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April 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Monkees: The Mike & Micky Show Live
The Monkees The Mike & Micky Show Live Rhino Records The late-career comeback of The Monkees has been a nice surprise. Like The Beatles and The Who they’re now down to just two and Mike Nesmith made it very clear during the recent tour (and in the years previous) that he could wander from the […]Archive
June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Monkees (June 10, Wgtn)
The Monkees MFC, Wellington Monday, June 10 I’m a believer (ha!) that you have to do the research – you have to know what to expect. Anyone thinking they were getting anything close to the actual Monkees would be defeated purely by numbers; part-time players in their later years Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz (now all that’s left) were never going […]Archive
January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 23: The Monkees – “Headquarters”
It’s funny – or odd – that I’d never heard this (until just recently, that is). I’m a big fan of The Monkees – starting in what I thought was the usual way, at least for someone of my age: re-runs of the TV show intrigued me, then I had to push aside the baggage […]Archive
October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 618
The Monkees, The Monkees (1966) I’ve always loved The Monkees – I remember, vividly, the summer that the TV show came on the telly when I was little. It was a series of re-runs – but it was the first time in my life the TV show was around. Part of a wave of 60s […]Archive
May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman