April 16, 2025 • 29 mins
ICYMI: Hour Three of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – “What’s Up” with regular guest contributor Nick Pagliochini delving into everything the Southland has to offer; from the 60th Pasadena Showcase House of Design, to the 420 Easter Nug Hunt in West Hollywood and more! Got an idea for Nick? Something to check out? Slide into his DMs @NickPagliochini or @ThisWeekendWithNick on socials…PLUS – Thoughts on Will Smith’s comeback album 'flop' - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
And also YouTube at mister Kelly, It's Later with mo Kelly.
Let's find out what's up with Nick polyo'keanny, friend of
the show, Troublemaker, Rabble Rouser, Vagabond.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
I appreciate all those titles coming after Christians. It's already warm.
I love it. How are you see?
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's good to be seen and I love it literally
being seen as you can join us, mister mo Kelly
on YouTube. Epic, absolutely epic, and it's so much fun
because I get to watch you guys from home.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
You actually watch us.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
I do because when I got leg go by iHeartRadio,
I deleted the app from my phone, so I caught
you in podcasts. But now I got an amazing way
to see you all right and be a part of
the show. So anyway, today, if you follow me on
social media, speaking of which Nick polio'keanney in this Weekome
with Nick, I was actually at the sixtieth Annual getting
a little preview of the sixtieth Annual showcase House of
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Design here or over in Pasady. So if you're joining
us on YouTube, I'm going to do a little bit
of show and tell kind of with you.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
There we go.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
And so what it is is a home that showcases
incredible designers from around the Southland. And it is going
to be in Pasadena, which it has been in Pasadena
or South past or San Marino many many times. But
what it is is a huge fundraising event. And so
it's one of those things that's really unique and special
to Southern California that you get to be a part
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of and the thing that I like the most. And
you'll be seeing me putting out interviews with the thirty
plus designers on social media, talking to them about exactly
what you can do to you know, we're in spring
break or the springtime period, so it's time of renewal
and doing some new things. But also today is tax Day,
as you were talking about earlier. Now not with all
the freebies, but hoping if you happen to get a
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tax return, you might be looking for some inspiration for
what you might be able to judge up your home
or things to that effect. Even the idea that there's
so much that isn't nailed down, if that makes sense.
So even if you're a renter, there's so many things
you can do to a home to really make it.
Not to take Dean Sharp's you know, you know, house
whispers kind of scenario here, but you can go and
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check out these really fun, unique setups that are in
this beautiful palatial estate in the Pasadena area. Now, while
I cannot reveal the secrets of where it's located specifically,
you can always go online to Pasadena House, Pasadena Showcase House,
or showcase dot org, Pasadenashowcase dot org, correct Pasadena Showcase
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dot org and if you really want to get a
deep dive into it, they just announced today there's sixty
years of Inspiring Design and Architecture, which is a beautiful
coffee table book that is available as well, limited edition
three hundred pages of beautiful photography, insightful stories, everything like that.
But going in there and talking to some of these
incredible designers and getting a whole new feel for what
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I could do, and that was my specific question for
the vast majority of them, was if I got that
tax refund, what can I do to either capitalize on
and spend the splurge of the money or maybe save
a few bucks. So the thing that I found that
was most interesting is that they really were talking about
the tactile components and things that you are interacting with,
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So not just the obvious things you refrigerator, your appliances
and everything that effect, but things to spend a few
little bit more money on that we don't really think
about because you go out and you know times are tough.
I mean, I'm still out of work, so I know
exactly what it's like to count your pennies, but making
sure that you have pieces that are going to stand
the test of time because it's super easy to go
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to big box stores and get course the really inexpensive things,
but being able to really kind of pour yourself into
that notion. And so the thing that I love about
this I covered it earlier here on later with Mokelly
about a month and a half ago when they had
their empty house and we got to see the bare
bones of this incredible structure. And now you can actually
go and check it out. So you can get more
(03:57):
pictures and more video and more details about the Pasaden
showcase house to design their sixteenth anniversary again, you can
go to Lincoln Bio for Nick Poulio Kinney or this
Weekend with Nick but it's just really nice and the
thing that's special about them or this specific house, it's
over five.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Acres and with it being Easter.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Coming up this weekend and the weather looking really nice,
there's vendors that are there from all around southern California.
Certain amount of the proceeds from it will be going
to support the San Gabriel Valley as well as eaten
fire survivors with in Altadena, so that whole thing is
covered because this actually was pushed a little bit down
because of the fires. It was originally supposed to be
open earlier. So this is one of those things that
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really pours itself into the community, if you will, and
it's an opportunity for you to see some really impressive
artisans who have pottery and paintings and all these unique
and special installs that are there. So it will be
opening this weekend and for twenty. I've got lots of
stuff to talk to about for twenty because it's so interesting.
(04:59):
For twenty is Sunday.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
If you do not know the connotations of four twenty,
we're gonna talk to the talk about them a little bit.
But you've got Easter coming out this weekend, so the
opening is Easter Sunday also for twenty and it's supposed
to beautiful weather this weekend. So it's definitely one of
those places you can check out in the south Land
and really be able to experience in one shot, so
many unique special talents from people in our own backyard.
(05:23):
But also they have a full working restaurant that'll be
open there for you to dine in a little like
it's a whole experience in and of itself. So and
if you keep an eye on it, and if I
can twist some arms, I'll be there for a special
content creator an influencer event on Thursday. Let's see if
I can get us some tickets to give away here
on Later with Mokelly. So play with people's emotions now,
it's okay if not, I at least want to copy
(05:44):
that coffee table book to give away because it's absolutly beautiful.
But you know how I do, I always try to,
you know, really bring it because especially here for Later
with mo Kelly, the listeners are so incredible and it's
so nice viewers now well true and viewers, and I
was gonna say, and to be able to interact with
you is amazing to be able to see you on YouTube,
to be able to really have that next level experience
(06:07):
and being able to share our lives because we have
been sharing them and it's been more theater the mind
up to this point. So this now gives us that
opportunity to be able to really reach out and you know,
touch somebody hypothetically.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
And when we come back, we will talk more about
Easter and four twenty, their intersection, the irony behind that.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
It ought to be an interesting Sunday. Let me put
it that way.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Let's just say I have got a fantastic nug hunt
for you, because you know, eggs are too darn expensive
right now.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
So I've got a great thing.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
And that's just a little teas to make sure you
stick around and be sure to keep it tuned here
on Later with No Kelly on KFI More.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
With Nick Polly o'keee in just a moment KFI AM
six forty, and also YouTube at mister mo Kelly Live everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 5 (06:51):
Nick po What, thanks County What.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
KFI YouTube Later with mo Kelly, We are live everywhere.
