August 10, 2024 • 32 mins
ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – ‘Friday Nights’ with L.A. Radio Legend Nautica De La Cruz checking out Freakbeat Records in Sherman Oaks, which offers an eclectic mix of vinyl records, CDs, and memorabilia that caters to all tastes AND highlighting today’s ‘Hidden Gem,’ May Thompson, and ‘ValleyVillage.org,’ which is “a foundation dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, offering them a range of services and programs that enhance their quality of life” … PLUS – Mark Rahner reviews the 4th and final season of the smash hit Netflix series ‘The Umbrella Academy’ in ‘The Rahner Report,’ AND Mo’ weighs in on Lauryn Hill’s claims that the reason behind her canceling her current U.S. tour is due to low ticket sales, attributed to “media sensationalizing” her previously canceled shows - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
kf I AM six forty Latham, Latham.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Yayama sixty is Later with Mo Kelly on this Friday night.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's now time
for Friday Nights with not A de La Cruz.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well, thank you so very much. Happy Friday.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
All right, well, today is a day that we are
going to talk about.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
So I got to go to Freak Beats Records, which
is in Sherman o Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Yes, Steph, we were supposed to play the Freaks Come
Out at Night, but there.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We go, There we go. Thanks, come Out, Come Out
by Whodini. Yes, are you gonna start wrapping? I could
do it, but this is your time, okay, thank you?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
On all right, well, I want to go check out
Freakbeats Records, which is at one three six one six
man turb Bolevard in Sherman Oaks. And you know, Vinyl
is back and it's here to stay. So Vinyl Records
are experiencing a significant revival due to a combination of nostalgia,
superior sound quality, and the collective nature of physical albums.
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The revival is supported by a growing number of artists
releasing new albums of vinyl, further fueling its popularity among
both older generations and younger listeners discovering the format for
the first time. Freak Beats Records in Sherman Oaks is
absolutely a treasure box for music enthusiastistics, offering a eclectic
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mix of vinyl records, CDs, memorabilia that caters to all
the tastes now. The store has a very vibrant, I
should say vibrant vibe, and it also has a great
collection of classic rock, jazz, hip hop standard which I
love to Yes, you probably he didn't think I like standard,
(02:01):
but I do. Each visit promises a new discovery as
the inventory is meticulously curated and regularly updated to reflect
both time classics and contemporary releases. The ambiance is warm,
it's inviting, with the subtle hum of a background music
enhancing the browsing experience. The heart and soul of Freak
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Beats Records is a passion is a passionate owner. His
name is John Smith. He's been the owner for quite
some time and he loves different kinds of music.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
His journey began.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
A lifelong collector and a connoisseur of vinyl, and eventually
he culminated into opening Freak Beats Records. His deep knowledge
of enthusiasm for music are evident of his interactions with customers,
and he's always ready with a recommendation or an education
about a particular record. And I could tell you for
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a fact that if you ask him about a certain artist,
he could talk to you for days, and then you
have to look at your time and go, well, thank you, John, I.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Really do appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
John's dedication to fostering sense of community among music lovers
has made Freak Beats Records a beloved local landmark and
a go to destination for those seeking both rare and
popular fines. I found I don't know if you remember.
I'm sure you do remember, because you are going to
say yes. So I found the Fame album for ninety
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nine cents and the Best of Shade for twenty two dollars,
which I actually bought. And if you look under the
the dollar bin section.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
You could find some amazing gems. I found Fame for
ninety nine cents.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Like I said, question, now, these are used in being resold,
new prints or all of it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
So there are bins where there are a dollar and
there are some there are other bins that are like
three ninety nine, and then there's like Shada, I bought
absolutely brand new because somewhere in my move from my
old house to my place I lost it.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I think somebody five fingered it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
But I got a new one for twenty two dollars,
so I was very happy about that. It is a
really great spot if you like finyl, you collect vinyl
if you're looking for something particular, and if they don't
have it, John will order it for you.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So you definitely want to stop by.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Freak Beats Records one three six one six Mantura Boulevard
in Sherman Oaks and it's open seven days a week,
but it's only open from twelve to six. Their website
is Freakbeatsrecords dot com. And also John has sometimes they
have mini concerts they have where they do what do
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you call it like, you try out new instruments, and
you could also listen to records, not the ones that
are closed, but some of the records that are open.
He has probably about three four record players that you
could actually put the record on with headphones.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Listen.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
There was a guy there that had no shoes on,
and he was just and I don't know what he
was listening to Abba or who knows what, but he
was just having the time of his life.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I was thinking, like, I don't even know. I guess
you could get him on Amazon or eBay. Where would
I even go for a needle for a turntable?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Okay, so I'll let me school you on that.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I go to Amazon, yes, I go to Amazon, or
I go to guitar Center, but you have to know
the actual model of your you know, record player. You
could always bring the sample let's just say technique techniques.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yes you could. You could find them anywhere.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
You could actually find them on Amazon, or you could
go to guitar Center. Sometimes sam Ash has them, so
you know, you could get them pretty much anywhere. I
find that it's less expensive to get him on Amazon,
but because if I know for sure what needle is
going to take, but you know what, well, right, But
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I want to say something more is that there were
young people in the store and I was you know,
I remember I don't know if you remember, but when
I grew up in New York. There was an album
that I want, the run DMC album raising Raising Hell, thank.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
You shut off. Still, Yes, we are fifty years of
hip hop here.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
But I got in line and I waited at the
record store to get this record, which I can't remember
how much it was back then. But the fact that
people that this this new generation is loving vinyl, it's like,
you know, for us, it's like, huh, okay, you know
we used to collect us.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
We used to get the forty fives, but it's it's wait,
do they still sell forty five?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (06:34):
And if you look in the if you look in
the dollar bin, you could probably find some people.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
May Okay, we got to explain it for people.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Okay, the larger records, those are thirty three because that's
the speed in which the revolutions will be played. Forty
five the same. It's just small, smaller, and you have
a spindle you have to put.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
In the sound. Yes, remember the yellow spindle, Yes I do.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Those are cards to come by, but you could also
get those on Amazon as well. But what I was
going to say is that I love the fact that
this this new generation is everything that we liked from
from the from the seventies, from the eighties and even from.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The nineties, you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
And it's it's nice that that vinyl is coming back,
and it's nice to feel that nostalgia of the sound
of the when you would I mean it's a really
bad sound, but when you would put the needle on
the record.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, put the needle on the record and it goes
like this, Okay, but there. I thought about this for
many years, and this is what I think part of
it is. I think people listen to hip hop and
then then find out or discover the source of the
music where the sample comes from, and then it opens
their ears and their minds to a wider appreciation of music.
And then they start discovering the actual vinyl.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Yes, yes they do.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
And I think that's that's amazing because there is I
don't know the name of the book, but there is
a book of where all the samples of almost every
hip hop song came from. And it they there's like
Q Tip, he's in Einstein when it comes to people
sampling certain music, and it goes back to like even
the early nineteen twenties or even the nineteen forties.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
And he's I one of the whole adze. Yes.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And one of the things I love about him too
is that I love standard music, and not too many
people are really in tune with that unless you grew
up your grandparents.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Played it and you know, it was something that you
got to come to. My parents, well their grandparents, my parents.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yes, correct, yes, But it is a really cool place.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I will say.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
It is on one three six, one six Ventura Boulevard.
It is a really small shop, but it's very deep.
And if you don't have records, you don't collect records.
You've never collected records. This is the time because now
you could find them for even less than a dollar,
So a great place to stop by. Also check out
their website freakbeatsbeatrecords dot com. Sometimes they have listening parties,
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they have you know, some Q and A. They have
new releases, so it's a really good spot and you know,
just start a collection, even if it is a forty five.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Very quickly before we go to break, did you get
to see any of the Olympic breaking today?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
No?
Speaker 3 (09:10):
No, surah, not at all. You know, miss a damn thing.
It's later with mo Kelly when we come back.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We have the hidden gym with Nautica Dela Cruz caf
I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Now it's time for the Hidden Gym with Nautica Dela Cruz.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Thank you so very much, Mo so Today's Hidden jem
Is May Thompson. May Thompson is a devoted mother of three,
with her youngest daughter, Bella, being a special needs child.
Life has brought her a fare of challenges, but May's
unwavering love determination never wavered. She and her husband made
the decision early on that Bella would be raised with
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a much normalcy, as much normalcy as possible. While Bella
attended special education classes, the idea of placing her in
an institution was never an option. With May's support, Bella
completed her schooling and pursued further education in office management. Today,
she works as a dental office assisting in the front
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office three days a week. May's dedication extended beyond the
academic realm. She taught Bella essential social skills, how to sew,
use a computer, and even conduct research at a library.
May found immense joy in helping not just Bella, but
her best friend Kendall, who was also special needs. This
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sparked a realization her love for teaching and nurturing could
be a gift to other children with Down syndrome. Inspired
by this epiphany, may began volunteering through her daughter's school
community at Valley Village dot org, a place where her
passion for helping others found a meaningful outlet. Now, may
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A is committed to making a difference in the lives
of children with special needs, using her experience and heart
to guide them towards a brighter future.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Valuevillage dot org.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Is a foundation dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities,
offering them a range of services and programs that enhance
their quality of life. Established in nineteen seventy one, Valley
Village has grown into a community of care providing residential homes,
day programs, and personalized support services for adults with special needs.
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The foundation focuses on creating a nurturing and inclusive environment
where individuals can thrive, learn new skills, and participate in
meaningful activities that promote independence and personal growth. One of
the key services Valuevillage dot org provides is residential care
where individuals live in comfortable, supportive homes tailored to their
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unique needs. In addition, they offer day programs that include
activities like art, music, and community outings, helping participants engage
with the world around them. Value Village dot Org also
provides specialized health services, ensuring that each individual receives the
care and attention they need to live a fulfilling life.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
The foundation's mission.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Is simple to create a supportive community where people will
with developmental disabilities can lead a happy, healthy and meaningful life.
I want to say thank you to missus May Thompson
for sharing her story. I also think she's very valiant.
She never gave up and she's very admirable. And I
speak on behalf of my sister Katie, who is a
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special needs child, And though she wasn't part of Valuevillage
dot org, she was in a similar community in Jacksonville, Florida,
and being able to get an education and learn a
trade that fits one's comprehension is valuable. So if you
would like to participate, donate your time or donate monetary,
donate or volunteer, I.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Would love for you to visit Valley Village dot org.
That's Valley Village dot org.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I always look at the angelic nature of adults who
have enough room in their heart to do more than
the rest of us when it comes to kids with
special needs. You may know Twala works with young people
with special needs, and the stories that he tells me
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of how much time and consideration and attention that the
students require, but also how rewarding it can be and
seeing these young people grow into adults and being able
to take care of themselves.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
It requires a lot and it's not for everyone.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
So I was listening to talk about listening to you
talk about Value Village dot org and it's just another
one of those, to use your phraseology, hidden gems where
I think they should be more publicized and more clebrated
because the work that they do a lot of folks
do not see and they don't get the adequate appreciation
or support.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Yeah, you know what, and I and I have to
say that I love the fact that there is you know,
as it is called valley village. It does take a
village to raise someone their special needs and it is
hard and it What I do have to say about
May is missus Thompson, I should call her in respect
is that, you know, when her child was born her
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but they told Bella, oh, you should put her an institution.
You know, she's they're going to she's she's gonna change
the dynamic of your family.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
It's going to be very difficult.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
It's they you know, they they they wanted to find
an easy way out for the mom.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
But it's not what she wanted. She wanted to raise
her child.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
And since she had two other children to other siblings,
they you know, the thing, because I speak on experience,
the thing about when you have Down syndrome is is
that they'll they'll grow up together, but then they reach
a certain age where they can't process new information.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
They can process new information, it just takes them a minute,
you know what I mean. And like for my sister,
My sister's thirty eight years of age, and so everything
that was hot up until when she was like fifteen
or sixteen is stuff that she kind of remembers, you
know what I mean. But I also love the fact
that they teach them how to be independent and you know,
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how to how to you know, pick out your own clothes,
how to make something simple to eat and be independently
and not feel like there's always someone hovering over them.
And I know a lot of a lot of these,
I should say young adults. They like the fact that
they have a little bit of freedom and that they
could live on their own, even though they live on
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a compound and there's you know, someone always yeah, you know, watching,
I should say, looking over them. It just it gives
them a sense of they are their own person. Well,
always love to hear those stories. So Valley Village dot
org for more information. Not a Caudela Cruz. It's always
good to see you.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
You look vibrant. Tonight is special occasion. We're going to
I don't want to say the basketball who's weird.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
See my best friend Jennifer Werber is here and we're
going to a I would say an NBA player's little studio.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Soare kind of thing. Oh so you have like famous friends.
