02-18-26 - Entertainment Drill - MIX - 4x - Journey's New Singer - Brady Wrestling - Ozzy Talks To Siri - John's VM From Dog Washer - BO

Summary

Holmberg’s Morning Sickness - Arizona

Episode: Entertainment Drill - MIX - 4x - Journey’s New Singer - Brady Wrestling - Ozzy Talks To Siri - John's VM From Dog Washer

Date: February 18, 2026
Host: John Holmberg, with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
Podcast: 98KUPD

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Episode Overview

This episode is a classic romp through the world of classic rock, awkward technology moments, and the show’s signature ribbing between hosts. Mixing music news, bizarre headlines, and irreverent humor, John and the crew deliver a morning dose of entertainment, riffing on everything from Journey’s new singer to a hilariously unfortunate dog grooming voicemail. There’s playful banter on band lineup changes, touching (and scathing) commentary on musicians' legal issues, and plenty of comic gold from attempts to use Siri and discussions about pet grooming language.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Boston & Journey: New Lead Singers and the Power of YouTube/MySpace

• Boston's Lineup Update:

  • Brady announces Boston's summer tour, mentioning the addition of Michael Sweet (from Christian metal band Stryper) and Tommy DeCarlo, who was discovered on MySpace.
    • Brady: "The new singer will be Michael Sweet… and he has some help from a dude named Tommy Decarlo. Boston did discover him on MySpace." (01:21)
  • John points out Boston is essentially a one-man band now:
    • John: "So Boston is like one guy that was in the band." (01:56)

• Journey's Internet Auditions:

  • The crew jokes about Journey finding their singer, Arnel Pineda, on YouTube, who was discovered while performing in a Filipino karaoke bar.
    • John: "They got that guy from like a Filipino karaoke bar MySpace page, which is still brilliantly funny." (02:10)
    • Brady: "It was more of a YouTube discovery than MySpace." (02:16)
  • An extended bit ensues, with Clayton and John role-playing how Journey’s new frontman might interact with fans (“How you do, front row? Where you come from?”), riffing on his language skills and showmanship. (02:27–03:11)

Viral Music Parodies and Cringey Covers

• John brings up hilarious YouTube covers, especially a “terrible house band” overlaying their weak version of Danzig’s “Mother” onto the original music video, causing much laughter in the studio.
  • John: “This dude’s band is awful, and they’ve got, like, a mentally challenged singer, and they sync it up... It’s hilarious. Did you see that that morning?” (03:34–04:10)

Dark News: The Foundations’ Bassist Convicted

• Discussion takes a turn covering Peter Macbeth, original bassist for The Foundations (“Build Me Up Buttercup”), sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault and possession of child pornography.
  • Brady: “He’s been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a young girl over the course of six years.” (04:28)
  • The hosts comment scathingly on his “academic research” defense and terminal cancer diagnosis, blending dark humor with condemnation.
    • Brady: “Good news for Macbeth. He has terminal cancer.” (05:14)
    • John: “That is good news.” (05:17)
  • A back-and-forth about fitting punishments for such crimes, laced with the show’s darkly comic style (05:31–06:13)

Brady’s “Boy Wrestling” Jokes

• The hosts rib Brady about his past organizing wrestling matches for kids (“boy matches”), which spirals into tongue-in-cheek accusations and wild stories about “gladiator battles” and home tournaments.
  • John: “Your weekly tournament boy matches in your basement?” (06:19)
  • Brady: “Now it's turned in. Wrestling in a basement.” (06:23)
  • Listener: “He was teaching him wrestling. Now he's having, like, fantasy matches on there.” (07:01)

Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi Cancer Diagnosis

• They break some serious news as Brady shares that Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath’s guitarist, has lymphoma.
  • Brady: “Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphoma… he'd like everyone to send positive vibes…” (07:43–08:07)

Ozzy Osbourne and the Trouble with Siri

• Extended, laugh-out-loud skit featuring Ozzy struggling to get Siri to understand him—muddling names, triggering wrong functions, and going on tangents about technology and his “man thumbs”.
  • Ozzy: “Siri. Text message. Eric o’…” (09:46)
  • Ozzy: “Oh, I hate this damn thing, man. I have these fully grown man thumb, so. BlackBerry nonsense. You Siri can't understand a mother. This thing I say I'm speaking English…” (11:10)
  • John and Brady riff on the idea of Ozzy needing a customized voice assistant or speech-to-text software for musicians.
    • Listener: “Get Ozzy on that [Dragon].” (09:37)

