Paramounts Warner, vinyl records in hot demand and long after dark + this day in history w/Obama’s Cyber Command and our song of the day by Aaron Lee Tasjan on your #MorningMonarchy for April 24, 2026.
Notes/Links:
Last Monday Hangout #40 Mon Apr 27
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1467264136076591319
#NewWorldNextWeek: Freemasonic Hitmen Snuffing Mossad Agents!? + Ominous Corporate Manifestos & Landmark Smoking Bans
https://x.com/shartstorm8d8/status/2047442607194988553
Justin Fairfax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Fairfax
Video: Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt arrested, accused of domestic battery (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfGJx1nlV7I
Kansas City Chiefs coach arrested, charged with domestic battery; KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt was arrested on Wednesday night.
https://x.com/krqe/status/2047398620735881667
Smokey Robinson Defamation Claims in Sexual Assault Lawsuit Tossed
https://archive.is/nS6qY
BREAKING: US House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer says some panel members are open to US President Donald Trump pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell to secure her cooperation in the Epstein investigation, Reuters reports.
https://x.com/garethicke/status/2047178400381419767
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird announce separation: ‘This hasn’t been an easy decision’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/megan-rapinoe-and-sue-bird-announce-separation-this-hasn-t-been-an-easy-decision/ar-AA219sky
Madison Square Garden reportedly used facial recognition to stalk trans woman for two years
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/madison-square-garden-reportedly-used-facial-recognition-to-stalk-trans-woman-for-two-years/ar-AA21gSiA
Cher files for conservatorship of ‘gravely disabled’ son Elijah Blue Allman’s estate after string of arrests: ‘Drug dependency is at its worst’
https://pagesix.com/2026/04/17/parents/cher-files-for-conservatorship-of-troubled-son-elijah-blue-allmans-estate-after-string-of-arrests/
South Korean Police Seek Arrest of BTS Agency Founder Bang Si-hyuk; The founder of K-pop powerhouse Hybe is accused of securing $129 million in illicit gains through a scheme tied to the company’s blockbuster IPO in 2020.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/bang-si-hyuk-arrest-bts-hybe-1236570206/
D4VD- YOUNG & DUMB OR BORN DANGEROUS? Hidden Killers with Tony Brueski. No, D4VD wasn’t born dangerous. He was a young black man that loved the LORD. He signed a HollyWeird Pact with the DEVIL (Prince of Darkness, Transform Soul Music to Worship SATAN)- Universal Group/Interscope Records.
https://x.com/princebullock/status/2047412780467376565
This MAN is not the same person known as 21 year old D4VD. He looks like a 30 or 40 year old man. He couldn’t have aged this much. Unless?
https://x.com/princebullock/status/2047399903513718854
THREAD: D4VD & Special Circumstances: Murder of Witness
https://x.com/princebullock/status/2047442762447155469
Prosecutors reveal d4vd had a “significant amount of child p*rnography” on his iCloud.
https://x.com/PopBase/status/2047360194590478646
Alec Baldwin ordered to face civil trial over fatal ‘Rust’ shooting: report
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alec-baldwin-ordered-to-face-civil-trial-over-fatal-rust-shooting-report/ar-AA219uo0
A Bosque Farms horse wrangler is suing Netflix and the producers of the American Primeval miniseries saying she suffered life-changing injuries after being thrown by a horse while the production was filming south of Santa Fe in 2023.
https://x.com/thenewmexican/status/2046997998538784879
Top Trump counterterrorism official placed on leave after ex claims she solicited funds from ‘sugar daddies’; The 29-year-old official claimed she did nothing wrong, saying, ‘I didn’t know it was bad to go on vacation with your boyfriend’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/julia-varvaro-dhs-trump-suspended-sugar-daddy-b2963210.html
Lena Dunham Is Still Trying to Figure Out Why People Hated Her So Much; Lena Dunham sits down with Jewish The Interview co-host, David Marchese, to discuss her new memoir “Famesick.”
