Michael Nesmith was a very influential presence in his time on this planet. He was a memorable songwriter, produced films, pushed the boundaries of music promotional videos, and was a pioneer in pursuing the emerging trend that morphed into country rock. He will probably best be remembered as the guitar playing member on The Monkees TV show from the 1960’s. I loved his songwriting contributions to the Monkees and his acerbic personality. Mike was a forward thinking individual and envisioned many technological trends before they became mainstream. We take our wool caps off to you brother in salute to your [More]
I recently caught this movie again and I came away more impressed than I have in the past. The print I saw had been digitally restored and the imagery benefits greatly from the treatment. I include this clip because it shows a lot of the road trip that these two anti heroes (dope dealers, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, travelling cross country on motorcycle “choppers” and taking it easy on the open road, while taking in the sights) initially debark upon. It also is accompanied by The Bryds’ “I Wasn’t Born To Follow”, a nice country rock style tune which [More]