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NOTE:
The Monkees brand of zany humor and light folk/pop music revolutionized
television, and they remain very popular to this day, so much so that
even decades after their dissolution, references to them can be found
in mass media all over the world. Here's where I'll list news items
from television, radio, and newspaper articles all around the world
that make reference to the Monkees.
Also, I'll list any updates to the site here, so check back weekly!
March 12, 2010
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Spinner
Davy Jones [of the Monkees]. He was short so that worked; he was fabulous and on a really cool TV show, and sang really cool songs. ...
Reno News & Review
I ended up inviting myself to sing a duet of the Monkees' “Daydream Believer” with a man by the name of Bobby, who looked like one of the Everly Brothers. ...
Beliefnet.com (blog)
I was 18, and not entirely pop-illiterate: the "Beatli," the "Rollingi" and the Monkees were always seeping out of friends' tape recorders, opening up new, ...
Examiner.com
"The Houston-born, Dallas-raised Nesmith stepped out of his Monkees suit and went behind the camera as a television pioneer in the 70s, producing the ...
Terre Haute Tribune Star
In between The Monkees' and Hank Williams are nine tunes from more traditional bluegrass origins, including some written by The Grascals, themselves. ...
Hunterdon Review
Centenary Stage Mini-Blues Festival with Peter Tork, one of the originals from the TV hit “The Monkees”, Peter Karp, Sue Foley, Plainfield Slim & The ...
Dailyrecord.com
Tork acknowledges that in some quarters, he is associated only with the 1960s pop rock of The Monkees. "There are still those for whom that's a very big ...
24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Astronaut and Game luminary Richard Garriott, former Monkee Michael Nesmith, and 9 other celebrities match wits in iPhone game QRANK. AUSTIN, TX, March 11, ...
Advertiser-News
The festival, which takes place at Centenary College in Hackettstown,
features national recording artists Peter Karp and Sue Foley and
original Monkee Peter ...
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March 11, 2010
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Pocket Gamer
I do not understand why Rob Hearn felt the need to add quotation marks
around the word celebrities. I suppose he does not find the worthy of
the title, ...
Austin 360
Even setting aside his recording career with the Monkees and after and his role producing such iconic movies as "Repo Man," it's a kind of amazing how much ...
ARTINFO
... career choices as well: he famously opened for the Monkees, only to send the pre-tweeny-boppers to the exits when he torched his ax with lighter fluid. ...
Pocket Gamer
... (who was in the Monkees and who's credited in a roundabout way with creating MTV), and Richard Garriott (who created Ultima and has been in space). ...
TMR Zoo (blog)
Still the trailer looks a bit like a remake of the Monkees series. Another concern I have with the film is it is Cherie Currie and Joan Jett heavy. ...
International Herald Tribune
I was 18, and not entirely pop-illiterate: the “Beatli,” the “Rollingi” and the Monkees were always seeping out of friends' tape recorders, opening up new, ...
Before It's News
I was typing that, and I just couldn’t get that Monkees
song, “I’ma Believerâ€
, out of my head! OK… I’m back
now… Looks like we have two ...
Wirral News
...
said: “Obviously being a rock venue, the emphasis will mainly be on the
loud and proud, but we may venture into fun bands like The Monkees as well. ...
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March 10, 2010
PR-USA.net (press release)
In between programs, they showcase an eclectic range of music -- from Elvis to Buck Owens to Davy Jones of the Monkees. Their shenanigans lead from one ...
PopMatters
I'm used to catching grief from friends for some of the quirky stuff I listen to, so whenever the Monkees come up in conversation, I'm always prepared for a ...
All About Jazz
Disparate genres such as the Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime," Neil Diamond/The Monkees' "I'm a Believer," and Bruce Springsteen's "The River" populate ...
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March 9, 2010
UPDATE: This week on Open Mic - The Blue Meanies!
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Daily Reckoning (press release)
I was typing that, and I just couldn't get that Monkees song, “I'ma Believer”, out of my head! OK… I'm back now… Looks like we have two central bank ...
PR.com (press release)
In between programs, they showcase an eclectic range of music -- from Elvis to Buck Owens to Davy Jones of the Monkees. Their shenanigans lead from one ...
nwitimes.com
Musician-actor Micky Dolenz of the Monkees is 65. Bassist Randy Meisner (The Eagles, Poco) is 64. Singer Peggy March is 62. Singer Gary Numan is 52. ...
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March 8, 2010
UPDATE: This week on MonkeeVision:
Romping to "The Girl I Knew Somewhere"
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San Jose Mercury News
Instead, in perfect, angelic pitch, he'll break out the Monkees' hit "Daydream Believer." "Bernard's excellent,'' his mother said, adding that he plays with ...
Macomb Daily
Musician-actor Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, 65. Bassist Randy Meisner (The Eagles, Poco), 64. Singers Peggy March, 62, Gary Numan, 52, Shawn Mullins, 42, ...
