The Star Collectors

Rare photos of Peter Tork jamming, © Soxphotos

I went to this screening the other night. Brought back memories of the first time I saw “Head” on the big screen, in the early ‘80s at Facets Multimedia in Chicago. During the first bridge-jumping scene, my friend Mary elbowed me in the ribs, and pointed excitedly at Micky’s butt. 

Our giggly, R-rated commentary throughout the movie would have gotten us kicked out of the Egyptian the other night!

I also remember, quite fondly, the heyday of the Monkees fandom on Tumblr (for me anyway) from 2012-2014. Some of the best fun I’ve ever had on the internet.

Davy in “Daddy’s Song” got the biggest applause of the night. The crowd at the Egyptian was mostly Baby Boomers and a few Gen-Xers. Didn’t see anyone younger than 40-45. Quite different from my forays into Monkeedom 4-6 years ago, when families and younger people attended these types of events as well.

According to Andrew Sandoval, there are still boxes and boxes of outtakes from the movie, but the film is so badly decomposed, staying in a room with them can make you sick. (That’s the actual physical film, not the content.) Or maybe the content, too…

A hilarious clip of Micky Dolenz on an episode of the show Difficult People, in which he plays a, well…exaggerated…version of himself.