Sam Leach - KEEP
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Hi Andy (JLB). Yes Kirkland is out until April. But I'd lost a little confidence in him lately. I think Scott Carson or this Al -Hibri will end up in Dudek's place. My hip op was my second on the left hip and it's caused bt playing golf and football over many years. I was right-footed so all the pressure went onto the left side. I feel great now though. I'll keep you all posted on the filming, etc. Ellissay I got you other card today amd it's very nice. I'll let you know when the package arrives. Christina (Harleyblues). I'll let you know when yours comes also. Lovem cheers and hugs to you all. Sam.
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Sam, are you planning to be around Liverpool this august or traveling. I'm so torn between visiting when you're there and not missing the convention! I would hate missing an opportunity to sit and have a pint or two with you. Happy new year to all!
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An ex-Monkee takes the mike By Robin Finn The New York Times Thursday, January 6, 2005 NEW YORK The official inauguration of Micky Dolenz in his new day job as the morning-drive radio host at WCBS-FM (101.1), where golden oldies are sacrosanct and the acquisition of a genuine Monkee to spin them is heralded as a seriously appropriate coup, does not happen until Jan. 10. . But Dolenz, still peppy and more pug-faced than ever, alas no longer mop-topped at 59, is already making himself at home at the imposing control panel inside Studio B, pushing buttons with impunity. . "I'm a major geek," he says, playing down his technological prowess. He built his first ham radio in his backyard garage at age 12, and used it to broadcast the weather, and traffic conditions, to his mother in the kitchen. He has coveted his own radio show, and a bigger audience, ever since. His favorite gag from "The Monkees," the '60s television hit in which he played a drummer in a Beatles-like band, is the one in which the madcap musicians commandeer a local radio station, truss up the disc jockeys, and take over the programming. Radio bedlam ensues. . Come to think of it, he's about to reprise that virtual gag with this reality gig. And, yes, some Monkees' classics (he considers "Pleasant Valley Sunday" the epitome of that crop) will grace the playlist alongside big guns like the Beatles. He has to play the Monkees stuff, he says, shrugging. And not, hey, hey, for vanity's sake. . The Monkees, a made-for-TV band cast on looks, musicality and improvisational ability, actually morphed into a touring band that released nine albums from 1966 to 1970, embarked on a sold-out reunion tour in 1986, and celebrated their 30th anniversary with a "Just Us" world tour in 1996. . "The Monkees phenom," he says, "was a bit like Pinocchio turning into a real boy." . Not that Dolenz merged his identity with that of Micky-the-Monkee. Unlike a few of his band mates, he saw it as an acting job only, and was reluctant to let the impersonation go further: "For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan." . But as Micky Dolenz, radio host, he is playing his hyperactive self, and quite content to be out of camera range. . "I'm here to corrupt the minds of millions, play some oldies, and give them the weather," announces Dolenz, a thrice-married father of four with a house in Los Angeles and an Upper East Side apartment. He has big plans for this third act of a career that meshes television, Broadway (he was the villain, Zoser, in "Aida," his favorite role), pop music, and over a decade in London as Michael Dolenz, a director and producer for the BBC and Granada Television. Call that his incognito period. . "I never really had that passion to be watched," he says. But listened to? Definitely yes. . "The people who really know me well, when I told them I was taking this radio job, all said, 'What took you so long?' This is not a disc jockey position. This is a personality position. In my own mind, I'm thinking of it as an arts and culture and current affairs and lifestyle program. The only thing old about the show is the music," he says, popping cough drops like bonbons and effortlessly, if hoarsely, waxing nostalgic about -who else? - himself. . . 'For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan.' . . There's no shortage of material. California-born, Dolenz not only has dabbled in one form or another of show business since he made his acting debut at age 6, but he also wields a photographic memory that makes dredging up details a Technicolor snap. Self-mimicry comes easy. So did acting, the family business. "I was born into it, but never charmed by it," he says. . He recalls his father, George, bringing him along to a Howard Hawks set as a toddler. He was 10 when, under the screen name Mickey Braddock, he starred in "Circus Boy," a television show that mandated a platinum blond dye job and a close personal rapport with an elephant named Bimbo. He fed the beast candy bars and peanuts in exchange for the privilege of riding it and received an early dose of Hollywood humility when the cast went on the road. "I was the opening act for the elephant," he says with the requisite self-deprecation. . A television star from ages 10 to 12, he was a candidate for has-been syndrome when "Circus Boy" went off the air. His parents took him to a child psychologist who recommended they take him out of show business. They did, and he decided to study architecture and use acting as a backup. Guest shots on "Mr. Novak" and "Peyton Place" sufficed. He was two years into college - and playing rhythm guitar in a cover band called Micky and the One Nighters - when he auditioned for the "Monkees" pilot and got the part. And became a drummer. . "I knew the value of a TV series," he says. "I took a week off from school to shoot the pilot." He also took drum lessons and caught on fast: "It wasn't brain surgery." . The pilot didn't sell immediately: too hirsute. "NBC was scared to put anything on the air that showed four young guys with long hair as masters of their own destiny. Back then long hair was a symbol of the counter-culture. 