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!

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February 3, 2012

Moondog Coronation 60th anniversary concert kicks off Rock Hall of ... ‎ Examiner.com  The music acts include two Hall of Fame acts, an original Monkee and one of most famous party bands of all time. Moondog 2012 will feature Creedence ... Punk rockers, prepare to return to Bender ‎ OregonLive.com ... confrontational bands ruled the charts, but since has been covered by everyone from the Monkees to Will Ferrell in the movie "Stranger Than Fiction. OregonLive.com New musical artists driving R&B resurgence ‎ Kitsap Sun ... from being limited to the bubblegum Pop sounds of The Partridge Family, The Osmonds and The Monkees. My siblings had their radio stations and their 45s. Swinging 60's thrills at The Hexagon ‎ Reading Post “The best one was in 1986, on the Monkees tour in America,” he recalls. ... “The Monkees were in shock. I followed them with a camera and I waited till they ... Beatles tribute band returns for fundraiser ‎ Peninsula Daily By Diane Urbani de la Paz SEQUIM — It's a chance to dance to the Monkees, the Rolling Stones and the Romantics. And to gyrate to Led Zeppelin's “Rock and ... Holihan rolls with music changes and finds success in production ‎ Daily Nebraskan In fact, Holihan put himself through college playing in multiple bands, one of which opened for The Monkees' reunion tour in Madison, Wis. Super Bowl 2012: 5 Reasons to Not Watch the Giants vs. Patriots ‎ Bleacher Report At this point, they might as well of had The Monkees or Devo, or even an encore of Chubby Checkers make it out for this shindig.

February 2, 2012

The Rhinestone Cowboy ‎ Metrowny.com We played with everyone from Jan & Dean to Frank Sinatra, from Elvis to the Monkees and the Righteous Brothers. HULICK: I didn't realize you played on that ... Metrowny.com Tucker Rocky Announces Partnership with Grateful Dead Productions ... ‎ Motorcyclist Magazine (blog) ... Chicago, Black Sabbath, John Coltrane, Yes, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt, The Ramones, The Monkees, Carly Simon, Curtis Mayfield, among many others. Motorcyclist Magazine (blog) Vikes suffer bad night in loss to Eagles ‎ Ironton Tribune By JIM WALKER WILLOW WOOD — There is a oldies song by the Monkees that was called, “This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day.” The Symmes Valley Vikings were ... Stars of the '60s and '70s to highlight Riverbend ‎ Chattanooga Times Free Press by Barry Courter The Happy Together Tour features, top row, from left: The Buckinghams, Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, The Grass Roots, Gary Puckett and The ...

February 1, 2012

Kenosha native living the dream as stand-in for Betty White ‎ Kenosha News (subscription) “It's a Three Stooges vs. the Monkees kind of a show. It was a blast. My boys thought I was a goddess,” she said. After two seasons she landed on TV Land's ... Kenosha News (subscription) Steve Jobs listened to vinyl, Neil Young says ‎ Globe and Mail  ... Donovan, Joni Mitchell, Joen Baez, the Doors, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, and even The Monkees. Globe and Mail Young the Giant, Hot Chelle Rae, more set for Pacific's summer ‎ OCRegister More boomer-friendly fare comes in the form of the Happy Together Tour, which gathers up the Turtles (naturally), Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, Gary Puckett ... What do you listen to when you're sad? ‎ Telegraph.co.uk (blog) 5 or The Monkees? Perhaps you fill your ears with industrial metal or krautrock? Perhaps you always head back to Bach. I'd love to know. Telegraph.co.uk Saying Goodbye to Glen Campbell ‎ Cape May County Herald (press release) ... albums in the 60s by the Byrds, Elvis, the Monkees and as a touring member of the Beach Boys. I've been watching videos of his performances on YouTube. Happy Mondays: 'Everyone thinks Bez is on about eight Es' – a ... ‎ The Guardian (blog) It speaks of kids being "stoned out of their gourds, their Monkees haircuts bobbing... The new music is buoyant, almost goofy... The fashion grafts British ... The Guardian (blog) Michael Doherty's Top Five Songs ‎ Kiowa County Signal (blog) That was when I got turned on to The Monkees and began begging for a set of drums (I finally got my ... And I couldn't even fit a Monkees song on this list. CD Reviews: Lana Del Rey, Standard Fare and more ‎ amNY ... but historically that's been no barrier to great pop music (see: the Monkees) as long as the songwriting is tight. There isn't much to recommend in that ...

