Tag Archives: The Daily Planet

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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Flying Out of Control

Posted on January 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir My band, The Daily Planet, had just finished recording our first album and were anxious to get on with becoming famous! Our sonic heroes were soaring: The Beatles with “Get Back” and soon Abbey Road, Simon & … Continue reading →

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Me and Princess Leia’s Mom

Posted on November 28, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir As a kid I wanted with every fiber of my being to sing and dance and kiss girls the way Gene Kelly kissed Debbie Reynolds in Singin’ in the Rain. And so, in sixth grade, I decided to open … Continue reading →

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A Head Full of Dreams

Posted on September 26, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir “You’re so full of dreams, I gotta kiss you just to shut you up!” (from my novel Healing River). Those could have been my girlfriend Marty’s words the day we graduated from high school. Yes, I was … Continue reading →

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Me and Princess Leia’s Mom

Posted on July 12, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir I’d always been in love with movies. I wanted with every fiber of my being to be Gene Kelly. To sing like him. To dance like him. And most of all, to kiss girls like him. Especially … Continue reading →

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My Thursday Song

Posted on December 30, 2021 by mitchteemley

Vintage Music Video below* The end of the year always makes me think back on those moments that helped define me. The Daily Planet was, for many years, the biggest “moment” of my life. Marc was a skinny Polish-American Jew. … Continue reading →

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