'The Monkees' did for long hair what Will Smith did for rap: homogenized and legitimized it." . John Lennon, a pal of Dolenz's, said he liked watching "The Monkees" because it reminded him of the Marx Brothers. A higher compliment, Dolenz says, was never paid. . See more of the world that matters - click here for home delivery of the International Herald Tribune. < < Back to Start of Article NEW YORK The official inauguration of Micky Dolenz in his new day job as the morning-drive radio host at WCBS-FM (101.1), where golden oldies are sacrosanct and the acquisition of a genuine Monkee to spin them is heralded as a seriously appropriate coup, does not happen until Jan. 10. . But Dolenz, still peppy and more pug-faced than ever, alas no longer mop-topped at 59, is already making himself at home at the imposing control panel inside Studio B, pushing buttons with impunity. . "I'm a major geek," he says, playing down his technological prowess. He built his first ham radio in his backyard garage at age 12, and used it to broadcast the weather, and traffic conditions, to his mother in the kitchen. He has coveted his own radio show, and a bigger audience, ever since. His favorite gag from "The Monkees," the '60s television hit in which he played a drummer in a Beatles-like band, is the one in which the madcap musicians commandeer a local radio station, truss up the disc jockeys, and take over the programming. Radio bedlam ensues. . Come to think of it, he's about to reprise that virtual gag with this reality gig. And, yes, some Monkees' classics (he considers "Pleasant Valley Sunday" the epitome of that crop) will grace the playlist alongside big guns like the Beatles. He has to play the Monkees stuff, he says, shrugging. And not, hey, hey, for vanity's sake. . The Monkees, a made-for-TV band cast on looks, musicality and improvisational ability, actually morphed into a touring band that released nine albums from 1966 to 1970, embarked on a sold-out reunion tour in 1986, and celebrated their 30th anniversary with a "Just Us" world tour in 1996. . "The Monkees phenom," he says, "was a bit like Pinocchio turning into a real boy." . Not that Dolenz merged his identity with that of Micky-the-Monkee. Unlike a few of his band mates, he saw it as an acting job only, and was reluctant to let the impersonation go further: "For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan." . But as Micky Dolenz, radio host, he is playing his hyperactive self, and quite content to be out of camera range. . "I'm here to corrupt the minds of millions, play some oldies, and give them the weather," announces Dolenz, a thrice-married father of four with a house in Los Angeles and an Upper East Side apartment. He has big plans for this third act of a career that meshes television, Broadway (he was the villain, Zoser, in "Aida," his favorite role), pop music, and over a decade in London as Michael Dolenz, a director and producer for the BBC and Granada Television. Call that his incognito period. . "I never really had that passion to be watched," he says. But listened to? Definitely yes. . "The people who really know me well, when I told them I was taking this radio job, all said, 'What took you so long?' This is not a disc jockey position. This is a personality position. In my own mind, I'm thinking of it as an arts and culture and current affairs and lifestyle program. The only thing old about the show is the music," he says, popping cough drops like bonbons and effortlessly, if hoarsely, waxing nostalgic about -who else? - himself. . . 'For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan.' . . There's no shortage of material. California-born, Dolenz not only has dabbled in one form or another of show business since he made his acting debut at age 6, but he also wields a photographic memory that makes dredging up details a Technicolor snap. Self-mimicry comes easy. So did acting, the family business. "I was born into it, but never charmed by it," he says. . He recalls his father, George, bringing him along to a Howard Hawks set as a toddler. He was 10 when, under the screen name Mickey Braddock, he starred in "Circus Boy," a television show that mandated a platinum blond dye job and a close personal rapport with an elephant named Bimbo. He fed the beast candy bars and peanuts in exchange for the privilege of riding it and received an early dose of Hollywood humility when the cast went on the road. "I was the opening act for the elephant," he says with the requisite self-deprecation. . A television star from ages 10 to 12, he was a candidate for has-been syndrome when "Circus Boy" went off the air. His parents took him to a child psychologist who recommended they take him out of show business. They did, and he decided to study architecture and use acting as a backup. Guest shots on "Mr. Novak" and "Peyton Place" sufficed. He was two years into college - and playing rhythm guitar in a cover band called Micky and the One Nighters - when he auditioned for the "Monkees" pilot and got the part. And became a drummer. . "I knew the value of a TV series," he says. "I took a week off from school to shoot the pilot." He also took drum lessons and caught on fast: "It wasn't brain surgery." . The pilot didn't sell immediately: too hirsute. "NBC was scared to put anything on the air that showed four young guys with long hair as masters of their own destiny. Back then long hair was a symbol of the counter-culture. 