Bauer vindicated, news trust decimated and I’m on a Thriftbooks binge + this day in history w/’Good Omens’ and our song of the day by Quicksilver Messenger Service on your #MorningMonarchy for April 19, 2024.
Notes/Links:
Search: The curse abuse film
https://search.brave.com/search?q=the+curse+abuse+film
Parents of Covenant School shooting victims beg judge not to release shooter Audrey Hale’s manifesto
https://nypost.com/2024/04/17/us-news/audrey-hale-hearing-parent-begs-judge-not-to-release-writings/
BREAKING: 18-year-old female trans student charged for planning two Maryland school shootings, manifesto said she wanted to be ‘famous’
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-18-year-old-female-trans-student-charged-for-planning-two-school-shootings-in-maryland-wanted-to-be-famous
“We are screwed”: 2nd House Republican joins Mike Johnson ouster effort
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/thomas-massie-mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate
We know she killed Kurt… Courtney Love is long time CIA. She didn’t just help spread heroin to the new punk rock scene of UK, she helped push it in Seattle. But, to be fair, Taylor Swift will never create anything as good as “Live Through This.”
https://vxtwitter.com/ProjectChaney/status/1780002929174360126
Image: Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself dog heralded, while Kurt Cobain cat cries ignored in the background
https://vxtwitter.com/SecretSunBlog/status/1777343762882060512
Courtney Love says she doesn’t like Beyoncé’s music, calls Taylor Swift ‘not important’; “She might be a safe space for girls, and she’s probably the Madonna of now, but she’s not interesting as an artist,” the Hole singer said about Swift.
https://ew.com/courtney-love-doesnt-like-beyonce-music-calls-taylor-swift-not-important-8634125
Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band Guitarist, Co-Founder, Dies at 80; The singer and guitarist died on April 18 after battling cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/dickey-betts-dead-allman-brothers-guitarist-dies-80-obituary-1235659751/
Astroworld festival tragedy: Drake dismissed from lawsuit over deaths of concertgoers; Lawyers for the Canadian rapper argued during an earlier hearing he was not involved in putting the concert together so was not liable for the deaths and injuries.
https://news.sky.com/story/astroworld-festival-tragedy-drake-dismissed-from-lawsuit-over-deaths-of-concertgoers-13113314
Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice Surrenders to Police on Charges for Hit-and-Run Crash; he wide receiver turned himself in and was booked into the regional jail in DeSoto, Texas.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/entertainment/kansas-city-chiefs-rashee-rice-surrenders-to-police-on-charges-for-hit-and-run-crash-5627791
Bauer sexual assault accuser indicted for fraud
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39958530/trevor-bauer-accuser-indicted-fraud-arizona
Video: Woman who accused former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of sex assault now charged with fraud (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CSjEqzWugQ
Flashback: Trevor Bauer won’t face criminal charges after assault allegations, per report; MLB investigation continues; The Dodgers pitcher could still be suspended by Major League Baseball (Feb. 10, 2022)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220210morningmonarchy/
Flashback: 2 years later and TREVOR BAUER can finally talk about this (Oct. 6, 2023)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231006morningmonarchy/
Gap between Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary and her male counterparts’ draws outrage; Clark will pocket $338,056 over four years under her contract with the Indiana Fever. In contrast, last year’s No. 1 NBA draft pick secured a $55 million four-year contract.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/gap-caitlin-clarks-wnba-salary-male-counterparts-draws-outrage-rcna148024
Margot Robbie’s company to produce Monopoly film
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68786095
Harry and Meghan land two new Netflix shows
https://news.sky.com/story/harry-and-meghan-land-two-new-netflix-shows-13113243
Psychological Film Noir Classic ‘Laura’ With a Perfect Score on Rotten Tomatoes
https://collider.com/laura-1944-perfect-rotten-tomatoes-score/
Hollywood Contraction: Unscripted TV Business Facing “Crushing” Grim Reality As Fewer Shows Lead To Fewer Jobs
