Jumping drawbridges, suing artists and displaying faces + this day in history w/Vice’s fall and our song of the day by Rocco Elliot on your #MorningMonarchy for September 23, 2025.
Notes/Links:
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#PumpUpThaVolume: Fall 2025 ♬ These are those new (and classic) songs you’ve heard on Media Monarchy this season ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0wDGKEZ8jinqBy9zBGUOOC
Video: Driver in stolen car jumps Seattle draw bridge to escape pursuing police officers (Audio)
https://komonews.com/news/local/driver-stolen-car-jumps-seattle-draw-bridge-police-department-escape-pursuing-officers-university-street-montlake-u-district
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America; Companies urgently order workers back to the U.S. before Sunday; White House seeks to clarify that the fee doesn’t apply to current visa holders
https://archive.is/VTJLd
Hundreds of flights delayed at Heathrow and other airports after apparent cyberattack
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/21/hundreds-of-flights-delayed-at-heathrow-and-other-airports-after-apparent-cyberattack/
4chan trolls block Indian H-1B visa holders from booking flights amid $100,000 visa fee panic: ‘Racism disguised as trolling’
https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/4chan-trolls-block-indian-h-1b-visa-holders-from-booking-flights-amid-100000-visa-fee-panic-racism-disguised-as-trolling/articleshow/124051518.html
Video: Trump’s H1B Visa Shock: How It Will Hurt America, Not Just India | I Witness (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7BGF-rFQZA
Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract” (Audio)
‘Breach’
Fueled by Ramen/Warner – Sep. 19, 2025
*Twenty One Pilots – “The Contract” https://open.spotify.com/track/22BA9h34P0Q2PGZudsEBco // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZfH7cFp3Ys // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breach_(Twenty_One_Pilots_album) // “Twenty One Pilots’ ‘Breach’ Bows Atop Billboard 200 With Biggest Week for a Rock Album in Six Years”*
RIAA Escalates Lawsuit Against AI Startup Suno Over YouTube Copyright Claims
https://www.webpronews.com/riaa-escalates-lawsuit-against-ai-startup-suno-over-youtube-copyright-claims/
Labels amend Suno lawsuit and focus on source of training data
https://musically.com/2025/09/22/labels-amend-suno-lawsuit-and-focus-on-source-of-training-data/
Video: AI Music Is Under Attack: Why the Suno Lawsuit & Copyright Office Ruling Matter for Creators (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRXfBx3prY
Almost Vinyl – “Booker Sharp – ‘What’s A Motherf**ker Gotta Do To Make It In This World?'” (Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Sep. 19, 2025
*Almost Vinyl – “Booker Sharp – ‘What’s A Motherf**ker Gotta Do To Make It In This World?'” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KypUM9uGkVs // Booker Sharp pours out his soul in search of an answer in this obscure soul vinyl track, brought to you via ai music magic.*
Massive Attack turns concert into “most faithful mirror”
https://cybernews.com/tech/massive-attack-facial-recognition/
Video: Paging @mediamonarchy and @SecretSunBlog: The band Massive Attack used facial recognition to display faces and names of the audience. This shows the capability to recognize a person in a crowd. Regimes like China exploit these tools that are already part of their people’s way of life. (Audio)
https://x.com/mediamonarchy/status/1968481904396759183
Video: Massive Attack band uses facial recognition software for live performance (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pjLA3GnfiuQ
Massive Attack – “Daydreaming” (Audio)
‘Blue Lines’
Wild Bunch/Virgin – Apr. 8, 1991
*Massive Attack – “Daydreaming” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc_pg3o0Suc // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lines // ‘Blue Lines’ is the debut studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack, released on 8 April 1991 by Wild Bunch and Virgin Records.*
Millennium S1.E17 Walkabout Mar 28, 1997 TV-14 1h (Audio)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0648277/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: September 23, 2016 – Vice’s Fall (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160923morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 23, 2016 ♬ BDAY GIRL Ani DiFranco & BDAY BOY Les McCann
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160923pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 23, 2021 – Bill Gates on his venues with Epstein: “Well, he’s dead.”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210923morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 23, 2021 ♬ Staple Singers & Beach Boys
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210923pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: New Report on the Trillions Boondoggle + AUKUS Allies & Hellscape Follies
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw460-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw460-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: September 23, 2022 – UFC 279 remembrance of Queen Elizabeth met with boos
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220923morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 23, 2022 ♬ The Mars Volta & Death Cab For Cutie
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220923pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: September 23, 2024 – Aurora Police Offer Help to Apartment Complexes Amid Venezuelan Gang Issues
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240923morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: September 23, 2024 ♬ KISS & The Surfrajettes
https://mediamonarchy.com/20240923pumpupthavolume/
Rocco Elliot – “RED 40 (Gross-eries)” (Audio)
Digital Single
Rocco Elliot – October 4, 2023
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Rocco Elliot – “RED 40 (Gross-eries)” https://youtu.be/Zs_0mLLWg1s // https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SHexhE3s9YDQDUYqHnkdz // Not all groceries are “food”! Here’s a song released back in 2023 by Florida-based hip-hop artist, Rocco Elliot, available now via the artist. Thanks to #MediaMonarchy listener Camille for the heads up!*