Now in paperback, a "beautifully written" (New York Times) memoir from the Monkees icon, songwriter, and music video innovator --
"a book -- and a life -- unlike any other in rock" (Kirkus Reviews, starred)The "beautifully written" (The New York Times) autobiography of Michael Nesmith,fromhis star-making role on The Monkees andhis invention of the music video to his critical contributions to movies, comedy, and the world of virtual reality"Reads like the chronicle of a relentless seeker."-Los Angeles TimesMichael Nesmith's eclectic, electric life spanned his star-making role on The Monkees, his invention of the music video, and his critical contributions to movies, comedy, and the world of virtual reality. But above all, his is a seeker's story, a pilgrimage in search of a set of principles to live by. That search took Nesmith from a childhood in Dallas to the set of The Monkees in Los Angeles to the heart of swinging London with John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix.
This funny, thoughtful, self-aware book is a window into an unexpected life, inflected at every turn by the surprising candor and absurdist humor of an American original.