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  • Carmel Valley home of Monkees musician listed for $3.5 million

    12/14/2023 7:53:47 AM PST · by NohSpinZone · 38 replies
    SF Gate ^ | 12/1/2023 | By Jennifer Geddes
    The former home of the late Michael Nesmith, a member of the iconic made-for-TV band, The Monkees, is up for grabs. Nesmith, who died in 2021, lived in this three-bedroom, 3.5-bath home in Carmel Valley, CA, about 20 minutes from the coast. The house is listed for $3.5 million. The ranch-style pad is spread over 3,365 square feet, all tucked into a gated community called Sleepy Hollow. The dwelling sits on more than 6 acres, surrounded by majestic oaks and stunning vistas. The living room features a vaulted, beamed ceiling with large windows and a brick fireplace. This main room...
  • Musical Interlude topic for November 2023

    10/31/2023 9:25:06 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 34 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | July 21, 2018 etc | Juli et al
    November | 2:58 | Juli49.3K subscribers | 81,405 views | July 21, 2018
  • The Monkees - "Pleasant Valley Sunday" - ORIGINAL VIDEO - HQ

    07/19/2023 8:29:13 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 16 replies
    The Monkees ^ | 1967 | Carol King
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  • Musical Interlude topic for September 2022

    09/03/2022 6:01:10 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 71 replies
    YouTube etc ^ | August 13, 2013 etcetera | Horslips et al
    originally appeared on album "The Tain".Horslips - Dearg Doom (1973) HQ | August 13, 2013 | lunarmountains
  • Monkees' frontman Micky Dolenz files a lawsuit against the FBI

    08/31/2022 6:05:25 AM PDT · by ToxicMasculinity · 22 replies
    WND ^ | 8/30/22 | Caroline Thayer
    The FBI has been issued a lawsuit by The Monkees' only surviving member, Micky Dolenz, for any records that may involve him, his deceased band mates, or the band itself. Dolenz, whose full name is George Michael Dolenz Jr., filed a civil motion against the Department of Justice, citing the Freedom of Information Act. The Monkees' were investigated by the FBI twice, once for alleged anti-Vietnam war activities in 1967 and another for which any information has been completely redacted. .....
  • Last surviving member of The Monkees is suing FBI

    08/30/2022 5:14:53 PM PDT · by DeathBeforeDishonor1 · 33 replies
    MSN ^ | 8/30/22 | Judy Kurtz
    he Monkees singer Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI in an effort to "obtain any records" the agency has on the hit band and its members. A lawsuit filed by Dolenz, the last surviving member of the band, noted the performer had "exhausted all necessary required administrative remedies" after submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to receive the files from the FBI. Portions of an FBI file on the "I'm a Believer" singers were released in 2011 and included references to anti-Vietnam War rhetoric and "subliminal messages" depicted on a screen at a 1967 Monkees concert that an...
  • Micky Dolenz, Last Surviving Monkee, Sues To See Unredacted FBI Files On Band

    08/30/2022 2:28:56 PM PDT · by ConservativeInPA · 81 replies
    Yahoo! ^ | August 30, 2022 | David Moye
    The last surviving member of the Monkees is hoping to get to the bottom of what FBI files say about the 1960s pop group. On Monday, drummer and singer Micky Dolenz filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking full access to the bureau’s documents on the band, according to Law&Crime. The agency posted a redacted version of documents on the group in 2011, under the title “Additional Activities Denouncing the U.S. Policy in the War in Vietnam.”
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Portland's Latest, "Great Moments" In Federal Law Enforcement

    04/17/2021 7:33:05 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 1 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 4/17/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Welcome to the weekend. Back in the 1970's there were radio stations like KIIS in Los Angeles and WMGK in Philadelphia playing softer sounds called "soft rock" or "adult contemporary". Here are some songs in that take us back to that kind of sound... Are You An 'Abolitionist'? The Latest Vandalism From Portland "Direct Action" in downtown Portland last night... The United Kingdom is a dying nation. Peter Hitchens has urged young people to leave the country because it has no future but Mr. Hitchens does draw on his own father and his military service in the Royal Navy to...
  • Nextrush Unplugged: Ten Months Of Tyranny Distracted By Politics, Mike Pence's Tyranny Task Force, MLK Today

