September 5, 2025 • 35 mins
ICYMI: Hour Two of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A review of the ‘Acer Chromebook Plus 516’ on ‘Tech Thursday’ with regular guest contributor; (author, podcast host, and technology pundit) Marsha Collier…PLUS - A look at the controversy surrounding the Michael Jackson biopic - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app & YouTube @MrMoKelly
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Live everywhere, on the iHeartRadio app and on YouTube, joining
me in studio as customary on Thursdays, especially now that
I'm back from my vacation. Marsha Collier, It's always wonderful
to see her smiling face and her.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Lovely, gorgeous red hair. Marsha's good to season. How are
you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Great to see you, mo. I was following your travels,
and I know a lot of people on the internet
were following your travels. It was great that you shared everything.
I on the other hand, I'm not as wonderful as you.
I don't share everything.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I don't either, but I try to when it's appropriate
bring people in. But it has to make sense because
I'm not that guy who shares everything. I'm not that
guy who's going to take a picture of every meal
that I have or you know, food porn.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
That's just not who I am. But my wife was.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Patient enough to understand that there are things that I
had to do for the sake of what I do,
but it's just not naturally what I do.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
She took one for the crowd.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
She did. She said, just keep me out of the pictures.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I said, okay, well, I have to tell you that
while you were going in actually the past six weeks.
I have been a Microsoft person since really three point one.
I'm Microsoft. I've tried Apple computers. It's not for me,
and it's great for some people. You know, it depends
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whether you like one or the other. But I think
I'm sold on a different operating system.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
A different operating system. Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I tested this laptop by Acer. It's the Acer Chrome
Book Plus and plus is an important word here.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I've had two or three Chrome Books, so I have
a working knowledge of them. And Daniel want to we
switch over to kurtz Uh. Okay, there we go. Yeah,
so you can get a better look at it. We
advise you to tune into the YouTube feed so you
can see what we're talking about at mister mom Kelly
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Okay, this is the home screen. It's beautiful and during
the day when I first got here and opened it,
it was daylight. Now it's nighttime. Before I give you
the specs, since we have the camera over here, let
me tell you that you never get any stuff crowded around.
It always opens up clean. When you open it up,
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a little pop up in the center says to you,
do you want to go back to where what you
were doing when you shut it off, or do you
want to start fresh.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
You can do that with Google Chrome the browser. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You can set that in the settings where you want
where you close out, or you can pick up where
you left off, or just go to your homepage.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
But what I think is awesome here is it's the
whole page, the whole thing, the whole desktop, the whole desktop. Okay.
And at the bottom, Kurt, if we can get the
camera it has, let me just open up. We have
there's Chrome. Okay. Now you can see how many different
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tabs I have open. I have a bajillion tabs open
because that's my style. And at the very bottom it
says desk one. If I click it again, I can
go to a second desk and open another browser and
I can load those all up. I've loaded both of
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the browsers with over thirty tabs and the computer hasn't crashed.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Historically that we were locked up immediately, Frank, just the
usage of RAM.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
And see now I'm going back and forth from desk
one to desk two and it's your regular Chrome browser.
So that in itself is incredible. If I knew we
were going to be able to do this, I would
have played a video for you from YouTube, but I
don't want to screw up your Wi Fi situation. Here.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
You have, okay, a Chromebook. It runs Chrome OS, it's
its own operating system. It does allow you to run
variations of Android apps, which I think is very cool
as far as synergy with my phone. But I've always
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had a concern with the total amount of apps which
are available.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Honest Microsoft, Okay, honestly, I don't use the apps built
in at the bottom of the screen on Kurtz Camera.
You can say that I have Chrome, I have Gemini,
which I don't use. There's gaming, there's notebook LM, which
is one of the Gemini things. Gaming, Chrome SEP one
(05:00):
for Google Calendar, and if I want it's new there's
a G button and that opens up things that you
can open up and look at, and the various different
apps that come with it. But I've checked it all out,
and to be honest with you, doing everything through the
browser has made more sense.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
The only thing I wish it chromebooks had was a
more sophisticated audio editing capability.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
That's just me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
If I had that, then I'll be good because you
can use it with Google Drive, which is an analog
to the Microsoft Suite.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Well, let me tell you. Let me give you first
of all, this screen that you were looking at, that's
unbelievably bright. It's a w u XGA, And I said,
what the heck is that?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
You know?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It's ultra ultra wide wide, ultra extra cool.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Is that, like I'm guessing, is that maybe a seventeen
inch laptop.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
It's a sixteen inch so it has a resolution of
nineteen twenty by twelve hundred pixels. So the WUXGA stands
for Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array. And it's nineteen hundred
by twelve hundred instead of nineteen twenty excuse me, twelve
hundred instead of the nineteen twenty byte ten eighty which
(06:31):
most laptops are. So you have a little more vertical
to your screen, which I like, the extra space. I
like a little more space towards the top. So it's
got sixteen ten ratio, unbelievable. Some of the things that
I really love about it. It's got eight gigabytes of memory.
(06:55):
Oh the ram yep YEP, I mean eight a core
seven for Intel processor.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
So as fast as can be.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Okay, and I have to pull out my own chart
because this has more ports than any other computer I've
ever had. Honestly, we have there's a power, two microphones,
a camera with a shutter so you can turn the
odd and off, which I really like. You don't have
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to put a band aid up there for your webcam
sixteen inch display. On the side you have two USB
type C posts ports and then a USB Type A port.
How much stuff do you have to use an adapter
to see? You know, to fit into a C. This
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makes it so that you can still use and it's
three point two generation. Acer has done an amazing job
with this sounds plastically to me, but it's millspeck if
you dry. I haven't dropped it to test it because
I'd like to keep it around for a well. On
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this side you have another three point two type A
USB port. Oh, and there's also a headset jack on
this side, so if you want to wear wired headsets
you can do.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I don't do buds.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
I don't do buds. You get a numeric keypad that's
almost never I mean, how cool is that. The touch pad,
of course, which is a special glass that is recyclable
blah blah blah. But there's a lot of great for
the environment thing in this. I know they'd love for
me to say all the different things. But it's energy Star.
(08:50):
It's so much recyclable that it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Oh, very quickly before we go to break price point.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
MSRP.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yes, that's nothing h in the world.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Oh yeah, we can talk a little more when we
get back.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Let's do that. It's Later with mo Kelly. Marshall Collier
joins us in studio on this Tech Thursday. We're talking
about acer Chromebook plus five one six, three hundred and
ninety nine dollars, all the bells, all the whistles, none
of the financial uh.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
And it's so fast it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
More in just a moment.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
CAFI. Later with Mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
We're live on YouTube, Instagram and the iHeartRadio app. And
if you are tuned into us right now on YouTube,
good for you because you've already been seeing this wonderful
presentation from Marshall Collier who joins us in studio. If
you haven't been tuning in, I suggest you tune in
right now. So go to YouTube dot com or the
(09:57):
YouTube app and look up mister mo Kelly, Mr m
ok E L L Y Marshall Collier. Last segment, you
were giving us a very thorough demonstration of the new
ACE Chromebook plus five one six MSRP manufacturer suggestion, which
is nothing in the world of computers.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
And just so you know the word plus after Chromebook,
that means it's got an advanced set of hardware in it.