https://deadline.com/2024/03/hollywood-contraction-unscripted-tv-business-crushing-grim-reality-1235863807/
Will Tennessee’s New AI Voice Law Have Unintended Consequences?; Lawmakers across the country are scrambling to ban voice cloning. Some legal experts want them to slow down and think about it.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/elvis-act-legal-experts-opinion-tennessee-ai-law-conseqences/
Video: Tennessee bill aims to protect musicians by barring AI from copying voices (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAbb7jfH86Q
Drake Reacts To A.I. Kendrick Lamar Diss Not Knowing It’s Fake
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/drake-reacts-kendrick-lamar-diss-152026172.html
DAMON ALBARN VOWS BLUR WILL “NEVER RETURN” TO COACHELLA FOLLOWING CROWD’S SILENCE DURING SET
https://mixmag.net/read/damon-albarn-vows-blur-never-return-coachella-crowd-silent-set-news
“Ain’t No Sunshine” song by West Virginia native Bill Withers added to National Recording Registry
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/song-by-west-virginia-native-bill-withers-added-to-national-recording-registry/
Bill Withers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers
Taylor Swift music ‘back on TikTok’ despite app’s public spat with singer’s record label
https://news.sky.com/story/taylor-swift-music-back-on-tiktok-despite-apps-public-spat-with-singers-record-label-13113234
Eminem Is Calling All ‘Stans’ To Share Their Stories For Documentary About His Superfans; The questionnaire asks ardent followers to describe why they consider themselves Stans and if Slim Shady’s music has ever helped them through a rough patch.
https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/eminem-quesionnaire-stans-share-stories-documentary-superfans-1235653760/
Music Companies Are Asking Superfans to Spend More — But Can They Afford To?; As the music industry hopes hardcore fans will part with more of their money, consumer debt is rising, and many young people plan to reduce spending.
https://view.email.billboard.com/?qs=762b297450398d1b0c7aad22ec01a4ae49e48085409ee5bbb29da0bd09271c9006696d5dc79e296598448b7da58e8f8ee27fa99d7effc3c8d0479c5ef3fb25f2d878edc7c002c0ec9329e4ed7592fa34
Inside the Creative Direction for Phish’s Sphere Residency: ‘Trying to Design the Unpredictable’; The creative team for the band’s four-night Las Vegas run, set for April 18-21, explain how to conceptualize an advanced sensory experience for a band whose signature is improvisation.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/phish-sphere-creative-directors-explain-visuals/
Inside the Harry Styles-Backed Venue Set to Be the U.K.’s Biggest and Most Sustainable Arena; o-op Live, located in Manchester opens later this month.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/co-op-live-arena-manchester-uk-biggest-arena-harry-styles/
James Blake is now an independent artist
https://www.nme.com/news/music/james-blake-is-now-an-independent-artist-3616060
The Libertines reach Number One spot on album charts for first time in 20 years
https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-libertines-reach-number-one-spot-on-album-charts-for-first-time-in-20-years-3617100
Sons of McCartney and Lennon release joint single
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68825172
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Board Recommends Shareholders Approve $1.4B Takeover Bid From Concord; The proposed deal values each Hipgnosis share at £0.93, a premium of roughly one third the royalty fund’s shareprice at the close of trading on Wednesday.
https://www.billboard.com/business/publishing/hipgnosis-songs-fund-1-4bn-sale-concord-chorus-1235659570/
Hipgnosis founder fell short of music industry standards, report finds; Boss of troubled music rights firm accused of failures in due diligence and underwriting (Mar. 28, 2024)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/03/28/hipgnosis-founder-merck-mercuriadis-music-industry/
Democracy Dies Behind Paywalls; The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/paywall-problems-media-trust-democracy/678032/
I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.
https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust
NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism; NPR has suspended Senior Editor Uri Berliner after he wrote an essay accusing the public radio network of becoming too progressive in its news coverage and losing the public’s trust.
