Actor critiques, song bans and film fakes + this day in history w/sharp propaganda contrasts and our song of the day by The High Span on your #MorningMonarchy for December 12, 2025.
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Yeah, that “Midlife Crisis” whistle part that sampled “Car Thief” by the Beastie Boys? Originally sampled from Trouble Funk (Audio)
https://www.whosampled.com/sample/21668/Beastie-Boys-Car-Thief-Trouble-Funk-Drop-the-Bomb/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Parents Teaching Children How to Break Stupid Laws! + Streaming Sagas & Security Strategies
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/1999318847900504293
Video: The Wiggles issue a public apology following controversial TikTok with Keli Holiday (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-ryBTJzeqo
The Wiggles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiggles
The Wiggles issue statement after controversy over ‘ecstasy’ video
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-wiggles-issue-statement-after-controversy-over-ecstasy-video/ar-AA1RoqM6
Search: the wiggles covid
https://search.brave.com/search?q=the+wiggles+covid
Flip City Magazine: Stars Who Sold Their Souls to Satan: Levar Burton
https://substack.com/home/post/p-177552393
Video: Dusty Slay – (Levar Burton Joke) Being Poor in the Trailer Parks [Full Set] (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEqWIltvjs0&t=2229s
Quentin Tarantino reveals who he thinks is the worst actor in Hollywood as he savages them for being ‘weak and uninteresting’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15349323/Quentin-Tarantino-reveals-worst-actor-Hollywood.html
Quentin Tarantino Torched by ‘Office’ Star Zach Woods Over Actor Critiques
https://www.tmz.com/2025/12/10/zach-woods-blasts-quentin-tarantino/
Zach Woods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Woods
Video: Quentin Tarantino is torched by “Office” star Zach Woods [Widensky] over his actor critiques (Audio)
https://x.com/tmz/status/1998773518587113620
Young Fresh Fellows – “I’m a Prison” (Audio)
‘Loft’
Yep Roc Records – November 28, 2025 (RSD Exclusive Title)
*Young Fresh Fellows – “I’m a Prison” https://youtu.be/SiMASYdnNpI // https://youngfreshfellows.lnk.to/loft // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_McCaughey // From ‘Loft,’ the just-released album by Young Fresh Fellows, the longtime project of Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, R.E.M.), the album was released on Yep Roc as a 2025 RSD Black Friday Exclusive Title.*
Disney Teams Up With OpenAI in Billion-Dollar Deal; Fans will be able to generate short videos with more than 200 Disney characters in early 2026
https://archive.is/ZdeVg
Video: Disney investing $1 billion in OpenAI (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTFeL99LFnk
School bans singing of KPop Demon Hunters songs
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq03r3z2eqo
Video: School Bans Kids from Singing KPop Demon Hunters Songs | This Morning’s View (Audio)
https://youtu.be/4ehe1u4K7pE?si=Bt0w84hb9K0qazgz&t=305
Saja Boys – “Soda Pop” (Audio)
‘KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)’
Republic Records – Jun. 20, 2025
*Saja Boys – “Soda Pop” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=983bBbJx0Mk // https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Saja_Boys // https://mediamonarchy.com/20251003morningmonarchy/ // The sugary sweet song to entice you to the dark side by the evil boy band (are there any other kind?) from the Korean pop phenomenon, screened as part of Shocktober Surprise V!*
#DeepFocus: ‘F For Fake’ // ‘The Other Side Of The Wind’ TONIGHT @ 7PM MT
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1436178660817371317
#DeepFocus/Video: Trailers From Hell – David Zeiger on ‘F FOR FAKE’ (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVit-vgC0o
#DeepFocus: ‘F for Fake’ 1973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_for_Fake
#DeepFocus: Elmyr de Hory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmyr_de_Hory
#DeepFocus: Clifford Irving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving
#DeepFocus: Oja Kodar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oja_Kodar
#DeepFocus/Video: F for Fake (1973) Trailer | Documentary | Orson Welles | Oja Kodar (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUAwgt2Z-3Y
#DeepFocus/Video: TCM Salute to Orson Welles & Henry Jaglom 2of4 F for Fake Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnIVdvQ6SUo
#DeepFocus/Video: TCM Salute to Orson Welles & Henry Jaglom 2of4 F for Fake End
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do3jzY5XbUY
#DeepFocus: The Other Side of the Wind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_the_Wind
