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Happy Micky Monday to those who celebrate!! (<- everyone should celebrate forever)

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Happy Micky Monday!

It’s Monday my dudes!

Take a moment and appreciate Micky Dolenz. The lead character, Corky, in 1956 TV show Circus Boy!

Harry Nilsson and John Lennon

Quotes from "Who is Harry Nilsson (and why is everybody talkin' about him?)"

Harry Nilsson: I was still working at the bank and I, I hated the beatles because I said shhhhi, you know they're beating me to the punch... and then there was that moment when you say well you're either with them or agin 'em, and I decided to go for the latter [sic] and I said yeah, they really are... that good.

Jimmy Webb: We'd be arguing about the Beatles, and he'd say "The Beatles are the ONLY band! There's only one band. That's the Beatles. No one else matters."

Harry Nilsson: So one day I was, early, five in the morning, I got a phone call and there's this voice, long distance, hello hello who is it? It's John. John who? John Lennon. Is this really John? He says yeah I just want to say you're fantastic man, we're listening to you all weekend you know it's great great great, it's fantastic. Uh. the following Monday I got a phone call from Paul, how are you, just calling to say you're fantastic, you know, oh you're great, really love what you did and all that stuff you know, Derek played it for us and hope to see you soon. Clunk. The next Monday morning I get up, comb my hair, five o'clock in the morning, waiting for a call from Ringo. There was no call. But he ended up being the best man at our wedding so that's okay.

Ray Cooper: [The Beatles] uh, y'know, pronounced him to the world and said 'listen to this man!' and we did.

Micky Dolenz: I remember that's one of the only times I've ever seen him kind of patting himself on the back and tooting his own horn. He said 'you know they think I'm like the fifth Beatle'.

Harry Nilsson: I got a phone call and it was from Derek Taylor and uh, Derek said 'hey, the lads, the beatles, the fabs, would like you to come and join them for a session, they're recording at Abbey Road'. I thought right, Jesus, this is about as good as it gets.

Harry Nilsson: That first night in London I spent at John Lennon's house, and he gives me like a hug and he smiled and he put me at ease instantly. So I, for some reason I would say anything in front of this man and it would be okay. That night we spent the entire night with a little help from our friends, uh talking. Just sitting and talking. All night, till dawn, till seven or eight o'clock in the morning. And John and I on and on and on and on about marriage, life, death, divorce, women, what's it all about, you know, what are we doing?

Diane Nilsson: He said that he and John were a lot alike, that they'd had similar childhoods, and um, I wasn't surprised by that. So I, you know, it was clear that John had a lot of anger. He didn't hide that. Harry hid it, but John didn't. So. I thought that was very interesting.

Rick Jarrard (Harry's producer): Harry, after he went over to England, and was with the Beatles, or with John, I really don't know which. He changed. He changed and became somebody else that I no longer knew. Out of the blue I got a telegram that said 'I'm finding another producer' and basically that was the end of Harry's and my relationship. [...] I never saw Harry again after that telegram. Never spoke to him, never saw him.

Harry Nilsson: John was one of a kind, I mean there was just no one like him, he was tough as nails, he just uh, fearless and said what he felt. You know, that's something, he was always ahead, he was always a couple of steps ahead of you.

Jimmy Webb: To have John, was like giving Harry the best present he could have... That almost made up for the fact that his father left him. And there may be some of you out there saying, yeah, Webb's being the amateur psychiatrist, but I think that almost made up for it. Because Harry really wanted to be one of the Beatles.

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'Pussy Cats'

Micky Dolenz: They were like in each other's face. It was like a duel.

Perry Botkin, Jr: They were a friendship made in Hell as far as I'm concerned. John had his troubles, Harry had his troubles, and they got together and really, that was when Harry really blew his voice.

Jimmy Webb: He and John Lennon were egging each other on as to who could scream the loudest and scream the longest and with the most ragged, actually self destructive vocals on tape as possible. He told me one time that there was blood on the microphone. Harry told me.

Perry Botkin, Jr: I believe it was purposeful. Not consciously, but I believe that he was - I can't believe I'm getting into all of this first of all - I really, I think he was for some very bizarre reason, trying to self destruct.

