RIP, Monkees' Davy Jones: A Trekland godfather of sorts

Of course the sudden death of "the cute one" Davy Jones today conjures up all kinds of Monkees memories (so sudden that he was scheduled to perform March 31 in La Mirada, an LA suburb) ...

...but let us not forget, Treklanders, Davy's link in a connection to our universe:




From a Feb. 10, 2010 TREKLAND entry:

The OTHER Trek anniversary this week... sorta

... Something much more profound—and I'm just shocked, shocked, that the entire Treknological world missed it. I can even visually chart it in the form of a mathematical progression:

b > d > c

In which b = Beatles, d = Davy Jones (of the Monkees, natch) and c = Chekov (fake Beatle wig, or no.)

Here—let me go to the digital artboard:

 Look out, here comes tomorrow: He made a Startime Believer out of us.

 

The OTHER Trek anniversary this week... sorta

While *I* had presumed the focus of attention in Trekland was on the decade birthday of one occasion this week in particular ... it turns out a lot of pop-culture brainpower was devoted to something else:  the annual recall of the first invasion of Beatlemania to America, as the Fab Four landed in New York City on Feb. 7, 1964, for the storied Ed Sullivan Show appearance and debut tour that changed the culture.

So, I guess I can share the bill... since this too is vitally important to Trekland. Thanks to one of my Tweklanders, @Grimation, who jogged my memory—but no, it was not for the Vulcan haircuts. Something much more profound—and I'm just shocked, shocked, that the entire Treknological world missed it. I can even visually chart it in the form of a mathematical progression:

b > d > c

In which b = Beatles, d = Davy Jones (of the Monkees, natch) and c = Chekov (fake Beatle wig, or no.)

Here—let me go to the digital artboard:

Any questions?