Tag Archives: 1960s

Cats I Have Known and Loved

Posted on September 29, 2026 by mitchteemley

Cats I Have Known and Loved: Mr. B feared nothing, including the notorious Vacuum Cleaner. But Zipper was a lover, not a fighter… Continue reading →

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The Year I Invented Skateboarding

Posted on September 22, 2026 by mitchteemley

Above: homemade skateboard, metal shoe-skates, crate scooters, sidewalk surfboard, “Chicago” skateboard My Real Memoir: The Year I Invented Skateboarding Actually, untold thousands of other Stone Age kids did too. The idea was in the zit-geist, which is to say that … Continue reading →

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The Year Guitars (and I) Were Born

Posted on August 7, 2025 by mitchteemley

(⇐ Me with a “Strat” at age 14) I often refer to music as “my other love.” Like many musicians, I started out playing in bands. And, although I play keyboards a little, it all began with guitars. To me as … Continue reading →

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Come on Baby, Do the Notzilla!

Posted on January 16, 2025 by mitchteemley

Images above are from both the feature film and the graphic novel Notzilla (P.S. My publisher has just commissioned me to create a new Notzilla graphic novel!) Music From My Movies As I mentioned in the previous Music From My Movies, … Continue reading →

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Where Have All the Monsters Gone?

Posted on November 7, 2024 by mitchteemley

Music From My Movies As I mentioned in the previous Music from My Movies, I’ve written songs for each of my feature films. For my “cult classic comedy” Notzilla (MovieWeb), I wrote three closing tunes. Notzilla is a spoof of … Continue reading →

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55 Years Ago This Month

Posted on March 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Dear blogfriends and followers: I owe you an apology! Or at least an explanation: I haven’t visited your blog sites for the past week because I’ve been in a recording studio in Montana. My band The Daily Planet decided to … Continue reading →

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When You Can’t Find a Way…

Posted on February 27, 2024 by mitchteemley

First photo: On floor: Mitch, Standing: BF Jeff and Mitch’s cousins (Ralph is not in this picture) My Real Memoir I was nineteen, and so was my cousin Ralph. It was Christmas Eve, and it was the last time I … Continue reading →

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In With a Shout, Out With a Whimper

Posted on February 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

The Daily Planet (a.k.a. World’s Fare) – Top: Jeph and Mitch. Bottom: Joey and Marc My Real Memoir The year had started with such promise! My band The Daily Planet had finished recording its debut album, and by summer our … Continue reading →

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Thank You, God, For Not Making Me a Star

Posted on February 13, 2024 by mitchteemley

Above: The Daily Planet – Mitch (top), Jeph (L), Joey (middle), Marc (R), B of A Achievement Award, stream-of-conscious notebook pages (no actual writing class assignments have survived) My Real Memoir I was imploding with unfulfilled and unrecognized yearnings. I’d … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Do Drugs

Posted on January 30, 2024 by mitchteemley

A short time after doing drugs for the first time, I scribbled the above anxiety-fueled meditation (and accompanying doodle) about looking into one’s own brain and never being able to look out again. My Real Memoir I’d turned nineteen, and … Continue reading →

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