On this episode of Newz and Trendz, hosts Dave and Len welcome singer and actress Karen Linette to discuss her sultry career in the D.C. area, a viral impromptu collaboration that introduced her to millions, her musical influences and upcoming performances including a return to the Warner Theater.
The show also covers news stories and segments on Candace Owens’ reaction to Charlie Kirk’s memorial, Metro Transit officer Kache Fields’ photographic memory used to track suspects, a sponsorship dispute around a Jacksonville Black Book Bash, and the hosts’ fun DeLorean-time-machine question for listeners.
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00:00:13 --> 00:00:20 All right, y'all, get ready for another edition of News and Trends with your host, Dave and Lynn.
00:00:30 --> 00:00:33 Welcome, welcome, welcome to News and Trends with Dave and Lynn.
00:00:33 --> 00:00:38 This is one of your hosts, Mr. David Coker, proprietor of Dave Mark Inc.,
00:00:38 --> 00:00:43 promoter, event planner, and all-around good guy. hanging out with my partner, Mr. Leonard Young.
00:00:44 --> 00:00:50 Just keep in mind, everyone, we are on the MBG Podcast Network.
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00:01:11 --> 00:01:17 Bobby Keyes, on Saturday mornings at 10 o'clock for the replay of the show.
00:01:18 --> 00:01:25 So if you don't catch us on Tuesday, you can always catch us on internet radio on 101.5 The Fever.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:30 So you got many chances to catch us in doing our thing. Hey,
00:01:30 --> 00:01:31 Leonard, what's going on?
00:01:31 --> 00:01:36 Hey, Dave, everything is good. This is Leonard Young, CEO of National Black
00:01:36 --> 00:01:42 Guide, DelawareBlack.com, black media specialist, all-around good guy. How goes it, Dave?
00:01:43 --> 00:01:47 Man, I can't call it. It's another week. The Eagles are a 4-0.
00:01:49 --> 00:01:54 I can't complain because, you know, you and I were together watching the football
00:01:54 --> 00:01:57 game on Sunday, and, you know, they've kind of given us, you know,
00:01:57 --> 00:01:59 some heart palpitations that day.
00:01:59 --> 00:02:05 You know so but you know they figured out a way to win the game they're starting
00:02:05 --> 00:02:10 out the season 4-0 hey they're not the chance you know they had a chance for
00:02:10 --> 00:02:13 doing exactly what they do and that's a win bro,
00:02:15 --> 00:02:20 you know what's going on with you nothing just one of those weeks that an entrepreneur
00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 wish he had a 9-5 you know that's it,
00:02:24 --> 00:02:27 well you know what's going on what's going on,
00:02:28 --> 00:02:31 All that money, man, you know. All what money? All what money?
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34 Hold on. You get to buy, you get to buy.
00:02:36 --> 00:02:39 Well, that rose you have sitting in front of your house, that's,
00:02:39 --> 00:02:42 oh, I'm not supposed to tell people about that one. Yeah, I'm sorry.
00:02:43 --> 00:02:46 Yeah, but anyway, you know, as an entrepreneur, man, that's what you do.
00:02:47 --> 00:02:49 You choose that life, you live that life, and that's what you do.
00:02:49 --> 00:02:52 Well, Dave, you know, I always think about that commercial where they're like,
00:02:52 --> 00:02:55 they said it will be fun, you know.
00:02:55 --> 00:02:59 And then at the end of the day, it's like, you know, every entrepreneur has
00:02:59 --> 00:03:04 that goal of having freedom, able to make their own decisions.
00:03:04 --> 00:03:10 But they shoot. I mean, to be honest, I have less freedom than, you know, before.
00:03:11 --> 00:03:14 But I mean, you know, at the end of the day, you're right. This is what I chose.
00:03:14 --> 00:03:17 And even though I complain, I probably wouldn't give it up.
00:03:18 --> 00:03:22 So you've been doing it all this time. I mean, you know, I mean,
00:03:23 --> 00:03:26 I can't even picture you now deciding to punch a clock.
00:03:26 --> 00:03:29 I can't see you doing that anymore. I know. But, you know, if I do,
00:03:29 --> 00:03:33 I know where I'm going. I'm going to the state of Delaware, Social Security.
00:03:34 --> 00:03:39 I'm like, Dave Coker, hook me up. Yeah, okay. All right. Hook me up.
00:03:39 --> 00:03:43 Yeah, well, you better catch me before I get out of there. So that's all I got to say.
00:03:44 --> 00:03:51 But we want to thank everybody for joining us. And we have a really special treat for you.
00:03:51 --> 00:03:54 Tonight and we want you guys to
00:03:54 --> 00:03:57 well it's funny because when i said i was going
00:03:57 --> 00:04:00 to have this person on let her you know a couple
00:04:00 --> 00:04:06 people that i work with and a couple people who who who she is was all giddy
00:04:06 --> 00:04:11 and everything they couldn't wait for this show to come you know so so you know
00:04:11 --> 00:04:15 our guests already have some big fans out there in these streets especially
00:04:15 --> 00:04:19 in this area so so So but what I want you to do,
00:04:20 --> 00:04:25 let's let's let's give the people a clue about the guests that we have on the
00:04:25 --> 00:04:27 day. Why don't you go ahead and give the bio?
00:04:28 --> 00:04:31 Yep. So our guest today is Karen Lynette.
00:04:31 --> 00:04:37 She is an acclaimed songstress, actress, radio personality from Silver Spring,
00:04:37 --> 00:04:43 Maryland, with over 30 years of captivating audiences in the Washington, D.C.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:49 Area and beyond. She had performed at iconic venues such as Blues Alley.
00:04:50 --> 00:04:55 Dar Constitution Hall, the Warner Theater, and the legendary Apollo Theater.
00:04:56 --> 00:05:00 Her powerful renditions of the national anthem have graced events at the Kennedy
00:05:00 --> 00:05:05 Center and NBA games for the Washington Mystics and Wizards.
00:05:06 --> 00:05:10 Throughout her career, Karen has shared the stage with music legends including
00:05:10 --> 00:05:16 Norman Connors, Dawn Robinson, Michael Henderson, CeCe Peniston.
00:05:17 --> 00:05:23 Mickey Howard, Tom Brown, Dexter Wanzell, and Eric Roberson.
00:05:23 --> 00:05:30 In 2019, she released her debut EP, Upside of Life, featuring the chart topping
00:05:30 --> 00:05:35 tracks, Another Star, and Upside of Life, featuring Najee.
00:05:36 --> 00:05:38 Both landing on the Smooth Jazz
00:05:38 --> 00:05:45 Top 100, UK Soul Charts, and Billboard's Smooth Music Most Added List.
00:05:45 --> 00:05:52 The same year she was considered for Grammy nominations for Best R&B Song and Best New Artist.
00:05:53 --> 00:05:59 In 2019, Karen starred as a lead in a Dennis Williams stage play,
00:05:59 --> 00:06:04 I Cried the Blues at the Warner Theater, which returns in October of 2025.
00:06:05 --> 00:06:10 She continues to thrill audiences nationwide with her dynamic blend of soul,
00:06:11 --> 00:06:17 R&B, jazz, pop, and hip-hop, performing for dignitaries such as D.C.
00:06:17 --> 00:06:24 Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland Senator Angela Also Brooks.
00:06:24 --> 00:06:31 In 2025, Karen went viral after an impromptu collaboration where all artists
00:06:31 --> 00:06:37 Fulton Lee, sparking the hit singles Fire and Lightning and The Weight of It All,
00:06:38 --> 00:06:45 farther cementing her place as a versatile, versatile, inspiring entertainer.
00:06:45 --> 00:06:48 And before we bring you on, Karen, I just want to play something.
00:06:48 --> 00:06:56 So the bio was fabulous, but I feel like a lot of people may recognize what I'm about to play.
00:06:56 --> 00:07:02 So I'm just gonna oh yeah what's up hey you a singer I do a little something
00:07:02 --> 00:07:09 alright yeah take a seat so I'm gonna have you sing numbers okay you'll sing
00:07:09 --> 00:07:13 a new number every bar so I'll show you what I mean it'll be like this.
00:07:13 --> 00:08:50 Music.
00:08:50 --> 00:08:57 Now, close the door. Close the door. OK, so with that said, we would like to
00:08:57 --> 00:09:01 officially welcome to the show. And I see you smiling over there.
00:09:01 --> 00:09:05 We'd like to welcome Karen Lynette. How are you?
00:09:05 --> 00:09:10 I'm well. How are you? Good. So for anybody who's not familiar with the clip
00:09:10 --> 00:09:13 I played and Karen, I apologize.
00:09:13 --> 00:09:16 I've seen this video, but I wasn't familiar with it.
00:09:16 --> 00:09:19 You know how you just watch it and be like, oh, man, she blew the house off.
00:09:20 --> 00:09:25 But they Dave had sent me the video. He's like, Hey, I'm thinking about seeing
00:09:25 --> 00:09:28 if she'll come on the show. And in my mind, I was like, she ain't got to come on the show, Dave.
00:09:29 --> 00:09:33 But for anyone who hasn't seen the video, in fact, Karen, I'm,
00:09:33 --> 00:09:38 I'm going to, if it's okay, before we get to the questions, can you kind of,
00:09:39 --> 00:09:41 cause I feel like you can probably explain it better than we can.
00:09:42 --> 00:09:48 Can you explain the video that our listeners just heard the audio for?
00:09:49 --> 00:09:54 Okay. So a young man, young artist by the name of Colton Lee reached out.
00:09:55 --> 00:09:58 We didn't know each other, complete strangers. And I guess he came across my
00:09:58 --> 00:10:05 social media and said, I dig your voice and would you like to come and collaborate with me?
00:10:05 --> 00:10:08 And I'm free on this day. And I'm like, okay, I can make that happen.
00:10:09 --> 00:10:14 So I show up, you know, cause then funny side note was a lot of people and comments
00:10:14 --> 00:10:19 were saying oh it's staged i'm like well technically it's not because i literally
00:10:19 --> 00:10:26 had zero idea he was a complete stranger and so oh when i get there he just tells me what to do,
00:10:26 --> 00:10:31 and that's that was the history we cut the song we recorded it once and then
00:10:31 --> 00:10:35 he said okay we're gonna do a second take and this time you you know do whatever
00:10:35 --> 00:10:39 you know you want to do and then therefore that's when you get that big old whale note.
00:10:43 --> 00:10:47 Yeah, because I literally I was like sitting there like, I don't know what I
00:10:47 --> 00:10:50 should do. And then I'll just bust out with this note.
00:10:50 --> 00:10:54 And the rest is history. It just kind of came off the top.
00:10:55 --> 00:10:59 So I saw that video and it became a movie there.
00:11:00 --> 00:11:05 I watched it so many times. I was like, did you just do that for real?
00:11:06 --> 00:11:11 And the letter will tell you, I mean, I'm in, you know, I manage musicians,
00:11:11 --> 00:11:15 bands and so forth. So I've been in the music business a long time.
00:11:16 --> 00:11:20 So it takes a lot to impress me. I've heard all kinds of singers, some great ones.
00:11:21 --> 00:11:29 And that little couple of minutes was like, wow, she made numbers sound good. You know what I mean?
