August 24, 2024 • 34 mins
SBS Spotlight: Lets Create Something Inc w/ Owner & COO Randy Clark · What They Do: Let’s Create Something, Inc. supplies technical event equipment and services to producers and event professionals worldwide from our headquarters in Van Nuys. From small parties to large venue projection and sound, LCS is equipped. Things to do in SoCal: Things to do in SoCal: LA Times Food Bowl, Teicholz Film Series and more. Soul-Cal Saturday SBS Shout Out: Junior & Box & Gear.
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Caw KFI AM six forty Life everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app in Calabasas to Luca Lake, sil Beach and ya Kaipa,
this is Soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host Twala Sharp,
welcoming you to our final Small Business Saturday Salute. You know,
last year for Small Business Saturday, we came up with
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the idea of bringing all of the Small Business Saturday
submissions back on the show to tell us more about
their business. And every Saturday since we have been bringing
on a new business to introduce you to here in
Southern California, and we have actually reached the end of
all of our submissions with a fantastic entry, Let's create
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something incorporated. At Let's create something Incorporated. They supply technical
event equipment and services to producers and event professionals worldwide
from their headquarters right here in SoCal in Van Nuys,
from small parties to large venue projection and sound. ELCS
is equipped to tell us more about let's create something incorporated.
(02:15):
Let us welcome mister Randy Clark, the owner and COO. Randy,
how are you doing today?
Speaker 5 (02:21):
Good sir, Oh, I'm so thrilled to be with you,
and your introduction gives me so much credibility. I'm not
sure I deserve it, but thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Jo Wailla, No, look, you absolutely do deserve it, especially
looking at here in southern California, in the home of Hollywood,
where our bread and butter is production. Be it for
small sets, be it for large shootes, be it for
corporate parties, for Hollywood studios doing I don't know, world
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premieres or even rap parties. ELCS Incorporated is the place
to go. How did you all get started with this?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What is your background in doing events and production and
supplying all of these essential tools to make things happen.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Well, it's so true. I mean, our economy locally, you know,
subsists on the production dollars. So everybody from craft services,
My daughter in law is a prop master, my son
is a camera man. Everybody in my circle is involved
with this somehow. When I met my wife, she was
an actress. So you know, it just goes on and
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on and on. And I finally ended up on my
little niche here in Van Eyes and my Van Eyed
warehouses to our home bases. And I grew up in
the studio system. You cannot know that, but I grew
up in the studio system. My father was a game
show announcer. As it turned out. He did the first
fifteen years of Password with Bill Cullen, and I know
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in the first nine years of Wheel of Fortune with
Pat Sajack. He was the very first announcer. And then
he passed in eighty eight, so we missed him dearly.
But he said to me, he said, Randy, I can
get you your first job, but I can't keep it
for you. So I was off to the race as
as soon as he said that, I was the best
gopher Hollywood ever seen. I could go get addressed on
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Rodeo drive for Dinah Shore better than anybody, you know.
I've always been energized about the business. And so fast forward,
I don't know, thirty fourty years later, and I run
a vibrant audio video equipment rental company and we we've
supply led screens, led walls, large venue projection, small venue projection,
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large venue sound, small venue sound. Oh, and that goes
on and on. I think you haven't asked about it,
but one of our core products.
Speaker 6 (04:45):
Is cameras and monitors and sound equipment for feature film publicity,
which is a great, great revenue side for the town
and for me.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Interesting and that right there speaks to your experience and
how long you've been in the game, because, as you
well know, you can't do one thing in this industry.
Here in radio, I have gone from being an intern,
working in production, working in engineering, been on air, worked
behind the scenes as a music director, program director. Now
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I am a talk radio show producer and host. You've
got to be able to do everything. You cannot do
one thing, and it seems like, let's create something. Incorporated
has learned that very well, not only from you growing
up in Hollywood, but also having now over four decades
of experience doing this. What do you think is that
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essential component of what actually keeps let create something incorporated
going when Hollywood right now is going through such hard times.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Oh man, what a great question. You know what you
know how they talk about the it factor When George
Clooney has the it Factuala has the it factor? You know,
you just have it. And when you when you combine
experience with I don't know, some persona and just the ability,
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you don't have to you don't have to be great.
You just have to get along. And ultimately I think
that's true, and you know, you have to be somebody
that people like to be around, and you just you
just have to have just that as you're gonna say, kuhah,
which you can't touch it, but you know, I think
it really comes. I heard you say that that you
got coffee just like I did that. Yeah, man, mixing,
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you ran mixing boards just like I ran. You've ran
a production manager, musical director. I mean those are things
that I can't speak to it all, but what a
great resume that is for you. And look at and
look at you, look at you.
Speaker 7 (06:50):
By the way, I forgot I forgot to say, you know, you're.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
I want to I listened to the roundtable on Deadpool
and that was really something. Man, you ran a great
round table. That was great.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Really appreciate that. Yeah, we love when we all get
the opportunity to come together for our nerd rooum around
tables where we just take the gloves off and we
just go. It is a great, great time. And I
love how you speak to being someone who is liked,
someone who people want to go to, because I think
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that is also a core to longevity in the industry,
not just being able to do the job, but being
the person that first time a project comes up where
they need anything related to what you supply, they're calling
you first. They're not calling the competition. They are literally
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calling you because they're like, you know what, let's go
with Randy. Let's go with let's create something incorporated, because
we know him and we know the quality of his
work and what he stands for, and that is what
is going to make the calls happen. First, if you
are just joining in, we are speaking with mister Randy Clark,
the owner and COO of let's create something incorporated, and
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let's create something incorporated. They supply technical event equipment and
service to production for event professionals worldwide, and they are
located right here in Hollywood, servicing Hollywood and again the world.
We will have more with mister Randy Clark in just
a moment before.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
You're listening to soul Cal Saturday with Tawala Sharp on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
in Hawaiian Gardens, Temple City, Norco and Asparia. This is
soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host, Twala Sharp. Welcoming and
you back into our final edition of our soul col
Saturday Small Business Saturday spotlight with the owner of Let's
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Create Something Incorporated, Mister Randy Clark, the owner and COO
of Let's Create Something Incorporated, which applies technical event equipment
and service to producers and event professionals worldwide from the
headquarters right here in Van Nuys, from small parties to
large vene production and sound. LCS is equipped. Randy bringing
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you back into the conversation, what is the thing that
you get called for the most with LCS? Like, what
is the first call that you typically get on a
given week for any behind the scenes Production Service.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Ooh strong question. Well, when when people call eight point
eight seven h seven RENT, they get our reception area
and they can be directed to Matthew, who runs our
event services division, you can also get through to me,
and my specialty is feature film publicity client. Junket Productions
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is our only a large customer that services the event
publicity departments, and so when Netflix wants to publicize a project,
they call Junket and Junkit calls out. So the first
call that I get is from their staff telling me
what is going on for the week. We talk about
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how many jobs they are going to be producing and
what the requirements are, how many cameras, how many monitors,
how many marcrophones. I don't do the lighting. We have
a great triangle. There's a production triangle, a technical triangle,
and then the lighting and set design triangle, and so
we all work seamlessly together. But the first call is
from them. And then in the mix is Matthew's division
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for events. He has auditorium customers like a couple of
departments over the UCLA call him for large venue projection,
Big Bright twenty thousand Wuman projectors and now they're all
lasers and it's really dynamic presentation for content. It's beautiful toila.