I have a few just like you. Just to throw
did you catch that stuff?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
And it's just throwing it out there, lying yeah, I
got some baller friends.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
And you're dressed up because I'm getting ready to go
to the hottest party in Southern California.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
To give it away, because I'm wearing red lipstick and
I never wear red lipstick.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Is that because that's what Steph told me. No, all
I know is you know it's summer.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You got your arms out and I said, oh oh someone,
someone's getting ready to do something tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Well I wish I could say it was a hot date,
but she's my hot date. You know.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Look it's only eight thirty. Maybe I should text you
like eleven thirty. So did it turn into a hot dake?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
But thank you, and you have a wonderful weekend, and
thank you for always having me here.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI.
AM six forty Nature with Kelly Mark talks about pontificates
about pop culture, ron and Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
I am six forty. It's Later with Mo Kelly. Now
it's time for the Runner Report with the Mark Runner.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
A new video game movie adaptations opening Borderland, as well
as a Blake Lively romantic drama. So this seemed like
a good week to stay home. Instead, we're going to
talk about the fourth and final season of The Umbrella
Academy on Netflix. But this isn't a consolation choice. I
think I actually let out a little squeal when I
saw it was posted. It's been a terrific show from
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the start and they've given it a good satisfying ending.
Here's a bit of the trailer.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Hello, don't hang up, Victor.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Just listen for something happening to you.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
And it's only going to get worse.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
You're on Paste down the World in about forty eight.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Hours twenty four actually.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Now come one, come on to just try to there
who love that makeup?
Speaker 7 (18:31):
What's in is despair.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
We want to show you something. The world we live
in is one big phony baloney line.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
That Tentacle Boy is the key to understanding all the
time lives So.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Getting around ladies, and is this goodbye suldren Ji.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Excuse So the world's ending again? Huh that's tragic. We
need to fix this.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
Yeah, they got to fix it all right. You know
it'd be easy to sleep on Umbrella Academy amid all
the Marvel and DC stuff. It's from a smaller publisher,
Dark Horse, where Hellboy also came from. And I'll say upfront,
I wasn't a devotee of the comic right out of
the gate, but this is a show for people who
have maybe a little superhero fatigue, as well as some
multiverse fatigue. Even if you're sick to death of both
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of those things. This is really fun. Let's be straight here.
The multiverse stuff and the Marvel and DC movies, that's
just a delivery device for fans service, so you can
see all the characters and versions of them and team
ups and fights that your inner ten year old always
wanted to see. They didn't Deadpool and Wolverine, but they
also made fun of it, as they should. But in
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Umbrella Academy, the multiple timelines are in service to the
overall story, and it's never tedious. It's never forced. Here's
the premise, hang on, Here's also some technical difficulties. Umbrella
Academy is a dysfunctional family of adopted young people with
assorted abilities who were a super team in school uniforms
and it looks really cool under their mad scientist father. Initially,
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they had to reunite to solve his murder and find
out the below the surface of the iceberg weird insidious
stuff about him, and stop an apocalypse. So much happens
to him over the first three seasons that just listing
it all here would take more time than we have.
It also includes landing in nineteen sixty three, around the
time of Kennedy's assassination. Here's the main group Vanya, who
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became victor in season three. That's Elliott formerly Ellen Page,
and he has some awesome power to use sound waves
as force blasts. Now Luther is a half man, half gorilla.
Diego is a vigilante with some kind of telekinetic boost
that makes him like the best shot, knife thrower, and
aimer of things alive, kind of like a souped up
version of Marvel's Bullseye villain. Allison has the power of mind,
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can can get people to kill themselves or other people whatever.
Klaus is a flamboyant junkie who can talk to the
dead and can't die himself and saving the best for
last five. That's a boy who can jump through space
and time with some occasional glitches. He's impatient, put upon, sarcastic,
an old man in a boy's body, and it is
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a total mystery why I'm drawn to that character. The
actor is Aiden Gallagher and he's terrific. I predict big
things for this dude. All the characters lost their powers
and went their separate ways at the end of last
season and catching up with him in the first episode
of this one is a great pleasure that I will
not spoil except to say that the Sight of five
with the mustache completely busted me up. And Luther the
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Gorilla Man, I'm just going to say these are all
gifted comic actors as well. I mentioned the multiverse, multiple
timeline stuff, and in this season, Megan Malley and Nick Offerman,
who you heard in the trailer, plays an oddball conspiracy
theorist couple who've been obsessively tracked down evidence of these
other timelines and events in them, and their cult is
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trying to bring about a huge catastrophe called the Klens.
In general, I think we can agree you don't want
fanatics who are obsessed with a cleanse to be successful,
whatever that might be. Lots of nice little touches in
the show. In one episode, I don't know if you
saw this, mo one of the superpowered people gags when
she looks down at a bad guy she's taken out
or the two halves of him. You could almost think
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of Umbrella Academy as like a distant cousin to DC's
The Doom Patrol, which ran on HBO and was bizarrely
not talked about or I think even watch much. Both
shows are really odd. They're funny, they're well crafted, lots
of stylistic flourishes, and terrific actors who may not be
household names for the most part, but maybe they should
be or will be.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I'm rooting for you. Five.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
This fourth season is only six episodes, where there have
been I think ten in the past. I'm grateful we
got them, but wish there were more. It also goes
off in a direction I wouldn't have considered, and I
think I respect it even more for that. The ending
comes full circle with the team's origin, and it makes
a kind of calmic sense. That's all I'm going to
say about that. Among other things without spoiling it, we
see for the first time a tender side of five,
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and it's a little heartbreaking. What I'm saying is Five
gets laid. Elliott Page gets top billing, but it's an
ensemble and I think he actually gets less screen time
than the other characters. And this is pretty much the
perfect venue for a character to change genders in the
middle of a show's run, because the actor did, and
it's perfectly seamless. In the universe the way they've set
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it up. I mean, if one of like Charlie's Angels
had flipped from female to male to become say the
pole vaulter who knocked the bar over with his appendage,
that series might have ended a bit sooner, and I
certainly would have felt confused about one of the posters
on my wall.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
But in Umbrella Academy it fits right.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
In. Umbrella Academy is nearly as much of a comedy
as it is a superhero show, really well made, off
beat superhero show, and obviously I think the mix works
when say that awful Flash movie did not, because there's
a difference between incorporating humor and just turning something into
a joke. Umbrella Academy's so entertaining that I'll say this
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right now, I envy the people who have never seen
it and can now chain watch all four seasons in
a row without waiting. MO, you're going to have a
fun weekend ahead.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Well, let me just say this, and I want to
echo that point. Umbrella Academy is serialized and sequential. You
gotta see it from the first season, first episode to
know the progression and understand the progression of the stories.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
The character arcs all that.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
So if you want to spend a weekend with this,
highly recommend but start at the first episode of the
first season.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
That's the first point.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
And also you mentioned Doom Patrol and you think, like,
why should I watch Doom Patrol? I would say that
if you're a Brendan Fraser fan, watch Doom Patrol because
I believe that started the rejuvenation of his career.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Yeah, and if you're a fan of Brendan Fraser swearing
inventively and enthusiastically, you're gonna.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Love that show. Especially.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
I don't know why people slept on Doom Patrol. I
think part of the reason is because they had a
kind of a long delayed, truncated middle season because of COVID.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Hey, you don't need to know anything about it because
they tell you and explain everything to you in the beginning.
