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name	Jeff Geddis
birth name	James Jeffrey Hamilton Geddis
yearsactive	1999-present
birth date	June 28, 1975
birth place	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada }}

Jeff Geddis (born June 28, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his roles in ''Sophie'' and ''The Latest Buzz''. He also played Mike Nesmith in the 2000 TV movie ''Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story''.

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Coordinates	3°8′51″N101°41′36″N
name	Michael Nesmith
background	solo_singer
birth name	Robert Michael Nesmith
alias	Michael Blessing, Nez, Wool Hat, Papa Nez
born	December 30, 1942Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States
instrument	vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, electric organ, synthesizer, harmonica, pedal steel guitar
genre	Rock, pop, folk, country, pop rock
occupation	Author, songwriter, musician, actor, owner of Pacific Arts Corporation
years active	1965–present
associated acts	The Monkees, First National Band
website	}}

Robert Michael Nesmith (born December 30, 1942) is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name. Nesmith is notable as a songwriter, including "Different Drum" sung by Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys, and as executive producer of the cult film ''Repo Man''. In 1981, Nesmith won the first Grammy Award given for Video of the Year for his hour-long ''Elephant Parts''.

Biography

Nesmith was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1942. He was an only child; his parents, Warren Audrey Nesmith and Bette Nesmith Graham, divorced when their son was four. He and his mother moved to Dallas, Texas to be closer to her parents, sister, aunts and grandmother. Bette took temporary jobs ranging from clerical work to graphics design, and developed very good secretarial skills, including shorthand, and, auspiciously, touch typing. When Nesmith was 13 his mother invented a typewriter correction fluid later known commercially as Liquid Paper. Over the next 25 years she and a select group of executives would build the Liquid Paper Corporation into a multimillion dollar international company which she finally sold to Gillette in 1980 for 48 million USD. She died a few months later at age 56.

In 1949, Nesmith, at the age of six, was enrolled in the Dallas public school system. An indifferent student, he nevertheless participated in choral and drama activities during his years at Thomas Jefferson High School in Dallas. He began to write verse poetry. When he was 15 he enrolled in the Dallas Theater Center teen program, where he was featured in several plays.

Before graduating from high school, Nesmith enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1960. He completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, was trained as an aircraft mechanic at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, and then permanently stationed at a Strategic Air Command base near Elk City, Oklahoma. While in the Air Force, Nesmith obtained a G.E.D. and was discharged under honorable conditions in 1962. He enrolled in San Antonio College, a community college in San Antonio where he met John Kuehne (later to be known as John London) and began a musical collaboration. The duo won the first San Antonio College talent award performing a mixture of standard folk songs and a few of Nesmith's original songs. He met another SAC student, Phyllis Ann Barbour, whom he later married.

While in college Nesmith began to write more songs and poetry and after his marriage to Phyllis in 1963 the two of them decided to strike out for Los Angeles so Nesmith could pursue his songwriting and singing career. At the time Phyllis was pregnant with their first child Christian DuVal. Nesmith began singing in folk clubs around Los Angeles and had one notable job as the "Hootmaster" for the Monday night hootenannys at The Troubadour, a West Hollywood night club that featured new artists. Here Nesmith met, socialized, and performed with many different members of the burgeoning new music scene in Los Angeles. Randy Sparks of New Christy Minstrels fame offered Nesmith a publishing deal for his songs. It was while working at this publishing house that Barry Friedman, also known as the Rev. Frazier Mohawk, brought the ad for Monkees auditions to Nesmith's attention. In 1965, Nesmith landed the role in the Monkees pilot, which was filmed in October 1965.

When the Monkees show ended in 1968, Nesmith enrolled part time in UCLA and studied American History and Music History. Michael and Phyllis's second son, Jonathan, was born in February 1968. Nesmith's third son, Jason, was born in August 1968 to Nurit Wilde, who he met while working on the Monkees. In 1969, Nesmith formed the group First National Band with Kuehne, John Ware and Red Rhodes. Nesmith wrote most of the songs for the band including a single titled "Joanne" that received some airplay and was a mild chart hit for seven weeks during 1970, rising to number 21 on the Billboard Top 40. The First National Band has been credited with being among the pioneers of country-rock music.

Phyllis's third child, and Nesmith's fourth, daughter Jessica, was born in September 1970. Circa 1972, Nesmith started the record label Countryside Records with Jac Holzman, the founder of Elektra Records. Also, in 1972, Nesmith and Phyllis were divorced and he moved to Carmel, California. Phyllis (Barbour) Nesmith died on February 13, 2010 of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 63. In 1974, Nesmith started Pacific Arts Records and released what he called "a book with a soundtrack" entitled "The Prison" as the company's first release. In 1976, he married Kathryn Bild. In 1988, following the ending of this second marriage, he returned to Los Angeles where he had met Victoria Kennedy. They moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1992 and then returned to Carmel, California in 2000. They were married in April 2000 in Monterey, California.

Career

Early work

After a tour of duty in the Air Force, he was given a guitar as a Christmas present from his mother and stepfather. Learning as he went, he played solo and in a series of working bands, performing folk, country, and occasionally rock and roll. His verse poems became the basis for song lyrics, and after moving to Los Angeles with Phyllis and friend John London, he signed a publishing deal for his songs. Nesmith's "Mary, Mary" was recorded by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, while "Different Drum" was recorded by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. "Pretty Little Princess", written in 1965, was recorded by Frankie Laine and released as a single in 1968 on ABC Records. Later, "Some Of Shelly's Blues" and "Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)" were made popular by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on their 1970 album ''Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy''.

Nesmith began his recording career in 1963 by releasing a single on the Highness label. Later, in 1965 with a one-off single released on Edan Records before he followed with two singles recorded—one titled "The New Recruit"--under the name "Michael Blessing", released on Colpix Records—coincidentally also the label of Davy Jones, though they had not met.

The Monkees

From 1965 to early 1970, Nesmith and Jones were members of the pop rock band The Monkees, created for the television situation comedy of the same name. The only Monkee to learn of the audition from the famous press advertisement asking for "four insane boys", Nesmith won his role largely by appearing blasé when he auditioned. He further distinguished himself by carrying a bag of laundry to be done on the way home, and wearing a wool cap to keep his hair out of his eyes, riding his motorcycle to the audition. Producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider remembered "Wool Hat", and called Nesmith back.

Once he was cast, Screen Gems bought his songs so they could be used in the show. Many of the songs Nesmith wrote for The Monkees, such as "The Girl I Knew Somewhere", "Mary, Mary", and "Listen to the Band" became minor hits. One song he wrote, "You Just May Be The One", is in mixed meter, interspersing 5/4 bars into an otherwise 4/4 structure.

The Gretsch guitar company built a one-off natural finish 12-string electric guitar for Nesmith when he was performing with The Monkees (Gretsch had a promotional deal with the group). He earlier played a customized Gretsch twelve-string, which had originally been a six-string model.

As with the other Monkees, Nesmith came to be frustrated by the manufactured image of the whole project. He was permitted to write and produce two songs per album, and his music was frequently featured in episodes of the series.

The Monkees succeeded in ousting supervisor Don Kirshner (with Nesmith punching a hole in a wall, to make a point with Kirshner and attorney Herb Moelis), and took control of their records and song choices, but they worked as a four-man group on only one album. The band never overcame the credibility problems they faced when word spread that they had not played on their first records (at Nesmith's instigation, calling the band's first non-studio press conference, where he called ''More of The Monkees'' "probably the worst record in the history of the world"). However, their singles and albums continued to sell well, until the disastrous release of ''Head''.

Nesmith's last Monkees commitment was a commercial for Kool-Aid and Nerf balls, in April 1970. (Fittingly, the spot ends with Nesmith frowning and saying, "Enerf's enerf!") With the band's fortunes continuing to fall, Nesmith asked to be released from his contract, and had to pay a default: "I had three years left... at $150,000 a year", which he had to pay back. He continued to feel the financial bite for years afterwards, telling ''Playboy'' in 1980 "I had to start telling little tales to the tax man while they were putting tags on the furniture." Indeed, while Nesmith had continued to produce his compositions with the Monkees, he withheld many of the songs from the final Monkees' albums, only to release them on his post-Monkees solo records.

Later career

As he prepared for his exit from The Monkees, Nesmith was approached by John Ware of The Corvettes, a band that featured Nesmith's friend John London (who played on some of the earliest pre-Monkees Nesmith 45s as well as numerous Monkees sessions) and had 45s produced by Nesmith for the Dot label in 1969. Ware wanted Nesmith to put together a band. Nesmith said he would be interested only if noted pedal steel player Orville "Red" Rhodes would be a part of the project, and a long musical partnership was born that would continue until Rhodes' untimely death in 1995. The new band was christened Michael Nesmith and the First National Band and went on to record three albums for RCA Records in 1970.

