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Music It's the summer of 1977 on a beach in Los Angeles, California.

35-year-old musician Mike Nesmith sits on a deck chair on a rocky bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Sitting next to him are three beautiful women. They give Mike flirty looks as they sip cocktails,

but it's all for show. Mike and the women aren't actually flirting. They're performing for the camera

and film crew on the bluff with them. Mike is making a promotional video to accompany his

latest single, Rio. Since his heyday as a member of the 60s boy band The Monkeys, he has

struggled to find consistent success in his solo career. But that's not for lack of trying. Mike has

experimented with all manner of different ways to promote his music. At one point, he even released a tie-in novel to accompany one of his albums.

His latest venture is this music video, which he hopes will promote the newest release.

But as Mike continues to mug for the camera, behind him, a large beach umbrella collapses

in the wind, ruining the take.

The director calls for a pause in filming while the crew fixed the problem.

Waiting for the next take, Mike gets out of his deck chair and moves toward a craft

services table stocked with food and drinks.

As Mike picks through what's on offer, he hears two crew members snickering and making

comments about this absurd project.

They stop when they realize he can hear them and quickly scoot away to make themselves busy.

Mike just pours himself with coffee and smiles.

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