DIG THIS WITH BILL MESNIK AND RICH BUCKLAND- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS
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DIG THIS WITH BILL MESNIK AND RICH BUCKLAND- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS
My Fellow Americans, Life is actually just a microscopic, deluded moment in time, so let's cut to the freakin' chase. One look at our impending election debacle can solidify my case. It has been my contention since birth, that the answer to every difficulty we encounter on this sacred yet demented S...
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THE MIGHTY MEZ TESTIFIES AS TO THE STRANGE COINCIDENCE OF LIFE, DREAMS, MUSIC, AND FORTUNE-TELLING: HEXAGRAMS 62 & 52 TELL THE TALE.
Hexagram 52: THE ARTIFICIAL DARK (Bill Mesnik)
The bird sings in his cage,
His song sounds full of rage.
I’ll cover him up - and he’...
"PUT ON A STACK OF 45's- THE VANGUARD RECORDS STORY - FEATURING " THE ROOFTOP SINGERS "WALK RIGHT IN"- Dig This With The Splendid Bohemians - Featuring Rich Buckland and Bill Mesnik -The Boys Devote Each Episode To A Famed 45 RPM and It's Import
Vanguard Records is best known for its eclectic catalog of pivotal jazz, folk, rock and blues recordings by iconic artists like Joan Baez, Linda Ronst...
A Dig This Special Presentation: The Mothers Of Invention- "Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia" -Paris, 1970 -The group's highly exploratory, humorous, progressive Rock and Jazz-fusion sound during this era. W/ Flo & Eddie,Jean Luc Ponty & Aynsley Dunbar
Paris- 1970
The December 1970 Paris gig was a standout date during their European tour. The setlist included iconic Zappa tracks and heavy imp...
THE MIGHTY MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS OFFERS THREE MORE HEXAGRAMS FROM THE I CHING, ALONG WITH SONGS, DREAMS, AND DIARY ENTRIES, ALL IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE ORACLE.
Inspired by the clear and evocative 1985 translation of the I CHING, by Kerson and Rosemary Huang - a team of a poet and physicist-poet, I kept a dia...
THE MIGHTY MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS SHARES HIS I CHING MUSICAL DIARY. EPISODE #1: HEXAGRAM 7 - "THE ARMY" IN WHICH THE MEZ CONSULTS THE ORACLE TO RECONCILE A CRISIS OF INDECISION.
The Army (Bill Mesnik)
The war you wage is on yourself,
The soul you save is not your own.
The words you're saying were said before<...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT THE JULY 4TH INSTALLMENT OF "ELECTION DISAFFECTION, PT. 3" IN WHICH THE BOYS RESURRECT THOMAS JEFFERSON'S CAMPAIGN SONG, AND CROON VOTING RIGHTS DITTIES FROM THE TIMES OF THE 14TH AND 19TH AMENDMENTS.
Ok, tomorrow is July 4th, our 250th year celebration of our Declaration of Independence. The temperatures are sweltering, both outside and politicall...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS OFFER A TRIPLE SCOOP OF SUMMER REFRESHMENTS PAST, PROVIDED BY SLY STONE, THE YOUNGBLOODS, AND BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND. INDULGE!
HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME / SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (EPIC, 1969)
The sweltering summer of 2023 is almost over, and all over the world folks are...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A "PUT ON A STACK OF 45s" Rewind: 'GROOVIN' BY THE YOUNG RASCALS! AS THE SUMMER HOLIDAY STARTS TO HEAT UP, THE BOYS TURN TO THE RASCALS TO GET THEIR GROOVE ON.
The concept to which The Rascals were dedicated was, in Felix Cavaliere's words, "Marvin Gaye's voice, Ray Charles' piano, Jimmy Smith's organ, Phil S...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT “ELECTION DISAFFECTION”, PT. 2. IN THIS TIME CAPSULE COLLAGE OF HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN SONGS AND UP TO THE MINUTE INTERVIEWS FROM 2024 WE CAN HEAR THE FUTURE BEING PLAYED OUT ALONGSIDE HAUNTINGS FROM THE PAST.
