Tag: history/mystery
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Interview w/ Dr. Heather Mendick on ‘Celebrity Storylines’
These kids today… Can you believe they care more about Justin, Emma and Kim than Jesus, Judas and Zeus?! Dr. Heather Mendick of CelebYouth.org talks about her recent research project called, “The Role of Celebrity in Young People’s Classed and Gendered Aspirations.” Is it really all about authenticity – or is it just about ourselves?…
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Mystery Sculpture Found Inside Garden Gnome Gets International Notice
from al.com: Pete the Gnome has his own Facebook page with fans from across the continental U.S., as well as Puerto Rico, Germany and England, despite the fact that “he” is a broken statue whose pieces have since been thrown away. That’s because Pete’s remains, recorded with photos, contained a mystery: Behind his colorful cap,…
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Russian History Is On Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself
from thedailybeast.com: So the international sanctions aren’t working—don’t worry! If 1,000 years of Russian screw-ups are anything to go by, it won’t be long before Vladimir Putin brings himself down. Now that we’ve failed to use Russia’s corrupt and degenerating economy, subservience to the international banking system, and vulnerability to falling energy prices to pop…
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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on Hollywood’s Watergate
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to talk about the waves of abuse news coming out of the church, the state, celebrity state, the news business and, of course, Hollyweird + the headlines, ‘this day in history’ and more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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Interview w/Jon Rappoport on MKULTRA Jazz
Investigative journalist Jon Rappoprt’s article, ‘US Jazz Musicians Were Drafted Into the CIA’s MKULTRA,’ caught my ear so he’s joining Media Monarchy for some classic ‘Acid Dreams’.
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#GerryAdams Arrested for Questioning Over 1972 #IRA Slaying
from cnn.com: Police on Wednesday arrested Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for questioning in connection with the 1972 Irish Republican Army abduction and slaying of a widow, a move that could shake Northern Ireland’s fragile peace.
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US Anti-Apartheid Movement Helped Bring Change to South Africa
from voanews.com: It’s been 20 years since the end of apartheid in South Africa, the system of racial segregation that curtailed the rights of black South Africans for decades. One of the strongest protest movements outside South Africa to dismantle apartheid was in the United States during the 1980s.
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The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic!
from bbc.com: In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 years ago Dungeons & Dragons was the subject of a full-on moral panic…
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Jack The Ripper Mystery Solved After 125 Years?
from express.co.uk: The Jack the Ripper mystery that has kept the world enthralled since the killer first struck on the streets of Victorian London has been blown apart on the 125th anniversary of the grisly crimes by a former murder squad detective. And the bad news for the countless millions of amateur sleuths who have…
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That Harvard Book Bound In Human Flesh Isn’t Actually Bound In Human Flesh
from bostonmagazine.com: Science: 1, Internet: 0. For one reason or another—perhaps it was the flashy headline, or the gruesome mysterious details—a nearly decade-old story published by the Harvard Crimson about a collection of books at the university’s library, that are allegedly bound in human skin, crawled to the surface of the Internet this week. But…
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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on Conspiracy Bait
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to break down conspiracy bait, bad guys and good news + ‘this day in history’ and much more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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The Dark History Of Green Food On St. Patricks Day
Why Dyeing Food And Beer Green For St. Patrick’s Day Is Actually Kind Of Sad* from npr.org: Green food may mean party time in America, where St. Patrick’s Day has long been an excuse to break out the food dye. But in Ireland, where the Irish celebrate their patron saint on March 17, green food…
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Crimea and the Last Crusade
from TheTelegraph.co.uk: The war, in which Britain and France took on Tsarist Russia to defend the tottering Ottoman Empire, is often lost amid the detritus of the Victorian age. Yet, as Figes points out, the war was a seismic historical event, representing the collapse of the old Concert of Europe, hobbling Russian power for almost…
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Deadline Live: Jack Blood on Media/Memes
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to break down spook TV, Mumia media, drone drills, ‘this day in history’ and much more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe