Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, a pop visionary who penned many of the group’s most enduring songs before laying the groundwork for country rock with the First National Band in the early Seventies, died Friday from natural causes. He was 78.
Nesmith was no Cohen, no Dylan. But he was a terrific musician, a great innovator, the genesis of MTV, a writer of good pop songs and better-than-pop. I got to see him twice in London back in the early 70s - First National Band and one solo gig. Both were far more than worth the time, effort and money.
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
