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DIG THIS WITH BILL MESNIK AND RICH BUCKLAND- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS

Rich Buckland and Bill Mesnik

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 Stone, can be revealed with ultimate clarity through the ultra neurotic engagements of Music, Art, Literature, Film, Poetry and a good Pastrami sandwich. Why would any sane human spend so must time on a

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5:25

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: KITES...

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2026/10/11

This goofy confection of Sunshine Pop was so at odds with the popular music of the day that it seemed doomed from the start. The Dedrick family, (Chris, Sandy, Bruce, Ellen, and Stephanie), were so unhip that the classical-jazz compositional genius of Chris Dedrick and the sublime sibling harmonies on display were incomprehensible to the rock intelligentsia. (There were The Cowsills, of course…but….) For God’s sake, The Free Design were produced by Enoch Light, of all people - ( I always love...

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33:48

"PUT ON A STACK OF 45s" WITH THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS!...

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2026/10/07

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_(Lou_Reed_album) Transformer is the second solo studio album by American musician Lou Reed. Produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, the album was released on November 8, 1972 by RCA Records. It is considered an influential landmark of the glam rock genre,[2][3][4] anchored by Reed's most successful single, "Walk on the Wild Side", which touched on controversial topics of sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution, and drug use. Although Reed's...

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5:32

MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENTS THE SUNNY SIDE...

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2026/10/04

The Wanderer is two minutes, fifty-one seconds of pure swagger. Imagine my surprise when I read a quote from Dion where he said it was essentially a sad song, and that the one of lyrics demonstrated the singer’s existential crisis: “with my two fists of iron - ( I always thought it was “two fifths of wine”) - and I’m goin’ nowhere!” Dion is a Buddha of self-reflection. He has always been my rock and roll Sherpa since the age of 8 when my friend Larry Bader and I would play “Dion and Ch...

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12:43

MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS IS CONFUSED ABOUT THE...

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2026/09/30

LIFE: A DREAM, OR REALITY? I’m confused - confused about the nature of “reality.” I’m listening to the film maker, Roger Avary on Rick Rubin’s podcast, and he’s talking about “creating your own reality.” He says he subscribes to the S.P.E.C. method: “select it, project it, expect it, and collect it” — as a way to manifest his chosen reality. The term was originally coined by a 1950s housewife, Helen Hadsell, “The Contest Queen”, who used it to win over 5,000 contests. Avary, who spent t...

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41:06

CAPTAIN BILLY'S MAGIC 8 BALL REWIND: THE SEEDS - WEB...

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2026/09/25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Saxon Sky "Sunlight" Saxon (born Richard Elvern Marsh; August 20, 1937 – June 25, 2009) was an American rock and rollmusician best known as the leader and singer of the 1960s Los Angeles psychedelic garage rock band The Seeds.[1] A Web of Sound was produced by Saxon (under the pseudonym Marcus Tybalt) at Columbia Studio D, Hollywood, in July 1966 with Rafael Valentin as engineer. Although Hooper was now utilizing the Fender bass keyboard on stage, the group b...

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10:28

MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ASKS THE ORACLE: WHAT...

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2026/09/21

I CHING DIARY: AGGRAVATION WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH AN ANNOYING PERSON? It is a fact of life that irritating people are everywhere - at work, showing up during your leisure activities, maybe even in your own family… I’ve heard the theory that when you’re annoyed by someone, what you’re actually seeing is a reflection of what you hate in yourself. Hmm….. My personality is non-competitive - I’d rather let the aggressive person win the argument, or grab the coveted spot, as oppose...

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53:56

DIG THIS WITH THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENTS: THE...

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2026/09/17

We’re gonna “swing it, shake it, make it, shimmy til the break of dawn,” with the hard charging women of Rockabilly. Join us as we celebrate the status quo busting accomplishments of Wanda Jackson, Laurie Collins, Janis Martin, Charline Arthur, and others - women whose expression broke with convention and made people rethink rock and roll music in general.

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15:55

MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ASKS THE ORACLE: CAN I...

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2026/09/14

I CHING - CO-DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS Stephen Pressfield, in his self-help manifesto, “The War of Art,” cites “resistance” as the devil - a destructive force (personified as Satan), that emanates from within, seeking to thwart whatever positive motivations you have to create art, or to even to live a better life through self-improvement. In a list of potentially positive actions that resistance targets Pressfield includes as #10: “any act that entails commitment of the heart. The decisio...

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3:06

IN REMEMBRANCE OF 9/11/2001: MEZ OF THE SPLENDID...

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2026/09/11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Pride of Man" is a 1964 song by Hamilton Camp. It is Camp's best-known composition.[1] Rife with apocalyptic imagery and religious language ("Can't you see that flash of fire / Ten times brighter than the day... Shout a warning to the nations that the sword of God is raised / On Babylon that mighty city, rich in treasure, wide in fame... Oh God, the pride of man, broken in the dust again"), the song was written shortly after Camp's initiation into the Su...