00:11:32 --> 00:11:36 So, but thank you for taking the time. Thank you.
00:11:37 --> 00:11:42 Because I told Leonard, like Leonard said, I told Leonard, I'm going to get your lady on.
00:11:42 --> 00:11:45 No, I didn't ask any questions. I'm just telling you what happened.
00:11:45 --> 00:11:47 I told you I was going to get her on here.
00:11:47 --> 00:11:51 So, but anyway, go ahead. Go ahead. Ask your questions, Leonard.
00:11:51 --> 00:11:52 Leonard wants to steal all the spotlight.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:55 This is what we go through. So anyway, go ahead.
00:11:56 --> 00:12:01 Anyway. Yep. So, Karen, when you met up with Fulton Lee, did you have any,
00:12:02 --> 00:12:06 well, I'm sure you probably, you knew who he was or looked up who he was.
00:12:07 --> 00:12:12 No, not really. I didn't actually. Yeah, I wanted to be, I did not check out,
00:12:12 --> 00:12:15 I did not look at any videos.
00:12:15 --> 00:12:18 I just saw, you know, I was like, I said, okay, I saw he was on Instagram.
00:12:18 --> 00:12:22 I just kind of, you know, just kind of grazed his account just really quick
00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 or whatever. And then that was pretty much it.
00:12:23 --> 00:12:28 So I just I kind of wanted to I guess that I guess I also wanted the element of surprise.
00:12:28 --> 00:12:32 So I was like, OK, yeah. And I understand when I looked at his account right
00:12:32 --> 00:12:36 now, he has over two million people, two million followers. Yeah.
00:12:37 --> 00:12:40 Yeah. The only reason I say because, you know, now they like everyone's trying
00:12:40 --> 00:12:44 to prank somebody on social media and do weird stuff.
00:12:44 --> 00:12:50 But when you were doing or, you know, when you were doing this performance with
00:12:50 --> 00:12:59 Fulton Lee, after it was over, did you have any idea that it may go as viral as it did?
00:13:00 --> 00:13:04 Uh, I, you know what? And actually the funny thing is, and that's how quickly
00:13:04 --> 00:13:09 social media can change because I think when I first saw his account, he was at 1.2.
00:13:09 --> 00:13:11 Now you say he's at 2 million. Like, wow.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:15 But the thing is, I said, right.
00:13:15 --> 00:13:19 And I was like, okay, he has 1.2 million followers. I said, I said to myself
00:13:19 --> 00:13:23 in all honesty, I said, yeah, I'm sure I'll get some, get some eyes on me at
00:13:23 --> 00:13:28 this point, but to the magnitude that it did go, I did not know. Gotcha.
00:13:29 --> 00:13:33 Now, so speaking of you thinking you're going to get some eyes on you,
00:13:33 --> 00:13:38 what has what has come from, you know, I guess being featured in that video?
00:13:38 --> 00:13:44 Have there been like offers or deals or, you know, people probably want to rep
00:13:44 --> 00:13:47 you and, you know, all that stuff?
00:13:48 --> 00:13:53 More so collaborative inquiries is what I've received primarily.
00:13:53 --> 00:13:56 A lot of people say, oh, come, can you, can you want to get on a track?
00:13:56 --> 00:13:58 I have a song. Can you listen to it?
00:13:59 --> 00:14:04 And so, yeah, it's just, it's been a flood of those, but no record deals yet.
00:14:04 --> 00:14:06 But who knows? I mean, it's still open.
00:14:07 --> 00:14:11 I mean, you, you, you are on using friends with Dave and Lynn.
00:14:11 --> 00:14:18 So you, you never, you never know. You never know.
00:14:18 --> 00:14:24 The song is still trending. I literally get notifications on the daily,
00:14:24 --> 00:14:29 multiple times a day for several weeks after my head was literally swimming,
00:14:29 --> 00:14:35 trying to filter through notifications because I just I wanted to be able to
00:14:35 --> 00:14:38 try to my best to respond to as many people as possible. Right.
00:14:39 --> 00:14:44 Understood. Yeah. I guess taking it back a little bit. So you are from the Washington,
00:14:44 --> 00:14:47 D.C. area. I know I think currently you said you're in PG County.
00:14:47 --> 00:14:49 Is that where you're kind of raised?
00:14:50 --> 00:14:54 I grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland, Silver Spring, to be exact.
00:14:54 --> 00:14:58 Silver Spring is right in the Washington metropolitan area in Silver Spring, Maryland.
00:14:58 --> 00:15:02 So right on the D.C. border, if you will. So grew up there.
00:15:03 --> 00:15:11 Yeah. Yep. Okay. Now, where did your love of music slash singing come from?
00:15:12 --> 00:15:17 The parentals definitely started with them. My parents are soul music lovers,
00:15:17 --> 00:15:19 aren't we're soul music lovers.
00:15:19 --> 00:15:22 So playing music in the house all
00:15:22 --> 00:15:27 the time, grew up with a lot of the soul greats, all of them, you name it.
00:15:27 --> 00:15:31 And then my dad, spending time with him.
00:15:32 --> 00:15:36 I would go to his house on the weekends and like he would come and pick me up
00:15:36 --> 00:15:41 and we would stop at the store get a pack of y'all remember the cassette tapes so we got,
00:15:42 --> 00:15:46 we got he'd pick up a pack he'd pick me up a pack of blank cassette tapes and
00:15:46 --> 00:15:51 I'm literally sitting in front of his stereo the entire weekend you know so,
00:15:51 --> 00:15:54 wow and you've been recording the
00:15:54 --> 00:15:58 whole time oh yeah I used to just make make
00:15:58 --> 00:16:00 tapes for myself you know make tapes for myself and
00:16:00 --> 00:16:04 then later on I started he he
00:16:04 --> 00:16:09 actually let me rewind it back he he bought me I'm a I'm a music collector as
00:16:09 --> 00:16:14 well so he bought me my first 45 I was probably about the age of five it was
00:16:14 --> 00:16:19 the old rock group player baby come back from 1978 I believe so that was my
00:16:19 --> 00:16:22 very first 45 to start my collection.
00:16:22 --> 00:16:26 And I had it up until about three years ago, actually.
00:16:26 --> 00:16:31 But my father was a collector and I also am a collector.
00:16:31 --> 00:16:36 So that's how it started there was just growing up listening to the music in the car and in the house.
00:16:37 --> 00:16:41 And how did you transition, I guess, into your first, let's say,
00:16:41 --> 00:16:45 live performance, whether it was in school, after school?
00:16:46 --> 00:16:48 In school. So started out, actually,
00:16:49 --> 00:16:52 I don't know if you call it kind of being a bit of a late bloomer.
00:16:52 --> 00:16:56 I joined choir probably a sophomore year of high school.
00:16:57 --> 00:16:59 And then later on, I think junior
00:16:59 --> 00:17:04 year was gospel show choir and concert choir and on into senior year.
00:17:05 --> 00:17:11 And then what they did, because they tapped me in my senior year to do the commencement,
00:17:11 --> 00:17:14 do the national anthem at our graduation at the Kennedy Center.
00:17:14 --> 00:17:15 So that's where the Kennedy Center comes in.
00:17:16 --> 00:17:20 That was actually my first performance in front of thousands of people.
00:17:21 --> 00:17:25 Yeah, we had a class of probably like 300 students, so times that with X amount
00:17:25 --> 00:17:27 of family members per kid.
00:17:27 --> 00:17:30 So there was a couple thousand people in the Kennedy Center,
00:17:30 --> 00:17:31 and I'm singing the national anthem.
00:17:32 --> 00:17:34 So we won't talk about how nervous I was.
00:17:36 --> 00:17:38 I'm sure you killed it.
00:17:39 --> 00:17:43 Uh, yeah, I try, but I did the, I did the talent shows at school and all that stuff.
00:17:43 --> 00:17:46 But, but again, the Kennedy Center was a whole different level,
00:17:46 --> 00:17:48 but it was none to my great grandmother.
00:17:48 --> 00:17:52 God rest her soul, caught the Holy Ghost in the, in down there in the Kennedy
00:17:52 --> 00:17:54 Center. Then there you go. So, you know.
00:17:56 --> 00:18:02 Wow. And I guess what that said from there, how did you transition into,
00:18:02 --> 00:18:07 you know, performing at the Mystics and Wizards games and working with some
00:18:07 --> 00:18:09 of the greats that we mentioned in your bio,
00:18:09 --> 00:18:13 Norman Connors, CeCe Peniston, Mickey Howard, Roberson?
00:18:14 --> 00:18:20 Yeah. So after high school, started doing some little things around town or
00:18:20 --> 00:18:22 what have you, my brother was a drummer.
00:18:22 --> 00:18:28 So then I started singing with his band in the late 90s, and I also had joined
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29 another local band as well.
00:18:30 --> 00:18:33 I was working with both bands simultaneously in the late 90s.
00:18:33 --> 00:18:39 I started with a cousin of mine actually was rapping, and she asked me to do
00:18:39 --> 00:18:43 a hook for her song, in which I met the manager of that band.
00:18:43 --> 00:18:45 And that's when I came to join that local band in the area.
00:18:46 --> 00:18:49 So again, working with both of those bands and then just through networking
00:18:49 --> 00:18:54 with many musicians, just then landing other situations, other gigs.
00:18:54 --> 00:18:59 And so basically that's pretty much it. And just kind of then deciding to break
00:18:59 --> 00:19:03 out and do my own thing, as well as continue working with these other acts.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:09 As far as the major artists, some of those opportunities came from my comrades,
00:19:09 --> 00:19:11 my musical comrades, doing shows with them.
00:19:11 --> 00:19:16 So someone like Norman Connors, for instance, working with him was just a dream.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:22 The late, great Nathan Heathman was a musician and music director of Norman
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 Connors, as well as Gene Karn.
00:19:24 --> 00:19:28 And I was working with Norman, who was Nathan, rather, who was playing with
00:19:28 --> 00:19:31 my brother. And I asked him about this song.
00:19:31 --> 00:19:33 There's a famous Norman Connors song called Invitation.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:37 And we did the song at this local club. And afterwards he asked,
00:19:37 --> 00:19:39 he said, do you know who I am? I said, I don't know who you are.
00:19:39 --> 00:19:43 And he said, well, I'm Norman Connors' music director. We had just done Norman's
00:19:43 --> 00:19:45 song. I'm his music director. I was like, wow.
00:19:45 --> 00:19:48 Okay. He says, well, I'm going to call you and we're going to do something.
00:19:48 --> 00:19:52 I was like, yeah, okay. Thought it was the Hollywood talk, quote unquote.
00:19:53 --> 00:19:57 And so several months later, Nathan did call and said, I want you to perform
00:19:57 --> 00:20:00 that song for Norman. We're going to surprise him.
00:20:00 --> 00:20:05 We haven't performed that song since it was recorded. And I was like, oh, my gosh.
00:20:05 --> 00:20:09 So we're going to get on that nervous thing once again and actually surprised
00:20:09 --> 00:20:12 Norman with the song. And he was very pleased with the outcome.
00:20:12 --> 00:20:15 So one of the stories there. That's awesome.