Nesmith has been considered one of the pioneers of country rock and had moderate commercial success with the First National Band. Their second single, ''Joanne'' hit No. 21 on the Billboard chart & No. 17 on Cashbox, with the follow-up "Silver Moon" making No. 42 Billboard/#28 Cashbox. Two more singles charted ("Nevada Fighter" No. 70 Billboard/#73 Cashbox & "Propinquity" No. 95 Cashbox) and the first two LP's charted in the lower regions of the Billboard album chart. No clear answer has ever been given for the band's breakup.

Nesmith followed up with The Second National Band, a band that besides Nesmith, consisted of Michael Cohen (keyboards and Moog), Johnny Meeks (bass), Jack Panelli (drums) and the always present Orville Rhodes (pedal steel), as well as an appearance by singer, musician, and songwriter José Feliciano (conga drums). The album, Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1, was a commercial and critical disaster. Nesmith then recorded ''And the Hits Just Keep On Comin''', featuring only him on guitar and Red Rhodes on pedal steel.

Nesmith got more heavily involved in producing, and was given a label of his own through Elektra Records, Countryside. It featured a number of artists that were produced by Nesmith, including Garland Frady and Red Rhodes. The staff band at Countryside also helped Nesmith on his next, and last, RCA album, ''Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash''.

In the mid-1970s, Nesmith briefly collaborated as a songwriter with Linda Hargrove, resulting in the tune "I've Never Loved Anyone More", a hit for Lynn Anderson and recorded by many others, as well as the songs "Winonah" and "If You Will Walk With Me" which were both recorded by Hargrove. Of all three songs, only "Winonah" was recorded by Nesmith himself. During this same period, Nesmith started his multimedia company Pacific Arts, which initially put out audio records, 8-tracks and cassettes, followed in 1981 with "video records." Nesmith recorded a number of LPs for his label, and had a moderate worldwide hit in 1977 with his song "Rio", the single taken from the album ''From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing''.

Pop Clips and MTV, Elephant Parts and Television Parts

During this time, Nesmith created a video clip for "Rio" which, in a roundabout way, helped spur Nesmith's creation of a television program called ''Pop Clips'' for the Nickelodeon cable network. In 1980, Nesmith's ''Pop Clips'' was sold to Time Warner/Amex consortium. Time Warner/Amex developed ''Pop Clips'' into the MTV network. Nesmith also won the first Grammy Award (1981) given for Video of the Year for his hour-long ''Elephant Parts'' and also had a short-lived series on NBC inspired by the video called "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts". Television Parts concept however included many other artists who were unknown at the time but who went on to become major stars in their own right. Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall all became well known artists after their appearances on Nesmith's show. The basic concept of the show was to have comics render their stand-up routines into short comedy films much like the ones in Elephant Parts. Nesmith assembled writers Jack Handey, William Martin, John Levenstein, and Michael Kaplan; Directors William Dear (who had directed Elephant Parts) and Alan Myerson, and Producer Ward Sylvester to create the show. The half hour show show ran for 8 episodes in the summer of 1985 on NBC Thursday nights in prime time.

Pacific Arts and legal dispute

Pacific Arts Video became a pioneer in the home video market, producing and distributing a wide variety of videotaped programs. Pacific Arts Video eventually ceased operations after an acrimonious contract dispute with PBS over home video licensing rights and payments for several series, including Ken Burns' ''The Civil War''. The dispute escalated into a law suit that went to jury trial in Federal Court in Los Angeles. On February 3, 1999, a jury awarded Nesmith and his company Pacific Arts $48.875 million in compensatory and punitive damages, prompting his widely-quoted comment, "It's like finding your grandmother stealing your stereo. You're happy to get your stereo back, but it's sad to find out your grandmother is a thief." PBS appealed the ruling, but the appeal never reached the court, and a settlement was reached with the amount paid to Pacific Arts and Nesmith results kept confidential.

Movies and books

He was the executive producer for the films ''Repo Man'', ''Tapeheads'', and ''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann'', as well as his own solo recording and film projects. In 1998, Nesmith published his first novel, ''The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora''. His latest album, ''Rays'' was released on April 4, 2006.

During the 1990s, Nesmith, as Trustee and President of the Gihon foundation, hosted the Council on Ideas, a gathering of intellectuals from different fields who were asked to identify the most important issues of their day and publish the result. The Gihon ceased the program in 2000 and started a new Program for the Performing Arts.