https://www.nytimes.com/video/podcasts/100000010838823/lena-dunham-is-still-trying-to-figure-out-why-people-hated-her-so-much.html
David Marchese: He is Jewish and an atheist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marchese
Lena Dunham Says Adam Driver Was ‘Verbally Aggressive’ on ‘Girls’ Set, ‘Hurled Me’ Around During First Sex Scene and Threw a Chair at the ‘Wall Next to Me’ in Rehearsal
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/lena-dunham-adam-driver-verbally-aggressive-girls-threw-chair-1236721046/
Meghan Trainor is finally proud of herself for how she looks, paid for her family to use GLP-1s
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/meghan-trainor-is-finally-proud-of-herself-for-how-she-looks-paid-for-her-family-to-use-glp-1s/ar-AA20XFy7 // https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA20XUyy.img
Meghan Trainor cancels entire ‘Get In Girl’ tour
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/meghan-trainor-cancels-entire-get-in-girl-tour/ar-AA214Qqx // https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA214Qq9.img
Hollywood petition to block Paramount-Warner Bros. merger tops 4,000 names as Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola, Holly Hunter and more join the fight
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/hollywood-petition-to-block-paramount-warner-bros-merger-tops-4-000-names-as-robert-de-niro-sofia-coppola-holly-hunter-and-more-join-the-fight/ar-AA21yVZN
Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Paramount Megadeal, but Vote Against Exit Pay Packages for Zaslav and Other Execs
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-shareholder-approval-zaslav-pay-package-1236727798/
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/warner-bros-shareholders-approve-paramount-s-81-billion-takeover-of-the-hollywood-giant/ar-AA21wmQm
Video: Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders vote to approve Paramount Skydance merger (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl7DyDSlgvo
Video: DJ Cummerbund – “Fat Thumping Girls” (Queen x Chumbawamba x Sade // Audio)
Digital Single
YouTube – Apr. 1, 2026
*DJ Cummerbund – “Fat Thumping Girls” (Queen x Chumbawamba x Sade) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfY6j-ghDv0 // “Everyone knows that Papa C loves the full-figured gals – but I wanted to make it even more clear.” ARTISTS FEATURED: 1. Queen 2. Chumbawamba 3. Sade 4. Randy “Macho Man” Savage 5. Madonna 6. The Shake Weight® 7. John Mayer*
Cover Image: Brothers Warner’s ‘Paramount Sinai’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260424_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
I Used to Be a Hollywood Writer. Now I’m Lugging Lumber From Home Depot. It’s an Upgrade.; In the latest in THR’s series about life after Hollywood, a former TV and film scribe undergoes a gut renovation as he settles into a second career as a construction worker.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/life-after-hollywood-hollywood-writer-nick-morton-construction-1236565629/
Katie Holmes, 47, looks very youthful as she reunites with Dawson’s Creek co-star Joshua Jackson, 47, at Brunello screening in NYC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15734057/katie-holmes-youthful-reunites-dawsons-creek-joshua-jackson-brunello-screening.html
’80s icons Heather Locklear, 64, and Lorenzo Lamas, 68, CONFIRM they are dating, see them now as a couple
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15732999/Heather-Locklear-Lorenzo-Lamas-CONFIRM-dating.html
Tax Season Is a Mess for Touring Music Artists
https://archive.is/Y5JcM
SEX PISTOLS, CIRCLE JERKS, AGNOSTIC FRONT, Others To Perform At 2026 CBGB FESTIVAL
https://blabbermouth.net/news/sex-pistols-circle-jerks-agnostic-front-others-to-perform-at-2026-cbgb-festival
StubHub reaches settlement to refund $10 million to customers over ‘deceptive’ pricing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/stubhub-reaches-settlement-to-refund-10-million-to-customers-over-deceptive-pricing/ar-AA20Iy8L
Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues
https://apnews.com/article/live-nation-ticketmaster-antitrust-trial-f0ffdd20dd4f64e8b4bb9d97134b826f
Maga influencer Emily Hart unmasked as male medical student from India 😂
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/emily-hart-maga-influencer-unmasked-male-medical-student-b2963560.html
DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center over paid informants; The civil rights group’s CEO vowed it would not be “intimidated” from doing its work monitoring hate groups.
https://archive.is/N8Pli
Boards of Canada ‘Inferno’ Warp Records May 29, 2026
https://bleep.com/release/590960-boards-of-canada-inferno // https://bleep.com/release/590965-boards-of-canada-inferno-t-shirt-bundles
Vinyl records in hot demand ahead of Record Store Day
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/vinyl-records-in-hot-demand-ahead-of-record-store-day/
Video: Vinyl records in hot demand in Quebec (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swE741wbUco
Fcukers – “L.U.C.K.Y.” (Audio)
‘Ö’
Ninja Tune/Concord – Mar. 27, 2026
*Fcukers – “L.U.C.K.Y.” https://play.cdnstream1.com/s/kcrw/today-s-top-tune/fcukers-l-u-c-k-y // NYC duo Fcukers — Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis — released their highly-anticipated debut album, ‘Ö’. Out now on the recently-sold out Ninja Tune – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Concord Music Group.*
Search: taylor swift dominates the vinyl pressing plants glutted with her variants
https://search.brave.com/search?q=taylor+swift+dominates+the+vinyl+pressing+plants+glutted+with+her+variants
#AlbumAnalysis Video: Footage from the Petty Archive, Cameron Crowe Interviews Outtake, 1982 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgvXxsEzLA
#AlbumAnalysis: ‘Long After Dark’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_After_Dark
#AlbumAnalysis Video: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – ‘Long After Dark’ Deluxe Edition Album Trailer (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKqWXmLNqj4
#AlbumAnalysis: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” (Extended Nelson X ZombieSquad Remix // Audio)
Digital Single
Dead On Pictures – Jun. 7, 2024
*#AlbumAnalysis: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “You Got Lucky” (Extended Nelson X ZombieSquad Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2H6axZF80o // So good! We’ll play the og version of Saint Petty at his synthesizer creep best later on PUTV. But you needed this like “The Gambler” remix from yesterday!*
#ThisDayInHistory: Media Monarchy Episode120 – US Military Prepares For ‘Cyber Command’ (Apr. 24, 2009 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode120/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #April24 w/Kneecap, Noah Kahan, Jackson Dean, Rachel Brooke, TV Star, The Neighborhood Kids, Ringo Starr, White Denim, Metric & Foo Pfizers + Reissues and compilations by Yusef Lateef, Paul Weller and ‘Something for the Longing: Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999’ ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20260424
Aaron Lee Tasjan – “Science Friction” (Audio)
‘Get Over It, Underdog’
Blue Élan Records – May 29, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Aaron Lee Tasjan – “Science Friction” https://altobviously.bandcamp.com/track/science-friction // https://search.brave.com/search?q=did+aaron+lee+tasjan+play+concerts+that+required+covid+vaccination%3F // The so-called “science” is advancing rapidly and it’s diminishing our humanity! From ‘Get Over It, Underdog,’ the upcoming album by Aaron Lee Tasjan, due on May 29th via Blue Élan Records. “Yes, Aaron Lee Tasjan performed at venues that required proof of vaccination during the pandemic era.”*