Jimmy Webb: That was the saddest thing that ever happened to me in my life, was when I realised that he, that he was in that much trouble vocally and that he didn't know how to tell me, and that he didn't want anyone to know and it's just hard for me to talk about it, I just can't talk about it...

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John's Death

Mark Hudson: I was with Harry on the night that John was shot, and he was in the studio, it was that Monday night and we were all watching the football game and all at once a flash came on the screen that said John Lennon had been shot.

Van Dyke Parks: It devastated him. Because I don't think that Harry felt that they'd had their last conversation.

Yoko Ono: Well it was so severe, that we didn't talk about it. Between us.

Mark Hudson: I don't think he ever really dealt with it. And right after that he went into major gun control. [...] It was all for John but I really sort of think it was sort of a ghost that stayed with him forever.

Harry Nilsson: My name is Harry Nilsson and I'm the National Chairman of the End Handgun Violence Week which takes place between October 25th and October 31st. If you want to help please write to... Too bad we have so many people dying every year from handgun violence, thank you.

Terry Gillian: The whole focus of his being seemed to be about trying to get gun control laws.

Lee Blackman: And Harry, who was a very private person, and was rarely seen in public, went public with this, he went on television talking about the importance of handgun control, he formed an organisation for handgun control, he went to Washington and lobbied with lawmakers...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PAUL WILLIAMS With his amazing run as an actor and singer-songwriter, he wrote or co-wrote (with Biff Rose and Roger Nichols) songs covered by David Bowie, The Carpenters (“Rainy Days & Mondays,” “We’ve Only Just Begun”), Jack Jones, The Muppets, Helen Reddy, 3 Dog Night (“Old Fashioned Love Song”—also covered by Micky Dolenz), and Dionne Warwick—not to mention award-winning film and TV scores. He’s been Chairman and President of ASCAP since 2009 and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In recent years he’s had a resurgence, working with Richard Barone, Daft Punk, and The Scissor Sisters. Somewhere he’s found time to take up skydiving and become a UCLA certified Drug Rehabilitation Counselor, co-authoring the book GRATITUDE & TRUST: RECOVERY IS NOT JUST FOR ADDICTS. 

Paul wrote the confessional “Someday Man” as a single for The Monkees. Upon release in 1968, it under-performed and got lost as a “deep cut” + Paul’s own version didn’t do much better. However, as cream rises to the top, in time the sophisticated and art-y song grew in popularity, in part because Davy Jones revived it for his solo set in 2009. Now it’s considered to be a Jones/Monkees evergreen and (speaking as a former band member) it was one of our favorites to play. Here’s the song from the 2011 tour Davy did w/The Monkees. Meanwhile, HB PW and thank you for your many musical gems.

#monkees #davyjones #paulwilliams #somedayman #paulgilbert #biffrose #rogernichols #davidbowie #carpenters #jackjones #muppets #helenreddy #3dognight #mickydolenz #dionnewarwick #detroit #johnnyjblair #foxtheatre #richardbarone #daftpunk #scissorsisters #recovery #skydiving

happy micky monday

i made this for micky monday ( i was a little late)

(Photo 1) Peter Tork onstage at Carnegie Hall with Peter LaFarge, 1960s (photo by Bob Campbell); (photo 2) by Henry Diltz.

More about that gig with LaFarge here.

"I did some work accompanying Steve Stills when he was with Ron Long and the Buffalo Fish. I accompanied this black trio called the [Apollas], on the stand-up string bass." - Peter Tork, Goldmine, 1982

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“[I] worked in a nightclub called The Shadow. And I think it was late June [1964] that the Phoenix Singers came through, and Peter was in the band, he was the banjo player in — behind the group… And he and I hit it off, and that Monday night, we did an impromptu show together, we just played a couple of tunes, you know, and had a good time, and stayed friends. And then when I opened a club in 1965, there was no place to play in the winter in that area — Virginia Beach, Norfolk… So I opened a club on my own with two friends, we called it The Folk Ghetto, and I contacted Peter in New York City and said, ‘I wanna hire you to come down here for a week and be the headlining act.’ Which he did. […] He was, he was fantastic. He was so good. It was wonderful." - James Lee Stanley, Tales of the Road Warriors, 2019 (x)

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“Many people don’t know that Peter has a really rich baritone — had a voice like, it was like a cello, really rich and resonant, you know, and fun to listen to.” - James Lee Stanley, The Monkees Pad Show no. 11

