 you guys are all tuning in tonight. We got a very special show tonight. We've got Will Bradford from the band Sea Peoples. He's going to play us a couple songs. He's also going to talk to us a little bit about the Army Fest coming up. It's a great outdoor festival. We're going to learn a lot more about that, as well as just a lot of other things. Then in the second hour we're going to have Quindale Smalls. He's going to do a couple songs for us and talk a little bit as well. A friend of his named Delilah is here. So we're going to have a great time. We're going to have a couple surprises, some interesting other things as well. But without further ado, let's get right to Will playing a couple songs for us. That's what we're all here for. So stick with us. Thanks. One thing stands out as a completely unique old 45 malt liquor. It's quite worthwhile to go just a little bit out of their way to get certified blood-free amicogasaline. You expect more from American and you get it. 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So that I feel like I'm kind of a maner for having lived there for a period of time perfectly. But you bounced around with your family and the military? No, I don't know why we bounced around so much. My mom's Thai, so I'm half Asian. Right. And then the Bradford side is the other side, which sounds kind of yuppie. Not Asian. Not Asian, exactly. So like when did you pick up the guitar? Was music always something in your household? Was this an early thing that you got into? No, honestly, back when I was a kid, I was all about sports. Yeah, okay. I could see that. 100%. And then I think I stopped growing in seventh grade. Right. And the dream just died every year after. I had a friend of mine. Yeah, he's the tallest guy because you maybe grew early, you're saying. Right. Yeah. And so you're towering over everybody. And then all of a sudden they shot up past you. Way past me. But was the sport that you wanted to do basketball? One of them. Yeah. Yeah. I played football. I played baseball too. I played all the sports. Started misbehaving in high school too. And misbehaving in music seemed to go hand in hand. Well, I was gonna say it's about that age that you discover that girls like a guy who plays music and it's probably more long lasting than sports because all these sports guys get all dinged up. And music, you can keep. True. It's fleeting. Right. It's fleeting to be in sports. So you get to Maine. I mean, we talked a little bit about before like see peoples have been around for a long time. Yeah. At one article I read it said that you guys have had like 32 band members at one time. Yeah. 35. 35. Okay. But you've been there since the beginning. I'm the only, I am technically the only one. Yeah. The current members, Dan and Ian, who you know, they've been with me since 2014. So we're almost 10 years in. So it's, yeah, you know, the band's 23 years old. So it's, you know, that's when you're when you're on the road a lot, not everybody's cut out for that kind of life. You know, well, that was what I was gonna ask was that you're a touring band. You guys are out touring a lot. I mean, I've known you for about a year. It seems like most of the time you're out on the road. And do you guys book though? Do you have a booking agent? Do you book yourself agents? We're kind of in house now. Had many agents over the years. Agents are their own breed of interesting. Yes. Agents are kind of the same. I think regardless of what industry you're in. But yeah, it's tough out there right now though. It's tough to be a band. Well, that's a question I had for you about like over the years though, because I talked to the Bumbling Wuhas and you know them pretty well and they go out and they tour around a lot. And I think the questions I was asking, after a while, you find your groove, right? You find places that you have an audience there and certain cities and things like that. Yeah, that's the best part about it. As you get to play and do perform your art to different ears or different eyes, depending on whatever you do. And that's kind of where you sort of get better at what you do, because you sort of see what works night to night with a different audience, different type of vibe. Dare I say different cultures sometimes. Different politics even on occasion. But yeah, so I actually saw George Carlin once. And he used to do, I got lucky, I saw him in Binghamton, New York where he used to do his practice gigs. And he figured if it went over there, because they voted against half his jokes anyway, so like if it went over there, it was going to go over. It was like a two and a half hour show, which of course whittled down to an hour. And do you find that in that way that you have to be a chameleon a little bit at times? You know, I think probably when it first started out, but you're right, you find your groove. And eventually when you find people that actually start to support your career and start paying to see you multiple times. I mean, at this point, I've probably got thousands of dollars off some of my buddies over the years. Now I get changes and they're definitely coming to see you do exactly what you do. But I mean, because it is kind of an interesting thing. I was cultivating some of your videos for a video show we're doing tomorrow night. Watch that show Saturday Night Special. It's going to be a lot of 99% videos from the Army group. That's going to be this festival. And I will remind my director, we'll play that in a minute, some of the posters you sent me. But the festival is this summer. It's August 4th and 5th. And what town is that going to be in? We're going to circle back to this. Sears-Mont Main, which is basically Belfast. Okay, Belfast. So what I was saying was that some of your videos, they are have some overt politics to them, but I wouldn't say that you guys wear your politics all the time as a touring band, like on your sleeve. So that's where you can play a lot of different venues. It's not- I lived in the south. We tour regularly through all of those places. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fit in with everybody. So let's talk a little bit about the Army Festival because if we get a chance, if you have that, we'll show that upcoming events, I think really soon as The Worst is playing. And my other band, The Worst, is playing April 22nd at Sontiki Studios. Sontiki Studios. With the Bumbling Woo-Hus and Milk Street, Milk Street Band. And then there's another band called Rosemary, which is a really young, young, young band. Fantastic though. And so then I also have, and we might have played it already because it's on a loop, the Sea People show. We just showed a poster for that. That's in May, I thought, or something? That's May 6th. May 6th. Also at Sontiki. You've had Whitney Walker. He's releasing his record if he's on there. And then Brooks playing solo show. And then Brooks playing solo. And then the third part is the Army Festival, which is- let's talk about that now because I think we could talk about that forever because so Army Festival, this is the second year, but I mean the question for me is how you build a music festival from the ground up. And part of it is because you also kind of work with bands more than your own in a sense. I mean you have a group, you don't mind me saying that. Yeah, I mean I run two record labels. The one is called Rascal's Records, which does all the Sea People's and The Worst. And Whitney Walker's stuff. He's our first, not my band, our act, even though we all sort of made the record together. And then essentially, Army Group is basically me and essentially Sparksy is a huge, huge part of that. She helps me run our 501C3501C. That sounds right. That's right. A charity nonprofit, which is called Community's Records. That's right. Some of Sparksy and I started during COVID. Also on the Army Fest, of course, and it's another band I play on these days too. So I guess I'm in three bands now. You got different things, right? Busy things. Well, so remind me, I would like to talk to you about this charity, but so you got a group and that's half the battle, right? Getting all these musicians together. Musicians are, I've been dealing with a lot of musicians by having this TV show. Musicians are a handful, right? Sorry. Well, they're artists. But we're all artists. But so you get this group. And am I right to say this is also around the time of your birthday? Yes, unfortunately. Yes, my 27th birthday. Right, of course. Just like mine. And so you get to see it's in Sears Mont. Sears Mont is basically off Route 3. That's probably like, I guess, 35 minutes from Augusta too. So it's pretty centrally located right next to the beach too. So it's like 15 minutes to Lincolnville Beach. So yeah, it's, you know, I think camping costs more in that neighborhood actually. In that neighborhood. Yeah, just to camp somewhere. But let's tell people because the one thing that's very interesting is this is, I mean, I keep trying to