Rock promised he would use the platform to call attention to racism, and he delivered.
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Dismantling the jungle, arming the enemy and muzzling the outspoken + this day in history w/Mammy and our song of the day by Violent Femmes on your Morning Monarchy for February 29, 2016.
Streaming voters, Oscars grouch and social justice worriers + this day in history w/WTC '93 and our song of the day by Golden Dawn Arkestra on your Morning Monarchy for February 26, 2016.
Award tour, movie madness and media value + this day in history w/Apple 1984 and our song of the day by Tommy Stinson on your Morning Monarchy for January 22, 2016.
Dusty records, news movies and comic shows + this day in history w/Black Dahlia and our song of the day by She-Devils on your Morning Monarchy for January 15, 2016.
One world religion, chimeras and occult rock n roll + this day in history w/the Human Be-In and our song of the day by Lucius on your Morning Monarchy for January 14, 2016.
Pearse and Tom round off season 1 looking at the 2012 Oscar winning historical drama Argo, which is based on a real life exfiltration operation during the Iranian revolution. We discuss the CIA’s almost too-obvious involvement in the film, the background of how the story was declassified and turned into a movie including the shadowy figures of producer David Klawans and writer Chris Terrio. We stick the boot into Ben Affleck and his film, not just for its ‘Reel Bad Arabs’ racism but also its outrageous and possibly intentional historical inaccuracy. We analyse the weirdest Oscar
“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.” (Christopher Hitchens)
Okay, Okay, the Oscars and the gowns and the capped teeth and the funny fellows with squeaky voices and armchair critics, sure, in the scheme of things (look over DV for proof), is a drop in the proverbial well . . . or proverbial outhouse.
