The Wife happened upon this nice blog post about my late pal, KPHO-TV film critic & host Bill Rocz. The post links, at the end, to this article I wrote for New Times about Bill just after his passing.
Thanks for linking to my post about Bill Rocz, the old Hollywood Greats show, and his catalyzing effect on my love of films.
I really enjoyed reading your article about Rocz, which I discovered as I was digging around, checking facts for my post. I never had a chance to meet him, but reading your article really helped illuminate my understanding of him, especially as he faced the end of his life.
By the way, until just now, I didn't realize that the same person who wrote that article was the same guy who hosted Another Saturday Night. I used to enjoy listening to that show a great deal. Count me as a fan, and thanks again!
Many thanx for the kind words, both about me & about Bill--it would really please him, I think, to hear someone acknowledge his contribution to film-buff culture here in the Valley before the days of Netflix, etc. Thanx also for mentioning Another Saturday Night. I miss doing it. I enjoyed your piece. Count me a fan, & thanx again!
I'm an award-winning movie critic, playwright, actor and director.
My work has appeared in publications ranging from the New Times weeklies (where I was a staff writer for several years) to USA Today, from Phoenix Magazine and Wrangler News and the East Valley Tribune to the Erie Times-News, Seattle Times and Detroit Metro Times to Rewind Magazine.
I'm that rare example of a living poet who has had a sonnet published in Weird Tales, and my poems have also appeared in Elysian Fields Quarterly.
I've acted in theatre productions in six states and the District of Columbia, and appear for about six seconds as an extra (a prison guard) in the John Waters film Cry-Baby.
I directed Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at Southwest Shakespeare Festival, and a short film called Holding Back the Dawn, based on a short story by my friend Barry Graham.
I was host of Another Saturday Night, a pop culture and film review show on KTAR radio.
I have produced, directed and acted in radio plays for NPR, KTAR and the Sun Sounds Radio service.
One of your best articles.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to my post about Bill Rocz, the old Hollywood Greats show, and his catalyzing effect on my love of films.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your article about Rocz, which I discovered as I was digging around, checking facts for my post. I never had a chance to meet him, but reading your article really helped illuminate my understanding of him, especially as he faced the end of his life.
By the way, until just now, I didn't realize that the same person who wrote that article was the same guy who hosted Another Saturday Night. I used to enjoy listening to that show a great deal. Count me as a fan, and thanks again!
Many thanx for the kind words, both about me & about Bill--it would really please him, I think, to hear someone acknowledge his contribution to film-buff culture here in the Valley before the days of Netflix, etc.
ReplyDeleteThanx also for mentioning Another Saturday Night. I miss doing it.
I enjoyed your piece. Count me a fan, & thanx again!