00:20:16 --> 00:20:23 Now, I know that, you know, DC has a big or the DMV has a big go-go music presence
00:20:23 --> 00:20:27 and, you know, Chuck Brown and Backstreet Backyard, you know, all those.
00:20:28 --> 00:20:33 Does that culture flow into your music in any way?
00:20:34 --> 00:20:39 It used to. The first band that I was playing with, local band, was titled Soundproof.
00:20:39 --> 00:20:45 So we were a band that encompassed R&B, classic R&B, plus a little bit of the part.
00:20:45 --> 00:20:49 They called Go-Go or Party Music or what have you. So I got a chance to collaborate
00:20:49 --> 00:20:52 as well. We also, the late, great Little Benny.
00:20:52 --> 00:20:56 So Little Benny was also rocking with us. So that was also an incredible experience.
00:20:57 --> 00:21:02 So, yeah, I did. I did work with some of the bands in the area that perform go go music.
00:21:03 --> 00:21:07 But then I decided to go, you know, focus more on the R&B route.
00:21:07 --> 00:21:09 OK. You know, as time went on.
00:21:09 --> 00:21:13 Gotcha. And, you know, I guess, you know, where you are right now.
00:21:13 --> 00:21:18 And I know in the in the bio we talked about, of course, the you know,
00:21:18 --> 00:21:22 you're in the play and, you know, prior releasing the album.
00:21:22 --> 00:21:25 What are your goals for the future?
00:21:25 --> 00:21:28 What are you looking to do, let's say, in the next year or two?
00:21:29 --> 00:21:32 Definitely want to put out more music. I'm an independent artist,
00:21:32 --> 00:21:36 so the struggles of being an independent artist is if you're an independent
00:21:36 --> 00:21:39 artist out there, anybody listening, you know the struggles.
00:21:39 --> 00:21:42 So it's the it's getting out there.
00:21:42 --> 00:21:48 It's getting it's having the conversations with people, not only with promoters,
00:21:48 --> 00:21:53 but people in general and getting them to kind of expand their musical palates.
00:21:53 --> 00:21:57 A lot of times people get complacent with listening to things that they're familiar
00:21:57 --> 00:21:58 with. They only want the familiar.
00:21:59 --> 00:22:04 So my job is to introduce them to something new. like, I want you to expand
00:22:04 --> 00:22:08 your palate and take a listen to this. And it might be something that you kind of like.
00:22:09 --> 00:22:14 So that's the thing right there. So that's been the challenge, but still performing.
00:22:15 --> 00:22:19 I am appearing, like I said, I'm starring in a musical coming up and actually
00:22:19 --> 00:22:24 in about less than two weeks, I think now, called I've Cried the Blues.
00:22:24 --> 00:22:28 So like I said, that was done in 2019 at the Warner Theater. I'm a lead actress.
00:22:29 --> 00:22:33 It's circa 1945, Arkansas. saw. And it's a period piece.
00:22:33 --> 00:22:39 It's a very emotional piece. It's a very moving piece. And so due to popular demand, reviving that.
00:22:39 --> 00:22:42 And so been in my acting bag a little bit.
00:22:44 --> 00:22:48 Is that also going to be at the Warner Theater? Is that going to be somewhere else?
00:22:48 --> 00:22:54 Yes. Back at the Warner Theater on Saturday, October 11th at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.
00:22:54 --> 00:22:58 Saturday, October 11th. So yeah, and it's called I've Cried the Blues.
00:22:59 --> 00:23:03 Gotcha. And, you know, my final question before, you know, I guess, Dave.
00:23:04 --> 00:23:08 Well, I do want to say just let you know, we do have a background singer among
00:23:08 --> 00:23:11 the three of us. I'm not going to say who it is, but it's not me.
00:23:14 --> 00:23:20 But I just want to throw that out there. But, you know, my last question is, and, you know.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:23 In the beginning, Dave and I were talking, we're just talking about being an
00:23:23 --> 00:23:28 entrepreneur. Dave is also, he has a job, but he's also an entrepreneur as well.
00:23:29 --> 00:23:33 How do you stay focused? Because prior to the show, I was just telling Dave,
00:23:34 --> 00:23:37 I was like, man, this entrepreneur life is rough and, you know,
00:23:37 --> 00:23:41 it looks good on the outside, but, you know, people don't know the real.
00:23:42 --> 00:23:46 How do you stay focused in pursuing your goal, you know, going through those
00:23:46 --> 00:23:50 ups and downs of being in the music business?
00:23:51 --> 00:23:54 The love of music, first and foremost, because so basically as an artist,
00:23:55 --> 00:23:57 you need to determine why do you do this?
00:23:57 --> 00:24:01 Right. And I do it, you know, are you doing, there's a myriad of reasons why
00:24:01 --> 00:24:04 people are in this business. I do it because I'm passionate about music.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:09 Like I said, I started, I started out as a collector. My parents didn't find
00:24:09 --> 00:24:12 out I was a sang until senior year of high school. They had no idea.
00:24:12 --> 00:24:17 So it wasn't your typical little kid growing up in the church scenario.
00:24:17 --> 00:24:19 It was high school when they found out.
00:24:19 --> 00:24:22 And people ask me, say, did you know that you were a singer?
00:24:23 --> 00:24:28 And I said, I kind of didn't. You know, I guess my music teacher heard something and I didn't hear.
00:24:28 --> 00:24:33 But anywho, it's staying focused. It's knowing why you're in this and then the
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 support of family and friends.
00:24:35 --> 00:24:40 I have incredible family and friends that support me in everything I do.
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42 All right. Thank you.
00:24:44 --> 00:24:48 Aaron I was sitting here listening to you talking I just thought about this
00:24:48 --> 00:24:55 and you know with your background and everything that you have done and people
00:24:55 --> 00:24:58 that you perform with and you know,
00:24:59 --> 00:25:07 you had the you already had the chops you could sing you know what I mean you already had that going.
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 And here it is,
00:25:12 --> 00:25:16 you didn't done all these wonderful things. And then you get in this situation
00:25:16 --> 00:25:19 that we played in the very beginning of this show.
00:25:20 --> 00:25:28 And all of a sudden you, you know, you have a whole new perspective on the possibilities
00:25:28 --> 00:25:30 of what could happen from that.
00:25:30 --> 00:25:34 Now, you know, keep, keep, keep in mind, you know, it's gotta be,
00:25:34 --> 00:25:38 I know it's gotta be a little frustrating at times, but it's also an exciting
00:25:38 --> 00:25:42 period for you because you've done all these things,
00:25:42 --> 00:25:46 but yet this little piece is your history right now.
00:25:47 --> 00:25:52 How do you feel about that? Tell me about that. What is your feeling about where you are right now?
00:25:52 --> 00:25:57 It feels good. I mean, I tell you, I woke up,
00:25:58 --> 00:26:04 like I said, I've been grinding and trying to get visibility, and I stay with, I guess,
00:26:04 --> 00:26:10 now in today's day and age, it's all about creating content and constantly being
00:26:10 --> 00:26:13 the president and showing everybody that, okay,
00:26:13 --> 00:26:16 I'm online every day, all day, posting, posting, posting.
00:26:16 --> 00:26:21 And so I had been doing that and, you know, still felt like I wasn't getting
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 anywhere in it, if you will.
00:26:22 --> 00:26:25 I mean, somewhat, but, you know, not as where I wanted to go.
00:26:26 --> 00:26:32 But then when this happened, it's like, whew, I think overnight it just changed.
00:26:32 --> 00:26:38 And then when I started seeing a few celebrities pop in the room, I was like, wow.
00:26:39 --> 00:26:43 Like people saw the video and they were like commenting.
00:26:44 --> 00:26:47 And I was like, oh my gosh, you're like, Big Daddy Kane, wow.
00:26:48 --> 00:26:54 Like Big Daddy Kane liked my video? You know, so stuff like that.
00:26:54 --> 00:26:56 So yeah, those are the things for me.
00:26:56 --> 00:27:00 And it was really cool. It's really cool. Sheila E., you name it.
00:27:01 --> 00:27:03 It's been, it's Holly Robinson, Pete.
00:27:03 --> 00:27:11 It was like a host of people who took a liking to this video was just incredible.
00:27:11 --> 00:27:15 And I was like, again, that just goes back to like, I didn't know it was going
00:27:15 --> 00:27:18 to go to that level. So, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
00:27:19 --> 00:27:24 And you know, like I said, when I started watching, I watched the video one time and I was like.
00:27:25 --> 00:27:28 What just happened there and i'm playing it again like
00:27:28 --> 00:27:30 i said it became a movie to me you know because i just kept
00:27:30 --> 00:27:34 playing it over and over again but and one
00:27:34 --> 00:27:37 of my one of my co-workers i showed her the video and she
00:27:37 --> 00:27:40 she's following you now you know she
00:27:40 --> 00:27:43 couldn't wait for the show tonight you know she said she got
00:27:43 --> 00:27:46 i got my whole family going to be tuning in tonight you know
00:27:46 --> 00:27:48 so i started laughing i said well you know
00:27:48 --> 00:27:51 but that's what's happening right now let me
00:27:51 --> 00:27:54 ask you the i i saw that
00:27:54 --> 00:27:57 you had a relationship with malcolm jamal warner you know
00:27:57 --> 00:28:00 that you guys knew each other and so
00:28:00 --> 00:28:05 forth what can you tell us about that relationship well actually i i did i had
00:28:05 --> 00:28:12 only met him right about we worked together in june at the capital jazz fest
00:28:12 --> 00:28:18 oh okay all right And he played with your band Yeah.
00:28:21 --> 00:28:25 I worked with a band There's a jazz band in the Washington D.C.
00:28:25 --> 00:28:30 Area Titled Spur of the Moment And we did a tribute At Capitol Jazz,
00:28:31 --> 00:28:39 Honoring the late great Roy Ayers I'm a huge Roy Ayers fan by the way So we did a Roy And Malcolm,
00:28:39 --> 00:28:45 Joined us on stage for that Performance as well So it was actually my first
00:28:45 --> 00:28:50 time meeting him and such a wonderful, wonderful spirit.
00:28:50 --> 00:28:56 So it was pretty devastating, as you can imagine, getting the news the month
00:28:56 --> 00:28:58 later of his transition.
00:28:59 --> 00:29:01 Yeah, I can imagine. Yeah.
00:29:03 --> 00:29:03 Yeah.
00:29:05 --> 00:29:13 So let me ask you this. Okay, so you're in this whole new realm.
00:29:14 --> 00:29:18 Your reality has become a little bit different now.
00:29:19 --> 00:29:25 You know, this is not like when you walked out on the Apollo stage and had to
00:29:25 --> 00:29:26 face all those people, you know.
00:29:27 --> 00:29:30 Matter of fact, tell us about that. How was that? How was that,
00:29:30 --> 00:29:33 by the way, walking out there and facing all those people?
00:29:34 --> 00:29:37 God well i don't i don't god it was so long ago
00:29:37 --> 00:29:41 but actually they have just so you know with the apollo there are a couple of
00:29:41 --> 00:29:46 different versions you have a televised and a non-televised version i was on
00:29:46 --> 00:29:52 the non-televised oh on the non-televised amateur night so i didn't get but
00:29:52 --> 00:29:54 i did get a chance to rub the log i still rub the log.
