Category Archives: Michael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith to make rare appearance
Former Monkee Michael Nesmith isn’t known for making many live appearances these days, preferring to do virtual shows through his Videoranch3d website. But he’ll make one at 9 p.m. Aug. 19 in Los Angeles. Nesmith will be one of the guests, along with Grant-Lee Phillips and Benmont Tench, for a show by the Watkins Family …
MTV Turns 30, What would Nesmith say?
A seemingly little known fact in Television history, unless your a Monkees fan, MTV was born of a Michael Nesmith’s idea for Nickelodeon called “Pop Clips”. He sold the idea to Time Warner in 1980. MTV began airing at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 with the words “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll” voiced …
Secret life of Mike Nesmith, the missing Monkee
THE man refuelling his car in a blue sweater and baseball cap could pass for any one of millions of pensioners the world over. But this particular driver, who goes unrecognised by even his own neighbours, is far from normal. Most OAPs haven’t shifted 50 million records and amassed a personal fortune of more than …
You Just May Be the One
Sometimes a story isn’t a culmination of knowledge or reporting, but rather a passageway into the subject. Being a Michael Nesmith fan since my musical adolescence of the 1970s didn’t prepare me for my new obsession: the Monkees through a prism of Papa Nez.
Nesmith recorded Videoranch 3D live Austin
Pioneering country rock singer and acclaimed songwriter Michael Nesmith visited Austin, Texas on December 18, 2010 to perform live for a virtual reality concert watched by thousands of music fans worldwide. Videoranch 3D is the name of the website Nesmith owns where a variety of rock and roll music by various artists is performed several …
Hall of Fame honors Nesmith, who’s always ahead of his time
Michael Nesmith is receiving the Warren Skaaren Lifetime Achievement Award at the 10th annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards tonight . This is an award for, as one might imagine, lifetime contribution to movie and film culture. But in Nesmith’s case, it might as well be an award for Most Unlikely Career Arc and …
Michael Nesmith to receive award
Michael Nesmith, born in Houston, will receive the Warren Skaaren Lifetime Achievement Award. Nesmith is perhaps best known for his work with The Monkees band and TV show but has made significant contributions in film, television and music. He served as executive producer of the cult films REPO MAN, TAPEHEADS and TIMERIDER. In 1980, he …
