Decolonised festivals, politicized concerts and hell’s angels + this day in history w/US embraces socialism and our song of the day by 84 Days on your #MorningMonarchy for January 9, 2026.
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“Everything’s Fine” and the #BestOf2025 ♬
https://mediamonarchy.com/best-of-2025/
#PumpUpThaVolume: Winter 2026 ♬ These are those new (and classic) songs you’ve heard on Media Monarchy this season ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6yvrUIAtKyYnJK7UNBWs7M
#NewWorldNextWeek: The Fraud 1000x BIGGER Than Somali Day Care + In Venezuela & Bankrupt Broadcasting
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/2009448751325434368
Video: Judge grants Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs request to speed up appeal // Diddy’s lawyers ask for expedited appeals schedule // Sean Combs files document to appeal conviction, prison sentence (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiJ-pUxoC-0 // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7rb0sMkeiM // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBmZe4kTGbY
Diddy Appeal Explained: 5 Big Things To Know As He Challenges Conviction and Sentence; Now that the imprisoned mogul has launched an appeal of his convictions, Billboard dives deep into what he’s arguing, why it matters and what comes next.
https://archive.is/lGrkp
Gospel Star Donnie McClurkin Sued for Sexual Abuse; The lawsuit cites a purported email in which McClurkin called himself a “desperate dirty old man” and said he “forced himself” on the plaintiff.
https://archive.is/M5l5b
Always emotional con games. ICE agents aren’t protecting US any more than poets are standing up to tyranny: it’s a performative albatross around the rest of our necks. I hate the cops and the criminals. I don’t need either. But they need your attention and that economy is booming.
https://x.com/mediamonarchy/status/2009389303139582236
JUST IN: Renee Nicole Good was a Minneapolis “ICE Watch” “warrior” who “trained” to resist feds, according to the New York Post.
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2009394304519938414
Two people shot by US federal agents in Portland; Mayor urges ICE to pause operations as representative says victims alive but extent of injuries unknown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/portland-federal-agents-shooting
Federal agents shoot 2 people in Portland
https://www.kptv.com/2026/01/08/federal-agents-shoot-2-people-portland/
Taxpayers fund festival that won’t let white people run it
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taxpayers-fund-festival-that-won-t-let-white-people-run-it/ar-AA1TvWND
Search: what does craft services cost for one day of a marvel disneymovie?
https://search.brave.com/search?q=what+does+craft+services+cost+for+one+day+of+a+marvel+disneymovie%3F
Video: “White People Can’t Join… That Outwardly RACIST!” | Taxpayers Fund Festival That BANS Caucasians (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgftvzQtWk
Courtney Barnett – “Stay In Your Lane”
Digital Single
Mom+Pop – Oct. 15, 2025
*Courtney Barnett – “Stay In Your Lane” https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/today-s-top-tune/courtney-barnett-stay-in-5b7b77 // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mom_%2B_Pop_Music // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Goldstone // Courtney Barnett storms back with “Stay In Your Lane,” a dynamic, hard-hitting return that spotlights her razor-sharp songwriting and unmatched guitar prowess. It’s her first new song since ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ (2021), and it arrives with all the electricity of a reawakening — ferocious rhythms, blistering riffs, and lyrics that wrestle with boundaries, expectations, and breaking free. It arrives like someone who only puts out music when yknow.*
Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. enters transfer portal
https://www.fox13seattle.com/sports/washington-quarterback-demond-williams-jr-enters-transfer-portal
NCAA Had No Choice, But NIL Rule Will Damage College Football And Basketball (Jul. 6, 2021)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terencemoore/2021/07/06/the-ncaa-hadnt-a-choice-but-nil-rule-will-damage-college-football-and-basketball/
Video: Here’s Scott Van Pelt’s full take on NIL (Feb. 26, 2024 // Audio)
https://x.com/Blake_Lawrence/status/1762319348536934619
Update: Washington QB Demond Williams Jr. returning to Huskies days after controversial transfer portal announcement
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/washington-qb-demond-williams-returning-college-football-transfer-portal/
CBS removes Tony Dokoupil blasting ‘big problems’ amid flub on first live“ Evening News” show; Dokoupil’s live show saw the journalist address an apparent technical flub on the air, though the segment appeared to be reshot for streaming on CBS’ website.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/cbs-edits-tony-dokoupil-blasting-150204846.html
An MTV Mogul’s Wild Tales: From Sex Clubs with Sumner Redstone to Advising David Ellison; Cable pioneer and ex-Viacom CEO Tom Freston is out with a new book, “Unplugged,” and some amazing stories.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/mtv-tom-freston-book-unplugged-sex-clubs-sumner-redstone-david-ellison-1236428178/
Lucian Grainge Lays Out Future AI Strategy In New Year’s Memo to Staff: ‘Trying to Smother Emerging Technology Is Futile’; In his annual memo, the Universal Music Group chairman/CEO said that the company will continue to focus on responsible AI initiatives.
https://archive.is/dpBRk
Salt-N-Pepa’s Master Recording Lawsuit Against UMG Dismissed by Judge; The iconic hip-hop duo had been seeking to terminate a 1986 copyright transfer.