(11:08):
When you go to Royce Hall and you see a
multimedia presentation, the chances are our projectors are in that mix.
So that's one of the calls wow.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
That is absolutely amazing. And look, working behind the scenes
in the industry as long as I have, I am
always fascinated and just intrigued by meeting individuals like yourself
that actually make all of the end product happen. When
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you were going to these events, when you're looking at
these press junkets where you're seeing all the cameras and
the lights and the video monitors behind the red carpet
showing the clips from the movies, and the people are
walking by and all of that, I'm like getting goosebumps
just knowing like wow, like you actually make the magic happen. Currently,
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what is your availability to come on board a project?
How far in advance are you booked or if someone
is looking to do something now, can they just book
you now?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Well it's a good question. You know, we take immediate bookings,
we take bookings in advance. You know, we know our
schedule for probably thirty forty fifty days out but we'll
get hey, I need two eighty inch monitors for this
party tonight, and we'll respond with immediate tech response. When
anybody loves on to rent lcs dot com, they'll see
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a gallery of all the kind of stuff that we
do and it's it's immedia. I could get a call
now for tonight and we just jump into ash. I
mean even weekends, we don't care. They call us all the.
Speaker 7 (12:45):
Time and if wow, you know when the event planner
will call us, Hey I forgot to order the projector
I forgot to order the sound sysdom help me, and
of course we come to the rescue and we're heroes.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
And that's part of the magic. You know, that's part
of the confidence. You know, when you have a vendor
that you're confident with and kind of have them in
your back pocket. How important is that, you know, you
know how that goes. You probably have people like that, yes,
in your pocket.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Absolutely. Now for anyone listening, I'm sure that your services
go beyond just Hollywood, Like, say if there is a
corporate event where they need your services, Say if there
is a record company here in the Los Angeles area
that needs to do something, because you know, we have
be at the VMA's or the BET Awards, whatever award
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show happening here in southern California. Because this is the
hub of major events. I'm sure it goes just beyond Hollywood. Correct.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Oh, yes, yes, we'll take corporate events on the road.
We'll probably go as far as Phoenix and Vegas. But
you know, at the end of the day, we can
go on the road with events. You know, when I
talk about our worldwide presence, I talk about the publicity.
The Department's taken us to Tokyo, We've been to France, London. Uh,
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I can't even remember. It's just so many. I'm an
executive Platinum for life. Let's put it that way too,
you know how that is? Yeah, Hey, I was gonna say,
you know, on the Road Again is really one of
those songs we just know by heart and the guys
we joke about it. We get to set, or we
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get to the venue, and on the Road Again comes
out loud.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Wow. I truly truly love what you do, and Randy,
I salute you. I salute Let's create something incorporated again.
If anyone wants to, as you said, book you as
early as today. Where can they contact you?
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Eight eight seven oh seven rent, that's eight one eight
seven oh seven rent or rentelcs dot com. You know
those are the bullet points. They'll all direct you to
any one of our departm men's directly. So it's a
super simple process. We're very accessible. We work by text.
You know, I don't know how you work in your
business life, but you know it's one of those things
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where availability is key and somebody calls you and says, hey, tomorrow,
we need to build this gizmo. Let's go, And I say,
let's go, and so eight one eight seven oh seven rent,
rent lcs dot com or are the bullet points? Yes,
thank you, Thank you for that promotion. Your your team
with Kayla and you has really been a great experience.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Thank you. The thanks truly goes to you, mister Randy Clark,
the owner and COO of Let's Create Something Incorporated Again.
Let's Create Something Incorporated supplies technically vent equipment and services
to producers and event professionals worldwide from their headquarters right
here and van nights, from small parties to large venue
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projection and sound LCS is equipped. Let's go. This is
KFI AM six forty life everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 8 (16:03):
You're listening to soul Cal Saturday with Tawala Sharp on
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Speaker 1 (16:21):
KFI AM six Sporting. I'm everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and Linux, what Netca, Grand Terrace and Baumont. This is
so Cal Saturday. I'm your host, Twala Sharp taking a
look at some things to do here in soul Cal.
Fun things ahead, fun times for you and possibly your family.
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The La Times Food Bowl. This is going down from
September twentieth to the twenty second. The annual Culinary Festival
is taking place at the Paramount Pitcher Studio back Loot.
Now big question mark. With Paramount being sold or whatever
them selling Paramount studios, will they still be able to
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do it? Oh? Yeah for sure.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
Okay, they tried to make me work, but I was like, nope,
I work for Tawala on Saturday, Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Did you know that there's food? It's food there?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Oh I know.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
I've worked at a bunch of times and it's an
amazing event, really amazing event, but not anymore.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Not here are man. Look look at that love, that
is absolute love. Well it's going down. I mean, you
know you heard it from the expert himself. Raoul has
said it is amazing. September twenty twenty to the twenty
second at the Paramount Picture Studio back lot. Tickets are
on sale now, so you know, if you want to
get Tasta's food, you never know. Maybe the Fork Reporter
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will be broadcasting live and you'll see super producer Kayla
and Neil the Fork Reporter there who knows. Yes. Chain
Fest Los Angeles, the Chain Food Festival is returning to
LA on October fifth after a sold out debut last year.
Expected an expanded lineup and interactive experiences with some of
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your favorite chain restaurants. Each chain will feature a one
of a kind pop up restaurant to allow fans to
experience their food in elevated ways. I love it right now,
I believe tickets are on sale, but again, this is
going down October, October fifth, so and of course we're
going to have all this information on the page. Super
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Producer Kata will be putting this up on the page
at the Holocaust Museum, LA's they're having a film festival
at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles is going to
continue its film series through Oh No, No, No, No,
did this end?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Today's the twenty fourth of our off August one, tod N.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, it's over, Kayla Man, Yeah, I'm sorry, this one
is over. I'm sure. I'm sure it was fantastic. Though,
I'm sure it was fantastic. It was over on and
it's over.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
We'll keep an eye out for a next year.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah, next year. Next year, we'll definitely look out for it.