January 31, 2012

Find Myself A City To Live In: Ed Sanders' Fug You & Will Hermes ... ‎ The Millions “We're on the EAST SIDE,” The Fugs sang proudly on “We're The Fugs,” a sloppy and joyous theme song that came two years pre-Monkees, and giggled in the face ... Reader of the Week: Julie Graham ‎ Cadtle Hills News Johnny Depp, but he must be dressed as the pirate Jack Sparrow; The Monkees singer Davy Jones; and chef Neil Perry — he could whip up something tasty in the ...

January 30, 2012

Vinyl records still rock across generations ‎ Reporter Newspapers (blog) ... was packed with albums ranging from the Bee Gee's “Saturday Night Fever” to Sgt. Barry Sadler's “Ballads of Green Berets” to works by The Monkees. Reporter Newspapers (blog) Dead Folks 2011: Music ‎ Black and White  He contributed some classic rocking scenes to "Bewitched," but Kirshner really raised his profile when he helped launch "The Monkees" in 1966. Dead Folks 2011: Film and Television ‎ Black and White (88, complications after a stroke) -JRT All the young talents who auditioned for "The Monkees" were surprised to find themselves meeting with executives who ... Dead Folks 2011: Inventors, Entrepreneurs, & Trailblazers ‎ Black and White  Featuring The Monkees on the cover, Tiger Beat hit the big time as the band became a colossal sensation. In addition to an over-abundance of exclamation ... LAUREN DALEY: Tinsely Ellis learns his music has universal appeal ‎ Fall River Spirit I had a band in elementary school, something like The Synthetic Banana, where we played "Eleanor Rigby" and The Monkees. ... But at Emory, I started really ... Bowls of Nostalgia ‎ Wall Street Journal Cereal manufacturers would later team up with musicians like Bobby Sherman and the Monkees. Remember the cutout vinyl records on the back of the boxes? Wall Street Journal Glen Campbell Farewell Tour Visits Kent on Sunday ‎ Patch.com ... by artists such as Elvis Presley, the Monkees, Frank Sinatra and the Mamas and Papas, as well as Phil Spector's legendary Wall of Sound productions. Plain Dealer 60th-Anniversary Moondog Ball Set for 3/31 ‎ The330 This marks the 60th Anniversary of the original Moondog Coronation Ball Dolenz of the Monkees and Sam Moore of “Sam & Dave”. Unraveled in Buchanan ‎ Niles Daily Star Each of the band members “cut their teeth” on rock and roll, so the Eagles, the Beatles, the Monkees and the Rolling Stones are among their favorites to ...

January 27, 2012

How to get rid of Friends repeats ‎ Stuff.co.nz (blog) Would I watch, I don't know, The Monkees, five nights a week? No. But [every] Thursday at 6:30? Maybe. This seems like a no-brainer and should make for a ... Stuff.co.nz (blog) One Direction's Zayn Kisses Liam In Behind The Scenes Clip From ... ‎ Capital FM Director Declan Whitebloon explained that they didn't really know what was going to happen while making the video but that "the concept was kind of Monkees ... Entertainmentwise Blake Shelton and The Band Perry to join Glen Campbell for special ... ‎ NewsOK.com (blog) ... Night,” the Righteous Brothers' “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',” the Monkees' “Last Train to Clarksville” and many other hits across multiple genres. NewsOK.com (blog) Quoth the Master: On Justin Timberlake ‎ Oxford Student  JT was one of the last of a long list of failed prototypes, starting with The Monkees (who had to be gassed after only six months). 'Unforgettable Doo-wop' at Lehman ‎ Amsterdam News 28, I am working a cruise for a week with the Monkees and Paul Revere and the Raiders," remarked Thomas. "I've lived a full life. I have had some wives, ... Ask 411 Music 1.26.12: Hendrix/Monkees, Who Owns "Happy Birthday ... ‎ 411mania.com No Rest For the Wicked" by The Bloodhound Gang Did Jimi Hendrix really open for the Monkees? By mid-1967, THE MONKEES were sort of doing their own thing and ... 411mania.com EMF reunite for 21st anniversary ‎ The Sun Later in 1995, they briefly burst back on to the scene when they teamed up with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer for a cover of The Monkees song I'm A Believer ...