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20:52

"Put on a Stack of 45s" rewind: Bill and Rich peek...

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2026/09/08

Sunday Morning, the opening track of the seminal, self-titled VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO, written by Lou Reed and John Cale, and produced by Tom Wilson, was originally created for the Teutonic Chanteuse, Nico, but ended up being sung by Lou. The theme of the lyrics: - "paranoia" - credited to a suggestion made by Andy Warhol, and then realized in dreamlike images by Reed, was brought to shimmering life by the last minute addition of the celeste, played by John Cale.

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4:43

THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT: THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY...

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2026/09/04

All it takes is one good idea; one spark of Promethean fire to ignite a life-long, multi-generational success. For Ross Bagdasarian Sr., it was a sped up tape recording of a nonsense scat phrase: “Oo-ee-oo-ah-ah; Ting-tang Walla Walla Bing Bang…” Taking inspiration from “Duel with the Witch Doctor”, a volume sitting on his bookshelf, Ross bought a tape recorder and set about creating a silly rockabilly tune, featuring a duet with himself. By overdubbing his voice singing slowly, recorded at 1...

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MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ASKS THE ORACLE: IS IT...

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2026/08/31

I had a reunion with my box of Oblique Strategies cards today. When I opened the pack the first card that confronted me read: “Don’t be frightened to display your talents.” This started my head to spin with the question: IS IT MODESTY, OR FEAR OF BEING MEDIOCRE THAT GUARANTEES INACTION? “Nothing ventured, nothing gained-“ we’ve all heard this expression. It means that if you don’t try, you won’t ever get what you want. Talent be damned - salesmanship is what gets results. Being mediocre is no...

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33:07

"PUT ON A STACK OF 45's"- CHARLIE RICH- "MOHAIR SAM"...

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2026/08/28

The Agony, Inspiration and Exultation Of Charles Allan Rich - December 14, 1932 – July 25, 1995. Never Forget To Remember Such Brilliance. Enough Said. Listen In Friends.

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ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, KENNY ROGERS AND DOLLY PARTON,...

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2026/08/25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands_in_the_Stream_(song) RIP DOLLY

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MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS CONSULTS HIS FINANCIAL...

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2026/08/24

QUESTION: HOW MUCH SHOULD I BE CONCERNED OR WORRY ABOUT MONEY? HEXAGRAMS: 35 (ADVANCE) / Fire over earth Moving lines 4,5,6 > 8 (SUPPORT} / water over earth I had a friend, Brendan, who used to say when faced with the prospect of being broke: “Money is simply a medium of exchange.” He explained that money is an agreed upon social construct that places a numerical value on various goods and services, thereby simplifying the process from a barter system - (I’ll trade you some of my chi...

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21:59

"PUT ON A STACK OF 45's"- PRINCE BUSTER - THE TEN...

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2026/08/22

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/arts/music/prince-buster-trailblazer-of-ska-dies-at-78.html Cecil Bustamente Campbell was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 24, 1938. He performed with teenage groups in Kingston; he also became a boxer, taking the name Prince Buster. In the 1950s he began working for one of Jamaica’s top producers and sound-system disc jockeys, Coxsone Dodd. By the end of the decade he had opened a record store, Buster’s Record Shack, and was playing street parties ...

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MEZ OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ASKS THE ORACLE TO...

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2026/08/19

I’ve been watching THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan’s ground-breaking, dystopian fantasy television series (showing currently in its entirety on the Criterion Channel), and it has set my mind reeling. The 1968 British production tells the dream-like allegory of Number 6, a Secret Agent - (McGoohan was already identified in the public’s mind that way, having starred in the successful spy show ‘Danger Man”),- who tries to retire, but is kidnapped, whisked away, and held prisoner, under 24/7...

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THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "PUT ON A STACK OF...

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2026/08/16

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-strangest-hit-songwriter-in-history

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BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: THE...

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2026/08/12

THE JOKER / STEVE MILLER, (CAPITOL, 1973) “The Pompatus of Love,” a nonsense phrase that Steve Miller cribbed from “The Letter,” a doo-wop song by the Medallions from 1958, entered the popular culture lexicon in 1973, when this Apostle of guitar consistency applied it to spread his Joker gospel, and ascended to Rock n Roll Godhead. It’s been used for the title of a movie starring Jon Cryer, and is included in the writings of Dave Barry, Steven King, and Michael Ondaatje - even though its mean...

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12:06

DO YOU HAVE A SECRET? THE MIGHTY MEZ OF THE SPLENDID...

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2026/08/11

I have a secret; should I tell? Maybe you have secrets too. What might be the impact of inflicting personal information on unsuspecting receivers? In AA they say: “You’re only as sick as your secrets,” and there may be some truth in that. They say that once you’ve aired your dirtiest laundry, you can begin to heal, unafraid, with nothing to hide. On the other hand, you might be opening a pandora’s box, as a result of your selfish need to expiate your guilt. There may be consequences and reper...

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