But the Los Felis Flea Market at Vintage Land that
is happening. And even though it still includes the name
Los Felis, the flea market has recently moved to a
new two story space on the border of Downtown LA
and Echo Park and is now open every weekend on
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both Saturdays and Sundays. It is LA's only rooftop flea market,
complete with views of the downtown skyline while shopping and
thrifting and all of that and getting your flea market
on with food trucks and more, free admission, free parking.
I love it. And even though it's no longer on
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Los Felis, it is still flea market. Fantastic all right.
Jazz at LACMA, Oh I love jazz. When I get
in my car, I listen to smooth jazz and that
helps me with my road rage. It really really does.
It helps me to drive smooth and just keep peace
and love in my mind. And the idea of jazz
at Lachma one, Lackmus gorgeous. Lackman is a beautiful place.
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It is tranquil, it is fun. And anytime you get
to go to Lakhma and if there's jazz, do it.
Speaker 10 (20:15):
I've experienced the jazz night. I just suggest getting there
early because it gets impact. There are so many people
and bring them like a blanket or something to sit
on because there's they offer cherish but obviously it's so
many people.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Little thing. Yeah, it's what is it? Every Friday evening
through October? Nice? Nice, nice, nice nice Griffith Park they're
having their annual Shakespeare Festival.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Oh my god, I just want to one in Ashford, Oregon.
I love Shakespeare festivals.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
It's coming to Griffith Park. I gotta pull up September first,
seven pm, Winnesday, or it starts through It's now through
September first.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It ends next week. Okay, Yeah, it's so good though,
if you guess everybody go, Yeah, we go every summer.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
It's our tradition. We pack up a little picnic basket.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Well that's because your classes.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, but like everybody brings food and blankets and you
can sit on the ground and like it's just and
they've done such a great job with the show and
the staging this year.
Speaker 10 (21:14):
Do you do you choose what show you want to
see or is there just like one show that it's
playing this.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Year for the first time they're only doing one show.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, but as you like it, as you like it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
And they used to do too, and we would try
to go to both because it's they're both so unique.
The productions are really unique, and they do such a
good job. And it's free, and there's so few things
that are free.
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Oh in La.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
That's true. That's the truth. The Summer Sunset Music Series
Culver City will continue it's Summer Sunset Music Series running
through the twenty ninth. All right, so this is still going.
The series is featuring Latin music showcases featuring Carlos Eat, Carlos,
Burleros with Attitude and Los Angeline and it's taking place
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at the Culvert Steps Black Restaurant. Week You've been hearing
about this non stop on the FOURK Report. It is
beginning today and it's running through September one. Several restaurants participating.
This week long event's focused on stimulating local economies by
promoting black owned culinary businesses, and you can visit their
(22:22):
website to find out where at Black Restaurantweek dot com.
I believe and I'd love every time the Folk Report
talks about I'm like, I got to go to one
of these. But really and truly, super producer, Kyleab, what
are you doing? What have you got going on or
what would you recommend?
Speaker 10 (22:37):
Well, like I said, I'd like to do the lack
of Nights, but now I am so interested in watching
old shows and just trying out new things. So right now,
people really hype up the Chinese Theater and I've never been,
so I would love to go there and just pay
how much to the respect in the nineteen fifties and
all the stars that have been there before me and
just see whatever movie is available. So that's next on
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my taken La by the Horns, like.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
The one in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Chinese Theater, Yeah right, it's right on the Hollywalk of Fame.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Apparently it has been around since forever, So Kayla's new
to California.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
All right, get out of here.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
No no, no, no, because I know because that sound like
are you talking about.
Speaker 10 (23:12):
The like like, well, I'm not that no, but yeah,
I've never been so and people talk about it in
the shows all the time, so I might as well
just check it out and be like, oh okay, have
to overrated.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
Like everything else they.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Talk seeing the feet, seeing the handprints, seeing all the history.
It is. It is definitely worth checking out. Opally, yes, Rob,
what are you getting into?
Speaker 9 (23:33):
I'm working?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Nice? Yeah, nice?
Speaker 9 (23:35):
But you know what, there's a day trip is still
going on and that's at the La Historic Park. So
I always recommend that. Nice fun house music. It's amazing
and all ages, everybody like all walks of life for
their partying day trip drinking fish bowls like a fish
bowl full of oh wow, yeah of li Basi. Nice,
lots of fun, lots of fun.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Heather, what about you? What are you and your family into?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Well?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
This week this Friday, you guys, I'm going to be
performing stand up in Arcadia.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Yeah, I got a show. It's free.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
It's Vendom Wine, so you can like get a wine,
get some livations if you're into that. They also have
food trucks and then stick around and have a great show,
a little comedy.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
And then on the twenty eighth of September, I'm going
to be in the main room at the ice House
in Pasanena.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You go ahead with the man, I know.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
You know this is moving on up.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Yeah right, I know, But I'm so bad.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
I had to ask for that night off, Saturday night off,
so I won't be here with you that night.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
But I was like, you know what, Heather, I got
news for you. Next Saturday, I won't be here either.
I know I won't be here either, so you know
we'll both be out.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
I know you guys are leaving us.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah here, Rol and I will be.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Here, Kayla will be here, Kato will be here.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Next week, I will be on a cruise. Me and
my son are joining Moe Kelly and his family. We
are going on the three day I think it's what
it is, the Baja Cruise. My first time being on
a cruise. I am so excited.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Me So you don't get you don't get sea sick.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
I am going to do that first time on the boat.
I will definitely have that is that maybe in Sonata. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Look,
I don't know. I'm getting on the boat three days,
you know, three nights, getting on the boat, hopefully coming back.
Hopefully a megala don doesn't come and take the ship down, or.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
You don't fall in the poop tights in that.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Far out, it is just the shark time. That far out,
it's just sharks or pods of killer wells looking to
devour my tasty flesh.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Oh my gosh, that's going to be so fun.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Yes, well, not the flesh eating that far now.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
I'm looking forward to it, I really am. And you
know what I'm what I'm there. I'm gonna say, I'm
gonna look for the ship entertainment director and I'm gonna say, look, well,
I know you have a club here, and you have comedy.
I happen to know a rising comic who is absolutely stellar.
You got a booker. I'm gonna look for them while
I'm on the boat. I know they have comedy on
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the ships, and that would be so done, would last?
Speaker 5 (26:13):
All? Right?
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Joall, This is KF I Am six forty live everywhere
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Speaker 8 (26:19):
You're listening to Soul cal Saturday with Tawla Sharp on
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Speaker 1 (26:33):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and receive a signal Hill, Valencia and Atlanto. This is
Soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host Twala Sharp and before
we get out of here, in our quest to constantly
highlight fantastic small businesses and businesses you need to know about,
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take you into my life for a quick My car
recently broke down, as in last Saturday when leaving here,
I got my children and we were on our way
home and my car just stalled on the freeway and
it was like what on earth? And it was a struggle.
