Rocketdog

I'm glad so many people liked this episode. I really wanted to do it, but it didn't necessarily "fit" into a regular CGS episode which is why it was originally an iPhone exclusive. I had an absolute blast recording this one.

Great episode Pants! I, too, am glad you did it, and really enjoyed it. I often found myself wishing I could have been a part of it. So many times during listening, I wanted to jump right into the conversation with some of my own personal insight.

I've been a major Monkees fan since I first discovered them via re-runs of the show in the early 70's. (I was also born the same year the show was - 1966. Coincidence, perhaps?) The first albums I ever owned were original copies of their albums passed down to me from one of my Aunts, who bought them herself when they first came out. I've been hooked and collecting ever since. Sadly, the only time I got the chance to see the band live was during the '86/'87 reunion tour.

Pants, If you ever want to talk The Monkees sometime, hit me up with a PM or my email. We seem to have very similar taste when it comes to them. Our Top 3 songs (while for me, was nearly impossible to narrow down to just that few) are almost identical. I'd only swap out "You Told Me" for "You Just Me Be The One". I love the joyful count in, and the way Nesmith hangs on the "ing" part of "Times have made me shy of girls and all the games that they are play-----ing". Other than that, was happy to see you chose "As We Go Along" (an underrated classic from Head, featuring Ry Cooder, Danny Kortchmar and Neil Young on guitar) and "The Girl That I Knew Somewhere" as your other two faves. Peter's Harpsichord solo on the latter may just be one of my favorite things in any song, ever. Kinda surprised you didn't play some of Nesmith's demo version, where he handles the lead vocals on the song. As much as I'm fond of Nesmith, I am glad that Micky ultimately sang lead on it. I also think that Micky was/is one of the finest Pop/Rock singers ever. There are times on some of their recordings where he is not only doing the leads, but doubling and even tripling himself on the harmonies. Impressive stuff.

If you, or anybody else is interested in more of what I think of the Monkees music, here's a link to an "Album by Album" thread I was leading in another forum over at DVDTalk.com., back after Davy Jones passing earlier this year. We only got through up to Then And Now - The Best Of The Monkees, and didn't end up covering Pool It or Justus, but it's a fun and insightful read.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/music-talk/599480-album-album-thread-monkees.html

Thanks again for this show!

So I guess I'm one of the only ones who's actually enjoying Grifter and Voodoo? I've found both books to be good, or at least better than some others that aren't on that list.

I know that they are more well known and beloved characters, but I'm really more surprised that The Savage Hawkman and Green Arrow didn't make that list. Are they really selling better? I dropped both after checking out the first issue, as they were terrible, and from what I remember reading and hearing, I was very much not alone in that consensus. As a fan of both's previous New 52 titles, I was hoping they'd be better - but sadly, that was not to be.

I don't feel like there's too much DC talk, but in fairness, I would agree that if seems like there is, it's mainly because DC has given more to be discussed than Marvel. With the launch of the New 52, it's just simple mathematics that there would be more to discuss than the (mostly) same old same old from Marvel.

Like a lot of you on the show at CGS, I find myself in the same boat of not really reading/buying much from Marvel - as there just hasn't been much they've put out that interests me. Over the last 5 to 10 years, I've found the number of Marvel titles I've been getting dropping down to just two - Thunderbolts (which I've bought since it's inception), and Daredevil (which I've gotten since the Kevin Smith relaunch). Both of these books continue to preform for me, while everything else has just fallen by the wayside.

With DC, on the other hand, I'm currently reading over a dozen titles.

As for indie stuff, even then I find I usually only buy what interests me, and again, that isn't much. Right now it's Buffy from Dark Horse and the Planet of the Apes titles (particularly the mini series) that Boom has put out.

Granted, another big factor is also money. There's plenty more I'd like to be able to read/buy, but these days, I simply can't afford it.