We originally broadcast this episode of election nonsense prior to the debate of 2024, and listening to it anew we are reminded of how drastically thi...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A "DIG THIS" REWIND: A TRIBUTE TO CHIP TAYLOR (3/21/1940 - 3/23/2026). RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK OFFER THE TALE OF AN UNPARALLELED SONGWRITER AND POET, PRACTITIONER OF SOCIAL EQUALITY AND BROTHER OF A MIDNIGHT COWBOY.
Chip Taylor (3/21/1940 - 3/23/2026)
Like a cat with nine lives, Chip Taylor’s persona embodied many iterations. Starting with his successful “so...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT “ELECTION DISAFFECTION:” IF YOU THINK TIMES ARE BAD NOW, CONSIDER 1856… AMERICA’S ANSWER WAS JAMES BUCHANAN, AIDED AND ABETTED BY THE NATION’S TOP SONGWRITER, STEPHEN FOSTER.
26 years ago, before the election of George W. Bush in 2000, I wrote, produced and starred in a show about the history of the campaign song, called "M...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT IN REMEMBRANCE OF DAVE MASON (5/10/1946 - 4/19/2026): A SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET REWIND with THE "MIGHTY MEZ" - SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - EPISODE #44: WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW MAY BRING by Traffic (United Artists, 1968)
WHO KNOWS WHAT TOMORROW MAY BRING by Traffic (United Artists, 1968)
The original line up of Traffic had it all: mysticism, funk, folk, world mus...
"PUT ON A STACK OF 45's" Rewind! MOBY GRAPE- "8:05" - THE DENIAL OF A GRAND DESTINY - Dig This With The Splendid Bohemians - Featuring Rich Buckland and Bill Mesnik -The Boys Devote Each Episode To A Famed 45 RPM And Shine A Light Upon It's Import
MOBY GRAPE JUST CAN'T CATCH A BREAK
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/17498799
IN HONOR OF THE LOVING MEMORY OF CLARENCE CARTER- FROM THE SPLENDID BOHEMIAN ARCHIVES- A "DIG THIS" CLASSIC EPISODE CELEBRATING THE SOUTHERN SOUL GENIUS OF CLARENCE CARTER, DON COVAY, AND ARTHUR ALEXANDER.
"CLARENCE CARTER SLIPS AWAY ON THE MYSTERY TRAIN"
When we speak of the deep soul drenched days when certain performers inhabited a heart full of...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, LIVE FROM THE STARLIGHT LOUNGE IN THE HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENT AN 84TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO BOB DYLAN: SOME OF HIS ALL-TIME BEST COVERS. ENJOY!!
How do you come up with a list of best covers of our greatest living songwriter? Splendid Bohemian, and Bob Dylan Maven Rich Buckland states his case...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A "DIG THIS" REWIND FROM 10 YEARS AGO: LEGACIES IN DANGER! THE BOYS REASSESS THE CAREERS OF TOM JONES AND CHARLES AZNAVOUR AND DEBATE THE IDEA OF ROMANTICISM IN THE AGE OF "ME TOO."
Romanticism or misogyny? During the tectonic time of “Me Too” The Splendid Bohemians tackled the subjects of two artists inextricably linked to their...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "COVER ART: THE SPLENDOR OF THE COVER SONG," EP. # 4. TODAY'S HONOREE: THE SINGULARLY AMERICAN VOICE OF PAUL SIMON.
Paul Simon set the standard for a New American Songbook. Reviewing these selections one is struck by the elegance of his melodies - on a par with that...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS RETURN FOR “YAMMER-FEST, PART 2,” IN WHICH WE WELCOME RECENT RESIDENTS OF THE HOTEL BOHEMIA: COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD, AUGIE MEYERS, AND JOHN HAMMOND, JR. ENJOY!!