Let's pick back up with Nick Poliochini and find out
what is up with him for this Easter Sunday and four.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Twenty so even before we get deep into that, let
me give you two fun things because we love to
keep it free ninety nine specifically it is going to
be this Saturday kicks off National Parks Week so Saturday
the nineteenth, running through April twenty seventh, and you get
free admission to any of the national parks around the
country free free ninety nine. So that's a great opportunity
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for looking for something fun.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
To do this weekend.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Whey the it's supposed to be nice, but for Saturday
the nineteenth, specifically Free ninety nine nationwide. Also National Junior
Ranger Day, which would on the nineteenth. That's a special
program for kids to participate in. So that's something that
you can find at the Lincoln Bio at this weekend
with Nick or Nick Poliochini. And also something that we
usually talk about and this is again free ninety nine
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or if anything, it's a small fee is going to be.
In years past, we've had super blooms with the poppies
for the Poppy Reserve. Right this weekend is supposed to
be so allegedly because of the lack of rain in
the fall and winter, we haven't seen nearly those blooms.
But right now in the Annealop Valley Poppy Reserve, Chino
Hill State Park, and Carrizo Plain, all three of those
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local parks are supposed to be having their largest blooms
now super bloom. But if you're looking to get out
and do something ahead of Easter and four twenty, this
is a great opportunity for those two things.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
So again you can chatch out Saturday. That's Saturday, but
let's talk about Sunday, Sunday. Sunday Sunday.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
He has risen in all the restaurant hot Oh. I
was going to say, we're all getting real high, thank you.
I was because if you are not sky high with
you know, JESU Cristo, then you're getting high sky high yourself.
But with the price of eggs, this actually started every
seven years, you have that once in a blue moon opportunity.
Where for twenty which is the I associated with marijuana
(09:15):
and Easter fall on the same day, and so that
is definitely where we're at. And what is a great
opportunity for you if you're looking for a fun activity
to get into that kind of combines it Two is
there is the four to twenty Eastern nug Hunt starting
Friday through Sunday, happening in West Hollywood, and what's oh
a nug is a unit of I just want to
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set you up though, So I love it because the
funniest first I knew was coming. It was like if
I talk about flour, that's a whole different ballgame as well.
But for thirty nine dollars you can become a part
of the great I don't know weed bus La for
twenty Easter nug Hunt. So it starts on Friday at noon,
runs all the way through Sunday, and it is twenty
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businesses along sands on a boulevard in West Hollywood that
you go on a scavenger hunt if you will. You
have an exclusive scavender Hunt app on your phone either iPhone,
iOS or Android, and you walk, bike, scoot drive your
way through the twenty participating shops, many of witches witches,
many of which may be lounges associated with dispensaries. So
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this is definitely a unique experience only I mean, granted,
I'm sure they do it elsewhere, but I'm going to say,
this is truly a Southern California experience. If you make
it through, you go into a drawing, and the ultimate
prize at the end of that drawing is the five
hundred dollars for just you know. But you got to
bring your a game and be able to figure out
the fun games and challenges along the way, so you
(10:44):
sign up for that thirty nine dollars. Granted, not free
ninety nine, but there are some really good suites and
goodies and deals along the way for you, not just
within Mary Jane's world, but in our world as well,
so it's world worth it. Tickets are limited, you can
go to this Week of a Nick or Nick Poliochini
on Instagram at the Lincoln Bio will have all the
details for you. And then also if you're looking for
(11:07):
just a sash altogether, even on Saturday, you've got a
sessh Fest which started last year and is going to
be back this year, not specifically associated with Easter, but
definitely associated with four twenty. Lots of different vendors will
be their food, drink options, and lots of marijuana paraphernalia,
so you can also check that out on an event
right if you're looking for La sash Fest for twenty
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twenty five, and I think that's kind of where we're at. No,
that's enough, it's enough, but you know, I mean, I
give you so much more because the funnier part. To me,
this is one of my favorites in downtown La happening
on Sunday is going to be the underground for twenty Fest,
which I'm like, well, how's it interact.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Underground when it is legal?
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Now that's legal, and what is it you're advertising it
as underground? We can drop the underground? Ye call it
four twenty fest? Is it really underground if you're advertising No?
And I'm like, they have some really good socials for
them if you're going to, uh, well, I love it
true potheads on Instagram anyway.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
But there's just a lot going on this weekend.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
It's supposed to beautiful weather most of southern California. This
may be the last week of spring break. So we've
talked about a lot of it. Yeah, Boys and Berry
festivals still underway, notts Berry Farm and Way to Park.
You've still got the Food and Wine Festival is going
to be one of the actually the final weekend at
Disney California adventure. You've got things that are going on again.
(12:27):
The Seven Seas Food Festival down in San Diego. San
Diego also on April twenty second, which is Earth Day,
is going to have lots of They have EarthFest and
a lot of things. San Diego is a huge community,
really involved. I think Vegan Expo is behind EarthFest this
year down in San Diego. But that's another thing, and
that's going to be Tuesday, So it's kind of interesting
to have kind of that later like street Fair vibe
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during the week.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
I will be here.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Though, instead of being down there, because I say that wistfully.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Ye.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
No, because if I can find a way to be
live broadcasting live from EarthFest in San Diego, why not.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I mean that's definitely a later Low Kelly thing. Yes
it is, Yes it is. But yeah, so there's just
so much going on. What do you have? Does does
the Kelly family have any Easter traditions?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Now, my mom she will be going to her church, okay,
with his, which is Macedonia Baptist Church in Watts She'll
probably want my wife and me to go with her.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
That probably won't happen because I get it. Easter Sunday
church is like it's a challenge no matter what the situation.