say they're reuniting, but they never really broke up. But once in a blue moon, a chance to see rustic overtones together, there's something special about it. I haven't played in years. I would call it a reunion. Right. Well, Dave didn't want me to call it a reunion. He said, wait, it's snowing. We didn't break up. But it is, it's a special occasion to see those guys. I consider you to be the co-headliner as well. Oh, I don't know about that on that one. I think for them, I mean, at this point too, there's so many great artists on that. And I feel like super lucky to let alone know them, let alone have them play. Well, so let's go to the nuts and bolts because you have a few minutes, right? The nuts and bolts of what goes into putting this festival together. So if I'm the guy who's watching this at home, I'm going to be seeing that poster. He might run it again in a second that tells you where to go, who's in it. You could buy the tickets on Eventbrite. Are we talking about, because I would go to Lollapalooza a lot when I lived in Chicago, so you could buy like a one-day pass, a two-day pass? So we kind of didn't do it that way because this year, it's honestly just so affordable. Yeah, right. It's not right. Right. And the Friday is probably half the amount of acts as Saturday. Saturday is certainly a longer day. I will say Friday is going to be an awesome day. The worst in Vapors of Morphine, which is Dana from Morphine are playing that night with Mouth Washington, I believe. I don't have the schedule in my head, but so both nights are going to be fantastic. And then you got Mozart and Graphic Melee doing the, oh, I forget which, who's doing Friday and who's doing Saturday, but essentially DJing into the night. So it's a Friday and a Saturday. So if you're going there, what would you want to do if you're the person? I mean, are there people you think that are just going to come up from Portland and just drive home? Last year, we had plenty of people that just camped. I mean, the nice thing, the camping is included, and it's basically on site at the venue, so you can camp next to your car. Right. And once you get your bracelet, you can come and go. You are not stuck there. So if you want to take a little day trip, there's lakes close by and then you got Lincolnville Camden and Belfast. So yeah, it's when I first played there, I was like, wow, this place is pretty special. And then they're a great brewery. I mean, Thresher's brewery is really fantastic. So then that's a good follow up question for me. How did you find that you're telling me it's a brewery? They did, they did a Sea People's Beer, which actually now that I remember is actually coming out again this summer, but they did a Sea People's Beer last year, two years ago. It was a colch called Shangri-La. And that's how that's essentially when we started. I just went up there and played a couple of times. You know, I don't run to rural America that often, to be totally honest with you, took me a minute. But from the first time I played there, I was like, wow, this place is actually really special. And it's one of those dog friendly. Bring your dog. Bring your dog. Yeah, it is. It's a cool spot. So for the people, everyone up there already knows that it's an awesome spot. But I think people from Portland and around are starting to kind of get hip to the fact that you can essentially go to a show and then you don't need to leave. They've got nice facilities, indoor and outdoor bathrooms and all that sort of stuff. So if you want to party and everything, you're not kind of in this place. You shouldn't leave. Yeah, that's right. And that makes a big difference. So who, how does that, like the logistics of a come off? Are you guys putting up the stage? Is the brewery? How does that work? So this year we, I partnered with Suntiki. Yeah. So essentially Suntiki is the production sponsor and overall sponsor really. And at this point, I mean, last year it was, it was a blast and it was, it was still relatively small. Then, and then once I talked to Dave and realized that he was actually considering doing rustic, which at the time, it's been a few years. So I guess it's not reuniting, but it's been a while. And so once I realized that we sort of had that happening up there, then, yeah, Ian partnered with us in Land Race, Land Race Cannabis. Can I say that? Yeah, this is an ATG network. That's right. Land Race Cannabis is also sponsoring it and Punky's Mixtape is sponsoring it. So we ended up getting a nice little group, army together, I suppose, if you will, pun intended. Yeah. I mean, I mean, nowadays cannabis is huge. It's like right here on Congress sheets, every other store. I feel like it's going to hit its, it'll peek out, I think, because I mean, there's, I think everybody who's going to smoke weed is doing it. I think it's, I think it'll drop a little bit. I just, I mean, I think it's business wise. I think it's saturated. Portland seems to be 100 many cannabis places, but somebody told me every cannabis place is different, that they sell different cannabis. I would assume it's, I used to smoke. I can't do it anymore. I get too paranoid. If I was smoking right now, I'd be sweating and panicking at the, I mean, that's being up on any kind of thing. So let's talk about that, the charity. So that was an interesting thing. Tell me more about that. Yeah. Sparxy, who I think you've had on this, or the other show that you had. She and I started Communities Records, which is Communities, but with YZ. Okay. It's a nonprofit essentially trying to save the world, one artist, one song and one community at a time. Interesting. Okay. So we, the worst, technically did the first release and raised money for main transnet. This was a couple years ago. And then during COVID, my buddy Tim Reynolds, who's a Dave Matthews band, Tim's a good buddy of mine, played a tour with him tons over the years. And he got him to do a track for a Charlottesville charity called FAR, which essentially is a housing charity run by Section 8 Housing Residents in Charlottesville, Virginia. Okay. And Nicky Glaspy, who's the other friend of mine, Beyonce's drummer, ended up collabing on the track. And people should definitely go check it out. It's called Guardian Angels. You can still support the charity. They're awesome, awesome people in Charlottesville, Charlottesville, Virginia. And it ended up being a great experience because Sparksy and I went down there. Yeah. And while we were there, we actually were there to film the video with Tim, but we just happened to land when they took the statues down. So we were actually getting coffee and they came running around the corner like they're taking their Confederate statues down right now. Right. And so we walked up like half a block and we ended up getting the whole thing on film and I got to witness history, which was pretty kind of like pointing out at us. Yeah. I mean, they did it. Obviously, they did it incognito. They weren't trying to announce it because of, you know, the person who had died the year before and the tragedy and everything. So they were trying to keep it on the DL. Actually, I think Robert E. Lee got taken down in the middle of the night, if I remember correctly. So we caught Stonewall Jackson's removal from the center of Charlottesville. We're like, we're live tonight. So it could be like people in New York right now over Trump getting arrested. They could be riding. We don't know. It's possible. It's always possible, right? It's always, it's always on like right on the edge of everything. And that's why we try to do the show live so that we can be talking about whatever's the newest thing. But do you have new albums coming out? You want to talk about that? Actually, the next big record that is coming out is definitely the Sparxy record, which we've been working on for ever. She just dropped a new single that actually had Tim on it. She made Tim's video too. So definitely check that out. But so yeah, her record is essentially some of the stuff starts to drop after this summer. And then see people's and the worst are back in the studio right now. Doing some stuff with Mr. Gutter right now doing a track with Angelica Ferre, which is probably going to drop in a few months as well. So yeah, I've been busy. So do you guys record at the the Cadia studio? Is that where you're at? Or sometimes I record all of the stuff at this place called Chill House Studios in Boston, which has been sort of where I work out of have been working with Will Holland there since 2002. Yeah, okay, people started in Boston. So I know you're short on time. But I well, I wanted to ask you a little bit about kind of like, you know, the music scene in in New England, I mean, specifically in Maine. What's the, you know, the from the 20,000 feet up. I mean, it's it seems like there's some really great venues here. Unbelievable artists. Is there any missing pieces? I mean, has Hollywood or the music industry not gotten here where everybody's