Thank you Aaron.  He shows up after six months and gives us this!!!  :P


Well, I am a busy man...  ::)

Well, I am a busy man...  ::)


Did you see Micky in Pippin, yet???

Did you see Micky in Pippin, yet???


Nope.

Nope.


You really should.  It was great!!!  BTW, Mick's going bald. (Opps) ::)

According to a poster @ Monkeetalk who e-mailed Dr. Rhino, it is rest assured that the 2-CD Deluxe Editions of Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. most definitely will be released next month!!  :) ;) :D ;D 8) :-*

According to a poster @ Monkeetalk who e-mailed Dr. Rhino, it is rest assured that the 2-CD Deluxe Editions of Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. most definitely will be released next month!!  :) ;) :D ;D 8) :-*


Okay fine, making note of that.  BTW, will the Headquarters have them with beards??

Oh, one more thing try not to use so many exclamation points. ::)

It's Micky Dolenz birthday!!!  Must go celebrate!!!! :) :) :)

I'm locking it.  Mushroom's tread will take over.

I'm locking it.  Mushroom's tread will take over.
aw, you should just let the monkees threads proliferate.

it's not like i'm not shamelessly profligate with the kim richards threads. the more kim richards threads there are, the more it speaks to the awe-inspiring glory that is... kim richards.

Actually I forgot about this one - would rather let mine die and continue with this one  :)

aw, you should just let the monkees threads proliferate.

it's not like i'm not shamelessly profligate with the kim richards threads. the more kim richards threads there are, the more it speaks to the awe-inspiring glory that is... kim richards.


You have a point. :)

Actually I forgot about this one - would rather let mine die and continue with this one  :)


I thought yours was aimed more towards Mike which I thought was cool. :)

I thought yours was aimed more towards Mike which I thought was cool. :)


Well, Mike probably had the most visible post-Monkee career of any of the 4.  Between the early music videos, long form videos, movie production, and other things he was the one that most people were likely to see.

Davey mostly went back to live theater.  So unless you lived someplace like NY, you would likely not see him.

Micky did a little acting, but mostly moved into the world of voice-over work.  As far back as 1971, he was doing voice work for Saturday morning cartoons (The Funky Phantom and others).  So while many people heard him, he was not seen and rarely recognized for what he did.

Peter is the only one that pretty much left the industry.  It is only in the last 10-15 years that he has seriously returned to performing.

Well, Mike probably had the most visible post-Monkee career of any of the 4.  Between the early music videos, long form videos, movie production, and other things he was the one that most people were likely to see.

Davey mostly went back to live theater.  So unless you lived someplace like NY, you would likely not see him.

Micky did a little acting, but mostly moved into the world of voice-over work.  As far back as 1971, he was doing voice work for Saturday morning cartoons (The Funky Phantom and others).  So while many people heard him, he was not seen and rarely recognized for what he did.

Peter is the only one that pretty much left the industry.  It is only in the last 10-15 years that he has seriously returned to performing.


True Mike stayed a Hollywood mainstreamer.

Davy was still trying to pull off the cute teen idol thing.  Come to think of it he's still doing it.

Micky has done quite a lot of off Broadway stuff.

Peter has his band "Shoe Suede Blues" which are a wonderful live band.

Oh you have to see Head.  You will love it.  It's SUPER FRINKY.   :)




I remember seeing "Head" back in '83, and being nightmarishly disturbed (I was 13...what can I say).
I recently watched it and gained a new appreciation for it. Dark humour, and a sarcastic commentary of the pervading "hippie" culture.

Zappa: That song was pretty white
Jones: Well, so am I

So, are we "pretty white" because we enjoyed "Head"?

Perhaps, to which I reply: "Pass the mayo."

I remember seeing "Head" back in '83, and being nightmarishly disturbed (I was 13...what can I say).
I recently watched it and gained a new appreciation for it. Dark humour, and a sarcastic commentary of the pervading "hippie" culture.

Zappa: That song was pretty white
Jones: Well, so am I

So, are we "pretty white" because we enjoyed "Head"?

Perhaps, to which I reply: "Pass the mayo."


