CooperTalk

Steve Cooper talks with singer Lisa Lisa. Lisa in one of the greatest RnB/Pop divas to come out of the 1980's music scene. She and her band, Cult Jam, produced 5 albums and scored top 10 hits with songs like I Wonder If I Take You Home, All Cried Out, Let The Beat Hit Em, Lost In Emotion, Little Jackie and Head to Toe. After disbanding in 1994, she released the funk-soul album LL77 which included...

Steve Cooper talks with writer/producer George Pelecanos. George was the co-creator of the HBO series The Deuce and was nominated for an Emmy and a WGA Award for his work on The Wire. He has served as a producer/writer on shows such as Treme, The Pacific and Bosch and is the author of twenty-one novels set in and around Washington, D.C. His short fiction has appeared in Esquire, Playboy, and the c...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Joe Pantoliano. Joe has amassed an impressive catalog of classic American film, theater and television titles, collaborating with some of Hollywood’s most prestigious filmmakers including Christopher Nolan (Memento), Steven Spielberg (The Goonies, Empire of the Sun), The Wachowskis’ (The Matrix), Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Steal Big Steal Little), Michael Bay (Bad Bo...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Bruce Watson. Bruce is best known for being a guitarist in Big Country. Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1981. The height of the band's popularity was in the early to mid 1980s, although it retained a cult following for many years after. They have recorded nine studio albums and had hits with the singles Big Country, Harvest Home...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Chris Hayes. Chris is best known for being lead guitarist for Huey Lewis and the News. As well as playing guitar and singing backing-vocals, he became an established rock songwriter, and would often put Huey’s lyrics to music. He left the band in the year 2000, to spend more time with his family; although has occasionally filled in for the News’ current lead guitar...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Josh Pais. Josh had a very busy 2019. He brought back his character Stu Feldman in Ray Donovan, was recurring as Barry in HBO's Mrs. Fletcher and appeared in the hit movies Joker and Motherless Brooklyn. He got his first big break playing Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and has constantly worked since then. He has been seen in shows such as Law & Order: Specia...

Steve Cooper talks with musician/songwriter/producer/professor/author Richard Barone. Richard pioneered the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman for The Bongos and then helped launch the chamber pop movement with his solo debut cool blue halo. He has also produced countless studio recordings and worked with artists in every musical genre. Collaborators have included Tony Visconti, Beach Boy...

Steve Cooper talks with actor/comic Jamie Kennedy. Jamie is best known for playing Randy Meeks in the Scream franchise and playing various characters in The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. He wrote and starred in the movie Malibu's Most Wanted and has been seen in other films such as Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, Tremors 5: Bloodlines, Extreme Movie, Son of the Mask, Boiler Room, Bowfinger, Three Kings a...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Taylor Nichols. Taylor is best known for his roles in the Whit Stillman movies Metropolitan, Barcelona and the Last Days of Disco. He also appeared in the films Boiler Room, Congo, The American President, The Big Easy, Chappaquiddick and Jurassic Park III, as well as episodes of several TV series such as Murder She Wrote, NewsRadio, Chicago Hope, Judging Amy, The Mind...

Steve Cooper talks with writer/producer Dana Olsen. Dana is best known for writing the The 'Burbs that starred Tom Hanks. He has written the story or screenplay for such movies Inspector Gadget , Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Going Beserk and George of the Jungle. He also wrote for Laverne & Shirley and co-starred in the in the film Making the Grade. Most recently he was the creator of the Nickelod...

Steve Cooper talks with director/producer/writer Bobby Moresco. Bobby is best known for winning an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for the movie Crash. He created the TV series Falcone, The Hundred Code and The Black Donnellys. He has also written for the shows Millennium and EZ Streets and co-produced the Oscar winning film Million Dollar Baby.  

Steve Cooper talks with actor Michael Kostroff. Michael is best known for his five seasons on HBO’s The Wire and a long list of TV appearances, including recurring roles on The Blacklist, The Deuce, The Good Wife and Law & Order:SVU. He has toured nationally with The Producers, understudying the lead role of Max Bialystock, and with Les Misérables, as the comically evil Thénardier, a role he later...