kind of independent? Does that matter? I don't think it matters anymore. Honestly, I could be wrong about that. But but in my experience, I mean, at this point, even see people started in Boston, some people still think of as Boston. We were based in Asheville, North Carolina for 10 years. Some people still think we're based there haven't lived there in nine years. So it really it doesn't really, especially with social media and everything. It's not really the same as it was. It was an interesting conversation I had with Dave gutter about, I mean, it seems like they had that album. You know, I don't even know, it was Clive Clive Davis. Was that Atlantic Records? Was that was Arista? I was gonna say Arista. Yeah. And so, I mean, it sounds to me like Arista. I mean, he had a lot to say about it. And it does seem like they kind of take most of your money. And maybe they'll help you. Maybe they won't. There's got to be a better way. And it seems like that's kind of more of the grassroots, right? Yeah, I mean, it's not moving to LA. I mean, I've been doing it so long. So with the band, like see people's just out of the fact that we're like 23 years into touring, we've probably played every city at this point, 20 to 50, 20 to 50. So we always have a place to go back to. We always have a place to play being a new band. Yeah. And even like the worst is 2016. But the reality of the worst was that we kind of hit the ground running because it was already, you know, Brooks, a long time season that too. So it's really hard to be a new art. And it does. It's, I'd say it's unfortunately a music industry, maybe tougher than it's ever been. Is that because it's just harder to get the time in at places like I talked to see me younger bands, and they're like, I mean, especially in Maine is the question that I have with that is that's interesting is, is, I mean, I think there's this double-edged sword, I think I'm always looking at the camera here, but I've gotten so used to it. It's Pavlovian. But the, uh, am I supposed to do that? I don't know if you want to do that as much. That's your camera. Oh, that's my camera. Yeah, the red lights on you. Um, but the it seems like with, and this is why I'm actually have a and I'll probably talk about this later on tonight is my thoughts on this film tax credit. I at first as a filmmaker, I was very excited about it. And I was like, Oh, this is going to be great for all of us more and more. I'm like, you know what? I don't know if the Hollywood's going to come in here, treat us badly, and then leave, right? So it's like they I don't see that it's really going to benefit us local folks. And the question is, is that with this kind of influx of all this tourism here in Portland, it's got to be harder and harder to get a spot as a musician who's playing original music, you're younger when they say, well, we'd rather get these guys to play Jimmy Buffett all night or this place is though. If you play a place that wants Jimmy Buffett, then, you know, it's a little on you, right? You know, there's always places. I think a lot of what there is a plus about being tucked in this corner of the country. And a lot of new artists will sort of realize this when they do their first West Coast tours. But there's a lot of cities really close by. So there may not be necessarily lots of places within those cities, but every city has a place. They all have a community. There's a community there for every kind of music. You just got to find it. And luckily here, most of the cities are a couple hours away versus other parts of this country and world are much farther away. So I always tell, you know, when anyone, you know, I'm like, you live in a place where you can drive two, three hours and be in a completely different place to get to like a Bangor or Augusta to pay out anywhere, different places. Yeah, anywhere. Well, is there kind of any advice you have for the younger artists? Just keep practicing, try to do your own. I mean, right. Maybe do your own. I don't think any of these kids ever know the meaning of that. Well, the interesting thing that I always find is the different styles of music. And is it, as it's starting out, is it easy to be a rock band with this? No, probably not. Yeah, right. I mean, you know, it's your band. So you're coming together. Yeah, if it goes right. So, you know, you got help. You want to look at that. Right. But then when things are annoying or irritating or not going something, it's just. So sometimes it's easier to be like a solo artist a lot of times. Right, right, right. The higher the band to play or something like that. Do it. There's benefits to it. There's upshines and downsides. Absolutely. Well, I really appreciate your stopping by here. Did you have any other things that you wanted to promote? I know we got a couple things out there. Social media. The best way that people can find you. Yeah, I mean, gosh, the brassicals. Yeah, I mean, there's so many of them. Right, right. Will Bradford. I mean, that's actually probably the worst. That's the worst. Way, way, way. Well, army group. That is a. Yeah, the army group. The worst. There's a bunch of different. Sea, sea people. Spark, sea. Community records. Community records. They're Angelica you work with. She is on our show. It's Santini. She is great. Whitney Walker is definitely we just released his record and it's a great record, by the way. So if you haven't if you haven't checked out when he's new record, it's a great record. Absolutely. Really cool sound. Press too. And then bubbling woo-haw's are always kind of circling around with you guys. Yeah, I'm sure there's a few other people. Yeah, exactly. Miles Bowen was with you guys. But look for all of these guys at the army festival. I want to thank Will very much. We're going to take a commercial right now. We come back. We're going to hear from Quindell Smalls who's out there. Hey, Quindell, did you see a brother? He's going to do a couple songs for us and then we're going to sit down and talk to him. Stick with us. Thanks. It's quite worthwhile to go just a little bit out of their way to get certified blood-free amicogasaline. You expect more from American and you get it. The American oil coming down here. That was awesome. Be sure to check out and buy tickets for the Army Fest. It's August 4th and 5th. It's going to be a great time. I'll talk to Quindell a little more about what he's up to. But right now, let's hear from Quindell doing a couple songs for you. We're excited about it. Take it away, Quindell. Thank you so much. Oh, y'all. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Let's rock out. The songs, the songs go complicated. Let's do it. Check. I ain't miss a payment. They got this all mistaken. Yeah. I will be right right here, sis. To my sister, y'all. Check. Smalls of the dawn life. I'll be sipping reminiscing on my calm nights. I'll be dressed like every day is a prom night. But we started in the back and skip the long line. We're gonna be all right. I'm yelling more life. I hope my family and my friends live a long life. I was stabbed in the back with a long knife. Now I'm dripping VVS with false pride. We're in North White because it's complicated. But I'm gonna keep on grinding because I'm gonna make it. People tell me that they love me but I know they fake it. And I got dreams. I got goals. I got aspirations. And I'm gonna chase it because it's complicated. I'm trying to change people's lives. Being famous. Now people call me their cousin. They're we not related. Oh, yeah. I'm talking back, dudes. I ain't miss a payment. They got it all mistaken. Yeah. Most definitely. I always manifested this moment to be right here with y'all. So, thank you for having me. Dedicated to my sister, Ashanti. I love you, man. I love you. No, I do it full. Let's get it. Yeah. So, that one was called complicated, y'all. That's coming up. That's that's fresh off. Shout out to be on the mic. Shout out to bars over bars. They always say we gotta do music without vocals. So, I did that to my man, my brother, you know. And Lee, what's up? She, what's up? Next record, something from the heart, y'all. So, we're gonna dive in a little deeper. Blessings to everybody. The crew, Riji, Sis, you know with my baby right there. My son with me. Let's rock out. Next one. Let's do it. Praying for my family. I pray for the ones that love me. Had it all wrong. I was too obsessed with the money. Took too many elves from the trail. I think of bags and buddy. If I give you my heart, I swear you're lucky. And if I ever needed it back, don't hold it from me because look, I'm feeling anxious lately. I've been complacent. I need a book of the hill. That tumor stuff is the strangest. Tell me that I changed because my spirit awakened. When I was in the hot seat, I never pointed no fingers. Never taught the hill. So we just resort to anger. Son and foster kid. His mother put him in danger. Am I playing too much? Probably wouldn't have been rich if I wasn't playing so much. I don't know. I survived some of the craziest stuff. I know God is involved, but I ain't praying so much. People all around me, but they really wasn't with me. Be the ones you love the most. Be the ones that do you filthy. Yeah. What's love the one to try no more? Every night for my back, man, I cry some more. Man, I keep my head high because my eyes on the skull. Man, I do this for the next step. We step on the floor. People tell tales, but the money speaks for itself. When you taking care of others, just don't forget yourself. God forbid something happened. People never helped to learn to save instead of buying designer belts. Used to put it in pyrox and watch the powder melt. I went legit. The fence came. This is how I felt. Took a look in the mirror. I stayed true to self and didn't question God. I wonder how the cars were dealt. Check. 