Legendary Dog Grooming Voicemail (“Blowing a Dog”)

• John plays an actual voicemail he received from a dog groomer, where the woman misspeaks and says, “I must have been blowing a dog,” (meaning “blow-drying”) before hurriedly correcting herself.
  • Chrissy (voicemail): “I must have been blowing a dog—drying a dog, I should say.” (12:24–12:31)
• The team replays and edits the call, milking the unintentional double entendre for all it’s worth.
  • John: “...We can actually edit it to where that's what she says. In fact, let's do that… She didn't correct herself. That's even better. Must have been blowing a dog. Soak that up for a second. Lady.” (13:07–13:20)
  • Brady: “Stop.”
  • John: “The people who run grooming salons have to stop referring to the blow drying process as blowing the dogs.” (13:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Journey’s New Singer

  • John (as a fan): “We’re from Arkansas, we love Journey.”
    • Clayton (as singer): “Arkansas, they sound nice. Bottle champagne, front row. How about it? How you doing? You look sad.”
    • John: “Just found out I had AIDS.”
    • Clayton: “That's great. Bottle champagne. No understand. No understand.” (02:48–03:00)

• On Peter Macbeth’s Conviction:

  • Brady: “Good news for Macbeth. He has terminal cancer.” (05:14)
  • John: “That is good news.” (05:17)

• On Ozzy Using Siri:

  • Ozzy: “Oh, I hate this damn thing, man. I have these fully grown man thumb… Siri can’t understand a mother… I’m speaking English. Stupid cereal.” (11:10–11:25)

• Dog Groomer Voicemail:

  • Chrissy from Grooming (voicemail): “I must have been blowing a dog… drying a dog, I should say.” (12:24–12:30)
  • John: “We can actually edit it to where that's what she says… that’s even better. Must have been blowing a dog.” (13:07–13:20)
  • Brady: “Stop.” (13:30)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Boston & Journey Singer Jokes: 01:12–03:14
• YouTube/Danzig Cover Parody: 03:34–04:15
• Peter Macbeth / Foundations case: 04:15–06:13
• Brady Wrestling Bit: 06:13–07:38
• Tony Iommi Cancer News: 07:43–08:07
• Ozzy vs. Siri Skit: 08:11–11:47
• Dog Grooming Voicemail Segment: 12:23–13:38

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Tone & Style

True to form, the episode is quick-witted, snarky, and sometimes dark, with a relentless pace. The humor shifts from music nerd in-jokes to edgy commentary, with each host (and callers) playing off each other’s lines for maximum comedic effect. No subject is off limits, but there’s a sense of camaraderie and shared mischief throughout.

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Summary

For listeners who missed this episode: Expect a wild mix of classic rock trivia, internet-age band revelations, tabloid crime, and the kind of humor you’d expect from a morning show that doesn’t pull punches. Whether mocking Ozzy’s dismal Siri luck or cringing over a grooming gaffe, John and crew guarantee no sacred cows—just laughter and a lot of ragging on each other (and music legends).

Transcript

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[Ozzy Osbourne]

Some things go down better the second time around.

[Brady]

That sounds kind of crazy.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

This is the best of Homburg's morning sickness. 98 KUPD Boston.

[Brady]

The band superstar. Yeah. Rock and roll superstar hall of famers. They've announced their summer tour dates.

[John]

Didn't their singer die?

[Brady]

Yeah, they said, considering the fact that the singer, Brad Delp, committed suicide just over a year ago. Guitarist Tom Schultz, who's the lone remaining founding member of the band, has brought on two new band members he met on MySpace. No, that's not true. But he brought on the new singer will be Michael Sweet. He's from the Christian metal band Striper, and he has some help from a dude named Tommy Decarlon. Boston did discover him on MySpace.

[John]

So Boston is like one guy that was in the band.

[Brady]

Well, the MySpace now. And this is where a lot of bands and you know, this has become the place to pick them out because Journey got their singer off of MySpace.

