Poorman's 15 Minutes of Fame

“[On writing a memoir honoring his wife, Christina] It was very cathartic, and I got it all out. And I was able to tell our story. And, you know, she was a wonderful, wonderful, beautiful human being. So I wanna make sure people know that she was, just, you know, a great lady. And we have a foundation that we set up in her honor. It’s called the Christina Mauser Foundation, and we give scholarships to young women going into playing sports in college, that, you know, aren’t getting scholarships. So we give them scholarships based on their character and what they’re like with their teammates and just, you know, how hard they work and kind of embody what Christina stood for.” —Matt Mauser (Matt Mauser Big Band, Tijuana Dogs)

“I feel like if I go back to the initial audition I did for this film, there’s not that much information given to the actor about the project and the role. But I paid attention to one little detail that told me that he works for a tyrant. And because I grew up in communism - I grew up in the 80’s in Poland and East Germany, both communist countries - so I experienced communism til I was about 11 years old. I kind of had a feeling, you know, like, what it is to work for a tyrant, what it is to work for a dictator, and being a general, being the head of the army. I had to show toughness in front of other people, but absolute and complete obedience in front of him.” — Martin Harris (Actor, Writer, Producer, Plays Boravian General in James Gunn’s Superman)

“The Jimmy Dale Trio is more, so like we tip the hat to my Dad. I'm starting to bleed in a couple of my own songs in the set, which are watered-down Kill Jill songs. I take the lyrics out, and I kinda write a guitar melody over them and make them really surfy, but I still keep it like power surf, like Dad tone, you know, not the thin guitar strings and over the top reverb. I keep it true to my Dad's tone.”
—Jimmy Dale (The Jimmy Dale Trio, Son of Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar)

“So I think my favorite thing is just doing the really large extravagant grazing tables. I think creatively that’s where I have the most fun, and I think that’s where we shine as a company. You can just bring in so many different cheeses and dips and spreads and cured meats, and you just make this, like, spectacular presentation that really elevates any event or gathering that you go to.” —Alyssa Payne (Newport Charcuterie, Founder & Creative Director)

“I mean, first of all, you have people that - the internet has obviously changed things incredibly, Facebook and all of that - and people write stuff that you just know is wrong, right? You say that’s not right. And people become experts on things that they were never a part of, and that tends to bother me. If I do write a book or record something, I’m gonna call it Setting the Record Straight, right? What really happened because I was there every day. In fact, I lived at the radio.”
—The Insane Darrell Wayne (Radio Personality and DJ)

“[Did he deliver all of you guys when your Mom got pregnant and, you know, had you?] Yes, he did. He delivered most of us kids. He delivered me, I know that for sure. And then most of my brothers were born in Hawaii, so they have the distinction of being blessed by Duke Kahanamoku, which I’m sure was a great experience and, you know, obviously something I wish I would have gotten. But that’s cool, whatever.” —Joshua Paskowitz (Paskowitz Surfing Family)

“[Speaking of crazy, how crazy did it get in those early days?] You were lucky if the show actually happened because, you know, there’s a lot of halls rented out without permits and people selling alcohol illegally, and the police, even if it was a legitimate show, the police just didn’t really like the way the punks looked. And they really weren’t singing about peace and love like hippies, which obviously the police didn’t like that scene, and these punkers come up and think about destroying the system and changing things in a more aggressive way. They just wanted to come in break up shows and wreak havoc and attack the people, unprovoked most of the time.” —Greg Hetson (Guitarist, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion)

“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 how I was gonna get home. I had a backstage pass. I was, you know, just like. Kurt was walking up the stairs with a bunch of kids, and I go, does anyone know how I can get back to Boston? And he turns and looks at me and goes, I do. And I went back home with all the people he was with.” —Jonny Polonsky (Songwriter, Rock Guitarist, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, and Record Producer)

“[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 Sniper (2014). I’ve done so many terrorist movies.The reason I’m picking the terrorist character is because I wanna introduce how evil they are.” —Fahim Fazli (Actor, Author, Motivational Speaker)

“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 Tree-based Solo Artist & former Gram Rabbit frontwoman)