Nez
Younger people: this involves the Monkee that wore the cap.

Decades ago (early 1980s), an advertisement used to run in the classifieds section of Rolling Stone which posed the all-important question: Whatever happened to Michael Nesmith? The ad included an 800 number (this was before 888, 877, etc. numbers), which I dutifully called. After hearing a snippet from some song about Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam, the callers were informed that Michael Nesmith was involved in something called video.

By this time I had already seen a video. My friend Alan had HBO, and one day we saw a film in which Raydio was singing "You Can't Change That" - except that they weren't singing! They were lip-syncing! They were dancing around all over the place while supposedly singing! Wow, video sure looked funny.

Anyway, next I hear Michael Nesmith is an Important Pioneer, and Elephant Parts is winning awards.

After that I didn't hear anything new about Michael again, except regarding successful and unsuccessful Monkees reunions.

Well, for those who are still asking the question that Rolling Stone asked over twenty years ago, Michael Nesmith has a website called Videoranch with all sorts of things. There's even an "About Nez" section (apparently Mr. Nesmith is now known as "Nez") that answers all of your burning questions:


Q: Is Nez working on a new album?

A: Yes. It's called "Rays" and it should be out sometime in 2003. He's also heavily involved with high-technology, the internet, prose writing and movies.

Q: Did Nez invent MTV?

A: In a word, yes.

Q: Did Nez' mom really invent Liquid Paper?

A: Yes


Now you know...