[John]

They got that guy from like a Filipino karaoke bar MySpace page, which is still brilliantly funny that they actually pulled the trigger.

[Brady]

It was more of a YouTube discovery than my space.

[John]

But when they found him, they actually pulled the trigger, flew him over to the states and put him in the band. He barely speaks English. He just does an incredible Journey impression.

[Clayton]

So much. I think you're so much.

[Brady]

I hope, I hope there is a lot of interaction between songs.

[John]

Yeah. Do you think they're ever gonna get to that point where he's walking around while the Neil Sean telling stories.

[Clayton]

Hey, how you do? How you do front row? Where you come from?

[John]

We're from Arkansas. We love Journey.

[Clayton]

Arkansas. They sound nice. Bottle champagne. Front row. Bottle champagne, huh? How about it? How you doing? You look sad.

[John]

Just found out I had aids.

[Clayton]

That's great. Bottle champagne. No understand. No understand.

[Brady]

City of the Angels.

[Clayton]

Here's one of my favorite songs. I wrote this high in 1975.

[John]

He just tries to make up stories.

[Clayton]

Neil and I were crossing Golden Gate Bridge.

[Tech Assistant]

City of the Anger or eat.

[Brady]

The first time I heard this story, I was running a rickshaw.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Clayton]

Oh, I remember hearing this song for first time ever.

[John]

Running rickshaw.

[Clayton]

In fact, in back of Rickshaw. Gary Busey. Gary Busey Cerebrity story. That's right. That's me. Oh, yeah.

[Tech Assistant]

Don't stop believing.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Ah, jabber.

[Listener/Caller]

Kid just kicked me in the.

[Tech Assistant]

Oh, hold on to that fe ray.

[John]

You gotta see it on Journey. And there's another thing on YouTube. On YouTube where a house band. That's terrible. Plays songs to the videos of other. Go on YouTube and just search Danzig's mother and you'll find all the other ones. But this dude's band is awful, and they've got, like, a mentally challenged singer, and they sync it up to where their band is playing Danzig's mother to the video, and they put that audio over it. It's. You'll be in stitches. It's hilarious. Did you see that that morning?

[Listener/Caller]

I saw it.

[John]

Oh, we were dying.

[Brady]

I thought it was people's karaoke attempts on the song. It's just.

[John]

It's their band just plays the whole thing. It's so funny.

[Brady]

Peter Macbeth, who was the original basis for the band, the British band the Foundations.

[John]

Clueless Brady.

[Brady]

She's already said recognize the song. The Foundations were. Their biggest hit was Build Me Up Buttercup.

[John]

Oh, yeah.

[Brady]

He's been sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a young girl over the course of six years. He's 71 years old.

[John]

Don't do it, Brady.

[Brady]

According to the prosecutors, Macbeth abused the girl on four occasions from 1999 through 2005.

[John]

How old?

[Brady]

She's between the ages of seven.

[Listener/Caller]

Boy, that changes that song in all those Stiller movies.

[Brady]

In addition, around 500 images of child pornography were found on Macbeth's computer. Initially, he claimed he downloaded the images for academic research. But in court, his lawyer said he had no explanation for having the.

[Listener/Caller]

Trying to find in the lyrics.

[Clayton]

Aren't you.

[John]

You never call baby when you say you will Baby means something different.

[Listener/Caller]

Build me up Buttercup I mean, yeah, I need you.

[Brady]

Good news for Macbeth. He has terminal cancer.

[John]

That is good news.

[Brady]

Freddy may die in prison.

[John]

Build me up, Buttercup. Don't break my.

[Listener/Caller]

Sounds like a chomo song to me.

[Brady]

In 2001, a tumor developed in his throat. You hear that? Pedophiles.

[John]

Oh, you putting a hit out, Brady? You're putting a God hit.

[Brady]

Tubers for diddling kids.

[John]

Throat will swell up all gooey and weird at old age, just like everyone else who lives in the 70s. You'll pay. Pedophiles. What punishment is that? He's in his 70s. We all die.

[Brady]

I know. And all he's gonna get is five years.

[John]

You need to put him in jail and let him put him in, like, maximum security with all the rest of them at 70.

[Brady]

Plus they need to put him in cell block D at the salad bar.

[John]

Let that old man get a little Casey. Old Gungaria, as he's checking into the.