As I said, Intel Core seven processor, what was the memory?
H eight eight gigs of RAM. And then let me say,
I have one hundred and twenty eight gigabytes of flash storage.
(10:42):
And when you have three USB A ports, you can
buy all the one terabyte flash drives you can.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
You can eat right, you don't need that internal storage?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
No, no, you can store. Oh, I'm going to put
my book on there, and I'm going to put my
podcast down there, and you've you can and just attach
different flash drives. It's absolutely Oh, it's so the DTS audio.
I don't know what DTS stands for, but maybe someone
in the comment section will.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But but you were saying there was a high quality sound, stereo.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Sound, got optimized bass travel response, and Micron speaker distortion prevention.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
If I could jump in there, because now our laptops,
our devices have to have exceptional sound because we're either
listening to music, we're either gaming, we're either watching movies.
So that's a part of the complete media experience.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
And one of the things I love about this is
if I want to dictate an email, all I have
to do is press the G which is the search key,
the Google key, and the D and I just start
talking and it flawlessly. Speech to text, speech to text flawlessly.
ACER has done such a job. And you know, I
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can't be over the moon enough because I've felt enslaved
by Microsoft operating System for so long. I think ACER
just really did it this time. They've been working, They've
been there's a lot of brands who have Chromebooks, but
this Chromebook Plus. Also people have mentioned I was reading
on Reddit, you know there's been battery problems in chromebooks. Well,
(12:26):
in a Chromebook Plus, you've got a big battery, but
you've got a lot of hardware going. But you know what,
somebody made a comment you can just buy a battery
for thirty five dollars and replace it yourself. And if
you don't want to do that. You've got places like
I fix It where it isn't that much more expensive
because these are easy to work on.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
It's been a long time since we've been able to
replace a battery on any level on any of our devices.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
It's absolutely I'm shocked there. It connects to my phone.
I have all these little buttons, US keyboard sound. It's
all at a touch of my my hand, all of
these different apps.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Would you agree that it would be perfect for a student,
be a high school or college where you have the
processing power and the affordability where you could get it
and it's not going to set you back like a Mac,
which made me two grand.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I recommend this computer for I'd say eighty five percent
of the population. My problem is I know some heavy
duty geeks, so they need a special computer. This computer
is fast. It's lightning fast when you change pages. It
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does everything I want. It doesn't get hot like my Dell.
My Dell computer like starts heating up if because I
have to have it plugged in when I'm doing my podcast,
and all of a sudden it's getting hot and I'm
afraid the whole thing's going to be low up in
front of me. I couldn't be happier and I really
just can't recommend it enough. Anything I missed. Yeah, I'm
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in love with having the Numeric pad, International language support.
Moisture resistant. We don't know what.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
It is, but in other words, you might get some
rain drops on it, but don't drop it in the bathtube.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I think I did. You got a point and Intel
UHD graphics, you know, and it's got an FHD facial
exposure camera nineteen twenty by ten eighty. Now I don't
know what that.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Means, but eighty the screen resolution.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
That's what it'll go to. That's what it'll go to.
But the point is, I look at everything, the fact
that the camera has a shutter. And there are those
of us who think that, you know, our computers can
be watching us. They are and this one, this one
has a shutter over the camera.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
I usually will tape something over it, cover it somehow.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
So yes, but I really think it's the future for
most people. If you still want to use Microsoft, you
can use Microsoft three sixty five, even though you know
you have Google Docs and Google Spreadsheet and all that anyway,
But if you have to like I have to with
my publisher. I can go and use Microsoft three sixty five.
(15:32):
It just isn't installed on the computer. I gotta tell you,
I have not recommended anything as highly as this in ages.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
That's high praise.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Really, I'm so impressed. I'm looking forward now. There is
a gaming one that's even more firepower than this one.
But this three ninety nine MSRP dest spy.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I know you have thirty five hundred phones. Did you
do you have any time to work with it in
sync with your phone?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Yes, I because I've been doing this for about a
month and a half, because I didn't want to give
you a review until i'd really played with it.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
It's very similar to Microsoft Windows, but you have to
you have to learn some commands, like how do you
pull up the emoji keyboard? How do you do a
screen capture? I just google it, you know, I can
find out easy enough.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I know when I use my phone in conjunction with
my devices. If you don't use Android, like for example,
your text messages, you can have your text messages synchronize
to your your laptop or desktop and get your messages
and also text people from your Chromebook. Those are the
(16:54):
things which I appreciate about Android. I can't speak for
Apple or Microsoft, but those are the things.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I think.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
It's value added in the experience working in the same ecosystem.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
But this is Chrome. It's not Android. The Chrome os
is its own. Yes, it's it's an own animal. You
won't know it until you try it, you know, the
little F one, F two, F three, whatever. Those keys
at the top, the function keys, I actually use them.
They're my volume keys. Yeah, I don't have that little gigi.
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I do actually have that little gigi in the bottom,
but now I've learned to use those keys so much
easier screen captured.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I've never heard such a glowing review from you on
any product. So the acer Chromebook plus five one six
makes the grade.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
It absolutely does.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
I'm going to maybe tell them I lost it and
I can't say it back.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
But you said it out loud. There might be three
people listening, not including.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Tone right exactly, But anyway, Yeah, I highly recommend it.
It's you know, and if you buy things at some
places you have a thirty day return policy, so it
is a little different. There is a learning curve. It
is a little weird in the beginning, but once you
get home in with it. It's perfect.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Marshall Collier is always great seeing you.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
It's good seeing you. Mo. I have something new for
you next week too.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty. I.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Like most people, have been a lifelong fan of Michael Jackson,
his music. The person far more complicated a story to tell,
and that's part of the reason I want to talk
about this. The Michael Jackson bile pick is scheduled to
be released in April of next year, but there's all
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sorts of controversy even now. Coleman Domingo Oscar nominated actor
who is going to be playing Joe Oh Jackson, the
father of Michael Jackson in this upcoming biopick, was roundly
criticized by Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson, because
Coleman Dimigo said that he had received a lot of
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positive feedback from Paris Jackson and the brother Prince Jackson,
both Michael Jackson's kids, and Paris said, no, I have
nothing to do with this project. I don't want to
have anything to do with this project. I'm paraphrasing. She
made it very clear that she didn't like the story
that was going to be told, that she felt it
was being dishonest, not it was glossing over a lot of.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Very important things and.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Continuing the fantasy of Michael Jackson, not getting to the
reality of Michael Jackson. And so she made it very
clear that she did not in any way endorse this
project and has nothing to do with it.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's the first thing.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Secondarily, there's a question of where exactly this story is
going to be in the life of Michael Jackson. From
what I've read, some reports say that it's going to
start when he is a child star as the front
man for the Jackson Five, and then go all the
way up to.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
The child sexual assault allegations.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
In fact that they've also actor Derek Luke has been
cast as Johnny Cochrane, so they're going to delve into
some of that. But from what I read, as far
as in between the lines with Paris Jackson, she is
not on board with how they're depicting Michael Jackson the person.
