02-25-25 - Hot Releases - Running Point - The Americas - The Baldwins - Shoresy S4 - Architects - Disturbed - Killswitch Engage - Black Label Society

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona Episode Summary: February 25, 2025 - Hot Releases

Hosted by John Holmberg with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo

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Introduction

In the February 25, 2025 episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness on Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show, host John Holmberg, alongside Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, delves into the latest hot releases across gaming, television, and music. The trio brings their signature mix of entertainment, humor, and critical commentary to discuss new trends and releases, providing listeners with insightful takes and memorable moments.

Hot Releases

Gaming

The hosts kick off the segment by discussing the newest game releases:

• Dollhouse Behind the Broken Mirror:

  • Brady (01:00) highlights the game's stunning imagery, stating, “Right off the bat, its imagery is amazing.”
  • Dick Toledo (01:51) describes it as “a first-person horror adventure” set in the mysterious Raven Hill mansion, available on all platforms.

• Monster Hunter Wilds:

  • Brady (02:31) humorously suggests the creativity in monster design: “A dragon puss. Yep, it's an octopus dragon. Dragon Puss is a good band name.”
  • Dick Toledo (02:24) notes it's a monster-fighting game featuring “giant dragons, creatures you've never seen before.”

Television and Streaming

The conversation shifts to television, where the hosts discuss recent releases and upcoming shows:

• Running Point:

  • Dick Toledo (03:38) mentions Kate Hudson stars in this new Netflix series.
  • Brady (03:48) sarcastically describes it as, “Like a Hallmark movie,” hinting at its formulaic nature.

• The American Salamander:

  • Dick Toledo (04:17) shares that Tom Hanks narrates this HBO documentary, with Brady (04:22) referencing its intriguing premise involving an extraordinary journey.

• The Wild Family:

  • Brady (05:24) criticizes the show's premise, stating, “You're trying to do a TV show through it,” expressing skepticism about its emotional portrayal.

• Shorzy Season Four:

  • Dick Toledo (07:09) announces the return of Season Four on Hulu, with Brady (07:25) humorously mocking one of the characters, adding, “Shorzy is brilliantly funny.”

• Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Frankie:

  • Brady (08:34) and Dick Toledo (08:25) discuss the dark themes of the show, focusing on Ruby Frankie's abusive behavior for online fame.

Music

The hosts transition to music, reviewing recent album releases:

• Bon Jovi’s 35th Anniversary of Slippery When Wet:

  • Unknown Co-host (11:05) announces the release, prompting Brady (11:09) to joke, “Shut up.”
  • They reminisce about classic hits like “Wanted Dead or Alive,” with Brady (12:37) and Unknown (12:40) debating the song lyrics humorously.

• Architekt's "Everything Ends":

  • Brady (13:56) compliments the album’s production quality: “That is a clean recording, huh? 3D quality sound.”

• Disturbed’s "I Will Not Break":

  • Brady (14:42) praises the track: “This is straight off the first album. This is really good version.”

• Killswitch Engage’s "Collusion":

  • Brady (15:37) acknowledges Jesse's vocals and the band's consistency: “We've gone through a couple of their single releases.”

• Black Label Society’s New Single:

  • Brady (16:32) enthusiastically describes the band: “Black Label Society is the best garage band in the world.”
  • The hosts engage in playful banter about the band's frontman, Zach (17:13), discussing his personal growth and career.

Other Notable Mentions

• House of David on Prime Video:

  • Dick Toledo (09:10) introduces the historical series about David from the David and Goliath narrative.
  • Brady (09:21) questions its historical accuracy humorously: “Not real history.”

• Toxic Town on Netflix:

  • Dick Toledo (10:04) describes it as the story of a UK town affected by toxic waste, to which Brady (10:14) adds a tongue-in-cheek remark about its uplifting nature.

Memorable Quotes

• On Gaming:

  • Brady (02:31): “A dragon puss. Yep, it's an octopus dragon. Dragon Puss is a good band name.”

• On Television:

  • Brady (03:48): “Like a Hallmark movie.”

• On Music:

  • Brady (11:09): “Shut up.”
  • Brady (14:21): “That is one of the most liquid, clean sounds I've ever heard.”

Conclusion

The episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness provides listeners with a comprehensive overview of the latest releases in gaming, television, and music, delivered with the hosts' characteristic wit and candidness. From dissecting new game mechanics to critiquing television narratives and celebrating classic rock anniversaries, John Holmberg and his team ensure that their audience stays informed and entertained. Notable highlights include insightful discussions on the authenticity of TV shows, humorous takes on music lyrics, and enthusiastic endorsements of new music releases.