[Brady]

Pearly Gates, Let him fall asleep in aisle 12 on that American Airlines flight.

[John]

It's that mayonnaise thing.

[Listener/Caller]

What punishment should you get for wrestling those kids back in your basement having your.

[John]

Your weekly tournament boy matches in your basement?

[Brady]

Now. Now it's turned in. Wrestling in a basement.

[John]

All right, you're right. You just moved the furniture in the main room to have boy matches. We're sorry. We didn't mean to make that seedy. Brady, your boy matches weren't in a basement. They were out in the open.

[Brady]

It was a sanctioned battle with you.

[John]

Overseeing boys wrestling at your home.

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[Brady]

Yeah.

[John]

Do you deny these allegations, Mr. Bogan? Did you have boy matches in your home, Clayton? Don't answer that.

[Brady]

With gladiator battles.

[John]

I know what you had. Oh, now it's. Now that sounds like fun.

[Tech Assistant]

You walked into Gladiator studio.

[John]

Thumbs up or down.

[Listener/Caller]

He was teaching him wrestling. Now he's having, like, fantasy matches on there.

[John]

You put this on and you put this on.

[Brady]

Use your shield, Clayton. You're gonna battle in the joust. He already does.

[John]

Yeah, he does that all the time.

[Listener/Caller]

I think he's the champion.

[John]

Clayton, are you good at the joust? Oh, boy. What have I done? Don't get queenie. I'm just saying. Is there anything broken today? No jobs for Super Queen. Ah, damn it. I love when he does that. That's a Super Queen job. Well, shoot out of here.

[Brady]

What's this?

[John]

A job for Super Queen. There you go.

[Brady]

Then he runs off, and we have some sad news. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with lymphoma oh, no. Which is cancer of the IMM cells. It's in the early stages, but Black Sabbath posted a message on their Facebook saying we'd like everyone to send positive vibes to Tony at this time. He's currently working with doctors to establish the best treatment plan.

[Listener/Caller]

You think Ozzy types like he talks?

[John]

God, I hope so.

[Listener/Caller]

Just a quandrion.

[Brady]

I bet you he's a speed typer.

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Yeah.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

That went down like a nun's knickers.

[John]

I don't know either. Sounds awful, doesn't it?

[Ozzy Osbourne]

That went down like a nun's knickers.

[John]

Knickers.

[Brady]

I got.

[John]

Those are pants in England.

[Listener/Caller]

It's okay.

[John]

Everybody calm down. Put your torches and pitchforks away. He said knickers.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

That went down like a nun's knickers and pumpkin pie.

[Brady]

Huh? From the Christmas classic song, it sounds like you're saying.

[John]

I see what you're saying.

[Listener/Caller]

I just picture when he's typing like and.

[John]

And end to end.

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[Ozzy Osbourne]

Look, read all these things, man. Come around the corner.

[John]

50 A's A. You think the cat sat on the keyboard again?

[Ozzy Osbourne]

No. I'll pen you a letter.

[John]

What's this? This here.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

That went down like a nun's knickers. Well, clearly it was a racist statement about a nun's pants.

[John]

Nuns don't wear pants.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

That's what I meant.

[John]

Yeah. It would be good if he had a. You know, Stephen J. Cannell, the creator of all those great TV shows, had horrible dyslexia, and they invented a special typewriter for him.

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[John]

And he'd just fire away. And then he had the secretary that would reread it and write, Magnum P.I.

[Brady]

Yeah.

[John]

What's that program?

[Listener/Caller]

You could just talk and, like, the Dragon or something.

[John]

Now, that's. Yeah, that's the new one.

[Listener/Caller]

Get Ozzy on that.

[John]

I don't understand.

[Brady]

Did anyone get the Dragon for the holidays?

[Listener/Caller]

I don't think so.

[John]

Siri.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Siri. Text message. Eric o'.

[John]

Connell.

[Brady]

I don't think it's going to snow today.

[Chrissy from Grooming]

I don't understand.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Please repeat. Eric o' Connor, text message. Eric o'.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Connell.

[Tech Assistant]

Which one? Sarah Gorgon.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

No, Sarah. Sarah Picasso. Text message. Sarah Picasso. All right, I want to. I want to text message my son Alex.

