If all Michael Nesmith had ever accomplished was being cast as "Mike" in The Monkees, he'd be justifiably famous. But Nez's story is so much more than that-deep, surprising, remarkable, a true seeker's journey. The Monkees' may have elevated him to pop culture legend, but the full arc of his eclectic, electric life tells an altogether different and more powerful story, taking him from a childhood in Dallas (where his single mother, Bette, invented Liquid Paper) to Hollywood, to the heart of swinging London with John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix, to participating in the birth of what would become MTV, to producing the cult classic Repo Man and working in the world of virtual reality as the Counter Culture led to the Cyberculture.
With his refreshingly uncommon book, INFINITE TUESDAY: An Autobiographical Riff (Three Rivers Press, April 17, 2018), now available in paperback, Nesmith brings that unexpected life-and the ideas that animated it-into full bloom, a startling bouquet of comedy, pathos, and the occasional trip to an alternate dimension.
Influenced in equal parts by the consciousness-expanding ambitions of Timothy Leary and the cerebral humor of Douglas Adams, Nesmith writes of key moments in his life centered on "bands," not just of the musical kind, but also of groups of people committed to the same ideas and principles. Whether these formed around music, art, television-and whether they emerged during creative peaks or delusional depths-they proved powerful forces that helped Nesmith plug in to the energy that has repeate, Nesmith has written a book that, while it has its share of illuminating stories of celebrity (and the attendant "Celebrity Psychosis"), is at its heart a book of ideas-about faith and creativity, ego and humility, and the power of coming together with the right groups of people in the right moments. Funny, thoughtful, and utterly unique, INFINITE TUESDAY is a journey toward enlightenment, one man's decades-long pilgrimage in search of a set of principles to live by.