It's a Super Bowl. Everybody's showing up.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And my wife's cousin is going to be preaching out
another church out like Loma Linda, and she wants us
to come out there for Sunrise service. Sunrise service is
like five am, Yes it is. That means we have
to leave the house at three thirty five am. That
means I have to be up by two thirty. I
might as well do the bill handle show No.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
No.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
No.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Six sixteen will be sunrise up for Easter Sunday, so
you might get that extra a little extra sleep.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
My schedule for Easter Sunday is up in the air,
being pulled in multiple directions.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
That's fine, And I've got options for you to go elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Yeah, I probably won't be doing That's never been my
thing and that's never been your thing.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
But it doesn't mean you can't be the DD to
pick up those who are enjoying Budfest.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I feel so do that. That's a good thing.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
That's about it, real quick. Yeah, least the socials once
again for everyone. Socials if you want, And I think
that's the thing. If you are, I should say that
the reason that I went to the Passing to showcase
house is because they reached out to me. So if
you have events that are happening in your neck of
the woods, and not to sound like what's his name
from television, but why am I turning?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
What's it? Who's in your neck of the woods that
did the weather reports? Anyway? Not Al Roker, but the
other guy. Yeah, that's him. It is the woods. Yeah, okay, So.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
If you are looking for some in your neck of
the woods, that's why I talk about things that are
going on the land Empire or up the hills. So
Nick pollio'channy this week I went Nick on Instagram, the
easiest place to reach me. You can also visit many
other places on social media. I'm on TikTok you name it,
Nick poli o'keanny. This week I when Nick fifteen minute Footy,
all these different brands all under the same umbrella. And
(15:18):
again the Lincoln Bio is the easiest way. Plus you
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slide into those dms.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
That's right, baby, you're listening to later with Moe Kelly
on Demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Lady with Mo Kelly live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app
and YouTube. Let's talk about the first real hit for
Will Smith. It was DJ Jazzy Jeff from the Fresh
Prints Back then. Do you remember what year that was?
Nineteen eighty eight. Half the people in the studio weren't
(15:52):
even born. Stefan, you weren't born.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
It was the year I was born. Okay, I'm seven. Well,
I mean I was seven years old. No, Cardinia wasn't born,
d'l say wasn't born. Talking about our new television staff.
I was a sophomore in college.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm still a year younger, year and a half younger
than Will Smith. Just going to give you some context.
That's when he musically came on the scene. Will Smith
is staring at fifty seven now and he just dropped
an album. I don't know if you can really still
call it an album, a project, collection of music based
(16:34):
on a true story. And I made brief mention of
it last night, but I want to talk about it tonight.
There are a lot of ways you can talk about
this moment where his album only sold two hundred and
sixty eight physical copies. Yes, we don't consume music, buy
and large by physical copies. But we can damn sure
(16:56):
believe that a Beyonce or Taylor Swift or Benson Boone
or Post Malone dropped an album, they still would have
sold more. To give you some more context, this album
is Project by Will Smith didn't even land on the
Billboard Top two hundred.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
In other words, the top two hundred albums.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Music compilations, anthologies available right now. Will Smith is not
in the top two hundred, and honestly, I'll talk more
about it the next segment. There's no shame in that,
but I wonder about the motivation of someone who's fifty
six years old trying to do a music album which
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is specifically designed, at least in theory, to cater to
twenty somethings and thirty somethings.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I don't know if you can really do that now.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Yes, older artists do keep producing music, but they're usually
speaking to the same fan base, the fan base that
ages with them, like for example, ten years ago, last
ten years to Temptations, of course not the original Temptations,
but still in spirit, the same group came out with music.
(18:10):
They were not trying to speak to the twenty thirty
year old crowd. They're trying to speak to the more
mature crowd, the fans who have grown up in age
with them over the decades. That's how usually music artists
do it. Yeah, you can try to reinvent yourself, but
you don't. Historically, you don't get to reinvent yourself. And
also get those fifteen year old girls to the ones
(18:31):
who have the most disposable income and attend the most concerts.
If you look at history, they spend the most money
on music. You can think of something like someone like
Janet Jackson made mention of her on a number of occasions.
Janet Jackson is late fifties at this point. Is she
touring yes, is she still creating music yes? Is she
trying to talk to fifteen and twenty year olds, No,
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she's not. And the fifteen and twenty year olds are
not checking for Janet Jackson. That's their parents' generation and
we're getting to the point where it's almost.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Their grandparents' generation.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
And again there's no shame in that, but the difference here,
and I want to drill down with Will Smith. Janet
is speaking to her classic fan base. I don't know
if Will Smith is trying to do that and understand that.
And this is after a great music career, and this
is after a great a cinematic career, and it's not done.
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And if I remember correctly, Bad Boys, the most recent movie,
more than four hundred million dollars brought in gross for seats.
So it's not like he's been canceled. It's not like
his his movie career is over. I just wonder what
the motivation is to do an album at this point
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in his life, to talk to whom, to achieve what,
to prove, what, to accomplish what. And there's a lot
of money by behind this. He's going on a.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Full on world tour, world tour.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Now who's going to be out there buying the seats
to the concert?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I don't know, And I have my suspicions as far
as what the motivation is, and I'll talk about that
next segment. But I look in this studio and don't
say I think is maybe early twenties. And I know
Carnacian's she I'm not going to get my ass beat,
so I'll say she's in her mid twenties.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Carnaesian will get I'm supposed to laugh, she will.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Cut a fool stuff and you know, but he's in
another studio.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I know you're studio, but I'm sitting here going wait,
hold on. You know you never laugh like that. This
is just be mid twenties.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
My point is, neither of these young ladies are checking
for Will Smith musically, and I don't have to even
ask them.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
They're not.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Whatever they're listening to, it's probably not going to be
Will Smith. And the people who are in their forties
and fifties, like Mark is in his fifties to walk
in his fifties, I'm in my mid forties.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Yeah, yeah, you are.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
We're not looking for Will Smith musically. Will I go
to a Will Smith movie, Sure, but I'm not trying
to buy any of his music.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
I wonder who it's for.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
And I get the sense that there's something emotional going
on here, trying to reclaim a level of glory or
a time in his past, before all the controversies, before
the marriage, before all the craziness, before the entanglements, before
any of this went left.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
For Will Smith.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And if there was one time, one place in which
he was on top, it was music. He was one
of the first crossover rap artists, His history, his success,
his accolades really can't be argued with, but you can't
argue with what he's trying to do right now and
whether it will be successful and why he's even putting
(22:01):
himself through this.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Did you see.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Lately or more recently, Genuine, that singer artist he was
trying to perform and he fell off the.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Stage, not once, twice. I forgot about that. Yeah, he
did the.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Song my Pony, his knees gave out. No, he's about
the same age. He's about the same age, maybe a
little younger than Will Smith. And Genuine doesn't have Will
Smith's money, so I understand why he's performing. Will Smith
is worth maybe half a billion dollars. So I want
to get into this. Not only did his project fail,
but I think there's something bigger, something more important, which
(22:35):
should be discussed as far as why Will Smith is
chasing this music, And we'll talk about that next as
part as my final point.
