Bohacz & Frenz

The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. The name Moonlight Sonata (German: Mondscheinsonate) grew popular later, likely after Beethoven's death. Here's my chord organ version of the first movement. My appreciation...

Stupey the Genius by Bohacz & Frenz

I play Stupid Kid and the rest of the roles on this recording, including the Stupid Kid Monster, Egor and Frankie. This recording was inspired by the 1931 Universal film "Frankenstein." Gregory Miller used to reluctantly play Frankie when Mike Davis and I would act out our Dr. Frankenfreak and Egor scenarios. I never got Greg on an audio recording as FrankIe and this is a rare Frankie appearance o...

If memory serves, this is the earliest comedy recording I made after our family moved to Berwyn (yes, Svengoolie's Berwyn) in December of 1970. I play the horror host and my older brother Joseph Lee Roy Mefford (nicknamed Buddy) plays "pet Egor." The churning, tempestuous weather sound has an interesting origin. The 45 rpm recording of "Telstar" by the Tornados had their tune "Jungle Fever" on the...

When Michael Wayne Davis and I began hanging out together we started, among other things, improvising comedy. We took on different characters and voices and interacted spontaneously to create scenarios. Our characters Dr. Frankenfreak, played by Mike, and his hunchback assistant Egor, played by me, were inspired by the 1931 Universal film "Frankenstein." We didn't get around to recording the scena...

I believe I began drawing my comic character Nick the Cliff Dweller in 1968, or perhaps 1967, when I was 9 or 10 years old. This recording was made in the very early 1970s. It includes a tape speed change experiment and Nick's theme music. I also lifted audio from a record I had entitled "Monster Shindig." The Nick the Cliff Dweller song was inspired by my older brother Buddy who improvised a song...

When Mike Davis and I began hanging out together we started, among other things, improvising comedy. We took on different characters and voices and interacted spontaneously to create scenarios. The characters here are Stupid Kid, played by me, and Professor Perty, played by Mike. We didn't get around to recording the scenarios on audio together until after, if memory serves, I had recorded our cha...

I met Michael Wayne Davis on a church bus belonging to Emmanuel Baptist Church of Berwyn, Illinois (yes, Svengoolie's Berwyn), since renamed to Emmanuel Bible Church. If memory serves, he was putting down other boys on the bus. I found out soon enough that this was normal for Mike Davis. I interjected "E equals MC two," a formula I had seen on "The Twilight Zone" season 4 opener. That seemed to im...

This story was inspired by the first episode of "Jonny Quest" (entitled "The Mystery of the Lizard Men") when the bad guys swung a laser cannon in the direction of Dr. Quest's ship. Our Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder's erase head was faulty and this allowed me to experiment with overdubbing way before I had ever heard of the concept. I believe my old pal Joey Lava is also included in this recor...

"The Most Tremendous Echo in the World" exists because our Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder's erase head was faulty. This allowed me to experiment with overdubbing way before I had ever heard of the concept. I began making audio recordings when I was around five or six years old (1963 - 1964).

"Doomsday" exists because our Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder's erase head was faulty. This allowed me to experiment with overdubbing way before I had ever heard of the concept. There's also a continuation of the experimental sound making I started with my track “Electronic Tonalities.” The screaming woman came from a sound effects record. I began making audio recordings from when I was around f...

When Mike Davis and I began hanging out we started, among other things, improvising comedy. We took on different characters and voices and interacted spontaneously to create scenarios. The characters on this recording are Stupid Kid, played by me, and Professor Perty, played by Mike. We also play other characters. I can hear my younger brother Monte laughing. I also lifted audio from the LP "Monst...

When Mike Davis and I began hanging out we started, among other things, improvising comedy. We took on different characters and voices and interacted spontaneously to create scenarios. The characters on this recording are Stupid Kid, played by me, and Professor Perty, played by Mike. My elementary school chum James Damato played Dracula. We were watching a Castle Films 8mm silent movie that docume...

This track contains my old friends Greg Miller (who taught us this song), Mike Davis and Mickey Strejc.

Friends and I improvise a couple of scenarios. Sounds like Greg Miller is in there, Mike Davis, Mickey Strejc in addition to myself. At one point I can briefly hear my mom calling to us from upstairs.

My mother, Martha Lee Bohacz, would record herself singing and playing guitar as part of her rehearsals for performing country gospel songs. Our Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder's erase head was faulty and by accident I recorded parts of two episodes of "Jonny Quest" over my mother rehearsing what I believe to be titled "Jesus is the One." I could have recorded it any time after September 18, 196...

We didn't own a piano when I started plinking out a song they taught us in church (Emmanuel Bible Church in Berwyn, Illinois). Something about the structure of the song "The Master's Touch" (by John E. Walvoord) made me want to figure it out. There's a part that sounds a lot like the theme to "The Prisoner." This is an edited version of the tune I played on a chord organ my folks got me.

If memory serves, my brother Monte and I sang on this recording inspired by "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

This track has myself playing both the roles of Dr. Frankenfreak and his hunchback assistant Egor. Dr. Frankenfreak plays Bach's "Prelude and Fugue In A Minor." I lifted it and the interrupted intro to "On The Street Where You Live" from the LP "Allied Radio Stereo Demo."

The characters on this recording are Stupid Kid, played by me, and Professor Perty, played by Mike Davis. We also play our other characters Dr. Frankenfreak, played by Mike, and his hunchback assistant Egor, played by me. The latter characters were inspired by the 1931 Universal film "Frankenstein." I play the monsters Frankie and the Stupid Kid Monster. Mike also played a villager and I can brief...

This track has myself and probably my brother Monte slowed down to frighten. We sing the Nick the Cliff Dweller theme song. Even our mother gets involved, announcing this track as "the spookiest." I lifted audio from the LPs "Tales Of The Frightened Volume I" and "Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House"

I can hear our dog Penny joining in with my melancholy chord organ playing.

When Mike Davis and I began hanging out together we started, among other things, improvising comedy. We took on different characters and voices and interacted spontaneously to create scenarios. Our characters Dr. Frankenfreak, played by Mike, and his hunchback assistant Egor, played by me, were inspired by the 1931 Universal film "Frankenstein." We didn't get around to recording the scenarios on a...

I hear my mother, my niece Donna and myself at our chord organ. My nephew Jimmy is probably there as well. Mom encourages Donna to play but I take over with what I called spooky music. It was probably inspired by the last part of the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus." I argued with my mom because she wanted to move the microphone. I love the overtones the chord organ produced.

This features my younger brother Monte Paul Bohacz and I playing with tape recorder speeds.