Best of the Monkees

Okay, I've mentioned before that I'm a CD-holic, haven't I? What's the worst thing you can do to a CD-holic? You encourage him in his CD buying habits. Now I've already bought like fifteen CDs in the last month (it's been a busy month since Merlefest), so what does the Racoon Fink do?

He comes up to me yesterday and says, "Just so you know, I - I - I - I - I'm not your stepping stone."

Damn. So last night I went and bought the new Best of the Monkees just released this year by Rhino Records.

Oh well, this is one of those nostalgic pleasures -- watching the Monkee re-runs with my brother on weekday mornings over summer break when we were kids. Hell, I never really thought about it until now, but I bet that watching the Monkees (combined with other sources later, most notably the movie The Commitments) really encouraged Tony and I to start a grunge band later in high school.

This has also resurrected an old idea of mine. I had realized, probably in high school, that someone should do a slow, sad, acoustic version of Daydream Believer -- just a solo singer and guitar. Then a few years ago, I heard someone doing it on one of those "Noxzema" shows that my ex loved so much -- probably Dawson or Felicity or something. But now I can't find the song!! Does anyone know what I'm talking about? It was a female singer, but I never found out who.