Listeners can stay updated by tuning into 98KUPD (97.9fm), using the 98KUPD app, or visiting www.98kupd.com on weekdays from 5:30 AM to 10:00 AM.

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This summary captures the essence of the February 25, 2025 episode, highlighting key discussions and memorable moments to inform those who may have missed the live broadcast.

Transcript

[Dick Toledo]

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[Brady]

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[Dick Toledo]

I kicked mine on at night.

[Brady]

Did you?

[Unknown]

At night you do.

[Dick Toledo]

I gotta sleep cold.

[Brady]

No kidding. Yeah.

[Dick Toledo]

Cause it cooks up to. It was like 75 in the house.

[Brady]

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[Dick Toledo]

All right. For games, there's only. There's only a couple out. And I just. I kind of realized we were just talking about being old. I'm too old for any of these games. These new games. I don't know. I don't know what's good and I don't know what's not. So anything that's released. I assume it's got to be a big game. This is Dollhouse behind the broken mirror.

[Brady]

Right off the bat, its imagery is amazing. Would like to make you a proposal.

[Dick Toledo]

Deep dive into the mystery of the Raven Hill mansion in this upcoming first person horror adventure game.

[Brady]

You understand why.

[Dick Toledo]

Available on all formats.

[Brady]

Twas then it Washoe sim. We have been able to develop a drug that can stop the forgetfulness process. Oh, you don't forget anything. The images in this are. I would watch this TV show. Yeah, looks like an HBO show. By the way, I'm watching White Lotus on hbo. I'm watching Thailand. Thailand. Oh, man. No, thank you. Based solely on the music they're using for the show. Like every time it breaks into another Thai song. Maybe the ugliest language I've ever heard in my life.

[Dick Toledo]

Especially when you hear it, it's just awful.

[Brady]

Spoken just awful. It's not selling me on Thailand, that's for sure.

[Dick Toledo]

The next game is Monster Hunter Wilds. This is on all platforms too. So monster fighting game. Just a giant dragon, creatures you've never seen before kind of thing.

[Brady]

A dragon puss. Yep, it's an octopus dragon. Dragon Puss is a good band name.

[Dick Toledo]

Not bad.

[Brady]

But I'd spell it D, R A G, G I N. Puss. Dragon puss. Yeah.

[Dick Toledo]

So Monster Hunter Wilds is out on all platforms now getting into the streaming services. This week on Netflix is Kate Hudson starring in Running Point.

[Brady]

The Los Angeles Waves.

[Dick Toledo]

You're not gonna like this one.

[Brady]

And this is the story of the.

[Dick Toledo]

Up F.

[Brady]

The president of the way. She's president of a professional basketball team. That's not real.

[Dick Toledo]

Yep.

[Brady]

This is like a Hallmark movie. She's like Genie bus the Los Angeles.

[Dick Toledo]

That's kind of what they're making her. And it's brought to you by Mindy Kaling.

[Brady]

Oh, it's Mindy Kaling. Joints out.

[Dick Toledo]

That's why you're out.

[Brady]

Oops, sorry. Hit the wrong button. Mindy Kaling.

[Dick Toledo]

I missed this one. Last week. Debuted on Sunday. Tom Hanks narrates the American Salamander.

[Brady]

He sets out on an extraordinary journey.

[Unknown]

I wonder if he'll shake that salamander's hand. The SNL thing he caught so much crappy wore malga hat.

[Brady]

Jesus Christ. That is quite a reference to it. Yeah. He was on I'll help. I'll help. Brady's in the middle of his own thought and he gave us half of it in a character in Black Jeopardy. He plays a white hillbilly who wears the. And he acted like he wouldn't shake Kenan Thompson's hand, which was the joke they did the first time. And then some people went overboard in the conservative world and said that that was the reason SNL stinks is because they assume that everybody. Anyway, that was Brady's joke, man.

[Dick Toledo]

That was a wine.

[Unknown]

Now he's bringing it to the north.

[Brady]

No, he's not. No, you did. You brought it there. He's just narrating.

[Dick Toledo]

You talked about this before. This also debuted on Sunday. The Baldwins. I watched six animals, two parents.

[Brady]

They're so happy.

[Dick Toledo]

The Wild family.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, he killed someone.

[Dick Toledo]

Get out your ball.

[Unknown]

Okay.

[Brady]

Don't pee in that pool. Gross.