00:29:56 --> 00:30:00 So that was that was pretty that was pretty cool to rub the log so So,
00:30:00 --> 00:30:06 yeah, I went out there and then actually I, like an usher, said to me,
00:30:06 --> 00:30:10 oh, my gosh, you should come back and audition for the televised.
00:30:10 --> 00:30:12 I said, OK, maybe I'll do that. So we go.
00:30:13 --> 00:30:16 My mom and I, that's my that's my my ride and die right there. My mom.
00:30:17 --> 00:30:23 So the two of us venture to New York in the bitter cold in January and we were outside.
00:30:23 --> 00:30:28 You're on line for hours on end in the bitter cold. and people are waiting in
00:30:28 --> 00:30:33 line to get in and then you get in and do your thing and that was that. So, yeah.
00:30:34 --> 00:30:40 Good experience, though. Did you do the TV show, though? I did not. Wow.
00:30:41 --> 00:30:46 Wow. You know, sometimes for television, I know sometimes for television,
00:30:46 --> 00:30:50 they're always looking not necessarily for talent alone.
00:30:50 --> 00:30:55 Yeah. Sometimes they want the gimmick, they want something or,
00:30:55 --> 00:30:58 you know, yeah so that's that show was fully
00:30:58 --> 00:31:01 full of people with gimmicks so so i i get
00:31:01 --> 00:31:05 it yeah they want the gimmick or the intent the intentional
00:31:05 --> 00:31:08 not so talented so that
00:31:08 --> 00:31:14 you i mean we got to have somebody to boo so right right everybody everybody
00:31:14 --> 00:31:19 can't be great so i know i know there you go there you go i get it i get it
00:31:19 --> 00:31:25 i get it yeah yeah now what i was what I was getting ready to allude to.
00:31:25 --> 00:31:29 So with everything that's going on, and, you know, especially nowadays with
00:31:29 --> 00:31:33 so many different outlets, have you tried to get on any of these singing shows?
00:31:33 --> 00:31:36 The Voice or Idol or any of those shows?
00:31:37 --> 00:31:40 You know, it was the same situation with The Voice.
00:31:42 --> 00:31:46 The same scenario when I did The Voice. My mom and I went to The Voice, too.
00:31:48 --> 00:31:52 And, yeah, it's just, again, it's, you know, and I will say,
00:31:52 --> 00:31:56 like, for me, I live on the stage. I live on the stage.
00:31:57 --> 00:32:03 But the audition process, I don't love it. I don't love the audition process.
00:32:04 --> 00:32:07 I'm in my natural element on the stage, though, however.
00:32:07 --> 00:32:10 But I guess I don't know what exactly they were looking for.
00:32:10 --> 00:32:15 But they took us a group in a room and you do the, everybody gets up and sings
00:32:15 --> 00:32:19 something like 10 in a group and then the people at the table said,
00:32:19 --> 00:32:23 well, we're not selecting anyone from this group, thank y'all for coming. Oh, wow.
00:32:25 --> 00:32:30 It's funny because that's crazy because a young lady from here that both Leonard
00:32:30 --> 00:32:35 and I know, you know, she actually made it pretty far on that show. Yeah. Who was that?
00:32:36 --> 00:32:41 No, she's Nicole. Oh, okay. Yeah. I know a couple of folks from this area as
00:32:41 --> 00:32:46 well have went on to do the show and actually got as far as television and they've done wonderfully.
00:32:47 --> 00:32:50 And, you know, I think, too, here's another thing, too.
00:32:50 --> 00:32:53 I think a lot of times with the shows, you get you get out there,
00:32:53 --> 00:32:57 you're out there super early, you're out online for like six plus hours on end.
00:32:57 --> 00:33:04 And then you're still there's still the need to have the the level of excitement
00:33:04 --> 00:33:07 and all this other stuff, I guess, when you finally get in the room.
00:33:08 --> 00:33:12 And I don't know I don't know if I exuded enough energy I don't know,
00:33:12 --> 00:33:17 I'll be honest yes, okay I get it I don't know,
00:33:18 --> 00:33:25 it's like, yay, I don't know yeah, well, you probably was like, okay,
00:33:27 --> 00:33:32 I'm tired I'm cold yeah, I know can you just hear me sing?
00:33:32 --> 00:33:35 I mean, that's all I want to say that's what I'm saying, I'm like,
00:33:35 --> 00:33:43 I got a good voice I got great points I don't know if I wasn't peppy enough I don't know,
00:33:45 --> 00:33:49 Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Hudson didn't win Idol I mean but she won everything
00:33:49 --> 00:33:52 else you know what I mean she did.
00:33:55 --> 00:34:00 It actually turned out to be a blessing actually not winning Idol turned out
00:34:00 --> 00:34:05 to be a blessing I think it turned out to be a blessing for her not winning
00:34:05 --> 00:34:07 Idol yeah that's right That's right.
00:34:08 --> 00:34:14 Well, let me ask you this. With the internet now, and, you know,
00:34:15 --> 00:34:20 like my partner is very, you know, he's online almost every day.
00:34:20 --> 00:34:23 Well, every day just about because of his business and everything.
00:34:23 --> 00:34:29 And, you know, especially Instagram and TikTok, you know, those two really these
00:34:29 --> 00:34:32 days, you know, that's where everybody goes to try to make it.
00:34:32 --> 00:34:38 And there has been a lot of like big names now that have made it because they
00:34:38 --> 00:34:41 have been diligent in putting their stuff out there.
00:34:41 --> 00:34:49 I know I started watching Teddy Swims a few years ago and I became a fan because
00:34:49 --> 00:34:51 that guy has that voice that's just crazy.
00:34:51 --> 00:34:56 And I was like, I was, you know, we'll watch him and he I know there's one particular
00:34:56 --> 00:34:59 song he used to perform, an old doors song.
00:34:59 --> 00:35:02 And I watch him perform the song and he would kill it every time.
00:35:02 --> 00:35:06 And then all of a sudden, I'm seeing him on the Grammys.
00:35:06 --> 00:35:09 I'm seeing him on, you know, he's been nominated and all of this stuff.
00:35:09 --> 00:35:14 And I'm like, I remember this dude when he first started out, you know. Yeah, yeah.
00:35:14 --> 00:35:20 So I guess it's just, you know, timing and getting, you know,
00:35:21 --> 00:35:23 getting something to get people to listen to.
00:35:23 --> 00:35:30 Do you think that the timing is right for you right now to do some big things?
00:35:31 --> 00:35:36 Absolutely. It's all about timing. It's about timing and having the,
00:35:36 --> 00:35:40 I mean, I guess, yeah, definitely it's about timing and having the right eyes upon you at that time.
00:35:41 --> 00:35:45 So, yeah, that's all. That's that's really pretty much what it is.
00:35:45 --> 00:35:50 And so this business, of course, as you know, is about relationships and timing.
00:35:50 --> 00:35:53 Those are the two ones right there. Right. Yeah, that's true.
00:35:53 --> 00:36:03 That's true um yeah yeah as that with Fulton has he like are you guys planning to do a whole E.T.
00:36:03 --> 00:36:08 Or a whole album or are you guys just I know you have two singles with him right,
00:36:09 --> 00:36:13 yes we talked about it but we we didn't talk about a full E.P.
00:36:13 --> 00:36:17 But what happened was he reached out and he said hey I know this song is getting
00:36:17 --> 00:36:19 a whole lot of buzz do you want to do another one And I said,
00:36:20 --> 00:36:23 sure, let's do another one. So we did the weight of it all.
00:36:23 --> 00:36:25 And people were pleased. And
00:36:25 --> 00:36:30 so, but now the people say, we need a whole album. We need a whole album.
00:36:30 --> 00:36:34 And I said, hold on, guys. Fulton's busy with other stuff. I don't know.
00:36:34 --> 00:36:39 But yeah, because Fulton has went on to do some more collaborations with some other artists.
00:36:39 --> 00:36:45 He's doing really great things. And then he as well has his own band and believe he's going to be going,
00:36:46 --> 00:36:50 believe he said he'll go on tour at the top of next year so he's he's been kind
00:36:50 --> 00:36:54 of busy with that so but we there's still time for us who knows you never know
00:36:54 --> 00:37:01 what the future holds all right wow okay well hopefully fulton takes you out
00:37:01 --> 00:37:04 with i mean because all you need all you need all you need is that right audience,
00:37:05 --> 00:37:11 that's it your own shows you know what i mean so well well i mean.
00:37:12 --> 00:37:17 I know. Yeah, I'm kind of doing that now already, doing another thing as well.
00:37:17 --> 00:37:19 So I'm already doing my own shows.
00:37:19 --> 00:37:23 But, yeah, I mean, I would love to collaborate with Pacific Head. Okay.
00:37:23 --> 00:37:30 Well, speaking of collaborations, and this is my last question, but I had this in my head.
00:37:30 --> 00:37:37 Speaking of collaborations, if you can pick three people, you know I got an answer.
00:37:37 --> 00:37:42 If you can pick three people that you can do a collaboration with
00:37:42 --> 00:37:46 that would just be like the ultimate
00:37:46 --> 00:37:49 thing for you with three people now
00:37:49 --> 00:37:53 and it could be like i mean it could be and i'm
00:37:53 --> 00:37:55 gonna give you i'm gonna give you a little bit of a break it could be people
00:37:55 --> 00:38:00 that are living or people that have passed okay i'll make it easy for you i'll
00:38:00 --> 00:38:05 make it easy for you okay all right yeah that helps okay a lot of my idols have
00:38:05 --> 00:38:10 passed on i know i I figured you were going to say that. Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:38:11 --> 00:38:17 Oh, gosh. Well, still with us is Mr. Stevie Wonder, the icon. Oh, yeah.
00:38:18 --> 00:38:24 For it. Yeah, because one of my singles is a cover of his song, Another Star.
00:38:24 --> 00:38:30 Gosh, you gave me a toughie because there's so many people that I love.
00:38:30 --> 00:38:33 So it's kind of hard to pinpoint, like, who would I pick?
00:38:34 --> 00:38:40 But Stevie would definitely be one. And, ah, ooh-wee, I need a minute.
00:38:42 --> 00:38:46 I need a minute. You know what's so funny?
00:38:46 --> 00:38:50 Stevie's name always comes up in all of these things, though.
00:38:50 --> 00:38:54 That's amazing to me because everybody loves Stevie Wonder.
00:38:55 --> 00:38:58 And it's just incredible that his name always comes up.
00:38:58 --> 00:39:02 His name always comes up. Stevie's a musical genius. He's a musical genius.
00:39:02 --> 00:39:08 And he's just, he's incredible. incredible i mean the man is just he's an icon
00:39:08 --> 00:39:13 he's he's the goat one of the goats yeah um so yeah i mean rightfully so it's
00:39:13 --> 00:39:14 well deserving of the title,
00:39:15 --> 00:39:19 But, golly, I'm feeling stumped right now.
00:39:19 --> 00:39:24 But I'm really at a loss because there's so many that I love.
