Sponsored by the official Davy Jones Facebook page on the 52nd Anniversary of the debut of The Monkees on NBC, Global Monkees Day has been a resounding success! Be sure to check in for special merchandise offers, rare pictures, fan art and memories, video messages from the likes of Ami Dolenz, Gary Strobl, Rich Dart, Rodney Bingenheimer, and Talia Jones Roston, and much, much more!
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Fans of the resourceful Monkeesmixography website, which classified every Monkees song by mix/master/remaster, and more, are in for a treat. Craig Smith and Derek Miner have converted the online guide into a new book, Mixing Links: The Monkees on Disc. No release date has been announced, but for now, visit the project's website or join their group on Facebook.  (Click the image to visit the book's Facebook group)
Be sure to check out the Live Almanac's Facebook page where I often post items from the site's archives, along with news pieces and more. Thanks for your support!
Click on the image below to share the spirit of Valentine's Day, courtesy of The Monkees:  Written In Our Hearts is one of the premier Facebook communities dedicated to Davy Jones. Click the image below to visit! 
Here's one part of many from the brand new video for "You Bring the Summer" that has Monkees fans talking. Watch as the animated Monkees transform into each of the first five album covers!
The Good Times! listening party happening today at Amoeba Records Hollywood at 5pm PT will stream live from the official Monkees Facebook page at 8pm ET.
UPDATE 8:40pm EST: The live stream is now over, but you can watch the taped replay below:
Cookies from the Amoeba event!
Both Bobby Hart and Rhino's John Hughes (executive producer of Good Times!) were in attendance:
(Photo by Jody Richardson)
(Photo by Jody Richardson)
(Photo by Jody Richardson)
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Hello everyone, I recently launched a Facebook page for The Monkees Live Almanac. Let me preface this by saying I'm a complete novice when it comes to Facebook, and well, my amateur background resulted in the page being disabled by Facebook as of this morning! After a crash course on Facebook and its rules, I think I've got it correct this time. Please click the image below (one of Al Bigley's masterworks) and "Like" The Monkees Live Almanac on Facebook. Thanks for your patience! And a shout out to Ken Mills over at Zilch for his assistance!  Who remembers searching for The Monkees on the World Wide Web after first gaining access to the internet? Perhaps you were running Windows 95, using the Netscape Navigator browser, and searching "Monkees" on Excite, Yahoo, or WebCrawler? Ahhh, yes, the 1990s. Let's go back in time and take a look at some of those original Monkees websites that provided news, photos, history, fanfic, online chat rooms, mailing lists, guestbooks, and more. Most of the sites highlighted below are pages I remember visiting during that time period, but it's by no means an exhaustive rundown. There were an abundant amount of Monkees places to visit online in the '90s. I'm sure everyone will agree that the webmasters of these classic sites deserve our thanks and appreciation for bringing The Monkees into the Information Age. Job well done! If you are one of those webmasters, please feel free to leave a comment and provide further information on the history of your Monkees website. The Monkees Home PageBrad Waddell's The Monkees Home Page must be at the top of the list - how exciting it was to find this website in 1995, one that provided updates from Maggie McManus of Monkee Business Fanzine, featured transcripts of Monkees news articles (including Goldmine magazine's rundown of each of Rhino's 1994/1995 CD reissues of the original Monkees LPs), and more. There were pictures of all four Monkees at Rhino's platinum awards ceremony in January 1995, song lyrics, an episode guide, and links to Monkees sites around the web. The Monkees Home Page, of course, is still live on the web. A big thanks to Brad for all of his work since 1994!  Mr. Zero's Monkees PageJoe Alterio's website was another of my favorites. It was here that I first read the interview with Sam Rhodes of Sam & The Goodtimers, the band that supported The Monkees on tour in 1969. Fascinating! Remember, this was the late 1990s, an era before the publication of Andrew Sandoval's book, and a time when relatively little information was available on the '69 tour. Mr. Zero's provided a set list and a schedule of dates. I'd like to thank Joe who shared his interview with Sam Rhodes (and rare pictures from the 1969 tour) so they could be preserved here on The Monkees Live Almanac.    Auntie Grizelda's Monkees Audio, Video & Picture Page MickyDolenz.comMicky asks FLASH or HTML? If you had a slow dial-up connection, you went with HTML!   Michael Nesmith Home PageThis site, dedicated to Nez, was also operated by Brad Waddell.  Nezgirl's Monkees Shrine of Grooviness Rhino.com ...And Then Along Came...Jones Daily Nightly Michael Nesmith The Solo Years Regional Girl's Monkees House Monkees.comThough not from the 1990s, the official Monkees website finally made its online debut in 2006. It featured rare photographs, news updates, special offers, merchandise, and podcasts hosted by Andrew Sandoval, including a three-part interview with Michael Nesmith. There was talk of fans being able to download rare tracks from the vault at Monkees.com, but that never came to fruition.  Monkees Central  The Official Peter Tork WebsitePeter's site is "Under Construction," a notice so often posted on webpages in the '90s.  John Moore's Monkeemania PageIf I'm recalling correctly, this site was nicely organized and offered a lot of different options, including a link to alt.music.monkees. (Remember Usenet newsgroups?!)   VideoranchHere's what Michael's official home on the web looked like in the summer of 1997. Check it out in its current form.  Davy's Dream WebDavy's official site - with the option of a 'High Graphics' or 'Low Graphics' entrance!  The Monkees Collector's Home PageThe Monkees Collector's Home page was a diverse website that once featured a very active discussion board. It remains on the internet today.  The Frodis Room The Monkees Film & TV VaultDebuting in October 1997, Aaron Handy's The Monkees Film & TV Vault is still going strong and is one of the best online Monkees resources.  Never EnoughAndrew "Hoo" Chempinski kept everyone up to date on Micky, and the site is still available online.  Good Clean Fun Smil3e's Monkees Mania  Mijacogeo's The Monkees Web RingAnd we conclude with the famous Monkees Web Ring! Who else always hit the 'random' button?  Today's announcement of a new Monkees album and a 50th Anniversary Tour is making waves on social media:  On December 14, Monkees archivist Andrew Sandoval tweeted to Andy Partridge, best known as the chief songwriter and guitarist of the new wave band XTC.  Andrew included the photograph below in his tweet, a sketch of Micky attributed to Andrew Partridge. (I'm surmising this drawing was originally published in an issue of Monkees Monthly, but I'll have to check my back issues to confirm.)  Partridge responded:  And today, Andy tweeted the following, and also engaged in conversations on Twitter about The Monkees.   Stay tuned to the Live Almanac for more updates! UPDATE 12/22/2015: The drawing of Micky by Andy Partridge appeared in the December 1968 issue of Monkees Monthly. You can now read more about Andy and the influence The Monkees had on his career.
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