https://archive.is/yyerM
Bad Bunny Hit With $16M Lawsuit Over Vocal Features on ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ and ‘X 100pre’; A woman says she never agreed to let the Puerto Rican megastar include her voice on the songs “Solo de Mi” and “EoO.”
https://archive.is/unZqv
The BOTS Act Was Created by Ticketmaster. So Why Is the FTC Using It Against Them?; After President Trump expanded the scope of the BOTS Act earlier this year, the ticketing giant became a target of the bill it helped craft nearly a decade earlier.
https://archive.is/KPKXw
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Rename Washington D.C. Landmark After President Trump; The board’s decision to add Trump’s name could face legal hurdles.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kennedy-center-change-name-trump-kennedy-center-1236142531/
Contemporary American Theatre Festival Inc. Shepherdstown, WV. Tax-exempt since June 1992
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/550711349
Béla Fleck Withdraws From Kennedy Center Concerts; “Performing there has become charged and political,” the 18-time Grammy winner said.
https://archive.is/AqzVo
Video: KenCen board votes to rename it Trump Kennedy Center | NBC4 Washington (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsypcC1fOys
Melody’s Echo Chamber – “The House That Doesn’t Exist” (Audio)
‘Unclouded’
Domino – Dec. 5, 2025
*Melody’s Echo Chamber – “The House That Doesn’t Exist” https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/today-s-top-tune/melody-s-echo-chamber-th-a87bce // https://melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/album/unclouded // With her fourth studio album ‘Unclouded,’ Melody’s Echo Chamber shares the luminous lead cut, “The House That Doesn’t Exist.” Built on swooping strings and a diaphanous elegance, the track showcases the deep creative synergy between Melody and producer and jazz musician, Sven Wunder, who mirrors her soaring vocal lines with rich ensemble textures. Melody describes the song as “turning the impossible perspective of a joyful human life in today’s world into reality, evoking a new sense of faith.”*
#DeepFocus/#BookSmarts: ‘The Invisible Hand in Popular Culture: Liberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV’ by Paul A. Cantor
https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813140827/the-invisible-hand-in-popular-culture/
#DeepFocus/#BookSmarts: Book Review – ‘The Invisible Hand in Popular Culture,’ Paul Cantor
https://www.independent.org/tir/2013-summer/the-invisible-hand-in-popular-culture/
#DeepFocus: How to build mental toughness: What we can learn from pro athletes
https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/mental-toughness-athletes-grit
#DeepFocus/Video: HELL’S ANGELS 1930 – “That’s a lie! I’m not yellow.” (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ppjlRMl7o
#DeepFocus: Hell’s Angels 1930 **Passed** 2h 7m
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell’s_Angels_(film) // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020960/
#DeepFocus: The year’s biggest movies told us to eat the rich again. We still aren’t listening.
https://www.polygon.com/eat-the-rich-movies-2025-anti-billionaire-messaging-sci-fi-superheroes/
#DeepFocus: Hell’s Angels (1930) – full transcript
https://subslikescript.com/movie/Hells_Angels-20960
#DeepFocus/Video: Hell’s Angels (1930) outtakes, commentary by David Stenn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhYYDEpjPlI
#DeepFocus/Cover Art: Hell’s Angels’ ‘What Are You Fighting For?’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260109_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
#DeepFocus: Hell’s Angels @ 7PM MT
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1457270719137189979
#DeepFocus/Video: Hell’s Angels (1930) restored re-release trailer (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5om2Rp_-g
#DeepFocus: Misfits – “Angelfuck” (Audio)
‘Legacy Of Brutality’
Plan 9 – Sep. 1985
*Misfits – “Angelfuck” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnsblVQz9hg // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Brutality // ‘Legacy of Brutality’ is a compilation album of early songs by the American punk rock band Misfits, released in September 1985. It contains overdubbed mixes of previously unreleased songs, mainly from the January–February 1978 ‘Static Age’ sessions. Besides The Misfits box set, this is the only official album containing the songs “Who Killed Marilyn?” and “American Nightmare”. This compilation was the first (aside from bootlegs) to release many of the then-unreleased ‘Static Age’ songs to the public. Glenn Danzig, the songwriter, mixed and produced it, overdubbing new instrumentation. It’s all owned by UMG now :(*
#ThisDayInHistory: Media Monarchy Episode106 – Pat Robertson Predicts ‘US Will Embrace Socialism’ (Jan. 9, 2009 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode106/
‘The New World Order’ By Pat Robertson
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-new-world-order_pat-robertson/307146/?resultid=9c6d32de-6a31-4390-8a3f-178c27247a74
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #January9 w/Dry Cleaning’s highly-anticipated ‘Secret Love’ + Six Going On Seven, Calling All Captains, Private Wives & Alter Bridge ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20260109
84 Days – “Don’t Trust The Government” (Audio)
’84 Days’
Pee Records – Nov. 7, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: 84 Days – “Don’t Trust The Government” https://peerecords.bandcamp.com/track/dont-trust-the-government // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennywise_(band) // A friendly message from the just-released self-titled debut album by 84 Days – the supergroup project of Pennywise bassist, Randy Bradbury, No Doubt drummer Adrian Young – and Cameron Webb (Grammy Award-winning producer of Motorhead, Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Pennywise)! Available now via Pee Records.*