BOWIE VS. DYLAN

The renowned, multiple Obie-award winning off-off-off-off-off-off-Broadway show returns for a very special one-podcast episode devoted to the year 2010, but also 1959-1963, and 1962-1968, but also 1976 and 2003, and there's some talk about 1983 and 2013 for some reason.  Elastic-voiced and androgynous hosts Chaz and Jake present to you in 3 surround-sound versions the epic goings-on of Bowie and Dylan as they do almost nothing at all in 2010, except maybe be stay at home Dads and get straight burnt by Joni Mitchell.  Jake compensates by introducing a new, wildly pun-filled segment you'll just have to listen to for the final name of.  And Chaz over-compensates by releasing a super-deluxe edition of his portion with no new material, but hey, ogle this, it's some swag. Put down your Greek newspaper, settle in, and order your Jeeves to push play on this edition of Bowie vs. Dylan.

It's a "Secret Origins" Episode of Jones vs. Zimmerman, so don't tell anyone, it's a secret...unless...you want to recommend it to literally everyone you know across all social and media platforms so we can pump our SEO to the MAX ahead of our IPO.  But maybe only share the part that's not a secret, which are the travails in 1964 for David Jones (still not Bowie) and Bob Dylan (continuing to be Dylan).  Dylan releases ONLY two stone-cold classic albums and plays the New York Philharmonic, while Jones sifts through his 10-12 active bands for the magic hit-making ingredients that would ultimately yield his first released single, a monumental, towering, explosive, earth-shattering run of the mill English-by-way-of-American R&B tune.  We here at Bowie vs. Dylan don't typically share the results of the hotly debated points breakdown, but, I mean, I think it's pretty obvious in this case who won...it's Jones in a landslide.

It's the first (and last?) edition of Bowie vs. Gump as Charlie and Jake explore the early teenage wasteland that is 1994.  Jake buys his first CD player (and subsequent CDs), which quickly leads him down the long, strange, mystical trip that some of us call "ROCK N' ROLL" and others of us call "slightly edgier but ultimately mostly just his parents' music collection". Still, some of the "32 American Classics on 2 CDs" that comprise the seminal Forrest Gump Soundtrack happen to involve Bob Dylan, which if you think about it, pretty much means that sweet Forrest is responsible for this podcast, along with all the other major events of recent American history, I'm just saying is all.  Meanwhile, Chaz wanders down some virtual hallways, looking for what he doesn't know yet, but wait what's behind this door, a pixelated music video by David Bowie?!  YEEEEESSS, that's what he's talking about!  Was "BOOYAH" a thing in 1994?  You, dear listener, can "JUMP" at the chance to discover the historic ending to this edition of Bowie vs. Dylan, right after you insert CD-ROM disc 5, and wait patiently for it to load!

RUN, LISTENER, RUN!!!  On over to Spotify to check out this week's playlist at bit.ly/BvD-EP11

Charlie collaborates with Jake, and Jake collaborates with Charlie to share the various luminary celebrity and/or musician collaborators that Bowie collaborated with AND the ones that Dylan collaborated with on this very special collaboratory "Collaborations" 10th episode of Bowie vs. Dylan.  Unusually, no points are assessed, but just as unusually, much is revealed, such as the names and backstories of said collaborators in an alternating, list-style format that would have surely built anticipation for the #1 spot, if the brothers hadn't over-shared the bottom half of the list and rushed through the top half.  Guess who raps!  Guess who launched the career of every single important rock artist of the 20th century besides Bob Dylan!  Guess who smooched who, and wonder what a "plumcrusher" is!  Tune in for all of this and way, way more on Bowie vs. Dylan's longest podcast ever.