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I mean it just like all of a sudden, it
just wouldn't it wouldn't start to just it went out
of drive and just were stuck on the freeway. So
long story short, turns out that there was an issue
with my card and it looked like it was the transmission.
I called my dealership, which referred me out to someone
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else because they're just backed up. And my dealership that
I typically go to is gallping Ford in the Van
Eyes area and at gallpin Ford they sent me or
referred me over to this individual named Junior at Boxing
Gear Boxing Gear Transmission. And Okay, this is not like
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a paid endorsement or a plug or anything, because I
actually did not get my car serviced by Junior. And
I didn't because after talking to this individual, I knew
that one this individual knew every single thing about about
transmissions and everything else. I mean at Boxing Gear Transmission.
(28:28):
You know their model is transmissions are life's blood. They've
got decades of experience, and they're located in Van Eys.
They've got customers that come from as far as San
Diego and Arizona to come and see them. And I
know why because talking to Junior, I explained what was
happening to my car, and even before I really got
(28:49):
into it, he just asked me, like, what model and
makes your car? And I told him and he said, okay,
let me guess, and he just broke down all the
things that were happening with my car without me actually
even getting into it. And I'm like, how'd you know that?
He said, I've just been doing this so long, and
I know that making model, and I know a lot
of the problems that that car has, and he broke
(29:09):
down every single thing that he was going to have
to potentially do to it from his experience working on
this exact same problem with the car, and he broke
down not only what he was going to have to do,
but how much I would be looking at. And you know,
we're talking some estimated, estimated estimated eight thousand dollars on
(29:33):
a car that's worth maybe seventy five hundred dollars. Okay,
like really, And he was like, I'm just letting you
know before you even come in here what you could
potentially be looking at on the high end. And he said,
I'm telling you this because most of the time when
I do this work, it goes to the high end,
and I want you to know ahead of time what
what's on the table. And I'm like, okay, I think
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I'm gonna need to go on and get a new car.
And he says, oftentimes after I explain this to individuals,
they go in and do it. Sometimes it doesn't go
that way, but yeah, you can go with that. And
I wanted to make sure I shouted him out because
one thing I think we all need in our lives
is a good, honest mechanic. And I'm telling you like this,
(30:19):
I don't care whatever happens to any car I ever get.
If I have anything that boxing Gear can take care of,
I'm telling you on me, I will go to boxing
Gear because this guy, Junior, this guy is the saint
as far and his knowledge base of vehicles is almost pressing.
I mean, this guy is a genius, and so I
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want to make sure I shouted him out. But yes,
my car did break down, and right now it's sitting
in front of my house and you're wondering, well, Twala,
how did you get here? I got here in my
new car. Okay, so I did get a new car
and I'm absolutely loving it. And again, you know, the
folks over at a gapin Ford, who are not paying
me for this testimon just want to make sure the
(31:01):
gal before they do good business with KFI and I
go there to them all the time. And the folks
over at Galloping Ford, they really really really really took
care of me. My sales guy, Jordan Elkins over there,
he is man. Jordan, you are the man, and he
got me into a flywhip.
Speaker 10 (31:19):
That is I'm happy you got a fly whip, but
that is really really scary.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Was your car giving you any signs that it was
about to shut down? Out if I believe the car
is always you know, like bro.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
No no, seriously, And if you look it up on
this on this making model, this issue happens out of nowhere.
This this, this is almost an inherent transmission flaw. I
don't want to put them on blasts, but the twenty
sixteen Ford Escape or Ford Escape period, google it. This
car has a almost built in transmission flaw. It is
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something that the dealer that I bought it from didn't
even bring up, didn't mention, And it's not something that's
necessarily recalled. It's just something that can happen over time.
And it happens out of nowhere. And I'm taking my
car in to get serviced, and it's not even something
you can necessarily see because it's it's inside the transmission
unless you're going there for transmission services. It's not going
to pop up. And it happens literally, And I'm telling you,
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we were driving no signs and I'm going I'm on
Make on the ramp heading over Make from the one
thirty four to the two, and all of a sudden,
it's just like bloop, and it's just like my car
is just like no, no, no gas going at all
I'm like, what And it's almost like it was stuck
in first gear and I'm like and I haven't shifted
and I don't have a stick. But the but the
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Florida Escape, it has this dual gear function where can
drive automatic, but it also has this s drive that
operates kind of like a stick and you can do
it like that, but it wasn't working and somehow it
just goes out like out of like snap, and it's like, dude,
this is problematic. So that's what that's what ended up
happening with the Floida Escape, which I put a pox
(32:57):
on the Floida Escape. Just really and truly, Ford, you
just shame on you for creating such a vehicle that
has such built in flaw. It's ridiculous. And I'm telling
Google it. Google, just Google issues with twenty sixteen Ford Escape,
and you'll say, what first thing, transmission.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I'm just happy you're safe, mister bear.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
I am. I'm safe, and I'm here and was able
to be with you all today and I truly appreciate
you hanging out. As I said last segment, next week,
I will not be here. I will be on a cruise.
Moe Kelly and I are families. We are going on
the high seas. Tiffany Hobbs, you know Tiffany Hobbs. Well,
Tiffany Hobbs will be filling in for me, so make
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sure you are super nice to her. Treat super producer
Kayla with kindness and care because she will be here.
Heather Brooker, she's on stage, so if you're in town,
make sure you go and check Heather out main room
at the Ice House. Yeah yeah, yeah. Raoul will be
here all right, So a fun time for all next week,
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so make sure you tune in, but don't go nowhere
because coming up next is a brand new edition of
Unsolved with Steve Gregory, so keep it right here. This
is KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
You've been listening to Soul Cal Saturday, you can always
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I'm Heather Brooker.
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is so Cal Saturday. This, this is so Cal song.
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It's so Calcatday, Saturday Saturday and Saturday Saturday, Saturday Saturday.
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This year.
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The words the word, This is Soul.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Caw KFI AM six forty Life everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app in Calabasas to Luca Lake, sil Beach and ya Kaipa,
this is Soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host Twala Sharp,
welcoming you to our final Small Business Saturday Salute. You know,
last year for Small Business Saturday, we came up with
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the idea of bringing all of the Small Business Saturday
submissions back on the show to tell us more about
their business. And every Saturday since we have been bringing
on a new business to introduce you to here in
Southern California, and we have actually reached the end of
all of our submissions with a fantastic entry, Let's create
(01:52):
something incorporated. At Let's create something Incorporated. They supply technical
event equipment and services to producers and event professionals worldwide
from their headquarters right here in SoCal in Van Nuys,
from small parties to large venue projection and sound. ELCS
is equipped to tell us more about let's create something incorporated.