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You're also born in New York. Yeah, born in Brooklyn. His story is very unique. Very uniquely similar. Yeah, we kind of walked the same path somewhere. But it sounds like you lived in New York a little longer, because you really grew up there. Yes, yes, yes. I left New York in 1819. 1819. So you had to high school in Brooklyn and everything? Everything, yep. So Will, we should talk about that too, about the changing of Brooklyn, right? Because I think that could be an interesting story. Yeah, it's justified now. New York is different now. New York home is different now. But I love it. You know, I embrace change, so definitely. And your family, some of them are still there. Your dad's here. My dad's here. Yeah. A lot of my, like, my mom's side, my dad's side, still in Brooklyn. My mom moved upstate New York, like Utica. And she had children, my siblings. I love y'all. If y'all watch this, I love y'all. They are, they're there. And I went to high school there. And yeah, Utica is a small city. Pizza city, Italian city. But I love it. I love New York. I love Utica a lot. Upstate New York, that kind of scene. Yeah, I mean, Brooklyn is, it's probably super expensive now. It's all hipsters. Yes, coffee shops and yorkie. Yeah, New York is very different. But I think the world is changing. The world is shifting. So to see Brooklyn like that is kind of like, wow, I didn't think so. You never thought it would happen. But it is shifting in the sense that it's like you said. We talked to Quindell Smalls when he's 13 years old. He's probably never going to say, oh, I end up seeing myself in Maine. You probably thought that was the last thing on your mind. I didn't even know what it was. I knew the capital because we had a test with all the capitals of the states. That's how I knew Augusta. But I didn't never see myself coming to Maine. Coming to Maine, right? Maine's beautiful. Yeah. And so once you get here, 2008, you feel like it's, it's changed your state of mind a little bit because we talked about living in the city. Yes. You know, it is. It's kind of like we're talking to the Grand Master Flash. So sometimes it makes me wonder. I keep from going under it. As I keep from going under. It's so, especially New York where, you know, you have 10 million people and probably like Manhattan or whatever. And that's like 10 times more than all of Maine. Yeah. You can't even breathe sometimes. It's not space. If someone right here, someone right here, here, here, across from you, you just, it's just no way to just, you have to really outthink your surroundings. And to go, you know, and there's like a Central Park or something to get some nature. And that's not even that. Central Park. Oh, no. Oh, I know. Exactly. It doesn't sound like it. Back in the days, we always knew Central Park was a no-go after a certain time. We always knew like, yeah, stay away from Central Park. Yeah, definitely. Well, yeah. I mean, that's a, I mean, that's a whole other can of worms right now where Donald Trump just got arrested. And one of the guys in Central Park, do you know anything about the young African-American guys? Yes. And he ended up saying, he said, oh, these guys are definitely guilty. Turns out it was BS. One of those guys, from that, he just Twittered and said karma when Trump got arrested. Trump got arrested, huh? And so he said, look at life. Yeah. Look at life. Look at life. Goes all around in a circle. It does. So, so you get here, 2008. But you'd been, you said you'd started rapping when you were like, we've been, we've been old, yeah. Yeah. So the funny thing about rapping, my dad wrote my first rhyme. Okay. But my mother and my granddad, playing James Brown, my mother, Rita Franklin, Laverna, Champagne King, she was big music. Mary J. Blige, big, big music. Four simdies. So like music has always been in my subconscious. And what actually made me like fall in love with hip hop was Nas, if I ruled the world. Nas, yeah, yeah, yeah. If I ruled the world. So when I heard that, I'm like, it made me think if I ruled the world. So I, and that opened that doorway to like musician to being a musician. So Nas is the reason why. He was the reason. And so to some of the music also that your mom listened to, does that influence you as well? Yes. Or was that, so that was like Mary J. Blige, is there, is there, what would you say is kind of, I mean, it is, this just sounds like a dumb question. But I mean, is there styles of rap? Do people have different styles? Yes. I mean, is yours a style that it's a certain type of flow? I mean, is it more soul? What do you think? Exactly. You know the right there with that. It's more about reality. What I'm feeling, what I'm thinking. You know, the worst part to me, the best part to me as a collective though. Yeah. So the song is like the, like a collective of a whole bunch of emotions. So that's why I like that, because I had those essences of that. So that I don't just make rap. Say I just want to look how cool I am. Look what I'm wearing. It's kind of like, hey, this is what I've been through. This is what I believe in. This is what I, this is my purpose. It's not a superficial. Well, it was like, when I was talking about different styles, I always think like, all of a sudden I'm like, well, you know, Nelly is going to be different than Tupac. Yes. Tupac is going to be this California style. Yep. Nelly is kind of the down south, right? More thuggy, yep, yep. And then, you know, there's a lot of folks from Atlanta, too, like Master P back in the day and all that. Master P, New Orleans, yep, absolutely. And so then yours, your kind of style is New York with a little bit of Maine now. Yes, yes, absolutely, yep. The open-mindedness, a little more caring of things. You know, the one thing about like our nature, we didn't really care about, you know, mental health and relationships. We kind of just was like, whatever, you know. Now I care about people. I care about how things grow and, you know, how to nurture things. So yeah, Maine has... Yeah, was growing up in New York, was that like a feeling? Like, you know, I know Chicago and I know a lot of times when you're not sure that you're going to make it past a certain age, you're not thinking about, what am I going to be doing when I'm 60 or 70? No, no, it's a constant... Think in the moment. Yeah, it's like a constant state of like anxiety, of uncertainty. Like, you don't know what the, you know, and that's, I am just so grateful to be out that phase, to be in a much calmer, relaxed, you know, planned out like phase of my life. So that New York is like, you know, everybody say the city that never sleeps because they're anxious. Right, exactly. You know, that's the way to look at it. Well, and I was saying that too, that I think it's, there's a lot of sirens, it's noisy, you know, there's just something going on all the time. Whereas Maine, you have a little bit more time to breathe, to be able to relax and things. And like, tell me about some of your songs. Is there different things to know about them? Yes. So like, complicated. When the first one I performed, I wrote that literally like in the state of like, my complicated life. This is the reason why I'm doing it. I'm not doing it for this. This is my purpose is I love my family. I'm not per, I'm stressed out, you know. And that's why I wrote that in that state because I don't want to be like the per, I'm so perfect. I want to show my flow like, hey, I'm human too. You know, the second one I performed, what's love? That is like, it's basically like human nature. It's my kickback to human nature. Like, this is what love is. I don't want love. I don't even want to try anymore. Like, you know, so it's just basically just what I went through and how I'm thinking about things going forward from that point. And so that's a, it's a kind of a, I mean, I don't know if it's a breakup song or something, but it sounds like you're saying it's a, it's a, you've been burdened some relationships and it's from the guy's perspective. Yes. So you're kind of saying, you know, what, what is this? And do I