Steve Cooper talks with director Deran Sarafian. Deran is best known for his work on FOX's hit show House where he was co-executive produced for over forty episodes and directed twenty-three of the first one hundred episodes. For his work on the series, he won an AFI Award for Best Director and was nominated for two Primetime Emmys. Other TV directing credits include numerous shows including Swamp...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Robert Tepper. Robert is best known for his hit song No Easy Way Out from the Rocky IV motion picture soundtrack. He started to get recognition as a song writer with his first Top 40 hit recorded by Paul Anka, This Is Love which went on to earn an ASCAP award. He later he teamed up with fellow singer Benny Mardones to help with his hit album Never Run, Never Hide....

Steve Cooper talks with musician Brian Nash. Brian is best known for being lead guitarist for the 80's band Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Their first album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome which was released in 1984 included the three hits; Relax, Two Tribes and The Power of Love which all hit number 1 on the UK charts. They also received Grammy and MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best New Artist....

Steve Cooper talks with actor/director/writer Chris Eigeman. Chris is best known for roles in the films Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco which were written and directed by Whit Stillman. He has appeared in many movies including Kicking and Screaming, Maid in Manhattan, Mr. Jealousy, Highball, Crazy Little Thing and The Treatment. A familiar face to TV he has been seen in shows s...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Denny Laine. Denny is best known as a founder of two major British rock bands: The Moody Blues, with whom he played from 1964 to 1966, and Paul McCartney and Wings, with whom he played from 1971 to 1981. He has worked with a variety of artists and groups over a six decade career, and continues to record and perform as a solo artist. In 2018, he was inducted into th...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Marshall Crenshaw. Marshall is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as Someday, Someway, a US Top 40 hit in 1982, and Whenever You're on My Mind. He got his first break in 1978 playing Jon Lennon in Beatlemania and has recorded 10 studio albums since then. He portrayed Buddy Holly in the hit film La Bamba and appeared in the movie Peggy...

Steve Cooper talks with actor Alan Rosenberg. Alan has been a regular on TV series such as Civil Wars, L.A. Law, Cybil and The Guardian. He has been a recurring character on Chicago Hope, Luck, Suits, Bosch and Shameless and has been a guest star on countless shows including The Good Fight, Elementary, Training Day, Harry's Law, House, NYPD Blue, Numb3rs, Touched by an Angel, Murphy Brown and many...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Sophie B. Hawkins. Sophie is best known for her hit singles Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover and As I Lay Me Down. In 1993 she was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy and her record Whaler was certified gold. She had released a total of 5 studio albums and in 2012 starred as Janis Joplin in the hit play Room 105. She is currently working on new music and enjoys pa...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Wally Stocker. Wally is best know for being lead guitarist of the band The Babys. Between 1977 -1980 The Babys recorded 5 albums and had a string of successful singles including Isn't It Time, Every Time I Think of You, Head First, Back on My Feet Again and Midnight Rendezvous. They reformed with a new line-up in 2013 and recorded the new album, I'll Have Some of T...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Brad Roberts. Brad is the lead singer and guitarist for the band Crash Test Dummies. They are best known for their international hit Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm that peaked at No. 4 on the US Hot 100. Crash Test Dummies have recorded 9 studio albums, have been nominated for 3 Grammys and 11 Junos. (Winning one Juno.) The band still keeps a busy touring schedule and Brad re...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Steven Page. Steven is best known for being one of the founding members of the musical group Bare Nakedladies. He was with the band from 1988 - 2009. During that period they recorded 11 studio albums, won 2 Billboard Music Awards and were nominated for 2 Grammys. They also won 7 Juno awards and scored a number one single with the hit One Week. Since becoming a solo...

Steve Cooper talks with singer/songwriter/bandleader Josie Cotton. Josie is best known for her international hit Johnny Are You Queer? which was included on the soundtrack of the seminal film Valley Girl.  She also appeared in the film with her band the Party Crashers as well as Jackass Number Two.  She is known for her quirky stylizations and musical experimentation from pop to rockabilly, electr...

Steve Cooper talks with musician Prescott Niles. Prescott is best known for being bass player for the band The Knack. Their hit single My Sharona went Gold in thirteen days and was the #1 song of 1979 and their debut album Get the Knack sold over six million copies worldwide. Prescott was lucky to have had the rare privilege to work with George Harrison for the soundtrack Shanghai Surprise and did...