Let us introduce you to 94WYSP's Rock God, Bill Hollis! Check out his blogs below as he keeps us up to date on his experiences throughout the year!
03.11.09 Welcome to the Machine!
As winner of the 94WYSP Rock God contest, I have had this honor/duty bestowed upon me, this blogspace on the HomePage. So, I thought I’d take the opportunity to use the first one as kind of an introduction. Your Rock God is Bill Hollis, from South Philly,…a nice neighborhood, if ya ask me. I’m originally from Central NJ, and have come to enjoy this little part of the town—real close to most of the concert venues, which is our main form of entertainment.
I hit town 3 ½ years ago, as a chef…so it was really nice to be close to the Italian Market, ya know? Anyway, nowadays I do most of my cooking out of the house…I’m tryin’ to break into the voiceover biz. My fiancée is a teacher, and we travel in the summer---hard to work in a restaurant, when you always say,”See ya in September!”,---they kinda frown on that sorta crap.
So. Before I begin, or go anywhere with this, really, I want to thank EVERYONE who voted, whether ya voted for me, or not…hey, this was FUN, for everybody (OK, more fun for me than the other 3 finalists)…think of the people you cajoled (harassed!) into voting your way, folks you hadn’t seen, maybe, in a while, y’know? I also wanna thank everyone who voted for ME---these people are probably the HAPPIEST folks in the world. Seein’ as how I won, I will FINALLY shut up!! No second guessing, no buggin’ ‘em (Didja REALLY vote? EVERY day?!)….and, since I’m told that the voting results were close, I’m certain that the rest of the contestants are thankful to their friends and supporters, so, since they don’t have this type of venue, again, thanks to all of you.
Now, for me, the fun begins. I got a phone call from Spike today, and we spoke about Rock Fashion do’s & don’ts. Now, as I get it, my job here, is to enjoy the music available at the local venues, and come here to give an overview and opinion.I hope to do just that---keeping in mind, my opinions are my own, and do not necessarily reflect those of WYSP.
Now, gang, it is exactly as I said in my video, and on-air when Danny Bonaduce called me last week…live music is our time out and about, hereabouts, and we take it seriously. Not so serious we don’t have fun,but I hope you’ll come to see the blog opinions herein to be valid enough that you’ll wanna see them.
When does it get real? Funny you should ask---I was down in the Hallowed Halls of our beloved Station on Monday, and received my first SLEW of tickets (I’m so gonna LOVE this gig!!), and the reality starts this Friday, Mar 6, at the Trocadero…the headline group is an outfit called Bleeding Through. Now, I’ve done my homework, so I know what to expect. I hope to actually meet a few of you there…you’ve seen my mug in that video, so don’t be shy! I plan on being a benevolent Rock God, and hope the things I dispense are seen as wisdom. One thing I CAN say is this---I don’t actually know when I’ll be on air next, so if you wanna hear from me, keep yer eyes comin’ back here! I’ll be bloggin’ as review on Saturday. So, until then, Philly---Love, Peace, and Cheesesteak grease!
