Popularity plummets, business revives and populist entertainment into luxury goods + this day in history w/drilling headphone jacks into your slave phone and our song of the day by The The on your #MorningMonarchy for September 27, 2024.
Notes/Links:
#PumpUpThaVolume: Fall 2024 ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5wNXH8na01hxECXfvHURPz
50 Cent Sets Diddy Abuse Allegations Docuseries at Netflix: ‘It’s a Complex Narrative Spanning Decades’
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/diddy-sexual-assault-allegation-doc-50-cent-netflix-1236012610/
Kim Porter’s Children, Ex-Husband Al B. Sure Slam ‘Fake’ Memoir Attributed to Her: ‘Kimberly Was Allegedly Taken From Us Because She Was Set On Course to Accomplish What Cassie Ventura Did’
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kim-porter-children-al-b-sure-sean-combs-slam-fake-memoir-1236155647/
Eric Adams gave Diddy a key to NYC a year ago. They were both charged with crimes this month.
https://archive.is/iFZ1L
Eric Adams Live Updates: Mayor Is Defiant as He Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud
https://archive.is/w3tYy
‘A true friend of Turkey’: Eric Adams bribery indictment reveals years of flights and favors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/26/eric-adams-bribes-turkey
THE BIG STORY: A Legal Blast From The Past // NOT A TINY VERDICT // JACKSON ESTATE ACTION // DIDDY STAYS IN JAIL // REASONABLE DOUBT? // DOLAN CASE TOSSED // SPICE SETTLEMENT // AND ONE THATS NOT RAP SHIT: MANILOW BATTLE
https://archive.is/1Ibxa
Billboard’s The Legal Beat: Diddy’s Downfall // Miley’s I Can Write My Own Songs? // “Electric Avenue” Infringement // MORE DIDDY // DOLAN DEPOSITION // RATE DEBATE // TAYLOR ENDORSEMENT // PHARMA FIGHT
https://archive.is/EgJ0U
Biden announces $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine aka Trump to meet Ukraine’s Zelenskiy after Harris pledges support
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-announces-8-billion-military-aid-ukraine-2024-09-26/
Ringo Starr, 84, cancels last two shows of tour after coming ‘down with a cold’; The Beatles drummer told Fox News Digital he was ‘fit as a fiddle’ last summer
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ringo-starr-84-cancels-last-two-shows-coming-down-with-cold
Lynyrd Skynyrd Shows Canceled After Health Emergency
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-2024-shows-canceled/
Warner Music Group Announces Restructure of Atlantic Music Group, Including Layoffs; Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl announced that additional employees will be departing the label as Elliot Grainge prepares to take over as CEO.
https://archive.is/0aqoJ
Inside the Regime Change At Atlantic Music Group; The process of remaking the historic label is moving quickly, with another round of layoffs followed by the announcement of a new-look leadership structure.
https://archive.is/w5HyW
Nelly Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over Decades-Old Album By Ex-Bandmates: ‘Lying The Entire Time’; Members of his St. Lunatics crew – childhood friends from St. Louis – now say he “manipulated” them into thinking they’d be paid for their alleged work on the album.
https://archive.is/UBAaf
Miley Cyrus sued over alleged Bruno Mars plagiarism in ‘Flowers’; The lawsuit from Tempo Music Investments accuses “Flowers” of plagiarizing “numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements” from Mars’ 2012 hit “When I Was Your Man.”
https://archive.is/hfKS0
Chappell Roan Is ‘Voting for F—ing Kamala’ but Still Not Endorsing: ‘F— Trump’ but ‘F— Some of the S— That’s Gone Down in the Democratic Party’; The singer used her second TikTok statement in less than 24 hours to suggest that voting for the lesser of two evils is an option, but tore into the ‘transphobic and genocidal’ positions of ‘the left.’
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/chappell-roan-video-statement-latest-kamala-harris-trump-voting-1236155780/
Zach Bryan Deactivates X Account After Kanye West/ Taylor Swift Tweet; “He knew not to mess with the Swifties,” one fan responds.
https://www.billboard.com/music/country/zach-bryan-deletes-x-twitter-account-taylor-swift-kanye-tweet-1235779355/
Zach Bryan Returns to Monthly Boxscore Summit With $93 Million in August; The Quittin’ Time Tour transitions to a stadium-heavy schedule, yielding the biggest numbers of his career.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/zach-bryan-tour-number-1-top-tours-chart-august-2024/
Video: Taylor Swift’s popularity plummets after Kamala endorsement (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCpqHpy9YUE
Battery Operated Orchestra – “Service Economy” (Mr Humphries Mix // Audio)
https://booelectric.bandcamp.com/track/service-economy-mr-humphries-mix-2
Oppenheimer Locations: How George RR Martin and Secrecy Boosted Christopher Nolan’s New Mexico Masterpiece
https://abiquiunews.com/news-and-features/oppenheimer-locations-how-george-rr-martin-and-secrecy-boosted-christopher-nolans-new-mexico-masterpiece
NBC Pulls Back ‘Tonight Show’ to Four Nights Per Week
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-four-nights-per-week-nbc-1236135343/
Snoop Dogg Takes Diplomatic Stance in Kendrick Lamar & Lil Wayne Super Bowl Controversy; The Doggfather sat down with Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinco and had a sobering take on the situation.
https://archive.is/oIDeA
NFL policy gives players option to stay in locker room for anthem
https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/nfl/nfl-policy-gives-players-option-to-stay-in-locker-room-for-anthem/
Brett Favre tells Congress he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s; The embattled former Green Bay quarterback made the surprising disclosure as he testified about possible misuse of taxpayer money.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/brett-favre-tells-congress-diagnosed-parkinsons-rcna172440
Blackmon, a 4-time All-Star, to retire after 14 seasons — all with Rockies
https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/charlie-blackmon-retiring-after-14-seasons-with-rockies
Sources: Nats demote All-Star CJ Abrams after all-nighter
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/sources-nats-demote-all-star-cj-abrams-after-all-nighter/ar-AA1qXCLN
Real-life movie rentals are back in New Orleans, thanks to Future Shock Video
https://archive.is/dtDyR
FUTURE SHOCK VIDEO
https://futureshockvideo.biz/about
Video: New Orleans business revives VHS tapes (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sOb6l2C8ug
The Isotopes – “Knight Rider” (Inst. Cover // Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itSiobX6_yc
#AlbumAnalysis: The Cure Detail First Album in 16 Years, Share New Song “Alone”: Listen; The torchbearers of gothic rock and pop return with a long-teased new album, ‘Songs of a Lost World,’ in just a few weeks
https://pitchfork.com/news/the-cure-detail-first-album-in-16-years-share-new-song-alone-listen/
#AlbumAnalysis: The Cure – “Alone”
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lerLcqv5NHEtkOx3dsG6B4jUr0DpuBpfY
#AlbumAnalysis: Warped Tour to Return in 2025; Founder Kevin Lyman hinted at a return for the rock festival’s 30th anniversary.
https://archive.is/5z6NI
#AlbumAnalysis: Prosper Portland approves sale for controversial Live Nation music venue
https://katu.com/news/local/prosper-portland-approves-sale-for-controversial-live-nation-music-venue
#AlbumAnalysis/Video: How Ticketmaster turned one of the most populist forms of entertainment into a luxury good (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u–se25_px8
Joe Wong – “Lady Scorpions” (Inst. // Audio)
https://youtu.be/HyQLcAdEFCQ // https://open.spotify.com/album/6zZbxZq3lbF0p3Pu8LP4z3 // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10080110/
September 2014 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/9/
Flashback: Nicholas Cage visited Dracula’s castle to channel the ‘energy’ (Sep. 27, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nicholas-cage-visited-draculas-castle-to-channel-the-energy/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode128 – New Beat (Sep. 27, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv128/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: September 27, 2016 – People Are Drilling Holes Into Their iPhone 7 to “Make a Headphone Jack” after falling for a hoax (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160927morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 27, 2016 ♬ BDAY BOYS Shaun Cassidy & Carrie Brownstein
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160927pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 27, 2017 – Breast cancer study confirms #AngelinaJolie effect
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170927morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 27, 2017 ♬ BDAY BOYS Lil Wayne & Bud Powell
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170927pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 27, 2021 – ‘The View’ Pulls Hosts Mid-Show for Positive COVID Tests Before Kamala Harris Interview
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210927morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 27, 2021 ♬ Everly Brothers & The Control Freaks
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210927pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 27, 2022 – Apple’s privacy claims are undermined by turning over data to law enforcement with little challenge
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220927morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 27, 2022 ♬ Soft Cell & Cut Copy
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220927pumpupthavolume/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #September27 w/Soul Asylum, Luke Bryan, Maximo Park, Ezra Collective, JD McPherson, Xiu Xiu, Alan Sparhawk & more! ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20240927 // https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240927_NewMusicFriday.png
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The The – “Kissing The Ring Of POTUS” (Audio)
https://youtu.be/ekEZJKwRCGk // https://www.discogs.com/release/31668308-The-The-Ensoulment