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- Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Gary Usher, Jr. (Rock guitarist)
“[About his Dad, Gary Usher, rock musician, songwriter, and record producer, working with The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Dick Dale, The Super Stocks, The Hondells in the 1960s] He's helping you find your vision, tweaking the sound. Another thing was, the music- the technology, was changing so much. You're talking four track, eight track, 16 track. My dad at Wally Heider, up in San Francisco, Sausalito area, was the first guy to really take two eight track machines and then you're starting to really stack vocals and add instrumentation that hadn't been done six months before and it never went back. It just continued to climb that way.”
— Gary Usher, Jr., 15 Minutes of Fame interview25 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Billy Shire (Wacko, Soap Plant, La Luz de Jesus Gallery)
“[How did it all start?] Well, primarily, it boils down to soap. We started with soap. My mother and I started the soap store. I did leather in the back and we had my brother's ceramics. It became kind of a pop culture emporium, you know. I call it a pop culture gift shop on steroids and it's got besides gifts and things, it does have a major amount of books, it has the art gallery. So, you know, it's really developed over the years from just having soap to having a little bit of everything, and I like to think of it as my interpretation of the best of each genre, so to speak.”
— Billy Shire, 15 Minutes of Fame interview24 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Michael Murphy (Lions & Ghosts, Deconstruction)
So that's the way I kind of look at my music career. I went on to work in the film business. Now I am doing ceramics. I always wanted to be like a maker of things. And it doesn't have to be music, but I feel like I need to, you know, make things. It gives me fulfillment. So in fact, I'm over here in Japan right now looking at and studying their history of ceramics. You're calling me from Japan? Yeah. We're in Osaka tonight.
—Michael Murphy, 15 Minutes of Fame interview24 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Mark Goodman (MTV VJ, actor, author)
[In 1981] I was thrilled. I was working in radio in New York at the number one rock station in New York. I moved up here to New York to take that gig. And within six months, I was so bored and so disgusted. I was looking for any way to get out. And luckily, this friend of mine from Philly Radio where I'm from, where I worked before, called and said, hey, there's this company. I don't know, they're doing something like a 24-hour video channel or something. Maybe you wanna check them out. And the rest is rock history.
—Mark Goodman, Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame interview29 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Jack Grisham (TSOL frontman, author, director)
“[About TSOL shows in the early 80s] If I could drive around before a show and load up a bus with lunatics, I'd put them all on the backstage list VIP and let them run wild, and I have. I have basically brought people and invited people to shows that should not be backstage, should not be around other people, should not have any authority whatsoever, and just let them run wild.” —Jack Grisham, Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame interview
54 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star bassist, Visual artist)“[About her art] Basically, you’re gonna find folk expressionism. It could be, like, death playing some drums, and he’s just trying to keep the timing, you know. I just have a couple of them over at this new show, and death plays a big part in my paintings as well as animals and animal rights bands. You know, anything from Patti Smith to Bob Dylan to Fugazi, bands I love. So I’ll do an ode to them, an homage, stuff like that. Whatever I feel, you know, and it feels good. It feels hilarious to me and cathartic.”— Jill Emery, 15 Minutes of Fame interview
Air date: 03/24/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Jill Emery, Bass player for Hole, Mazzy Star, Tear Drain, and Super Heroines, and Visual Artist with a current exhibition with Exene of X. instagram/sallygotstheListen to full episode :
23 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Bruce W. Cook (Writer, producer)“I would like to become a really successful novelist. I have multiple books that are out. The latest book is An American Rich Girl. It’s actually based on a story in Newport Beach, California, where we are today. And I’m working on a new novel called The Clarity of Color, which is set in Oakland, California in the nineteen sixties, at the time of the rise of the Black Panthers. [Alright. And your contact info?] I don’t have any.”— Bruce W. Cook, 15 Minutes of Fame interview
Air date: 03/21/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Bruce W. Cook, writer and producer, who started out at CBS Studio City, passing out tickets to the Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1975. He was promoted to the assistant of a producer at the CBS Sports Network which led to a career that spans helping produce the 1984 Olympics at ABC to being hired by the NFL to recreate Super Bowl Halftime, and helping create and produce Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous alongside Robin Leach.Listen to full episode :
21 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: GB AKA Gettoboy (Rapper)“[What did you talk about in your music?] Really, really, it was just my life. You know?
The way I got kinda stuck in the system, at a young age, the trials and tribulations that it comes with. You know, nowadays, with this rap music, you know, you often just hear about violence and drugs and stuff like that. And I don’t think I was rapping too much into that lane, rather translating it, like, with what it comes with. You know what I mean? The consequences and stuff like that, that it bring.”— GB AKA Gettoboy, 15 Minutes of Fame interviewAir date: 03/20/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews GB AKA Gettoboy, rapper from Merced, California, who is gaining traction in the hip-hop scene. He is known for his freestyle abilities and giving back to his community. instagram/gettoboy.officialListen to full episode :
24 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Dave Klein (Producer, composer, musician)“Actually on Roku, there’s a Bob Ross channel. But our show is Bob Ross Gallery Collection, and it’s just a collection of all his paintings that have been pulled apart in 3D so there’s a lot more depth to it, and they’re kind of animated and then we did all the atmospheric music that’s underneath it. But it was a really fun project. ”— Dave Klein, 15 Minutes of Fame interview
Air date: 03/19/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Dave Klein, producer, composer and musician, with over 25 years' experience as a professional drummer, bassist and keyboardist. Dave has recorded and toured throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia with Agent Orange, Sky Saxon and The Seeds, Ghastly Ones, The Bomboras, The Woolly Bandits, and The Finks. www.davekleinrecording.comListen to full episode :
21 min - Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Lew Stowers (Sports & news broadcaster)“[About Arnold Schwarzenegger] Well, I did the softball questions. In other words, I knew he was an actor. I knew he was scripted. If he would give a speech... I would ask him a question that he had already gone over during his presentation, and then I became one of his good guys, one of his go-to guys, and he knew that he could trust me.”— Lew Stowers, 15 Minutes of Fame interview
Air date: 03/18/2025
Tune in as Poorman interviews Lew Stowers, Sports and News broadcaster for television and radio, and talks to him about his 51 years in the business.Listen to full episode :
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