[Tech Assistant]

I don't see Jonathan Smee Isles in your contacts.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Because I don't know anyone named Jonathan.

[Tech Assistant]

Smee Isles or Jonathan Harris.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Sarah, text Alex.

[Tech Assistant]

Set the Emily Montaltos text Alex alarm for when exactly?

[John]

Finally.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

What was that?

[Brady]

Oh, she's trying to set an alarm now.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Set the alarm for midnight.

[Tech Assistant]

Calling Bill Matt Mattress.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Yes, let's call Bill Matt Mattress. I love my Bill Matt Mattress Mattress. Hey, Siri, dismiss. Dismiss that. Dismiss.

[Tech Assistant]

Dismissing all your messages.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Man, Ozzy doing the Siri call.

[Brady]

He doesn't like his iPhone.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Oh, I hate this damn thing, man. I have these fully grown man thumb, so. BlackBerry nonsense. You Siri can't understand a mother. This thing I say I'm speaking English. Stupid cereal is. What's it called? Bill MC Mattress.

[Listener/Caller]

You know how many of those things you could sell if it actually could.

[John]

Understand Ozzy speaks Aussie.

[Brady]

This is Bill McMattress.

[John]

Hi, Bill McMattress.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

You. There's really a Bill McMatis out there. Siri found him.

[Listener/Caller]

Maybe Toledo knows a Bill McMatch.

[John]

I love my billboard. Mattress mattress.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Anything.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Bill Mc mattress. Do you have the number of my son?

[Brady]

Tim Gunn is the guy from Project Runway. He's openly gay.

[John]

And before we go, I have to play this one more time because this lady has not been thoroughly abused. This morning, this was on. In an attempt, my domestic partner tried to arrange a haircut for my dogs. She made the call. Megan did. And then this was on the voicemail. And I didn't know this was a term they used in pet salons, but evidently it is. And this is one of the best voicemails I've ever received, and I want to kind of close the show with it. This is the lady returning the call to have my dogs groomed. And it gets weird.

[Brady]

Hi, Megan.

[Chrissy from Grooming]

This is Chrissy from Grooming. Returning your call. He likes to set up an appointment. Give me a call back. I must have been blowing a dog.

[Ozzy Osbourne]

Blow.

[Chrissy from Grooming]

Drying a dog, I should say so. Give me a call back and we'll set you up an appointment.

[John]

Thank you. It's still funny. She missed the first call because she was busy.

[Listener/Caller]

I wouldn't have corrected myself. I'd have just.

[John]

Just go with it. Must have been blowing a dog. Call me back later. We can actually edit it to where that's what she says. In fact, let's do that. Let's see what it sounds like that way. And then just with a big pause. Here we go. She called back after missing the call because she couldn't hear.

[Clayton]

Hi, Megan.

[Chrissy from Grooming]

This is Chrissy from returning your call. He likes to have deployment. Give me a call back. I must been blowing a dog. So give me a call back.

[John]

There you go. Now that's better.

[Listener/Caller]

Yeah.

[John]

She didn't correct herself. That's even better. Must have been blowing a dog. Soak that up for a second. Lady. All right, one more time. I'm sorry, I haven't. I just love it. I'm a child.

[Chrissy from Grooming]

You like to set an appointment. Give me a call back. I must have been blowing a dog. So give me a call back. We'll switch up an appointment.

[Listener/Caller]

You have to stop. I'm erasing that.

[John]

I don't have to stop.

[Brady]

Stop.

[John]

The people who run grooming salons have to stop referring to the blow drying process as blowing the dogs.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Right.

[John]

Or just keep doing it and make it a big deal. First, we'll bring your dog in, we'll shampoo them, blow them, cut him.

[Listener/Caller]

Eventually, if you keep saying it, it.

[John]

Won'T, won't sound weird, it won't sound dirty anymore. But don't leave messages at people's homes that are trying to give you their dogs and trust. I'm entrusting you with the lives of, of Dutchie and Katie and Sheila and trying to get you in there. And then that's what you say you do to my dogs. My dogs are girls too. I don't even know what you do to them.

[Brady]

So, John, what do you think your dog's trim?

[John]

Dog got good trim. They really blew her hard. Hair's all fluffy. She's well blown. It's out of control now.

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