Glens Falls Post-Star
Musician-actor Micky Dolenz of the Monkees is 65. Bassist Randy Meisner (The Eagles, Poco) is 64. Singer Peggy March is 62. Singer Gary Numan is 52. ...
Swish Appeal (blog)
Clarksville, in northern Tennessee; to get there, meet the Monkees at the station before the last train leaves. When? Around 6PM on Saturday, March 6th, ...
I-Newswire.com (press release)
In between programs, they showcase an eclectic range of music -- from Elvis to Buck Owens to Davy Jones of the Monkees. Their shenanigans lead from one ...
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March 7, 2010
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Times Online
Pop groups who play live, tour and cohabit in a big house (a bit like the Monkees, except it's in Hackney)? There's really only Alphabeat, ...
Warren Reporter
The idea of Tork playing the blues seems a far cry from his hits with the Monkees from the 1960s. But in fact, he has always played and appreciated the ...
Villages Daily Sun
Throughout his career, Chris struck up friendships with members of such groups as Three Dog Night, the Turtles and the Monkees. During the 1980s, Chris had ...
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March 6, 2010
UPDATE: I've added several new
Mickey dates to the tours page.
PLUG: I want to give a
little shout-out towards a Monkees-like band who's trying to raise money for their
first
EP - The SMILES
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Daily Mail
1967: Because of the American TV series, The Monkees were a big hit in the UK. I was one of the support acts when they played at the Empire Pool [later ...
Wall Street Journal
Or maybe we'll end up on TV like the Monkees." He's aware the Maynard emerging now may alienate some fans of his heavy music. "A lot of people into Tool, ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
... first night of next weekend's Centenary Mini-Blues Festival with Foley (Monkees member Peter Tork and his Shoe Suede Blues band will close night two). ...
TheChronicleHerald.ca
After starting the show with its own theme song Wilco (the song) off 2009's Wilco (the album) — hey, it worked for the Monkees — and the promise that "Wilco ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The show is set in the
“swinging '60s, sandwiched between hippies and disco” and
includes music by The Beatles, The Monkees and other groups of that era, ...
Amplifier
They played selections from Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Beatles and the Monkees. Around his Freshman year of High School Graham (lead guitar), ...
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March 4, 2010
UPDATE: I've added several new
Davy Jones dates to the tours page.
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Broadway World
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the seasoned actor has been featured on more than 400 TV shows since
1955, including such classics as The Monkees,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Get Smart, ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
She would
go on to perform on Shindig and appear in such television shows as Dr.
Kildare, Batman, and The Monkees but would
gradually fade from the public ...
Sky Movies
Look out
for pint-sized hearthrob Davy Jones of the Monkees
in a cameo. The Seventies' favourite all-American TV family springs
into the hi-tech Nineties ...
Washington Post
Weird fact,
from Wikipedia: Koenig was cast in the role because of his resemblance
to Davy Jones from The Monkees -- they figured he'd
be teen-girl bait. ...
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March 3, 2010
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Reverb MSN Music (blog)
You don't
want to mess with Monkees
fans. I once made the mistake of lumping in the TV-created band with
other “fake” artists such as The Archies and Josie ...
Times-Standard
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"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers, and "I'm a
Believer" by The Monkees. Campbell hosted his own
weekly variety show, ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
That
explains why Berry is entombed on Golden Oldies stations with the Monkees
and other soulless dreck, not with the jump blues, where he belongs. ...
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March 2, 2010
UPDATE: This week on Open Mic -
The chick that I met someplace...
UPDATE: The Monkees show up on
the TV
Guide this week!
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Broadway World
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the seasoned actor has been featured on more than 400 TV shows since
1955, including such classics as The Monkees,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Get Smart, ...
Daily Mail
Post Monkees
in the Sixties and Seventies I was living pretty hard. I was hanging
out with Keith Moon and John Lennon, and while I never got into heavy ...
Evansville Courier & Press
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a Twist 'N Turn Barbie doll with a psychedelic mini skirt and white
go-go boots and an eight track tape of the "Monkees
Greatest Hits. ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Let's use
singers voted off "American Idol" to re-form the first
made-for-prime-time pop phenomenon, the Monkees.
• I cannot reconcile the appealing Alec ...
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March 1, 2010
UPDATE: This week on MonkeeVision:
Cue the theme from "Rocky!"
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io9
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the Monkees)
or just a straight-forward tale about the potential end of the world
being well told, Alex Ross and Mark Waid's uber-epic delivers. ...
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February 28, 2010
UPDATE: I've added a listing and
review for The Birds, The Bees & The
Monkees [Deluxe Edition].
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Warren Reporter
While Peter
Tork and his Shoe Suede Blues band usually plays a few Monkees
hits, it's focus in concert is on traditional blues sounds, such as
those on ...
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