00:39:25 --> 00:39:32 But I loved, I'm a huge fan of No Longer With Us. Michael Henderson is another one that I adore.
00:39:33 --> 00:39:39 I had the opportunity to perform with him as well. That was incredible.
00:39:41 --> 00:39:48 Okay. And I love Mr. Dexter Wanzell, who's also, you mentioned earlier as well, Mr. Dexter Wanzell.
00:39:48 --> 00:39:53 And that name right there is, I usually like to tell the people,
00:39:53 --> 00:39:59 a lot of the big major hits of the 70s, you knew and you loved,
00:39:59 --> 00:40:02 you just didn't know that was the mastermind behind those songs.
00:40:03 --> 00:40:07 I did. I did. You did. I know you did. I know you did.
00:40:08 --> 00:40:13 Dexter Juan Zellett on the Philly International Records label and writing and
00:40:13 --> 00:40:17 producing for some of the biggest stars on the label was just,
00:40:18 --> 00:40:20 yeah, he's a master at his craft.
00:40:20 --> 00:40:23 And I've also had the pleasure of performing with him as well.
00:40:24 --> 00:40:27 So truly a dream come true. So I'll go with those three.
00:40:27 --> 00:40:31 We'll say Stevie, Dexter, and Michael. okay very
00:40:31 --> 00:40:34 eclectic by the way yeah they're definitely definitely very
00:40:34 --> 00:40:38 eclectic okay yeah all right well
00:40:38 --> 00:40:45 why don't you do us a favor and if you want to give out your social media pages
00:40:45 --> 00:40:49 to have people you know if people want to contact you whatever i would love
00:40:49 --> 00:40:54 to get you up here to do a concert up this way why not yeah so we could talk
00:40:54 --> 00:40:57 about that we definitely could talk about that.
00:40:58 --> 00:41:00 But you know let people know how they can reach out
00:41:00 --> 00:41:03 to you and and and where they can listen to your
00:41:03 --> 00:41:06 music and you know as far as the
00:41:06 --> 00:41:09 play you know you know let people know
00:41:09 --> 00:41:14 about the play and coming down to see the play so you have a moment to go ahead
00:41:14 --> 00:41:21 and do that absolutely thank you so much for having me as well so karen k-a-r-e-n
00:41:21 --> 00:41:28 and lynette is l-i-n-e-t-t-e So Lynette with an I,
00:41:29 --> 00:41:34 not a Y And that's Karen Lynette across all social media handles Including Facebook
00:41:34 --> 00:41:39 I have a artist page Karen Lynette artist page on Facebook I have a Karen Lynette
00:41:39 --> 00:41:45 official on Instagram Karen Lynette as well on TikTok And,
00:41:45 --> 00:41:49 I think those are the three right there, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.
00:41:49 --> 00:41:55 And my website is KarenLynette.com, www.KarenLynette.com.
00:41:55 --> 00:41:58 So that's my website right there. And I try to do my absolute best to keep up
00:41:58 --> 00:42:02 with current events and where I'm going to be, as well as I post on my social
00:42:02 --> 00:42:05 media handles what's coming up for me.
00:42:05 --> 00:42:08 Because as of right now, like I said, during Saturday, October 11th,
00:42:08 --> 00:42:11 I'll be at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.
00:42:12 --> 00:42:17 In Saturday, December 6th, I will be at the Gordon Center out in Owings Mills,
00:42:17 --> 00:42:21 Maryland, where I will be honoring the legacy of Aretha Franklin.
00:42:22 --> 00:42:27 So I'm doing that Saturday, December 6th at the Gordon Center in Owings Mills, Maryland.
00:42:27 --> 00:42:33 And Sunday, December 14th, I'll be doing that same show of Aretha in Boca Raton,
00:42:34 --> 00:42:36 Florida at Crazy Uncle Mike's.
00:42:40 --> 00:42:44 That's the name of the place crazy uncle mike crazy uncle
00:42:44 --> 00:42:48 mike i said okay that's what i said too i said okay but yeah
00:42:48 --> 00:42:51 we'll be doing honoring the legacy of aretha franklin so
00:42:51 --> 00:42:53 that's been kind of been a lot of people have been wanting me to do
00:42:53 --> 00:42:57 that show as well so that's been kind of going around i
00:42:57 --> 00:43:00 just recently did the south jazz kitchen in philadelphia doing
00:43:00 --> 00:43:05 the same show so they've taken a liking to the queen of soul and i'm always
00:43:05 --> 00:43:10 grateful to pay homage to her because she was one of the goats again the queen
00:43:10 --> 00:43:17 of soul you can't you can't argue that right you can't argue at all hey leonard i just thought.
00:43:21 --> 00:43:24 Leonard we are leonard owns a
00:43:24 --> 00:43:27 campground in lower delaware here in
00:43:27 --> 00:43:30 houston delaware it's uh one of the few black owned
00:43:30 --> 00:43:38 campgrounds in the whole country and it's a it's over what 30 acres or you know
00:43:38 --> 00:43:43 people come there and do camping and all kinds of things there and and cabins
00:43:43 --> 00:43:48 and whatever but one thing that happens every year there is the black music festival,
00:43:49 --> 00:43:52 it's an outdoor you see where i'm going with this
00:43:52 --> 00:43:55 right leonard yeah yeah yeah so
00:43:55 --> 00:43:59 so and they have all types of entertain all
00:43:59 --> 00:44:02 type of entertainment to come through and perform it's
00:44:02 --> 00:44:07 an outside it's an outside event and it's number love thousands of people come
00:44:07 --> 00:44:12 through and so forth the person who puts that on is a guy by the name of sam
00:44:12 --> 00:44:19 bailey who who is the person who is the mastermind behind it but.
00:44:20 --> 00:44:25 That would be something that we may need to talk to Sam about getting you up
00:44:25 --> 00:44:28 here to perform at next year. It's always in July.
00:44:28 --> 00:44:30 Okay. June. Yeah.
00:44:31 --> 00:44:34 June, okay. June. June. I'm sorry. June. That's right.
00:44:35 --> 00:44:38 And I'm telling you, this thing is just something to behold.
00:44:38 --> 00:44:41 Everybody has a wonderful time every time this thing goes on.
00:44:41 --> 00:44:46 So we might have to put a bug in Mr. Bailey's ear to have a conversation with
00:44:46 --> 00:44:51 you. Do you do all your own bookings and stuff, or do you have somebody we can go through?
00:44:52 --> 00:44:55 I do have someone. I can definitely link the two of you, definitely.
00:44:56 --> 00:45:01 Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Send me that information. Absolutely.
00:45:02 --> 00:45:06 I'm sure Mr. Bailey will hear this show as well, because he's going to hear us talk about it.
00:45:07 --> 00:45:12 Okay. But that's something that I would love to see you be a part of.
00:45:12 --> 00:45:18 So I think you will blow the place away down there. We had an all-female group
00:45:18 --> 00:45:21 that came there. It was this past summer.
00:45:21 --> 00:45:24 And, man, that's all everybody was talking about was this all-female band that
00:45:24 --> 00:45:27 came through, and they tore it up there, man. Okay.
00:45:28 --> 00:45:31 And where were they from, Leonard? Weren't they from D.C.?
00:45:33 --> 00:45:36 I'm not sure. I didn't get a chance to see them. Okay. Okay.
00:45:36 --> 00:45:40 Okay. Yeah. Yeah. He's trying to say he was working. But anyway.
00:45:45 --> 00:45:52 But anyway, we want to thank you for coming on and hanging out with us.
00:45:52 --> 00:45:59 I know you're on to your next thing, but we definitely want to say thank you
00:45:59 --> 00:46:01 and definitely we'll be in touch.
00:46:01 --> 00:46:07 And, you know, we know that something big is about to happen for you and we can feel it.
00:46:07 --> 00:46:11 Oh, well, would you say, Leonard, you wanted to sing something on the way else?
00:46:11 --> 00:46:11 Did you say that through?
00:46:14 --> 00:46:22 Did you say that a duet a duet no we're not doing a duet get ready Dave,
00:46:23 --> 00:46:34 no no no calm down Dave always talks about he's a singer except on episodes that we have a singer,
00:46:35 --> 00:46:40 I am not singing on it look I'm trying to keep the ratings up on our show you
00:46:40 --> 00:46:44 gotta say Dave you gotta say you're on vocal rest today that's all Vocal rest.
00:46:45 --> 00:46:49 I'm on vocal rest. Yeah, that's right. My vocal rest is not working at the moment.
00:46:50 --> 00:46:55 I can only talk at the moment. I can only talk. You know, but... Here, Dave.
00:46:55 --> 00:46:59 Would you like to sing something? Would you like to sing something for us? Hmm?
00:47:00 --> 00:47:02 I'm not repeating anything after you. Anyway.
00:47:05 --> 00:47:09 Would you like to sing something for us on the way out? Oh, me?
00:47:10 --> 00:47:14 Oh, is that... Is that too impromptu?
00:47:15 --> 00:47:18 Is that too impromptu? Is that too impromptu? No.
00:47:19 --> 00:47:26 No. So, okay. So, my EP, Upside of Life, like I said, the title track, features Najee.
00:47:27 --> 00:47:31 You guys know the smooth jazz saxophonist and flatest Najee is featured on that.
00:47:31 --> 00:47:37 It's a nice, uplifting tune. It's an empowering tune. So, I can give you a little taste of that.
00:47:37 --> 00:47:44 Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Step by step, round by round,
00:47:45 --> 00:47:48 I'm reaching up to higher ground.
00:47:48 --> 00:47:52 See, there is no negativity.
00:47:52 --> 00:47:55 I'll take care of my responsibilities.
00:47:56 --> 00:48:02 I can see a rainbow in the sky. I'm reaching out for.
00:48:04 --> 00:48:13 For my No pain And stop me now Stepping up to Higher ground,
00:48:14 --> 00:48:20 I'm on the upside of life There you go There you go How was that?
00:48:20 --> 00:48:25 There you go That was great I'm on the upside of life Reaching for the start
00:48:25 --> 00:48:26 Alright Dave, your turn You know,
00:48:28 --> 00:48:31 Anyway I think You know, I think I've heard that,
00:48:32 --> 00:48:38 From the think of it yeah it's a nice it's a nice uplifting tune it's a very
00:48:38 --> 00:48:41 uplifting tune so it's a very yeah,
00:48:41 --> 00:48:46 alright well it's become a fan favorite yeah well,
00:48:47 --> 00:48:53 I'm a fan already anyway so but I really I really want to say thank you again
00:48:53 --> 00:48:57 I know Leonard I'm sure Leonard wants to say the same thing,
00:48:58 --> 00:49:05 but we will be looking forward we will be looking forward to seeing your name
00:49:05 --> 00:49:10 in bigger lights than that it already is and just remember us when when we need
00:49:10 --> 00:49:15 those front stage when we need those backstage passes to get in your shoes okay all right.
00:49:19 --> 00:49:25 All right but anyway but we you know we either i'll more likely you're here
00:49:25 --> 00:49:29 for me because leonard don't leonard don't i'm the guy that always makes all
00:49:29 --> 00:49:31 the contacts so but i'll get in touch with you,
00:49:31 --> 00:49:36 and we'll see about maybe trying to get you here next summer, see what happens.