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244962042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay
NPR Editor Resigns After Publicly Criticizing Coverage, Calls New CEO ‘Divisive’; Uri Berliner’s departure from the public radio network comes after he mounted the latest test of a media outlet’s tolerance for dissent
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/npr-editor-suspension-uri-berliner-d5dda39c
Video: NPR PUNISHES Uri Berliner for Speaking Out (Audio)
https://youtu.be/LeOlL_A-gS4
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – NPC’s ‘The Mindset Prevails’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240419_MorningMonarchy.jpg
Flashback: Why haven’t you seen any stories from NPR about the NY Post’s Hunter Biden story? Read more in this week’s newsletter➡️ https://t.co/CJesPgmGvo (Oct. 22, 2020)
https://x.com/NPRpubliceditor/status/1319281101223940096
Video: ‘Then CBS Fired You?’: Jim Jordan Questions Catherine Herridge (Audio)
https://youtu.be/nWfgnID6rao
#BookSmarts: ‘So It Started There: From Punk to Pulp’ by Nick Banks
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/so-it-started-there-from-punk-to-pulp_nick-banks/51776149/#edition=70563539&idiq=62690217
#BookSmarts/Video: ‘So It Started There’ QR explainer (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El37Evge68U
#BookSmarts: ‘INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography’ by Anthony Bozza & INXS
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/inxs-story-to-story-the-official-autobiography_anthony-bozza/454064/
#BookSmarts/Video: The History of INXS (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8cca00xx8
April 2014 – Page 5 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/4/page/5/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode107 – Pressure (Apr. 19, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv107/
Flashback: Let Them Eat Hemp (Apr. 19, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/let-them-eat-hemp/
Flashback: New Map Shows Food Access Disparities (Apr. 19, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/new-map-shows-food-access-disparities/
Flashback: For Rapid Growth, Africa Is the New China (Apr. 19, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/for-rapid-growth-africa-is-new-china/
#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2016 – Philippine electoral records breached in ‘largest ever’ Gov’t hack
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160419morningmonarchy/
#MixlrMusic: April 19, 2016 ♬ Chicago & Boards Of Canada
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160419mixlrmusic/
#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2017 – Stick-on nipples: New fashion accessory allows women to free the nipple without removing their clothes
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170419morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 19, 2017 ♬ Nellie McKay & PWR BTTM
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170419pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2018 – His Eye Is On The Sparrow: Devonte and the Hart Witches, Lies, CIA Occult Bureau & Jonestown
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180419morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 19, 2018 ♬ Judas Priest & Femi Kuti
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180419pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2019 – ‘Good Omens’ and The End of the World According to Sir Terence Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190419morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 19, 2019 ♬ Steely Dan & Morrissey
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190419pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2021 – Biden Nominee To Head ATF Was Involved In Waco Massacre, OKC, Ruby Ridge, Fast & Furious: David Chipman
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210419morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 19, 2021 ♬ Franz Ferdinand & The Bronx
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210419pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 19, 2023 – The growing Chinese investment in illegal American weed
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230419morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 19, 2023 ♬ Jerry Reed & Jenny Lewis
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230419pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Iran Strikes, WHO Protests, German 4/20
https://vxtwitter.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1781143202214593022
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday/#RecordStoreDay: New music for #April19 w/Anne Wilson, Glen Campbell, Pearl Jam, T Bone Burnett, Brown Acid The Eighteenth Trip, Live on Mountain Stage, Melvins & more // #RSD24 w/The 1975, Death Cab, Ladytron, Mudhoney, The Replacements, many jazz archival releases from Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans, Vince Guaraldi and most importantly, Joe Pesci’s 1968 album, ‘Little Joe Sure Can Sing,’ gets its first reissue!
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240419_NewMusicFriday.png // https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240420_RecordStoreDay.png // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20240419 // https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Pride of Man” (Outtake Version // Audio)
https://quicksilvermessengerservice.bandcamp.com/track/pride-of-man-outtake-from-1967-session