Tag Archives: rock

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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Why The Beatles Are Still Relevant

Posted on October 26, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Max (a.k.a. Badfinger) of Power Pop…an Eclectic Collection of Pop Culture. Max is a true aficionado, with an unending supply of fascinating bet-you-didn’t-know stories. He’s a songwriter/musician himself, as well as a fan of … Continue reading →

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My Rock

Posted on August 2, 2020 by mitchteemley

“When you’re drowning and someone reaches down from a rock and says, ‘Grab my hand!” you do it! That’s when it’s all right to use someone, Alec. Because that’s how they got there That’s how I did. That’s how my … Continue reading →

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Music from My Movies

Posted on May 10, 2019 by mitchteemley

Father, I’m on Fire! Father, I’m on Fire, a burst of guileless musical joy, plays under the ending credits of my feature film Over-the-Rhine. Expressing the newborn faith of one of the film’s central characters, it’s exuberant lyrics and light … Continue reading →

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Thursday Song

Posted on October 5, 2018 by mitchteemley

So 50 years ago I did this. Dang, I’m old…ish.

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This Day in Rock History

Posted on October 4, 2018 by mitchteemley

On this day in rock 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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Thursday Song

Posted on September 29, 2016 by mitchteemley

(Music Video below) Marc was a skinny Polish-American Jew. I was a Euro-American mutt who’d decided he was Irish after playing a leprechaun in the high school musical. Our first band was clunky. If the chords to the song went, … Continue reading →

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