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and good night to each other every single night. We
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Something I talk about. I'd love to talk about my
time in the music business. There are a lot of
stories I like to tell. There are a lot of
stories that I can't tell because they're just inappropriate and
it could impact some people's lives. And I mean that
(23:35):
not to gash you or to blow myself up. I'm
just saying we still live in a world where people
have reputations and they have sometimes facades that you're trying
to keep. I wouldn't say that I know Will Smith.
I know that I've met him. I've met him and
Jada Pinkett Smith when they were dating many many years ago.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
And you get to see people disarmed, you get to
see them.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
I get the sense, or I got the sense that
Will Smith is a decent person. I got the sense
that Jada Pinkett Smith than just Jada Pinkett was a
decent person.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
But you don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I always say, you don't know these people, But I
can say that when I was in the music business,
it was during the height of Will Smith's career, and
I know a little something about that time in music.
And I want to end the show tonight talking about
Will Smith, and I'm not going to stretch and reach
and try to connect dots which may not be there.
(24:34):
Like I said last segment, we talked about what seems
to be a failed musical effort by Will Smith based
on a true story, his new music project. I say
failed because the majority of promotion and press for a
new album, any new album is done in anticipation of
its first week of release.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Just like a movie. You have to have a great
first weekend because it's diminishing returns from there.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
As you already know, Smith's project based on a true story,
it bombed. Some will wrongly say that Smith is still canceled. No,
He's never been canceled. That's reaching the connect dots to
Chris Rock which aren't there. Will Smith released a successful
movie last year, Bad Boys Rider Die, which grows more
than four hundred million dollars worldwide. It was a success
(25:20):
by every measure. You can't say he was canceled, and
his Chris Rock transgression would have had more impact on
his movie career than anything. So this is I think
about a really late middle age crisis.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
I would wager Smith has to be more than halfway
to a billion dollars.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
He's already won four Grammys, He's won a Best Actor Oscar,
He's won a batht for Best Actor. He's been nominated
for an Emmy for his work with Cobra Kai. He's
won a Golden Globe. He's won multiple MTV Video Music
Awards and American Music Awards.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
If this were about reaching.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
New heights or new accomplishments, let's say he's going after
an egod, well, we would have seen Smith.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Chase a Tony Award.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
But instead he's bending over, reaching down to pick up
his music success of his past, for tweens, for teenagers,
for twenty somethings, while.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
He's staring age fifty seven square in the face. And
I want to be clear here, it's his life.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
It's his time left with his life, it's his legacy.
Everything he's gotten so far he has definitely earned. And
that includes the right to even fail if need be.
But he hasn't earned the right to escape public review
or critique. If he wanted to escape all that, he
should have become a recluse like Jack Nicholson. But instead
he chose to put out a new album targeted at
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fans as much as forty years younger than him, and
fans get to review and critique art. Music is not
like movies, Dentel Washington. He's seventy years old, and twenty
somethings will still go to see him. Twenty somethings won't
do that. For pop music.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
They will not.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Music just doesn't have that age elasticity. It never has.
I just don't, for the life of me, understand why
Smith seems to be at this point trying to chase
his glory from the nineteen let's say nineteen eighties, honestly
late eighties. That's why I call it an extremely late
midlife crisis, more like a two thirds life crisis. Much
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has been made of his marriage to Jada Peka Smith
and the various controversies which have swirled around it, from
her entanglement to quote unquote with son Jaden's friend august Alcina,
to what I would call the very public emasculation of Smith.
With the public revelation, I just got to be honest
as a man, I don't know how I would have
responded to that. If anything that made Smith a more
(27:46):
sympathetic figure to me, it was that no man deserved that.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Then again, no man deserved what he did to Chris Rock.
And you can bet all.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Of this is emotionally at least, this is one dot
I will connect. This is emotionally connected somehow, some way,
deep inside of Smith, all these things have to be
connected somewhere.
Speaker 3 (28:07):
I'll go one step further.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I believe his descent from the mountaintop of Hollywood will
never be separate altogether from the moment he assaulted Chris
Rock at the Oscars. I don't believe he makes this
album if that moment didn't happen. I'll never believe he
will fully ever get out from under that. There are
some things you just can't undo. Whereas this music failure,
(28:30):
and that's my word, I call it a failure of
Smith is probably far more disappointing to Smith himself than
anyone else. I'm more curious what peace and happiness may
look like for Smith in this stage of his career
where he's not the star, He's not the draw that
he was ten years ago in a cinematic sense, and
not the music star he was some thirty five years ago.
(28:53):
Because if peace and happiness are in any way tied
to one last gasp of super stardom, which is different
from stardom, if this album is any indication that may
be no longer in reach, and if this is a
mid to late life crisis for Will Smith, I wonder
what that means for him as an artist, as a father,
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and as a man.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
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Speaker 2 (29:21):
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And also YouTube at mister Kelly, It's Later with mo Kelly.
Let's find out what's up with Nick polyo'keanny, friend of
the show, Troublemaker, Rabble Rouser, Vagabond.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
I appreciate all those titles coming after Christians. It's already warm.
I love it. How are you see?