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And I want to remind people, well, this is a biopic,
it's not a documentary. If you want the truth about
who someone is, you do better to have a documentary
where you get to hear from people like Paris Jackson
or former manager or people who knew him growing up
and get a more complete picture. This is a movie
for the purpose of entertainment and continuing the legacy of
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Michael Jackson. And I guess some people just don't know
the difference between a documentary and a biopick and the
purpose of them. The person who was playing Michael Jackson
is Michael Jackson's nephew, Jafar Jackson, so it can't be
too negative. The family is controlling this biopick. Of course,
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they're not going to tell a story which is too
either disrespectful or too negative regarding the legacy and life
of Michael Jackson. And if you know that going in,
then it's fair to expect certain things they are going
to be glossed over. One of my favorite biopicks of
all time is Ray Charles Ray. That movie I absolutely love,
(21:45):
but I was not under any illusions that it was
going to portray Ray Charles in a much more favorable
light than if you knew the fullness of his life
and career.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
His drug use was talked about.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Talking about Ray Charles, his drug was talked about, but
not to the extent of the role that the outsized
role that it played in Ray Charles's life. So I
understand if you are a member of the Jackson family,
you may want Michael represented a certain way or not,
but it's not a documentary, so you're not going to
get all that what I call the color texture Hugh
(22:21):
to make a more complete representation of the life and
career of Michael Jackson. I was fortunate enough to well,
I've met every member of the Jackson family, with the
exception of Michael. For whatever reason, my music career did
not ever intersect with Michael Jackson. I did get to
see him live once, and I was at Doctor Stadium
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in nineteen eighty four as part of the Victory tour,
and I was like in the fourteenth row one of
the best moments of my life. Will never forget it,
where you could actually see the facial expressions and you
could feel his presence. One of the best concerts ever.
But I never had a chance to meet him, so
I don't have any first and anecdotes about who he
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was or what he was like, but I know from
other people that I've worked with that he was a
complicated individual and he was very human and probably has
a lot of warts which would have people not like
him as a person if it were ever divulged publicly,
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and you could take that however you want. There have
been a lot of allegations as far as child sexual abuse,
some of which ended up in the news, some of
which did not ever end up in the news, and
it speculated that there were a number of NDA's which
were assigned. I don't know if Paris Jackson was alluding
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to that, but we will never get an unflattering view
of Michael, and I think that's the best way to say.
You're not going to get an unflattering view of Michael
from his own family members who have put this movie
together over the course of almost two decades. At this point,
Michael Jackson passed away two thousand and nine, if I'm
not mistaken, and here we are in twenty twenty five,
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finally telling his story. It'll be interesting to see if
it either helps or hurts his ultimate legacy, given the
world that we live in now, given social media, now,
given that this would be coming out after a Diddy trial,
given that this would be coming out after an R.
(24:31):
Kelly trial where you've had violence against women and possibly minors.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
When you were talking about r Kelly.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Whether people will receive Michael Jackson in the same way,
that remains to be seen. But I do know if
you want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, you'll never get it in the biopic. Oh Mark,
let me just ask you. Did you ever cover any
of Michael Jackson's career?
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Not really, And I don't really want to be the
tear in the punch bowl because everybody gets weird when
you bring up the shady stuff with kids, and that
just stops me in my tracks. As a former CPS worker,
I just cannot abide that.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
But no, and nor should you.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But if you're going into this biopick expecting they're going
there to be a thorough recounting and a fair representation
of what Michael Jackson allegedly did or was accused of,
and going back to the number of children, usually boys,
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who are spending the night in the bed with him,
that's not going to be in the movie.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
No, a biopic, or if Tauallas saying it a biopic,
it's not a documentary. You are right about that, And
you did get me starting to think about my favorite biopicks.
Number one of all time is Tim Burton's ed Wood.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Have you seen this? Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:52):
I have.
Speaker 5 (25:52):
I think Larry Kazuski wrote that, and he also wrote
the one about Rudy ray Moore, the Dolomite.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
One, the one that was on Netflix that yeah, Murphy, Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah I have. I have mixed feelings about any biopic,
especially if it happens to be an artist that I
was either around or semi familiar with in my own life,
because like, for example, Aretha Franklin's biopick, it's like, wait
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a minute, that didn't happen like that, or those events
will happen out of order, or that person didn't exist.
I start picking them apart because I have a point
of reference. So it's hard for me to appreciate biopicks
all the time because my own life gets in the way.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Yeah, you got to go into these things reminding yourself. Okay,
it's a movie.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
All right, Right, it's a movie, and I should have
movie expectations. Am I entertained? But it's not about accuracy
or representation. Unfortunately, now you need to rewatch ed Wood.
It's a masterpiece. Yes, sir, I will do that, you know,
I don't take orders from me. We've already covered this.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
I'm not letting it drop.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
It's Later with mo Kelly, will have more just a
moment k IF I am since forty live everywhere in
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Speaker 4 (27:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 1 (27:13):
Six live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app, and we're live
on YouTube. And last second segment, I was talking about
Michael Jackson, his complicated legacy, let me put it that way,
and how it should be presented on the big screen
when they release his biopic in April of twenty twenty six.
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And I was making the point, it's a biopick, it's
not a documentary. Biopicks are supposed to be more. They're
going to direct you as far as how you should
feel about Michael, as opposed to a documentary, which is
more neutral, and you've come away with your own opinion
of Michael Jackson. But it got me thinking alongside that
(27:55):
some of my favorite concerts that I've attended, and I
said that I only saw Michael once and that was
for the Victory Tour in nineteen eighty four. It was
at Dodger Stadium, and even back then, it was really
strange to think about Dodger Stadium as a music venue.
I don't know how many actual concerts they've had there
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before that. They've had plenty since then, but it was
a huge deal and I was about the fourteenth throw
I seemed to remember. It was very close to the stage,
got to see the Jackson five.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
As it were.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
They were called the Jacksons at that time, and that
was the only time that I saw Michael perform. But
it's one of my favorite memories of a concert.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Tony. I know you love music like I do.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Is there a single concert or artist that you enjoyed
more than any other?
Speaker 6 (28:48):
Oh? Mad been to so many shows, but Pantera and
White Zombie at the Forum was a hell of a
night at the Forum. Yes, it was still the Great
Western Forum at the time. Oh Mark Zombie was the opener,
and then in between was just ah.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It was just one of those nights you know that
sounds like fun. What were you on that night? Nothing? Nothing?