In 1992, Nesmith undertook a concert tour of North America to promote the CD release of his RCA solo albums (although he included the song "Rio", from the album ''From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing''. The concert tour ended at the Britt Festival in Oregon. A video, ''Live at the Britt Festival'', and a CD, ''Live at the Britt Festival'' were released capturing the 1992 concert.

Return to the Monkees

In 1995, he reunited with the Monkees to record their last studio album (and first to feature all four since ''Head'') titled ''Justus'', released in 1996. He also wrote and directed a Monkees television special, and briefly toured the UK with the band in 1997.

Nesmith's first novel ''The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora'' was developed originally as an online project and was later published as a hard cover book by St Martin's Press. Nesmith's second novel ''The America Gene'' was released in July, 2009 as an online download from Videoranch.com.

Nesmith spent a decade as a board of trustees member, nominating member and vice-chair of the American Film Institute and is currently President and chairman of the board of trustees of the Gihon Foundation.

Nesmith's current project is Videoranch 3D, a virtual environment on the internet that hosts live performances at various virtual venues inside the Ranch. He performed live inside Videoranch 3D on May 25, 2009.

In the early 1980s, Nesmith teamed up with satirist P. J. O'Rourke to ride his vehicle ''Timerider'' in the annual Baja 1000 roadrace. This is chronicled in O'Rourke's 2009 book ''Driving Like Crazy''.

Other appearances

Nesmith had a cameo appearance as a taxi driver in the Whoopi Goldberg film ''Burglar''.

Nesmith had cameo appearances in his own films including ''Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann'' (Race Official) and ''Tapeheads'' (Water Man).

In a promotional video to support Pacific Arts' video release of ''Tapeheads'', Nesmith was introduced with a voice-over making fun of his Monkees persona. The narration teases Nesmith, who approaches the camera to speak, poking fun at his "missing hat".

An opportunistic lookalike from the US cashed in on his similarity to Nesmith by appearing on talk shows and doing interviews in Australia during the 1980s. The scam was successful, the lookalike being far enough from America to avoid detection as a fraud (which is less likely in the US, where the real Nesmith has made many media and show-business acquaintances). An entertaining interviewee, the impersonator's charade was not discovered until after he had vanished from the public eye. The imposter, Barry Faulkner, who had pulled various fraudulent scams for forty years, was finally apprehended and sent to jail in 2009.

Discography

Singles

''Wanderin''' / ''Well Well'' Omnibus 239 Edan 1001 Colpix CP-787 Colpix CP-792 RCA 47-8807 Dot 45-17152 RCA 47-9853 RCA 74-0368 RCA 74-0399 RCA 74-0453 RCA 74-0491 RCA 74-0540 RCA 74-0629 RCA 74-0804 RCA 447-0868 Pacific Arts WIP6373 Pacific Arts PAC-101 Pacific Arts PAC-104 Pacific Arts PAC-106 Pacific Arts PAC-108 Collectibles COL-4759

Date	style="width:100px;"	Label/Catalog #	Titles (A-side / B-side)	Billboard Top Singles	Cashbox	Billboard Adult Contemp	Notes
1963	Highness HN-13	|	–	-	-	Credited as "Mike Nesmith." Vanity pressing.
1963	|	''How Can You Kiss Me'' / ''Just A Little Love''	–	-	-	Credited as "Mike & John & Bill." John London is the bassist, later of Nesmith's First National Band. Bill Sleeper is the drummer. (The trio broke up when Sleeper was drafted into the US Army.)
01/1966	|	''Just A Little Love'' / ''Curson Terrace''	–	-	-	A-side is same as Omnibus 239. B-side is credited to "Mike & Tony" and has no Nesmith involvement.
10/1965	|	''The New Recruit'' / ''A Journey With Michael Blessing''	–	-	-	Credited to "Michael Blessing."
01/1966	|	''Until It's Time For You To Go'' / ''What Seems To Be The Trouble Officer''	–	-	-	Credited to "Michael Blessing."
04/1966	|	''Do Not Ask For Lov''e / ''Buttermilk''	–	-	-	Credited to "The New Society." A-side has no Nesmith involvement. B-side was verified by Bill Chadwick, member of the group, as having Nesmith as a background vocalist.
07/1968	|	''Tapioca Tundra'' / ''Don't Cry Now''	–	-	-	Credited to "The Wichita Train Whistle." Group was created and led by Nesmith, though he does not appear on the recordings as either musician or vocalist. "Don't Cry Now" is edited from LP version.
07/1970	|	''Little Red Rider'' / ''Rose City C''himes	-	-	-	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band."
08/1970	|	Joanne (song)>Joanne'' / ''One Ro''se	21	17	6	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band."
11/1970	|	''Silver Moon'' / ''Lady of the Valley''	42	28	7	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band."
04/1971	|	''Nevada Fighter'' / ''Here I Am''	70	73	-	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band." Issued with picture sleeve.
06/1971	|	''Texas Morning'' / ''Tumbling Tumbleweeds''	-	-	-	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band." Single released as promo with both songs on B-side and "Texas" only on A-side with release #SPS-45-263.
06/1971	|	''I've Just Begun To Care (Propinquity)'' / ''Only Bound''	-	95	-	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band."
01/1972	|	''Mama Rocker'' / ''Lazy Lady''	-	-	-	Credited to "Michael Nesmith and the Second National Band." "Mama Rocker" is faded out early versus LP version.
08/1972	|	''Roll With The Flow'' / ''Keep On''	-	-	-	"Roll With The Flow" is edited from LP version.
1976	|	''Joanne'' / ''Silver Moon''	-	-	-	Reissue credited to "Michael Nesmith and the First National Band." Early pressings on red label, later pressings on black label.
03/1977	|	''Rio'' / ''Life, The Unsuspecting Captive''	-	-	-
06/1978	|	''Roll With The Flow'' / ''I've Just Begun To Care (Propinquity)''	-	-	-	Both songs are edited from the LP versions.
1978?	|	''Rio'' / ''Casablanca Moonlight''	-	-	-	Issued with picture sleeve.
06/1979	|	''Magic'' / ''Dance''	-	-	-
08/1979	|	''Cruisin''' / ''Horserace''	-	-	-
1998	|	''Joanne'' / ''Silver Moon''	-	-	-	Reissue.

Albums

''The Wichita Train Whistle Sings'' RCA LSP-4371 RCA LSP-4415 RCA LSP-4497 '' RCA LSP-4563 RCA LSP-4695 RCA ALPI-0164 Pacific Arts PAC-101 Pacific Arts PAC7-107 / Pacific Arts ILPA-9184 Pacific Arts PAC7-113 Pacific Arts PAC7-116 Pacific Arts PAC7-117 Pacific Arts PAC7-130 Pacific Arts PAC7-1300 Pacific Arts/Island Records (Pacific Arts Corporation (Pacific Arts Corporation (Pacific Arts Corporation

Date	style="width:120px;"	Label/Catalog #	Title	Highest Billboard Position	Notes
07/1968	Dot 3861 (mono) / 25861 (stereo)	|	144	Nesmith does not appear on this album vocally or instrumentally. Album is credited to "The Wichita Train Whistle." Mono release is promo-only.
07/1970	|	''Magnetic South (album)''	143	Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band." Some copies came with a "Joanne" sticker on the shrink wrap.
11/1970	|	''Loose Salute''	159	Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band." Some copies came with a circular sticker on the shrink wrap saying "Contains the hit single 'Silver Moon.'"
05/1971	|	Nevada Fighter''	218	Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The First National Band."
02/1972	|	'' Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1''	211	Album is credited to "Michael Nesmith & The Second National Band."
08/1972	|	''And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'''	208
10/1973	|	''Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash''	–
03/1975	|	''The Prison - A Book with a Soundtrack''	–	Issued with 48-page book to be read while the LP is playing, allowing for a "soundtrack" to the story. Original copies issued in a box cover, while later copies came in a cardboard slip jacket. Some of these later copies had two stickers on the shrink, one saying "Michael Nesmith" and the other "Contains Record and 48-page Full Color Illustrated Book." Record was also sold in book stores.
03/1977	|	''From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing''	209	Early pressings utilized the overseas catalog # ILPA-9184 used by Island Records.
??/1978	|	''The Wichita Train Whistle Sings''	–	Reissue of 1968 Dot release with new album jacket design.
??/1978	|	''And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'''	–	Reissue of 1972 RCA release with standard jacket (RCA release had gatefold jacket).
??/1978	|	'' Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash''	–	Reissue of 1973 RCA release with standard jacket (RCA release had gatefold jacket).
05/1979	|	''Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma''	151
06/1979	|	''The Michael Nesmith Radio Special''	–	Promotional LP featuring all the tracks from "Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma" as well as interview snippets
1992	Island ||	''Tropical Campfires''	–
1994	Rio Records) ||	The Garden (Michael Nesmith album)>The Garden''	–	Companion piece to The Prison - A Book with a Soundtrack
2000	Rio Records) ||	''Timerider: The Adventure Of Lyle Swann (Soundtrack)	–	Soundtrack from the 1982 movie
2005	Rio Records) ||	Rays (Michael Nesmith album)>Rays''	–		music only, no vocals