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“[E]ventually he had an offer to join the Phoenix Singers, who were short of a guy to play banjo AND guitar. And if you still have any doubts about whether he really does play, and play well, then the thing to do is ask the management behind the Phoenix Singers. Even without the Monkees, there is little doubt that the amiable Peter would have made the grade in the music business.” - Record Mirror, February 25, 1967

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“[Peter’s] really a genius, a prolific musician — he plays about seven instruments.” - Micky Dolenz, Record Mirror, February 11, 1967

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“Peter Tork has to be one of the best guitarists around — he can cut anybody on guitar. He plays about 10 instruments — banjo, uke, the lot.” - Davy Jones, The Ottawa Journal, January 20, 1967

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“Peter was a much more skillful player than I was by some orders of magnitude.” - Michael Nesmith, The Monkees Tale (1985)

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“[In the early 1980s, in NYC] I remember we went down to the China Club, and I took Peter down there, and… and I felt that a lot of the musicians, you know, disrespected him. He didn’t play, but I introduced him, ‘This is my pal, Peter,’ and they were kind of, like, blowing him off a little bit, and I remember seeing, you know, that pained look in his face as these guys were being rude — or condescending; not so much rude, it’s just condescending, like, ‘Oh, you were the Monkee, pfff,’ you know. And… and I know it troubled him. [Once the resurgence and 20th anniversary tour came around] that’s when Peter started — when they started giving him, you know, some regard.” - James Lee Stanley, The Monkees Pad Show no. 11

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Q: "Most people know you from The Monkees but you were a well-respected musician before that."

Peter Tork. "You'll have to ask everyone else about the kind of respect I generated. I am a trained musician, somewhat trained. I took piano for six years and French horn. I took music theory for about three years. I learned to play the bass and the five-string banjo while I was learning a few other instruments here and there. So, I have some skills and some abilities. I'm pleased with what I got [...]. I wish I had more. But back then I was a folkie. Whatever I was, it seemed to be just the thing for The Monkees." - Daytona News Journal, October 8, 2009

The Monkees mini crack video - part 1

Presenting The Nunees!!

@rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb and I did a collab wherein they did sketched a girl monkees version of the More of The Monkees album and I rendered it!

London, 24 June 1967 and 29 June 1967: The Beatles (photo by Ivan Keeman/Redferns via Getty Images), and The Monkees (photo by ANL/Shutterstock).

“[At the Speakeasy on the night of 3 to 4 July 1967] a meeting between The Beatles and The Monkees [took place]. Around 11.30 pm, the Speakeasy began to fill up. The Who had arrived and so had dee-jays Kenny Everett, and Rick Dane […]. Micky Dolenz arrived with his pretty friend and companion Samantha Juste and asked for ‘Two large iced cokes please.’ They found two seats opposite Eric Clapton and started to talk about music and anti-gravity! Mike Nesmith wearing huge pink sun glasses escorted his pretty blonde wife Phyllis who had only flown in from America a few hours earlier. They, too, both asked for cokes and went to sit by the door. By now the records had been replaced by a live group on stage and the party people were beginning to sway with the music. Paul McCartney came in with Jane Asher and the hum and house grew louder. Paul stripped off his green and orange jacket to display a green and red floral short. Jane looked cool and beautiful in an apple green skirt and a blouse on which Paul had painted a series of designs. Beatle John, now minus his mustache, slipped in almost unnoticed and took a seat next to Paul. Picking up a packet of cigarettes from the table he demanded ‘Whose ciggies are these? Can I pinch one?’ […] George Harrison arrived with Patti[e] and two way-out friends, the boy playing a flute and the girl wearing a flower in her hair. The party was really beginning to swing. George removed his sheepskin jacket and made his way across the room greeting people as he went. Patti[e] talked with Jane, and George spoke to Mann Klaus Voormann. Iced cokes were being passed over bobbing heads, piggies were passed from hand to hand and Paul took a couple of hot sausages from a passing waitress. Cheese and pickles on sticks were popped into hungry mouths and George was hunting for a vacant chair. The group had finished playing on stage and music from the record bar bounced of out the speakers. John Lennon and Keith Moon were leading a boisterous chorus on one side of the room and George had found a seat on the other side with Eric Clapton and Procul Harum. By 3.0[0] a.m. George was serenading everyone with the help of his ukulele, Peter Tork was playing banjo like he had just invented it, Keith Moon was drumming on the table. Micky Dolenz was chatting quietly to Paul. Mike Nesmith and his wife had slipped quietly away and the crowd had thinned slightly. But the party still had another three hours to run! But there were two people who missed the fun — Beatle Ringo and Monkee Davy Jones. Both were visiting relatives ‘up North.’" - The Beatles Book, September 1967 (x)

