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.
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A "DOUBLE TROUBLE" CHRISTMAS CRACKER! TWO HOLIDAY DELICACIES TO GET THE FESTIVITIES STARTED - WITH HARVEY KEITEL AND THE TURTLES. DOUBLE DOWN!!
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE - THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS OFFER A REVIEW OF THE FILM ALONG WITH TUNES THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOSS'S INFLUENCE AND INFLUENCES, WITH PETE SEEGER AND RYAN ADAMS.
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT BILL MESNIK'S "CALL ME UP IN DREAMLAND," THE PLACE WHERE DREAMS AND MEMORIES INTERSECT. EPISODE #7 - NORTH TO ALASKA!
THE BOHEMIA FILES- "IN THE BEGINNING"- RICH BUCKLAND'S 2009 TEST EPISODE FOR WHAT WOULD LATER BECOME THE PODCAST SERIES THE WORLD COULD EASILY LIVE WITHOUT- OR CAN IT? WITH WILLY DEVILLE, LENNY BRUCE AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST CHARLES MANSON-DIG THIS!
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
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
HOTEL BOHEMIA PRESENTS "POINT BLANK" -THE LEE MARVIN STORY "- WITH THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS, RICH BUCKLAND AND BILL MESNIK- FROM "M SQUAD" TO "THE DIRTY DOZEN" LEE MARVIN WAS A WANDERING STAR WHO ILLUMINATED THE SILVER SCREEN WITH SUBLIME ARTISTIC WONDER
AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO! - LAIRD CREGAR for "I WAKE UP SCREAMING" (1941) - THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES WHERE THEY HONOR A NOTED CHARACTER ACTOR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO A FILM ENHANCED IT'S GREATNESS!
AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO! - HAROLD RUSSELL FOR "THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES"- (1946) - THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES WHERE THEY HONOR A NOTED CHARACTER ACTOR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO A FILM ENHANCED IT'S GREATNESS!
DIG THIS PRESENTS "AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO"- RICH AND BILL PRESENT AN AWARD TO A CHARACTER ACTOR OF NOTE FOR ENHANCING THE GREATNESS OF A MOTION PICTURE-THIS EPISODE APPLAUDS JOE MANTELL & FRANK SUTTON FOR THE 1955 BRONX SAGA OF LONGING, "MARTY"
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES: THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET with THE "MIGHTY MEZ" - SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - EPISODE #9: THE SQUARE OF THE HYPOTENEUSE by Danny Kaye (from the film “Merry Andrew”, 1958)
THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES: THE SUNNY SIDE OF MY STREET with THE "MIGHTY MEZ" - SONGS TO MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD - EPISODE #2: THE PINK PANTHER THEME by HENRY MANCINI (RCA, 1963)
Bill Mesnik’s MESMERIZED, Episode 9 “THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS BORN”
A SPECIAL ARCHIVAL DIG THIS WITH THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS REPOST: "THE LION IN WINTER". THE BOYS MAKE A CASE FOR PUTTING FRANK SINATRA IN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME!
Bill Mesnik- Cairns - A Love Song
AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO.- JOE MANTELL and FRANK SUTTON FOR "MARTY" (1955) - EPISODE SEVEN- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES WHERE THEY AWARD A NOTED CHARACTER ACTOR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO A FILM ENHANCED IT
CAPTAIN BILLY’S MAGIC 8 BALL - LUST FOR LIFE - IGGY POP- FEATURING THE ALBUM LUST FOR LIFE BY IGGY POP IN HIGH DEFINITION WITH NARRATIVE - EPISODE # 48 - THE CAPTAIN EXPLORES HIS COVE OF 8 TRACK TREASURES JUST FOR YOU.
AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO..- EPISODE FOUR - RANDY QUAID FOR "THE LAST DETAIL" (1973) - THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES WHERE THEY AWARD A NOTED CHARACTER ACTOR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO A FILM ENHANCED IT'S GREATNESS
CAPTAIN BILLY’S MAGIC 8 BALL - EPISODE # 29 - BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - FEATURING THE ALBUM "NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN" By HARRY NILSSON IN HIGH DEFINITION WITH NARRATIVE BY CAPTAIN BILLY
AND THE SPLENDID BOHO GOES TO.- EPISODE THREE - NED BEATTY FOR "NETWORK" (1976) - THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS PRESENT A NEW SERIES WHERE THEY AWARD A NOTED CHARACTER ACTOR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION TO A FILM ENHANCED IT'S GREATNESS