00:49:36 --> 00:49:39 Thank you both. I appreciate that. Thank you so much.
00:49:39 --> 00:49:46 Thank you, and have a good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, and Lynette, thank you. Thank you.
00:49:46 --> 00:49:49 Thank you. All right. Take care.
00:49:52 --> 00:49:56 All right. That was great. That was great. We really appreciate Ms.
00:49:56 --> 00:49:57 Karen and Lynette coming on.
00:49:58 --> 00:50:02 We're going to go ahead and continue with our show. Got a couple of subjects
00:50:02 --> 00:50:07 that we want to talk to you guys about before we sign off. Let's see.
00:50:08 --> 00:50:14 Let's see. We got our first story. I thought this was interesting.
00:50:14 --> 00:50:18 Did you hear anything about this, by the way, Leonard, in the story that I'm about to talk about?
00:50:19 --> 00:50:22 No. okay all right so
00:50:22 --> 00:50:25 the story is i did
00:50:25 --> 00:50:30 see i did see when they were talking about this owens points finger at everyone
00:50:30 --> 00:50:37 it says i'm dying as donors trump white house accused of snubbing her at kirps
00:50:37 --> 00:50:43 memorial so this is about candace owens our favorite one of our favorite people
00:50:43 --> 00:50:44 to talk about all the time.
00:50:45 --> 00:50:52 So Candace Owens flips out after the memorial of snub, and it says, Poe thing.
00:50:53 --> 00:50:57 Candace Owens was not asked to speak at Charlie Kirk's memorial,
00:50:58 --> 00:51:00 and she didn't take it well.
00:51:00 --> 00:51:06 She went off on her show blaming Zionist donors, the White House and Kirk's
00:51:06 --> 00:51:08 widow, for keeping her off the list.
00:51:08 --> 00:51:15 The event was reportedly limited to just a few speakers, including Donald Trump and J.D. Vance.
00:51:15 --> 00:51:23 But Owens claimed that she was silenced because of her topics and political stance.
00:51:23 --> 00:51:26 She insists she wasn't upset.
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30 Then she added she skipped the event entirely.
00:51:31 --> 00:51:40 Her alternative plan, listen to power in my headphones and go see, yay, Kanye West.
00:51:42 --> 00:51:46 Her teary tribute took a strange turn right after,
00:51:47 --> 00:51:51 Kirk's passing, Owens posted a tearful video tribute.
00:51:51 --> 00:51:58 She called him her best friend, brother, brother and a visionary.
00:51:59 --> 00:52:04 Wait, before I finish this, you know how many people I have heard say,
00:52:04 --> 00:52:08 I didn't know who Charlie Kirk was before this happened? I didn't.
00:52:09 --> 00:52:14 Me either, Leonard. And you and I have been doing this show for almost five
00:52:14 --> 00:52:17 years now, and his name has never come up.
00:52:17 --> 00:52:24 I will say, I'm sure I've seen him, but you see people talking crazy and you
00:52:24 --> 00:52:25 just kind of keep scrolling.
00:52:26 --> 00:52:31 Yeah. I don't doubt that I've seen him, but I definitely have not seen him enough to know who he was.
00:52:32 --> 00:52:36 How about that? How about that? But all of a sudden, everybody's making this
00:52:36 --> 00:52:38 guy to be this bigger-than-life character.
00:52:40 --> 00:52:45 She said, there is no Candace without Charlie.
00:52:46 --> 00:52:52 Okay. She recalled dancing backstage to Kanye, going on road trips,
00:52:52 --> 00:52:54 and watching him grow spiritually.
00:52:55 --> 00:53:02 She also claimed he had been attending mass and praying the rosary.
00:53:02 --> 00:53:05 But heartfelt moments didn't last.
00:53:05 --> 00:53:11 Critics, including Kirk's pastor, Rob McCoy, pushed back on her statements.
00:53:12 --> 00:53:16 Some felt she was rewriting Kirk's beliefs to fit her own narrative.
00:53:16 --> 00:53:23 Owens pushes a conspiracy theory with no proof days after the tribute.
00:53:24 --> 00:53:31 Owens changed her tone. She suggested that Kirk's death wasn't just a tragedy. It was very suspicious.
00:53:32 --> 00:53:38 On her show, she claimed billionaire Bill Ackman threatened Kirk at the Hamptons
00:53:38 --> 00:53:44 event. According to Owens, Ackman was upset with Kirk hosting speakers like
00:53:44 --> 00:53:47 Tucker Carlson, who had criticized Israel.
00:53:48 --> 00:53:54 She said Kirk felt blackmailed and pressured by Zionist forces around Trump.
00:53:55 --> 00:54:01 Users on X slammed her as unhinged, desperate, and deranged.
00:54:01 --> 00:54:05 Many accused her of using Kirk's death to stay in the spotlight.
00:54:05 --> 00:54:11 One viral comment said, you're turning this into your little conspiracy circus
00:54:11 --> 00:54:13 to keep yourself relevant.
00:54:13 --> 00:54:17 Another added, she's struggling to keep her story straight.
00:54:17 --> 00:54:23 Some even brought up postpartum stress, suggesting her behavior was a rear flag.
00:54:24 --> 00:54:32 Laura Loomer said that Owens was totally irredeemable and predicted that she
00:54:32 --> 00:54:34 be banned from the memorial.
00:54:34 --> 00:54:42 This blog revealed deepest cracks in the MAGA movement once I started with,
00:54:43 --> 00:54:50 T. Pussa had quietly parted ways with the group over her increasingly controversial
00:54:50 --> 00:54:53 views. I'm going to stop right there.
00:54:53 --> 00:54:58 So Candace Owens has always been like a lightning rod.
00:54:59 --> 00:55:05 And she's good for gaslighting and starting controversial things and whatever.
00:55:06 --> 00:55:09 But you know it seems to
00:55:09 --> 00:55:12 me like i mean i don't remember ever
00:55:12 --> 00:55:15 hearing the i mean i don't listen
00:55:15 --> 00:55:17 to a lot of stuff she says because all of it
00:55:17 --> 00:55:22 sounds crazy to me but i don't remember ever hearing her mention charlie kirk's
00:55:22 --> 00:55:28 name but then if she did maybe i didn't know who he was i didn't pay any attention
00:55:28 --> 00:55:35 to it so to go through all of this and be so upset and and everything about of what happened.
00:55:37 --> 00:55:45 You know, is she using this to put herself in the spotlight and to capitalize
00:55:45 --> 00:55:47 off of this? What do you think?
00:55:47 --> 00:55:50 So personally, I think it's the exact opposite.
00:55:51 --> 00:55:57 I think, and this is just my opinion, I think she really was good friends with Charlie Kirk.
00:55:59 --> 00:56:03 And, you know, they may not have agreed on everything, but they were good friends.
00:56:04 --> 00:56:11 When he passed away of course she's claiming friendship but because she's controversial
00:56:11 --> 00:56:16 I feel like they are trying to give her the boot and I mean we won't we won't
00:56:16 --> 00:56:19 even talk about she's a black woman like you know black woman can only last
00:56:19 --> 00:56:23 in that atmosphere for so long as Omarosa,
00:56:23 --> 00:56:27 yeah so I mean that's what I think it is because I've seen a lot like now I've
00:56:27 --> 00:56:32 just seen a lot of where going back and back, it looks like Charlie's,
00:56:32 --> 00:56:35 Kirk's only black friend was Candace Owens.
00:56:35 --> 00:56:39 You know, like I've seen them on a couple of like pictures and videos that were old.
00:56:40 --> 00:56:44 So, you know, I don't know. It's very weird.
00:56:45 --> 00:56:49 And, you know, one thing about Candace, and I recognize it lately,
00:56:50 --> 00:56:55 she'll say how she feels no matter who she offends, whether she's offended.
00:56:55 --> 00:57:01 Now, she's going to offend, let's say, the Democrats and the left more.
00:57:02 --> 00:57:06 But, I mean, she said some stuff that offended some of these right wing people lately.
00:57:06 --> 00:57:11 So, you know, I think she's kind of, you know, I mean, I guess she's speaking her truth.
00:57:11 --> 00:57:16 But some of these right wing slash President Trump White House people aren't liking it.
00:57:16 --> 00:57:21 And now what I am thinking is, and I mean, I have no idea and I don't even know
00:57:21 --> 00:57:24 how to prove it. How well did J.D. Vance know Charlie Kirk?
00:57:25 --> 00:57:31 I know. That's interesting to me because I was watching something on TV recently
00:57:31 --> 00:57:33 and they were talking to Vance about him.
00:57:34 --> 00:57:39 And Vance was giving like one or two word answers to the questions.
00:57:39 --> 00:57:44 And I was like, huh, well, he must not have known him that well. Right.
00:57:45 --> 00:57:52 You know, but then, you know, how often did you see Charlie Kirk with President
00:57:52 --> 00:57:54 Trump? Yeah, I don't know.
00:57:55 --> 00:58:02 Yeah. I mean, you know, I mean, the videos that's out there on him and the social
00:58:02 --> 00:58:07 media presence that he seemed to have, you didn't really see a lot of interacting
00:58:07 --> 00:58:10 with Vance and Trump, you know.
00:58:11 --> 00:58:15 I don't know the whole thing was just the whole dynamic around everything and
00:58:15 --> 00:58:20 then Candace Owen saying that this was her best you know her best friend or
00:58:20 --> 00:58:24 her brother and all of this stuff and I'm just like but you.
00:58:25 --> 00:58:31 Did he go to the Kanye concert with you I mean come on now you know I don't
00:58:31 --> 00:58:37 know it's just interesting to me that all what's come about ever since this
00:58:37 --> 00:58:40 has happened is of course And we have to say,
00:58:40 --> 00:58:42 you know, it's a sad thing that, you know,
00:58:43 --> 00:58:46 Charlie, you know, Charlie Kirk was gunned down the way that he was.
00:58:46 --> 00:58:52 But, you know, but it's just interesting how all of this has come about,
00:58:53 --> 00:58:57 you know, after his death, you know, and, you know, I mean, President Trump
00:58:57 --> 00:59:00 is talking about doing a memorial for him and all of this stuff.
00:59:00 --> 00:59:06 And I'm just like, you know, flags, the flags were flown half mass on the day
00:59:06 --> 00:59:11 that there was the school shooting, you know, and 9-11, right?
00:59:12 --> 00:59:15 I mean, that was the same time, right? Yeah. So, I don't know.
00:59:17 --> 00:59:22 The world is interesting right now. It really is. It's a very interesting place right now.
00:59:22 --> 00:59:26 But I just wanted to mention that story because I saw her name,
00:59:26 --> 00:59:30 you know, Candace Owens manages to get her name out there somehow, you know. up, bro.
00:59:32 --> 00:59:36 But we're going to move on to our next story. And I thought this was a great
00:59:36 --> 00:59:40 story, you know, very interesting story as well.
00:59:41 --> 00:59:46 Says Kache Fields, an African-American officer with Metro Transit,
00:59:47 --> 00:59:55 uses her photographic memory to track down suspects across Washington, D.C.
00:59:56 --> 00:59:58 For seven years.
