Capitalist music, tech noir and the trial + this day in history w/Paddock algorithms and our song of the day by Tom MacDonald on your #MorningMonarchy for October 10, 2025.
Notes/Links:
Media Monarchy Live Chat/Stream
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♬ 24/7 Pop Stream ♬ (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/pop/
Shocktober Surprise V: October 6 @ 7:00 pm – October 31 @ 11:30 pm MDT
https://mediamonarchy.com/calendar/shocktober-surprise-v/
Your OTR For All Shocktober Long: ‘The Black Museum’ with Orson Welles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Museum_(radio_series)
#ShocktoberSurprise: ‘The Puppet Master’ Clip (Audio)
#ShocktoberSurprise: Annabelle 2014 Film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annabelle_(film)
#ShocktoberSurprise: Spiral Starecase – “More Today Than Yesterday”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Today_Than_Yesterday
Drake Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Dismissed by Judge;Less than a year after the rapper filed his stunning lawsuit, a federal judge says nobody thought Kendrick was really calling him a pedophile.
https://archive.is/fClhZ
Taylor Swift fans are ‘fed up’ with her ‘capitalist’ approach to music
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/taylor-swift-fans-are-fed-up-with-her-capitalist-approach-to-music/ar-AA1O0zGn
Would you use a payment plan to afford expensive concert tickets? Gen Z says yes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/04/16/concert-ticket-prices-lead-to-payment-plans/83099353007/
Video: Eddie Murphy White people and Hauntings (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azCCWPcjkJo
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – “End Of The Line” (Live w/Dhani Harrison // Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Jul. 9, 2025
*Jeff Lynne’s ELO – “End Of The Line” (Live w/Dhani Harrison) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz2vzxybo_E // This is, for all intents and purposes, the last song ELO ever played.*
Jeff Lynne’s ELO Cancel Final Concert Due to Illness; Lynne, who is currently suffering from a “systemic infection,” was set to perform at BST Hyde Park tonight, July 13
https://pitchfork.com/news/jeff-lynnes-elo-cancel-final-concert-due-to-illness/
#ShocktoberSurprise: M3GAN user reviews
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760708/reviews/
#ShocktoberSurprise: ‘M3GAN’ 2022 film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3GAN // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760708/
#ShocktoberSurprise/Video: M3GAN – official trailer (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRb4U99OU80
#ShocktoberSurprise/Video: GUNSHIP – “Tech Noir 2” (w/John Carpenter x Timmy Cappello x Charlie Simpson x Lee Hardcastle // Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Jul. 24, 2025
*GUNSHIP – “Tech Noir 2” (w/John Carpenter x Timmy Cappello x Charlie Simpson x Lee Hardcastle) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUJTtBphb0 // From the makers of “Dark All Day”!*
#ShocktoberSurprise/#DeepFocus/Video: Franz Kafka’s “The Trial” – Film, Literature and the New World Order (Audio)
https://corbettreport.com/franz-kafkas-the-trial-film-literature-and-the-new-world-order/
#ShocktoberSurprise/#DeepFocus/Video: THE TRIAL | Official Trailer | STUDIOCANAL International (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae3-01zSQOs
#ShocktoberSurprise/#DeepFocus: My Morning Jacket – “The Devil’s Peanut Butter” (Audio)
‘Z (20th Anniversary Edition)’
ATO Records – October 3, 2025
*My Morning Jacket – “The Devil’s Peanut Butter” https://youtu.be/V74olNLA280 // https://ffm.to/z20 // Here’s a previously unreleased track included on ‘Z (20th Anniversary Edition),’ the just-released album by Democrat-funders, My Morning Jacket. Available now via ATO Records. Proceeds from this music video will go towards Tampon Tim and other phony progressive bullplop.*
#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2016 – Clay County Sheriff’s Office says bald eagle is okay after getting stuck in the grille of an oncoming car
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2016 ♬ BDAY GIRL Kirsty MacColl – “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” (Extended Version of The Smiths Cover) & Laura Cantrell – “Sam Stone” (BDAY BOY John Prine Cover)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161010pumpupthavolume/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: Towns Weed Out Pot From Cops Priorities + Body Cams & Kratom Delay
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw036-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw036-audio/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2017 – YouTube alters algorithm after searches for Las Vegas shooting turn up conspiracy theories (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2017 ♬ BDAY BOY DIAMOND David Lee Roth & Third Culture Kings
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171010pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2018 – Popular beverage maker #LaCroix faces class-action lawsuit over ‘#allnatural’ claims
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2018 ♬ Valley Queen & Mt. Joy
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181010pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2022 – Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2022 ♬ The Speedways & The Velveteers
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221010pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2023 – Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2023 ♬ Makeup and Vanity Set & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231010pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2024 – Fauci feared he would never ‘return to normal’ after contracting West Nile virus
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241010morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 10, 2024 ♬ DeWolff & Harlan Wolf
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241010pumpupthavolume/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #Octber10 w/St. Paul & The Broken Bones, The Orb, Larkin Poe, Hollie Cook, Tanita Tikaram, Robbie Williams, Sammy Hagar, Jay Som, Robert Finley, Rhett Miller, HAAi, Flock Of Dimes, The Ramona Flowers, Angel Face, The Antlers, The Autumn Defense, Don Was and the Pan Detroit Ensemble, Brian Eno x Beatie Wolfe & Madi Diaz + Reissues from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, The Hollowmen and ‘It’s All Her Fault (A Tribute To Cindy Walker)’ ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20251010
Tom MacDonald – “The Machine” (Audio)
Digital Single
Tom MacDonald – February 23, 2024
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Tom MacDonald – “The Machine” https://youtu.be/5h_gJlPmtrI // https://hangovergangofficial.com // Here’s a great protest song released last year by Tom MacDonald, available now via the artist.*