'The Monkees' did for long hair what Will Smith did for rap: homogenized and legitimized it." . John Lennon, a pal of Dolenz's, said he liked watching "The Monkees" because it reminded him of the Marx Brothers. A higher compliment, Dolenz says, was never paid. .NEW YORK The official inauguration of Micky Dolenz in his new day job as the morning-drive radio host at WCBS-FM (101.1), where golden oldies are sacrosanct and the acquisition of a genuine Monkee to spin them is heralded as a seriously appropriate coup, does not happen until Jan. 10. . But Dolenz, still peppy and more pug-faced than ever, alas no longer mop-topped at 59, is already making himself at home at the imposing control panel inside Studio B, pushing buttons with impunity. . "I'm a major geek," he says, playing down his technological prowess. He built his first ham radio in his backyard garage at age 12, and used it to broadcast the weather, and traffic conditions, to his mother in the kitchen. He has coveted his own radio show, and a bigger audience, ever since. His favorite gag from "The Monkees," the '60s television hit in which he played a drummer in a Beatles-like band, is the one in which the madcap musicians commandeer a local radio station, truss up the disc jockeys, and take over the programming. Radio bedlam ensues. . Come to think of it, he's about to reprise that virtual gag with this reality gig. And, yes, some Monkees' classics (he considers "Pleasant Valley Sunday" the epitome of that crop) will grace the playlist alongside big guns like the Beatles. He has to play the Monkees stuff, he says, shrugging. And not, hey, hey, for vanity's sake. . The Monkees, a made-for-TV band cast on looks, musicality and improvisational ability, actually morphed into a touring band that released nine albums from 1966 to 1970, embarked on a sold-out reunion tour in 1986, and celebrated their 30th anniversary with a "Just Us" world tour in 1996. . "The Monkees phenom," he says, "was a bit like Pinocchio turning into a real boy." . Not that Dolenz merged his identity with that of Micky-the-Monkee. Unlike a few of his band mates, he saw it as an acting job only, and was reluctant to let the impersonation go further: "For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan." . But as Micky Dolenz, radio host, he is playing his hyperactive self, and quite content to be out of camera range. . "I'm here to corrupt the minds of millions, play some oldies, and give them the weather," announces Dolenz, a thrice-married father of four with a house in Los Angeles and an Upper East Side apartment. He has big plans for this third act of a career that meshes television, Broadway (he was the villain, Zoser, in "Aida," his favorite role), pop music, and over a decade in London as Michael Dolenz, a director and producer for the BBC and Granada Television. Call that his incognito period. . "I never really had that passion to be watched," he says. But listened to? Definitely yes. . "The people who really know me well, when I told them I was taking this radio job, all said, 'What took you so long?' This is not a disc jockey position. This is a personality position. In my own mind, I'm thinking of it as an arts and culture and current affairs and lifestyle program. The only thing old about the show is the music," he says, popping cough drops like bonbons and effortlessly, if hoarsely, waxing nostalgic about -who else? - himself. . . 'For us to think we really were Monkees is like Leonard Nimoy really becoming a Vulcan.' . . There's no shortage of material. California-born, Dolenz not only has dabbled in one form or another of show business since he made his acting debut at age 6, but he also wields a photographic memory that makes dredging up details a Technicolor snap. Self-mimicry comes easy. So did acting, the family business. "I was born into it, but never charmed by it," he says. . He recalls his father, George, bringing him along to a Howard Hawks set as a toddler. He was 10 when, under the screen name Mickey Braddock, he starred in "Circus Boy," a television show that mandated a platinum blond dye job and a close personal rapport with an elephant named Bimbo. He fed the beast candy bars and peanuts in exchange for the privilege of riding it and received an early dose of Hollywood humility when the cast went on the road. "I was the opening act for the elephant," he says with the requisite self-deprecation. . A television star from ages 10 to 12, he was a candidate for has-been syndrome when "Circus Boy" went off the air. His parents took him to a child psychologist who recommended they take him out of show business. They did, and he decided to study architecture and use acting as a backup. Guest shots on "Mr. Novak" and "Peyton Place" sufficed. He was two years into college - and playing rhythm guitar in a cover band called Micky and the One Nighters - when he auditioned for the "Monkees" pilot and got the part. And became a drummer. . "I knew the value of a TV series," he says. "I took a week off from school to shoot the pilot." He also took drum lessons and caught on fast: "It wasn't brain surgery." . The pilot didn't sell immediately: too hirsute. "NBC was scared to put anything on the air that showed four young guys with long hair as masters of their own destiny. Back then long hair was a symbol of the counter-culture. 