Speaker 4 (00:24):
It's good to be seen and I love it literally
being seen as you can join us, mister mo Kelly
on YouTube. Epic, absolutely epic, and it's so much fun
because I get to watch you guys from home.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
You actually watch us.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
I do because when I got leg go by iHeartRadio,
I deleted the app from my phone, so I caught
you in podcasts. But now I got an amazing way
to see you all right and be a part of
the show. So anyway, today, if you follow me on
social media, speaking of which Nick polio'keanney in this Weekome
with Nick, I was actually at the sixtieth Annual getting
a little preview of the sixtieth Annual showcase House of
(00:58):
Design here or over in Pasady. So if you're joining
us on YouTube, I'm going to do a little bit
of show and tell kind of with you.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
There we go.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
And so what it is is a home that showcases
incredible designers from around the Southland. And it is going
to be in Pasadena, which it has been in Pasadena
or South past or San Marino many many times. But
what it is is a huge fundraising event. And so
it's one of those things that's really unique and special
to Southern California that you get to be a part
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of and the thing that I like the most. And
you'll be seeing me putting out interviews with the thirty
plus designers on social media, talking to them about exactly
what you can do to you know, we're in spring
break or the springtime period, so it's time of renewal
and doing some new things. But also today is tax Day,
as you were talking about earlier. Now not with all
the freebies, but hoping if you happen to get a
(01:51):
tax return, you might be looking for some inspiration for
what you might be able to judge up your home
or things to that effect. Even the idea that there's
so much that isn't nailed down, if that makes sense.
So even if you're a renter, there's so many things
you can do to a home to really make it.
Not to take Dean Sharp's you know, you know, house
whispers kind of scenario here, but you can go and
(02:12):
check out these really fun, unique setups that are in
this beautiful palatial estate in the Pasadena area. Now, while
I cannot reveal the secrets of where it's located specifically,
you can always go online to Pasadena House, Pasadena Showcase House,
or showcase dot org, Pasadenashowcase dot org, correct Pasadena Showcase
(02:32):
dot org and if you really want to get a
deep dive into it, they just announced today there's sixty
years of Inspiring Design and Architecture, which is a beautiful
coffee table book that is available as well, limited edition
three hundred pages of beautiful photography, insightful stories, everything like that.
But going in there and talking to some of these
incredible designers and getting a whole new feel for what
(02:54):
I could do, and that was my specific question for
the vast majority of them, was if I got that
tax refund, what can I do to either capitalize on
and spend the splurge of the money or maybe save
a few bucks. So the thing that I found that
was most interesting is that they really were talking about
the tactile components and things that you are interacting with,
(03:16):
So not just the obvious things you refrigerator, your appliances
and everything that effect, but things to spend a few
little bit more money on that we don't really think
about because you go out and you know times are tough.
I mean, I'm still out of work, so I know
exactly what it's like to count your pennies, but making
sure that you have pieces that are going to stand
the test of time because it's super easy to go
(03:37):
to big box stores and get course the really inexpensive things,
but being able to really kind of pour yourself into
that notion. And so the thing that I love about
this I covered it earlier here on later with Mokelly
about a month and a half ago when they had
their empty house and we got to see the bare
bones of this incredible structure. And now you can actually
go and check it out. So you can get more
(03:57):
pictures and more video and more details about the Pasaden
showcase house to design their sixteenth anniversary again, you can
go to Lincoln Bio for Nick Poulio Kinney or this
Weekend with Nick but it's just really nice and the
thing that's special about them or this specific house, it's
over five.
Speaker 3 (04:13):
Acres and with it being Easter.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
Coming up this weekend and the weather looking really nice,
there's vendors that are there from all around southern California.
Certain amount of the proceeds from it will be going
to support the San Gabriel Valley as well as eaten
fire survivors with in Altadena, so that whole thing is
covered because this actually was pushed a little bit down
because of the fires. It was originally supposed to be
open earlier. So this is one of those things that
(04:38):
really pours itself into the community, if you will, and
it's an opportunity for you to see some really impressive
artisans who have pottery and paintings and all these unique
and special installs that are there. So it will be
opening this weekend and for twenty. I've got lots of
stuff to talk to about for twenty because it's so interesting.
(04:59):
For twenty is Sunday.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
If you do not know the connotations of four twenty,
we're gonna talk to the talk about them a little bit.
But you've got Easter coming out this weekend, so the
opening is Easter Sunday also for twenty and it's supposed
to beautiful weather this weekend. So it's definitely one of
those places you can check out in the south Land
and really be able to experience in one shot, so
many unique special talents from people in our own backyard.
(05:23):
But also they have a full working restaurant that'll be
open there for you to dine in a little like
it's a whole experience in and of itself. So and
if you keep an eye on it, and if I
can twist some arms, I'll be there for a special
content creator an influencer event on Thursday. Let's see if
I can get us some tickets to give away here
on Later with Mokelly. So play with people's emotions now,
it's okay if not, I at least want to copy
(05:44):
that coffee table book to give away because it's absolutly beautiful.
But you know how I do, I always try to,
you know, really bring it because especially here for Later
with mo Kelly, the listeners are so incredible and it's
so nice viewers now well true and viewers, and I
was gonna say, and to be able to interact with
you is amazing to be able to see you on YouTube,
to be able to really have that next level experience
(06:07):
and being able to share our lives because we have
been sharing them and it's been more theater the mind
up to this point. So this now gives us that
opportunity to be able to really reach out and you know,
touch somebody hypothetically.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
And when we come back, we will talk more about
Easter and four twenty, their intersection, the irony behind that.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
It ought to be an interesting Sunday. Let me put
it that way.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Let's just say I have got a fantastic nug hunt
for you, because you know, eggs are too darn expensive
right now.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
So I've got a great thing.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
And that's just a little teas to make sure you
stick around and be sure to keep it tuned here
on Later with No Kelly on KFI More.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
With Nick Polly o'keee in just a moment KFI AM
six forty, and also YouTube at mister mo Kelly Live everywhere.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 5 (06:51):
Nick po What, thanks County What.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
KFI YouTube Later with mo Kelly, We are live everywhere.
