Wednesday, June 13, 2018
9:03 p.m.

Time for a fun post that has nothing to do with anything but cool stuff.

Last night, I went to see The Monkees Presents: The Mike and Micky Show at the Paramount Theater in downtown Denver!!!!

Okay, this is a big dang deal.

I was six years old when their television show started, and I was completely hooked on the music from the word "go".

After the show was cancelled, there were apparently enough episodes for it to be syndicated, and re-runs were on for years. Saturday morning after cartoons, we watched the Monkees. We sang the songs. I insisted on singing anything Micky sang, and he's the reason I ended up playing drums.

Shut it. I know you all thought it was The Rolling Stones or the Beatles or something you'd deem a little more cool, but I love what I love.

Anyway, by the time I was old enough to be going to concerts or anything, the show was over and the band was no longer recording.

I moved on to the cooler things: Alice Cooper. Aerosmith.

No matter. You don't forget your first love, and I never stopped loving The Monkees. They had a little revival of recordings and concerts in the 1980s, but I was busy with four little kids, and they never toured anywhere nearby, so once again, I missed seeing them in concert.

And until this year, I figured I would never have the chance to see any of them perform live. After Davy Jones died suddenly in 2012, it seemed pretty unlikely.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered they were coming to Denver. Peter would be unable to join Mike and Micky, but it was still a really cool thing, I thought.

I called up my young friend to speak to her mother--also my friend, just closer to my own age, ha ha ha--to tell her about their upcoming tour, so we could both moan and groan about how we couldn't go.

And then, her daughter (young friend) announced that tickets would be her Mother's Day gift to the two of us!!

EEEEK!

Thank you, Megan! It was so much fun!

Don't we look happy? That's because we were!

Here we come....

Good night!!