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  • Musical Interlude topic for July 2023

    07/01/2023 11:31:53 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 27 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | May 28, 2023 | Aurelien Froissart et al
    [Ugne Liepa Zuklyte]'s request turned into the best duet I ever had 🤯🤯 #piano #violin #vivaldi #vivaldisummer #vivaldifourseasons #quattrostagioni #fourseasons #publicpiano #classicaltok #classicalmusic (Vivaldi) This video broke Tiktok (+20 M views in 2 days) | 3:03Aurelien Froissart - piano | 412K subscribers | 3,794,467 views | May 28, 2023
  • Mike Nesmith, singer-musician of the Monkees, dies at 78

    12/11/2021 5:18:32 AM PST · by foreverfree · 52 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | 12/10/21 | Joe Erwin
    Singer and musician Mike Nesmith, who found fame with the Monkees in the 1960s before becoming a solo act and a pioneer in music video, has died.His death comes less than a month after his final Monkees concert.
  • Monkees singer Michael Nesmith dead at 78

    12/10/2021 11:59:06 AM PST · by kjam22 · 94 replies
    Tmz ^ | 12-13-2021 | Tmz
    Michael Nesmith, singer/guitarist for the famously famous 60s group The Monkees, has died.
  • Musical Interlude topic for December 2021 [starts with Travis Tritt's Rolling Stone cover, "Honky Tonk Woman"]

    12/01/2021 9:24:18 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 67 replies
    YouTube ^ | Posted December 1, 2021 | Travis Tritt et al
    Licensed to YouTube by The state51 Conspiracy (on behalf of Ocard Music)Travis Tritt - Honky Tonk Woman (Remix Small) Hq | April 18, 2018 | Roberto Bruno - Oldies
  • Michael Nesmith, Singer, Songwriter and Guitarist of The Monkees, Dies at 78

    12/10/2021 10:42:30 AM PST · by massmike · 55 replies
    Hollywoodreporter.com ^ | 12/10/2021 | CHRIS KOSELUK
    Michael Nesmith, the guitar-playing singer-songwriter with the wool hat who along with Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz became a TV star and 1960s pop sensation as a member of The Monkees, has died. He was 78. Nesmith died Friday of natural causes, his family told Rolling Stone.
  • Michael Nesmith, Monkees Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 78

    12/10/2021 9:53:31 AM PST · by day10 · 87 replies
    Rolling Stone ^ | 12/10/21 | Andy Greene
    Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, a pop visionary who penned many of the group’s most enduring songs before laying the groundwork for country-rock with the First National Band in the early Seventies, died Friday from natural causes. He was 78.
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 2/22/2019

    02/22/2019 3:56:59 AM PST · by Nextrush · 8 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 2/22/2019 | Nextrush/Self
    Good Morning. From the White House backtracking on the planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria. "A small peacekeeping force of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time" The direct quote from White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.... In Israel three political groupings have come together Telem, Israel Resilience ad Yesh Atid to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. Their united political movement is dubbed "Blue and White", Cacol Lavan in Hebrew...... In the UK this week a new political group forming.... Tomorrow in France Week 15 of the Yellow Vests protests.... Venezuela closing its...
  • Peter Tork, Monkees guitarist, dead at 77

    02/21/2019 6:13:35 PM PST · by Morgana · 13 replies
    CNN ^ | FEB, 21, 2019 | CNN
    (CNN)Peter Tork, the bassist for The Monkees and a jokester on the band's popular 1960s television series, has died at age 77. Tork's death was announced on his official Facebook page on Thursday, attributed to his friends, family and colleagues. "It is with beyond-heavy and broken hearts that we share the devastating news that our friend, mentor, teacher, and amazing soul, Peter Tork, has passed from this world," the post read. "As we have mentioned in the past, the PTFB team is made up of Peter's friends, family and colleagues -- we ask for your kindness and understanding in allowing...
  • The Monkees’ Peter Tork Dead At 77

    02/21/2019 4:32:36 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 34 replies
    Stereogum ^ | February 21, 2019 | Tom Breihan
    Peter Tork, a member of the massively popular ’60s band the Monkees, has died. The Washington Post reports that Anne Thorkelson, Tork’s sister, has confirmed news of Tork’s death, though she declined to say how he died. Tork was 77. Tork, born Peter Thorkelson, was born in Washington, DC, and he grew up largely in Connecticut. After college, he moved to New York and joined the thriving Greenwich Village folk scene. Tork auditioned for The Monkees, a sitcom about a band of four up-and-coming musicians, after his friend Stephen Stills suggested him for the job. Tork, the oldest member of...