Season-ending injuries, chart-bottoming hits and the abolition of man + this day in history w/politicians on train tracks and our song of the day by The Boatrawker on your #MorningMonarchy for September 15, 2023.
Notes/Links:
‘Empty shelves with absolutely no books’: Students, parents question school board’s library weeding process; Books published in 2008 or earlier removed from school library amid confusion around new equity-based process.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332
Edward Hume, Emmy-Nominated ‘The Day After’ Writer, Dies at 87
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/edward-hume-dead-the-day-after-1235722408/
Charlie Robison, self-proclaimed ‘bad boy of country music,’ died Sunday in San Antonio at 58
https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/09/11/charlie-robison-obit-death-texas-singer-songwriter-dead-bruce-robison-chicks/70825484007/
Oliver Anthony cancels show because ticket prices were too high
https://www.kwtx.com/2023/09/13/oliver-anthony-cancels-show-because-ticket-prices-were-too-high-please-dont-pay-90-ticket/
Cotten Eyed Joe Fires Back After Oliver Anthony Concert Cancellation: ‘We Set The Ticket Price To Break Even’
https://countrynow.com/cotten-eyed-joe-fires-back-after-oliver-anthony-concert-cancellation-we-set-the-ticket-price-to-break-even/
MP3: Cardinals’ play-by-play announcer, Chip Carey, is livin’ on the edge (Audio)
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/691406830282211370/1151719213971554325/ChipCarey_Cards.mp3
Aerosmith postpones multiple dates of final tour after Steven Tyler suffers ‘vocal cord damage’: ‘I’m heartbroken’
https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/aerosmith-postpones-multiple-dates-of-final-tour-after-steven-tyler-suffers-vocal-chord-damage/
Bill Maher is planning to do his show without writers
https://web.archive.org/web/20230914011806/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/bill-maher-hbo-real-time-strike-wga-1235723046/
Nielsen puts off addition of Amazon’s internal data
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/disney-charter-stalemate-nielsen-amazon-data-erin-dolan-pete-stendel/
Disney, Nexstar, held preliminary talks about sale of ABC
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/disney-abc-sale-talks-nexstar-byron-allen/
Disney-Charter dispute ends with new deal
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/disney-charter-dispute-over-espn-returning-spectrum/
Rodgers’ short-lived Jets debut top MNF game since 2000
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/bills-jets-ratings-aaron-rodgers-debut-viewership-espn-abc/
X account suspended after predicting Aaron Rodgers’ Achilles injury with creepy precision
https://nypost.com/2023/09/12/x-account-banned-after-predicting-aaron-rodgers-jets-achilles-injury/
Video: Aaron Rodgers out for the season with Achilles tendon injury (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k80fpOKZxBU
Image: Worst event involving Jets on 9/11
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1152118169973035098/aaron_rodgers_911_jets.png
Djokovic Says Victory A ‘Shot In The Arm’, Heart Is ‘Exploding With Gratitude’
https://babylonbee.com/news/djokovic-says-victory-a-shot-in-the-arm-heart-is-exploding-with-gratitude
NBA Board of Governors approve new rule allowing league to fine teams for resting star players
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-board-of-governors-approve-new-rule-allowing-league-to-fine-teams-for-resting-star-players-165851116.html
NFL Fans Destroyed The Chargers For Filling Seats With A.I. Fans
https://www.totalprosports.com/nfl/los-angeles-chargers-artificial-intelligence-fans-home-opener/
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Introduces Facial Recognition Security Robot
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2022/08/03/Technology/Mercedes-Benz-Stadium-facial-recognition.aspx
ESPN to carry “Toy Story” simulcast of Falcons-Jaguars game
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/aaron-rodgers-achilles-injury-miss-season-nfl-toy-story-pac-12-lawsuit-pereira/
Jim Trotter files racial discrimination lawsuit against NFL
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/jim-trotter-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-nfl-pegula-jerry-jones/
Why doncha Marriott? Michael Irvin settles lawsuit, rejoins NFL Network
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2023/09/michael-irvin-returns-nfl-network-settles-lawsuit/
Kanye West sued by ex-employee who claims he was forced to work in dangerous conditions and sleep on floor for months
https://news.sky.com/story/kanye-west-sued-for-1m-by-ex-employee-who-claims-he-was-forced-to-work-in-dangerous-conditions-and-sleep-on-the-floor-for-months-12960649
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Reassigns His Bad Boy Publishing Rights Back to Artists, Songwriters; Ma$e, Faith Evans and the Estate of the Notorious B.I.G. are among those who have already signed agreements
https://archive.ph/o8SKf
Exceleration Music Moves Into Distribution With Redeye Acquisition; The deal includes Redeye’s in-house labels Yep Roc and Sundazed as well as its publishing company, Riff City Sounds.
https://archive.ph/kjNI2
Hipgnosis to Sell Song Catalogs Worth $465M to Boost Stock, Reduce Debt
That includes 29 catalogs worth $440 million that the London-listed fund’s board has agreed to sell to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital.
https://archive.ph/5EcFR
Deezer & Universal’s New ‘Artist-Centric’ Royalty Model Is Stirring Debate in the Music Industry; UMG claims the new model will benefit artists. Skeptics have questions.