need it anymore? Exactly. And maybe time for you to focus on yourself more than always on the relationships, right? And so let's talk a little bit about, you work with Lee. We've had that on the show and Tree. My brother Lee Tree. I love y'all. You know, my, my brother's right. That's family. That's Harold, the MC shout to y'all. Those guys made significant changes for me in my music career. I'm always going to give them guys, they flowers when it's due. Absolutely. You as well. And they're, and they, that's part of the new rap scene in Manly. Yes. Yes. The now, the now, the not the then, but the now and where it's going. We, they have, they, we have our hands on the culture. You know, we're not as big as we want to be, but as far as consistent effort, there's, there's no one even, there's no one even. You guys are just, yeah, you're grinding. And so did you want to talk a little about your family? I know that you had some difficult times in the past, but, but you know, that's, that's what makes us human. Yeah. Yeah. You lost your sister and you wanted to dedicate some time to her a little bit. Yeah, look, my sister, it's, it's tough to talk about, man. My sister, my mom's second kid. Um, yeah, my sister had a tumor and the tumor just grew and, uh, it's real tough, you know. And I love, I love her so much. She is the essence of being a big brother, responsibility, caring for someone other than yourself. Everything was taught from her. And I had other, my mom had other siblings, other children, and I learned, I got better with, as she had more kids. She was like my, you know, figuring it out, putting her in headlocks and doing wrestling moves when we were younger, but I love her so much. And I, I do every, I dedicate things to her every day I think about her. So this is, this is big for her. And that's a favorite color right there. So I'm happy to see that. That's nice, that. Yeah, she, yeah, she's smiling right now. Well, and also, uh, your dad, you'd said, because you were on the New Year's show, your dad was watching, uh, dad, if you're out there now, look at, he made it. It's my pops right there. I love my dad. Can I go to the camera? Yeah, right there, yeah. So, but, and your dad is, is he, you know, 50s, 50, 50, 60? Yes, yes. Yeah, he was born in 72. So you already know. Same age as me, exactly. He was born in 72. Shout out to my pops. He has been my big and my pops and my stepmother. Actually, today's my stepmother, birthday, let's say happy birthday, sony D, you know, I love you. Um, my dad has been my backbone. He's helped me out through so many, even my worst phases. He's been there for me like, hello, wake up. You're talented. So I want to give my dad flowers too. Thank you so much, dad. I love you. You know, absolutely. Yeah. And tell me, like, what, what is coming up? You're going to be doing some things this summer? Yeah. So, um, yeah. So, um, absolutely. So we have the Beats, he awards that we're doing. I'm doing a performance there. We need some nominations. Um, this is, it's, it's been surreal. You know, I would be out of switch. I've been working to submit my music and things have been happening. And I was going to keep my foot on the pedal. You know what I'm saying? Beats awards. We have shows in June, beyond the mic bars of the bars. We, we taking the city by storm. Portland, Maine. We are here. And we're going to bring real original hip hop and come out, come support. I love it. And I think that the interesting thing is, is that I think, you know, it really culture wise, it's close to where there could be a club fully dedicated. Right now, you guys have a lot of, you're, you're at a lot of places. You just need the, the right investors or different things. I mean, I think that's the next chapter. We'll take a break. When we come back, Quindell is going to be sticking with us, but we're also talking to a good friend of his and hopefully a good friend of the show, D-Line. And D-Line is going to tell us a little bit more about what she's doing. We're going to chat some more about just kind of what's going on these days. We're into the 10 o'clock hour. This is when we, you know, shoot the breeze, talk about whatever. So let's take a break. We'll be right back with you. This will be a fairly short break. So stick with us. Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. What is the problem? 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West Africa. Okay, okay. And then you were adopted from Maine or folks? Kind of, Mainers? Yes. Yeah, they weren't international themselves. No. They were kind of small town Maine. Yeah, yeah. So was that like a culture shock at all? Oh my gosh. Yeah. I came in through New York. Okay. And the first thing I said was, everyone smells like bread. That was the first thing I said. I was seven years old and I was like, why does everything smell like bread? It's weird. Yeah. But it was, it was, it was very shocking because people didn't look like me. Right, right, right. I mean, there was escalators, elevators, police officers. There was just so many things that were, it was just very overwhelming, especially being seven years old. Seven. Yeah, it was a lot. So was the fact that they smell like bread in your mind? Or was it a good thing? Like, oh, they smell like, or a bad thing. It depends on a bread though. It depends on what kind of bread, right? I mean, if it's baked, good, nice bread, a brioche, a sauerkraut, right, right. Or just like white bread. It's like stow. So but your first seven years, you were in the library? I was. Do you have fond memories of the time that you spent there? Yeah, those are my gangster days. I used to beat up little boys. I was a bad boy. Tom boy, that kind of thing. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Didn't like school. Yeah. And is Liberia like Central Africa? It's West, Western Africa. Like what's the population? I know some countries in Africa have a lot and some people, some are very small. I'm not sure how much, because I was so young when I came, but I know it's a pretty big population. One more question about Liberia. I don't want to, but do you still, do you keep in touch or know who your folks were there? Yeah, mom, sister, dad. Yeah, from in Liberia. Yeah, okay. Face time. And but you're also close with your adoptive parents here too? Yeah. Yeah. And do you have siblings here? No biological siblings, but I have six other adopted siblings. Adopted siblings. From various countries. China, Guatemala. That's very cool. Okay. It was a mix bowl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would be a really interesting upbringing. Yeah. And that was, so then you went to Deering, but you were still living in, but you were living in Portland then? So I was living in Sanford, and we had, I was going to a school in New Hampshire, St. Thomas Aquinas, and then it was a lot, it was a private school, so it was a lot. So I wanted to go to a more diverse school, so I talked to my parents and they were like, what about Deering? And we, well, we first talked about Casco Bay, then we talked about Portland High School, and then we were like, we chose Deering. And they let me come from Sanford. So I drove from Sanford every day, which is like an hour, every day to school. That's a long commute. Every single day. Well, and so was that, because that's an interesting question too, is that, what was the reasoning that you had that you really wanted to pick the campus life of Deering more than the, the in town life of Portland High is very, if you want to be right in town, and, and, but Deering seems to be more of a campus almost. More of things. Yeah. And the teachers were, when we went in to kind of like meet with each school, we went to Casco, and no, nothing. Casco, the one that's a little more kind of artistic. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, during the teachers were just so accommodated, like they were so accommodating. You know what I'm saying? They, they understood the situation, and they were just like, so welcoming. And we felt right at home when we got there, like my mom and I were like, yeah, this is, this is it. This is the, this is the, this is the, this is it. And so, were you, you were there for four years at Deering? Three, because I did one year, one year. In St. Thomas. Yeah. And, and so you graduated, and then was that when you got into singing and, and the music side of things, or was that before that or? Um, well, when I was talking to my mom in Africa, she said you were always singing. Yeah. So when I was little, I would just always sing all the time. I love that. Yeah. Yeah. And then, um, you know, even when I was younger, I would, when I came to the U.S., I would sing all the time. Grocery stores, people would come with my mom like, oh my god, she can really sing. Yeah. So, Hey. And then I would get shy. Well, they said it just like that. Just like, she can really sing. Like, um, so I did chorus, of course, in school, I was in chamber choir, you know, I did plays and stuff. Um, I did a lot of, um, I did mains got talent. Yeah. I won second place, which is really cool. Okay. Um, yeah. So I don't, Second place at mains got talent. Yeah. That's great. And I got a cash prize too. That's awesome. And you didn't even let me hold it. That's awesome. Yeah. And we're, You didn't let me hold it. Right. And you were singing? Yes. Yeah. Okay. Yep. And was that with a, like a backing track versus doing it with like a band or something? Yeah, it was a backing track. Yeah. And so mains got, was that a couple of years ago or? Yeah, they still, they're still doing it. They're non-profit. They, um, yeah. They still do it to this day. Charity, I think maybe to raise money. Yeah. That's cool. And so, uh, let's talk about how you guys met. It sounded like you guys met in a very interesting way. Did you want to tell about that? Yeah. In a very similar fashion, there was a, what was an acting, singing audition? What was it? It was for acting, singing, dancing, any type of talent you had. Right. It was at the show, it's in and it was kind of like, it was kind of cringy at first. Yeah. But like, she was one of the people that stood out because she just had this real, like, Broadway, like, yeah, vocal ability. I'm like, oh, I need her on. I'm just right. Right, right. My, this is like, December 2019. So it's been a while. Um, I even went with her, she went to Berkeley College and she did like, she went there to like, audition with her. She's like, she, this is why I wanted her because she is an amazing artist. So you went to Berkeley for singing. I auditioned. I auditioned. I auditioned, yeah. Well, that's, but, and have you guys worked together on any tracks yet? Yes. You have. Yes. And we're currently, we're going to be releasing a new song. Okay. Okay. Hopefully tomorrow. Yeah. Tomorrow, drops tomorrow. Yes. Like Missy, it's going to be, it's so good. It's high energy. High energy. It's very high energy. Yeah. That's cool that we're the first to tell you guys that that'll be dropping tomorrow. So, I mean, that's the question. I mean, how do people find that? Are they going to find this on iTunes, on Spotify? Everywhere. It'll be everywhere. All platforms. All platforms. But they should be looking up Quindell or also looking up D-Line. D-Line, yep. And it'll be on both of them. Yep, it'll be on both. Because this is a duet. It'll be on each of you guys. Yeah. And so, how many tracks do you guys usually kind of duet on versus like doing your own things? Like, well, so we, we honest with you, we've had a lot of almost there. Almost there. She's going to, travel a lot. You're traveling. Travel. She's going places. And I have, you know, things going on in my life. But like, she's here now. We're here now. We put in the pedal to the metal. Yeah. This record is going to be high energy and it's going to be a lot to follow. And it's, but is it, it's the single or you have a it's a single. This one's a single and then we're going to keep working on more projects together. Yeah. And who, who is it who kind of makes some of the beats for you guys? Do you do that yourself? Or do you have other guys that do those kind of things? So we got to buy beats. You know, we do them. Yeah. The active, active producers. Yeah. Five beats. This was never high. I like to go. We like to go with what we feel. Yeah. It's all about feeling. So about the feeling. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So we want to feel it. And if it's right, it's hot, we're going to rock out. So there's, there's like, you could find a real, like a genius producer and you get the beats from them and they'll help mix it for you. And then you put that all together. Right. Yeah. Um, and so like, what's upcoming for you coming up? Do you have any things that you're excited about? Outside of. Yeah. I mean, yeah. You can tell me more about that, too. Yeah. I'm going to have, I'm definitely, I want to try to be able to do, I want to be able to rap and I want to be able to sing. Yeah. As a career. Both of them together. Yeah. And a lot of people are like, you know, try singing because singing is my first passion. Singing is what naturally comes. Wrapping, I've had to learn. People have had to teach me. I've had to learn. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So it doesn't come as natural to me as singing. Singing is just, I could just, you know what I'm saying? So I definitely, I have some songs I'm going to release that are just me singing. Just singing. Just me. And then I'm going to have other raps come out that I'll try to feature other artists because I love all the artists in Maine and I want to be able to feature people on stuff so that they can get attention and stuff. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I kind of share, share, collaborate over there. Yeah. Make connections. Yep. Well, we have a, I want to always remind our audience that we have upcoming the Tuesday after this next Tuesday, April 11th and 12th, we'll be going live with our main idol karaoke. Yeah. And it's, we have some people from Champions of Bideford. We also have people from Erickson Wyndham, panel of celebrity judges. Ooh. Wow. And they'll come in and they'll do some songs from some famous people. I would love to have you come on there. Yeah, absolutely. You don't necessarily, if you want to compete, you can compete, but if you just want to come on and be a featured artist to play some songs, that would be great. Because I know that's what you're saying. You feel a little more comfortable with that than the rapping. As this is on the song Missy, are you singing or are you rapping on this one? I'm rapping on this one. You're rapping on this one. So that's why for you, the singing is your wheelhouse a lot of times more. Yeah, that's my power. That's my, yeah. Sure. That's the ace in the deck. That's the ace in the deck. Yeah, yeah. And uh, what else are some interesting things that you've been seeing going on? Culture wise, anything? In Portland? Yeah, in Portland. I actually just came back. I was living in Atlanta for two years. So I just came back to Maine because I left Maine for a little bit. But I'm noticing so many artists and I know you were talking earlier with your last guest earlier about all the talent to people in Portland and just being able to find that space for them to be able to get their music out. Exactly. And that's, it's difficult as a young artist to be able to just, because if you're in New York or Cali or Atlanta, it's a lot easier. You have a bigger audience. You have, you know, so many more opportunities in Portland. It's very hard to find opportunities. You know what I'm saying? And it's a mixed bag always because in one sense, it's easier in Portland, easier. I mean, it's, there's less competition and you could be a bigger fish in a smaller pond. Whereas if you go to like, you know, New York or whichever, it's a big world out there. But there's a lot more place to cut your teeth and, you know, and all of that. Whereas here, I agree. I mean, it's harder to get things started. So that's a question for you. What was going on in Atlanta? I know a friend of mine who's an actor, he's just in a movie we did Downey's Christmas. Oh, wow. Shout out to Cody Curtis. Cody is a white guy, pretty vanilla guy. He's an actor. He's like, Nuh-uh, nuh-uh, nuh-uh. And he's funny and he's an actor. And I think, I think he might be the perfect guy to be in the Atlanta kind of African-American type of comedy as like the guy, like he looks like kind of like a David Spade kind of guy. Yeah. And so he could be like the guy who's there and Cody, if you're watching, I know he always, he wants to be a lead man, but he was in a comedy and he was great in it. And so he's going out there to act, but you were out there doing more on the music side. Yeah. So tell me about Atlanta. Atlanta is, like you said, it's very, everyone's, like crabs in a barrel, everyone's trying to climb up and no matter what, everyone's trying to get up. So I left, not because the music scene wasn't good, it was amazing, but I left because, as we know, prices are so high. So rent is $1,200, but minimum wage is $7 an hour. There is no possible way you can do that and then make that extra time to do music. So it was just, and I was, I was like, I want to be able to stay here and do music, so many opportunities, but it's like also, I can't live out here. When it's that expensive, right? It's too expensive. It is a match. Yeah. The pieces don't fit in the puzzle. How are you going to do that? What? No, I agree. And we talked about that's New York is the same way. And Portland's getting to be the same way too in a lot of ways, right? Everyone's moving back home. Everybody's moving back. Yeah, moving back here. Right? It's hard. Was COVID hard for you? Did that slow down any of the progress? Or were you were you out there? I wasn't there then. You weren't there. I was still in Maine. So you were in Maine. You went out after? After