Yes, managing a video store was my professional low point.  To make it tolerable, I would try to inject a little flavor by playing some off-beat videos during my shift, like an old WrestleMania or the Thunderbirds.  Anything other than whatever typical video store movie the rest of the staff played.  One of the movies I would love to play was the Monkees “Head.”  It’s just so fucked up.  It’s like they got a mountain of drugs, called Jack Nicholson to direct, and made this scattered, stream of consciousness, trippy mess.  What was most fun for me was that regular folks would be in the store, shopping, not paying attention, but they’d hear a Monkees song, think it was an episode, and it would change, and Mike Nesmith would throw a tantrum, and they’d think to themselves, “I never saw this episode.”  They’d come to the counter with their videos and say, “What in Gods name are you watching?”  Success!

In honor of this “I’m going to fuck with you now, typical video store patron” memory, I give you The Monkees, with one of their more psychedelic songs, “Porpoise Song.”

In fairness, I should mention that there were those moments where I would receive compliments on such a video.  While those moments certainly felt better, they were extremely rare.