Park paid, Sweeney bod and Joe cool + this day in history w/Pocket Politics and our song of the day by Bright Eyes on your #MorningMonarchy for August 1, 2025.
Notes/Links:
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Billionaires Want To Edit Your Babies + Rebooting Captain Planet & Federalizing Internet Archive
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1951040572187353216
Video: 3yesAnd3ars (Eyes & Ears) 7/28/25 – The Macro Monarchy Kingdom w/James Evan Pilato and Charlie Robinson
https://rumble.com/v6wswo0-72825-the-macro-monarchy-kingdom-w-james-evan-pilato-and-charlie-robinson.html
Video: Columbia University to pay $220 million to Trump Administration (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg5sr1WsNnc
Columbia Agrees to Pay More Than $200 Million to Settle Trump Fight; Administration will restore federal funding to university as part of deal
https://archive.is/LCLX0
Columbia University gives $21 million in reparations to Jewish employees; ︀︀This comes as a settlement for the alleged psychological torment suffered by Jewish staff for seeing Palestinian flags and peaceful protesters opposing a Jewish supremacist regime committing genocide.
https://fixupx.com/MintPressNews/status/1949917772877910066
A Denver Punk Festival’s Organizer Donated to Trump. When Bands Found Out, the Backlash Began; Destiny Bond and Time X Heist dropped off the Punk in the Park lineup after learning of the donation — while others voiced their discontent from the stage.
https://archive.is/gM1LE
Dropkick Murphys exit Punk festival over founder’s Trump campaign donations; The American Celtic punk band, who are widely known for their 2005 hit ‘I’m Shipping Up to Boston’, have confirmed they will no longer perform at Punk in the Park
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/dropkick-murphys-festival-exit-trump-35612481
Punk in the Park responds after Dropkick Murphys issue statement about owner’s Trump donation
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/punk-in-the-park-responds-after-dropkick-murphys-issue-statement-about-owners-trump-donation/
Patrick Soon-Shiong Says He Plans To Take The Los Angeles Times Public
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/patrick-soon-shiong-says-he-plans-to-take-the-los-angeles-times-public/ar-AA1J2uv5
‘Daily Show’ Adds New Host as Jon Stewart Firing Fears Mount
https://archive.is/QkSki
Paramount Co-CEOs Confirm Skydance Deal Closing Date, Laud Employee Efforts During Process
https://deadline.com/2025/07/paramount-reveals-closing-date-of-skydance-merger-1236469123/
South Park targets Paramount after signing $1.5bn deal and skewers Trump: ‘He can do anything to anyone’; Show begins 27th season covering Trump’s lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/24/south-park-trump-paramount
Video: ‘South Park’ reaches $1.5 billion deal with Paramount (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8i6Rx6-JEI
Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (Audio)
‘Tron: Ares’
Interscope – Sep. 19, 2025
*Nine Inch Nails – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sj-FmI5JfA // https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/listen-to-nine-inch-nails-single-as-alive-as-you-need-me-to-be // Listen to the first Nine Inch Nails single in five years, from the soundtrack to Tron: Ares; Nine Inch Nails share first taste of their 24-track soundtrack to ‘Tron: Ares’. A press statement on the album promises that it “erupts with the full force of Nine Inch Nails, breaking boundaries and redefining what a score can be”, and states that there is “not one second of orchestra”.*
Interview w/ Paul Brannigan of ‘Birth School Metallica Death’
https://mediamonarchy.com/interview-paul-brannigan/
Warner Latin President Alejandro Duque Takes On Oversight of ADA; Duque, who has led Warner Latin since 2021, takes over for Cat Kreidich at the indie distribution division.
https://archive.is/HCMds
Alternative Distribution Alliance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Distribution_Alliance
Explained: Why is Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle fashion ad being called ‘tone-deaf’ and ‘Nazi’?