Let's pick back up with Nick Poliochini and find out
what is up with him for this Easter Sunday and four.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Twenty so even before we get deep into that, let
me give you two fun things because we love to
keep it free ninety nine specifically it is going to
be this Saturday kicks off National Parks Week so Saturday
the nineteenth, running through April twenty seventh, and you get
free admission to any of the national parks around the
country free free ninety nine. So that's a great opportunity
(07:49):
for looking for something fun.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
To do this weekend.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Whey the it's supposed to be nice, but for Saturday
the nineteenth, specifically Free ninety nine nationwide. Also National Junior
Ranger Day, which would on the nineteenth. That's a special
program for kids to participate in. So that's something that
you can find at the Lincoln Bio at this weekend
with Nick or Nick Poliochini. And also something that we
usually talk about and this is again free ninety nine
(08:12):
or if anything, it's a small fee is going to be.
In years past, we've had super blooms with the poppies
for the Poppy Reserve. Right this weekend is supposed to
be so allegedly because of the lack of rain in
the fall and winter, we haven't seen nearly those blooms.
But right now in the Annealop Valley Poppy Reserve, Chino
Hill State Park, and Carrizo Plain, all three of those
(08:35):
local parks are supposed to be having their largest blooms
now super bloom. But if you're looking to get out
and do something ahead of Easter and four twenty, this
is a great opportunity for those two things.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
So again you can chatch out Saturday. That's Saturday, but
let's talk about Sunday, Sunday. Sunday Sunday.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
He has risen in all the restaurant hot Oh. I
was going to say, we're all getting real high, thank you.
I was because if you are not sky high with
you know, JESU Cristo, then you're getting high sky high yourself.
But with the price of eggs, this actually started every
seven years, you have that once in a blue moon opportunity.
Where for twenty which is the I associated with marijuana
(09:15):
and Easter fall on the same day, and so that
is definitely where we're at. And what is a great
opportunity for you if you're looking for a fun activity
to get into that kind of combines it Two is
there is the four to twenty Eastern nug Hunt starting
Friday through Sunday, happening in West Hollywood, and what's oh
a nug is a unit of I just want to
(09:38):
set you up though, So I love it because the
funniest first I knew was coming. It was like if
I talk about flour, that's a whole different ballgame as well.
But for thirty nine dollars you can become a part
of the great I don't know weed bus La for
twenty Easter nug Hunt. So it starts on Friday at noon,
runs all the way through Sunday, and it is twenty
(09:58):
businesses along sands on a boulevard in West Hollywood that
you go on a scavenger hunt if you will. You
have an exclusive scavender Hunt app on your phone either iPhone,
iOS or Android, and you walk, bike, scoot drive your
way through the twenty participating shops, many of witches witches,
many of which may be lounges associated with dispensaries. So
(10:23):
this is definitely a unique experience only I mean, granted,
I'm sure they do it elsewhere, but I'm going to say,
this is truly a Southern California experience. If you make
it through, you go into a drawing, and the ultimate
prize at the end of that drawing is the five
hundred dollars for just you know. But you got to
bring your a game and be able to figure out
the fun games and challenges along the way, so you
(10:44):
sign up for that thirty nine dollars. Granted, not free
ninety nine, but there are some really good suites and
goodies and deals along the way for you, not just
within Mary Jane's world, but in our world as well,
so it's world worth it. Tickets are limited, you can
go to this Week of a Nick or Nick Poliochini
on Instagram at the Lincoln Bio will have all the
details for you. And then also if you're looking for
(11:07):
just a sash altogether, even on Saturday, you've got a
sessh Fest which started last year and is going to
be back this year, not specifically associated with Easter, but
definitely associated with four twenty. Lots of different vendors will
be their food, drink options, and lots of marijuana paraphernalia,
so you can also check that out on an event
right if you're looking for La sash Fest for twenty
(11:29):
twenty five, and I think that's kind of where we're at. No,
that's enough, it's enough, but you know, I mean, I
give you so much more because the funnier part. To me,
this is one of my favorites in downtown La happening
on Sunday is going to be the underground for twenty Fest,
which I'm like, well, how's it interact.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
Underground when it is legal?
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Now that's legal, and what is it you're advertising it
as underground? We can drop the underground? Ye call it
four twenty fest? Is it really underground if you're advertising No?
And I'm like, they have some really good socials for
them if you're going to, uh, well, I love it
true potheads on Instagram anyway.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
But there's just a lot going on this weekend.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
It's supposed to beautiful weather most of southern California. This
may be the last week of spring break. So we've
talked about a lot of it. Yeah, Boys and Berry
festivals still underway, notts Berry Farm and Way to Park.
You've still got the Food and Wine Festival is going
to be one of the actually the final weekend at
Disney California adventure. You've got things that are going on again.
(12:27):
The Seven Seas Food Festival down in San Diego. San
Diego also on April twenty second, which is Earth Day,
is going to have lots of They have EarthFest and
a lot of things. San Diego is a huge community,
really involved. I think Vegan Expo is behind EarthFest this
year down in San Diego. But that's another thing, and
that's going to be Tuesday, So it's kind of interesting
to have kind of that later like street Fair vibe
(12:49):
during the week.
Speaker 3 (12:51):
I will be here.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
Though, instead of being down there, because I say that wistfully.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Ye.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
No, because if I can find a way to be
live broadcasting live from EarthFest in San Diego, why not.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
I mean that's definitely a later Low Kelly thing. Yes
it is, Yes it is. But yeah, so there's just
so much going on. What do you have? Does does
the Kelly family have any Easter traditions?
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Now, my mom she will be going to her church, okay,
with his, which is Macedonia Baptist Church in Watts She'll
probably want my wife and me to go with her.
Speaker 3 (13:25):
That probably won't happen because I get it. Easter Sunday
church is like it's a challenge no matter what the situation.
It's a Super Bowl. Everybody's showing up.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
And my wife's cousin is going to be preaching out
another church out like Loma Linda, and she wants us
to come out there for Sunrise service. Sunrise service is
like five am, Yes it is. That means we have
to leave the house at three thirty five am. That
means I have to be up by two thirty. I
might as well do the bill handle show No.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
No.
