Tag Archives: the Beatles

True Love Exaggerates — Always!!!!

Posted on February 13, 2025 by mitchteemley

Hyperbole [hīˈpərbəlē] noun: extravagant exaggeration Lovers and fishermen are the two classes of people officially allowed to lie. In fact, when it comes to love songs, hyperbole is a must. Would Marvin Gaye’s classic love song be the same if it … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Resolutions: Two Weeks Later

Posted on January 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

Resolution (with apologies to the Beatles): “You say you made a resolution, well, you know, We all want to change our ways, But to really be a resolution, well, you know, It’s got to last more than twelve days.” About … Continue reading →

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My Next Big Fork in the Road?

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Yes, that’s (not) me in the center. My Real Memoir At age eleven, I’d had an offer to move to Japan and become an artist. That was my first big fork in the road. Then at eighteen, I’d had a … Continue reading →

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The Long and Winding Road

Posted on April 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Ricardo Alfaro My Real Memoir The future I’d planned as a teenager was gone: my almost-famous band had disintegrated, my high school celebrity was yellowing in a scrapbook, and my first “I love you” was fading in a … Continue reading →

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Sixty Years Ago Today

Posted on February 9, 2024 by mitchteemley

On this date in 1964, over 73 million people watched The Beatles storm the Ed Sullivan Show stage, officially launching the British Invasion! But 1964 was an iconic music year for other reasons too: The Supremes, The Beach Boys, Barbara … 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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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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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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Snogging, The Beatles, and Me

Posted on November 15, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I was in love. Not with a girl, but with music. And yet, somehow the two seemed inextricably linked. Music in the 1960s was an explosion of styles: Pop, Soul, R&B were constantly merging and borrowing from … Continue reading →

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