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!
With Gratitude For Gena Rowlands, Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Quarry, Leo Gorcey, Arthur Alexander and Joey Heatherton, Your Splendid Bohemian, Rich Buckland.
Episodes
BILL MESNIK'S SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET PRESENTS: BIG BAD BILL (IS SWEET WILLIAM NOW) BY RY COODER, (REPRISE, 1978) EPISODE #93

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "DAMAGE CONTROL"- THE BOYS REFLECT UPON THE ORIGINAL GIRL'S INTERRUPTED, ZAPPA'S MAGIC GROUPIE TROUPE, THE GTO'S - PLUS DAVID JOHANSEN BOARDS THE MYSTERY TRAIN WITH HIS HEART OF GOLD- 54 MINUTES OF CIRCULAR CIRCULATION FOR ALL!

THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" -NEW SERIES! WITH MILEY CYRUS AND CYNDI LAUPER, SPANNING GENERATIONS: TWO PYROTECHNICAL DIVAS SPILL THEIR GUTS FOR OUR ENLIGHTENMENT - DOUBLE DOWN!

THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" -NEW SERIES! WITH NANCY SINATRA, LEE HAZELWOOD, AND MIMI FARINA - A THEATER OF DREAM LOGIC, PAIRING TUNES WHICH CONNECT THE DOTS OF POPULAR MUSIC - DOUBLE DOWN!

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS " THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF MEANDERING "- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN AS THEY DELIBERATE THIS MORTAL COIL, MUSK MADNESS, JERRY BUTLER, MAD MAGAZINE, MARY WEISS & ASSORTED PHILOSOPHICAL PONDERING'S -COME FLY WITH US!
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THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT "DOUBLE TROUBLE" -NEW SERIES! WITH ROBERT PLANT AND ROGER MCGUINN - A DUPLEX OF RHYTHMIC REACTION PAIRING TUNES WHICH CONNECT THE DOTS OF POPULAR MUSIC AS BILL MESNIK CHANNELS THE FLOWER POWER OF RICH BUCKLAND- DOUBLE DOWN!

A SPECIAL VALENTINE'S DAY TWO-FER SPECIAL FROM BILL MESNIK'S "SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET" SONGS: ANNE BRIGGS SINGING "SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR", AND ELVIS COSTELLO PERFORMING "OPPORTUNITY"! NO NEED TO ASK WHATS LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT- JUST ENJOY

HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "ALAN FREED'S BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS "- IN 2014, THE ROCK HALL OF FAME REMOVED FREED'S ASHES FROM DISPLAY- IT WAS THE FINAL INDIGNATION IN A LIFE DEVOTED TO THE MUSIC AND PHRASE HE SO SUCCESSFULLY POPULARIZED, "ROCK & ROLL"

"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