Live albums

''Live At The Palais'' Cooking Vinyl Road Goes on Forever Records (RGF/ZZBOX1974)

Date	style="width:120px;"	Label/Catalog #	Title	Highest Billboard Position	Notes
08/1978	Pacific Arts PAC7-118	|	–	Some copies came with a 3" circular sticker on the cover itself proclaiming "Contains the hit single 'Roll With The Flow.'"
1999	|	''Live at the Britt Festival''	–	Recorded live at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, OR, in 1991.
2010	|	''The Amazing ZigZag Concert''	–		Disc 5 of 5CD Box set recorded in April 1974

Complication albums

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Date	style="width:120px;"	Label/Catalog #	Title	Notes
02/1977	Pacific Arts PAC7-106	''Compilation'' –
1989	Rhino) ||	''The Newer Stuff'' –	Contains five new tracks and five tracks from "Photon Wing" and "Infinite Rider." CD release featured additional tracks from the LP release.
1991	Rhino) ||	''The Older Stuff'' –	Greatest hits of RCA recordings.
2008	|	''Magnetic South & Loose Salute'' –	paired album release
2008	|	Nevada Fighter & Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1>Tantamount to Treason'' –	paired album release
2008	|	''And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' & Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash –	paired album release
2008	|	''From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing & Infinite Rider on the Big Dogma'' –	paired album release
2008	|	The Wichita Train Whistle Sings & Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (soundtrack)>Timerider'' –	paired album release

Video

''Rio and Cruisin''' (1981)

''Elephant Parts'' (1981) (released on DVD 2003)

''The Television Parts Home Companion'' (1985)

''Dr. Duck's Super-Secret All-Purpose Sauce'' (1986)

''Nezmusic'' (1989)

''Live At The Britt Festival'' (1991) (released on DVD 1999)

''Pacific Arts'' (2008) (music and DVD released 2008)

Bibliography

Books

:(n.b. books proper – not including ''The Prison'' and ''The Garden'')

''The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora'' (1998)

''The America Gene'' (2009)

Audio books

''The Long Sandy Hair of Neftoon Zamora'' (2004) (with Michael reading the story)

References

External links

Videoranch 3D, a Michael Nesmith company

Article in ''Wired'' magazine about Michael Nesmith and the Council on Ideas

Michael Nesmith biography

(Unofficial) Michael Nesmith Home Page

SWINDLE Magazine Interview

Michael Nesmith: Overcoming The Monkees at NPR.com

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Coordinates	3°8′51″N101°41′36″N
birth date	April 20, 1972
birth place	Sharonville, Ohio, U.S.
occupation	Actress, model, dancer, television personality, singer, entertainer
measurements	36C-23-35
yearsactive	1990–present
birthname	Tara Leigh Patrick
goldenraspberryawards	Worst Supporting Actress 2006 ''Date Movie'', ''Scary Movie 4''
spouse	Dennis Rodman (1998–1999) Dave Navarro (2003–2007)
partner	Rob Patterson (2008-present) }}

Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer. She gained fame for her appearances in ''Playboy'' magazine, on the MTV game show ''Singled Out'', on the TV series ''Baywatch'', and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films ''Scary Movie'' (as well as the fourth film), ''Date Movie'', ''Epic Movie'', ''Meet the Spartans'', and ''Disaster Movie''.

Early life

Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. She also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District (CPS). She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.

Career

Electra started her professional career in 1990 as a dancer at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio in the show "It’s Magic", one of the more popular shows in the park's history. In 1991, she moved to California and met Prince. Soon after, Electra signed a recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records and began a short-lived singing career. During her time at Paisley Park Records, she officially became known as ''Carmen Electra''.

In 1995, Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in ''Playboy'' magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including ''Baywatch'' (cast member from 1997–1998, as Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) and MTV's ''Singled Out''. She returned to ''Baywatch'' for the 2003 reunion movie, ''Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding''.

Electra was featured in ''Playboy'' four more times, with her second appearance in June 1997, third in December 2000, fourth in April 2003 and her fifth in the January 2009 anniversary issue. She was on the cover three times, in December 2000, April 2003 and on the 55th anniversary Issue in January 2009.

