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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THEY'RE BACK!!! A DIG THIS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL- "IF YOU HAVE GHOSTS"- THE ROKY ERICKSON ICING ON YOUR HALLOWED CUPCAKE OF TERROR! FEAR, FUN AND ROCKIN' ANCIENT HISTORY FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY FEATURING BILL "THE MIGHTY MEZ" MESNIK AND HIS GHASTLY JOY MACHINE
IT IS TIME TO WALK WITH THE ZOMBIES! '
WELCOME TO THE PORTAL NO ONE LEAVES ALIVE.
HALLOWEEN IS UPON US, AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE T...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE"- CULTURAL APPROPRIATION WITH PETER LA FARGE AND JOHNNY CASH. DOUBLE DOWN!!
This nation’s troubled history with Manifest Destiny will continue to haunt us for some time. Throughout the decades some Native voices have emerged a...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - ICE QUEENS WITH LANA DEL REY AND NICO. DOUBLE DOWN!!
What is the fascination that we have with seductive avatars of oblivion? Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams indoctrinated the adolescent me to the possi...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - ACES OF BASS WITH TAL WILKENFELD AND ESPERANZA SPALDING. DOUBLE DOWN!!
At risk of seeming sexist, it must be noted that the two prodigies of the bass featured here are female, and perhaps that, in some sense, informs thei...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - STRING THEORY WITH KALEIDOSCOPE AND TELEVISION. DOUBLE DOWN!!
DT: STRING THEORY / TELEVISION AND KALEIDOSCOPE
The guitar as we know it has had an illustrious evolution, starting its journey in ancient Mesop...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - STAYING HYDRATED WITH MARTY ROBBINS AND THE REVEREND AL GREEN. DOUBLE DOWN!!
DT: STAYING HYDRATED WITH MARTY ROBBINS AND REV. AL GREEN
H2O - we can’t live without it. As the temperatures rise, physically and spiritually,...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND," THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS AND MEMORIES INTERSECT. EPISODE 8: ANCHORS AWEIGH!
ANCHORS AWEIGH!
This episode comes from diary entries written from March to August, 2018 - and, involve labyrinthian efforts to get my nephew in...
HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS " OF TURTLES, LIOTTA AND PRIZEFIGHTS "- RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF MARK VOLMAN, THE INTENSITY OF RAY LIOTTA AND PREVIEW THE HISTORIC CANELO / CRAWFORD SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST - DIG IT!!!
The story of one of the sunniest and funniest personalities to emerge in the world of rock, the Turtles‘ Mark Volman, is being told in a book whose t...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? WITH THE MC5 AND GIL SCOTT-HERON. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Long ago and far away, around 1970, there was a smoldering rage that permeated through every strata of American society. Following a flurry of assassi...
HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "LABORS OF LOVE "- RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK CELEBRATE THE UNION OF JOE HILL, THE JERRY LEWIS LABOR DAY TELETHON & MOTHERHOOD- PLUS EMINEM SHOWS NO FEAR AS THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS TELL IT LIKE IT IS- A FEAST OF LOVE!
A songwriter, itinerant laborer, and union organizer, Joe Hill became famous around the world after a Utah court convicted him of murder. Even before...
BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: LOW YO YO STUFF BY CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (WB, 1972)
SUNNY SONGS: LOW YO YO STUFF by Captain Beefheart (WB, 1972)
We do what we gotta do to survive. We’ve got to activate our low yo yo stuff. Don V...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - GIVING LOVE ONE MORE CHANCE - WITH TRACY CHAPMAN AND SIPPIE WALLACE. DOUBLE DOWN!
Today we feature two black female vocalists, born 66 years apart, both renown for their independent spirit, singing songs about trying to make love wo...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - DISHING THE DIRT WITH HOWLIN' WOLF AND GENE PITNEY. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Gossip, Tittle Tattle, rumors, hearsay, dishing the dirt, idle talk, back stabbing…. It’s not one of the seven deadly sins, but maybe it should be. Ho...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND," THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS AND MEMORIES INTERSECT. EPISODE #7 - NORTH TO ALASKA!
In the summer of 2019, in the halcyon days before the Pandemic, Chemayne and I got to share a 25th anniversary celebration experience that we had put...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - APOCALYPSE NOW! WITH JACKSON BROWNE AND CHUMBAWAMBA - DOUBLE DOWN!!
APOCALYPSE NOW!
