Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

For the first fifteen years of my career, I focused on construction law and business, transactional work and general counsel work. And I was really good at it, but as time went on and I sorta got to …

“I'm now redoing my label, which is called Hyperspace Communications. It's a vinyl only label. It has a lot of Flosmicrowave rereleases, Baby Buddha, I have an Ambient Series, and then I have a whole…

“We were the first ska band ever signed to a major label. We were signed to Stiff Records in England and so we played with so many people, Poorman, like Siouxsie and the Banshees, UB40, Squeeze, The …

“Change your story is what I teach these kids. It's not about what you did in the past. It's about who you are today and what you're gonna do in the future. I think everybody deserves a second chance…

“I'm a life member of the Magic Castle, proudly, where I've been a member for 25 years. When I was transitioning out of music, I fell into magic, and it changed the course of my life..” —Rob Zabrecky…

“[About her costumes, designed by her sister, Carmen] I got to be always with the same size. If I change, if I put two pounds, trust me, if I put two pounds, then the zipper don’t close. That’s why t…

“And then when we finally get started to put the band together, it was like, let's call it Das Klown, you know? So we did that. And then we were practicing and we had some songs. We were getting read…

“Another bombshell. Let's see. I got several. I have a book out, Juicy Divas! Confessions of a Limo Driver.” —Jim Francis Meza, Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame Interview

“I was always thinking outside the box even as a child, even as a kid, I always thought outside the box. And one of my big dreams was to be on TV and, you know, that whole thing, and then be a produc…

“So it's technique and soul. And you take your technique and then you put your soul on the line. That's what I'm here for, and that's what you do, and that's what we do. And, LSD with the great Gigi …

“Alright. We are back with Shant from Archie’s Ice Cream. He has an ice cream truck that he takes backstage to concerts, and it is the best green room in the world. And he joins me right now, and he …

“You know, I got married and had a kid and wanted to be a square and it's just, you know, the gods of rock decided one day to just give me a mustache and the incredible propensity for dancing. And, y…

“And then, you know, a lot of the stuff that we grew up on at that time is a lot of the spandex, pretty hairdo type things, and we always thought you had to be someone special to put out a record or …

“I am a solo artist too, and I've made a couple of records and, you know, it released to crickets, but you know, it's like, if you could get some of your listeners and guide them towards my records, …

“And then I'll just like, fast forward to next week. Next Friday, May 2nd, we have a new single coming out, and it's with me and Palmyra and Kathy Valentine on bass and Clem Burke on drums. Clem reco…

“[On the craziest stories covered] Some of the most fun ones, and the thing that always gets the responses is just talking about personalities that people loved growing up. You’re one of them, by the…

“But on the Johnny Carson show, we were completely live. We played our instruments, sang live, played live, did all the choreography. That’s one of the best TV shows we ever did, and Johnny Carson ga…

“[About his father, guitarist Tommy Tedesco] I knew he played guitar for a living, but I had no idea that he, you know, played with all these amazing acts because I was too young. He was a member of …

“We just shot the video for it [new single, "Car Song"] this week, and the cool thing about that is we actually used the car, the Volvo, from Breaking Bad's final episode in the video, the one that, …