COVID. Okay. Because it's, I mean, COVID was a long time ago in a lot of ways when it started. I mean, now it's already almost getting towards 24. Yeah. And that stuff started in 2019. Pretty soon it would be looking at where it's like five years ago. Yeah, it is. Wow. Yeah, it's a while. It was serious. That couple of years, it really, it slowed down the progress on a lot of things. But now you're back here. Are you in Portland area? Yeah, Falmouth. Falmouth, okay. Yeah, I'm staying with my friend. Staying with your friend. And they were talking about, do you know Angelica? You ever met Angelica Ferre? She's an upcoming artist. She's actually, her parents are from Africa. And she lives in, she grew up in Falmouth. I do know Angelica. I'm sorry. I apologize. Yeah, with like an age. Yes, I actually do. Yeah. We're similar ages. And she's in Falmouth too. She plays with them a lot. She's strictly singing, soul singing, I think kind of thing. So Falmouth, and do you get to, do you go out a lot or do you kind of stay hanging out if you're not playing? I just got back. Yeah, you just got back. Yeah, but like he said, we have a lot of big ideas. We have a lot of big plans. We want to try to bring artists together and give artists a chance to be able to perform their craft and just make it, like the culture, just make it full and diverse. And to piggyback off what you said, things are kind of like clicky. Okay. People don't mess with people for reasons that they don't really have. Which takes away from the music. We can really, we can do it together. You know, like, you might make it for other reasons. I might make it for similar reasons. Can we just collaborate and make this happen? But once the minds are changing, I think things are growing, things are growing me. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I was trying to do for the show was, and we're still working on it as the idea where a lot of kind of different artists will come and jam. So it might be somebody who comes in and they say, you know, I'm playing and I'm bringing in another guy, like Unique Unknown was on last week and he did an hour-long set. He did his whole set. Oh, wow. And he had a, do you know Melvin Gratis? He's got from Miami and he plays electric guitar. And so he sat in and they did a little bit of that. And that's the idea is if you can get these like impromptu jam sessions, like they do at the the Music Awards. What's the one where it's the, where if you get in the Hall of Fame of, remember the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Oh, the Hall of Fame. And in that they'll have all these people, you know, Rolling Stones playing with Prince, playing with so-and-so. And a lot of people whoever's nominated that year will jam on stage. Bob Dylan playing with- Yeah, that's so cool. Wow. And that's with, you know, playing with like, you know, Tupac or whatever, back in the day. Who knows, right? But they would always have a lot of different folks. So we're trying to do that with this show is blend more. I love that. And I, you know, I see your guy's styles is, because you are already kind of doing Rock and Roll type of thing. Yeah. Would you say the non-wrap is that more R&B? Is that? Yes. Yeah, okay. And I would say R&B and Soul. Yeah. And maybe pop. R&B, Soul, Pop. Yeah. Depending on the mood. Is that? Yeah. The mood. Is Atlanta the best place a lot of times for that? Atlanta's got a real southern, yeah. It's really good. Yeah. Yeah. Good producers there and everything. Everybody. I mean, Cardi B has a house out there. Yeah. Um, my ex actually met T.I. Just walking. Yeah, yeah, yeah. T.I. He was in McDonough. Yeah. And that's like a nicer part of time. Right, right. But, um, he actually is like, so I'm walking. Yeah. So there's, I mean, Tyler Perry has a house out there. Right, he's big there. Tyler Perry Studios is out there. He's got his studio out there. So I mean, there's a lot of people. Yeah, he brought a lot of people. Yeah. Put her out there. Well, it's, it's kind of a, for, for a lot of the, you know, African-American folks. They call it the Black Hollywood. Exactly. It's, it's because, you know, Hollywood, I lived in Beverly Hills for a while. And I was doing that because I have a film degree and I was a background guy and millions of things. But yeah, I mean, Hollywood is still, you know, they've only gotten their diversity now. Yeah. Um, but the people that live in Beverly Hills, I mean, it's still pretty, pretty, Beverly Hills-y. Beverly Hills. You've seen Beverly Hills. You've seen those shows, like the Beverly Hills 902, what, all the way to the reality shows. Yeah, the housewives, I mean, it's very plastic. It's a different scene. Yeah. Um, well, listen guys, I really appreciate you coming down here. Thank you, yes. But tell, I want to make sure you tell the audience, how can they find you guys online and forget the, all of the stuff. Tell us. Am I here? Camera's going to be over here. I'm over here. Yeah, yep. Follow me on Instagram, the underscore, official underscore, the line underscore. And on, I'm sorry, on Apple Music, it's just the official the line everywhere, the official the line, YouTube, the official the line, made it simple. Yes. You can find me on Facebook, Quindale Smalls. My YouTube is, my YouTube is, it's the same thing. Instagram is CanQuizos Smalls. You can find me on there, Twitter as well. I look forward to hearing from y'all. Let's collaborate. Let's make it happen. Yeah. I want to thank these guys, and I want to thank you guys for being here. We're sticking around. We're going to go to one more commercial break. I'll come back. We'll kind of start wrapping up now that we're getting towards 11. But I want to thank you guys so much for being here. Thanks again. Thank you. It was great talking to you. Thank you so much. We'll be right back. Thanks. This morning you've got time for a hot home cooked breakfast. Are you kidding? 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And we're going to take a look at some trailers, classic movies from the 80s and talk a little bit about them with the remaining minutes that we have. So the first one coming up is Mr. Mom, a classic movie about the changing gender roles in the 80s with Michael Keaton. So let's take a look at that. We'll come back. We'll talk a little about his thoughts on it. He's a real man. Seven o'clock in the morning. Scotch. And all out go-getter. But when his job pulled the plug on him, I'm fine. You son of a dude. They threw a switch. Let's go under the lead. Yes. Okay. Good luck. And he became the lady of the house. It sure looks like he got a terrific deal. I mean, if you call him right here, I'll be at the gym or at the gun club. Exercise. And relaxation. Good home cooking. Arts and crafts. Kenny! Don't paint your sister. And fun and games with the neighbors. Are these any good? Got two pair. Got plenty. That's when he was forced to face the bear facts. His new job is a mother. Michael Keaton. Where's mommy? Keep the extra diapers. And Terry Gar. In Mr. Mom, a mother of a comedy. So that was Mr. Mom, an early 80s movie. Michael Keaton. Warren is watching it at home. So he's on that same delay that a lot of people are. Where he'll be back with us very shortly after he finishes watching it at home. It's an interesting movie because it's definitely about the changing gender roles at the time where Terry Gar is in the workforce. Her husband Michael Keaton loses his job and has to be a stay-at-home dad. So I find it to be an interesting movie because it's very much what happened a lot in the 80s. My folks both worked, but the changing roles happen quite often. So I find it to be interesting. I think that when we get a chance to have Warren back. I'm back now, Louis. How goes it? Good. Did you see the film trailer, Warren? I did these things, Luigi. Come on then. Well, the Mr. Mom was a huge hit. It was actually, so it's like it's kind of funny where you see certain actors like Jim Carrey. He has one or two of these. The mask was his hit and Ace Ventura. This was where Michael Keaton really broke out big was Mr. Mom. He had a couple other films and that was where he broke out. But does that resonate with you, Warren? The idea of weren't you part of the thing where your dad was a stay-home dad actually at a radio show, correct? That's right. My dad, many people will know that. He was home dad, a guy who had a radio show, later a television show. But he made his entire identity around staying at home and taking care of the kids, which is really interesting, especially during the time that he did that in. But I think what we're seeing now in today's world is a lot of people are doing that. It's a much more dynamic space than it used to be. But it's definitely interesting seeing this movie from the 1980s exploring those gender roles like that. And is this now a movie that you think you might find on Netflix or somewhere else and check it out? It's very funny. I was about to say, where can I