
MLB to launch facial recognition ticket program at Citizens Bank Park
https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/mlb-face-scan-ticket-citizens-bank-park
Investigation Links Astroturf to Deaths of Six Former Phillies
https://frontofficesports.com/investigation-links-astroturf-to-deaths-of-six-former-phillies/
New Be All You Can Be ads arrive amid Army marketing leadership change
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/08/21/new-be-all-you-can-be-ads-arrive-amid-army-marketing-leadership-change/
Burning Man’s Mayan Warrior Art Car Was Destroyed in a Fire: Founder Talks About What Happened & What’s Next; After a decade of bringing electronic music to Burning Man, the Mayan Warrior itself burned to the ground this past April. “I felt liberated,” says the car’s Founder, Pablo González Vargas.
https://archive.is/UFqMN
Never ascribe to stupidity that which can be adequately explained as ritualism.
https://twitter.com/SecretSunBlog/status/1692688745131397582
Giant billboards featuring OnlyFans model cleared by advertising watchdog
https://news.sky.com/story/giant-billboards-featuring-onlyfans-model-cleared-by-advertising-watchdog-12945532
Video: Prager U – The Best Time to Be Alive (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkBliSIaxOg
#AlbumAnalysis: Singing security guard at Taylor Swift concert ‘fired’
https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift-singing-security-guard-fired-after-asking-fans-to-take-photos-at-minneapolis-show-12945758
#AlbumAnalysis: Ariana Grande Parts Ways With Manager Scooter Braun
https://archive.is/dAnRu
#AlbumAnalysis: Demi Lovato Splits With Manager Scooter Braun
https://archive.is/KQo7P
#AlbumAnalysis: Idina Menzel Is No Longer Being Managed by Scooter Braun
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/idina-menzel-no-longer-being-managed-scooter-braun-1235572089/
#AlbumAnalysis: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do for Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun, With Four Years Left on Their Contract; Amendments to the deal made three years ago extended the agreement through 2027 – presenting a puzzle for both parties.
https://archive.is/8kJAm
#AlbumAnalysis: Oliver Anthony Is Becoming a ‘Rich Man,’ Too, As an Independent Musician With a No. 1 Hit; In the formerly unknown singer-songwriter’s Hot 100-topping week, Billboard estimates he earned over $350,000 in royalties.
https://archive.is/RnZs9
#AlbumAnalysis: No Rap Song Has Led the Hot 100 For a Year – What’s Behind the Break & When Might It End? A year ago this week, Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” held the top spot.
https://archive.is/v33Cr
#AlbumAnalysis: Pushing Songs Up the Charts Was a Label Job. Then Fans Took Over; Passionate fans “will do anything within their power to make sure their beloved star wins big,” according to one executive
https://archive.is/zNrZz
#AlbumAnalysis: Queen drop classic track from greatest hits due to woke cancel culture
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/23560605/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-woke-cancelled/
#AlbumAnalysis: Queen’s ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ Missing From New ‘Greatest Hits’ Release
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/queen-fat-bottomed-girls-greatest-hits-1235396348/
#AlbumAnalysis: Queen launch 50-week YouTube series celebrating live legacy
https://www.nme.com/news/music/queen-launch-50-week-youtube-series-celebrating-live-legacy-3384654
#AlbumAnalysis: Alice Cooper Calls Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids a ‘Fad,’ Condemns ‘the Whole Woke Thing’; He becomes the latest shock rocker to share his distaste for gender-affirming care after Dee Snider and Paul Stanley shared similar views.
https://archive.is/Nqu44
#AlbumAnalysis: Carlos Santana goes on ‘most insane’ anti-transgender rant during concert
https://archive.fo/2023.08.24-185641/https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/carlos-santana-anti-trans-18328867.php
#AlbumAnalysis: Video: Carlos Santana says a woman is a woman and a man is a man (Audio)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597898944584089623/1144490446735822848/DCD21371-647A-4609-B408-09680A1C5B57.mov
#AlbumAnalysis: Video: You can’t be a punk rocker and be a liberal anymore (Audio)
https://x.com/manofbert/status/1694009168515002871 // https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1693633111899217920/vid/576×1024/OcKGa6KRSzgVAG3D.mp4
#ThisDayInHistory: 1916 – The U.S. National Park Service signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-cedT5PG8
August 2013 – Page 2 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/08/page/2/
Flashback: Boston 666 = Occult Symbolism? (Aug. 25, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/boston-666-occult-symbolis/
Flashback: Book Review: ‘Founding Fathers, Secret Societies’ (Aug. 25, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/book-review-founding-fathers-secre/
#MorningMonarchy: August 25, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160825morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 25, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160825pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: EpiPen Price Gouge Tied to Clinton Foundation + Secret Sky Cameras & Fedbook Fail
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw281-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw281-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: August 25, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170825morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 25, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170825pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 25, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200825morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 25, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200825pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 25, 2021
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210825morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 25, 2021 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210825pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 25, 2022
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220825morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 25, 2022 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220825pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Saskatchewan Threatens to Arrest Inspector Trudeau’s Nitrogen Agents + Kicked Out Of The Climate Coalition & Whitmer Patsies Convicted
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw494-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw494-audio/
#ThisDayInHistory: #August25 w/Video game ‘GoldenEye 007’ is released for the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1298317364224696320
#ThisDayInHistory: 2017 – Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vTBNuvwpAw
#ThisDayInHistory: #August25 w/#Aaliyah, entourage killed in overloaded plane crash in 2001.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/901130387492970497
#ThisDayInHistory: 1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-great-moon-hoax // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azlz163nN-A
#ThisDayInHistory: #BornToRun, #AndJusticeForAll, #Voyager1
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/901130959097012224
#ThisDayInHistory: #August25 w/Battle of Blair Mountain begins, John Birch killed, Confrontation Day
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/768857844871335936
#ThisDayInHistory: 33° #Truman orders @USArmy to seize railroads, #SamanthaSmith dies, @SnoopDogg’s crew shoot/kill a mofo
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1298317366116270081
#ThisDayInHistory: #IvanTheTerrible, #WaltKelly, #MelFerrer, #LeonardBernstein, #SeanConnery, #WayneShorter, #TomSkerritt, #JohnBadham, #MarshallBrickman, #RollieFingers, #GeneSimmons, #RobHalford birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1298317368091762688
#ThisDayInHistory: #ElvisCostello, #TimBurton, #BillyRayCyrus, #VivianCampbell, #ShockG, #JoanneWhalley, #TerminatorX, #JeffTweedy, #StuartMurdoch, #RachelRay, #JoDeeMessina, #ClaudiaSchiffer birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1298317370461626368
#NewWorldNextWeek: Scamdemic 2: The New Batch + Fukushima Water & ULEZ Vigilantes
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1694852881109712917
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: Small list this week for #August25 features plenty of new country music including Morgan Wade, Warren Zeiders, Old Crow Medicine Show, Tim McGraw and bluegrass star Danny Burns + That new Ivan & Alyosha! Third Man’s Mommy! Spellling! Sonny & the Sunsets! Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights; Echoes for Strings! The final #Candlebox! Blind Boys! Alice Cooper! ♬
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1694876567590281368 // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20230825
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Tom MacDonald – “Your America” (w/Adam Calhoun // Audio)
https://youtu.be/K1uqe6GQdbU