With the British monarchy at its lowest ebb of popularity since the week after Diana's death, we consider these two moments within the context of the wretched institution's ignoble history. We watch Christopher Hitchens' documentary DIANA: THE MOURNING AFTER (1998) - a controversial dissenting take on the Diana myth - and also discuss Netflix's THE CROWN and the Harry/Meghan phenomenon. In the process, we speculate how the existential threat facing this frankly worthless institution might lead to an unholy reinvention. PLUS: a rueful look back at James Berardinelli, the most popular web-based critic of the '90s.

"The British Monarchy Will Not Survive Late Capitalism — And Harry and Meghan Are Proof" by Luke Savage - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/british-monarchy-neoliberal-age-prince-harry-meghan-markle

Michael and Us

#222- Guillotine in Piccadilly

Writer Rich Woodall on the financialization of music catalogues and the future of the music economy - for listeners and artists and profiteers, and his new article Mass Hipgnosis for The Baffler.

https://thebaffler.com/latest/mass-hipgnosis-woodall

IP Tunes: On the financialization of the music economy.

SYDNEY FOLKS: Check out the special Star Wars themed Dragon Friends show at The Comedy Store, this Wednesday, May 12th https://www.comedystore.com.au/event/dragon-friends-may-the-twelfth-be-with-you/

Who will receive the Golden Rose? Free To A Good Home’s Ben Jenkins attends the Week Of Bens for a Mother’s Day special about crypto scams, swimming pool fraud, and the world’s most terrifying pranks.

Check out Free To A Good Home: http://freetoagoodhomepodcast.com/

EPISODE 198: One Ben Minimum II: The Benchelor (Feat. Ben Jenkins)

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141 // The Birds (1963) w/ Will Menaker

AND introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We are taking a journey through Michael Azerrad’s chronicle of the 1980’s American underground rock scene, continuing today with Chapter Eleven: FUGAZI! Back in DC, Ian MacKaye is looking for something new out of hardcore. Enter Rites of Spring frontman Guy Picciotto, who along with Ian, Joe Lally and Brendan Canty form Fugazi, not only a post-hardcore powerhouse, but an ethical lodestar, and revered bastion of integrity. Josiah and Sam of the 155Pod join us to discuss.

Go to https://155pod.com/ for all things 155pod!

And GET YOUR FRQNCY1 TIX at https://frqncy.live/frqncy1

SONGS:
Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Fugazi - Waiting Room
Fugazi - Margin Walker
Fugazi - Repeater
Fugazi - Merchandise
Fugazi - Epic Problem

And Introducing

#96 FUGAZI! (ft. Josiah Hughes & Sam Sutherland)

Host of Means TV's upcoming show Seize The Memes w/ Teenage Stepdad, Teenage Stepdad joins us to talk about ART. Seize The Memes is a Bob Ross style show where meme artist TS walks us through the process of using our very own phones tablets and computers to make cool art about having boaners and diarrhea and also communism and socialism and stuff like that. Seize The Memes is out on 6/9 (nice) 2021.

We also talk a little weekly news including The Associated Press, the NYC mayoral race, and the fucked up leaked script of the new Powerpuff Girls reboot.

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Seize The Memes w/ Teenage Stepdad

Robbie Martin interviews journalist Yasha Levine about his new book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet.

Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon: www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio

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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet with Yasha Levine

William Callison and Quinn Slobodian on their article "Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol" for Boston Review.

https://bostonreview.net/politics/william-callison-quinn-slobodian-coronapolitics-reichstag-capitol

1285: Crisis diagonalism / William Callison + Quinn Slobodian

Max Collins of Eve 6 drops by to discuss mysterious cartoon memories, predatory music management, the Trolls franchise, rock ‘n roll for children, evil owls, and more all through Don Bluth’s 1992 animated film “ROCK-A-DOODLE”. We also talk about Eve 6, being a teenage superstar, and finding emotional catharsis through twitter, but this is a ROCK-A-DOODLE ep.

The new EP is called “Grim Value” and it’s available wherever music is streamed/sold!

Songs:
Rock-a-Doodle - Sun Do Shine
Rock-a-Doodle - Rock-a-Doodle
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Eve 6 - Amphetamines
Eve 6 - Can We Combine

BONUS: ROCK-A-DOODLE! (feat. Max Collins of Eve 6)

Writer Erald Kolasi on his article "The Ecological State" for Monthly Review and in a Moment of Truth, Jeff Dorchen celebrates Fat History Month.

1300: Ecology, energy and the state / Erald Kolasi

Today we welcome back to the program Matt Bruenig. Matt is an American lawyer, blogger, policy analyst, commentator, and founder of the left-wing think tank people's Policy Project. He was a blogger for the American think tank Demos covering politics and public policy — and has written on issues including income distribution, taxation, welfare, elections, and Scandinavian economic models.

IP Tunes: On the financialization of the music economy.

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