Concert payment plans, Mangione fandom and Space Force fired + this day in history w/sensory suites and our song of the day by The Darkness on your #MorningMonarchy for April 14, 2025.
Notes/Links:
Video: Yes, that’s Miguel Rojas pitching. (Audio)
https://x.com/FredoCervantes/status/1911263813451780526
Video: at his rally today in LA Bernie Sanders once again repeated the same old genocidal Zionist hasbara “Israel has the right to defend itself” line. He is doing this 18 months into a genocide that he refuses to recognize. He is an irredeemable moral monster. An utterly depraved freak (Audio)
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1911214962204168553
Bernie Sanders Introduces Clairo During Coachella Performance, Encourages Attendees to Speak Out: ‘What Happens to America Is Dependent Upon Your Generation’
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/bernie-sanders-introduces-clairo-coachella-1236368264/
As Concert Ticket Prices Soar, More Than Half of Coachella GA Attendees Are Buying Tickets Through Payment Plans; With prices for live music going through the roof, fans are turning to payment plans as an interest-free way to pay for their festival tickets.
https://archive.is/BDdVf
Coachella descends into ‘CHAOS’ as attendees brand it ‘worst in history’ and demand refunds before gates open
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-14598857/coachella-descends-chaos-camping-refunds-gates-open.html
‘Literal hell’: Coachella festivalgoers say they’ve been waiting in traffic for 12 hours to get into the campgrounds
https://www.businessinsider.com/coachella-attendees-stuck-in-line-for-campgrounds-2025-4
Video: Coachella fans fight 12-hour traffic jam to get into festival (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgFUu6Zv9nI
Quasi – “You Fucked Yourself” (Audio)
‘Featuring “Birds”‘
Up Records – Apr. 21, 1998
*Quasi – “You Fucked Yourself” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5hPolJ_aLs // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featuring_%22Birds%22 // ‘Featuring “Birds”‘ is the annoyingly-titled third studio album by Portland, Oregon band, Quasi. Released in 1998 by Up in the US and Domino in the UK, it was recorded at Jackpot! by Tape Op Magazine’s Larry Crane and Elliot Smith.*
Judge permits Trump administration to deport Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil; Khalil, 30, was the first international student arrested in recent weeks amid an unprecedented crackdown by federal immigration authorities.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-order-columbia-student-mahmoud-khalil-rcna200835
Video: BREAKING: A federal immigration judge in Louisiana has ruled that the Trump administration can REMOVE Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas activist and Columbia University graduate. “An immigration judge has found Mahmoud Khalil removable.” (Audio)
https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1910786010243354738
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals; As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/liberals-new-mccarthyism-dissent/
Why the Internet Celebrated a Killer; Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
https://reason.com/video/2025/02/24/why-the-internet-celebrated-a-killer/
Video: What really explains Luigi Mangione fandom (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rZ7J_u8e8
Therapy¿ – “Screamager” (Audio)
‘Troublegum’
A&M – Feb. 7, 1994
*Therapy¿ – “Screamager” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZ44S3ZIJM // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troublegum // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamager // “Screamager” by Northern Irish rock band, Therapy?, was released as the lead single March 8, 1993, from their debut EP, ‘Shortsharpshock’. It is also featured on their fourth altogether and second major label album, 1994’s ‘Troublegum’. Considered to have propelled the band to fame, I saw it on 120 MINUTES and have loved it ever since!*
Mike Benz’s new theory about Trump’s would-be assassin changes everything…
https://revolver.news/2025/04/mike-benzs-new-theory-about-trumps-would-be-assassin-changes-everything/
Trump has blown up the world order – and left Europe’s leaders scrabbling
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2er9j83x0zo
Could the U.S. become a manufacturing hub again?; President Trump, hoping to grow U.S. manufacturing, implemented the biggest tariff increases since the 1930s
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/04/11/could-the-u-s-become-a-manufacturing-hub-again/
Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Other Electronics From Reciprocal Tariffs; Tech companies like Apple stand to gain relief from the exemption.
https://archive.is/KxfEa
DHS revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on Biden-era CBP One app; The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trumps-dhs-revokes-legal-status-migrants-entered-us-120583830
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit; The Space Force said Col. Susan Meyers was removed as commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland over a “loss of confidence in her ability to lead.”
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/head-us-space-force-base-greenland-fired-after-vance-visit/507-172eb56d-a5fc-4fe7-9557-cdd2c1de8839
Video: Space Force Col. Susannah Meyers fired after mass email about JD Vance’s Greenland visit surfaces (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXfkd_CsBVM
Man or Astro-man? – “The Space Alphabet” (Audio)
‘Experiment Zero’
Touch and Go Records – 1996
*Man or Astro-man? – “The Space Alphabet” ANOTHER MONARCHY EXCLUSVE! // https://www.discogs.com/master/27455-Man-Or-Astro-Man-Experiment-Zero // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment_Zero // ‘Experiment Zero’ was the third full-length studio album by shipwrecked space band, Man or Astro-man?. It was released in 1996 by Touch and Go Records. Produced by Steve Albini, the album was recorded in three days. Unavailable to stream, this cut comes from my classic file sharing archives.*
April 2015 – Page 2 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/04/page/2/
Flashback: Metallica Sued Napster 15 Years Ago Today, April 13, 2000 (Apr. 14, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/metallica-sued-napster-15-years-ago/
#MorningMonarchy: April 14, 2016 – The Art of Secret Societies, Filled With Codes and Glyphs
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160414morningmonarchy/
#MixlrMusic: April 14, 2016 ♬ Primal Scream & Pink Floyd
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160414mixlrmusic/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Government Worried About Sharing Economy + Cops Lie Legally & Offshore Economy
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw265-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw265-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: April 14, 2017 – Synthesizer pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland, dies at 87
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170414morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 14, 2017 ♬ PWR BTTM & Chicano Batman
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170414pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: April 14, 2022 – A Peek At Twins’ New Sensory Suites At Target Field (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220414morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 14, 2022 ♬ Laibach & Bedhead
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220414pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 14, 2023 – Al Jaffee, record-breaking US cartoonist for MAD, dies at 102
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230414morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 14, 2023 ♬ Ghost & Greta Van Fleet
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230414pumpupthavolume/
The Darkness – “Battle For Gadget Land” (Audio)
‘Dreams On Toast’
Cooking Vinyl – March 28, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The Darkness – “Battle For Gadget Land” https://theactualdarkness.bandcamp.com/track/battle-for-gadget-land // https://thedarkness.lnk.to/dreamsontoast // We’re busy unlocking cellphones and repairing drones…I don’t think I need you anymore, I don’t think you need me anymore! This song of disillusionment is included on ‘Dreams On Toast,’ the just-released album by The Darkness, available now via Cooking Vinyl.*