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Sure?
Speaker 6 (29:12):
The os Fest was intense. That's where I got my
tooth kicked out the mush Okay, that's yes, that's not
bad at all. This is amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Not Iron Maiden nothing.
Speaker 6 (29:24):
Oh Maiden is so good. Life h Clutch is another band.
Oh that's where I met a Leah oh Man, that girl.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Uh. I've been to a lot of shows, Mark, do
you have a favorite?
Speaker 5 (29:35):
I think my all time favorite show was James Brown
at the Paramount in Seattle. It was just incredible. In
addition to being legitimately good and masterful, it was also
hilariously cheesy and he brought out the worst musician on
the planet to like kill time while he was resting
during the show, because it was later in his life
that he did this. And of course he had the
(29:56):
deal where you know, the guy comes out with the
cape and they go through that whole routine like no, no,
I don't need the cape, No, put the cape on.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I knew it's wonderful. I met James Brown. I never
had the chance to see him perform. It was so good,
I would say, alongside the Michael Jackson concert, which was
iconic that particular concert you could look it up.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
One of my favorite.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Concerts is seeing Prince and it was at the Conger
Room and like five hundred people were there.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Wow. So it was just one of those moments where.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Prince is like standing right next to me, you know,
and the only time I saw him was that one time.
So those are my two favorite concerts. I can't count
how many people I've seen who are notable, but concerts
which have stayed with me it would be those two.
Speaker 5 (30:43):
Oh yeah, you got to remember I broke into journalism
doing concert reviews, so I saw tons and tons of them,
and I never took it for granted, like I'm getting
paid to do this. I mean, it wasn't a great deal,
but I was still getting paid to do that. I
got so spoiled working with me.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Music industry is like I refuse to pay to go
to any concert, and I needed to have backstage passes.
I need to be able to hang out in the
green room with the artists of me be And I'm
not saying that for both of them. Because you work
in the industry, you get free tickets to everything.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Well, I wasn't on that side of it, and I
never got to pull the don't you know who I
am card on anyone, which I'm sure you did.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
No, I did not. I always said that don't you
know who my boss is?
Speaker 6 (31:28):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (31:28):
Okay, Okay, it's different. That's much different. Yes, go ahead, Tony,
you're gonna say.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
I saw No Doubt too at the Showcase Theater in Corona.
That was an awesome venue. What year was this, Roughly
before they broke, before they go to be ninety seven three?
Speaker 2 (31:44):
You were going real back ninety three?
Speaker 6 (31:46):
I want to say late ninety three, fourth the latest, Yeah,
before they blew up, that was all That venue was
so much fun.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
I can't even think of the last most recent, oh yeah,
most recent I concert I went to was Maxwell at
the Hollywood Bowl.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
That was really good.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
But outside of that, I've meant to that many concerts
over the past ten twelve years.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
I certainly haven't been any since COVID started. But since
we're on this subject, I saw Tom Jones in Vegas
and that was an experience for a lifetime.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Were any panties thrown on the stage? Probably?
Speaker 5 (32:19):
I was a little annoyed that he didn't sing Thunderball,
but for a guy his age, he just absolutely wailed.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Could he still move the hips?
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (32:29):
I saw him in Santa Anna one time. I think
it was sant Anna at the oh the uh oh,
can't think it, but I saw there took a girl
there one time.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Uh, it was great.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Another great concert that I enjoyed was Oingo Boingo. I
think it was at the Long Beach Arena for New
Year's It was dead Man's Party.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
I was sixteen, fifteen, sixteen years old, so I think
it's like maybe like nineteen eighty five.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
And talk about going full circle.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
I remember when I was talking to Danny Elfman, I
told him about that show, and he remembered that show
because he was rattling off things about that show. It was,
and it was right around the time, you know, when
ogle Boy was getting big, big because of dead Man's Party.
Was a huge album for them.
Speaker 5 (33:12):
Well, and they were featured in John Hughes movies and
the Whole nine Yards True True.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Back to School too, wasn't he with Roger Naturefield, wasn't it.
I can't remember the soundtrack. I just barely remember the movie.
Speaker 5 (33:23):
I'm kind of jealous of that. And I interviewed William
Shatter twice. Nice, I'm always gonna be jealous of that.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Always it's not too late, he's still alive.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
True, Well, get him on the show. I got no
newspaper now, I got no impromoter to justify doing an interview, right.
I interviewed Leonard Nimoy tons of times and spent a
lot of time with him, and the only good picture
that came out of that.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
My eyes are closed. There's photoshop, man.
Speaker 5 (33:54):
I'll just stick a pair of those googly eyes on
the photo and put it on my fridge.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
I have a few to have a photo with Obama
when my eye was like one, I was like halfway
closed and photoshopped to clean it up.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
No, it's this twenty first century. Do what you gotta do.
Speaker 5 (34:10):
I'm not going to alter reality like an AI just
to make myself look less foolish.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
It keeps you humble. Gosh, it's Leonard Nimoy.
Speaker 5 (34:20):
It's Leonard freaking nem Oy and just working stiff mark
with his eyes closed. I'll find I'll dig that photo
up and I'll show you someday. Please do It's good
for a laugh at my expense. You'll like that.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I'm trying to think star excuse me, Star trek interviews
I've done Michelle Nichols at Comic Con and it was
one of the last interviews she gave to anyone because
she was declining.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Unfortunately, was she.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
In a wheelchair then, because the last time I saw
her at a con she was being pushed around.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
She might have been she had limited mobility, but we
were in the main hall, so I couldn't see how
she was brought there. We interviewed Adam Neemore, Leonard's son
on the show. He had come in studio and he's
married to what Terry Ferrell? Now, I think so from
one of the spinoff shows, Yeah, I think so. I
(35:10):
can never keep all the spin offs straight. I just
dropped the most recent one because it was too terrible.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Which one was?
Speaker 5 (35:19):
That is the one with Strange New World, the new one,
and it's just it got awful. I mean, we're we're
kind of going off on a different subject here, but
it went from being super promising to unwatchable.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
That's too bad. Yeah, that's too bad. Kaf I AM
six forty Live Everywhere and right. iHeartRadio app as I
and kost HD two Los Angeles, Orange County more stimulating,
Live everywhere, on the iHeartRadio app and on YouTube, joining
me in studio as customary on Thursdays, especially now that
I'm back from my vacation. Marsha Collier, It's always wonderful
to see her smiling face and her.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Lovely, gorgeous red hair. Marsha's good to season. How are
you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Great to see you, mo. I was following your travels,
and I know a lot of people on the internet
were following your travels. It was great that you shared everything.
I on the other hand, I'm not as wonderful as you.