01:00:00 --> 01:00:03 I'm sorry, hold on for one moment. Yes, for seven years.
01:00:04 --> 01:00:10 And she helped. She has helped close major cases by recalling faces with striking accuracy.
01:00:10 --> 01:00:15 Fields who grew up in the southeast D.C. serve as a BOLO specialist,
01:00:16 --> 01:00:18 short for be on the lookout.
01:00:19 --> 01:00:22 Did you know that was did you know that was actually what
01:00:22 --> 01:00:24 that meant no you know what i
01:00:24 --> 01:00:27 didn't either i i kept saying bolo bolo i kept always
01:00:27 --> 01:00:30 trying to figure it out i would i wouldn't go look it up
01:00:30 --> 01:00:33 because i didn't i thought it was going to be something you know simple
01:00:33 --> 01:00:36 right but i never knew that's what it stood for be
01:00:36 --> 01:00:40 on the lookout that is too funny each ship
01:00:40 --> 01:00:44 begins with her reviewing emails containing photos
01:00:44 --> 01:00:47 of wanted individuals she commits them.
01:00:47 --> 01:00:55 Those faces to her memory that scans the crowd as she's as she patrolled transit
01:00:55 --> 01:01:05 stations monday september 22nd i basically placed them in my head and when i'm on patrol,
01:01:06 --> 01:01:13 At my stations, that's when I see the person and that Bolo photograph comes
01:01:13 --> 01:01:15 to the front of my head, she said.
01:01:16 --> 01:01:24 This ability has helped stop cases ranging from robberies to homicides and rape cases.
01:01:24 --> 01:01:31 She has assisted in thousands of investigations alongside Metro Transit and
01:01:31 --> 01:01:36 Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Marshal Service.
01:01:36 --> 01:01:43 Her talent was first recognized in 2018 by a mentor, Detective Barlow,
01:01:43 --> 01:01:47 who noticed her sharp memory during a robbery case.
01:01:48 --> 01:01:56 Since then, Fields has stopped thousands of suspects, including a record Ebola arrest in a single day.
01:01:56 --> 01:01:59 Oh, wow. You could. I know that's crazy, right?
01:01:59 --> 01:02:03 My superpower. You could change. Yeah, that's a superpower right there.
01:02:03 --> 01:02:07 You can change your outfit, but you can't change your face, he said.
01:02:08 --> 01:02:17 That mindset allows her to identify suspects even when they try to disguise themselves.
01:02:17 --> 01:02:21 Despite Metro's extensive network of cameras and technology,
01:02:22 --> 01:02:25 Phil relies on mental images she carries.
01:02:25 --> 01:02:33 She believes her ability comes with a duty not to protect the community,
01:02:33 --> 01:02:36 but also to treat every suspect with dignity.
01:02:37 --> 01:02:42 I want the bad guys and the bad girls to know I will find you.
01:02:42 --> 01:02:56 But I will also still treat you with respect as well as a human. she said.
01:02:56 --> 01:03:02 Now, can you imagine, that almost is, believe it or not, a superpower.
01:03:02 --> 01:03:03 I mean, if you think about it.
01:03:04 --> 01:03:07 And if she's as accurate as they're saying she is.
01:03:08 --> 01:03:13 Wow, that's crazy. Now, I'm wondering if there's been any mistaken identity.
01:03:14 --> 01:03:19 But, I mean, but apparently she's helped to solve a lot of cases.
01:03:20 --> 01:03:25 But then, so I wonder if she says, well, that's him or that's her.
01:03:25 --> 01:03:31 And they pick that person up saying, oh, okay, well, if Ms.
01:03:31 --> 01:03:34 Fields says that's her or him, then we got to say that's her or him.
01:03:35 --> 01:03:40 And, you know, could she be wrong with her? who knows you know but but it's
01:03:40 --> 01:03:45 a great thing to know that she has that kind of photographic memory i i met
01:03:45 --> 01:03:49 one person in my life that had photographic memory and it was scary because they,
01:03:50 --> 01:03:54 they didn't think if they saw something once it
01:03:54 --> 01:03:57 stayed in their head you know and they would you could
01:03:57 --> 01:04:00 ask them two weeks later and they still would have clear memory
01:04:00 --> 01:04:03 of what what they saw you can ask them a year later they
01:04:03 --> 01:04:06 still know what they saw so so you know
01:04:06 --> 01:04:09 that's a gift that is definitely a gift and that's something
01:04:09 --> 01:04:15 to have and for her to be able to spot somebody even if they try to throw off
01:04:15 --> 01:04:22 by you know changing their face or wearing you know wigs and stuff like that
01:04:22 --> 01:04:27 you know to be able to understand you know to be able to check their facial
01:04:27 --> 01:04:29 structure out and be able to keep that in their head.
01:04:29 --> 01:04:33 That's really interesting. That is really a superpower. Like I said,
01:04:33 --> 01:04:36 that is really a superpower. What's your thoughts on it?
01:04:36 --> 01:04:39 Well, I mean, I agree. I mean, I think it's just one of those,
01:04:39 --> 01:04:42 everyone has a skill and she definitely honed hers.
01:04:43 --> 01:04:46 Yeah, definitely. She definitely has made it work for her.
01:04:47 --> 01:04:52 And I know those people down there in DC, we should have asked Karen if she ever heard of her.
01:04:52 --> 01:04:56 That's down in her area so you know so but
01:04:56 --> 01:04:59 i just thought that was a great story and you know so
01:04:59 --> 01:05:02 there are some people walking this earth that really do have power
01:05:02 --> 01:05:05 so you know all we need is to put a cape
01:05:05 --> 01:05:11 on her or something in or call her super detective or who knows so but i just
01:05:11 --> 01:05:16 thought uh we give miss fields miss cachet fields a shout out for all that she
01:05:16 --> 01:05:23 does in law enforcement so and the fact that she says that she does it with respect and so forth,
01:05:23 --> 01:05:27 that's a good thing also because we see too many videos of,
01:05:27 --> 01:05:31 of the police not respecting people, you know? So, yeah, definitely.
01:05:32 --> 01:05:37 So I just wanted to give a shout out there. Okay. Which, uh, you got a story for us?
01:05:37 --> 01:05:40 Yeah. So they are our last story. And I thought this was interesting.
01:05:40 --> 01:05:44 I just heard about this yesterday and, you know, I think it's still developing.
01:05:45 --> 01:05:48 You're familiar with Publix, right? Super, supermarket. Okay.
01:05:49 --> 01:05:57 And the city of Jacksonville, they have a large event, not this weekend,
01:05:57 --> 01:05:58 but I think next weekend.
01:05:58 --> 01:06:02 And the event is called, oh no, I'm sorry, actually it's this weekend.
01:06:03 --> 01:06:05 It's called the Black Book Bash.
01:06:06 --> 01:06:15 And from videos I saw on TikTok and Instagram, they had reached out to Publix to be a sponsor.
01:06:16 --> 01:06:24 And Publix said, not only will we sponsor, but we want to be the exclusive sponsor.
01:06:24 --> 01:06:31 Basically meaning, you know, we are going to basically pay enough that you don't
01:06:31 --> 01:06:32 have any other sponsors.
01:06:32 --> 01:06:34 We will be the only sponsor for the event.
01:06:35 --> 01:06:37 So of course, you know, they were okay with that.
01:06:38 --> 01:06:44 And then they said that about a week before the event, so I think it was like last Friday.
01:06:44 --> 01:06:53 So the event is this coming weekend, Publix backs out of being a sponsor of the event.
01:06:53 --> 01:06:59 They're now saying that they never agreed to sponsor the event in the first
01:06:59 --> 01:07:01 place. So they didn't get it in writing?
01:07:02 --> 01:07:09 So it appears that they did not get it in writing.
01:07:09 --> 01:07:12 I'm not sure if they, you know, was like a handshake
01:07:12 --> 01:07:21 thing if it was like an email type thing but basically public says i regret
01:07:21 --> 01:07:27 to inform you that publics is no longer able to offer sponsorship for the foreseeable
01:07:27 --> 01:07:30 future in this volatile climate.
01:07:31 --> 01:07:35 We have pulled all sponsorships for the foreseeable future.
01:07:35 --> 01:07:44 As a result, we are rescinding the existing offer to sponsor Black Book Bash.
01:07:45 --> 01:07:48 So, I mean, with that said, it sounds like they had committed,
01:07:48 --> 01:07:51 you know, you can't rescind something you didn't commit.
01:07:51 --> 01:07:54 Yeah, well, I would especially use that word rescind, you know,
01:07:55 --> 01:07:57 that something happened.
01:07:57 --> 01:08:04 Yeah. Now, Publix is funny. Publix is saying that that email was not from them.
01:08:04 --> 01:08:11 And the company's spokesperson said, we can confirm definitively that this communication
01:08:11 --> 01:08:13 was never sent by Publix.
01:08:13 --> 01:08:17 So the organizers are saying, despite the sponsorship confusion,
01:08:17 --> 01:08:23 they are focused on ensuring that the Black Book Bash is a success.
01:08:23 --> 01:08:29 The event celebrates literacy and amplifies the voices of black authors across the genres.
01:08:29 --> 01:08:35 And of course it's scheduled to take place this weekend on their website for
01:08:35 --> 01:08:38 the black book bash. They do have a donate link.
01:08:38 --> 01:08:42 So, you know, any of our listeners who hears it, they can donate,
01:08:42 --> 01:08:46 but you know, Dave, overall, this is just very confusing. And I do agree.
01:08:46 --> 01:08:51 I'm not sure what they had in writing, what was oral, what was kind of like,
01:08:51 --> 01:08:59 you know, the old time handshake, but you know, So, I mean, it is definitely, you know,
01:08:59 --> 01:09:03 very weird what's happening is a little bit of he say, she say.
01:09:04 --> 01:09:09 So I'm not sure what the deal is, but long story short, a lot of people are mad at Publix.
01:09:09 --> 01:09:14 A lot of people are talking about boycotting Publix and the Black Book Bash
01:09:14 --> 01:09:16 is going to proceed as they were.
01:09:16 --> 01:09:21 You know, they are they're not, you know, going crazy over asking for donations,
01:09:21 --> 01:09:26 but, you know, they definitely welcome all donations and any financial support
01:09:26 --> 01:09:29 as well as looking for attendees to come and, you know,
01:09:29 --> 01:09:34 get and get a great experience learning about, you know, the book industry and
01:09:34 --> 01:09:35 learning from black authors.
01:09:37 --> 01:09:43 Question. So with that being said, with Publix coming out with that statement
01:09:43 --> 01:09:45 saying that they didn't send the email,
01:09:46 --> 01:09:52 so they didn't, why wouldn't they just say, okay, we're going to go ahead and sponsor the event?
