My favorite Monkee turns 60 today. I've been listening to his morning show on CBS-FM with some regularity. It's pretty tame, no glaring highlights or lowlights. His best moment was probably when he scatted/sang an a capella "Sir Duke," complete with horn sounds. (If you've ever heard his "Randy Scouse Git," you know the guy can scat.) On the other hand, yesterday he had on Martha Reeves, whose new release is re-recordings of old Vandellas hits wherein she sings all the parts. Struck me as not only greedy, but flaky. Nice woman, I'm sure, but she has *no* voice left. It was a downright pathetic display, I'm afraid to say.
Anyway, we've entered my Piscine onslaught of celb/influential b-days. Mark was Sunday, my friend Brandon had his yesterday, Micky's today, Thursday is my friend Victor, Saturday is Paul Kantner (actually, I've heard conflicting birthdates for him, either 3/12 or 3/17), next Tuesday is Sly Stone, and next Saturday is my friend Daniel.