I don't share everything.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I don't either, but I try to when it's appropriate
bring people in. But it has to make sense because
I'm not that guy who shares everything. I'm not that
guy who's going to take a picture of every meal
that I have or you know, food porn.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
That's just not who I am. But my wife was.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Patient enough to understand that there are things that I
had to do for the sake of what I do,
but it's just not naturally what I do.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
She took one for the crowd.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
She did. She said, just keep me out of the pictures.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I said, okay, well, I have to tell you that
while you were going in actually the past six weeks.
I have been a Microsoft person since really three point one.
I'm Microsoft. I've tried Apple computers. It's not for me,
and it's great for some people. You know, it depends
(01:33):
whether you like one or the other. But I think
I'm sold on a different operating system.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
A different operating system. Yep.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
I tested this laptop by Acer. It's the Acer Chrome
Book Plus and plus is an important word here.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I've had two or three Chrome Books, so I have
a working knowledge of them. And Daniel want to we
switch over to kurtz Uh. Okay, there we go. Yeah,
so you can get a better look at it. We
advise you to tune into the YouTube feed so you
can see what we're talking about at mister mom Kelly
on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
Okay, this is the home screen. It's beautiful and during
the day when I first got here and opened it,
it was daylight. Now it's nighttime. Before I give you
the specs, since we have the camera over here, let
me tell you that you never get any stuff crowded around.
It always opens up clean. When you open it up,
(02:36):
a little pop up in the center says to you,
do you want to go back to where what you
were doing when you shut it off, or do you
want to start fresh.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
You can do that with Google Chrome the browser. Right.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
You can set that in the settings where you want
where you close out, or you can pick up where
you left off, or just go to your homepage.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
But what I think is awesome here is it's the
whole page, the whole thing, the whole desktop, the whole desktop. Okay.
And at the bottom, Kurt, if we can get the
camera it has, let me just open up. We have
there's Chrome. Okay. Now you can see how many different
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tabs I have open. I have a bajillion tabs open
because that's my style. And at the very bottom it
says desk one. If I click it again, I can
go to a second desk and open another browser and
I can load those all up. I've loaded both of
(03:39):
the browsers with over thirty tabs and the computer hasn't crashed.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Historically that we were locked up immediately, Frank, just the
usage of RAM.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
And see now I'm going back and forth from desk
one to desk two and it's your regular Chrome browser.
So that in itself is incredible. If I knew we
were going to be able to do this, I would
have played a video for you from YouTube, but I
don't want to screw up your Wi Fi situation. Here.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
You have, okay, a Chromebook. It runs Chrome OS, it's
its own operating system. It does allow you to run
variations of Android apps, which I think is very cool
as far as synergy with my phone. But I've always
(04:32):
had a concern with the total amount of apps which
are available.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Honest Microsoft, Okay, honestly, I don't use the apps built
in at the bottom of the screen on Kurtz Camera.
You can say that I have Chrome, I have Gemini,
which I don't use. There's gaming, there's notebook LM, which
is one of the Gemini things. Gaming, Chrome SEP one
(05:00):
for Google Calendar, and if I want it's new there's
a G button and that opens up things that you
can open up and look at, and the various different
apps that come with it. But I've checked it all out,
and to be honest with you, doing everything through the
browser has made more sense.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
The only thing I wish it chromebooks had was a
more sophisticated audio editing capability.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
That's just me.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
If I had that, then I'll be good because you
can use it with Google Drive, which is an analog
to the Microsoft Suite.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Well, let me tell you. Let me give you first
of all, this screen that you were looking at, that's
unbelievably bright. It's a w u XGA, And I said,
what the heck is that?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
You know?
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It's ultra ultra wide wide, ultra extra cool.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Is that, like I'm guessing, is that maybe a seventeen
inch laptop.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
It's a sixteen inch so it has a resolution of
nineteen twenty by twelve hundred pixels. So the WUXGA stands
for Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array. And it's nineteen hundred
by twelve hundred instead of nineteen twenty excuse me, twelve
hundred instead of the nineteen twenty byte ten eighty which
(06:31):
most laptops are. So you have a little more vertical
to your screen, which I like, the extra space. I
like a little more space towards the top. So it's
got sixteen ten ratio, unbelievable. Some of the things that
I really love about it. It's got eight gigabytes of memory.
(06:55):
Oh the ram yep YEP, I mean eight a core
seven for Intel processor.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
So as fast as can be.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Okay, and I have to pull out my own chart
because this has more ports than any other computer I've
ever had. Honestly, we have there's a power, two microphones,
a camera with a shutter so you can turn the
odd and off, which I really like. You don't have
(07:25):
to put a band aid up there for your webcam
sixteen inch display. On the side you have two USB
type C posts ports and then a USB Type A port.
How much stuff do you have to use an adapter
to see? You know, to fit into a C. This
(07:49):
makes it so that you can still use and it's
three point two generation. Acer has done an amazing job
with this sounds plastically to me, but it's millspeck if
you dry. I haven't dropped it to test it because
I'd like to keep it around for a well. On
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this side you have another three point two type A
USB port. Oh, and there's also a headset jack on
this side, so if you want to wear wired headsets
you can do.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I don't do buds.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
I don't do buds. You get a numeric keypad that's
almost never I mean, how cool is that. The touch pad,
of course, which is a special glass that is recyclable
blah blah blah. But there's a lot of great for
the environment thing in this. I know they'd love for
me to say all the different things. But it's energy Star.
(08:50):
It's so much recyclable that it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Oh, very quickly before we go to break price point.
Speaker 3 (08:59):
MSRP.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yes, that's nothing h in the world.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Oh yeah, we can talk a little more when we
get back.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Let's do that. It's Later with mo Kelly. Marshall Collier
joins us in studio on this Tech Thursday. We're talking
about acer Chromebook plus five one six, three hundred and
ninety nine dollars, all the bells, all the whistles, none
of the financial uh.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
And it's so fast it's crazy.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
More in just a moment.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
You're listening to Later with mo Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
CAFI. Later with Mo Kelly.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
We're live on YouTube, Instagram and the iHeartRadio app. And
if you are tuned into us right now on YouTube,
good for you because you've already been seeing this wonderful
presentation from Marshall Collier who joins us in studio. If
you haven't been tuning in, I suggest you tune in
right now. So go to YouTube dot com or the
(09:57):
YouTube app and look up mister mo Kelly, Mr m
ok E L L Y Marshall Collier. Last segment, you
were giving us a very thorough demonstration of the new
ACE Chromebook plus five one six MSRP manufacturer suggestion, which
is nothing in the world of computers.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
And just so you know the word plus after Chromebook,
that means it's got an advanced set of hardware in it.
As I said, Intel Core seven processor, what was the memory?
H eight eight gigs of RAM. And then let me say,
I have one hundred and twenty eight gigabytes of flash storage.