(02:15):
Let us welcome mister Randy Clark, the owner and COO. Randy,
how are you doing today?
Speaker 5 (02:21):
Good sir, Oh, I'm so thrilled to be with you,
and your introduction gives me so much credibility. I'm not
sure I deserve it, but thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Jo Wailla, No, look, you absolutely do deserve it, especially
looking at here in southern California, in the home of Hollywood,
where our bread and butter is production. Be it for
small sets, be it for large shootes, be it for
corporate parties, for Hollywood studios doing I don't know, world
(02:51):
premieres or even rap parties. ELCS Incorporated is the place
to go. How did you all get started with this?
Speaker 5 (03:00):
Like?
Speaker 1 (03:00):
What is your background in doing events and production and
supplying all of these essential tools to make things happen.
Speaker 5 (03:08):
Well, it's so true. I mean, our economy locally, you know,
subsists on the production dollars. So everybody from craft services,
My daughter in law is a prop master, my son
is a camera man. Everybody in my circle is involved
with this somehow. When I met my wife, she was
an actress. So you know, it just goes on and
(03:29):
on and on. And I finally ended up on my
little niche here in Van Eyes and my Van Eyed
warehouses to our home bases. And I grew up in
the studio system. You cannot know that, but I grew
up in the studio system. My father was a game
show announcer. As it turned out. He did the first
fifteen years of Password with Bill Cullen, and I know
(03:55):
in the first nine years of Wheel of Fortune with
Pat Sajack. He was the very first announcer. And then
he passed in eighty eight, so we missed him dearly.
But he said to me, he said, Randy, I can
get you your first job, but I can't keep it
for you. So I was off to the race as
as soon as he said that, I was the best
gopher Hollywood ever seen. I could go get addressed on
(04:15):
Rodeo drive for Dinah Shore better than anybody, you know.
I've always been energized about the business. And so fast forward,
I don't know, thirty fourty years later, and I run
a vibrant audio video equipment rental company and we we've
supply led screens, led walls, large venue projection, small venue projection,
(04:36):
large venue sound, small venue sound. Oh, and that goes
on and on. I think you haven't asked about it,
but one of our core products.
Speaker 6 (04:45):
Is cameras and monitors and sound equipment for feature film publicity,
which is a great, great revenue side for the town
and for me.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Interesting and that right there speaks to your experience and
how long you've been in the game, because, as you
well know, you can't do one thing in this industry.
Here in radio, I have gone from being an intern,
working in production, working in engineering, been on air, worked
behind the scenes as a music director, program director. Now
(05:20):
I am a talk radio show producer and host. You've
got to be able to do everything. You cannot do
one thing, and it seems like, let's create something. Incorporated
has learned that very well, not only from you growing
up in Hollywood, but also having now over four decades
of experience doing this. What do you think is that
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essential component of what actually keeps let create something incorporated
going when Hollywood right now is going through such hard times.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Oh man, what a great question. You know what you
know how they talk about the it factor When George
Clooney has the it Factuala has the it factor? You know,
you just have it. And when you when you combine
experience with I don't know, some persona and just the ability,
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you don't have to you don't have to be great.
You just have to get along. And ultimately I think
that's true, and you know, you have to be somebody
that people like to be around, and you just you
just have to have just that as you're gonna say, kuhah,
which you can't touch it, but you know, I think
it really comes. I heard you say that that you
got coffee just like I did that. Yeah, man, mixing,
(06:35):
you ran mixing boards just like I ran. You've ran
a production manager, musical director. I mean those are things
that I can't speak to it all, but what a
great resume that is for you. And look at and
look at you, look at you.
Speaker 7 (06:50):
By the way, I forgot I forgot to say, you know, you're.
Speaker 5 (06:54):
I want to I listened to the roundtable on Deadpool
and that was really something. Man, you ran a great
round table. That was great.
Speaker 8 (07:03):
Radio.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Really appreciate that. Yeah, we love when we all get
the opportunity to come together for our nerd rooum around
tables where we just take the gloves off and we
just go. It is a great, great time. And I
love how you speak to being someone who is liked,
someone who people want to go to, because I think
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that is also a core to longevity in the industry,
not just being able to do the job, but being
the person that first time a project comes up where
they need anything related to what you supply, they're calling
you first. They're not calling the competition. They are literally
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calling you because they're like, you know what, let's go
with Randy. Let's go with let's create something incorporated, because
we know him and we know the quality of his
work and what he stands for, and that is what
is going to make the calls happen. First, if you
are just joining in, we are speaking with mister Randy Clark,
the owner and COO of let's create something incorporated, and
(08:10):
let's create something incorporated. They supply technical event equipment and
service to production for event professionals worldwide, and they are
located right here in Hollywood, servicing Hollywood and again the world.
We will have more with mister Randy Clark in just
a moment before.
Speaker 8 (08:28):
You're listening to soul Cal Saturday with Tawala Sharp on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
in Hawaiian Gardens, Temple City, Norco and Asparia. This is
soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host, Twala Sharp. Welcoming and
you back into our final edition of our soul col
Saturday Small Business Saturday spotlight with the owner of Let's
(09:06):
Create Something Incorporated, Mister Randy Clark, the owner and COO
of Let's Create Something Incorporated, which applies technical event equipment
and service to producers and event professionals worldwide from the
headquarters right here in Van Nuys, from small parties to
large vene production and sound. LCS is equipped. Randy bringing
(09:27):
you back into the conversation, what is the thing that
you get called for the most with LCS? Like, what
is the first call that you typically get on a
given week for any behind the scenes Production Service.
Speaker 5 (09:42):
Ooh strong question. Well, when when people call eight point
eight seven h seven RENT, they get our reception area
and they can be directed to Matthew, who runs our
event services division, you can also get through to me,
and my specialty is feature film publicity client. Junket Productions
(10:04):
is our only a large customer that services the event
publicity departments, and so when Netflix wants to publicize a project,
they call Junket and Junkit calls out. So the first
call that I get is from their staff telling me
what is going on for the week. We talk about
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how many jobs they are going to be producing and
what the requirements are, how many cameras, how many monitors,
how many marcrophones. I don't do the lighting. We have
a great triangle. There's a production triangle, a technical triangle,
and then the lighting and set design triangle, and so
we all work seamlessly together. But the first call is
from them. And then in the mix is Matthew's division
(10:48):
for events. He has auditorium customers like a couple of
departments over the UCLA call him for large venue projection,
Big Bright twenty thousand Wuman projectors and now they're all
lasers and it's really dynamic presentation for content. It's beautiful toila.
(11:08):
When you go to Royce Hall and you see a
multimedia presentation, the chances are our projectors are in that mix.
