Not much to say. Davy Jones, the “cute” one of the pre-fab four, passed away early this morning of an apparent heart attack. If you don’t know anything about The Monkees, it was a cheap cash-in TV show designed to channel Hard Day’s Night into a weekly teeny-bopper series. It started off as a show but it became real very soon. They hit the road in early ’67 to prove to the world that they were a real band. And dammit, they were!Monster cables
Since Brian Epstein had signed on to manage The Beatles,best in ear headphones they were actually in a position to “get somewhere”. They got that audition/recording session with DECCA on Jan 1 and by Feb. sometime, they finally found out they were refused by the label for the famous given reason of guitar groups being on their way out etc, etc…(Incidentally, Pete Best was the last to find out about that a week after the others on the flimsy excuse that they didn’t want to ‘bum him out‘) Whateverspiderman beats by dreRadiohead began their King of Limbs tour yesterday, and I have to say am I rather excited, not least because I’m lucky enough to be going to see them in Italy in July, but because as a Brit I am very proud of them. To still be producing such brilliant records and touring is without a doubt a real achievement. Especially seeing as their material is, in my opinion, so faultless time and time again.Monster beats