'The Monkees' did for long hair what Will Smith did for rap: homogenized and legitimized it." . John Lennon, a pal of Dolenz's, said he liked watching "The Monkees" because it reminded him of the Marx Brothers. A higher compliment, Dolenz says, was never paid. .NEW YORK The official inauguration of Micky Dolenz in his new day job as the morning-drive radio host at WCBS-FM (101.1), where golden oldies are sacrosanct and the acquisition of a genuine Monkee to spin them is heralded as a seriously appropriate coup, does not happen until Jan. 10. . But Dolenz, still peppy and more pug-faced than ever, alas no longer mop-topped at 59, is already making himself at home at the imposing control panel inside Studio B, pushing buttons with impunity. . "I'm a major geek," he says, playing down his technological prowess. He built his first ham radio in his backyard garage at age 12, and used it to broadcast the weather, and traffic conditions, to his mother in the kitchen. He has coveted his own radio show, and a bigger audience, ever since. His favorite gag from "The Monkees," the '60s television hit in which he played a drummer in a Beatles-like band, is the one in which the madcap musicians commandeer a local radio station, truss up the disc jockeys, and take over the programming. Radio bedlam ensues. . Come to think of it, he's about to reprise that virtual gag with this reality gig. And, yes, some Monkees' classics (he considers "Pleasant Valley Sunday" the epitome of that crop) will grace the playlist alongside big guns like the Beatles. He has to play the Monkees stuff, he says, shrugging. And not, hey, hey, for vanity's sake. . The Monkees, a made-for-TV band cast on looks, musicality and improvisational ability, actually morphed into a touring band that released nine albums from 1966 to 1970, embarked on a sold-out reunion tour in 1986, and celebrated their 30th anniversary with a "Just Us" world tour in 1996. . "The Monkees phenom," he says, "was a bit like Pinocchio turning into a real boy." .
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dmmedic:
Sam, are you planning to be around Liverpool this august or traveling. I'm so torn between visiting when you're there and not missing the convention! I would hate missing an opportunity to sit and have a pint or two with you. Happy new year to all!
I am planning to go to the convention...can someone give me more details on what they are like, etc, and nearer the time booking details, please?
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*BUMP* and Hello to Everyone it's SNOWING HERE!!
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Our snow finally ended, but it is bitter cold and I get to go stand out and wait for the bus in a little while
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maccascruff:
Our snow finally ended, but it is bitter cold and I get to go stand out and wait for the bus in a little while
I have to soon also wait for the bus will have to be careful walking with the ice underneath it even though its only a block have to go to work shortly! : hehe
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glass_0ni0n:
dmmedic:
Sam, are you planning to be around Liverpool this august or traveling. I'm so torn between visiting when you're there and not missing the convention! I would hate missing an opportunity to sit and have a pint or two with you. Happy new year to all!
I am planning to go to the convention...can someone give me more details on what they are like, etc, and nearer the time booking details, please?
Hello and good evening to you all. Things got a bit better for me today but I am also going to have to try and get a certain doctor struck off. It's a long story...but I am gonna get her for clinical negligence (I studied basic law for fun a few years back).
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Hi Lauren (Glass_Onion). Sorry you've got problems. Don't accept them...go for it. Christina (Harleyblues). Monkees ???? Sara and Maccascruff Slipping and a sliding, eh ?? Goodnight all. Sam xx
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Soggy Noodle:
glass_0ni0n:
I am trying to sort a lot of shit out at the minute and this board is one of the places where I come to wind down.
Yeah, so we are two! Yeah, I come here for the same reasons. I feel good afterwards, the phone company feels even better and so everyone is really satisfied!
My phone company should be pleased with me also! I think I've seen Michael Schumacher on something. And he was hot... I guess if you don't think he's hot it wouldn't be the same guy? Hey Sam, hey everyone... I've been busy preparing myself for my Diploma exams for High school stuff. Gah!
