i mean, he's cute and all, but...

okay, i'm not gonna lie, i used to be; and still am, a die-hard Monkees fan. but i never had anything resembling a 'nervous breakdown' over anyone in that band. and i'm sure that story was written by some random editor anyway. i kinda wish i could read that article, man. i'm sure it would be very worthy of the stamp "unintentionally hilarious." and i dig the way the shot of jones they chose to use like, he couldn't look more bored with the whole idea. wait, i just noticed it said in the small print it was written by 'Jennifer L., age 14.' yeah, right.

davy in paris

putting it plainly, the monkees were closely associated with 'now' director robert 'easy rider' rafelson. here we see davy, dressed in groovy military drag, toying around with a french telescope. i love this shot. they used film for this second season episode, instead of videotape; hence, the grainy richness. but if you ask me, a huge chunk of credit goes to jean-lucien, for capturing this hot shot. the wild song 'star collector' plays as davy makes mischief on the parisian streets. this was the image on my desktop for quite a while. so dig it.

monkee caption fun!

hey, add or choose your own funny caption to this shot of the 'frodis four.' (taken from the first season episode 'too many girls')

1.) MICKY: "...man, just when you think boy george couldn't be more of a train wreck, the papparazzi catches him stealing scratch tickets in bedroom shoes."

2.) MIKE: "...anybody wanna bite of these crab ribs before i show 'em who's boss... namely, my mouth?"

3.) PETE: "...guys? four-way nude wrestling? anyone? ...guys?"

4.) WAVE: (davy) : "...man, is it just me, or is that clay aiken a little... you know, light-in-the-shoes?"

serious rabbits

okay, i know i've posted a few monkees-related picksh lately, but i really think this one deserves to be showcased. i think its very hilarious. here we have the just-post-monkees-era davy jones, posing with some rabbits he apparently has hanging around. and, as you can see, davy takes his 'rabbit posing' very seriously. dig that intense, steely-eyed stare. dig his fast grip on the little suckers. it almost seems like, some kind of teaser-shot for some 1971 devil-related exploitation horror flick... maybe something called like, 'the furring.' don't let his innocent good looks fool you, ladies and gentlemen... he's got devious, diabolical stuff on his mind. stuff that may-or-may-not require the letting of some pure and 'untouched-by-man' freshly spilled rabbit blood. like, is he kissing that one on the head, or like, 'tasting forward' to how delicious they'll be, raw, and consumed nude in a basement dungeon.

night

hello lovers. this year seems to be getting off to a slow start here on the planet. i've been preoccupied with little domestic things. i feel very lucky to have my own little cozy domicile. i feel very lucky to have my friends and family and my groovy new cat-baby. (she's sleeping in my easy chair.) so, until i get the winds of inspiration blowing a swell in my sails, i'll leave the planet in the capable cozy hands of pete, mick, and davy 'the wave' jones. they're all ready to hit the bed, and so am i. i love you all. more soon, i hope.

sound wave

yes, its been quite a few nights since i was able to do a proper 'pearldive,' so you're just going to get what i have ready like, on hand. like, i was fishing around through my files and found this great shot of davy 'the wave' jones, from the monkees. this was obviously taken during one of their many recording sessions. i cropped out 'the wave' and decided to post it, what the hell? i wonder what great, plaintive, slowie, sugar-coated track he's about to lay down? from the rest of the shots in this group, i'd guess it was during the 'headquarters' sessions. and if memory serves, davy had a few good tracks on that. like 'i can't get her off my mind,' and... actually, that might be his only lead vocal track. like, that's micky on 'i'll spend my life with you' and on 'shades of gray.' or maybe they were both on 'shades of gray.' its been a real long time since i've listened to it. but still, its a real groovy picture, no?

a man and his sandwich

hey, i hope some of you out there will think this shot is as hilarious as i think it is. let's see, we've got davy 'the wave' jones, shirtless, with his underwear waistband very much showing, standing at some kind of kitchen counter-type situation, chowing downwardly on what i can only guess is a self-made, munchies-induced sandwidge. (intentional spelling.) actually, on a semi-serious note, i think this shot sort of epitomizes what i imagine would 'suck-about-fame.' like, not even being able to make a crappy sandwich without someone from 'tiger beat' popping a damn flash bulb in your face. like, no matter what you're caught doing, you're compelled to play-it-off-like-it-was-cool. like, hey, '...i stubbed my toe real hard on the hotel coffee table... i'm sure glad someone was here to like, immortalize 'the moment,' namely my moment of shame-and-pain.' sigh. yeah, i used to think i wanted to be famous when i was like, 14... but i'm serrriously glad that never happened. sometimes, if you lose you're anonymity, you can never get it back. and personally, i'd rather have an invisibility cloak than a cover shot on 'People' magazine.