(10:42):
And when you have three USB A ports, you can
buy all the one terabyte flash drives you can.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
You can eat right, you don't need that internal storage?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
No, no, you can store. Oh, I'm going to put
my book on there, and I'm going to put my
podcast down there, and you've you can and just attach
different flash drives. It's absolutely Oh, it's so the DTS audio.
I don't know what DTS stands for, but maybe someone
in the comment section will.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
But but you were saying there was a high quality sound, stereo.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Sound, got optimized bass travel response, and Micron speaker distortion prevention.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
If I could jump in there, because now our laptops,
our devices have to have exceptional sound because we're either
listening to music, we're either gaming, we're either watching movies.
So that's a part of the complete media experience.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
And one of the things I love about this is
if I want to dictate an email, all I have
to do is press the G which is the search key,
the Google key, and the D and I just start
talking and it flawlessly. Speech to text, speech to text flawlessly.
ACER has done such a job. And you know, I
(12:01):
can't be over the moon enough because I've felt enslaved
by Microsoft operating System for so long. I think ACER
just really did it this time. They've been working, They've
been there's a lot of brands who have Chromebooks, but
this Chromebook Plus. Also people have mentioned I was reading
on Reddit, you know there's been battery problems in chromebooks. Well,
(12:26):
in a Chromebook Plus, you've got a big battery, but
you've got a lot of hardware going. But you know what,
somebody made a comment you can just buy a battery
for thirty five dollars and replace it yourself. And if
you don't want to do that. You've got places like
I fix It where it isn't that much more expensive
because these are easy to work on.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
It's been a long time since we've been able to
replace a battery on any level on any of our devices.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
It's absolutely I'm shocked there. It connects to my phone.
I have all these little buttons, US keyboard sound. It's
all at a touch of my my hand, all of
these different apps.
Speaker 1 (13:10):
Would you agree that it would be perfect for a student,
be a high school or college where you have the
processing power and the affordability where you could get it
and it's not going to set you back like a Mac,
which made me two grand.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
I recommend this computer for I'd say eighty five percent
of the population. My problem is I know some heavy
duty geeks, so they need a special computer. This computer
is fast. It's lightning fast when you change pages. It
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does everything I want. It doesn't get hot like my Dell.
My Dell computer like starts heating up if because I
have to have it plugged in when I'm doing my podcast,
and all of a sudden it's getting hot and I'm
afraid the whole thing's going to be low up in
front of me. I couldn't be happier and I really
just can't recommend it enough. Anything I missed. Yeah, I'm
(14:10):
in love with having the Numeric pad, International language support.
Moisture resistant. We don't know what.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
It is, but in other words, you might get some
rain drops on it, but don't drop it in the bathtube.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I think I did. You got a point and Intel
UHD graphics, you know, and it's got an FHD facial
exposure camera nineteen twenty by ten eighty. Now I don't
know what that.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
Means, but eighty the screen resolution.
Speaker 3 (14:43):
That's what it'll go to. That's what it'll go to.
But the point is, I look at everything, the fact
that the camera has a shutter. And there are those
of us who think that, you know, our computers can
be watching us. They are and this one, this one
has a shutter over the camera.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
I usually will tape something over it, cover it somehow.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
So yes, but I really think it's the future for
most people. If you still want to use Microsoft, you
can use Microsoft three sixty five, even though you know
you have Google Docs and Google Spreadsheet and all that anyway,
But if you have to like I have to with
my publisher. I can go and use Microsoft three sixty five.
(15:32):
It just isn't installed on the computer. I gotta tell you,
I have not recommended anything as highly as this in ages.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
That's high praise.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Really, I'm so impressed. I'm looking forward now. There is
a gaming one that's even more firepower than this one.
But this three ninety nine MSRP dest spy.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I know you have thirty five hundred phones. Did you
do you have any time to work with it in
sync with your phone?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Yes, I because I've been doing this for about a
month and a half, because I didn't want to give
you a review until i'd really played with it.
Speaker 5 (16:13):
Now.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
It's very similar to Microsoft Windows, but you have to
you have to learn some commands, like how do you
pull up the emoji keyboard? How do you do a
screen capture? I just google it, you know, I can
find out easy enough.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I know when I use my phone in conjunction with
my devices. If you don't use Android, like for example,
your text messages, you can have your text messages synchronize
to your your laptop or desktop and get your messages
and also text people from your Chromebook. Those are the
(16:54):
things which I appreciate about Android. I can't speak for
Apple or Microsoft, but those are the things.
Speaker 2 (17:00):
I think.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
It's value added in the experience working in the same ecosystem.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
But this is Chrome. It's not Android. The Chrome os
is its own. Yes, it's it's an own animal. You
won't know it until you try it, you know, the
little F one, F two, F three, whatever. Those keys
at the top, the function keys, I actually use them.
They're my volume keys. Yeah, I don't have that little gigi.
(17:29):
I do actually have that little gigi in the bottom,
but now I've learned to use those keys so much
easier screen captured.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
I've never heard such a glowing review from you on
any product. So the acer Chromebook plus five one six
makes the grade.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
It absolutely does.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
You know.
Speaker 3 (17:49):
I'm going to maybe tell them I lost it and
I can't say it back.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
But you said it out loud. There might be three
people listening, not including.
Speaker 3 (17:59):
Tone right exactly, But anyway, Yeah, I highly recommend it.
It's you know, and if you buy things at some
places you have a thirty day return policy, so it
is a little different. There is a learning curve. It
is a little weird in the beginning, but once you
get home in with it. It's perfect.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Marshall Collier is always great seeing you.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
It's good seeing you. Mo. I have something new for
you next week too.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty. I.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
Like most people, have been a lifelong fan of Michael Jackson,
his music. The person far more complicated a story to tell,
and that's part of the reason I want to talk
about this. The Michael Jackson bile pick is scheduled to
be released in April of next year, but there's all
(18:52):
sorts of controversy even now. Coleman Domingo Oscar nominated actor
who is going to be playing Joe Oh Jackson, the
father of Michael Jackson in this upcoming biopick, was roundly
criticized by Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson, because
Coleman Dimigo said that he had received a lot of
(19:14):
positive feedback from Paris Jackson and the brother Prince Jackson,
both Michael Jackson's kids, and Paris said, no, I have
nothing to do with this project. I don't want to
have anything to do with this project. I'm paraphrasing. She
made it very clear that she didn't like the story
that was going to be told, that she felt it
was being dishonest, not it was glossing over a lot of.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
Very important things and.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Continuing the fantasy of Michael Jackson, not getting to the
reality of Michael Jackson. And so she made it very
clear that she did not in any way endorse this
project and has nothing to do with it.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
That's the first thing.
Speaker 1 (19:55):
Secondarily, there's a question of where exactly this story is
going to be in the life of Michael Jackson. From
what I've read, some reports say that it's going to
start when he is a child star as the front
man for the Jackson Five, and then go all the
way up to.
