Neighbors always knew, talkin’ shit to ghosts and the final shock + this day in history w/Biden bites baby and our song of the day by Soulwax on your #MorningMonarchy for October 31, 2025.
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Your OTR For All Shocktober Long: ‘The Black Museum’ with Orson Welles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Museum_(radio_series)
#NewWorldNextWeek: Three Meals Away From Revolution + Venezuela Plot Claims & Gates Climate Pivots
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1984102785529544903
Shocktober Surprise V: October 6 @ 7:00 pm – October 31 @ 11:30 pm MDT
https://mediamonarchy.com/calendar/shocktober-surprise-v/
Video: Sinistar voice samples – “I hunger, beware, I live, run, coward, *scream*, I am Sinistar” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hT2i4NUza4
Tales from the Crypt – “Television Terror’ S2E16 Jul 17, 1990 Not Rated 21m :Tvmindcontrol: (Audio)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0716886/ // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Downey_Jr.
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie – “Killer Cat” (Audio)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Darkside:_The_Movie
Video: Neighbors Always Knew Teen Gunman Was Evil And Did Nothing Because They Are Evil Too (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlS4kvyPYm8 (The Onion made the video private after several days) // https://theonion.tumblr.com/post/798677315692478464/neighbors-always-knew-teen-gunman-was-evil-and-did
Almost Vinyl – “Joe Phrasier – ‘Talkin’ Sh*t To Ghosts’ (1983)” (Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Oct. 10, 2025
*Almost Vinyl – “Joe Phrasier – ‘Talkin’ Sh*t To Ghosts’ (1983)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TA8yZaELyY // Joe Phrasier has words of discouragement for the dearly departed in this obscure 80s vinyl Halloween classic, brought to you via ai music magic.*
What A WBD Week: As Bidders Circle, Paramount’s Shock And Awe Signals A New Media Age
https://archive.is/jiBJt
Historic ‘First Woman’ Security Chief Oversaw Embarrassing Louvre Heist
https://www.aol.com/news/french-political-leader-marion-mar-171257013.html
Longtime college football ref ‘permanently suspended’ after momentum-turning call during Auburn-Georgia game
https://nypost.com/2025/10/23/sports/sec-ref-ken-williamson-permanently-suspended-after-momentum-turning-call-during-auburn-georgia-game/
Jack Antonoff Goes Off on Corporations That ‘Monopolize’ the Concert Industry: ‘Chill the F–k Out’; “I’ve seen it from every level,” the Bleachers frontman told Hayley Williams in conversation.
https://ca.billboard.com/music/music-news/jack-antonoff-corporations-monopolize-concert-industry-1236091236/
‘Death has so many gifts to give’: Before Boston show, Neko Case talks about life, love, and loss; Case, who recorded her new album at her home studio in Vermont, comes to The Wilbur Oct. 23.
https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2025/10/16/neko-case-talks-life-love-loss-boston-show/
d4vd unfollower count
https://x.com/d4vd_unfollows
Video: The CHAOTIC History of Return of the Living Dead 1985 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1Tiy-9WF0
Jeffrey Lewis – “If You Shoot The Head, You Kill The Ghoul” (Audio)
No LSD Tonight’
Rough Trade America – 2003
*Jeffrey Lewis – “If You Shoot The Head, You Kill The Ghoul” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mr2TvQST7Y // https://jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com/track/if-you-shoot-the-head-you-kill-the-ghoul // https://www.discogs.com/release/1013856-Jeffrey-Lewis-No-LSD-Tonight // https://reactormag.com/frequency-rotation-jeffrey-lewis-if-you-shoot-the-head-you-kill-the-ghoul // Sandwiched between audio clips from the hilarious, deadpan newscasts in George Romero’s original Night of the Living Dead, “If You Shoot the Head” (and its awesome video) perfectly captures the flesh-eating frenzy of a full-scale undead attack — and almost serves as a mini-tutorial in superior firepower as zombie population control. If you’re out of ammunition, just remember, as a wise man once said: “Beat ’em or burn ’em. They go up pretty easy.”*
#ShocktoberSurprise/Video: In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into ’80s Horror – Trailer (Audio)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15768444/ // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oTKOfWNOWQ
#ShocktoberSurprise/Video: EMF – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Bauhaus Cover // Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Oct. 10, 2025
*EMF – “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (Bauhaus Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0NyGTMXSYA // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_(band) // A colony of bats burst out from the Forest of Dean to the soundtrack of ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ fed through a contemporary minimalist dystopian filter. The tight rhythmic dub echoes making for a propulsive drive that sees this compact and condensed cover rush past the finishing line in misty Transylvania. Now they just need Bauhaus to cover “Unbelievable”.*
October 2015 – Page 1 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/10/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode180 – Come One, Come All (Oct. 31, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv180/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2016 – ‘Church of Bleach’: ABC News confronts founder of Genesis II Church
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume Halloween Special: October 31, 2016 (Hour 1) ♬ // #PumpUpThaVolume Halloween Special: October 31, 2016 (Hour 2) ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161031pumpupthavolume/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/20161031pumpupthavolume2/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2017 – Wailing planets & creepy comet dust: Spooky sounds of space from NASA
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 31, 2017 ♬ BDAY BOY Johnny Marr of The Smiths & Graveyard Club
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171031pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2018 – Cereal Killer! Glyphosate Contamination Worse Than Previously Admitted
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 31, 2018 ♬ Delgados – “Child Killers” & Blur – “I’m Just a Killer For Your Love”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181031pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2019 – Zombie Boy’s death was an accident
https://mediamonarchy.com/20191031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume Halloween Special: October 31, 2019 ♬ The Dollyrots – “Punk Rock Werewolf” & Man… or Astro-Man? – “Touch of Evil”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20191031pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: #Fondleslabs, Pedophile Island and Other Halloween Horrors + Finding Finders
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw390-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw390-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2022 – Assailant tried to tie up Paul Pelosi in home attack and shouted, ‘Where is Nancy?,’ sources say
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 31, 2022 ♬ David Lynch – “Imaginary Girl” & The Dollyrots – “Rather Be A Zombie”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221031pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2023 – Apple Fights Climate Change with Child Labor
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: October 31, 2023 ♬ John Carpenter & King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231031pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: October 31, 2024 – ‘Odd moment’ Joe Biden bites baby during Halloween event (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241031morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume Halloween Special: October 31, 2024 ♬ The Coffinshakers – “Prince Of Darkness” & Bobby Bare – “Vampira”
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241031pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: BRICS Unveil the NEW New World Order! + Plants Crave CO₂ & Selection Draws Near
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw570-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw570-audio/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #October31 w/Florence + the Machine, The Charlatans, Guided By Voices, Saintseneca, Dressel Amorosi, Daniel Avery, Maps, The Belair Lip Bombs, Rich Aucoin, Bad Ida, Theo Bleckmann, Witchdoktors & ‘Brown Acid The Twenty First Trip’ + Reissues by The Fall, When the 2000s Clashed, Nick Heyward & The Who! ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20251031
Soulwax – “False Economy” (Audio)
‘All Systems Are Lying’
Because Music – October 17, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Soulwax – “False Economy” https://youtu.be/5pypwByp3D0 // https://store.soulwax.com // Belgian electro-pop band, Soulwax, prefers to let the market decide – not the false economy! From the just-released album, ‘All Systems Are Lying,’ available now via Because Music.*