“Monday night was the highlight of the whole thing. There was a big farewell party for The Monkees. The little restaurant at the Speakeasy Club had been taken over for the occasion. It was a fantastic scene. In this tiny room just about everybody of importance on the pop scene crowded together. Beatles, Monkees, Cream, Procol Harum, Dusty. You name ‘em — they were there! Down one side of the room was this long table — or several short ones put together, actually — which Beatles and Monkees had commandeered between them. Peter was sitting beside George. They called me over right away. George sat on the floor to let me in. All night long we were singing and joking. George made up this crazy, mad song about Harry somebody. I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a party so much.” - Lulu, Monkees Monthly, September 1967

The following day... read more here. And, in January 1968; and June 1968.

pick a few mutuals and say what you associate with them ✨

oooh okay, this is fun!! (p.s i really don't want anyone to feel left out so if i don't mention you please know as a beloved mutual you are forever and always in my heart)

@mygirlnesmith - of course i need to start with jo!! there are so many things i associate with jo (like being so fucking clever and funny and kind), but the strongest are that 1. our overlap of experiences and informative media/moments is pure insanity (like seriously it is sometimes scary 😱). so they are for real just my missing triplet, or my soulmate if you will. 2. CEO of girl micky monday and Co-President/Founder of the princess gwen fanclub/cult. what a fucking insane claim to fame 💖✌️😔. (we both have a strong bond over our love of girl micky and coco dolenz 😔🤝😔). and 3. they are the most critical of all mike critical people out there. they should be allowed to go back in time and conduct a fully immersive case study on michael nesmith. (also jo was the reason i even broke out of my shell in this fandom, so i am forever grateful to them for being a good friend to me 💖💖💖)

@reignoerme - the creator of the modern au!!! reign is so, so, so creative and so funny 💖💖!!! (no seriously, she sent me this fucking hilarious video she made and i was screaming). i mainly associate her with being too nice for her own good >:(( (no seriously. reign is an angel. she is the irl embodiment of the looks like a cinnamon roll and is a cinnamon roll meme). she is also the president of the peter tork defense squad 💪 , and most importantly i associate her with the insane, big brain 🧠 , huge amazing au ideas she is constantly churning out! OH FUCK i can't forget her incredible modern au fashion boards, she KILLS those every time ✨✨✨!! all of our little discussions have been so, so fun and i love talking with you man 💖🙏🥹

@vintagecocacolainthesun - can't not mention raya!!! the queen of monkees dreams herself 👑, the psyche that keeps on giving, the asker of the most unhinged (but fun) questions! so obviously raya to me is the teller of dreams, but also a very creative, very engaging friend that is so kind to so many people on this platform 💖🙏😔.

@jathis - the creator of the doppel-gang!!! jathis is the fastest fic writer in all the land 🏃‍♂️💨(no seriously, how do you even do it man???). when i think of them i think of all the great fics they write and how much they go out of their way to engage and enrich other au's/ideas/headcannons in the monkees fandom! they always have something great to add and are so, so, so generous with their time and creativity! ALSO another member of the peter tork defense squad 💪

@birdie-hop -BIG BRAIN!!!! HUGE GALAXY BRAIN 🧠 !!! i've said it once, but i'll say it again, god works fast but birdie works fucking faster. their edits are INSANE. their comedic timing is INSANE. fucking what a super power dude. ALSO their head analysis is always soooooooooooo ✨✨✨💅immaculate

I found this on NewsBreak: Jimmy Fallon Thanks Monkees’ Micky Dolenz For Early Stand-Up Break: ‘I’ll Never Forget It’

I found this on NewsBreak: Jimmy Fallon Thanks Monkees’ Micky Dolenz For Early Stand-Up Break: ‘I’ll Never Forget It’