Tag Archives: music

Both Sides Now

Posted on November 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir It started as the best month ever. Coming off our TV special, our buddy “Bob,” mega-publisher Robert Petersen, booked my band The Daily Planet for our first Big Gig (no dancing teenagers shouting “play something we know!”) … Continue reading →

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High Atop the Mountain of Fame!

Posted on October 10, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We’d been chosen as the Best New Music Group in the Western U.S., and all-of-a-sudden we were stars! We had two rooms on the eighth floor of the hotel every visiting rock group stayed at! We’d played … Continue reading →

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This Day in Rock ‘n’ Roll History

Posted on October 4, 2023 by mitchteemley

On this date in music history… 1961 – Bob Dylan made his concert debut at Carnegie Hall. 58 people attended (mostly Bob’s personal friends). Bob’s take of the box office was $20 1965 – Paul McCartney’s “Scrambled Eggs” (also known … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Week of My Life

Posted on October 3, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We were famous! And not just for 15 minutes, but for a week! Our band The Daily Planet had been chosen the Best New Music Group in the Western U.S. and had driven to Hollywood to shoot … Continue reading →

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Mapping Out My Future

Posted on September 19, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Fall and winter of my senior year had turned out just the way I’d planned. But spring took an unexpectedly dark turn. First, our lovably nebbish Choir instructor Mr. Brock developed a bad case of the hiccups. … Continue reading →

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My Rock ‘n’ Roll Rage

Posted on September 5, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was ruthless. And for a good reason. I would turn eighteen that May, and if my band The Daily Planet was ever going to be “the next Beatles” it had better be soon! Yes, I loved … Continue reading →

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All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing!

Posted on August 29, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I did it all. Or tried to. My guidance counselor urged me to go into “the arts,” which I naturally took to mean all of the arts. My hero Gene Kelly had done it all—acted, sung, danced—and … 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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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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