Timothy Dalton is also in it. He's underrated his performance.
There is a lot of good stuff in Doom Patrol,
but just like a lot of things with DC, it
wasn't marketed correctly. It was kind of buried. And to
your point, there's a lot of time in between seasons.
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But now it's a great time to just start at
the beginning and see all the episodes.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
And you just mentioned me. You don't have to wait
for anything.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
Yeah, Ace, you mentioned Timothy Dalton. You can actually draw
a real strong comparison between his character and Doom Patrol
and that dad and the dad mister Professor Hargreave's in
this show. They're essentially the same character, just what the
English would call a right bastard, with lots and lots
of secrets that are found out throughout the course of
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the show, but the character is still super interesting right
up to the bitter end. You must see the show
and mode did mention watch it from the beginning. Also,
even if you have watched it from the beginning, don't
skip the recap at the beginning.
Speaker 3 (26:14):
You need recap. I needed the recap. How far have
you gotten? I'm on episode two? Uh did you? Were
you tittering throughout the whole first episode?
Speaker 5 (26:23):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah, yeah, it was just that I tried started watching
it last night after work, and I said that was
a bad idea.
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Uh yeah, this isn't one you want to be nodding
off on because I'm not kidding you guys have made
fun of me, like being like life Serial Mikey, and
also my references to life Serial Mikey that I don't
like anything, but there's I can't think of a single
thing to criticize about this show. It's just a ton
of fun and it's very well thought out, and everything
about it just works for me.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Well, I will be checking out the remaining episodes of
the final season tonight when I get home.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
You're listening to Later with mog Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
The Fuji's Killing Me Softly. It was the immensely popular
remake of the ROBERTA. Flack song. It launched the group
The Fujis into super stardom. An offshoot of that was
Lauren Hill, who came out with her solo album, The
Miseducation of Lauren Hill, and she became a superstar in
her own right. Well, The Fujis allegedly, and I say allegedly,
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I don't know if this tour was ever real was
supposed to Get Back Together, Get the Whole Game Back Together,
supposed to have a nationwide tour, but it was called
off this week according to low ticket sales.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Lauren Hill has.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
A history of not showing up for concerts, showing up
three and four hours late and blaming the audience for whatever.
She shows up later, doesn't feel like singing, and she
didn't miss a beat.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
She did it again.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
She says that the Fuji's tour was called off due
to low ticket sales, and the low ticket sales were
because of the media sensationalizing her canceled shows and her
behavior last year.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
So it's the media. Media. The media is responsible for everything.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
The media is responsible for COVID, The media is responsible
for the presidential dysfunction.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
The media is responsible for everything.
Speaker 7 (28:22):
Look no disrespect to miss Laurence Hill. Can I love
her music? I don't love the Fujis. I went to
a show to see the Fujis perform in Hollywood. They
had blocked off Hollywood Boulevard, had a huge stage up
and this might have been was on Kuwanga Turnament Shoe
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but whatever it is in Hollywood, and the show was
said at eight. By the time they all hit the stage,
it was like ten thirty, almost eleven, and they didn't
even get to do a full show because hello.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
You missed your time, right.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
So that was my first time experiencing the lateness, the
epic lateness of miss Lauren Hill. That is something that
has continued and followed her throughout her career, and I
know she wants to assign it to her artistry. And
you know, basically, when I show up on stage, it
is a gift to you. That's what she said. She
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said that, she has said that. She said, you know
this last time she had to call off some shows.
There's you know, it's a bunch of personal things, health, this,
that everything. Okay, I can tell you for a fact,
when this show went on sell not the media, but
quote unquote black Twitter, everyone was like, uh huh, sure,
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no one is falling for it anymore. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
If I was doing the show, if I'm producing a concert,
I would not put Lauren Hill on as my headline.
She would have to be someone who just shows up
in the crowd goes, oh my god, Lord Hill showed up.
You cannot bank on someone because again, MO, you and
I we've produced concerts. You know what happens when you
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get into overtime paying those union fees.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
No, sir, no one's trying to do it.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
And also there's a certain guarantee that you have to
give the venue. Let's say it's I don't know, four
thousand tickets or whatever. There's a minimum guarantee for the venue.
And if you're not looking like you're gonna make the guarantee, well,
then you're gonna just have to.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Cancel the concert.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
You gonna have to cut your losses while you still
can't because there is a there's a drop dead date,
you can't. You have to do it by a certain
time because the vendee is holding that date.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
And some of the previous shows that did sell leave
she had a variety of opening acts which supported the
need to show up this time. Unfortunately, it was just
her and the Fuji's allegedly because we know Proz. We
don't know Proz is traveling like that.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, we don't know if Proz is going to be
in jail or not, right, we don't know y.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Cleft showing up Okay, sure, but it was her, supported
by some of them, Marley, some of her in laws,
and it's like, I don't know if the bill was
exciting enough to support a nationwide tour, dationwide with a
headliner who notoriously shows up three hours late. If she
is at all, come on, miss miss Hill, Miss Hill,
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Miss Hill, keep it one hundred.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
As the kid said, all I'm saying is no one
should have been surprised that that tour was canceled due
to low ticket sales. I think no one should be
surprised that she blamed the fans and the media for
the tour being canceled, And no one should be surprised
that this probably will be the last time that you'll
ever see the Fuji's or lawn Hill touring. But speaking
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of music concerts, it's now time for your final opportunity
to get one of these last two pairs of Australian
Pink Floyd tickets. Before we go to break, we'll choose
callers number seven and eight. Callers seven and eight if
you would like the last two pairs of our final
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The tickets are yours, the last two pairs of Australian
Pink Floyd tickets. It's later with Mo Kelly kf I
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Yayama sixty is Later with Mo Kelly on this Friday night.