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/07/29/explained-why-is-sydney-sweeneys-american-eagle-fashion-ad-being-called-tone-deaf-and-nazi
Sydney Sweeney’s Controversial American Eagle Ad Explained
https://people.com/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-ad-explained-11781702
Video: American Eagle commercial Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans Biology (Audio)
https://youtu.be/YzVYyDehMUY
Video: Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans | American Eagle (Audio)
https://youtu.be/AK8s3iqL99c
Sydney Sweeney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Sweeney
Video: American Eagle says Sydney Sweeney has great “jeans” an obvious play on words that has the left completely loosing their minds!!! (Audio)
https://x.com/DanDicksPFT/status/1951014191386800451
Video: Gutfeld – Sydney Sweeney is a reminder of this (Audio)
https://youtube.com/shorts/Mcq2dXDazs4
Video: Sydney Sweeney EXPOSES HERSELF To Feminists (Audio)
https://www.phetasy.com/p/dumpster-fire-235
The Rapture – “House of Jealous Lovers” (Live // Audio)
‘Echoes’
DFA/Universal – Sep. 8, 2003
*The Rapture – “House of Jealous Lovers” (Live) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGk6KhvPtDQ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Jealous_Lovers // Live on Letterman sometime in autumn 2003. “This video could be like an analogy to life, some guys get a guitar or a bass and feel grateful, but then comes this guy which is given a cowbell and owns the show. It’s not about what you were given, it’s how you work with it.”*
Image: Meanwhile in Beansontoastistan – Miss London 2025
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/miss_london_2025.webp
#MagazineTime: Cryptology #3 Spring 2025 – 84 FULL-COLOR pages
https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=133&products_id=1808
#MagazineTime: MOJO 381 – August 2025: The Beatles
https://www.mojo4music.com/magazine/latest-issues/mojo-381-august-2025-the-beatles/
KEVIN WESTENBERG SHOT THE FAMOUS PEARL JAM EDDIE LEANING ON JEFF PIC!
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5501/10395009413_cca5eefd7d_b.jpg
#MagazineTime: Sports Illustrated – Joe Burrow Keeps It Cool On and Off the Field; Sports and fashion are more intertwined than ever, with statement-making stars like the Bengals quarterback at the forefront of a movement where athletes are dominating our feeds and defining a new era of style influence.
https://www.si.com/nfl/joe-burrow-fashion-sports-illustrated-style-issue-cover
Video: Joe Burrow Breaks Down His Most Iconic Fits | Sports Illustrated Sports & Style Cover (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHiJjwH153o
The League – “Shiva Bowl Shuffle” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TxDJoXZ4lc // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Z40VK0O9M // https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2011/10/7/2474996/shiva-bowl-shuffle-maurice-jones-drew-sidney-rice
August 2015 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/08/page/3/
Flashback: Why Are They Hosting a Weird Occultic Dance Opera Inside CERN? (Aug. 1, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/why-are-they-hosting-weird-occultic/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode169 – Getaway (Aug. 1, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv169/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2016 – New mobile game ‘Pocket Politics’ let’s you enlist lobbyists to build a political empire (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2016 ♬ Rogue Wave & Rogue Valley
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160801pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2017 – Honolulu has come up with a way to tackle ‘smartphone zombies’
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2017 ♬ Lali Puna & Kodomo
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170801pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2018 – Egyptian Zoo Denies It Painted A Donkey To Look Like A Zebra
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2018 ♬ BDAY BOY Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead & Fred Abong
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180801pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2019 – People are carried in coffins by relatives during the annual “Procession of the Shrouds” to celebrate Saint Martha “the Saint of resurrection” in the village of Santa Marta de Ribarteme, northwestern Spain
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2019 ♬ Orions Belte & Le Rex
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190801pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: The Space War Heats Up… And You’re the Target! + 9/11 Firefighters & Pfizer Patents
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw381-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw381-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2022 – Rumor that Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s love child leads Canadian government to issue official denial
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2022 ♬ Nerf Herder & Trevor Moore
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220801pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2023 – The news that the government may be in possession of “nonhuman” biological matter and UFOs was met with surprising apathy online. The announcement spawned a lot of memes, but many of them signaled how disinterested users are with the findings. #TMFINR
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2023 ♬ Aphex Twin & Utah Saints
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230801pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2024 – Obese Paris Ozempics ‘Christ’ Threatens To Sue Critics Over ‘Last Supper’ Backlash
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240801morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: August 1, 2024 ♬ Parlor Greens & Dream Division
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240801pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Middle East On The Brink As Hamas Leader Assassinated + Frankengreens Growing & New 9/11 Footage
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw564-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw564-audio/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Billionaires Want To Edit Your Babies + Rebooting Captain Planet & Federalizing Internet Archive
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1951040572187353216
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #August1/#BandcampFriday w/Luke Morely, Sofia Kourtesis, Morgan Wade, Sunny Sweeny, Patrick Sweany, Blush, Neckscars, Freezing Cold, Chris Wilson, Buddy Guy, Debby Friday & Snarky Puppy + Reissues & compilations from Memphis Slim, The Soft Boys, The Sabres of Paradise, Elvis Presley & ‘Maybe I’m Dreaming’! ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20250801
Bright Eyes – “When The President Talks To God” (Audio)
Digital Single
Saddle Creek – May 2, 2005
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Bright Eyes – “When The President Talks To God” https://soundcloud.com/bright-eyes-official/when-the-president-talks-to-1 // https://www.thisisbrighteyes.com // Here’s a song about Bush Jr., released by Conor Oberst as a digital single back in 2005 via Saddle Creek. He even played it on the ‘Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ – pretty sure I taped it, but also got the video off Kazaa!*