So that's one of the calls wow.
Speaker 1 (11:17):
That is absolutely amazing. And look, working behind the scenes
in the industry as long as I have, I am
always fascinated and just intrigued by meeting individuals like yourself
that actually make all of the end product happen. When
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you were going to these events, when you're looking at
these press junkets where you're seeing all the cameras and
the lights and the video monitors behind the red carpet
showing the clips from the movies, and the people are
walking by and all of that, I'm like getting goosebumps
just knowing like wow, like you actually make the magic happen. Currently,
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what is your availability to come on board a project?
How far in advance are you booked or if someone
is looking to do something now, can they just book
you now?
Speaker 5 (12:11):
Well it's a good question. You know, we take immediate bookings,
we take bookings in advance. You know, we know our
schedule for probably thirty forty fifty days out but we'll
get hey, I need two eighty inch monitors for this
party tonight, and we'll respond with immediate tech response. When
anybody loves on to rent lcs dot com, they'll see
(12:33):
a gallery of all the kind of stuff that we
do and it's it's immedia. I could get a call
now for tonight and we just jump into ash. I
mean even weekends, we don't care. They call us all the.
Speaker 7 (12:45):
Time and if wow, you know when the event planner
will call us, Hey I forgot to order the projector
I forgot to order the sound sysdom help me, and
of course we come to the rescue and we're heroes.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
And that's part of the magic. You know, that's part
of the confidence. You know, when you have a vendor
that you're confident with and kind of have them in
your back pocket. How important is that, you know, you
know how that goes. You probably have people like that, yes,
in your pocket.
Speaker 1 (13:13):
Absolutely. Now for anyone listening, I'm sure that your services
go beyond just Hollywood, Like, say if there is a
corporate event where they need your services, Say if there
is a record company here in the Los Angeles area
that needs to do something, because you know, we have
be at the VMA's or the BET Awards, whatever award
(13:34):
show happening here in southern California. Because this is the
hub of major events. I'm sure it goes just beyond Hollywood. Correct.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
Oh, yes, yes, we'll take corporate events on the road.
We'll probably go as far as Phoenix and Vegas. But
you know, at the end of the day, we can
go on the road with events. You know, when I
talk about our worldwide presence, I talk about the publicity.
The Department's taken us to Tokyo, We've been to France, London. Uh,
(14:06):
I can't even remember. It's just so many. I'm an
executive Platinum for life. Let's put it that way too,
you know how that is? Yeah, Hey, I was gonna say,
you know, on the Road Again is really one of
those songs we just know by heart and the guys
we joke about it. We get to set, or we
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get to the venue, and on the Road Again comes
out loud.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Wow. I truly truly love what you do, and Randy,
I salute you. I salute Let's create something incorporated again.
If anyone wants to, as you said, book you as
early as today. Where can they contact you?
Speaker 5 (14:49):
Eight eight seven oh seven rent, that's eight one eight
seven oh seven rent or rentelcs dot com. You know
those are the bullet points. They'll all direct you to
any one of our departm men's directly. So it's a
super simple process. We're very accessible. We work by text.
You know, I don't know how you work in your
business life, but you know it's one of those things
(15:10):
where availability is key and somebody calls you and says, hey, tomorrow,
we need to build this gizmo. Let's go, And I say,
let's go, and so eight one eight seven oh seven rent,
rent lcs dot com or are the bullet points? Yes,
thank you, Thank you for that promotion. Your your team
with Kayla and you has really been a great experience.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
Thank you. The thanks truly goes to you, mister Randy Clark,
the owner and COO of Let's Create Something Incorporated Again.
Let's Create Something Incorporated supplies technically vent equipment and services
to producers and event professionals worldwide from their headquarters right
here and van nights, from small parties to large venue
(15:51):
projection and sound LCS is equipped. Let's go. This is
KFI AM six forty life everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 8 (16:03):
You're listening to soul Cal Saturday with Tawala Sharp on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
KFI AM six Sporting. I'm everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and Linux, what Netca, Grand Terrace and Baumont. This is
so Cal Saturday. I'm your host, Twala Sharp taking a
look at some things to do here in soul Cal.
Fun things ahead, fun times for you and possibly your family.
(16:44):
The La Times Food Bowl. This is going down from
September twentieth to the twenty second. The annual Culinary Festival
is taking place at the Paramount Pitcher Studio back Loot.
Now big question mark. With Paramount being sold or whatever
them selling Paramount studios, will they still be able to
(17:07):
do it? Oh? Yeah for sure.
Speaker 9 (17:09):
Okay, they tried to make me work, but I was like, nope,
I work for Tawala on Saturday, Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (17:14):
Did you know that there's food? It's food there?
Speaker 1 (17:17):
Oh I know.
Speaker 9 (17:17):
I've worked at a bunch of times and it's an
amazing event, really amazing event, but not anymore.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Not here are man. Look look at that love, that
is absolute love. Well it's going down. I mean, you
know you heard it from the expert himself. Raoul has
said it is amazing. September twenty twenty to the twenty
second at the Paramount Picture Studio back lot. Tickets are
on sale now, so you know, if you want to
get Tasta's food, you never know. Maybe the Fork Reporter
(17:46):
will be broadcasting live and you'll see super producer Kayla
and Neil the Fork Reporter there who knows. Yes. Chain
Fest Los Angeles, the Chain Food Festival is returning to
LA on October fifth after a sold out debut last year.
Expected an expanded lineup and interactive experiences with some of
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your favorite chain restaurants. Each chain will feature a one
of a kind pop up restaurant to allow fans to
experience their food in elevated ways. I love it right now,
I believe tickets are on sale, but again, this is
going down October, October fifth, so and of course we're
going to have all this information on the page. Super
(18:30):
Producer Kata will be putting this up on the page
at the Holocaust Museum, LA's they're having a film festival
at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles is going to
continue its film series through Oh No, No, No, No,
did this end?
Speaker 3 (18:48):
Today's the twenty fourth of our off August one, tod N.
Speaker 1 (18:51):
Yeah, it's over, Kayla Man, Yeah, I'm sorry, this one
is over. I'm sure. I'm sure it was fantastic. Though,
I'm sure it was fantastic. It was over on and
it's over.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
We'll keep an eye out for a next year.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
Yeah, next year. Next year, we'll definitely look out for it.
But the Los Felis Flea Market at Vintage Land that
is happening. And even though it still includes the name
Los Felis, the flea market has recently moved to a
new two story space on the border of Downtown LA
and Echo Park and is now open every weekend on
(19:25):
both Saturdays and Sundays. It is LA's only rooftop flea market,
complete with views of the downtown skyline while shopping and
thrifting and all of that and getting your flea market
on with food trucks and more, free admission, free parking.
