Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

“I was living in Boston. I went to a Nirvana/Breeders show in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, way like, an hour outside of that city. I took a train there and the train had stopped running. I didn’t know h…

“[On being typecast as a terrorist] I’m labeled as a distinguished, weathered man, and I’ve been playing terrorists the last twenty five years. I’ve done Iron Man (2008), 12 Strong (2018), American S…

“I didn’t think that was going to be so strange for people, but I like to dress up. I don’t know, I thought this was show business, so I’m just trying to put on a show.” —Jesika Von Rabbit (Joshua T…

“This man that you’re listening to, The Poorman, Jim, is the creator and the host of Loveline and I am so honored to be speaking with you. Well, the issue at hand with what you dealt with and what ex…

“It’s fascinating because who knew that twenty five years later comic books were going to be relevant and important, and particularly to our cultural zeitgeist of what’s going on out there.”
—Alexande…

“Well, I was the lead, or the trombone section leader, and it was pretty tight back there as the game was nearing the end. The band had gone down to field level for our traditional postgame concert, …

“A little bit of fame started to happen. We started to get, you know, popular in different places like, you know, like Seattle and Detroit and Miami and Dallas. And there were cities around, and we w…

“Me and my friend Billy golfed at Westlake last week at Westlake Golf Course. And when I took him by the bridge, it’s kinda trippy going by there. Every time I go out to Westlake, I gotta go say hi t…

“[On the NFL embracing the tradition] They like that we celebrate the last player. You know, we try and make him equal to feeling like he’s equal to the first player selected. So, you know, we give h…

“My first film was Halls of Anger (1970), and it was about a racial high school issue. You know, they bus white kids to a black school and stuff like that.” — DeWayne Jessie (Otis Day and The Knights…

“I’m still an altar boy. Actually, I wasn’t an altar boy when I was little. I just kind of evolved into one as an adult.” — Joe Escalante (The Vandals)

“You know, it’s just kind of a well, a dream come true and why I got into doing this in the first place. Growing up in New York, I was just a huge music fan, and this is always what I wanted to be a …

“[What is the best generation of horror in your opinion?] Well, the eighties and nineties is what I love. You know, whenever I’m watching movies, eighties and nineties. Whenever I wanna study filmmak…

“So I started answering the phone, and about a week later they hired me as receptionist. And about two weeks later, Rick Carroll let me go on the air and start doing the News on the air. And then the…

“[On creating the poster for Friday the Thirteenth Part VIII, Jason Takes Manhattan] It’s really cool because that poster got banned in New York, so that’s a cool little thing. [Why was that? What go…

“What I was doing at first when I came here, I was playing disco music, and then I was playing country music for a while because you had to like in 1980. And then in 1981, I was managing a club in Un…

“I mean, his son got him a Diet Coke the day before, and he said, “That’s the stuff, I dig that stuff!” Although he didn’t use the word ‘stuff’. And he, you know, he was just regular Brian. And the n…

“You know, I’ve been lucky to be around some really great bands over the years, and it’s such a hard thing to do. I’ve always done it for the love of it and just to show up and and do my best. And, e…

“In my lifetime, I remember like two jazz explosions. One was back in the George Benson, Grover Washington Junior days that I can remember. And then I would say twenty years ago with, The Wave in Los…

“Promoting unfortunately, these days, you know, it’s not like in the sixties when you used to walk into Capitol Records and you used to get a deal, you know, record deal. Those days are gone. You kno…