I meant to try and listen over the internet but i got distracted. . how did that happen?
Heresy!
Did anyone happen to listen?
Yes. It was conducted via phone from earlier in the week, but he came through loud and clear. He of course is coming to that state soon for the two readings and signings at Barnes & Noble bookstores. And he said he's been very busy ("when it rains, it pours"). Then he talked about how "My Mother's Autumn" came about; that he wrote it (39 poems that come together as a story) as a way of dealing with his mother's passing and is very glad he did because it helped him reconnect with her. Friends suggested he perform and get them out there, but he stayed away from that for a couple of years because it was too close to him emotionally. He hopes the poems will hopefully speak to some who understand that situation. He also called them very accessible.
His official site was plugged by the interviewer, who had only high praise for it, at least 3 times.
Of his 4 TV series, Falcon Crest was the longest, and (since the radio show caters to a SciFi crowd) he added, laughing, that some would call it SciFi, since it was a fantasy world. ("It was a great character.") He has 3 movies coming out-- the one he just finished ("Unknown") that will be out in 2006 with Jim Caviezel and Greg Kinnear ("wonderful actors") in which he plays a police captain; the 2nd independent film is "End Game" with Cuba Gooding, Jr. in which he has a small character role that he loved playing; also "Black Hole" that isn't yet on the schedule for the SciFi channel.
He hasn't done any radio work in about a year and a half, but he's getting ready for a couple of tours of college campuses with a radio show. One would be "The Caine Mutiny," which he did for MPR. He mentioned LA Theater Works, and that he did some radio for the BBC. He said he loves radio, and it's a terrific medium because you get to play other roles that you may not be able to play on camera.
The time after the break was devoted to DS. (Selby: "We're talking a few years ago. We don't necessarily have to say how many.") The interviewer mentioned that the local fan club was listening and will be present at his appearances. He said DS was his first TV work, but he had done theater and continued on stage the whole time he was shooting DS. "It was a busy time then." And the show is still holding in there. He mentioned this year's convention and said he's been told it's expected to be well attended. He said many of the people working on the show managed to stay in touch, and the Fests allow them to say hello and to thank the fans who have held in there over the years. He feels grateful and blessed that his fans have followed him from show to show.
DS was successful in creating its own time; it wasn't dependent on computers or high tech. They used blue screen. A lot of the things they came up with back then are still utilized today.
So June 8 he'll be in the Miami area and Friday night in the Orlando area. And in closing, he said thank you to the DS fans down there.