Speaker 3 (14:00):
No.
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Six sixteen will be sunrise up for Easter Sunday, so
you might get that extra a little extra sleep.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
My schedule for Easter Sunday is up in the air,
being pulled in multiple directions.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
That's fine, And I've got options for you to go elsewhere.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Yeah, I probably won't be doing That's never been my
thing and that's never been your thing.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
But it doesn't mean you can't be the DD to
pick up those who are enjoying Budfest.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
I feel so do that. That's a good thing.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
That's about it, real quick. Yeah, least the socials once
again for everyone. Socials if you want, And I think
that's the thing. If you are, I should say that
the reason that I went to the Passing to showcase
house is because they reached out to me. So if
you have events that are happening in your neck of
the woods, and not to sound like what's his name
from television, but why am I turning?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
What's it? Who's in your neck of the woods that
did the weather reports? Anyway? Not Al Roker, but the
other guy. Yeah, that's him. It is the woods. Yeah, okay, So.
Speaker 4 (14:58):
If you are looking for some in your neck of
the woods, that's why I talk about things that are
going on the land Empire or up the hills. So
Nick pollio'channy this week I went Nick on Instagram, the
easiest place to reach me. You can also visit many
other places on social media. I'm on TikTok you name it,
Nick poli o'keanny. This week I when Nick fifteen minute Footy,
all these different brands all under the same umbrella. And
(15:18):
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can email me there if that's more your stike. So
slide into those dms.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
That's right, baby, you're listening to later with Moe Kelly
on Demand from KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
Lady with Mo Kelly live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app
and YouTube. Let's talk about the first real hit for
Will Smith. It was DJ Jazzy Jeff from the Fresh
Prints Back then. Do you remember what year that was?
Nineteen eighty eight. Half the people in the studio weren't
(15:52):
even born. Stefan, you weren't born.
Speaker 4 (15:56):
It was the year I was born. Okay, I'm seven. Well,
I mean I was seven years old. No, Cardinia wasn't born,
d'l say wasn't born. Talking about our new television staff.
I was a sophomore in college.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
I'm still a year younger, year and a half younger
than Will Smith. Just going to give you some context.
That's when he musically came on the scene. Will Smith
is staring at fifty seven now and he just dropped
an album. I don't know if you can really still
call it an album, a project, collection of music based
(16:34):
on a true story. And I made brief mention of
it last night, but I want to talk about it tonight.
There are a lot of ways you can talk about
this moment where his album only sold two hundred and
sixty eight physical copies. Yes, we don't consume music, buy
and large by physical copies. But we can damn sure
(16:56):
believe that a Beyonce or Taylor Swift or Benson Boone
or Post Malone dropped an album, they still would have
sold more. To give you some more context, this album
is Project by Will Smith didn't even land on the
Billboard Top two hundred.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
In other words, the top two hundred albums.
Speaker 2 (17:16):
Music compilations, anthologies available right now. Will Smith is not
in the top two hundred, and honestly, I'll talk more
about it the next segment. There's no shame in that,
but I wonder about the motivation of someone who's fifty
six years old trying to do a music album which
(17:38):
is specifically designed, at least in theory, to cater to
twenty somethings and thirty somethings.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I don't know if you can really do that now.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Yes, older artists do keep producing music, but they're usually
speaking to the same fan base, the fan base that
ages with them, like for example, ten years ago, last
ten years to Temptations, of course not the original Temptations,
but still in spirit, the same group came out with music.
(18:10):
They were not trying to speak to the twenty thirty
year old crowd. They're trying to speak to the more
mature crowd, the fans who have grown up in age
with them over the decades. That's how usually music artists
do it. Yeah, you can try to reinvent yourself, but
you don't. Historically, you don't get to reinvent yourself. And
also get those fifteen year old girls to the ones
(18:31):
who have the most disposable income and attend the most concerts.
If you look at history, they spend the most money
on music. You can think of something like someone like
Janet Jackson made mention of her on a number of occasions.
Janet Jackson is late fifties at this point. Is she
touring yes, is she still creating music yes? Is she
trying to talk to fifteen and twenty year olds, No,
(18:54):
she's not. And the fifteen and twenty year olds are
not checking for Janet Jackson. That's their parents' generation and
we're getting to the point where it's almost.
Speaker 3 (19:03):
Their grandparents' generation.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
And again there's no shame in that, but the difference here,
and I want to drill down with Will Smith. Janet
is speaking to her classic fan base. I don't know
if Will Smith is trying to do that and understand that.
And this is after a great music career, and this
is after a great a cinematic career, and it's not done.
(19:30):
And if I remember correctly, Bad Boys, the most recent movie,
more than four hundred million dollars brought in gross for seats.
So it's not like he's been canceled. It's not like
his his movie career is over. I just wonder what
the motivation is to do an album at this point
(19:50):
in his life, to talk to whom, to achieve what,
to prove, what, to accomplish what. And there's a lot
of money by behind this. He's going on a.
Speaker 3 (20:01):
Full on world tour, world tour.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
Now who's going to be out there buying the seats
to the concert?
Speaker 3 (20:09):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
I don't know, And I have my suspicions as far
as what the motivation is, and I'll talk about that
next segment. But I look in this studio and don't
say I think is maybe early twenties. And I know
Carnacian's she I'm not going to get my ass beat,
so I'll say she's in her mid twenties.
Speaker 3 (20:31):
Carnaesian will get I'm supposed to laugh, she will.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Cut a fool stuff and you know, but he's in
another studio.
Speaker 3 (20:37):
I know you're studio, but I'm sitting here going wait,
hold on. You know you never laugh like that. This
is just be mid twenties.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
My point is, neither of these young ladies are checking
for Will Smith musically, and I don't have to even
ask them.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
They're not.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Whatever they're listening to, it's probably not going to be
Will Smith. And the people who are in their forties
and fifties, like Mark is in his fifties to walk
in his fifties, I'm in my mid forties.
