Andrew Sandoval: The Monkees – The Day-to-Day Story of the '60s TV Pop Sensation (Thunder Bay Press)
Bill Wasserzieher, Ugly Things, Summer 2005
IF SOCRATES, the George Carlin of his day, was right that "the unexamined life is not worth living," then The Monkees have nothing to worry about. Not that they are likely to do much navel-gazing. That's Andrew Sandoval's gig.
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