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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Monkees: Good Times!

The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an exclamation mark to remind us – though it almost evokes that famous question-mark from those hippie-times, […]