Charlie collaborates with Jake, and Jake collaborates with Charlie to share the various luminary celebrity and/or musician collaborators that Bowie collaborated with AND the ones that Dylan collaborated with on this very special collaboratory "Collaborations" 10th episode of Bowie vs. Dylan.  Unusually, no points are assessed, but just as unusually, much is revealed, such as the names and backstories of said collaborators in an alternating, list-style format that would have surely built anticipation for the #1 spot, if the brothers hadn't over-shared the bottom half of the list and rushed through the top half.  Guess who raps!  Guess who launched the career of every single important rock artist of the 20th century besides Bob Dylan!  Guess who smooched who, and wonder what a "plumcrusher" is!  Tune in for all of this and way, way more on Bowie vs. Dylan's longest podcast ever.

In honor of an extra long podcast, take in an extra long Spotify playlist when you're all done, available at bit.ly/BvD-EP10.

Jake and Charlie return from a 10-year absence to discuss Bowie and Dylan in the year 2013.  Chaz is so enveloped in mystery, in fact, that he doesn't give one interview or one concert for the entirety of the podcast, while Jake paints yet Another Self-Portrait.  Bowie has so many videos and singles for Chaz to discuss that Jake heads out on a never-ending tour and comes back The Next Day to find out the score.  Dear listener, you too can self-mythologize and act like you're listening on this mostly gate-filled edition of Bowie Vs. Dylan!

Jake and Charlie return from a 10-year absence to discuss Bowie and Dylan in the year 2013.  Chaz is so enveloped in mystery, in fact, that he doesn't give one interview or one concert for the entirety of the podcast, while Jake paints yet Another Self-Portrait.  Bowie has so many videos and singles for Chaz to discuss that Jake heads out on a never-ending tour and comes back The Next Day to find out the score.  Dear listener, you too can self-mythologize and act like you're listening on this mostly gate-filled edition of Bowie Vs. Dylan!

And when you're done, give yourself a 2013-filled listening experience with this episode's custom Spotify playlist!

Picture yourself in the the year of magic and wonder that was 1971: Dylan has enough greatest hits to warrant a Vol. II, while Bowie furthers the process of one day warranting his own Vol. I with the release of Hunky Dory.  Chaz, Jake, Mick, Woody, AJ, Leon, George, Alan, and the rest of the androgynous cast and crew pull on their pantsuits and shout to the heavens the anthemic battle cry that defines the times: "FREE BOB DYLAN!!!"  And when asked to clarify, some of them shout as loudly, and others mumble a little, and some are finally embarrassed and don't say anything, but still it rings out: "FROM HIMSELF?!" Questionable accents and multiple multiple choice questions abound; Dylan has won the last couple of episodes on points, will Bowie and 1971 bring Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes?

Picture yourself in the the year of magic and wonder that was 1971: Dylan has enough greatest hits to warrant a Vol. II, while Bowie furthers the process of one day warranting his own Vol. I with the release of Hunky Dory.  Chaz, Jake, Mick, Woody, AJ, Leon, George, Alan, and the rest of the androgynous cast and crew pull on their pantsuits and shout to the heavens the anthemic battle cry that defines the times: "FREE BOB DYLAN!!!"  And when asked to clarify, some of them shout as loudly, and others mumble a little, and some are finally embarrassed and don't say anything, but still it rings out: "FROM HIMSELF?!" Questionable accents and multiple multiple choice questions abound; Dylan has won the last couple of episodes on points, will Bowie and 1971 bring Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes?

You know the drill. After the podcast, check out the music playlist. On Spotify.

Jake and Charlie try very hard not to be a-holes with b-holes for brains in this hard PG/soft PG-13 episode of Bowie vs. Dylan, but can't make any promises as they take a ride on the Nadir-O-Rater in the year 1989.  Bowie heads back to high school to start a socially-conscious rock band with his mates, while Dylan lets Daniel Lanois turn his late 80's song output into something actually listenable.  Dylan and the Dead somehow further tarnishes Bob in his worst decade; and nothing compares to the grand tradition of scintillating creativity quite like the song Tin Machine on the album Tin Machine by the band Tin Machine, written by all 4 equal members of...Tin Machine.  Will Bowie's communal contraption pump out points, or will Dylan have him saying, "Oh Mercy"?