Rock & roll survivalists, Hollywood the next Detroit and work-for-hire thrillers + this day in history w/’Rust’ armorer sentenced to prison and our song of the day by Manic Street Preachers on your #MorningMonarchy for April 18, 2025.
Notes/Links:
#NewWorldNextWeek: Autism Solved by September! + Real ID For Real & AI BRICS In the Wall
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1913049490631823855
Book claims Vatican knew of abuse allegations against French cleric Abbé Pierre since the 1950s
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250417-book-claims-vatican-knew-french-charity-icon-accused-of-abuse-from-1950s
Video: Fat Joe Speaks On Diddy Allegations And On Jay Z (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zc7BvN_giJI
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife shot by cops, booked for attempted murder after interfering with wild police chase
https://pagesix.com/2025/04/09/celebrity-news/weezer-bassists-wife-shot-by-cops-booked-for-attempted-murder-after-interfering-with-wild-police-chase/
Clem Burke, Blondie drummer and self-proclaimed ‘Rock & Roll survivalist,’ dies at 70
https://archive.is/dbpT1
Video: Clem Burke, Blondie Drummer, Dies at 70 // Legendary Blondie Drummer Clem Burke Dies of Cancer (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgbgJ_7wKw // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak2kEho2btI
Iggy Pop – “Run Like a Villain” (w/Clem Burke // Vinyl // Audio)
‘Zombie Birdhouse’
Animal Records – September 1982
*Iggy Pop – “Run Like a Villain” (w/Clem Burke // Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7GtqO3dTk // https://www.discogs.com/release/2102574-Iggy-Pop-Zombie-Birdhouse // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_Birdhouse // “There are no synthesizers on this record.” Lead track and only single from James Osterberg’s sixth solo record features one of the late drummer Clem Burke’s best performances. Maybe because Blondie guitarist Chris Stein produced it! However, probably out of a studio necessity, Stein actually plays bass on half the album. Chris Stein and Clem Burke appear courtesy of Chrysalis Records.*
4 Superb Songs Featuring Late Blondie Drummer Clem Burke: From Eurythmics, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, & More
https://americansongwriter.com/4-superb-songs-featuring-late-blondie-drummer-clem-burke-from-eurythmics-pete-townshend-bob-dylan-more/
California punk rockers call for an ‘army of Luigis’ during brash Coachella set
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/calif-punk-stalwarts-army-of-luigis-coachella-20274319.php
Fake Punks Get The Real Jab
https://www.smarsw.com/en/news/falszywi-punkowcy-otrzymuja-prawdziwe-dzgniecia/0/
Image: Circle jerks’ Keith Morris got the jab
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNDqbA2FAj6/ // https://archive.is/09gle
Keith Morris- A Jewish Perspective from the Punk Rock Legend (Dec. 18, 2022)
https://haam.org/keith-morris-a-jewish-perspective-from-the-punk-rock-legend/
From phonographs to Wurlitzers, this Portland collector spins a life around vintage sound; As music fans around the country celebrate Record Store Day, which started in 2008, Albert Menashe shares a look at his records and record players going back over 100 years.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/04/11/albert-menashe-record-store-day/
WGA bans writers from joining Martin Scorsese, Randall Emmett film project
https://archive.is/YP825
Meow Wolf CEO Jose Tolosa to step down; former Walt Disney exec to lead in the interim
https://web.archive.org/web/20250415224933/https://www.abqjournal.com/business/article_d1829c1c-3692-4e22-8ccc-61d17a431905.html
Who is Rebecca Campbell, Disney’s new head of streaming? (May 19, 2020)
https://fortune.com/2020/05/19/rebecca-campbell-disney-head-of-streaming/
Hollywood At Risk of Becoming the “Next Detroit Auto.” L.A. Production Insiders Voice Alarm; As a new tally shows plummeting shoot days in Los Angeles, organizers gathered to strategize on ways to get postproduction and music incentives included in California’s bill to boost the industry.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/post-production-los-angeles-music-tax-incentives-1236190752/
Video: HOLLYWOOD IS BECOMING THE NEXT DETROIT AUTO | Film Threat News (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr8xwiIUCH0
Fat Joe & P. Diddy – “Conspiracy Theory” (DJ Green Lantern Mix // Audio)
‘Invasion Part II: Conspiracy Theory’
Self-released – 2003
*Fat Joe & P. Diddy – “Conspiracy Theory” (DJ Green Lantern Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2AVuREkrp8 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Green_Lantern // The title track of the 2003 mixtape by Hot 97 superstar DJ, Green Lantern.*
#BookSmarts: ‘Orson Welles: Volume 2: Hello Americans’ (Book #2 in the Orson Welles Series) By Simon Callow
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/orson-welles-volume-2-hello-americans_simon-callow/649516/
#BookSmarts/Video: Joe Dante on THE STRANGER (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV6skmsgSaI