We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. It's now time
for Friday Nights with not A de La Cruz.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Well, thank you so very much. Happy Friday.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
All right, well, today is a day that we are
going to talk about.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
So I got to go to Freak Beats Records, which
is in Sherman o Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Freak Beats Records.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Yes, Steph, we were supposed to play the Freaks Come
Out at Night, but there.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
We go, There we go. Thanks, come Out, Come Out
by Whodini. Yes, are you gonna start wrapping? I could
do it, but this is your time, okay, thank you?
Speaker 4 (01:00):
On all right, well, I want to go check out
Freakbeats Records, which is at one three six one six
man turb Bolevard in Sherman Oaks. And you know, Vinyl
is back and it's here to stay. So Vinyl Records
are experiencing a significant revival due to a combination of nostalgia,
superior sound quality, and the collective nature of physical albums.
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The revival is supported by a growing number of artists
releasing new albums of vinyl, further fueling its popularity among
both older generations and younger listeners discovering the format for
the first time. Freak Beats Records in Sherman Oaks is
absolutely a treasure box for music enthusiastistics, offering a eclectic
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mix of vinyl records, CDs, memorabilia that caters to all
the tastes now. The store has a very vibrant, I
should say vibrant vibe, and it also has a great
collection of classic rock, jazz, hip hop standard which I
love to Yes, you probably he didn't think I like standard,
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but I do. Each visit promises a new discovery as
the inventory is meticulously curated and regularly updated to reflect
both time classics and contemporary releases. The ambiance is warm,
it's inviting, with the subtle hum of a background music
enhancing the browsing experience. The heart and soul of Freak
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Beats Records is a passion is a passionate owner. His
name is John Smith. He's been the owner for quite
some time and he loves different kinds of music.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
His journey began.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
A lifelong collector and a connoisseur of vinyl, and eventually
he culminated into opening Freak Beats Records. His deep knowledge
of enthusiasm for music are evident of his interactions with customers,
and he's always ready with a recommendation or an education
about a particular record. And I could tell you for
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a fact that if you ask him about a certain artist,
he could talk to you for days, and then you
have to look at your time and go, well, thank you, John, I.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Really do appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
John's dedication to fostering sense of community among music lovers
has made Freak Beats Records a beloved local landmark and
a go to destination for those seeking both rare and
popular fines. I found I don't know if you remember.
I'm sure you do remember, because you are going to
say yes. So I found the Fame album for ninety
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nine cents and the Best of Shade for twenty two dollars,
which I actually bought. And if you look under the
the dollar bin section.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
You could find some amazing gems. I found Fame for
ninety nine cents.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Like I said, question, now, these are used in being resold,
new prints or all of it.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
So there are bins where there are a dollar and
there are some there are other bins that are like
three ninety nine, and then there's like Shada, I bought
absolutely brand new because somewhere in my move from my
old house to my place I lost it.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
I think somebody five fingered it.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
But I got a new one for twenty two dollars,
so I was very happy about that. It is a
really great spot if you like finyl, you collect vinyl
if you're looking for something particular, and if they don't
have it, John will order it for you.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
So you definitely want to stop by.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
Freak Beats Records one three six one six Mantura Boulevard
in Sherman Oaks and it's open seven days a week,
but it's only open from twelve to six. Their website
is Freakbeatsrecords dot com. And also John has sometimes they
have mini concerts they have where they do what do
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you call it like, you try out new instruments, and
you could also listen to records, not the ones that
are closed, but some of the records that are open.
He has probably about three four record players that you
could actually put the record on with headphones.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Listen.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
There was a guy there that had no shoes on,
and he was just and I don't know what he
was listening to Abba or who knows what, but he
was just having the time of his life.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I was thinking, like, I don't even know. I guess
you could get him on Amazon or eBay. Where would
I even go for a needle for a turntable?
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Okay, so I'll let me school you on that.
Speaker 4 (05:18):
I go to Amazon, yes, I go to Amazon, or
I go to guitar Center, but you have to know
the actual model of your you know, record player. You
could always bring the sample let's just say technique techniques.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yes you could. You could find them anywhere.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
You could actually find them on Amazon, or you could
go to guitar Center. Sometimes sam Ash has them, so
you know, you could get them pretty much anywhere. I
find that it's less expensive to get him on Amazon,
but because if I know for sure what needle is
going to take, but you know what, well, right, But
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I want to say something more is that there were
young people in the store and I was you know,
I remember I don't know if you remember, but when
I grew up in New York. There was an album
that I want, the run DMC album raising Raising Hell, thank.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
You shut off. Still, Yes, we are fifty years of
hip hop here.
Speaker 4 (06:11):
But I got in line and I waited at the
record store to get this record, which I can't remember
how much it was back then. But the fact that
people that this this new generation is loving vinyl, it's like,
you know, for us, it's like, huh, okay, you know
we used to collect us.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
We used to get the forty fives, but it's it's wait,
do they still sell forty five?
Speaker 5 (06:33):
Yes?
Speaker 4 (06:34):
And if you look in the if you look in
the dollar bin, you could probably find some people.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
May Okay, we got to explain it for people.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Okay, the larger records, those are thirty three because that's
the speed in which the revolutions will be played. Forty
five the same. It's just small, smaller, and you have
a spindle you have to put.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
In the sound. Yes, remember the yellow spindle, Yes I do.
Speaker 4 (06:52):
Those are cards to come by, but you could also
get those on Amazon as well. But what I was
going to say is that I love the fact that
this this new generation is everything that we liked from
from the from the seventies, from the eighties and even from.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
The nineties, you know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (07:05):
And it's it's nice that that vinyl is coming back,
and it's nice to feel that nostalgia of the sound
of the when you would I mean it's a really
bad sound, but when you would put the needle on
the record.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, put the needle on the record and it goes
like this, Okay, but there. I thought about this for
many years, and this is what I think part of
it is. I think people listen to hip hop and
then then find out or discover the source of the
music where the sample comes from, and then it opens
their ears and their minds to a wider appreciation of music.
And then they start discovering the actual vinyl.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Yes, yes they do.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
And I think that's that's amazing because there is I
don't know the name of the book, but there is
a book of where all the samples of almost every
hip hop song came from. And it they there's like
Q Tip, he's in Einstein when it comes to people
sampling certain music, and it goes back to like even
the early nineteen twenties or even the nineteen forties.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
And he's I one of the whole adze. Yes.
Speaker 4 (08:10):
And one of the things I love about him too
is that I love standard music, and not too many
people are really in tune with that unless you grew
up your grandparents.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
Played it and you know, it was something that you
got to come to. My parents, well their grandparents, my parents.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Yes, correct, yes, But it is a really cool place.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I will say.