[Dick Toledo]

What's the matter?

[Brady]

Happ.

[Dick Toledo]

But a son lost his mom in the most unthinkable tragedy. This is never something to forget. And we're trying to parent through it.

[Brady]

You're trying to do a TV show through it.

[Dick Toledo]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Making money off of this.

[Brady]

Exactly.

[Unknown]

Unless all the money goes to the family.

[Dick Toledo]

Bottom of my soul.

[Brady]

That's actually. I don't know where I'd be if I didn't have you and these kids. I will leave you.

[Dick Toledo]

It's okay. Just ignore him. We've had bad moments, but we found our found.

[Brady]

Yeah, they go to psychiatrists and stuff. And I understand they're going through a thing, but you're absolutely right. They're making money. And the interest in Alec Baldwin now is. How's he doing, considering he shot someone in the face. Yeah. You think all the money should. Or the proceeds should go to those kids? I think that would be an amazing thing if the Baldwin said, look, we've got plenty. I'm gonna give all the money to that family.

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Brady]

Because this, you know, beyond what people think of the whole situation, this is a. This is the right thing to do. Because the only reason to watch that is see if he breaks down from the murder.

[Dick Toledo]

Out on hbo. Max tonight, which again is going through another change. There's rumors that it's going to be brought. HBO is going to be brought back. Name change again. They're changing logos again and all this.

[Brady]

So Max didn't work, but hbo. I always wondered why they went with Max over hbo.

[Dick Toledo]

Over hbo. Yeah. So anyway, but on hbo, Max, whatever you want to call it is Eyes on the prize 3. A third part of a documentary is this one dealing with the civil rights movement on television.

[Brady]

That was a great fraud. Those struggles that were in the 60s, they still today. If we unify, we would create a.

[Unknown]

Domino effect for peace. We're not just here for the Moment.

[Brady]

We're here for a moment.

[Dick Toledo]

We cannot rest. I'm about to do something of substance.

[Brady]

We cannot win racial justice in the dark. Okay. It's not necessarily aimed at me, but I might be in our six parts.

[Dick Toledo]

Thanks. For you, John.

[Brady]

Shorzy's back.

[Dick Toledo]

Season four of Shorzy.

[Brady]

Tug your horn, boys. Here we go.

[Dick Toledo]

Tomorrow on Hulu.

[Brady]

But your mom offered up at threesome with Cory's mom, so I'll give it a try. We won the no show. Go have fun. He had to retire. Overdo it.

[Unknown]

You know what Sudbury is like in the summer.

[Dick Toledo]

I thought he was arresty.

[Brady]

Find his way. No.

[Dick Toledo]

You know, that's provocative.

[Brady]

Come get it. Shy is so dumb and ugly at your age. It won't be long till you're dumb, ugly, and fat. Care to comment? It's. It's a character that you and that show has a ton of heart, too. If you watch Letter Kenny at all. The first four seasons of that show are hilarious. Shorzy is brilliantly funny.

[Dick Toledo]

Devil in the Family. The Fall of Ruby Frankie on Hulu. Also, this debuts on Thursday.

[Brady]

Also, Shoresy is the inspiration for the voice. My dog boss. Give your. He says it all the time. Give your cans a tug there, Mom. Go grab a cookie for everybody and shut your yap.

[Dick Toledo]

The Ruby Frankie is the YouTube mom who abused her kids for likes and clicks.

[Brady]

My family and my children. I don't know what this is.

[Unknown]

What Ruby has done. It just crossed a line of abusive to just psychotic.

[Dick Toledo]

She had a really, really popular YouTube channel. It was about her and her family, but it was all just kind of the portrait behind the scenes. She was.

[Brady]

So wait, stuff on the Internet is, like, fluffed up so people don't see the real. Oh, okay. Our entire schedule revolved around about 10 minutes, and she took that sweet ass over to the cookie jar and fed us. Why don't you hop up there and grab a cookie?

[Dick Toledo]

Cookie.

[Brady]

Make yourself useful like a woman should.

[Unknown]

Wasn't there another mom that got in trouble? Maricopa?

[Brady]

Yeah, big one for all that stuff. You see that one that just got sentenced yesterday for hacking her kids up with a meat cleaver?

[Unknown]

Yeah.

[Brady]

That was right here in Phoenix.

[Dick Toledo]

Yeah, that's fun. Part of the plan on Prime Video is House of David. This is for you, Brady. It's the story of David, of David and Goliath fame.

[Brady]

Okay. Can one stone change the course of history? Not real history.