Speaker 2 (20:14):
The child sexual assault allegations.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
In fact that they've also actor Derek Luke has been
cast as Johnny Cochrane, so they're going to delve into
some of that. But from what I read, as far
as in between the lines with Paris Jackson, she is
not on board with how they're depicting Michael Jackson the person.
(20:38):
And I want to remind people, well, this is a biopic,
it's not a documentary. If you want the truth about
who someone is, you do better to have a documentary
where you get to hear from people like Paris Jackson
or former manager or people who knew him growing up
and get a more complete picture. This is a movie
for the purpose of entertainment and continuing the legacy of
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Michael Jackson. And I guess some people just don't know
the difference between a documentary and a biopick and the
purpose of them. The person who was playing Michael Jackson
is Michael Jackson's nephew, Jafar Jackson, so it can't be
too negative. The family is controlling this biopick. Of course,
(21:22):
they're not going to tell a story which is too
either disrespectful or too negative regarding the legacy and life
of Michael Jackson. And if you know that going in,
then it's fair to expect certain things they are going
to be glossed over. One of my favorite biopicks of
all time is Ray Charles Ray. That movie I absolutely love,
(21:45):
but I was not under any illusions that it was
going to portray Ray Charles in a much more favorable
light than if you knew the fullness of his life
and career.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
His drug use was talked about.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
Talking about Ray Charles, his drug was talked about, but
not to the extent of the role that the outsized
role that it played in Ray Charles's life. So I
understand if you are a member of the Jackson family,
you may want Michael represented a certain way or not,
but it's not a documentary, so you're not going to
get all that what I call the color texture Hugh
(22:21):
to make a more complete representation of the life and
career of Michael Jackson. I was fortunate enough to well,
I've met every member of the Jackson family, with the
exception of Michael. For whatever reason, my music career did
not ever intersect with Michael Jackson. I did get to
see him live once, and I was at Doctor Stadium
(22:42):
in nineteen eighty four as part of the Victory tour,
and I was like in the fourteenth row one of
the best moments of my life. Will never forget it,
where you could actually see the facial expressions and you
could feel his presence. One of the best concerts ever.
But I never had a chance to meet him, so
I don't have any first and anecdotes about who he
(23:03):
was or what he was like, but I know from
other people that I've worked with that he was a
complicated individual and he was very human and probably has
a lot of warts which would have people not like
him as a person if it were ever divulged publicly,
(23:25):
and you could take that however you want. There have
been a lot of allegations as far as child sexual abuse,
some of which ended up in the news, some of
which did not ever end up in the news, and
it speculated that there were a number of NDA's which
were assigned. I don't know if Paris Jackson was alluding
(23:45):
to that, but we will never get an unflattering view
of Michael, and I think that's the best way to say.
You're not going to get an unflattering view of Michael
from his own family members who have put this movie
together over the course of almost two decades. At this point,
Michael Jackson passed away two thousand and nine, if I'm
not mistaken, and here we are in twenty twenty five,
(24:08):
finally telling his story. It'll be interesting to see if
it either helps or hurts his ultimate legacy, given the
world that we live in now, given social media, now,
given that this would be coming out after a Diddy trial,
given that this would be coming out after an R.
(24:31):
Kelly trial where you've had violence against women and possibly minors.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
When you were talking about r Kelly.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Whether people will receive Michael Jackson in the same way,
that remains to be seen. But I do know if
you want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth, you'll never get it in the biopic. Oh Mark,
let me just ask you. Did you ever cover any
of Michael Jackson's career?
Speaker 5 (24:57):
Not really, And I don't really want to be the
tear in the punch bowl because everybody gets weird when
you bring up the shady stuff with kids, and that
just stops me in my tracks. As a former CPS worker,
I just cannot abide that.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
But no, and nor should you.
Speaker 1 (25:11):
But if you're going into this biopick expecting they're going
there to be a thorough recounting and a fair representation
of what Michael Jackson allegedly did or was accused of,
and going back to the number of children, usually boys,
(25:32):
who are spending the night in the bed with him,
that's not going to be in the movie.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
No, a biopic, or if Tauallas saying it a biopic,
it's not a documentary. You are right about that, And
you did get me starting to think about my favorite biopicks.
Number one of all time is Tim Burton's ed Wood.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Have you seen this? Yes?
Speaker 1 (25:52):
I have.
Speaker 5 (25:52):
I think Larry Kazuski wrote that, and he also wrote
the one about Rudy ray Moore, the Dolomite.
Speaker 1 (25:58):
One, the one that was on Netflix that yeah, Murphy, Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah I have. I have mixed feelings about any biopic,
especially if it happens to be an artist that I
was either around or semi familiar with in my own life,
because like, for example, Aretha Franklin's biopick, it's like, wait
(26:19):
a minute, that didn't happen like that, or those events
will happen out of order, or that person didn't exist.
I start picking them apart because I have a point
of reference. So it's hard for me to appreciate biopicks
all the time because my own life gets in the way.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Yeah, you got to go into these things reminding yourself. Okay,
it's a movie.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
All right, Right, it's a movie, and I should have
movie expectations. Am I entertained? But it's not about accuracy
or representation. Unfortunately, now you need to rewatch ed Wood.
It's a masterpiece. Yes, sir, I will do that, you know,
I don't take orders from me. We've already covered this.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
I'm not letting it drop.
Speaker 1 (26:55):
It's Later with mo Kelly, will have more just a
moment k IF I am since forty live everywhere in
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Speaker 4 (27:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty with moo Kelly on K.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Six live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app, and we're live
on YouTube. And last second segment, I was talking about
Michael Jackson, his complicated legacy, let me put it that way,
and how it should be presented on the big screen
when they release his biopic in April of twenty twenty six.
(27:35):
And I was making the point, it's a biopick, it's
not a documentary. Biopicks are supposed to be more. They're
going to direct you as far as how you should
feel about Michael, as opposed to a documentary, which is
more neutral, and you've come away with your own opinion
of Michael Jackson. But it got me thinking alongside that
(27:55):
some of my favorite concerts that I've attended, and I
said that I only saw Michael once and that was
for the Victory Tour in nineteen eighty four. It was
at Dodger Stadium, and even back then, it was really
strange to think about Dodger Stadium as a music venue.
I don't know how many actual concerts they've had there
(28:16):
before that. They've had plenty since then, but it was
a huge deal and I was about the fourteenth throw
I seemed to remember. It was very close to the stage,
got to see the Jackson five.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
As it were.
Speaker 1 (28:30):
They were called the Jacksons at that time, and that
was the only time that I saw Michael perform. But
it's one of my favorite memories of a concert.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Tony. I know you love music like I do.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Is there a single concert or artist that you enjoyed
more than any other?
Speaker 6 (28:48):
Oh? Mad been to so many shows, but Pantera and
White Zombie at the Forum was a hell of a
night at the Forum. Yes, it was still the Great
Western Forum at the time. Oh Mark Zombie was the opener,
and then in between was just ah.