Electra has appeared in films such as ''American Vampire'' (1997), ''Good Burger'' (1997), ''The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human'' (1999), the horror spoof ''Scary Movie'' (2000) and also appeared in ''Meet the Spartans'' (2008), ''Scary Movie 4'' (2006), ''Epic Movie'' (2007), ''Date Movie'' (2006), ''Disaster Movie'' (2008), the remake of the 1970s TV show ''Starsky & Hutch'' (2004) and ''Cheaper by the Dozen 2''. She won an MTV Movie Award (best kiss) for ''Starsky & Hutch''. She also appeared in an episode of ''House'' in which she portrayed herself as an injured golfer and an injured farmer, playing out House's fantasy.

In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang's music video of "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope." In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series ''Tripping the Rift'', replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the sexy android "Six". Also in 2005, she began the Naked Women's Wrestling League, acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion. In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.

Other work

Electra's video game work includes appearing as characters in ''Def Jam: Fight for New York'' and is one of the celebrity challenges in the video game ''ESPN NFL 2K5''.

Electra has produced exercise videos and equipment. Her ''Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease'' is a five-disc DVD series that combines teaching classic stripping moves with a low impact cardio workout, which also starred Jon Eby. She also endorses the Electra Pole, a pole dancing kit released in January 2008.

In 1997, Electra modeled for the covers of the comic books ''Razor and the Ladies of London Night'' by London Night Studios.

Electra appeared in commercials for ''Maxim'' Men's Hair Color products (2004–2005).

In 2006, Electra signed on as the spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers, appearing in their television and print ads with CEO David Ritz. She is featured in some video spoofs of Lonelygirl15 that advertised ''Epic Movie''. That same year she appeared as the face and spokesperson for the MAX Factor Make-Up line (beginning in 2006) in their television and print ads.

Electra appeared as a guest judge on ''So You Think You Can Dance'' Season 8 on July 6, 2011. She appeared along with regular series judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy and fellow guest judge Travis Wall.

Charity work

Carmen Electra organized a fundraiser for Head to Hollywood, a non-profit organization which offers support to brain tumor survivors. Other charities which she supports include Elevate Hope, a charity which supports abused and abandoned children, and the Hollyrod Foundation, which provides medical, physical, and emotional support to those suffering from debilitating life circumstances, especially Parkinson's Disease.

Personal life

Electra married basketball star Dennis Rodman in November 1998. Their wedding took place at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, the marriage did not last long, and Electra filed for divorce in April 1999.

On November 22, 2003, Electra married Dave Navarro, lead guitarist for the rock band Jane's Addiction. The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an MTV reality television show called '''Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave''. On July 17, 2006, she and Navarro announced their separation, and Electra filed for divorce on August 10. It was finalized on February 20, 2007.

In April 2008, Electra's representative confirmed that she was engaged to Rob Patterson, a member of the nu metal band Otep and hard rock band Filter.

Credits

Discography

''Carmen Electra'', 1993

Filmography

''American Vampire'' (1997)

''Good Burger'' as Roxanne (1997)

''Starstruck'' (1998)

''The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven'' (1998)

''The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human'' (1999)

''Christmas Vacation 2000'' (1999)

''Scary Movie'' as Drew Decker(2000)

''Sol Goode'' (2001)

''Perfume'' (2001)

''Get Over It'' (2001)

''Rent Control'' (2002)

''Whacked!'' (2002)

''Uptown Girls'' (2003)

''My Boss's Daughter'' (2003)

''Starsky & Hutch'' as Stacey (2004)

''Mr. 3000'' (2004)

''Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon'' (2004)

''Monster Island'' (2004)

''Dirty Love'' (2005)

''Lil' Pimp'' (2005) (direct-to-DVD) (voice)

''Getting Played'' (2005)

''Cheaper by the Dozen 2'' as Sarina Murtaugh (2005)

''Date Movie'' as Anne (2006)

''Scary Movie 4'' as Holly (2006)

''Hot Tamale'' (2006)

''lonelygirl15'' (2006)

''National Lampoon's Pledge This!'' (2006)

''Epic Movie'' as Mystique (2007)

''I Want Candy'' as Candy Fiveways(2007)

''Full of It'' (2007)

''Vaya par de productorex'' (2007)

''Christmas in Wonderland'' (2007)

''Meet the Spartans'' as Queen Margo (2008)

''Disaster Movie'' as The Beautiful Assassin (2008)

''Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust'' as Ginger Vitus (2009) (voice)

''Mardi Gras'' (Filming) (2009)

''Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!'' as Sybil Williams (2009)

''2 Headed Shark Attack'' (2012)

Videography

''Erotic Confessions'' (1996) – Manager – 1 episode: "At the tone"

''Baywatch Nights'' (1996) – Candy – 1 episode: "Epilogue"

''Good Burger'' (1997) – Roxanne

''All That'' (1997) – Sue – 1 episode: "Ed gets married"

''Pacific Blue'' (1997) – Lani McKenzie – 1 episode: "Heartbeat"

''Singled Out'' (host in 1997)

''Loveline'' (host in 1997)

''Baywatch'' (cast member from 1997–1998)

''Just Shoot Me!'' (1997) – Herself – 1 episode: "King Lear Jet"

''Hyperion Bay'' (cast member 1998)

''VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock'' (host in 2000)

''Off Centre'' (guest star as herself in two episodes) (2002)

''Electra's Guy'' (2002)

''Carmen and Dave: An MTV Love Story'' (2002)

''The Simpsons – The Frying Game'' (2002)

''Cleavage'' (narrator in 2002)

''Livin' Large'' (2002–2004) (frequent host throughout run)

''BattleBots'' (host in 2002)

''Dance Fever'' (2003) (canceled after 6 episodes)

''Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding'' (2003)

'''Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave'' (2004) (limited run of 7 episodes)

''Monster Island'' (2004)

''Summerland as Mona (2004)

''Mr. Monk and the Panic Room (2004)

''Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model'' (2004–2005)

''Tripping the Rift'' (cast member in 2005) (voice)

''American Dad'' as Lisa Silver (1 episode)

''House M.D.'' ("Three Stories" (Season 1, Episode 21)) (as herself twice, first being a replacement for Gregory House in the third story then as a farmer from the first story because "If we're gonna look at a leg...")

''Lolo's Cafe'' (2006) (voice)

''Full Frontal Fashion'' (2007 guest host)

''Joey (TV series)'' (guest star as herself in two episodes, one of each season)

''ChartBlast'' hosts the chartshow on MTVNHD and MTV Italy since 2008

''Monk'' (episode: Mr. Monk and the Panic Room – Chloe)

''Perfect Catch'' host, the reality E! UK TV show 2009

References

External links

Official website

Playboy Interview of Carmen Electra

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name	Love Me Not
writer	Kim Jae-yeon, Kim Seon-jeong, Lee Cheol-ha
starring	Moon Geun-young Kim Joo-hyuk Jin Goo Lee Ki-young Seo Hyeon-jin
director	Lee Cheol-ha
producer	Cha Seung-jae, Kim Mi-hee
distributor	Showbox
released	November 9, 2006(South Korea)
runtime	119 minutes
language	Korean
country
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''Love Me Not'' (; ''Sarang ddawin piryo eopseo'', literally "Love and Such Is Not Necessary") is a 2006 South Korean romance film directed by Lee Cheol-ha and starring Moon Geun-young and Kim Joo-hyuk. It is based on the 2002 TBS Japanese drama 愛なんていらねぇよ、夏 (''Love isn't necessary, summer'', transliteration: Ai nante iraneyo, natsu), featuring Ryōko Hirosue.

Plot summary

Julian has lived off with the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Min, the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life. This story takes a terrible turn when Julian becomes guilty, and pained with guilt. The tearjerker moments of the ironic betrayal and innocent love will make your heart turn.

Director's Statement

"The moment when two people desperately long for one another, the moment when love cannot possess but subsists - that’s what I tried to put on screen. Julian and Min are not your regular melodrama characters. When love unexpectedly comes to the two very people mistrusting love, it becomes more ardent than ever.”

Soundtrack

Track listing

# Sunshine (Orgol Version) # Julian # Adonis Club I # Memoris # Love Theme # I Believe In You(庭園) # Min # Sunshine (Clarinet Version) # Julian's Tears # Tell Me The Truth # Your Picture # Secret # Last Dinner # Adonis Club Ii # Destiny # The Shadow Of Love # Never End # Sunshine (song by BoA) # (Bonus Track) He Says # (Bonus Track) She Says # (Bonus Track) Sunshine (Instrumental)

References

External links

Official site (Closed)

Love Me Not at HanCinema

''Love Me Not'' at Korean Film Council (KOFIC)

Love Me Not at Asian Movies Catalogue

Category:2006 films Category:2000s romance films Category:South Korean romance films Category:Films about blind people Category:Films about suburbia Category:Films based on television series Category:Korean-language films

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