stream this movie? I would guess you can stream it at Netflix. Probably Amazon. It might even at that type of an older film like that. It might be on YouTube where you can watch it for free. But it's definitely an 80s classic movie. And what Warren is seeing is that even back then, it was very much in the pioneer days of the man was now not always the guy who's coming home from work and his wife has the apple pie and everything like that. And I think movies were recognizing that and starting to kind of show that. The next film that we have a trailer of, I think you guys are going to get a real kick out of, the log line of the movie Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman starring in it. Dustin Hoffman, he had to become a woman to become a better man. It's quite a movie. It won the Oscar for best writing. I think it was 1980. Don't quote me. It might have been 82. But let's put on the trailer for Tootsie and see what Warren thinks of that film. So while we're waiting for Warren to check that out on his delay as the millennial, I think Tootsie was a very interesting film because it was kind of talking about early transgender roles, which seems to be still shockingly controversial to some people in the parts of this country. But at the time that was where Dustin Hoffman, because of his chauvinistic behavior, couldn't get any jobs in New York as an actor. So he had to dress and drag and become Tootsie. Become a woman. Dress like a woman who then got these roles and it's outrageously funny. It was a great best writing at that year. You happen to have seen the trailer now, Warren. What was your thought, my friend? I did. And actually before I jump into Tootsie, I actually want to tell all of the viewers at home that Moe Jay Pocco, the host of Lee State Lee Wind, which can be watched on PMC Channel 5. You can catch it on demand at PMCwatch.com. He does incredible in-depth conversations with friends about movies from a past. He did a two-post series on Tootsie, which I encourage all of you to go watch. Portland Media, Daughter of the Slash Release State. It's an incredible in-depth conversation they did. But definitely a really interesting movie diving into really interesting topics at the time. Things that, back in the 1980s, the whole LGBTQ plus whatever movement was still this very much underground type thing where you could be persecuted for even talking about something like transgenderism or things like that. And I think it was really interesting for a movie of that time to be all about that. Yeah, I mean it was an interesting way to kind of have that as a film that it really touched on a lot of those themes. It was ahead of its time. And I also would reiterate, Mark J. Parker is a valued contributor here to Portland Media Center at PMCwatch.com. He has his release date rewind. It was earlier tonight reviewing classic films of his childhood, like League of Their Own, Scream. The list goes on and on. He's great. So what we will do is, well, we have time. We will watch another film actually of that time and this is called Arthur. Arthur was remade with Russell Brand several years ago. It was not too great. But the original movie Arthur with the great Dudley Moore was an awesome movie. I think this was again early, early 80s. Had a hit single Moon in New York City by Christopher Cross. Great stuff. Liza Minnelli is in it. But Dudley Moore is a hoot. So let's take a look at Arthur and we'll come back and see what Warren has to say about Arthur, the film. You wish you were Arthur. The more attractive of you, please step forward. Carlos, let's make it $200. But I will ask you to Simonize my card. I wish I had a dime for every dime I have. Anticipating your condition, and I brought you orange juice, coffee, and aspirins. Or do you need to throw up? Is your wife like that? I'm not married. Keep smiling. Six. Actually, one must go to a bowling alley to meet a woman of your stature. I take it this bomb will be calling you. Dad, he's a millionaire. You have my permission to marry him. I just thought I was doing great with you. Will you take my hand? That would leave you with one. You don't have a coat. Oh, I'll take my time. How does it feel to have all that money? It feels great. Crush. Don't just think funny things. What do you do for a living? I raise cars. I play tennis. I fund all women. But I've weakens off, and I am my own boss. Dudley Moore is Arthur. Don't you wish you were Arthur? Arthur, the most fun money can buy. An Orion Pictures release through Warner Brothers. So that is Arthur, a film that it's kind of like when it was funny to be an alcoholic. Dudley Moore did a great job with that. I think he actually had two more sequels to it. Great time. Great guy. Really interesting romanticized version of New York. The kind of Cinderella again, where she's a kind of a regular girl and she meets him. It is an interesting story because it does deal with things like she loves him. He's a great guy, but he is kind of a drunk, as you can see throughout that trailer. So it's an interesting, I don't think it would fly too well, although Russell Brand tried to do it a few years ago. I don't think it did that well. It probably should have been left as it was as an early 80s gem. But in a few seconds, we're probably going to hear what Warren has to say about a movie like that. That's right. Well, no, it's definitely really interesting movie. You know, it's definitely glamor, you know, it's, you know, it's the glamorification of alcohol. You know, you know, you ever hear the classic phrase, you know, we need to reclamorize smoking and stuff like that from the old movies where we're smoking away and it was this really glamorous thing. You ever hear that argument? Yeah. Yeah. And that was, you know, watching a trailer for something like that makes me think, you know, maybe we should reclamorize a lot of stuff because it's really nostalgic. It brings you back to that time, that date time, you know, to the classic drunk and the classic smoker. It really reclamorizes all that stuff. And of course, you know, I don't need any of this literally, but you know, you're really going back in time, you're really looking at, you know, the state of things back then. I think that looks like a wonderful movie, something that I would definitely watch. Well, it was the idea that in those days, and you know, we have, let's all be honest, it was the idea that in those days, and even to this day, in some ways it's quite a life when you can be the guy who's rich and drinks and has fun and all that. But let's, I know we're running out of time. I have one more trailer for you. Michael J. Fox, the indimitable Michael J. Fox, the best guy going. This isn't back in the future. This is a movie that's a classic before I, well, maybe after. It's called The Secret to My Success, and I want to play that for you before we run out of time. So let's cue that up. So what I loved about this Michael J. Fox movie was, it has that song, Walking on Sunshine, Katrina in the Waves. Everybody knows it's very upbeat, but it's also a very interesting subtle treatise on, like he gets one over on the corporate overlords. He's kind of a small town guy working in the mail room. He tricks all of the top people in, because they're not that smart. So it does have a very working man, anti-capitalist type of flavor to it, with a fun Michael J. Fox style to it. I love that movie. You should definitely look at that. I can guarantee you can find that one on YouTube. Maybe it's Netflix, maybe Amazon. Pretty quickly in our remaining minute or two, Warren's going to be right back with us to tell you his thoughts. Do you know who Michael J. Fox is, Warren? I do know who Michael J. Fox is, and I think that looks like an amazing movie, very funny. It was a lot of fun. He did a great job. I'd like to talk more about it, but I also know we're getting close to being out of time, and I know you wanted to talk about what's new and upcoming at PMC in the next minute, minute and a half that we have. That's right, no. So Luigi, wonderful job tonight, Friday PM. Definitely one of the flagship shows that we air every Friday night, from 9 to 11. Melt that on your calendar. You can watch reruns of Friday PM on PMCwatch.com on YouTube. But definitely, we've just launched new shows on PMC, channels five and two, no longer nonsense on channel two. We've got some really good shows coming up, some live shows. The Infoverse Network is on. We've got the American Journal, the World Room, some major heavy-hitting shows. Right after this, we actually go to the Info Network for a couple hours and limitless wrestling is right after that. So I encourage everyone to stick around. And thank you, you ran it right to it. We're going to run the end credits if we got a chance. And that sounds like it's coming up in about five seconds. Thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate you staying with us. And I thank Quindell and Will again. Thanks again. Have a good night.