Speaker 4 (08:30):
It is on one three six, one six Ventura Boulevard.
It is a really small shop, but it's very deep.
And if you don't have records, you don't collect records.
You've never collected records. This is the time because now
you could find them for even less than a dollar,
So a great place to stop by. Also check out
their website freakbeatsbeatrecords dot com. Sometimes they have listening parties,
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they have you know, some Q and A. They have
new releases, so it's a really good spot and you know,
just start a collection, even if it is a forty five.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Very quickly before we go to break, did you get
to see any of the Olympic breaking today?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
No?
Speaker 3 (09:10):
No, surah, not at all. You know, miss a damn thing.
It's later with mo Kelly when we come back.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
We have the hidden gym with Nautica Dela Cruz caf
I AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
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You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 3 (09:26):
Now it's time for the Hidden Gym with Nautica Dela Cruz.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
Thank you so very much, Mo so Today's Hidden jem
Is May Thompson. May Thompson is a devoted mother of three,
with her youngest daughter, Bella, being a special needs child.
Life has brought her a fare of challenges, but May's
unwavering love determination never wavered. She and her husband made
the decision early on that Bella would be raised with
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a much normalcy, as much normalcy as possible. While Bella
attended special education classes, the idea of placing her in
an institution was never an option. With May's support, Bella
completed her schooling and pursued further education in office management. Today,
she works as a dental office assisting in the front
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office three days a week. May's dedication extended beyond the
academic realm. She taught Bella essential social skills, how to sew,
use a computer, and even conduct research at a library.
May found immense joy in helping not just Bella, but
her best friend Kendall, who was also special needs. This
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sparked a realization her love for teaching and nurturing could
be a gift to other children with Down syndrome. Inspired
by this epiphany, may began volunteering through her daughter's school
community at Valley Village dot org, a place where her
passion for helping others found a meaningful outlet. Now, may
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A is committed to making a difference in the lives
of children with special needs, using her experience and heart
to guide them towards a brighter future.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Valuevillage dot org.
Speaker 4 (11:06):
Is a foundation dedicated to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities,
offering them a range of services and programs that enhance
their quality of life. Established in nineteen seventy one, Valley
Village has grown into a community of care providing residential homes,
day programs, and personalized support services for adults with special needs.
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The foundation focuses on creating a nurturing and inclusive environment
where individuals can thrive, learn new skills, and participate in
meaningful activities that promote independence and personal growth. One of
the key services Valuevillage dot org provides is residential care
where individuals live in comfortable, supportive homes tailored to their
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unique needs. In addition, they offer day programs that include
activities like art, music, and community outings, helping participants engage
with the world around them. Value Village dot Org also
provides specialized health services, ensuring that each individual receives the
care and attention they need to live a fulfilling life.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
The foundation's mission.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Is simple to create a supportive community where people will
with developmental disabilities can lead a happy, healthy and meaningful life.
I want to say thank you to missus May Thompson
for sharing her story. I also think she's very valiant.
She never gave up and she's very admirable. And I
speak on behalf of my sister Katie, who is a
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special needs child, And though she wasn't part of Valuevillage
dot org, she was in a similar community in Jacksonville, Florida,
and being able to get an education and learn a
trade that fits one's comprehension is valuable. So if you
would like to participate, donate your time or donate monetary,
donate or volunteer, I.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Would love for you to visit Valley Village dot org.
That's Valley Village dot org.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I always look at the angelic nature of adults who
have enough room in their heart to do more than
the rest of us when it comes to kids with
special needs. You may know Twala works with young people
with special needs, and the stories that he tells me
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of how much time and consideration and attention that the
students require, but also how rewarding it can be and
seeing these young people grow into adults and being able
to take care of themselves.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
It requires a lot and it's not for everyone.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
So I was listening to talk about listening to you
talk about Value Village dot org and it's just another
one of those, to use your phraseology, hidden gems where
I think they should be more publicized and more clebrated
because the work that they do a lot of folks
do not see and they don't get the adequate appreciation
or support.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
Yeah, you know what, and I and I have to
say that I love the fact that there is you know,
as it is called valley village. It does take a
village to raise someone their special needs and it is
hard and it What I do have to say about
May is missus Thompson, I should call her in respect
is that, you know, when her child was born her
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but they told Bella, oh, you should put her an institution.
You know, she's they're going to she's she's gonna change
the dynamic of your family.
Speaker 3 (14:39):
It's going to be very difficult.
Speaker 4 (14:40):
It's they you know, they they they wanted to find
an easy way out for the mom.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
But it's not what she wanted. She wanted to raise
her child.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
And since she had two other children to other siblings,
they you know, the thing, because I speak on experience,
the thing about when you have Down syndrome is is
that they'll they'll grow up together, but then they reach
a certain age where they can't process new information.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 4 (15:05):
They can process new information, it just takes them a minute,
you know what I mean. And like for my sister,
My sister's thirty eight years of age, and so everything
that was hot up until when she was like fifteen
or sixteen is stuff that she kind of remembers, you
know what I mean. But I also love the fact
that they teach them how to be independent and you know,
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how to how to you know, pick out your own clothes,
how to make something simple to eat and be independently
and not feel like there's always someone hovering over them.
And I know a lot of a lot of these,
I should say young adults. They like the fact that
they have a little bit of freedom and that they
could live on their own, even though they live on
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a compound and there's you know, someone always yeah, you know, watching,
I should say, looking over them. It just it gives
them a sense of they are their own person. Well,
always love to hear those stories. So Valley Village dot
org for more information. Not a Caudela Cruz. It's always
good to see you.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
You look vibrant. Tonight is special occasion. We're going to
I don't want to say the basketball who's weird.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
See my best friend Jennifer Werber is here and we're
going to a I would say an NBA player's little studio.
Speaker 3 (16:23):
Soare kind of thing. Oh so you have like famous friends.
I have a few just like you. Just to throw
did you catch that stuff?
Speaker 2 (16:33):
And it's just throwing it out there, lying yeah, I
got some baller friends.
Speaker 3 (16:36):
And you're dressed up because I'm getting ready to go
to the hottest party in Southern California.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
To give it away, because I'm wearing red lipstick and
I never wear red lipstick.
Speaker 3 (16:44):
Is that because that's what Steph told me. No, all
I know is you know it's summer.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You got your arms out and I said, oh oh someone,
someone's getting ready to do something tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
Well I wish I could say it was a hot date,
but she's my hot date. You know.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Look it's only eight thirty. Maybe I should text you
like eleven thirty. So did it turn into a hot dake?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
But thank you, and you have a wonderful weekend, and
thank you for always having me here.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI.