Charlie and His Orchestra – “Indian Love Call” (Audio)
‘Vol. 2 – I Got Rhythm – German Propaganda Swing, 1941 – 1944’
Harlequin – 1991
*Charlie and His Orchestra – “Indian Love Call” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GdkqNR1NqQ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_his_Orchestra // Featuring singer Karl Schwedler, Charlie and his Orchestra were a Nazi-sponsored German propaganda swing band. Goebbels conceived of using the style in shortwave radio broadcasts aimed initially at the UK, and later the US. British listeners heard the band every Wednesday and Saturday at about 9 pm. These were an early file-sharing find for me. I was grabbing any other verboten works I could find, like this and the banned cartoons from WWII.*
April 2015 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/04/
Flashback: #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode225 – Fed Preppers, Hillary Hoax, Hologram Protest (Apr. 17, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw225/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode155 – Never Forget (Apr. 18, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv155/
#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2016 – Brazil’s Congress clears the way for President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160418morningmonarchy/
#MixlrMusic: April 18, 2016 ♬ Girl Talk & DJ Food
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160418mixlrmusic/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: Jury Nullification For The Win + PA Goes To Pot & More Turtles
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw015-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw015-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2017 – NSA was allegedly hacked, loses financial hacking arsenal to the Dark Web
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170418morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 18, 2017 ♬ Another all-Emerald & Doreen Records set w/Daytona & Parklake
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170418pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2018 – Deadly @MonsantoCo Weedkiller Discovered In Popular Beers And Wines
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180418morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 18, 2018 ♬ Conway Twitty & Gene Autry
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180418pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2019 – Lawsuit alleges child sex abuse at Washington synagogue
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190418morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 18, 2019 ♬ Flying Lotus x David Lynch & Three For Silver
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190418pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Russia Hails the New World Order + Epstein Updates & Ides of April
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw372-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw372-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2023 – ‘Juice jacking’ – FBI warns of hackers stealing data by plugging into public USB chargers
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230418morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 18, 2023 ♬ Psychotronic Sound & Com Truise
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230418pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: April 18, 2024 – “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sentenced to 18 months in prison (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240418morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 18, 2024 ♬ Ennio Morricone & Blockhead
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240418pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Iran Hits Israel With ‘True Promise’ + WHO Protests & German 4/20
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw551-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw551-audio/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Autism Solved by September! + Real ID For Real & AI BRICS In the Wall
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1913049490631823855
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #April18 w/Tunde Adebimpe, Rhiannon Giddens, Robin Trower, Melvins, Adrian Younge, Beirut, Julien Baker/Torres, Hawkwind & Neil Young shit + Reissues and comps from Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, Freddie Hubbard, Dame Shirley Bassey & more! ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250418_NewMusicFriday.png // https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20250418
Manic Street Preachers – “Critical Thinking” (Audio)
‘Critical Thinking’
Columbia / Sony Music – February 14, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Manic Street Preachers – “Critical Thinking” https://youtu.be/Vv1ePHLccb8 // https://manicstreetpreachers.lnk.to/critical-thinkingTA // What happened to your critical thinking? From ‘Critical Thinking,’ the just-released album by Manic Street Preachers, available now via Columbia / Sony Music.*