    01/16/2021 6:34:19 PM PST · by Nextrush · 16 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/16/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Day 307 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 307 of America and the World Held Hostage... Well there you have it "Playboy's Theme" reminding me of the gretest smear being dropped these days against Patriots, Trump Supporters, Anti-Lockdown, Anti-Vaccine people... Washington DC Under Martial Law Fear Of Revolution No I'm Not Talking About Today I'm Talking About August 28, 1963. Facebook and Twitter weren't there to censor Dr. Martin Luther King but the US Justice Department was running the show. The US Park Service sound system would switch to music if anyone said the wrong thing... God Bless President Donald...
  • Nextrush Unplugged: Weekend Version Rush Says "They've Got To Prove It" Nextrush Says Its Up To "The Five"

    11/28/2020 7:11:00 PM PST · by Nextrush · 8 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 11/28/2020 | Nextrush/Self
    The nerves of the world frayed by an authoritarianism imposed on all of us by the forces of Big Government (All Major Established Political Parties Worldwide) and Big Business in the name of "health and safety" and the drama of politicians demanding money so we can elect US Senators who will supposedly defend our freedom from a "socialist, communist President Joe Biden". The socialism and communism is already here, the whole world is Venezuela... God forbid you would learn of the Danish study of six thousand, a real scientific study. It revealed that the difference between wearing the face diaper...
  • Nextrush Unplugged: Weekend Version A "Jew", A "King", "Moms And Kids" For Liberty, Deborah Birx and...

    11/21/2020 6:50:55 PM PST · by Nextrush · 6 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 11/21/2020 | Nextrush/Self
    I've been working like crazy 'in the front line' of coronavirus transmission this week and forgetting to accurately chronicle the tyranny imposed on us using COVID-19 as an excuse. Today is Day 251 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania. And here he is the man who would have been America's first President of Jewish heritage had he been elected in 1964. A man whose ancestors were Russian Jews demonized as a "hater" and an "anti-Semite" and an admirer of Hitler's Germany, a "racist" Barry Goldwater speaks of defending "liberty" and "justice". "extremism in the defense of...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • News 12 Special Report: 'Hooked on Heroin'

    03/11/2014 9:06:24 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 14 replies
    News12 (Hudson Valley, NY) ^ | 3/10/14 | Tara Rosenblum
    The use of heroin has risen over the past few years in the Hudson Valley. In part one of News 12's special report "Hooked on Heroin," Tara Rosenblum speaks with parents who have lost children to the drug. After Renee Hustins lost her son Benjamin to an overdose three months ago when he was 23, she met other parents who have lost children to heroin. The parents now all rely on each other for support. The parents Rosenblum spoke to all say they never would have expected their children to become addicted to heroin. Some of them also shared their...
  • Monkees Singer Davy Jones Dead at 66 From Heart Attack

    02/29/2012 10:02:24 AM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 88 replies · 4+ views
    TMZ ^ | Feb. 29, 2012 | TMZ STAFF
    9:55 AM PST -- A rep for Davy tells TMZ the singer died from a heart attack this morning. ---------------- Davy Jones -- lead singer of The Monkees -- has died ... TMZ has learned. An official from the medical examiner's office for Martin County, Florida confirmed with TMZ they received a call from Martin Memorial Hospital informing them that Jones had passed away. Jones is survived by his wife Jessica and 4 daughters from previous marriages. He was 66-years-old.
  • Micky Dolenz - I Knew Something Was Wrong

    02/29/2012 12:15:24 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 29 replies · 2+ views
    TMZ ^ | Feb. 29, 2012 | TMZ STAFF
    Micky Dolenz says he had a feeling something bad was going to happen today ... saying he "had bad dreams all night long" ... only to later learn about the death of his friend Davy Jones. Dolenz released a statement moments ago ... saying, "Can't believe it...Still in shock...had bad dreams all night long." He added, "My love and prayers go out to Davy's girls and family right now."