Bizarre situations, potential grifts and album echoes + this day in history w/creepy clown elections and our song of the day by Dr. Phoxotic on your #MorningMonarchy for Shocktober 23, 2026.
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Last Monday Hangout #46
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Video: NMDOT commits to raising Rio Grande Gorge Bridge railing after recent suicides (Dec. 13, 2025 // Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOlXtKcw9s
New Mexico DOT mulls net under Rio Grande Gorge Bridge to deter suicides
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexico-dot-mulls-net-under-rio-grande-gorge-bridge-to-deter-suicides/article_ed460234-20b9-475f-85bb-1a1585fd3b47.html
Taos deputy resigns after telling prosecutors he won’t testify; Chili Line Depot owner’s trial proceeds without key witnesses
https://www.taosnews.com/public-safety/taos-deputy-resigns-after-telling-prosecutors-he-wont-testify/article_f78be5e3-8cd9-529e-ae0e-6db2f911495d.html
Ilhan Omar Furiously Denies Immigration Fraud Charges, Says She Only Married Brother For Love
https://babylonbee.com/news/ilhan-omar-furiously-denies-immigration-fraud-charges-says-she-only-married-brother-for-love
Trump Aides Desperately Try To Explain Approval Rating Not Like Golf Score
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-aides-desperately-try-to-explain-approval-rating-not-like-golf-score
Eminem Staffer Pleads Guilty to Stealing and Selling Unreleased Songs That Leaked Online; Joseph Strange, who worked at Eminem’s Michigan studio for nearly 15 years, has admitted to being the source of a 2025 leak of the rapper’s unfinished songs.
https://archive.ph/5kBil
Eminem saying 🥷 Compilation
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eminem/comments/1mcqu90/eminem_saying_compilation/
Why Metallica’s 1993 Jakarta concert matters for Indonesia (Feb. 6, 2022)
https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/02/06/why-metallicas-1993-jakarta-concert-matters-for-indonesia
Tony Iommi Keeps Looking for Joy in the Darkness; After the sadness of the final Black Sabbath show, the guitarist completed “From the Dark,” his first solo album in 20 years, with younger collaborators who aided his ongoing quest for “big riffs.”
https://archive.is/6QUX7
Video: “Bizarre situation!” Tony Iommi on working with Rick Rubin (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/20x6VtPndz0
#ShocktoberSurprise Video: AC/DC Let There Be Rock: The Movie Official Trailer HD (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXODLkJ9h1s
Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside A Broken Phone” (Audio)
‘CMJ New Music Monthly Volume 34 June 1996’
College Music Journal – Jun. 1996
*#ShocktoberSurprise: Primitive Radio Gods – “Standing Outside A Broken Phone” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTz88cmXie4 // https://www.discogs.com/release/1335002-Various-CMJ-New-Music-Monthly-Volume-34-June-1996 // Primitive Radio Gods’ debut single, “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand”, was released in 1996 and became a defining alternative rock hit of the era. The song is renowned for its sample of B.B. King’s live performance of “How Blue Can You Get?” and its enigmatic lyrics, which describe a troubling relationship marked by emotional disconnection. Despite its massive airplay success, the song’s unusual release strategy made it ineligible for the Billboard Hot 100, though it topped the Modern Rock and Triple A charts.*
House Democrats Press StubHub CEO for Answers Over Ticket Resale Fund: ‘Potential Grift’; The ranking member of the House Oversight Committee sent a new demand for answers about Eric Baker’s firm Andro Capital.
https://archive.is/qXxBD
RIAA CEO Talks Midterms, AI Deepfakes and Trump: ‘Music Is a Very Bipartisan Issue’; On the latest episode of Billboard On the Record, RIAA CEO/chairman Mitch Glazier talks Napster and AI and why he’s confident the NO FAKES Act will pass soon.
https://archive.is/PT6NX
Video: Seinfeld AI – George uses AI to create music (Audio)
https://x.com/MandelDuck/status/2107818229439627504
#ShocktoberSurprise Video: Phantom of the Paradise • 1974 • Theatrical Trailer 1 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYWDh3bLrn8
The Apples In Stereo – “Signal In The Sky (Let’s Go)” (Audio)
‘The Powerpuff Girls – Heroes & Villains: Music Inspired By The Powerpuff Girls’
Cartoon Network/Rhino Records – Jul. 18, 2000
*#ShocktoberSurprise: The Apples In Stereo – “Signal In The Sky (Let’s Go)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwo5diOymR0 // https://www.discogs.com/master/307577-Various-The-Powerpuff-Girls-Heroes-Villains-Music-Inspired-By-The-Powerpuff-Girls // “Signal in the Sky (Let’s Go)” is a 2001 song by the Elephant 6 band The Apples in Stereo, written by Robert Schneider. It was released on the ‘Let’s Go!’ EP (July 17, 2001, SpinART/Elephant 6) and is a track from the ‘Heroes & Villains’ soundtrack to The Powerpuff Girls, where it appears in the Season 4 episode “Superfriends” — the band also makes a cameo on the in-show TV during the performance.*
#AlbumAnalysis Video: Tom Petty – [Letterman] interview about Echo – 1999-04-13 (Audio)
#ShocktoberSurprise Video: NBC bumper for Kiss Meets the Phantom 1978 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmy5WhWdQCE
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Free Girl Now” // “Room At The Top” (Audio)
‘Echo’
Warner Bros. – Apr. 13, 1999
*#AlbumAnalysis: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Free Girl Now” // “Room At The Top” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxfQun7sfok // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQFCF9KESic // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_(Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers_album) // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Girl_Now // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_at_the_Top_(Tom_Petty_and_the_Heartbreakers_song) // ‘Echo’ is the tenth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Released in April 1999, the album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 aided by the singles “Free Girl Now”, “Swingin'” and “Room at the Top”, which hit numbers 5, 17 and 19 respectively on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks in 1999. The album was the band’s last collaboration with producer Rick Rubin, and was also the last to feature contributions from longtime bassist/vocalist Howie Epstein, who died of a heroin overdose in 2003. “Free Girl Now” is also notable for being the second single by a major artist to be made available for free internet download in MP3 format by the artist. Petty’s marketing decision caused concern at Warner Bros., and the download was pulled after two days but propagated thanks to services such as Napster.*
#ThisDayInHistory: Creepy Clowns and the Copycat Effect w/Loren Coleman (Oct. 23, 2016 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/loren-coleman/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#NewMusicFriday: #October23 w/Tony Iommi, Djrum, Cory Weeds, Michael Nau, Michael Kiwanuka, Manic Street Preachers, Surfrajettes & The Olivia Tremor Control + Windy & Carl, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Sublime, The Doors, Buck Owens And The Buckaroos, My Chemical Romance, Sparks & Bruce Dickinson ♬
https://www.allmusic.com/newreleases/20261023
Dr. Phoxotic – “Money From Nothing” (Dire Straits Parody // Audio)
‘Betas In Arms’
Debt Row Records – October 12, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Dr. Phoxotic – “Money From Nothing” (Dire Straits Parody) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRzGdkv8fBo // https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wdJQ4VaMy5eSODZguLSR1 // We make our money from nothing, printing USD! Here’s a great Dire Straits parody by Dr. Phoxotic, (in)famous for his ‘World’s Most Famous Austrian Painter’ videos, who authored the lyrics and generated the music and video with an assist from AI. Available now via the artist.*