JACKSON BROWNE AND CHUMBAWAMBA
Have T***p derangement syndrome? Don’t worry; be happy! Go with the flow. Things can alway...
BILL ("THE MIGHTY MEZ") MESNIK PRESENTS A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: IT'S A CHOICE TO BE HAPPY!
IT’S A CHOICE TO BE HAPPY
(Music and lyrics by Bill Mesnik)
What makes me happy?
Cause when I feel happy
I feel...
"CAPTAIN BILLY'S MAGIC 8 BALL" PRESENTS A SPECIAL GOLDEN OLDIE ARCHIVAL EPISODE WITH PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS GREATEST HITS! (COLUMBIA, 1967).
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA
PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS GREATEST HITS by Paul Revere and the Raiders (Columbia, 1967)
This group, this r...
"CAPTAIN BILLY'S MAGIC 8-BALL" RIDES AGAIN WITH HANK WILLIAMS, JR. - WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND - (ELEKTRA, 1979) , IN HIGH DEFINITION - THE ENTIRE ALBUM WITH THE CAPTAIN'S MAGNETIC NARRATIVE -THE CAPTAIN EXPLORES HIS COVE OF 8 TRACK TREASURES!
HANK WILLIAMS, JR. / WHISKEY BENT AND HELL BOUND / ELEKTRA, 1979
I have a good story about Hank Williams, Jr., aka “Bocephus:”
My late wi...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - SOCIAL CRITICISM, OR I HATE PEOPLE, WITH FRANK ZAPPA AND WARREN ZEVON. DOUBLE DOWN!!
We got a couple of world-class curmudgeons here - who share more than might meet the ear initially: two native Californians renown for their curdled o...
"CAPTAIN BILLY'S MAGIC 8-BALL" RETURNS WITH ALBERT KING - LIVE WIRE/BLUES POWER! (STAX, 1968) IN HIGH DEFINITION - THE ENTIRE ALBUM WITH THE CAPTAIN'S MAGNETIC NARRATIVE -THE CAPTAIN EXPLORES HIS COVE OF 8 TRACK TREASURES!
CAPTAIN BILLY’S MAGIC EIGHT BALL:
ALBERT KING LIVE WIRE/BLUES POWER
So, there were three “Kings” of the blues: B.B., Freddie, and Albert....
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - FACES OF GRIEF, WITH PATTI SMITH AND LUCINDA WILLIAMS. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Some philosophers posit the difficult truth that a world without grief would deprive us of a deeper appreciation of the evanescent beauty of life. Lif...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND," EP. 6: TROUBLE IN PARADISE; THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND A GO GO!
In November of 2016 the family attempted a vacation to Hawaii, which turned out to be a tropical roller coaster.
There were loads of psychic she...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE:" THE DEATH OF LOVE, WITH MARVIN GAYE AND LINDA AND RICHARD THOMPSON. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Love is mysterious, and the death of love even more so: it’s complicated, sticky, and heart breaking. When there are children impacted, as was the cas...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "THE BEAT GOES ON"- EPISODE 4- ALLEN GINSBERG-"HOWLING AT MERCY & MOONBEAMS"- THIS NEW SERIES CAPTURES A LITERARY MOVEMENT GUIDED BY INDIVIDUALISM, LUNACY, INGENUITY AND THE SWITCHBLADE OF BE BOP NOTION
Films featuring Allen Ginsberg or his work:
I'm Not There (2007):
A biographical musical about Bob Dyl...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" : SUSPENSE! HORROR! ROCK N ROLL! WITH HP LOVECRAFT AND PAUL WILLIAMS. DOUBLE DOWN!!
We offer today two examples of eerie rock music - notable records that have been inspired by horror literature, and classic suspense. H.P. Lovecraft’s...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND," EPISODE #5 - ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN: THE GENESIS OF AN IDEA.
Good ideas are elusive, and you never know when one is gonna smack you in the head - literally.
Sometimes, when life is squeezing the juice out...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - FREAKY FOLKS, WITH JOANNA NEWSOM AND THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Our artists today represent a very specific category within the folk music genre, which lately has come to be known as “Freak Folk”: one is a contempo...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "THE BEAT GOES ON"- EPISODE 3- JACK KEROUAC-"SUBTERRANEAN HOMEGROWN BLUES"- THIS NEW SERIES CAPTURES A LITERARY MOVEMENT GUIDED BY INDIVIDUALISM, LUNACY, INGENUITY AND THE SWITCHBLADE OF BE BOP NOTION
THE KEROUAC PROJECT: https://www.kerouacproject.org/
JACK KEROUAC SCHOOL OF DISEMBODIED POETICS: https://www.naropa.edu/academics/schools-center...
BONUS EPISODE! OBLIQUE STRATEGIES: 3 SONGS BY BILL MESNIK, CREATED IN RESPONSE TO BRIAN ENO’S DECK OF CARDS.
To spur my songwriting juices, I got this deck of "Oblique Strategies" cards, created by Brian Eno, designed to prompt creativity. Here are a few exam...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - HARMONIC CONVERGENCE: ROBERT PLANT, ALISON KRAUSS, AND THE LOUVIN BROTHERS. "DOUBLE DOWN!!"
There is something that happens when two particular voices blend together that transcends all understanding or logic. And, when those voices share the...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND" EPISODE #4. OUR DIARIST REVISITS 2022: PASSING THE ONE YEAR MARK OF MY WIFE'S DEATH.
2021 was a hell of a year:
My wife, Chemayne, passes in December of 2020, during the height of the pandemic;
The following year is spent...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "THE BEAT GOES ON"- EPISODE 2- " WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS-"THE NAKED PUNCH AND OTHER LEFT HOOKS"- THIS NEW SERIES CAPTURES A LITERARY MOVEMENT GUIDED BY INDIVIDUALISM, LUNACY, INGENUITY AND THE SWITCHBLADE OF BE BOP NOTIONS
THE QUEER AWAKENINGS OF A WILD BOY PURSUING THE NOVA EXPRESS
On September 6, 1951, William Burroughs killed his wife, Beat legend Joan Vollm...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - GODDESSES OF OBSCURITY: JUDEE SILL AND LINDA PERHACS. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Dead or alive? Today, we feature one of each: two exquisite female singer-songwriters from the 70’s - one a heroin casualty, and the other a remarkabl...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND" EPISODE #3. OUR DIARIST REVISITS 2015: BELL'S PALSY, COURT ORDERED CUSTODY OF MY NEPHEW, THE I CHING, AND OF COURSE, THE DREAMS....
What a year 2014 was!
That's what motivated me to start this diary, which is now going on year 10.
It was such a hairy time, in fact, th...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - SCOTT WALKER AND SERGE GAINSBOURG: TWO TRANSMISSIONS FROM OUT ON THE EDGE. DOUBLE DOWN!!
What we’re offering today is something completely different: two outlier artists (although one is a French icon) who created off-kilter, out of the bo...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "THE BEAT GOES ON"- EPISODE 1-THE ROSY DRAMA OF HENRY MILLER -THIS NEW SERIES CAPTURES A LITERARY MOVEMENT GUIDED BY INDIVIDUALISM, LUNACY, INGENUITY AND THE BE BOP NOTIONS THAT ALTERED THOUGHT, VERSE, AND SELF EXPRESSION
Welcome to our new series, “The Beat Goes On,” where we will celebrate the work and enduring influence of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burrou...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE." THE VIRTUES OF CYNICISM AS DEMONSTRATED BY MARSHALL CRENSHAW AND THE ORLONS. DOUBLE DOWN!!
Today we live in a cynical world. It’s pervasive, this debilitating disbelief in our institutions, our once assured tenets of groundedness. Now we dou...
A DIG THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION- CHARLES BUKOWSKI- THE HOME CASSETTE RECORDINGS- LOUISIANA, 1970- HIS PROLIFIC WORK REFLECTED AN UNDERGROUND DRAPED IN A VELVET CLOTH SIMILAR TO THAT OF LOU REED & KURT COBAIN - BUKOWSKI SPOKE TO THE DOWNTRODDEN OF AMERICA
BUKOWSKI SPEAKS!!!!!
"the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand<...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND" EPISODE #2. THE DIARIST REVISITS A PASSAGE FROM HIS DREAM JOURNAL, WRITTEN IN 2019, IN WHICH HE DESCRIBES HIS STRUGGLE TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL PLAY FOR STUDENTS ENTITLED "TOXIC SHOCKS!"
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
I've been keeping a diary and dream journal for ten years.
Recently, I hit upon the idea of revisi...
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" - 12 BARS AND THE TRUTH WITH HARVEY MANDEL AND J.B. HUTTO. DOUBLE DOWN!
It seems as though the 12 bar blues structure is an immovable object, an obelisk of sacred, ritualistic, totemic authority. But the form contains mult...