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I am six forty. It's Later with Mo Kelly. Now
it's time for the Runner Report with the Mark Runner.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
A new video game movie adaptations opening Borderland, as well
as a Blake Lively romantic drama. So this seemed like
a good week to stay home. Instead, we're going to
talk about the fourth and final season of The Umbrella
Academy on Netflix. But this isn't a consolation choice. I
think I actually let out a little squeal when I
saw it was posted. It's been a terrific show from
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the start and they've given it a good satisfying ending.
Here's a bit of the trailer.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Hello, don't hang up, Victor.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Just listen for something happening to you.
Speaker 6 (18:19):
And it's only going to get worse.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
You're on Paste down the World in about forty eight.
Speaker 4 (18:23):
Hours twenty four actually.
Speaker 6 (18:25):
Now come one, come on to just try to there
who love that makeup?
Speaker 7 (18:31):
What's in is despair.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
We want to show you something. The world we live
in is one big phony baloney line.
Speaker 5 (18:43):
That Tentacle Boy is the key to understanding all the
time lives So.
Speaker 4 (18:48):
Getting around ladies, and is this goodbye suldren Ji.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
Excuse So the world's ending again? Huh that's tragic. We
need to fix this.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
Yeah, they got to fix it all right. You know
it'd be easy to sleep on Umbrella Academy amid all
the Marvel and DC stuff. It's from a smaller publisher,
Dark Horse, where Hellboy also came from. And I'll say upfront,
I wasn't a devotee of the comic right out of
the gate, but this is a show for people who
have maybe a little superhero fatigue, as well as some
multiverse fatigue. Even if you're sick to death of both
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of those things. This is really fun. Let's be straight here.
The multiverse stuff and the Marvel and DC movies, that's
just a delivery device for fans service, so you can
see all the characters and versions of them and team
ups and fights that your inner ten year old always
wanted to see. They didn't Deadpool and Wolverine, but they
also made fun of it, as they should. But in
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Umbrella Academy, the multiple timelines are in service to the
overall story, and it's never tedious. It's never forced. Here's
the premise, hang on, Here's also some technical difficulties. Umbrella
Academy is a dysfunctional family of adopted young people with
assorted abilities who were a super team in school uniforms
and it looks really cool under their mad scientist father. Initially,
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they had to reunite to solve his murder and find
out the below the surface of the iceberg weird insidious
stuff about him, and stop an apocalypse. So much happens
to him over the first three seasons that just listing
it all here would take more time than we have.
It also includes landing in nineteen sixty three, around the
time of Kennedy's assassination. Here's the main group Vanya, who
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became victor in season three. That's Elliott formerly Ellen Page,
and he has some awesome power to use sound waves
as force blasts. Now Luther is a half man, half gorilla.
Diego is a vigilante with some kind of telekinetic boost
that makes him like the best shot, knife thrower, and
aimer of things alive, kind of like a souped up
version of Marvel's Bullseye villain. Allison has the power of mind,
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can can get people to kill themselves or other people whatever.
Klaus is a flamboyant junkie who can talk to the
dead and can't die himself and saving the best for
last five. That's a boy who can jump through space
and time with some occasional glitches. He's impatient, put upon, sarcastic,
an old man in a boy's body, and it is
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a total mystery why I'm drawn to that character. The
actor is Aiden Gallagher and he's terrific. I predict big
things for this dude. All the characters lost their powers
and went their separate ways at the end of last
season and catching up with him in the first episode
of this one is a great pleasure that I will
not spoil except to say that the Sight of five
with the mustache completely busted me up. And Luther the
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Gorilla Man, I'm just going to say these are all
gifted comic actors as well. I mentioned the multiverse, multiple
timeline stuff, and in this season, Megan Malley and Nick Offerman,
who you heard in the trailer, plays an oddball conspiracy
theorist couple who've been obsessively tracked down evidence of these
other timelines and events in them, and their cult is
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trying to bring about a huge catastrophe called the Klens.
In general, I think we can agree you don't want
fanatics who are obsessed with a cleanse to be successful,
whatever that might be. Lots of nice little touches in
the show. In one episode, I don't know if you
saw this, mo one of the superpowered people gags when
she looks down at a bad guy she's taken out
or the two halves of him. You could almost think
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of Umbrella Academy as like a distant cousin to DC's
The Doom Patrol, which ran on HBO and was bizarrely
not talked about or I think even watch much. Both
shows are really odd. They're funny, they're well crafted, lots
of stylistic flourishes, and terrific actors who may not be
household names for the most part, but maybe they should
be or will be.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I'm rooting for you. Five.
Speaker 5 (22:45):
This fourth season is only six episodes, where there have
been I think ten in the past. I'm grateful we
got them, but wish there were more. It also goes
off in a direction I wouldn't have considered, and I
think I respect it even more for that. The ending
comes full circle with the team's origin, and it makes
a kind of calmic sense. That's all I'm going to
say about that. Among other things without spoiling it, we
see for the first time a tender side of five,
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and it's a little heartbreaking. What I'm saying is Five
gets laid. Elliott Page gets top billing, but it's an
ensemble and I think he actually gets less screen time
than the other characters. And this is pretty much the
perfect venue for a character to change genders in the
middle of a show's run, because the actor did, and
it's perfectly seamless. In the universe the way they've set
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it up. I mean, if one of like Charlie's Angels
had flipped from female to male to become say the
pole vaulter who knocked the bar over with his appendage,
that series might have ended a bit sooner, and I
certainly would have felt confused about one of the posters
on my wall.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
But in Umbrella Academy it fits right.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
In. Umbrella Academy is nearly as much of a comedy
as it is a superhero show, really well made, off
beat superhero show, and obviously I think the mix works
when say that awful Flash movie did not, because there's
a difference between incorporating humor and just turning something into
a joke. Umbrella Academy's so entertaining that I'll say this
(24:08):
right now, I envy the people who have never seen
it and can now chain watch all four seasons in
a row without waiting. MO, you're going to have a
fun weekend ahead.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Well, let me just say this, and I want to
echo that point. Umbrella Academy is serialized and sequential. You
gotta see it from the first season, first episode to
know the progression and understand the progression of the stories.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
The character arcs all that.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
So if you want to spend a weekend with this,
highly recommend but start at the first episode of the
first season.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
That's the first point.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
And also you mentioned Doom Patrol and you think, like,
why should I watch Doom Patrol? I would say that
if you're a Brendan Fraser fan, watch Doom Patrol because
I believe that started the rejuvenation of his career.
