{"id":26761,"date":"2012-02-29T11:29:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/rip-davey-jones.html"},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:36:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T22:36:11","slug":"rip-davey-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/rip-davey-jones.html","title":{"rendered":"RIP, Davy Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

I grew up loving the Monkees, and their TV show, and their music, and, for obvious naming reasons, always appreciated Davy Jones (even if the teen heart-throb thing was a bit much). Thanks for the entertaining times, Davy. #ddtb<\/p>\n

[Note: for the record, yes, I managed to misspell Mr. Jones’ first name 3 times in this post, even though the item I was linking from had it spelled correctly AND I was commenting about his name as well. Yeesh, sometimes I’m an idiot.]<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Breaking News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Davy Jones, lead singer for the Monkees, has died of a heart attack at age 66<\/b>
Stuart, Fla., USA<\/i><\/p>\n

Wed Feb 29, 12:47 p.m. EST:<\/b> +<\/span>TMZ<\/a><\/span> and +<\/span>Houston Press<\/a><\/span> report that Davy Jones, lead singer of '60s pop sensations and television band The Monkees has died at the age of 66 in his home state of Florida, according to the Martin County medical examiner's office. He suffered a heart attack. <\/p>\n

The list of the Monkees hits includes "I'm A Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "Daydream Believer."<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/02\/29\/davy-jones-dead-monkees\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blogs.houstonpress.com\/rocks\/2012\/02\/rip_davy_jones_monkees_singer.php<\/a><\/p>\n

#DaveyJones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I grew up loving the Monkees, and their TV show, and their music, and, for obvious naming reasons, always appreciated Davy Jones (even if the teen heart-throb thing was a bit much). Thanks for the entertaining times, Davy. #ddtb [Note: for the record, yes, I managed to misspell Mr. Jones’ first name 3 times in … Continue reading “RIP, Davy Jones”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,75],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-performers","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4351,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/19\/sync_sank_sunk.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":0},"title":"Sync sank, sunk","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 19-Sep-03 9:50am","format":false,"excerpt":"'Tis with heavy heart that I confirm the reports that BookmarkSync seems to be on its way to Davy Jones' Locker, due to scurvy dogs and shivered timbers. Unable to...","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging & Internet"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging & Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9168,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/02\/03\/its_official_ca.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":1},"title":"It’s official: Capt. Jack Sparrow at Disneyland\/World","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 3-Feb-06 9:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"As previously speculated, Disney's announced that the Pirates of the Caribbean rides at both Disneyland and WDW Magic Kingdom will be shut down until the summer so that figures from...","rel":"","context":"In "Disney\/Pixar"","block_context":{"text":"Disney\/Pixar","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/franchises\/disney"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137894,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/21\/rip-peter-tork.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":2},"title":"RIP, Peter Tork","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 21-Feb-19 7:46pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter was the the \"dumb blonde\" of the Monkees, friendly and gentle and (presented as) kind of stupid, but still lovable. He's the one on the left in the picture below. Tork was the oldest of the Monkees, and he's the second, after Davey Jones, to pass away. Thanks, sir,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":153528,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/07\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":3},"title":"Still chatty after all these years","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 7-Mar-21 12:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Stupid Evil Podcast is ... well, it was fun.","rel":"","context":"In "DDtB-SEB Podcasts"","block_context":{"text":"DDtB-SEB Podcasts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/podcasts\/ddtb-seb-podcasts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/still-chatty-after-all-these-years-f7WYuWsxxqQ.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":136275,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/06\/and-lo-there-shall-come-another-seb-podcast.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":4},"title":"And, lo, there shall come another SEB Podcast!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 6-May-18 2:56pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been an astonishing three years since +Les Jenkins and I did one of his Stupid Evil Bastard podcasts (the biggest takeaway from which was that it had been three years since we previously did it, and that was clearly way, way too long). Anyway, if you've ever wanted to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/les-jenkins.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/les-jenkins.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/les-jenkins.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/les-jenkins.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41878,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/30\/ah-the-golden-age-of-nuclear-artillery.html","url_meta":{"origin":26761,"position":5},"title":"Ah, the Golden Age of Nuclear Artillery","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 30-Apr-14 3:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There's something vaguely surreal about the video in this article, detailing a demo of the Davy Crockett\u00a0as part of an every-day troop maneuver. All it was missing was Tony Stark making a big, wide-armed speech.\ufeff The Davy Crockett Tac-Nuke: King of the Wild Cold War Frontier There was a time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}