Tag Archives: 1960s

The Girl From Texas

Posted on July 11, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It was the Summer of Love, and “love-ins” were popping up everywhere. Marc and I had heard there was one in Griffith Park. So we jumped in his Chevy and went looking for hippies gyrating to guitars … Continue reading →

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Hello, Goodbye!

Posted on June 27, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir The Beatles tune “Hello, Goodbye” seemed to be the theme song for my junior year. My life was full of hellos and goodbyes, and moving impossibly fast! In May alone, the month I turned seventeen, I … … Continue reading →

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The Tragic End of the Least Famous Rock Band of All Time

Posted on June 20, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We were out of style without ever actually being in style. Honestly, The Luscious Naipseht was kinda poppy, with our big, boxy British Invasion-style guitars. Marc had one just like George Harrison’s. And my first electric was … Continue reading →

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The Epic Beginning of the Least Famous Rock Band of All Time!

Posted on June 13, 2023 by mitchteemley

Oddly enough, my band is not in this montage. My Real Memoir The Luscious Naipseht was my first band. The name was a joke: childhood BFF Jeff, newfangled BFF Marc, and I were members of a high school drama club … Continue reading →

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Just Mitch

Posted on May 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir God believed in me. Even though, by my teens, I’d decided he didn’t exist and had come to consider believers rather simple-minded. Still, I could be tactfully dodgy. I told my pen pal Judy I believed in … Continue reading →

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Cheddar Cheese and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Posted on May 16, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Suddenly, without realizing it, I acquired a third BFF. Unthinkable! Oh, I’d had good friends before, lots of them. Even some temporary BFs like my “Fatman and Ribbon” cohort Fred, unwitting host of the infamous “IHeardThereWasAnOrgyAtFred’sHouse” party. … Continue reading →

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Find Your Extra Something

Posted on May 15, 2023 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week The other day I heard a catchy old 1960s novelty tune “Lightnin’ Strikes” by Lou Christie. In it, a guy confesses to his (soon-to-be-ex) girlfriend that when he sees “lips begging to be kissed” he can’t … Continue reading →

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The Year I Exploded

Posted on May 9, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Exploded creatively, that is. Although La Mirada High wasn’t an official school of the arts, a growing number of us were essentially “majoring” in music and drama. The previous year, our yearbook had noted that we were … Continue reading →

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Sex 101

Posted on May 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Sex. A friend commented recently about my Leave It to Beaver life. But I’m not The Beav, and I never was. Beaver Cleaver was a fictional character in a sweetly sanitized sitcom. One who never discovered at … Continue reading →

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Boys Just Wanna Have Fun

Posted on April 25, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Absolutely Devoted to Happy Diversions. That was pretty much my credo at age 16. Just as my OCD had emerged in my pre-teen no-stepping-on-cracks years, my ADHD emerged full-blown during my sophomore year in high school. The … Continue reading →

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