Speaker 5 (24:55):
Yeah, and if you're a fan of Brendan Fraser swearing
inventively and enthusiastically, you're gonna.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
Love that show. Especially.
Speaker 5 (25:03):
I don't know why people slept on Doom Patrol. I
think part of the reason is because they had a
kind of a long delayed, truncated middle season because of COVID.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
Hey, you don't need to know anything about it because
they tell you and explain everything to you in the beginning.
Timothy Dalton is also in it. He's underrated his performance.
There is a lot of good stuff in Doom Patrol,
but just like a lot of things with DC, it
wasn't marketed correctly. It was kind of buried. And to
your point, there's a lot of time in between seasons.
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But now it's a great time to just start at
the beginning and see all the episodes.
Speaker 3 (25:37):
And you just mentioned me. You don't have to wait
for anything.
Speaker 5 (25:39):
Yeah, Ace, you mentioned Timothy Dalton. You can actually draw
a real strong comparison between his character and Doom Patrol
and that dad and the dad mister Professor Hargreave's in
this show. They're essentially the same character, just what the
English would call a right bastard, with lots and lots
of secrets that are found out throughout the course of
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the show, but the character is still super interesting right
up to the bitter end. You must see the show
and mode did mention watch it from the beginning. Also,
even if you have watched it from the beginning, don't
skip the recap at the beginning.
Speaker 3 (26:14):
You need recap. I needed the recap. How far have
you gotten? I'm on episode two? Uh did you? Were
you tittering throughout the whole first episode?
Speaker 5 (26:23):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Yeah, yeah, it was just that I tried started watching
it last night after work, and I said that was
a bad idea.
Speaker 5 (26:30):
Uh yeah, this isn't one you want to be nodding
off on because I'm not kidding you guys have made
fun of me, like being like life Serial Mikey, and
also my references to life Serial Mikey that I don't
like anything, but there's I can't think of a single
thing to criticize about this show. It's just a ton
of fun and it's very well thought out, and everything
about it just works for me.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Well, I will be checking out the remaining episodes of
the final season tonight when I get home.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
You're listening to Later with mog Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (27:03):
The Fuji's Killing Me Softly. It was the immensely popular
remake of the ROBERTA. Flack song. It launched the group
The Fujis into super stardom. An offshoot of that was
Lauren Hill, who came out with her solo album, The
Miseducation of Lauren Hill, and she became a superstar in
her own right. Well, The Fujis allegedly, and I say allegedly,
(27:27):
I don't know if this tour was ever real was
supposed to Get Back Together, Get the Whole Game Back Together,
supposed to have a nationwide tour, but it was called
off this week according to low ticket sales.
Speaker 3 (27:41):
Lauren Hill has.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
A history of not showing up for concerts, showing up
three and four hours late and blaming the audience for whatever.
She shows up later, doesn't feel like singing, and she
didn't miss a beat.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
She did it again.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
She says that the Fuji's tour was called off due
to low ticket sales, and the low ticket sales were
because of the media sensationalizing her canceled shows and her
behavior last year.
Speaker 3 (28:11):
So it's the media. Media. The media is responsible for everything.
Speaker 2 (28:15):
The media is responsible for COVID, The media is responsible
for the presidential dysfunction.
Speaker 3 (28:20):
The media is responsible for everything.
Speaker 7 (28:22):
Look no disrespect to miss Laurence Hill. Can I love
her music? I don't love the Fujis. I went to
a show to see the Fujis perform in Hollywood. They
had blocked off Hollywood Boulevard, had a huge stage up
and this might have been was on Kuwanga Turnament Shoe
(28:45):
but whatever it is in Hollywood, and the show was
said at eight. By the time they all hit the stage,
it was like ten thirty, almost eleven, and they didn't
even get to do a full show because hello.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
You missed your time, right.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
So that was my first time experiencing the lateness, the
epic lateness of miss Lauren Hill. That is something that
has continued and followed her throughout her career, and I
know she wants to assign it to her artistry. And
you know, basically, when I show up on stage, it
is a gift to you. That's what she said. She
(29:19):
said that, she has said that. She said, you know
this last time she had to call off some shows.
There's you know, it's a bunch of personal things, health, this,
that everything. Okay, I can tell you for a fact,
when this show went on sell not the media, but
quote unquote black Twitter, everyone was like, uh huh, sure,
(29:43):
no one is falling for it anymore. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
If I was doing the show, if I'm producing a concert,
I would not put Lauren Hill on as my headline.
She would have to be someone who just shows up
in the crowd goes, oh my god, Lord Hill showed up.
You cannot bank on someone because again, MO, you and
I we've produced concerts. You know what happens when you
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get into overtime paying those union fees.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
No, sir, no one's trying to do it.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
And also there's a certain guarantee that you have to
give the venue. Let's say it's I don't know, four
thousand tickets or whatever. There's a minimum guarantee for the venue.
And if you're not looking like you're gonna make the guarantee, well,
then you're gonna just have to.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Cancel the concert.
Speaker 2 (30:24):
You gonna have to cut your losses while you still
can't because there is a there's a drop dead date,
you can't. You have to do it by a certain
time because the vendee is holding that date.
Speaker 7 (30:33):
And some of the previous shows that did sell leave
she had a variety of opening acts which supported the
need to show up this time. Unfortunately, it was just
her and the Fuji's allegedly because we know Proz. We
don't know Proz is traveling like that.
Speaker 3 (30:52):
Well, we don't know if Proz is going to be
in jail or not, right, we don't know y.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Cleft showing up Okay, sure, but it was her, supported
by some of them, Marley, some of her in laws,
and it's like, I don't know if the bill was
exciting enough to support a nationwide tour, dationwide with a
headliner who notoriously shows up three hours late. If she
is at all, come on, miss miss Hill, Miss Hill,
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Miss Hill, keep it one hundred.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:20):
As the kid said, all I'm saying is no one
should have been surprised that that tour was canceled due
to low ticket sales. I think no one should be
surprised that she blamed the fans and the media for
the tour being canceled, And no one should be surprised
that this probably will be the last time that you'll
ever see the Fuji's or lawn Hill touring. But speaking
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of music concerts, it's now time for your final opportunity
to get one of these last two pairs of Australian
Pink Floyd tickets. Before we go to break, we'll choose
callers number seven and eight. Callers seven and eight if
you would like the last two pairs of our final
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The tickets are yours, the last two pairs of Australian
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