.......MUSICAL NEWS FOR THE DAY.......

I have good news, bad news and what the fuck news..
The good news is..Willie Nelson avoids jail time in St. Martinville, La. on marijuana charges.
Willie Nelson and his tour manager were spared jail time Tuesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of marijuana possesion. Mr. Nelson(doesn't that sound silly?) and tour manager David Anderson were fined $1,024 each and given 6 months probation.Three other people were issued citations last year after state troopers stopped Mr. Nelson's bus, but those cititions were dismissed..
Don't know about you..but I can sleep better knowing that the streets are safer cause they busted ole Willie on reefer charges...judas priest..
The bad news is Bobby 'Boris' Pickett writer and singer of the old song "Monster Mash" died at the age of 69. Mr. Pickett, dubbed "The Guy Lombardo of Holloween," died Wednesday at the West Los Angeles Veterans Hospital.Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose dead0on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop music's most enduring one-hit wonders died of leukemia.
Monster Mash hit the Billboard chart three times:when it debuted in 1962, reaching #1 the week before Hollween:again in August 1970 and in May 1973. The resurrections were appropriate for a song where Mr. Pickett gravely intoned the forever-stuck-in-your-head chorus:"He did the monster mash.....It was a graveyard smash."..
The hit single ensured Mr. Pickett's place in the pantheon of pop music obscurities,said syndicated radio host Dr. Dememto, whose long-running program celebrates offbeat tunes.
Monster Mash was written in about a half-hour.The Recording, done in a couple of hours, featured then-unknown piano player LEON RUSSELL and a backing band christened The Crypt-Kickers. Four major labels rejected it before Gary Paxton, lead singer on the Hollywood Argles' novelty hit "Alley Oop," released "Monster Mash" on his own label.
The instant smash became a Christmas card for the pumpkin and ghoul set.In a 1996 interview with People magazine, Mr. Pickett said he never grew tired of it:"When I hear it, I hear a cash register ringing."..Maintaing a sense of humor about its singular success:"As he loved to say at oldies shows, 'And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit."
By By Bobby.........

and now for the What the fuck music news...

SO, WHY AREN'T THE MONKEES IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME?
Peter Tork says the Monkees merit consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but one man opposes their induction.
"The only person...holding a grudge is Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone," says the former Monkee.The magazine editor "has never written a gracious word. He personally has the veto power to keep us out."
How does his group, whose Emmy-winning show aped the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night, rank against other inductees? Neither the Animals,the Rascals, the Lovin'Spoonful, the Dells, Del Shannon, Frankie Lymon nor Black Sabbath have more top 20 singles than the Monkees' 10. Ratings aside, classics such as "Pleasant Valley Sunday" have aged better than the likes of Mr. Shannon, whose "Hat's Off to Larry" seem laughable as Hall justification.
Bands as disparate as teh Sex Pistols (Seteppin' Stone") Run-D.M.C. (Mary Mary) and The Church (Porpoise Song") have covered Monkees' songs. Even Radiohead"Go to Sleep: eerily channels Mickey Dolenz's vocals.
"I'm convinced that Mickey is one of the great singers of our time," Mr. Tork says. "He's always been something of a geniius.".
One fan is Michael Stipe, who reportedly vowed to bar R.E.M. from the Hall until the Monkees got in. Mr. Stipe declined to comment for this article, but in 1994 he did tell Roling Stone that "The Monkees...meant a lot more to me"than the Beatles.R.E.M. was finally inducted last month.
Mr. Wenner, who didn't reply to an interview request,allegedly denounces Mr. Tork,Mr. Dolenz, Davy Jones and Mike Nesmith for not playing their own instruments on the band's first albums.
In this American Idol era, when acts are manufactured like toasters, fewer critics crucify the Monkees for being a TV Show that spawned a band.
"I've not heard the slightest murmer about the Monkees being fake,"Mr. Tork65 says from his Connecticut home."Everybody's forgotten it, except Wenner. He's been vicious."
Backed by producer Don Kirshner's songwriting stable--Carol King, Gerry Goffin,Neil Diamond, Neil Sedaka, Tommy Boyce adn Bobby Hart--the band unleashed four straight no.1 albums and three chart-toppers. They eventually penned their own catchy pop, albeit with less chart success.
"George Harrison used to say he wished his best songs were as good as the worst of Lennon-McCartney,"Mr. Tork says."So, we used to hope our best songs were as good as the worst of the Brill Building."
Mr. Tork's fame, however, is more about musicianship than songwriting. So said Jimi Hendrix, who called him the most talented Monkee. The guitarist opened several Monkees'gigs.Was his compliment accurate?
"I'm not sure it's quite true," says Mr. Tork, who plays guitar,banjo, piano adn bass."I'm far and away the best trained musician, but I'm in awe of all three (Monkees').Jimi meant that I was the most receptive to his kind of music."....Joseph Dionisio Newsday..

I don't think I had ever considered the fact that the Monkees' weren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I think they should be...and if ole Jann Wenner is the reason they aren't I think maybe a nice email/letter campaign to Rolling Stone might be in order..People who used their postion of power to keep people down piss me off..and I always thought Wenner was a Weiner anyhow..I am going to write a letter to Rolling Stone and tell Wenner to give the Monkees' a break..I would say I would cancel my subscription..but don't get Rolling Stones any more..I got the magazine one day and didn't know who the fuck any of the bands were and decided my time had come to cut the cord ....

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