Tropes invoked, burner classic movies and Saint Petty + this day in history w/spyglass cam rips and our song of the day by KMFDM on your #MorningMonarchy for January 23, 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
Last Monday Hangout #37 @ 9AM MT Mon Jan 26
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1444413508090331217
#NewWorldNextWeek: Gaza Peace Board Sells But Who’s Buying? + Davos Out Of Step & Streaming Saga Sequels
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/2014523800143225078
Video: Christian Leaders Respond to Anti-ICE Protest During Minnesota Church Service (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM4xVvQoZoY
SSVid.net seems to work on age-restricted YouTube videos
https://ssvid.net/en-2
The lady who led the church invasion on Sunday has been arrested. Why do you think CNN let her change her story?
https://notthebee.com/article/blm-activist-who-led-anti-ice-riot-at-minnesota-church-tells-cnn-they-were-just-attending-the-service
Nekima Levy Armstrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekima_Levy_Armstrong
Meta removes ‘hate speech against Zionists when antisemitic tropes are invoked’; “As part of a robust framework to combat antisemitism, we have industry-leading policies designed with the safety of the Jewish community in mind,” Cutler said.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-883475
Search: META’s Jewish Diaspora chief Jordana Cutler
https://search.brave.com/search?q=META%27s+Jewish+Diaspora+chief+Jordana+Cutler
Video: META’s Jewish Diaspora chief Jordana Cutler: “We prohibit harmful stereotypes about Jewish people—such as claims that Jews control financial, political, or media institutions… We remove hate speech against Zionists when these harmful stereotypes about Jews are invoked.” (Audio)
https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2011196769363697684
Project Data Control – “Blame the Media” (Audio)
‘The Droplift Project’
Not On Label – Jul. 2000
*Project Data Control – “Blame the Media” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa01u5vzrnM&t=1377s // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Droplift_Project // The Droplift Project is a compilation CD of 29 (or 30) tracks created by sound collage artists in July 2000. It was manufactured by the participants and then “droplifted” into chain music stores. Someone mailed a copy to The Washington Post, too! That’s where this CD rip – uploaded to YouTube, for your pleasure – comes from.*
Bill Maher calls out Golden Globes for not including Joe Rogan among new ‘Best Podcast’ category
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bill-maher-calls-out-golden-globes-for-not-including-joe-rogan-among-new-best-podcast-category/vi-AA1UwKRu
Trump-Hating Green Day To Play Super Bowl Opening Ceremony
https://notthebee.com/article/green-day-to-open-super-bowl-halftime-show
Iconic ’90s Band Announces Official Documentary 43 Years After Forming; NOFX just announced their documentary titled ’40 Years of [explicit] Up.’
https://parade.com/news/iconic-90s-band-nofx-announces-official-documentary-42-years-after-forming
Morrissey dropped from A$AP Rocky’s new album; The rapper had been teasing a collaboration since 2018
https://www.nme.com/news/music/morrissey-dropped-from-aap-rockys-new-album-3923750
Netflix revises its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Now, it’s all cash
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/media/netflix-all-cash-offer-warner-bros-discovery
Netflix Revamps Its Warner Bros. Bid, Seeking to Thwart Paramount; Netflix will pay all cash for the $83 billion deal to acquire major parts of Warner Bros. Discovery, instead of a mix of cash and stock.
https://archive.is/a8crX
Netflix Will Own Turner Classic Movies if It Buys Warner Bros — Here’s 5 Things It Can Do with TCM; Make it a tile, launch a FAST channel, invest in the film festival, leave it be, or let it die, here’s hoping there’s a future for everyone’s favorite classic film channel.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/tcm-future-netflix-plans-for-turner-classic-movies-1235173855/
Video: Found Footage Fest – “No One Tells The President What To Do” by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUTHh1J_-BQ // https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331593/
HUNTR/X – “Takedown” (Audio)
‘KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)’
Republic Records – Jun. 20, 2025
*HUNTR/X – “Takedown” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8Dr7vzMSVE // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters_(soundtrack) // Another cut (we’ve previously played at least four, if you’re keeping score: Two from the good girls, two from the bad boys) from the now-Oscar nominated, most-watched Netflix film ever. The only Oscar-nominated movie I’ve seen in years – unless M3GAN got some lol. Update: It did not.*
#AlbumAnalysis: ‘Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ Album Review
https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-mw0000191386
#AlbumAnalysis/Cover Image: Saint Petty’s ‘Mystery Man’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/20260123_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
#AlbumAnalysis/Video: The Too Late Show – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Discography Run • ‘Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ 1976 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8k61wVVntQ
#AlbumAnalysis: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Mystery Man” (Audio)
‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’
Shelter – Nov. 9, 1976
*Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Mystery Man” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaUbLCsFI0 // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JefjmSB27fw (Live Video Version) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers_(album) // Saint Petty’s “Mystery Man”! Down to the deep album cuts from Thomas Earl Petty & Co.’s 1976 debut s/t album. With two more coming up on today’s PUTV!*
#ThisDayInHistory/#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode179 – Homeland Security Special Agents Hold Up Google Glass Moviegoer (Jan. 23, 2014 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw179/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #January23 w/Megadeth’s farewell, Poppy, Lucinda Williams, The Format, Sammy Brue, Louis Tomlinson, THE STRIPP, Della Mae + Comps Junglist! Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95, Musik Music Musique 1979: The Roots of Synth Pop, Steppin’ Out: The Roots of Garage Rock 1963-1965 ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20260123
KMFDM – “Enemy” (Audio)
‘Enemy’
Metropolis Records – February 6, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: KMFDM – “Enemy” https://youtu.be/M0i3BMmoOzw // https://kmfdm.net // We don’t need leaders, they’re tyrants! Here’s the title track of the upcoming album by German industrial metal pioneers, KMFDM, due on February 6th via Metropolis Records.*