I love it. And even though it's no longer on
(19:46):
Los Felis, it is still flea market. Fantastic all right.
Jazz at LACMA, Oh I love jazz. When I get
in my car, I listen to smooth jazz and that
helps me with my road rage. It really really does.
It helps me to drive smooth and just keep peace
and love in my mind. And the idea of jazz
at Lachma one, Lackmus gorgeous. Lackman is a beautiful place.
(20:09):
It is tranquil, it is fun. And anytime you get
to go to Lakhma and if there's jazz, do it.
Speaker 10 (20:15):
I've experienced the jazz night. I just suggest getting there
early because it gets impact. There are so many people
and bring them like a blanket or something to sit
on because there's they offer cherish but obviously it's so
many people.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
Little thing. Yeah, it's what is it? Every Friday evening
through October? Nice? Nice, nice, nice nice Griffith Park they're
having their annual Shakespeare Festival.
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Oh my god, I just want to one in Ashford, Oregon.
I love Shakespeare festivals.
Speaker 1 (20:43):
It's coming to Griffith Park. I gotta pull up September first,
seven pm, Winnesday, or it starts through It's now through
September first.
Speaker 2 (20:55):
It ends next week. Okay, Yeah, it's so good though,
if you guess everybody go, Yeah, we go every summer.
Speaker 3 (21:01):
It's our tradition. We pack up a little picnic basket.
Speaker 1 (21:05):
Well that's because your classes.
Speaker 2 (21:06):
Yeah, but like everybody brings food and blankets and you
can sit on the ground and like it's just and
they've done such a great job with the show and
the staging this year.
Speaker 10 (21:14):
Do you do you choose what show you want to
see or is there just like one show that it's
playing this.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Year for the first time they're only doing one show.
Speaker 1 (21:22):
Yeah, but as you like it, as you like it, yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
And they used to do too, and we would try
to go to both because it's they're both so unique.
The productions are really unique, and they do such a
good job. And it's free, and there's so few things
that are free.
Speaker 9 (21:36):
Oh in La.
Speaker 1 (21:37):
That's true. That's the truth. The Summer Sunset Music Series
Culver City will continue it's Summer Sunset Music Series running
through the twenty ninth. All right, so this is still going.
The series is featuring Latin music showcases featuring Carlos Eat, Carlos,
Burleros with Attitude and Los Angeline and it's taking place
(22:01):
at the Culvert Steps Black Restaurant. Week You've been hearing
about this non stop on the FOURK Report. It is
beginning today and it's running through September one. Several restaurants participating.
This week long event's focused on stimulating local economies by
promoting black owned culinary businesses, and you can visit their
(22:22):
website to find out where at Black Restaurantweek dot com.
I believe and I'd love every time the Folk Report
talks about I'm like, I got to go to one
of these. But really and truly, super producer, Kyleab, what
are you doing? What have you got going on or
what would you recommend?
Speaker 10 (22:37):
Well, like I said, I'd like to do the lack
of Nights, but now I am so interested in watching
old shows and just trying out new things. So right now,
people really hype up the Chinese Theater and I've never been,
so I would love to go there and just pay
how much to the respect in the nineteen fifties and
all the stars that have been there before me and
just see whatever movie is available. So that's next on
(22:57):
my taken La by the Horns, like.
Speaker 2 (23:00):
The one in Hollywood.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Chinese Theater, Yeah right, it's right on the Hollywalk of Fame.
Speaker 1 (23:03):
Apparently it has been around since forever, So Kayla's new
to California.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
All right, get out of here.
Speaker 1 (23:08):
No no, no, no, because I know because that sound like
are you talking about.
Speaker 10 (23:12):
The like like, well, I'm not that no, but yeah,
I've never been so and people talk about it in
the shows all the time, so I might as well
just check it out and be like, oh okay, have
to overrated.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
Like everything else they.
Speaker 1 (23:22):
Talk seeing the feet, seeing the handprints, seeing all the history.
It is. It is definitely worth checking out. Opally, yes, Rob,
what are you getting into?
Speaker 9 (23:33):
I'm working?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Nice? Yeah, nice?
Speaker 9 (23:35):
But you know what, there's a day trip is still
going on and that's at the La Historic Park. So
I always recommend that. Nice fun house music. It's amazing
and all ages, everybody like all walks of life for
their partying day trip drinking fish bowls like a fish
bowl full of oh wow, yeah of li Basi. Nice,
lots of fun, lots of fun.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
Heather, what about you? What are you and your family into?
Speaker 3 (23:59):
Well?
Speaker 2 (24:00):
This week this Friday, you guys, I'm going to be
performing stand up in Arcadia.
Speaker 3 (24:05):
Yeah, I got a show. It's free.
Speaker 2 (24:08):
It's Vendom Wine, so you can like get a wine,
get some livations if you're into that. They also have
food trucks and then stick around and have a great show,
a little comedy.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
I love it.
Speaker 2 (24:19):
And then on the twenty eighth of September, I'm going
to be in the main room at the ice House
in Pasanena.
Speaker 1 (24:25):
You go ahead with the man, I know.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I'm so excited.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
You know this is moving on up.
Speaker 3 (24:31):
Yeah right, I know, But I'm so bad.
Speaker 2 (24:33):
I had to ask for that night off, Saturday night off,
so I won't be here with you that night.
Speaker 1 (24:38):
But I was like, you know what, Heather, I got
news for you. Next Saturday, I won't be here either.
I know I won't be here either, so you know
we'll both be out.
Speaker 2 (24:49):
I know you guys are leaving us.
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Yeah here, Rol and I will be.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Here, Kayla will be here, Kato will be here.
Speaker 1 (24:55):
Next week, I will be on a cruise. Me and
my son are joining Moe Kelly and his family. We
are going on the three day I think it's what
it is, the Baja Cruise. My first time being on
a cruise. I am so excited.
Speaker 3 (25:10):
Me So you don't get you don't get sea sick.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
I am going to do that first time on the boat.
I will definitely have that is that maybe in Sonata. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Look,
I don't know. I'm getting on the boat three days,
you know, three nights, getting on the boat, hopefully coming back.
Hopefully a megala don doesn't come and take the ship down, or.
Speaker 3 (25:28):
You don't fall in the poop tights in that.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
Far out, it is just the shark time. That far out,
it's just sharks or pods of killer wells looking to
devour my tasty flesh.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
Oh my gosh, that's going to be so fun.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
Yes, well, not the flesh eating that far now.
Speaker 1 (25:47):
I'm looking forward to it, I really am. And you
know what I'm what I'm there. I'm gonna say, I'm
gonna look for the ship entertainment director and I'm gonna say, look, well,
I know you have a club here, and you have comedy.