01:09:53 --> 01:09:57 I don't know. You know, Dave, I almost feel like we just got to wait a couple
01:09:57 --> 01:10:01 of days and see how this transpires because,
01:10:02 --> 01:10:05 you know, I mean, of course we haven't seen the email either
01:10:05 --> 01:10:08 but if it says you know d coker
01:10:08 --> 01:10:11 at publix.com in my mind
01:10:11 --> 01:10:14 i'm thinking okay like this is legit you know
01:10:14 --> 01:10:19 i i'm i'm not sure there's definitely some confusion and there's definitely
01:10:19 --> 01:10:25 some getting to the bottom of it in in this situation yeah because it sounds
01:10:25 --> 01:10:31 like there's a lot going on there and and seem like there should be some lawyers involved definitely,
01:10:32 --> 01:10:38 And I know Publix is a very big down south and, you know, you would think that
01:10:38 --> 01:10:44 they would be able to, even if they were not going to be the main sponsor,
01:10:45 --> 01:10:50 that they would donate, you know, a nice piece of change considering everything that's happened.
01:10:51 --> 01:10:55 You know, yeah. But the one thing I can say, and you've probably experienced
01:10:55 --> 01:11:00 it, too, you know, doing an event and you'll reach out to people and people
01:11:00 --> 01:11:01 will give you a verbal commitment.
01:11:02 --> 01:11:07 Like maybe just buying tickets. Hey, I'm going to buy 20 tickets.
01:11:07 --> 01:11:09 And then it'd be before the event.
01:11:10 --> 01:11:15 And now they're singing a different tune, talking about the car broke down and,
01:11:15 --> 01:11:20 you know, the AC went out in the house. So that kind of sounds like what this
01:11:20 --> 01:11:22 was. But to be honest, I'm just not sure.
01:11:23 --> 01:11:27 That could be and that could be a PR nightmare for publics.
01:11:27 --> 01:11:34 You know, if if it does end up becoming a legal matter, you know,
01:11:34 --> 01:11:38 they're very popular with the blacks down south.
01:11:38 --> 01:11:41 I know a lot of people shop at those stores down there.
01:11:42 --> 01:11:45 You know, I don't know. you don't want to if
01:11:45 --> 01:11:48 it's one thing you don't want to do these days it's upset
01:11:48 --> 01:11:51 the public because they will go online
01:11:51 --> 01:11:55 and just mess you up you know
01:11:55 --> 01:11:58 you know you know you know the
01:11:58 --> 01:12:01 favorite line is i went straight to the comment section you
01:12:01 --> 01:12:06 know so you know that's what people do they go straight to the comment you know
01:12:06 --> 01:12:11 and all it takes is for somebody to start a chain saying this is what public
01:12:11 --> 01:12:18 did how do you feel about it and that's it you do not want the public giving public.
01:12:20 --> 01:12:26 Any of their negative vibes but hopefully,
01:12:27 --> 01:12:34 if public did commit to doing sponsorship and then pulled out hopefully they'll
01:12:34 --> 01:12:41 do right by them and help them out this weekend in some type of way you know so let's hope so,
01:12:42 --> 01:12:46 you know because you know otherwise we'll be doing the follow up to this story,
01:12:47 --> 01:12:49 so yeah so,
01:12:50 --> 01:12:56 All right. Well, that brings us to Leonard's favorite part of the show, which is Dave's Corner.
01:12:57 --> 01:13:02 And this is the part of the show where we usually ask some type of philosophical
01:13:02 --> 01:13:05 question or a fun question or whatever the case may be.
01:13:06 --> 01:13:11 And I have a question for you today, Leonard, and that is this.
01:13:11 --> 01:13:18 If you had a DeLorean time machine like that in Back to the Future,
01:13:18 --> 01:13:28 what three moments would you go back to as yourself to witness all over again in the past?
01:13:29 --> 01:13:36 So I think my three moments would be, one, I probably go back to my high school
01:13:36 --> 01:13:39 state swimming championships, 1993,
01:13:40 --> 01:13:46 you know, that ever there's my Al Bundy moment to, you know, watch some of that.
01:13:47 --> 01:13:49 My second one I would love to
01:13:49 --> 01:13:52 I always love like when my kids were little little
01:13:52 --> 01:13:55 and I take them over to my mom's house and
01:13:55 --> 01:13:58 just how excited she was because you know some moms who just be super excited
01:13:58 --> 01:14:03 to have grandchildren you know she she was definitely one like those kids could
01:14:03 --> 01:14:10 do no wrong at grandma's house that's for sure my third one would probably be
01:14:10 --> 01:14:13 going back to maybe our second Delaware Black Awards.
01:14:14 --> 01:14:18 Maybe, or second or third, one of them, just to kind of like re-see it.
01:14:19 --> 01:14:22 The second one was the first one I went to. Yeah.
01:14:25 --> 01:14:32 That would be the perfect one for you to go back to because that's when you met David Colbert.
01:14:33 --> 01:14:35 There you go. There you go.
01:14:37 --> 01:14:40 But Dave, what about you? You had a DeLorean time machine.
01:14:41 --> 01:14:47 What three moments would you go back to as yourself to witness over all again?
01:14:49 --> 01:14:56 First one, it's funny. When you said one, you said one, I started hearing that song in my head.
01:14:57 --> 01:14:59 That Karen Lynette did. Oh, yeah.
01:15:01 --> 01:15:04 Now I can't get it out of my head. When people start counting,
01:15:04 --> 01:15:08 it pops in my head. The first one would be the birth of all my children.
01:15:09 --> 01:15:16 Okay. okay just watching them come into this world that's a special moment witness
01:15:16 --> 01:15:25 you know and yeah i would definitely go back to see each one of those each one of them born okay,
01:15:26 --> 01:15:32 the second thing believe it or not might be a little odd but is this something
01:15:32 --> 01:15:37 that i definitely would do if i had the opportunity to do that and that would
01:15:37 --> 01:15:40 be the week before my mother went into to the hospital.
01:15:42 --> 01:15:53 Why that week before it's because that was the last week that and i remember
01:15:53 --> 01:15:57 i had so many things going on at that time and i was kind of busy i did manage
01:15:57 --> 01:16:00 to spend a couple days with her that week but,
01:16:00 --> 01:16:05 knowing what knowing now that she would never come out the hospital,
01:16:06 --> 01:16:13 once she went there I would have been there all of that week trying to make
01:16:13 --> 01:16:16 sure that she was okay and maybe trying to,
01:16:17 --> 01:16:24 do some things in order to maybe see if there was some alternative to what we were about to do,
01:16:26 --> 01:16:32 the last thing was when I went to my very first concert,
01:16:32 --> 01:16:37 man that was an awesome thing man I remember going to, well,
01:16:37 --> 01:16:43 Gary, tell you, I was 16, 17 years old. Who was it? Jesus?
01:16:43 --> 01:16:45 Jesus who? David?
01:16:48 --> 01:16:54 So wrong, so wrong. It was, I went to see Earth, Wind, and Fire. Oh, wow.
01:16:55 --> 01:17:01 And see, people, for people that are older that, you know, this was like back
01:17:01 --> 01:17:05 during the 70s, Earth, Wind, and Fire used to open their show with magic.
01:17:05 --> 01:17:08 You know, they would appear out of nowhere.
01:17:09 --> 01:17:15 Doug Canning was a very popular magician back then. And he helped them with a lot of their shows.
01:17:16 --> 01:17:25 And the opening part was like this spaceship and they would disappear out of nowhere.
01:17:25 --> 01:17:28 It wasn't a spaceship, but they would disappear out of nowhere.
01:17:28 --> 01:17:31 I mean, in the ceiling. I mean, it was just the craziest thing,
01:17:32 --> 01:17:35 but, but that show was so crazy.
01:17:35 --> 01:17:40 And there was so many people and people just, and Earth, Wind & Fire had songs
01:17:40 --> 01:17:43 that you knew every word to, you know what I mean?
01:17:43 --> 01:17:47 It was very easy to sing along to their songs.
01:17:47 --> 01:17:52 When you're in a, when you're a teenager and you're in a crowd of all of these
01:17:52 --> 01:17:58 people and everybody singing this music and it's just a crazy, crazy atmosphere.
01:17:58 --> 01:18:03 It was really mind-blowing and it was the very first concert i ever went to too.
01:18:04 --> 01:18:07 Wow and to see all of this going on it was really
01:18:07 --> 01:18:09 great man so that was that was something i
01:18:09 --> 01:18:16 definitely would go back to see and witness all over again you know i would
01:18:16 --> 01:18:21 that's that's you know the marty mcfly effect where marty was watching himself
01:18:21 --> 01:18:25 and a lot of the stuff that went on when he went back in the future that's what
01:18:25 --> 01:18:28 i would like to do be able to watch myself in that moment.
01:18:29 --> 01:18:34 You know, just having, losing my mind, you know, because that's what we were
01:18:34 --> 01:18:36 doing. We were losing our mind. So, yeah.
01:18:37 --> 01:18:40 But that's my three things. Okay. So...
01:18:41 --> 01:18:48 Do you guys think your three things would be? If you can go back in your DeLorean
01:18:48 --> 01:18:57 and be able to go back to certain periods in your life and see them all over again,
01:18:58 --> 01:19:00 witness them all over again.
01:19:00 --> 01:19:05 So give us your thoughts on that and send us notes in reference to that.
01:19:05 --> 01:19:09 We would definitely like to hear that so well
01:19:09 --> 01:19:12 i guess that brings us to the end of our show
01:19:12 --> 01:19:15 once again we want to thank miss
01:19:15 --> 01:19:19 karen lynette for coming on and hanging out with us for a little bit it was
01:19:19 --> 01:19:25 truly a pleasure to have her on the show and we wish her the best of luck and
01:19:25 --> 01:19:30 hopefully maybe uh who knows maybe we'll see her next summer you know here in
01:19:30 --> 01:19:34 delaware so um we'll we'll we'll see if that can happen.
01:19:34 --> 01:19:37 Lynn, anything you want to add? No, no.
01:19:39 --> 01:19:44 What do you say? Good, before we go. Oh, no. I just want to say that it was
01:19:44 --> 01:19:45 a pleasure having Karen on the show.
01:19:46 --> 01:19:50 Her personality kind of matched exactly what I thought it would be,
01:19:50 --> 01:19:53 which is very refreshing. And I hope she goes far.
01:19:54 --> 01:19:57 And hopefully this is not the last we see of her. yeah
01:19:57 --> 01:20:00 that's right hopefully not i mean you
01:20:00 --> 01:20:06 know you know you know she talked about it doing doing when she was talking
01:20:06 --> 01:20:13 it's just amazing how how many talented people just you know you know they they
01:20:13 --> 01:20:17 don't get selected but then you see some of these other ones that can hardly sing,
01:20:18 --> 01:20:24 or hardly be perform or even act or whatever and you'd be like how did they
01:20:24 --> 01:20:28 get on right you know But, you know,
01:20:28 --> 01:20:33 but then then it could take a chance meeting like sitting there with Fulton
01:20:33 --> 01:20:40 and singing numbers that could blow you up, you know. So we'll see what happens.
01:20:40 --> 01:20:43 And we wish her all the best, you know. So.
01:20:44 --> 01:20:49 All right, folks. That's our show for tonight. We really appreciate you guys listening.
01:20:50 --> 01:20:53 And we will talk to you next week. Have a good night.
01:20:59 --> 01:21:03 Tune in next week, ladies and gentlemen, for another edition of News and Trends
01:21:03 --> 01:21:06 with your hosts, Dave and Lynn.
01:21:11 --> 01:21:26 Music.