the vampire wave

yeah, i'm not really sure how it started, but jean-lucien and i, being huge monkees fans, have taken to referring to davy jones almost exclusively as 'the wave.' anyway, in the spirit of halloween, here's a shot i took from the second season's 'the monstrous monkee mash' episode. here we see davy reluctantly about to further his vampire powers by drinking blood! bluh-blah! actually, its revealed that its only tomato juice. (WAVE: ...don't you mean 'tom-ah-to' juice?) he drinks it, to 'get used to the color.' anyway, i took the freeze frame from the dvd months ago, and i figured halloween was the right time to shoot it on out to 'planetcool.' he really was a good-looking kid back then in 1968.

hey, hey...whatever

okay, i know all of you are aware this hasn't been a great week for me, so be kind when you think about how the postings suck recently. like, i found this a while ago, and it struck me funny. i think lucy and atarieyes both know jean-lucien and myself are, and have always been, huge Monkees fans. in fact, i'd be amazed if they'd since met two people more keen on the Monkees that jean-luc and i. still... this is frickin' hilarious. as i said, i am a huge, very loyal Monkees fan, but even i have never heard of this release. and i am very unclear. yes, its 'the Micker,' all mid-eighties solo with his chart-topping hit, 'love light.' i've never heard it. and who is he kidding with his smarmy eye-contact facial expression? does he think he's sexy or something? and what's with the hand half-down the waistband of his pants? its almost like the camera 'suprise-clicked' on him just when he was about to scratch his 'goods,' and he was all like, "...oh, hey...hi there, i um..." (gulps real hard) "...i didn't know you were gonna take the picture, i was um..." (long pause) "...just about to scratch the ol'... ballsac." long awkward pause. CUT. anyway, i hope you guys can see the humor in it.

o is for '...okay, whatever.'

yeah, i admit, the o's are proving pretty difficult for me, so you're going to see a lot of 'reaching' entries. like, just tonight, i found this extremely groovy and unintentionally hilarious shot of davy 'the wave' jones wearing some kind of large and supposedly accurate native american headdress. he's from manchester, england. but i gotta admit, it looks good on him. i mean, i'm not gonna lie... at his peak, davy jones was a pretty good-looking guy. and he's still 'working it,' on stage, i mean, as part of the remaining monkees. but it appears this shot was taken at some late 60's rock festival. i know micky dolenz was at monterey pop, so maybe that's where this shot was taken. i've always loved that style of indian headdress. i know it sounds odd, but there aren't many people it looks goofy on. like, its surprisingly easy to 'pull off,' as a 'look.' where ever davy is in this shot, he looks happy. i suppose the 'treats' were 'prime,' if you know what i mean. one thing that sucks about being a modern monkees fan; now days, ever since 'pirates of the carribbean,' when you google 'davy jones,' you get about 13 pages of that squid-faced guy before you reach even one shot of 'the Wave.'

juste sleeping

ahhh, the one and only micky dolenz, ladies and gentlemen. this is a still frame taken from the 'monkees on tour' episode. micky 'the micker' looks so groovy and cool half-asleep in the lap of longtime girlfriend samantha juste. she was a cutie. i always thought they made a swinging couple. i love guys when they sleep. like dogs with clothes on, they're probably dreaming about fast cars, hot food, cold beer, and boobies. and hey, who can blame them? i sure don't. anyway, i love the rich soft film grain in this shot. i tweaked the color just a little, but other than that, i just cropped it and left it alone. so cool.

jones dog

here's a rare photo of davy jones walking a dog. h0nestly, i don't think i've ever seen it before; which i suppose makes it a 'never-before-seen' shot of the manchester man himself. i think its a terrier. and does davy look like a girl, or what? so i suppose he fits right in to 'ladies' night' here on planetcool. i love davy jones. apart from being a talented singer and showman, he was also very funny as an actor. honestly, in all 58 episodes of the monkees, he cracked me up probably more often than anyone else. so here's to you, davy. you're the best.