#DeepFocus/Video: Orson Welles on ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ & Being Lazy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gilNgWVRrGA
#DeepFocus/Video: Ben Mankiewicz Introduces ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ – #VaFilmFest2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBkXW2_K1xI
#DeepFocus/Video: The Other Side of the Wind | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMWHBUTHmf0
Almost Vinyl – “Dorothy Jingle – ‘Christmas P*ssy’ (Obscure 50s Vinyl)” (Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Dec. 16, 2024
*Almost Vinyl – “Dorothy Jingle – ‘Christmas P*ssy’ (Obscure 50s Vinyl)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYm7sni8gWY // Stay classy this holiday season with Dorothy Jingle in this obscure 50s Christmas classic, brought to you via ai music magic.*
#DeepFocus: ‘F For Fake’ // ‘The Other Side Of The Wind’ TONIGHT @ 7PM MT
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1436178660817371317
December 2015 – Page 3 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2015/12/page/3/
Flashback: @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode186 – Highly Emotional (Dec. 12, 2015)
https://mediamonarchy.com/putv186/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2016 – 1943 Gov’t Film Offers Sharp Contrast with Current US Elite Attitude Toward Russia (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2016 ♬ An All-Sinatra/Hank III BDAY BOY Episode!
https://mediamonarchy.com/20161212pumpupthavolume/
#GoodNewsNextWeek: We Go Where Eagles Dare + Barrett Free & Pot Wholesale
https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw041-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/gnnw041-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2017 – Deutsche Bank Says ‘Bitcoin Crash’ Among Big Market Risks In 2018
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2017 ♬ Knox Fortune & KYLYPSO,
https://mediamonarchy.com/20171212pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2018 – These 11 Companies Control Everything You Buy
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2018 ♬ Skeeter Davis & Norma Jean
https://mediamonarchy.com/20181212pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2019 – The duct-taped banana at Art Basel is gone and has been replaced with “Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself,” which security quickly covered up.
https://mediamonarchy.com/20191212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2019 ♬ Tom Jones & Gelnn Miller
https://mediamonarchy.com/20191212pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Greece Mandates Electronic Payments + NIST WTC7 & Pig Monkey
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw395-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw395-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2022 – Non-binary Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton accused in second luggage heist
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2022 ♬ Twin Void & Tropical Gothclub
https://mediamonarchy.com/20221212pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2023 – Video: ‘Leave The World Behind’ is a new Netflix special produced by the Obamas about cyber attacks and a “global communications breakdown”.
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2023 ♬ Atmosphere & Chris Webby
https://mediamonarchy.com/20231212pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: December 12, 2024 – McDonald’s worker who spotted CEO ‘assassin’ Luigi Mangione eating hash brown could lose out on $60k reward
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241212morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: December 12, 2024 ♬ Bonnie Raitt & Harry Nilsson
https://mediamonarchy.com/20241212pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: CEO Assassins and Mystery Drones + Year-End Updates
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw574-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw574-audio/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #December12 w/Juliana Hatfield and This Is Lorelei + Reissues by Fuzz, Blur, Gary Numan, Pink Floyd, T. Rex, Thelonious Monk & more! ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20251212
The High Span – “Reptillian Conspiracy” (Audio)
‘Blithering’
Spinout Nuggets – November 28, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: The High Span – “Reptillian Conspiracy” https://spinoutnuggets.bandcamp.com/track/reptillian-conspiracy // Here’s a humorous take on information overload from ‘Blithering,’ the just-released album by British post-pop band, The High Span. Available now via Spinout Nuggets.*