Michael Nesmith – MRQE

Biography: I Want My MTV

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film is about the formation of a music channel that has shaped modern pop culture. On August 1, 1981, the life of a whole generation of Americans changed forever – on this day MTV began its broadcasting day, making VJ a new teen hero and creating a canon of music video as a vivid artistic statement.

Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees (TV)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show’s creators, and musical collaborators and peers are featured.

Elephant Parts (V)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Winner of the first video Grammy Award, Michael Nesmith (The Monkees) wrote and starred in Elephant Parts, a collection of comedy and music videos using money he inherited from his mother, the inventor of Liquid Paper. Elephant Parts is one hour long and features five full length music videos, including the popular songs “Rio”, and “Cruisin'”, which featured wrestler Steve Strong and Monterey-based comic “Chicago” Steve Barkley. An off-beat collection that is very entertaining to view while in an altered state.

“Monkees, The”

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.