[Unknown]

Oh, yeah.

[Brady]

There'd have to be real giants.

[Unknown]

Took three stones for Temple of Doom.

[Brady]

Send me your job, Goliath. Some Kid in a rock. This is already stupid. Create the legends. You hit anything in the temple with a rock, it'll die. Yeah, something, something. Check out Homework's morning sickness podcast at 98kupd.comberg's Morning Sickness.

[Dick Toledo]

The last one I have on Netflix is Toxic Town. It's the story of a UK town that was decimated by toxic waste. This sounds like a fun one.

[Brady]

Yeah, this one's gonna be uplifting. Feel good hit of the summer, then drink, then smoke. Sometimes children are just born different. Oh, it's got toes on its toes. We will build a town for the people of Kobe on the back of a rapid reclamation of the steel wars. These are serious bridges. This is like Aaron Brockovich and Higherlanders. Yep.

[Dick Toledo]

So you get it. That's it. That's all I got this week.

[Brady]

All right, Bert, you're up. Music.

[Unknown]

All right. Children have horns.

[Brady]

All the kids here have horns. The hell's going on? I moved here to have a better life. And her children grew horns and toes on their toes. Our kids have toes on their toes. And we blame you. Steel Works. He's got a claw on his face. He opens mail with his face.

[Unknown]

All right. Bon Jovi's releasing the 35th anniversary of slippery When Wet.

[Brady]

Shut up.

[Unknown]

That's gotta be dry now.

[Brady]

Oh, man, it used to be wet. Now it needs some lube. Slippery when lubricated because she's 60 something.

[Unknown]

35 years.

[Brady]

It's a great 80s rock album.

[Unknown]

It's great. Yeah, for this time. It's definitely dated.

[Brady]

Oh, for sure. What are the big hits on that photograph? No, no, that was the one before.

[Dick Toledo]

No, Photograph is Def Leppard.

[Unknown]

Oh, we're not a bad name.

[Brady]

What' one that Bon Jovi had?

[Dick Toledo]

That was the New Jersey was after this one.

[Unknown]

What was the Wanted Man.

[Brady]

It was the first one.

[Dick Toledo]

Wanted Dead or Alive.

[Brady]

Yeah, yeah.

[Unknown]

Wanted Dead.

[Brady]

That was their first album.

[Unknown]

Well, Runaway was their first.

[Brady]

I don't know why I called the.

[Unknown]

Photograph Run Away then In and out of Love was on the second album. And this was the big one.

[Brady]

Yeah. What else is on this?

[Unknown]

You give love a bad name. What's the other. What's the other big one where they're flying in the. Tommy and whatever the broad's name is. Working in the shipyards or whatever.

[Brady]

Yeah, whatever. Know.

[Unknown]

Show you how big Bonjo.

[Brady]

Whatever the.

[Unknown]

Right. Yeah, yeah.

[Brady]

So what r the lyricist is.

[Unknown]

Yeah, there you go.

[Brady]

That one, too. Tommy used to work on the docks by that broad who had the biggest bad shoes pair. How does how does li. How does that start? Now I know you've screwed me up.

[Dick Toledo]

Tommy used to work on the docks. You had that.

[Brady]

I can think of that. That broad Tommy used to work on the Ducks Bronze. Weird stuff happened to Townic. Ah, damn it. Brat. I can't get it out of my head now. Play it, for Christ's sake.

[Unknown]

On it.

[Brady]

Somebody give me Living on a prayer immediately. Just need the first few notes so I can get that. Some broad thing out of my head.

[Unknown]

Oh, it's not playing.

[Brady]

Oh, for Christ's sake. This isn't fair, Jov.

[Unknown]

You don't want to hear it anymore.

[Brady]

I know, but I need to hear that so I don't hear your lyrics anymore.

[Unknown]

My lyrics are better.

[Brady]

They might be. Oh, I think I got it. You got it. There we go. Come on.

[Unknown]

You want me to skip up a little bit?

[Brady]

Yeah, just give me to the point where Tom's Broadway. There we go. I got it now. All right.

[Unknown]

This is for all of you. See, mine was better down the street.

[Brady]

What's the name? That broad that I'm talking about?

[Unknown]

All right, what else we got here? Architects. Everything Ends.

[Brady]

That is a clean recording, huh? 3D quality sound. That's weird. Billy Eilish has that sort of production too, that there's. Wow, that's super clean.

[Unknown]

There's no Tommy in his Broad, but.