I think you would have had to had been at least 16 to understand it.
The humor in it is great. 
My favorite parts are Micky in the desert and the vacuum cleaner.

HAHAHA...Ya, the vaccuum cleaner scene is classic.
"Look fellas, you're supposed to be dandruff, will you work a little?"...or when they find that enormous roach.

I also like the Michael Nesmith birthday party scene, and the scene where they're walking through the factory.


I guess you're right about the age factor. I just remember renting it because I loved the TV show, then being overwhelmed by this hallucinatory barrage of weird and confusing images. The huge eye in the mirror, especially, disturbed me. 
At the time, I didn't really get it, although I thought Peter was cute.
Watching it now, I find it fascinating, albeit a little self-indulgent.

HAHAHA...Ya, the vaccuum cleaner scene is classic.
"Look fellas, you're supposed to be dandruff, will you work a little?"...or when they find that enormous roach.

I also like the Michael Nesmith birthday party scene, and the scene where they're walking through the factory.


I guess you're right about the age factor. I just remember renting it because I loved the TV show, then being overwhelmed by this hallucinatory barrage of weird and confusing images. The huge eye in the mirror, especially, disturbed me. 
At the time, I didn't really get it, although I thought Peter was cute.
Watching it now, I find it fascinating, albeit a little self-indulgent.




Mike classic line . . . "And the same thing goes for Christmas".  Yeah, I love the party scene too.

It takes a few times watching it in order to really understand it.

The roach scene is great too . . . Micky shout "AHHH, it's the Lancashire Midget Greenie"  then tumbles down the hill. ;D

Mike classic line . . . "And the same thing goes for Christmas".  Yeah, I love the party scene too.

It takes a few times watching it in order to really understand it.

The roach scene is great too . . . Micky shout "AHHH, it's the Lancashire Midget Greenie"  then tumbles down the hill. ;D



".....I'd like a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please."

".....I'd like a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please."


"One of your own?"

I think you would have had to had been at least 16 to understand it.
The humor in it is great. 
My favorite parts are Micky in the desert and the vacuum cleaner.


How about that damned Coke machine?

I recently borrowed a copy from a friend, and saw it for the first time in over 20 years.  It was even more strange then I remembered.

You can really see how they were useing it to try and break their old "cutsey" image.  The Monkees suffered the same problem that The Jackson Five and The Osmonds suffered from.  They all tried to be "Cutting Edge" musicians, but because of their earliest hits found themselves perpetually classified as "Bubblegum Pop".

The Osmonds in the late 1960's were trying to portray themselves as a "Cleaner Led Zeppelin".  With the long hair, and rocking songs like ""Hold Her Tight" (which many compared to "The Immigrant Song") and "Crazy Horses", it was obvious they were not all bubblegum.  But the fans all seemed to want to hear songs by Donny (and later by Marie).  So instead of doing a psychedelic songs like "Yo-Yo", they would have to do repeated performances of songs like "Puppy Love".

Even the earliest songs by The Monkees were mostly serious songs, disguised as bubblegum.  Everybody knows the pop sound of "Last Train To Clarksville", but most do not realize it is about a soldier who had been drafted, and was about to be sent to Vietnam.

Of course, one of their least-heard lyrics is the Ditty Diego War Chant, which was the lead song in Head.  It is a thinly disguised attack on the producers of their TV show:

Hey, hey, we are the Monkees
You know we love to please
A manufactured image
With no philosophies

We hope you like our story
Although there isn't one
That is to say, there's many
That way there is more fun

You've told us you like action
And games of many kinds
You like to dance, we like to sing
So let's all lose our minds

We know it doesn't matter
'Cause what you came to see
Is what we'd love to give you
And give it 1-2-3

But is may come 3-2-1-2
Or jump from 9 to 5
And when you see an end in sight
The beginning may arrive

For those who look for meaning
In form as they do fact
We might tell you one thing
But we'd only take it back

Not back like in a box back
Not back like in a race
Not back so we can keep it
But back in time and space

You say we're manufactured
To that, we all agree
So make your choice and we'll rejoice
In never being free

Hey, hey, we are the Monkees
We've said it all before
The money's in, we're made of tin
We're here to give you more
The money's in, we're made of tin
We're here to give you--

