Fat records, hate chants and special bulletins + this day in history w/giving up on D.B. Cooper and our song of the day by The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die on your #MorningMonarchy for July 14, 2025.
Notes/Links:
Corbett Report 2017 Data Archive USB Flash Drive
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Corbett Report Data Archive USB Flash Drives 2013 -2017 Bundle
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Media Monarchy Music Compilations – Five days worth of hand-picked episodes from the long-running music show by Media Monarchy: #PumpUpThaVolume!
https://newworldnextweek.com/products/media-monarchy-music?variant=42965187297487
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https://mediamonarchy.com/rock/
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‘The Art of Fielding’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Fielding
#PumpUpThaVolume: Summer 2025 ♬ These are those new (and classic) songs you’ve heard on Media Monarchy this season ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4I60RQhywG92O1ajOHi4mm
Video: WTF! FAT MIKE SOLD HIS RECORD COMPANY! (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxEjmIHzQx0
Punk Label Fat Wreck Chords, Home to NOFX & More, Sells Catalog to Hopeless Records: ‘It’s Very Pure’; Under the partnership deal, founders Erin Kelly-Burkett and Michael John Burkett will step back from the label while forgiving $3.5 million in unrecouped balances for Fat Wreck artists
https://www.billboard.com/pro/fat-wreck-chords-catalog-sold-hopeless-artist-debt-forgiven/ // https://archive.is/11kW7
Marc Maron will wind down his ‘WTF’ podcast after a pioneering run of nearly 16 years
https://archive.is/lVYeG
‘Fantastic Four’ Star Julia Garner Says She’s ‘Gonna Still Do My Job’ Amid Backlash to Silver Surfer Genderswap
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/fantastic-four-julia-garner-backlash-silver-surfer-1236458924/
Ex-Superman Dean Cain Says James Gunn Made a ‘Mistake’ Calling Superman an ‘Immigrant’ and ‘It’s Going to Hurt’ the Box Office: ‘How Woke Is Hollywood Going to Make This Character?’
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/dean-cain-superman-woke-maga-backlash-immigrant-1236451732/
Image: Superman director James Gunn’s classic tweets
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/james_gunn_tweets.jpg
‘Superman’ Soars to $122 Million, Third-Biggest Box Office Opening Weekend of 2025
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/superman-box-office-opening-weekend-1236459080/
Video: James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ is an “Immigrant” Story | THR News (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZiq2lxxRA
The Hives – “Legalize Living” (Audio)
‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’
PIAS – Aug. 29, 2025
*The Hives – “Legalize Living” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCV7wR-pmM // https://search.brave.com/search?q=The+Hives+Forever+Forever+The+Hives&summary=1&conversation=d01714f13b5ef7796b7383 // ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’ is the seventh studio album by the Swedish rock band The Hives, released on August 29, 2025. The album was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and Mike D of the Beastie Boys, with contributions from Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. It features a track list that includes songs such as “Enough Is Enough,” “Hooray Hooray Hooray,” “Paint A Picture,” and “Legalize Living”. The band announced the album with the release of the single “Enough Is Enough,” accompanied by a music video filmed in Bucharest. The Hives also announced a world tour to support the album, starting in Australia in July 2025 and spanning across North America, Europe, and the UK. The album was described as a “razor-sharp culmination of their rupturing, signature ‘powder-keg’ rock n roll energy”.*
Bobby Vylan tells fans to stop IDF chants at UK gig; The front man of Bob Vylan warned his fans to stop chanting against the Israeli military during their first UK gig since Glastonbury, saying that they could get him in “trouble”.
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0710/1522800-bobby-vylan-tells-fans-to-stop-idf-chants-at-uk-gig/
Video: Bob Vylan stops anti-IDF chants during surprise London gig (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6gV5zP1MexA
Babymetal – “Kon! Kon!” (w/Bloodywood // Audio)
‘Metal Forth’
Capitol Records – Aug. 8, 2025
*Babymetal – “Kon! Kon!” (w/Bloodywood) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxRldWoKlnQ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodywood // Babymetal keep dropping killer collabs – this time with Indian metal band, Bloodywood – as the album has now been pushed back to August.*
‘Special Bulletin’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin
Edward Zwick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Zwick
Video: NBC Sunday Night at the Movies – “Special Bulletin” Complete Broadcast, 4/29/1984 📺 ☢
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o4EyFLenpo
Video: ‘Special Bulletin’ 1983 Complete Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDZQsVNZ3SE
Video: ‘Special Bulletin’ Intro (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r-NCelgdQY
Biohazard – “Forsaken”
Digital Single
BLKIIBLK – Jun. 16, 2025
*Biohazard – “Forsaken” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uj7ojsGYIc // https://www.blkiiblk.com/news/6 // Biohazard’s signing with BLKIIBLK marks a new chapter in their illustrious career, promising exciting new music and projects. The band shares their first new music in over a decade with the release of a brand new single entitled, “Forsaken.” A staple of their recent Euro/UK headlining tour and a certified mosh pit favorite, the track offers a first taste of their forthcoming album (TBA).*
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2016 – After 45 Years, FBI Gives Up on D.B. Cooper Jet Hijacking Mystery (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2016 ♬ Bastille & Breeders
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160714pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Killer Cop Robot Kills Cop Killer + Blue Helmet USA & Patriot Act Fail
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw277-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw277-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2017 – Conor McGregor’s suit insults Floyd Mayweather
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2017 ♬ Dizzee Rascal & De La Soul
https://mediamonarchy.com/201707014pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2020 – Australia’s #COVIDSafe tracing app labelled a ‘$2 million failure’ after not helping identify potentially exposed people
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2020 ♬ Magic Sword & Cassetter
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200714pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2021 – NSW Cops Arrest Mask-Banning Shop Owners For Breaching COVID-19 Rules // France and Greece announce mandatory vaccinations for health workers
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2021 ♬ Toby Keith & Jason Isbell
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210714pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: July 14, 2023 – The 1789 storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230714morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: July 14, 2023 ♬ Olivia Rodrigo – “Vampire” & Blur – “St. Charles Square”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230714pumpupthavolume/
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – “Beware the Centrist”
‘Dreams of Being Dust’
Epitaph – June 24, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – “Beware the Centrist” https://theworldis.bandcamp.com/track/beware-the-centrist-2 // A powerful protest song from ‘Dreams of Being Dust,’ the just-released album by Philadelphia band, The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die. Available now via Brett Gurewitz’ Epitaph.*