[Brady]

You know, it'll work. That's one of the. That is one of the most liquid, clean sounds I've ever heard.

[Unknown]

And we played this the other day, Disturb's latest one, I Will Not Break. It's a really cool tune.

[Brady]

Yeah, I listen to it in the car couple times after Friday. This is. This is straight off the first album. This is really good version. Disturbed and Dave Dran was awesome. Oh, was a little echoey, but he was great Friday. He's always been pretty cool to us.

[Unknown]

Got to get to that.

[Brady]

The only complaints I got when we played it Friday and have been since it's like Disturbed does what Disturbed does. Yeah, look, they deliver this kind of stuff and it's their signature.

[Unknown]

They had some stuff there, you know, the last couple albums kind of like. Right.

[Brady]

It did seem a little like they were reaching to be Disturbed. This one just sounds like them again.

[Unknown]

New Kill Switch Engage. This is Collusion.

[Brady]

Jesse singing. We've gone through a couple of their single releases. Big Giant. Adam's still in the band, right? Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown]

It's his band.

[Brady]

That's right.

[Unknown]

But I heard him and Howard are doing a project now, so it's like.

[Brady]

Yeah, this is pretty good so far. Now it's going to get into that kill switch. Well, we know what they are.

[Unknown]

Yeah. Black Label Society.

[Brady]

Oh, this is.

[Unknown]

Lord, is that humongous? Humongous? Humongous. I mean, it's just humongous. Looks like he's wearing the masks from. From heat. Remember when they.

[Brady]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Unknown]

When they were in that armored car.

[Brady]

That's right. It's just the hockey.

[Dick Toledo]

Now.

[Brady]

Zach is obviously still coming your way.

[Unknown]

Assume a wrestling suit.

[Brady]

Still. Black label Society is the best garage band in the world.

[Unknown]

I liked it until he got to the vocals.

[Brady]

It's a cool riff, by the way. Zach is aging beautifully. I thought he was gonna dive into being drunk. That dude's like male model. He's like Jason Momoa now. I saw a picture of him the other day.

[Unknown]

I think he's quit drinking.

[Brady]

He stopped drinking. He takes care of himself and he looks great.

[Unknown]

And that'll bring us the game to the sweep in the nation. N word or F word? Today we have Snoop Dogg featuring exhibit. And this is. Please.

[Brady]

I think I got it again last week.

[Dick Toledo]

I believe so.

[Unknown]

And I'll give you one hint. I'll give you. Exhibit is the one that starts off.

[Brady]

Says it.

[Unknown]

It's not Snoop.

[Brady]

So we're saying Exhibit is the one who says it.

[Unknown]

He's. Well, he's the one that starts the song off. So it's.

[Brady]

I'll say exhibit goes friendly. N word.

[Dick Toledo]

He's the one from pimp my Ride, right?

[Brady]

Yes.

[Dick Toledo]

Go ahead, Brady.

[Unknown]

I'm going with an F word.

[Brady]

Go straight after what you're taking in. Friendly N. All right, well, I gotta go.

[Dick Toledo]

Darken.

[Brady]

Come on. Hold on. Evil. Evil.

[Dick Toledo]

Thank you. Okay, yeah.

[Brady]

Mean and poor choice. All right, here we go.

[Unknown]

Throwing up a big ass W. Covered up the world, right?

[Brady]

Yeah.

[Unknown]

Listen, look, you ain't trying to hot box with me. I swing hard nickel going down by the second round or hella underground. He's sitting back and down from a conflict.

[Brady]

The nonsense. Strong effort for Brady to win this one. Pimp it. Nice work, Brady. You get the strong F word out of exhibit. I thought for sure he was gonna drop an end line. All right, well, there you go. There's some good stuff out today at black label site is just a single or is it the whole album?

[Unknown]

Just a single right now.

[Brady]

Okay. Everybody's kind of doing that. We talked to Durham.

[Unknown]

They're leaking out the rest of the album for the next two years.

[Brady]

Well, that's the smart thing. You don't live off albums anymore. Singles are the way to do it. Yep. And then you get six or seven hours. Unless you're Taylor Swift and just anything. You puke out the teen girls lap.

[Unknown]

And you rework them. Do it again.

[Brady]

Yeah, why not? There you go. Those are your hot releases, brought to you by our [e-mail]. save thousands, save time, buy online new ac.unit.com. use Holmerg and the promo code. And throw another thousand bucks off that price. It's 98 KUPD.

[Dick Toledo]

It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fee.

[Brady]

I have heard enough of this.