Speaker 3 (21:02):
Yeah, yeah, you are.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
We're not looking for Will Smith musically. Will I go
to a Will Smith movie, Sure, but I'm not trying
to buy any of his music.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
I wonder who it's for.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
And I get the sense that there's something emotional going
on here, trying to reclaim a level of glory or
a time in his past, before all the controversies, before
the marriage, before all the craziness, before the entanglements, before
any of this went left.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
For Will Smith.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And if there was one time, one place in which
he was on top, it was music. He was one
of the first crossover rap artists, His history, his success,
his accolades really can't be argued with, but you can't
argue with what he's trying to do right now and
whether it will be successful and why he's even putting
(22:01):
himself through this.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Did you see.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Lately or more recently, Genuine, that singer artist he was
trying to perform and he fell off the.
Speaker 3 (22:08):
Stage, not once, twice. I forgot about that. Yeah, he
did the.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Song my Pony, his knees gave out. No, he's about
the same age. He's about the same age, maybe a
little younger than Will Smith. And Genuine doesn't have Will
Smith's money, so I understand why he's performing. Will Smith
is worth maybe half a billion dollars. So I want
to get into this. Not only did his project fail,
but I think there's something bigger, something more important, which
(22:35):
should be discussed as far as why Will Smith is
chasing this music, And we'll talk about that next as
part as my final point.
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Something I talk about. I'd love to talk about my
time in the music business. There are a lot of
stories I like to tell. There are a lot of
stories that I can't tell because they're just inappropriate and
it could impact some people's lives. And I mean that
(23:35):
not to gash you or to blow myself up. I'm
just saying we still live in a world where people
have reputations and they have sometimes facades that you're trying
to keep. I wouldn't say that I know Will Smith.
I know that I've met him. I've met him and
Jada Pinkett Smith when they were dating many many years ago.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
And you get to see people disarmed, you get to
see them.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
I get the sense, or I got the sense that
Will Smith is a decent person. I got the sense
that Jada Pinkett Smith than just Jada Pinkett was a
decent person.
Speaker 3 (24:13):
But you don't know.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
I always say, you don't know these people, But I
can say that when I was in the music business,
it was during the height of Will Smith's career, and
I know a little something about that time in music.
And I want to end the show tonight talking about
Will Smith, and I'm not going to stretch and reach
and try to connect dots which may not be there.
(24:34):
Like I said last segment, we talked about what seems
to be a failed musical effort by Will Smith based
on a true story, his new music project. I say
failed because the majority of promotion and press for a
new album, any new album is done in anticipation of
its first week of release.
Speaker 3 (24:52):
Just like a movie. You have to have a great
first weekend because it's diminishing returns from there.
Speaker 2 (24:58):
As you already know, Smith's project based on a true story,
it bombed. Some will wrongly say that Smith is still canceled. No,
He's never been canceled. That's reaching the connect dots to
Chris Rock which aren't there. Will Smith released a successful
movie last year, Bad Boys Rider Die, which grows more
than four hundred million dollars worldwide. It was a success
(25:20):
by every measure. You can't say he was canceled, and
his Chris Rock transgression would have had more impact on
his movie career than anything. So this is I think
about a really late middle age crisis.
Speaker 3 (25:34):
I would wager Smith has to be more than halfway
to a billion dollars.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
He's already won four Grammys, He's won a Best Actor Oscar,
He's won a batht for Best Actor. He's been nominated
for an Emmy for his work with Cobra Kai. He's
won a Golden Globe. He's won multiple MTV Video Music
Awards and American Music Awards.
Speaker 3 (25:53):
If this were about reaching.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
New heights or new accomplishments, let's say he's going after
an egod, well, we would have seen Smith.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
Chase a Tony Award.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
But instead he's bending over, reaching down to pick up
his music success of his past, for tweens, for teenagers,
for twenty somethings, while.
Speaker 3 (26:17):
He's staring age fifty seven square in the face. And
I want to be clear here, it's his life.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
It's his time left with his life, it's his legacy.
Everything he's gotten so far he has definitely earned. And
that includes the right to even fail if need be.
But he hasn't earned the right to escape public review
or critique. If he wanted to escape all that, he
should have become a recluse like Jack Nicholson. But instead
he chose to put out a new album targeted at
(26:46):
fans as much as forty years younger than him, and
fans get to review and critique art. Music is not
like movies, Dentel Washington. He's seventy years old, and twenty
somethings will still go to see him. Twenty somethings won't
do that. For pop music.
Speaker 3 (27:00):
They will not.
Speaker 2 (27:01):
Music just doesn't have that age elasticity. It never has.
I just don't, for the life of me, understand why
Smith seems to be at this point trying to chase
his glory from the nineteen let's say nineteen eighties, honestly
late eighties. That's why I call it an extremely late
midlife crisis, more like a two thirds life crisis. Much
(27:24):
has been made of his marriage to Jada Peka Smith
and the various controversies which have swirled around it, from
her entanglement to quote unquote with son Jaden's friend august Alcina,
to what I would call the very public emasculation of Smith.
With the public revelation, I just got to be honest
as a man, I don't know how I would have
responded to that. If anything that made Smith a more
(27:46):
sympathetic figure to me, it was that no man deserved that.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
Then again, no man deserved what he did to Chris Rock.
And you can bet all.
Speaker 2 (27:54):
Of this is emotionally at least, this is one dot
I will connect. This is emotionally connected somehow, some way,
deep inside of Smith, all these things have to be
connected somewhere.
Speaker 3 (28:07):
I'll go one step further.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
I believe his descent from the mountaintop of Hollywood will
never be separate altogether from the moment he assaulted Chris
Rock at the Oscars. I don't believe he makes this
album if that moment didn't happen. I'll never believe he
will fully ever get out from under that. There are
some things you just can't undo. Whereas this music failure,
(28:30):
and that's my word, I call it a failure of
Smith is probably far more disappointing to Smith himself than
anyone else. I'm more curious what peace and happiness may
look like for Smith in this stage of his career
where he's not the star, He's not the draw that
he was ten years ago in a cinematic sense, and
not the music star he was some thirty five years ago.
(28:53):
Because if peace and happiness are in any way tied
to one last gasp of super stardom, which is different
from stardom, if this album is any indication that may
be no longer in reach, and if this is a
mid to late life crisis for Will Smith, I wonder
what that means for him as an artist, as a father,
(29:17):
and as a man.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
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