The “talk talk” continues wherein Rich and Bill “rage against the dying of the light,” to honor our past and opine on the socio-political conditions o...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT PART ONE OF "YAMMER-FEST" AT THE HOTEL BOHEMIA. LIVING LEGEND RICH BUCKLAND HOLDS FORTH ON SID CAESAR, SOUPY SALES, DON RICKLES, RODNEY DANGERFIELD, BEING AT WOODSTOCK, AND THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CATS.
It was a great reunion at the Hotel Bohemia. Bill and Rich got so engrossed in a variety of topics that we left the recorder running - and, as a resul...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "COVER ART: THE SPLENDOR OF THE COVER SONG" - EPISODE #3 - THE ENIGMATIC NEIL YOUNG.
Neil Young’s otherworldly ability to morph between raging metalhead to the most sentimental of romantics never fails to astound. Always uncompromising...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - THE WRITER'S VOICE WITH HARLAND HOWARD AND GUY CLARK. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Back in the Tin Pan Alley (and Brill Building) days there were song-pluggers, and there were vocalists, and never the twain met, but this symbiotic re...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS REWIND A CLASSIC "PUT ON A STACK OF 45's"-BILLY STEWART- "SITTING IN THE PARK" - Featuring Rich Buckland and Bill Mesnik -The Boys Devote Each Episode To A Famed 45 RPM And Shine A Light Upon It's Import.
THE BILLY STEWART DISCOGRAPHY
Singles:
Albums:
The Splendid Bohemians wish to acknowledge COLTRANE 100, the year long, centennial celebration of the master's birth, with - "Of Coltrane and The Language of Jazz- A Dream Poem" - A Complex and Spiritual Excursion Featuring Ghosts Of The Jazz and Pop Past
https://www.johncoltrane.com/
John Coltrane departed this mortal plane more than fifty years ago; today he remains among us, more alive than eve...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "COVER ART: THE SPLENDOR OF THE COVER SONG," EPISODE #2 - CELEBRATING THE ONE AND MANY DAVID BOWIE!
David Bowie, aka David Jones, aka Ziggy Stardust, aka Aladdin Sane, aka The Thin White Duke, aka The Man Who Fell to Earth had a vision of a future wh...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A NEW SERIES - "COVER ART : THE SPLENDOR OF THE COVER SONG" - FOR OUR FIRST COSMIC COMPOSER: THE ONE AND ONLY VAN MORRISON!
What is a cover song?
It’s an act of devotion, an organic transmission from the essence of one soul into and through another. And, sometimes, b...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A CLASSIC "PUT ON A STACK OF 45s" REWIND - PALISADES PARK - FREDDY "BOOM BOOM" CANNON - (SWAN, 1962)
"Palisades Park" (from Wikipedia)
Chuck Barris wrote a song about an amusement park and it was suggested he use the name of an amusemen...
IT'S AWARD SEASON! THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT TWO CLASSIC EPISODES OF "AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO..." HONORING TWO SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES BY IRREPLACEABLE CHARACTER ACTORS: WITH LAIRD CREGAR AND MARGARET WYCHERLY.
TWO CLASSIC SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES BY IRREPLACEABLE CHARACTER ACTORS IN FILMS WITHOUT WHOM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS GREAT.
LAIRD CREGAR (1913-194...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "RICHIE'S PICKS" - THE 5 GREATEST DYLAN COVERS: A PENTAGRAM OF ELEMENTAL PERFECTION.
My partner Rich is a man of strong opinions, and thank God, because since I have none we balance each other out. He has declared the following songs t...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - SHADES OF BLUES WITH SLEEPY JOHN ESTES AND GEORGIE FAME: TWO SIDES OF A TURQUOISE COIN. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Here’s a cosmic riddle for you: A blind man and a mod walk into a bar…. Is it a coffee bar, with a make-shift stage on a corner platform, attended by...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A TEUTONIC TWOFER: “THE MOONDOG AND NICO QUEST" BILL AND RICH ENTER THE REGAL REGION OF MYTHICAL MUSICIAN MOONDOG, AND THE ETERNAL INFERNO KNOWN AS NICO.