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sAM YOU GOT MY EMAIL RIGHT,.. AND THAT MESSAGE I SENT TO PAUL!!! TWO DAYS LATER HE SENT US A NEW YEARS MESSAGE.. HOPE YOU write ME SOON.. HUGS ALOT ALOT .. me!!!~
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Sam Leach:
Hi Lauren (Glass_Onion). Sorry you've got problems. Don't accept them...go for it. Christina (Harleyblues). Monkees ???? Sara and Maccascruff: Slipping and a sliding, eh ?? Goodnight all. Sam xx
I won't do. I have had chest problems for about a year now and the doctor just said it was my asthma, said I must not be taking my inhalers (yeah, which is why I put in a repeat prescription request a week ago) and refused to examine me. I almost whipped my top off to get the message across. The least I expected she'd do was ask for a sample of what I am coughing, check my peak flow and use a stethoscope. Someone I know who is a trainee nurse thought I may even need a chest X ray. Anyway, this doctor has always been unpleasant to me and I have often left an appointment with her on the verge of crying. This is it, no more being nice. ANYWAY, I am here to say hello to you all and share some interesting developments; I met someone who worked for the BBC and we talked and then I got my CV out of my bag and he said I'd be perfect for a show they are thinking about; young people interested in politics. I have ideas for new legislation and electoral reforms I can talk about if selected. He also said I may be able to work on the show on May 5th, election night!!
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Hi Christina (Harleyblues). Well done. You prompting him has probably made him send a message. I got you card and the enclosure today. Will you e-mail me your full address and I'll send your stuff there. And confirm what your stuff is for me. Hi Lauren (Glass_Onion). Don't put up with her crap. She should have sent you for an X-Ray. Sort her out. Cheers Sam.
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Hi Sam Well you know i might as well get to work using a pair of skis lol! I've been tempted to sometimes lol! My drive way is glare ice i have my own little ice rink out there too bad i dont ice skate though lol!!
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(((Sam))) and (((everyone))) I am a lot calmer and happy as I have just applied for a job that I am really interested in. I'm being paranoid so I won't say any more about it until I have been given an outcome.
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glass_0ni0n:
(((Sam))) and (((everyone))) I am a lot calmer and happy as I have just applied for a job that I am really interested in. I'm being paranoid so I won't say any more about it until I have been given an outcome.
Hi Lauren Good luck i've done some applying myself i've only been getting 9 hours a week at work lately so frustrating dont even feel like going in!
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Sam Leach:
Hi Christina (Harleyblues). Well done. You prompting him has probably made him send a message. I got you card and the enclosure today. Will you e-mail me your full address and I'll send your stuff there. And confirm what your stuff is for me. Hi Lauren (Glass_Onion). Don't put up with her crap. She should have sent you for an X-Ray. Sort her out. Cheers Sam.
... Sam that inclosure is for you!!!!!!~ ops: I forgot the rates tho!! in exchange..
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Hi Christina (Harleyblues). That's very nice of you. I'll buy something nice with it. Thjanks loads. Love and hugs Sam xxx
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Lauren! That Nurse is being stupid. Don't take that type of crap, tell her how you feel and switch doctors or something of the like. But, that's awesome how you were selected for something with the BBC. I would be estatic, only though we don't have things like that out here, other than the CBC, and that I don't get asked for political things, although, I think sometimes they should. I'm young, I'm 17, and I'm very apparent to what is going on in the goverment these days and who's who and the whole bit... But, good for you! It will surely be an experience for you. Seems like everything is going well for you, Lauren, and that possible job (even one you like!) might happen! Sara, The snow is crazy out here too (although, it tends to be more happening... because it's normal...) but we are having another cold snap out here again. The whole -30 C bit all over again. This time, around last year, we had freezing rain... and I saw Rubber Soul and Gary for the first time. Wow, it's been a long time... ops: Although, I do feel quite different... and grown. Sam, Things are still busy here, and I'm doing well in school once again (hence the celebration!). There was a Field Test in English 30-1 AP (Advanced Placement) and apparently, it was for preperation for the Diploma questions for 2 years later down the road so they see which ones work better, etc for the later exams. I got 85% (which is very good, becuase it was diploma questions) and so I know how the diploma exam for my English will work (very well...!). I'm overly pleased with myself. Maybe it's becuase I usually lock up and do poorly half the time on exams. They say it's becuase of lack of self confidence. I'll show them. Everyone, Have a great day!
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Sam Leach:
Hi Christina (Harleyblues). That's very nice of you. I'll buy something nice with it. Thjanks loads. Love and hugs Sam xxx
... so you will be seeing OUR friend.. and have that small bag .. package right~ ops: IF NOT~ I'll send yu some more monies.. its not that heavy.. ps,. shirt album.. RAM & piccie of Paul.. ops: