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 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 film set (Do you know how long you gotta wait until your 8 second deliverance of an edited beyond repair line gets a chance to become a professional embarrassment etched in time forever? ) or expend so much energy in a recording studio, piecing together another ode to a man or woman who could not care less how much love existed within your digestive tract? It's all about hymns and prayers and a quest for mercy and forgiveness and silence and faith. We were blessed with Charles Bukowski, Gene Chandler, Lenny Bruce, Mitch Ryder and a legion of creative explorers whose influences provided the air we breathe. So Let's Dance! This site shall explore the reaper, find a way to disarm the stench of injustice, discover some true loves and talk it all over before it's all over. So what's the worst that our desires could produce? Failure? So sue me. I'm going to require your assistance in making as much trouble for the grown-ups as possible. Let the record show that my childish heart yearns to disrupt the madness. Join me Ladies and Germs!
Episodes
"IT IS THE EVENING OF A LEGEND" - MARIANNE EVELYN GABRIEL FAITHFULL - DECEMBER 29, 1946 - JANUARY 30, 2025- IN HONOR OF AN ARTIST, A POET AND A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF REINVENTION- FEATURING HER FINAL RECORDING OF "AS TEARS GO BY" FROM 2018

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: SHE CAUGHT THE KATY, LEFT ME A MULE TO RIDE BY TAJ MAHAL (COLUMBIA, 1968) EPISODE #92

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "THE FIRE AND SOUL REVUE"- A MONSTERPIECE OF PODCAST THEATER FEATURING OUR TRIBUTE TO SAM AND DAVE, SPRINGSTEEN'S RETURN TO NEBRASKA AND THE INTERNAL YEARNINGS OF YOUR SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, BILL AND RICH- ENTER OUR LOST AND FOUND

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: MARSHMALLOW SKIES BY RICK NELSON (DECCA, 1967). EPISODE #91

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS " THE HIGHWAY TO A COMPLETE UNKNOWN- THE FILMS OF JAMES MANGOLD"- THIS CINEMATIC CHAMELEON DELIVERED "COPLAND", "GIRL INTERRUPTED", "I WALK THE LINE" AND THE GREATEST REMAKE OF ALL TIME "3:10 TO YUMA" - FOLLOW HIS ODYSSEY WITH US

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: QUE SERA SERA BY SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE (EPIC, 1973) #87

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "FAMOUS LAST WORDS- OUR NEW YEAR EXTRAVAGANZA!!"- FEATURING THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK- REFLECTIONS, PERCEPTIONS & MUSICAL MEDICINE COMBINED WITH THE WISDOM OF TWO OLD GUYS WHO REFUSE TO GO GENTLY

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY BY JULIE LONDON (LIBERTY, 1969) EPISODE #90

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS-"A PERSONAL CHRISTMAS DELIVERY"-XMAS CHEER FOR THE HIP AT HEART- A MEMORABLE MUSICAL MANGER OF MERRIMENT AND MELANCHOLY WITH AIMEE MANN, MICHAEL PENN, CHRISTY MOORE, MABEL SCOTT, PAUL SIMON, STEVE MARTIN, PORKY PIG, SINATRA & MORE

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING BY EZIO PINZA (COLUMBIA, 1958). DEDICATED TO CHEMAYNE HALVERSON (1/6/1967-12/23/2020)

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS: "JOHNNY CARSON AND THE FANTASY OF AMERICA"- Narrated By Jason Zinoman-THE LATE NIGHT HOST LOOMS OVER OUR CULTURE TO THIS DAY- BUT THERE WAS A DARKNESS AT THE HEART OF HIS APPEAL

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: SOVAY by A.L. LLOYD (TOPIC, 1984) EPISODE #88

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "THE GRATEFUL LIVE- ONE BIG SOUL" -THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK, ATTEMPT TO NAVIGATE A CONFLICTED MAZE OF POST THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY EMOTIONS -A TIGHTROPE EXCURSION FOR ALL FANS OF GRACE & NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: GUITAR BOY BY SIR VICTOR UWAIFU AND HIS MELODY MAESTROES (PHILLIPS, 1966) - EPISODE #86

BILL MESNIK OF THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENTS A SPECIAL THANKSGIVING "SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET"- SONG TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD -- ALICE'S RESTAURANT MASSACREE BY ARLO GUTHRIE (REPRISE, 1967). EPISODE #85

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "DEVIL IN THE BOTTLE -RICH BUCKLAND'S ODYSSEY THROUGH THE COUNTRY MUSIC LOOKING AND DRINKING GLASS"- FEATURING THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK- WITH JERRY LEE LEWIS, GARY STEWART, T.G SHEPPARD & GEORGE JONES

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: TOTALLY WIRED by THE FALL (1982, ROUGH TRADE) EPISODE #84

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "WE AND MR. JONES -AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUSICAL MAGNITUDE "- FEATURING THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK- FROM HIS FILM SCORES TO MILES DAVIS TO CONDUCTING SINATRA'S VOCAL INTELLECT, QUINCY WAS THE WORLD

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: I’M ALWAYS DRUNK IN SAN FRANCISCO BY CARMEN MCRAE (ATLANTIC, 1968) - EPISODE #83

Hotel Bohemia And The Splendid Bohemians Present George Jones- Live at The Bottom Line, New York City- June 6, 1981- The Greatest Country Singer Of All Time In His Triumphant Return To NYC!

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS: “REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT"- A KNEE JERK OFF GONZO JOURNALISM REACTION TO THE TRUMP MUDSLIDE - BILL AND RICH TRY TO MAKE COMMON SENSE OUT OF SOCIAL ABUSE REWARDED

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY BY THE BONNIWELL MUSIC MACHINE (WB, 1968) - EPISODE #82

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: "THE BRAMBLE AND THE ROSE" BY MARY MCCASLIN AND JIM RINGER (PHILO, 1978) - EPISODE #81

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS A SPECIAL ARCHIVAL EPISODE: THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS TRIBUTE TO BARBARA DANE (BARBARA JEAN SPILLMAN) May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024- ACTIVIST, JAZZ, FOLK, BLUES SINGER, RECORD PRODUCER AND SUBLIME HUMANIST

BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: WILDFLOWERS BY THE HOLY MACKEREL (REPRISE, 1968) - EPISODE #80