I happen to know a rising comic who is absolutely stellar.
You got a booker. I'm gonna look for them while
I'm on the boat. I know they have comedy on
(26:09):
the ships, and that would be so done, would last?
Speaker 5 (26:13):
All? Right?
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Joall, This is KF I Am six forty live everywhere
on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 8 (26:19):
You're listening to Soul cal Saturday with Tawla Sharp on
demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
and receive a signal Hill, Valencia and Atlanto. This is
Soul Cal Saturday. I'm your host Twala Sharp and before
we get out of here, in our quest to constantly
highlight fantastic small businesses and businesses you need to know about,
(26:58):
take you into my life for a quick My car
recently broke down, as in last Saturday when leaving here,
I got my children and we were on our way
home and my car just stalled on the freeway and
it was like what on earth? And it was a struggle.
(27:20):
I mean it just like all of a sudden, it
just wouldn't it wouldn't start to just it went out
of drive and just were stuck on the freeway. So
long story short, turns out that there was an issue
with my card and it looked like it was the transmission.
I called my dealership, which referred me out to someone
(27:40):
else because they're just backed up. And my dealership that
I typically go to is gallping Ford in the Van
Eyes area and at gallpin Ford they sent me or
referred me over to this individual named Junior at Boxing
Gear Boxing Gear Transmission. And Okay, this is not like
(28:05):
a paid endorsement or a plug or anything, because I
actually did not get my car serviced by Junior. And
I didn't because after talking to this individual, I knew
that one this individual knew every single thing about about
transmissions and everything else. I mean at Boxing Gear Transmission.
(28:28):
You know their model is transmissions are life's blood. They've
got decades of experience, and they're located in Van Eys.
They've got customers that come from as far as San
Diego and Arizona to come and see them. And I
know why because talking to Junior, I explained what was
happening to my car, and even before I really got
(28:49):
into it, he just asked me, like, what model and
makes your car? And I told him and he said, okay,
let me guess, and he just broke down all the
things that were happening with my car without me actually
even getting into it. And I'm like, how'd you know that?
He said, I've just been doing this so long, and
I know that making model, and I know a lot
of the problems that that car has, and he broke
(29:09):
down every single thing that he was going to have
to potentially do to it from his experience working on
this exact same problem with the car, and he broke
down not only what he was going to have to do,
but how much I would be looking at. And you know,
we're talking some estimated, estimated estimated eight thousand dollars on
(29:33):
a car that's worth maybe seventy five hundred dollars. Okay,
like really, And he was like, I'm just letting you
know before you even come in here what you could
potentially be looking at on the high end. And he said,
I'm telling you this because most of the time when
I do this work, it goes to the high end,
and I want you to know ahead of time what
what's on the table. And I'm like, okay, I think
(29:56):
I'm gonna need to go on and get a new car.
And he says, oftentimes after I explain this to individuals,
they go in and do it. Sometimes it doesn't go
that way, but yeah, you can go with that. And
I wanted to make sure I shouted him out because
one thing I think we all need in our lives
is a good, honest mechanic. And I'm telling you like this,
(30:19):
I don't care whatever happens to any car I ever get.
If I have anything that boxing Gear can take care of,
I'm telling you on me, I will go to boxing
Gear because this guy, Junior, this guy is the saint
as far and his knowledge base of vehicles is almost pressing.
I mean, this guy is a genius, and so I
(30:39):
want to make sure I shouted him out. But yes,
my car did break down, and right now it's sitting
in front of my house and you're wondering, well, Twala,
how did you get here? I got here in my
new car. Okay, so I did get a new car
and I'm absolutely loving it. And again, you know, the
folks over at a gapin Ford, who are not paying
me for this testimon just want to make sure the
(31:01):
gal before they do good business with KFI and I
go there to them all the time. And the folks
over at Galloping Ford, they really really really really took
care of me. My sales guy, Jordan Elkins over there,
he is man. Jordan, you are the man, and he
got me into a flywhip.
Speaker 10 (31:19):
That is I'm happy you got a fly whip, but
that is really really scary.
Speaker 3 (31:23):
Was your car giving you any signs that it was
about to shut down? Out if I believe the car
is always you know, like bro.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
No no, seriously, And if you look it up on
this on this making model, this issue happens out of nowhere.
This this, this is almost an inherent transmission flaw. I
don't want to put them on blasts, but the twenty
sixteen Ford Escape or Ford Escape period, google it. This
car has a almost built in transmission flaw. It is
(31:53):
something that the dealer that I bought it from didn't
even bring up, didn't mention, And it's not something that's
necessarily recalled. It's just something that can happen over time.
And it happens out of nowhere. And I'm taking my
car in to get serviced, and it's not even something
you can necessarily see because it's it's inside the transmission
unless you're going there for transmission services. It's not going
to pop up. And it happens literally, And I'm telling you,
(32:14):
we were driving no signs and I'm going I'm on
Make on the ramp heading over Make from the one
thirty four to the two, and all of a sudden,
it's just like bloop, and it's just like my car
is just like no, no, no gas going at all
I'm like, what And it's almost like it was stuck
in first gear and I'm like and I haven't shifted
and I don't have a stick. But the but the
(32:34):
Florida Escape, it has this dual gear function where can
drive automatic, but it also has this s drive that
operates kind of like a stick and you can do
it like that, but it wasn't working and somehow it
just goes out like out of like snap, and it's like, dude,
this is problematic. So that's what that's what ended up
happening with the Floida Escape, which I put a pox
(32:57):
on the Floida Escape. Just really and truly, Ford, you
just shame on you for creating such a vehicle that
has such built in flaw. It's ridiculous. And I'm telling
Google it. Google, just Google issues with twenty sixteen Ford Escape,
and you'll say, what first thing, transmission.
Speaker 3 (33:16):
I'm just happy you're safe, mister bear.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
I am. I'm safe, and I'm here and was able
to be with you all today and I truly appreciate
you hanging out. As I said last segment, next week,
I will not be here. I will be on a cruise.
Moe Kelly and I are families. We are going on
the high seas. Tiffany Hobbs, you know Tiffany Hobbs. Well,
Tiffany Hobbs will be filling in for me, so make
(33:41):
sure you are super nice to her. Treat super producer
Kayla with kindness and care because she will be here.
Heather Brooker, she's on stage, so if you're in town,
make sure you go and check Heather out main room
at the Ice House. Yeah yeah, yeah. Raoul will be
here all right, So a fun time for all next week,
(34:01):
so make sure you tune in, but don't go nowhere
because coming up next is a brand new edition of
Unsolved with Steve Gregory, so keep it right here. This
is KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
You've been listening to Soul Cal Saturday, you can always
hear us live on KFI AM six forty five pm
(34:22):
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