January 26, 2012

Signing Day belongs to the recruits, not selfish fans ‎ Ocala (In the case of the latter, that would be comparable to saluting the day Jimi Hendrix opened for The Monkees.) Remember when millions from every fan base ... Ex-teacher hopes football board game will kick its console rivals ... ‎ This is Tamworth ... manifested themselves in the 1960s when he managed and was an agent for pop groups including Herman's Hermits and ran the fan club for The Monkees.

January 25, 2012

Comics We Love: Jim Henson's 'Tale of Sand' ‎ ComicsAlliance If Time Piece was a more colorful take on French New Wave, then The Cube was like some a bizarre and much darker sibling of The Monkees, with a plot ... Happy Birthday, Neil Diamond! January 24 ‎ Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog) Here are just a few: "I'm a Believer," "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You," and "Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)" by the Monkees; "Kentucky Woman" by Deep ... Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog) This Day in Music, January 24: Solitary Man ‎ The Morton Report But then he was up and running; more hits followed, as well as The Monkees covering his song “I'm A Believer”. And the hits did keep coming: eight number ... New take on The Monkees' musical magic will premiere in Manchester ‎ Manchester Evening News A cast of young actors are preparing to embody the famous 60s boyband in a new musical based Monkee Business, which will get its world premiere here in ... Five Things to Know Today, Jan. 24 ‎ Patch.com He started out writing songs in the 1960s that were covered by acts including The Monkees and Elvis Presley, then branched out in the 1970s into the solo ...

January 24, 2012

AUTOS: Barrett-Jackson's Stunning Results ‎ SPEEDtv.com ... Bret Michaels, Alice Cooper, Nancy Grace, Kathie Lee Gifford, Jordin Sparks, Peter Tork of the Monkees and a contingent of Medal of Honor recipients who ... USA TODAY MTV stages '2gether' reunion: Is it 1999 already? ‎ Zap2it.com (blog) MTV cashed in on the trend, forming their own fictional, Monkees-style boyband to parody the various New Kids On The Block knock-offs. Zap2it.com (blog) Beatles Tribute Coming to Meaford Hall ‎ The Meaford Independent ... Rick Labrie and Doug Boudreau – they are fabulous artists who have shared the stage with artists such as Tears For Fears, Steven Page, The Monkees, ... Hairspray on stage at Nailsea School ‎ Nailsea People A coach full of students accompanied by staff travelled to the New Wimbledon Theatre in Middlesex to see actor and singer Michael Ball and former Monkees ... Oliver Savile & Stephen Kirwan On ... Monkee Business ‎ WhatsOnStage.com Monkee Business The Musical, opens on 3 April 2011 (previews from 29 March), in Manchester and will feature "a cast of 20, a live band of eight, ... Review: One Direction at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena ‎ WalesOnline In this respect when it comes to the history of manufactured pop they owe more to ebullient '60s pop muppets The Monkees, say, than Westlife's po-faced ... Oklahoma City company starts amid vinyl comeback ‎ CanadianBusiness.com ... in a generation that only knew compact discs (though his parents did have a collection consisting of Monkees, Neil Diamond and other vintage artists). Will the Monkees' musical do good Business in Manchester? ‎ WhatsOnStage.com (blog) Following in the footsteps of Ghost The Musical, Monkee Business is the latest production to be launched as part of ATG's 'Manchester Gets It First' ...