"In 1960s New York City lived a blind, often homeless man with a long, flowing beard, who dressed as a Viking and stood sentinel at the corner of West...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - FEMMES OF FUSION: COMIN' UP TO THE HOUSE WITH SARAH JAROSZ AND DOWN INTO A WHIRLPOOL WITH WANDA JACKSON. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Here are a couple of ladies who span generations and genres. They can rock, swing, and croon like nobody’s business, and are renown for their independ...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS OFFER YOU A QUADRUPLE SCOOP OF SUNSHINE: FOUR CLASSIC EPISODES FROM THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET, WITH JACK TEAGARDEN, HENRY MANCINI, JOHNNY MERCER, AND HORTON THE ELEPHANT.
To counteract whatever "derangement syndrome" you might be experiencing at the moment, Bill Mesnik of the Splendid Bohemians offers an antidote to you...
Hotel Bohemia Rewind:The Rat Pack Edition- The Infamous 1962, 4AM Show Live From The 500 Club In Atlantic City- Only 250 Vinyl Copies Were Pressed For Special Guests- Frank, Dino and Sammy Request Your Presence!
DINO, AND SAMMY, AND FRANK - O MY!
What tomfoolery! It’s 4 o’clock in the morning, and these bad boys are just getting started. This recording i...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - GETTING LOST IN A MYSTICAL MIST WITH ERROLL GARNER AND BIX BEIDERBECKE - TWO TITANS OF JAZZ TRANSPORT US TO REALMS OF MYSTERY. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Today we present two piano instrumentals that explore the mysteries of Mist. Strictly speaking, a “mist” can be defined by some water vapor that obsc...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - CAR CULTURE: AMERICA'S OBSESSION WITH THE BIG AUTOMOBILE, WITH THE BEACH BOYS AND SHANIA TWAIN. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Given that we lost Brian Wilson recently, and there’s been a lot of talk about the elimination of the affordable subcompact, I thought we could reflec...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A CLASSIC CAPTAIN BILLY'S MAGIC 8 BALL REWIND: NEIL DIAMOND SOARS WITH HIS SPIRIT ANIMAL, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL.
SPIRIT ANIMAL
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL by Neil Diamond (Columbia, 1973)
There were alot of self-help manuals popularized in the 70’s; I...
THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO: TRAIN DREAMS! BILL AND RICH NOMINATE THIS METAPHYSICAL MASTERPIECE FOR FILM OF THE YEAR, WITH BACKING BY NICK CAVE, JACKSON BROWNE, TOM RUSH, GREGG ALLMAN, AND TOM WAITS. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
There have been a lot of good to great films released this year - serious films, films with urgent political underpinnings, films that mix satire, pat...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS OFFER A TRIPLE-PLAY DEVOTIONAL PROGRAM DELIVERED BY JAN AND DEAN, TOM JONES, AND EVIL WIENER.
“You gotta have faith,” George Michael sang a long time ago. Given the unfortunate fate that befell that conflicted artist, it’s worth taking a moment...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A "DOUBLE TROUBLE" CHRISTMAS CRACKER! TWO HOLIDAY DELICACIES TO GET THE FESTIVITIES STARTED - WITH HARVEY KEITEL AND THE TURTLES. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Today, we feature a Christmas cracker that offers some new perspectives on one of our most treasured holiday traditions - The Xmas Song: First, The Tu...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS EXTEND AN INVITATION TO PARTAKE IN SOME INSTRUMENTAL INSPIRATIONS! ANOTHER TWO-FER OF CLASSIC "STACK OF 45s" EPISODES WITH THE VENTURES AND JOE MEEK'S TORNADOS. ENJOY!!
Rich and I are having a ball, reliving our memorable episodes and sharing the cream with you. Today we feature two dynamic instrumental tracks that wa...