Speaker 2 (29:05):
It was just one of those nights you know that
sounds like fun. What were you on that night? Nothing? Nothing?
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Sure?
Speaker 6 (29:12):
The os Fest was intense. That's where I got my
tooth kicked out the mush Okay, that's yes, that's not
bad at all. This is amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:23):
Not Iron Maiden nothing.
Speaker 6 (29:24):
Oh Maiden is so good. Life h Clutch is another band.
Oh that's where I met a Leah oh Man, that girl.
Speaker 2 (29:30):
Uh. I've been to a lot of shows, Mark, do
you have a favorite?
Speaker 5 (29:35):
I think my all time favorite show was James Brown
at the Paramount in Seattle. It was just incredible. In
addition to being legitimately good and masterful, it was also
hilariously cheesy and he brought out the worst musician on
the planet to like kill time while he was resting
during the show, because it was later in his life
that he did this. And of course he had the
(29:56):
deal where you know, the guy comes out with the
cape and they go through that whole routine like no, no,
I don't need the cape, No, put the cape on.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
I knew it's wonderful. I met James Brown. I never
had the chance to see him perform. It was so good,
I would say, alongside the Michael Jackson concert, which was
iconic that particular concert you could look it up.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
One of my favorite.
Speaker 1 (30:19):
Concerts is seeing Prince and it was at the Conger
Room and like five hundred people were there.
Speaker 2 (30:25):
Wow. So it was just one of those moments where.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
Prince is like standing right next to me, you know,
and the only time I saw him was that one time.
So those are my two favorite concerts. I can't count
how many people I've seen who are notable, but concerts
which have stayed with me it would be those two.
Speaker 5 (30:43):
Oh yeah, you got to remember I broke into journalism
doing concert reviews, so I saw tons and tons of them,
and I never took it for granted, like I'm getting
paid to do this. I mean, it wasn't a great deal,
but I was still getting paid to do that. I
got so spoiled working with me.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Music industry is like I refuse to pay to go
to any concert, and I needed to have backstage passes.
I need to be able to hang out in the
green room with the artists of me be And I'm
not saying that for both of them. Because you work
in the industry, you get free tickets to everything.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
Well, I wasn't on that side of it, and I
never got to pull the don't you know who I
am card on anyone, which I'm sure you did.
Speaker 1 (31:24):
No, I did not. I always said that don't you
know who my boss is?
Speaker 6 (31:28):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (31:28):
Okay, Okay, it's different. That's much different. Yes, go ahead, Tony,
you're gonna say.
Speaker 6 (31:33):
I saw No Doubt too at the Showcase Theater in Corona.
That was an awesome venue. What year was this, Roughly
before they broke, before they go to be ninety seven three?
Speaker 2 (31:44):
You were going real back ninety three?
Speaker 6 (31:46):
I want to say late ninety three, fourth the latest, Yeah,
before they blew up, that was all That venue was
so much fun.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
I can't even think of the last most recent, oh yeah,
most recent I concert I went to was Maxwell at
the Hollywood Bowl.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
That was really good.
Speaker 1 (32:03):
But outside of that, I've meant to that many concerts
over the past ten twelve years.
Speaker 5 (32:07):
I certainly haven't been any since COVID started. But since
we're on this subject, I saw Tom Jones in Vegas
and that was an experience for a lifetime.
Speaker 2 (32:16):
Were any panties thrown on the stage? Probably?
Speaker 5 (32:19):
I was a little annoyed that he didn't sing Thunderball,
but for a guy his age, he just absolutely wailed.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Could he still move the hips?
Speaker 3 (32:27):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (32:29):
I saw him in Santa Anna one time. I think
it was sant Anna at the oh the uh oh,
can't think it, but I saw there took a girl
there one time.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
Uh, it was great.
Speaker 1 (32:40):
Another great concert that I enjoyed was Oingo Boingo. I
think it was at the Long Beach Arena for New
Year's It was dead Man's Party.
Speaker 5 (32:46):
Interesting.
Speaker 1 (32:47):
I was sixteen, fifteen, sixteen years old, so I think
it's like maybe like nineteen eighty five.
Speaker 2 (32:53):
And talk about going full circle.
Speaker 1 (32:56):
I remember when I was talking to Danny Elfman, I
told him about that show, and he remembered that show
because he was rattling off things about that show. It was,
and it was right around the time, you know, when
ogle Boy was getting big, big because of dead Man's Party.
Was a huge album for them.
Speaker 5 (33:12):
Well, and they were featured in John Hughes movies and
the Whole nine Yards True True.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Back to School too, wasn't he with Roger Naturefield, wasn't it.
I can't remember the soundtrack. I just barely remember the movie.
Speaker 5 (33:23):
I'm kind of jealous of that. And I interviewed William
Shatter twice. Nice, I'm always gonna be jealous of that.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
Always it's not too late, he's still alive.
Speaker 5 (33:35):
True, Well, get him on the show. I got no
newspaper now, I got no impromoter to justify doing an interview, right.
I interviewed Leonard Nimoy tons of times and spent a
lot of time with him, and the only good picture
that came out of that.
Speaker 2 (33:50):
My eyes are closed. There's photoshop, man.
Speaker 5 (33:54):
I'll just stick a pair of those googly eyes on
the photo and put it on my fridge.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
I have a few to have a photo with Obama
when my eye was like one, I was like halfway
closed and photoshopped to clean it up.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
No, it's this twenty first century. Do what you gotta do.
Speaker 5 (34:10):
I'm not going to alter reality like an AI just
to make myself look less foolish.
Speaker 2 (34:14):
It keeps you humble. Gosh, it's Leonard Nimoy.
Speaker 5 (34:20):
It's Leonard freaking nem Oy and just working stiff mark
with his eyes closed. I'll find I'll dig that photo
up and I'll show you someday. Please do It's good
for a laugh at my expense. You'll like that.
Speaker 1 (34:32):
I'm trying to think star excuse me, Star trek interviews
I've done Michelle Nichols at Comic Con and it was
one of the last interviews she gave to anyone because
she was declining.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Unfortunately, was she.
Speaker 5 (34:43):
In a wheelchair then, because the last time I saw
her at a con she was being pushed around.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
She might have been she had limited mobility, but we
were in the main hall, so I couldn't see how
she was brought there. We interviewed Adam Neemore, Leonard's son
on the show. He had come in studio and he's
married to what Terry Ferrell? Now, I think so from
one of the spinoff shows, Yeah, I think so. I
(35:10):
can never keep all the spin offs straight. I just
dropped the most recent one because it was too terrible.
Speaker 2 (35:18):
Which one was?
Speaker 5 (35:19):
That is the one with Strange New World, the new one,
and it's just it got awful. I mean, we're we're
kind of going off on a different subject here, but
it went from being super promising to unwatchable.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
That's too bad. Yeah, that's too bad. Kaf I AM
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