the micker

you'll have to look around pretty hard to find a more die-hard monkees fan than myself. call me crazy, but i don't think a day goes by that i don't roll some monkees either on video or audio or both. you just can't talk me out of them for like, sheer entertainment value. their music; whether played primarily by themselves or by others, is some of the best mid-to-late 60's stuff there is. granted, micky 'the micker' dolenz was an actor when he auditioned for the show, but quickly adapted to the musical side of the deal as well. hey, you know he's not the worst drummer i've ever heard. and his voice proved to be gold in hits like 'i'm a believer' and 'last train to clarksville.' but, if you think those two songs are what the monkees are all about, you probably should dig a little deeper. all things said, i love the groovy 'micker,' and he looks cool and capable here in a shot from the fliming of thier conceptual, underrated movie 'head.' check it out.

jones in france

here's a still frame i managed to snag of davy jones from the grainy and gorgeous 'monkees in paris' episode. anyone who's familiar with this episode will know that there's a lot of quick cuts and fast running around, so to get this shot in one try was pretty crafty. i love davy's costume in this one. i love the top hat and soldier jacket. and the green shirt is just like, 'normal.' (?) i love the rich film grain. he really was a pretty boy. i can't deny that. after i got the shot, i cropped it, and played around with the color and contrast, so it would look the way it 'really looks,' if that makes any sense. it makes a groovy shot.

damn hippies

i say that affectionately, of course. here's a screen capture i took from one of the monkees dvd's. actually, i can't remember if i snagged it, or jean-lucien. but i'm pretty sure it was me. i think they're doing one of my least favorite monkee hits, 'daydream believer.' i fully believe their more brilliant stuff was the stuff that never charted. in any case, i think this artfully cropped shot of david jones and peter tork makes a hell of a nice graphic design. it would make a great t-shirt, and almost made it on to one of my journal covers. the way the haircuts fall within the square just works with my natural sense of composition. i can't say enough good things about the monkees. to me, they were every bit as much a comedy team as they were a band. and they were good at both. the more control they had, the better they were. unfortunately, the 'tv machine' back then wasn't too cool with them having a lot of control. listen to some of their older records. from 'headquarters' up until and excluding 'changes,'... those were some seriously cool records.

fast shot

here's an example of what i call a 'blink-and-miss-it' shot of the very groovy michael nesmith and his amethyst-colored shades. if you watch the 'monkees in paris' episode, you'll see how fast this shot is. he's only on screen for literally a little less than 2 seconds. still, i was able to shoot him. after some mild tricking, he came out nicely. so here's to the complicated mr. robert michael nesmith. god bless him.

warm wave

ahhh, why the hell not... i'm getting sleepy, so here's a cherry-lipped screen capture of the tambourine man of the monkees, miss davy jones, attempting to be cute and witty in his lemon-colored sweater. i think davy was underestimated when it came to being just straight-up funny. i know he made me laugh just as often as the group's 'official' funnyman, mr. micky dolenz. i think davy was a cute scream like, nearly all the time. so dig on him, and dig up some monkees to dig on, too. and god bless davy jones.

monkee-cartoon

hey! like, i don't really care tonight, you know? so here's a cartoon i made a while ago. like, i took some random stills from monkee episodes, and just like, forced myself to come up with a lame 'joke,' like this one, with davy jones, complaining about his recent chinese food delivery from the 'ding-ding sechzwan!' (and i'm sure i didn't spell that right, so my far-eastern friend will have to like, correct me on that.)

goin' down

i realized today that three days ago (i think) was micky dolenz's birthday. i can't remember how old it said he was, but i didn't want to let an event like that slip by unmarked. i must admit, i have enjoyed endless hours of safe, groovy, carefree fun thanks to the Monkees. micky, (or 'the micker' as i call him almost exclusively) always cracks me up, and reminds me that life shouldn't be taken too seriously. but he can be serious, too. his agile mysterious vocals on such tracks as the nesmith-penned 'daily nightly' are unique and strident. his soaring starring role in the classic 'pleasant valley sunday' is bright vocal pop gold. so here's to 'the micker,' ...always cool.

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