The song ended abruptly with the sound of a gunshot, and video of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f9/Nguyen.jpg

Ya....unfortunately, when a band starts out with that bubblegum image, it's pretty hard to shake. I guess that Nesmith regretted his Monkees image for a long time.
The Osmonds are a perfect example....kind of like when Hendrix was touring with the Monkees, and got booed offstage by pre-pubescent fans who only wanted to see Davey.
I guess he basically gave the audience the bird and left the stage while the fans, in a complete antithesis of the Ditty Diego War Chant, chanted "We want Davey...We want Davey...We want Davey."

I know that the Monkees did cover some rather dark topics...like Last Train to Clarksville and Pleasant Valley Sunday, which was basically about a mental institution...OH, and referring back to Head, music doesn't get much darker than the live performance of
Circle Sky, with it's power chords and wartime footage....and the girl screaming in the beginning of the song is a tad chilling.

There were successive Monkees compositions, primarily Nesmith ones, that never received any airplay but which are equally dark...namely Auntie's Municipal Court, Tapioca Tundra, and Daily Nightly, which are all fantastic songs.

Even more disturbing, though, was the final album recorded by Jones and Dolenz, Changes, and the fact that the music brass thought it would actually sell.....equally frightening was the fact that the song 99 Pounds was actually deemed good enough to record. SCARY!!!!

GOT 'EM! And enjoying every minute of them!  :D

One thing I noticed about the new DE CDs; even though Disc I of PAC&J has the TV version of "Riu Chiu", I've noticed that other tracks on the disc are also indicatively representative of the series. For instance, the pre-brass mix of "She Hangs Out" replicates the one which appeared in Episode No. 41, "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes." And the pre-Moog mix of "Star Collector" resembles that which was showcased in the very next episode, "The Wild Monkees." Oh, and the mix of "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" with that extensive fade? Reminiscent of Episode 40, "Monkees Marooned." (Expect updates to my Monkees Film & TV Vault to show up in the coming days; I'm working on them as I speak!  8) )

Of course, I only bought these for the Bonus Selections, as I already have the original Colgems LP pressings of the first 4 albums (in both modes!)! (I only have the stereo mix of Birds & Bees, as the mono edition is extremely rare.  ??? )

GOT 'EM! And enjoying every minute of them!  :D

One thing I noticed about the new DE CDs; even though Disc I of PAC&J has the TV version of "Riu Chiu", I've noticed that other tracks on the disc are also indicatively representative of the series. For instance, the pre-brass mix of "She Hangs Out" replicates the one which appeared in Episode No. 41, "The Card-Carrying Red Shoes." And the pre-Moog mix of "Star Collector" resembles that which was showcased in the very next episode, "The Wild Monkees." Oh, and the mix of "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" with that extensive fade? Reminiscent of Episode 40, "Monkees Marooned." (Expect updates to my Monkees Film & TV Vault to show up in the coming days; I'm working on them as I speak!  8) )

Of course, I only bought these for the Bonus Selections, as I already have the original Colgems LP pressings of the first 4 albums (in both modes!)! (I only have the stereo mix of Birds & Bees, as the mono edition is extremely rare.  ??? )


Figures You'd get them before I do. :P  Did they use your web site for trivia on the season's DVD too?

The Monkeys are still around to make money off their music like every other old 60's icon that can still sing and who are still together.  Look at John Fohgerty!  He's awsome! I paid big bucks to hear his concert $$$$

a friend of mine went to see paul mccartney a few months ago and said she paid more than a hundred bucks for a lame seat.

a friend of mine went to see paul mccartney a few months ago and said she paid more than a hundred bucks for a lame seat.


Yowee, Sir Paul's getting his pay check!!!!

a friend of mine went to see paul mccartney a few months ago and said she paid more than a hundred bucks for a lame seat.


I don't know how much I paid... but the seats weren't too lame!

"Mike Nesmith to join the Monkees 50th anniversary tour for just one show — Friday in Monterey"

http://www.latimes.com/la-et-ms-nesmith-monkees-50th-tour-20160804-snap-story.html