https://archive.ph/rDkP4
Deezer CEO Explains How New UMG-Backed Streaming Royalties Model Works; Jeronimo Folgueira breaks down the streamer’s new “artist-centric” payout model and how the company arrived at the definition of a “professional artist.”
https://archive.ph/Lj7lk
TikTok & Billboard Partner to Launch TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart; Sexyy Red claims the No. 1 spot on the first chart with the song “SkeeYee.”
https://archive.ph/lh7Qg
Video: TikTok & Billboard Partner to Launch TikTok Billboard Top 50 Chart (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tixP_AezdM
#BookSmarts: National Geographic lays off all staff writers and will stop US newsstand sales; New article assignments will be contracted to freelancers or pieced together by few editors remaining on staff, reports say
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/2023/06/29/national-geographic-lays-off-all-staff-writers-and-will-stop-us-newsstand-sales/
National Geographic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic
#BookSmarts: ‘Much Ado About Corona’ – A Novel About Real Love and a Fake Pandemic
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230120morningmonarchy/
#BookSmarts: Transvaccinated Novel Virus
https://getwokeup.com/transvaccinated-novel-virus/
#BookSmarts: Excerpt from the most recent James Bond “book”. The new Bond villain is a COVID-denying, 5G fear-mongering, transphobic conspiracy theorist strawman, because of course he is.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusCirclejerk/comments/16cjvop/excerpt_from_the_most_recent_james_bond_book_the/
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Abolition Man’s ‘Change The Sun’
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/809978495454412840/1152117564776914944/20230915_MorningMonarchy.jpg
#BookSmarts: Yale Professor of Philosophy Luciano Floridi Talks ABOLITION OF MAN on September
https://linkmix.co/18712218
#BookSmarts: Luciano Floridi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Floridi
#BookSmarts: Video: THE ABOLITION OF MAN by C.S. Lewis and an A.I. Art Generator (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLzc-oorNCw
#ThisDayInHistory: 1830 – MP William Huskisson dies at the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=448SwjQN_tU
September 2013 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2013/09/page/3/
Flashback: New #Snowden Leak Reveals Secret $52.6 Billion Budget for Intelligence Agencies (Sep. 15, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/new-snowden-leak-reveals-secret-526/
Flashback: Esoteric Kitten: Hollywood MK Deception Video Series (Sep. 15, 2013)
https://mediamonarchy.com/esoteric-kitten-hollywood-mk-deception/
Did “JT LeRoy” Secretly Tape Sex Calls With “Elites”?
https://mediamonarchy.com/did-jt-leroy-secretly-tape-sex-calls-with-elites/
Jeff Feuerzeig’s “Author: The JT Leroy Story” is a gripping, complex documentary (Sep. 9, 2016)
https://mediamonarchy.com/2016/09/20160909morningmonarchy/
WTF with Marc Maron Podcast: Episode 738 – Laura Albert & Jeff Feuerzeig
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-738-laura-albert-jeff-feuerzeig
#MorningMonarchy: September 15, 2016
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160915morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 15, 2016 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160915pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: President Dimon? The Banksters Are Taking Off Their Mask + Bayer Monsanto & EU Military
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw283-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw283-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: September 15, 2017
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170915morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 15, 2017 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170915pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 15, 2020
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200915morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 15, 2020 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200915pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 15, 2021
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210915morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 15, 2021 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210915pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory: 2011 – Hacker Ring Appears to Make Good On Promise to Expose Celebrities.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1437957170708975616 // https://mediamonarchy.com/hacker-ring-appears-to-make-good-on-promise-to-expose-celebrities/ // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcqdtz4slY
#ThisDayInHistory: #September15 w/Huey Lewis and the News’ breakthrough album, ‘Sports,’ was released in 1983.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1305928541414940672
#ThisDayInHistory: #GillesDeRais captured, @StateDept est., #HarpersFerry captured, #OctagonConference, #FourLittleGirls killed, #MechanicalAnimals, #LehmanBrothers bankrupt
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1305928543742779392
#ThisDayInHistory: #September15 w/#MarilynMonroe’s skirt blown up for ‘The Seven Year Itch’.
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/908739671143747584
#ThisDayInHistory: #September15 w/Begin resigns
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/776466424051011584
#ThisDayInHistory: #AgathaChristie, #JeanRenoir, Nipsey Russell, #RoyAcuff, #FayWray, #JackieCooper, #CannonballAdderley, #TommyLeeJones, #OliverStone, #PeteCarroll, #DanMarino, #TomHardy, #PrinceHarry birthdays
https://twitter.com/mediamonarchy/status/1305928545911230465
#NewMusicFriday: Good week of #September15 w/Nation Of Language, Ash & Stephen Wilson Jr. are my fav releases of the week. Meanwhile there’s new Travis Tritt, Corey Taylor, Osees, Brothers Osborne and Worriers.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/597898944584089623/1152061868496662579/Screenshot_2023-09-14_193058.png // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20230915
The Boatrawker – “Fire” (Audio)
https://youtu.be/AHRqvtCV4fI