As someone who grew up in New York City during the late 60's/early 70's, I knew that the magic hour was from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Why? Because 30 minutes was dedicated to the great supernatural soap opera, Dark Shadows (Jonathan Frith, you rocked) and the other 30 minutes brought us . . . The Monkees.
Okay, most of my classmates were IN LOVE with Davy Jones, who died today at the age of 66. I confess . . . my heartthrob was Mickey Dolenz. But, Davy brought British panache and verve to the group. I love them all.
A lot of people will be putting up You Tube tributes to "Daydream Believer." A very sweet song, to be sure, and featured Davy as lead. I prefer to remember him - and the others, and I want to say I share their grief at the loss of Davy - with this, which blew my mind as a kid.
And even as a kid, I realized there was something pathological going on here:
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