03-10-26 - Hot Releases - WWE 2K26 - Scarpetta On Prime - Madison Paramount Plus - Lamb Of God - Black Crowes - More AI Manson

Summary

Podcast Summary: Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Hot Releases (March 10, 2026)

Overview

In this episode, John Holmberg and the crew deliver their weekly segment "Hot Releases," where they run through the latest in music, movies, TV, video games, and even viral AI music tracks. The cast—John, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo—offer irreverent commentary, share quickfire reviews, and banter about the quirks of each release. Listeners are treated to both authentic reactions and signature comedic takes, with notable tangents into AI music culture and odd 70s funk.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Video Game Releases

• WWE 2K26

  • Release: This Friday
  • Anticipation for classic wrestlers appearing (Rock, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, Kane, etc.).
  • Banter about the real draw of watching wrestling: “[Really the reason you watch wrestling is for the stuff in between.]” (John, 03:13)
  • Doubt over the game's narrative elements: “Who's banging, you know, Seamus’s wife? That’s the... it’s a soap opera!” (John, 03:53)

• Corgi Race

  • Concept: Users can watch or "bet" on animated corgi races; unclear if real money is involved.
  • “You get to watch or you can actually play and you can bet on them to win, place or show...” (Brady, 04:21)
  • Amused confusion about the game's details, with cracks regarding local radio talent potentially playing the game.

2. TV & Movie Hot Releases

• Scarpetta (Prime Video)

  • Stars Nicole Kidman as Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
  • Jokes about actors blurring roles and reality:
    • “[She says that she can now do autopsies because she played this part... If I performed your autopsy, it would... Have you ever seen me carve a chicken?]” (John, 05:27)
    • Crew pokes fun at the difference between acting and actual expertise.

• Virgin River (Netflix, Season 7)

  • Continues the hit romantic soap opera, focusing on Mel and Jack’s attempt to adopt amidst personal drama.

• Madison (Paramount+)

  • Created by Taylor Sheridan; stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell.
  • “[Kurt Russell's] like 75. It’s amazing.” (Brady, 07:02)
  • Banter about aging, dental care, and Pfeiffer's enduring good looks; tongue-in-cheek jabs at missing teeth and Hollywood longevity ensue.

3. Music Hot Releases

• Lamb of God – ‘Blunt Force Blues’ (Into the Oblivion)

  • Previewed new heavy track; crew compliments instrumental energy but is divided on vocals.
  • “[I love the music, though. Lamb of God fans lose their mind. Not a fan of him. Just think his voice is like... it sounds...]” (John, 08:50)

• The Black Crowes – New Single from "Pound of Feathers"

  • New music played, praised for style:
    • “Chris Robinson always sounds like he's fighting to get back to the mic... They're so good, though. That's a cool song.” (John, 09:36)

• Down – ‘Right Place, Wrong Time’ (Dr. John cover)

  • Expectation for a more dynamic rendition, slightly let down by energy.
  • “I expected it to pop a little more.” (John, 12:45)

• AI Marilyn Manson – ‘Slaughtered’

  • Discussion on the uncanny quality of AI-generated music:
    • “It’s already good... Slaughtered without AI is 10 times times better. Put your guitars down. We’re done.” (John, 13:42)
    • General fascination and amusement at how convincingly AI can mimic artists.

4. Viral & Comedy Tracks

• Selena Gomez & Dua Lipa – ‘Wait on Me’

  • Played and humorously scrutinized:
    • “I hate that I have to ask if this is real, right?” (Brady, 15:12)
    • Self-aware confusion about what’s authentic in today's music world.

• John Lovett’s Satirical Song – 'Bang Bang Me in the Butt'

  • Entertained by tongue-in-cheek, risqué lyrics:
    • “He said, turn around, little miss. And I giggled and I said, okay, I guess.” (Unknown/F, 15:59)

• Teddy Banks – ‘Harry Coochie’

  • Vintage-style funk track with bold, comedic lyrics and a viral video of a man petting a cat.
  • “Baby, I ain't here to tell nobody what to do. I'm just telling you what Teddy likes.” (Teddy Banks, 16:31)
  • Hosts delight in the song's unabashed message about personal tastes in partners:
    • “That grown woman look gots me out here misbehaving.” (Teddy Banks, 17:59)

• Xzibit – ‘Time for [N word] or [N word]’ [Game Segment]

  • Crew jokily guesses song tone based on title.
  • “That’s an angry one. I think I’m going to have to give Brady the win again. Two in a row. Nice job, Bogan.” (John, 19:48)
  • Wraps up with playful self-awareness about segment tradition.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Video Game Wrestling’s Appeal:
  “I want to know if...who’s banging, you know, Seamus’s wife...it’s a soap opera!” (John, 03:53)

• On Nicole Kidman and Autopsies:
  “She says that she can now do autopsies because she played this part...If I performed your autopsy...have you ever seen me carve a chicken?” (John, 05:27)

• On Aging Rock Stars:
  “Men his age are usually all washed up and they don’t look good anymore. They’re just a mess. Kurt Russell’s, proverb...” (John, 07:08)

• On Lamb of God:
  “I love the music, though. Lamb of God fans lose their mind. Not a fan of him. Just think his voice is like... it sounds...” (John, 08:50)

• On AI Marilyn Manson:
  “Slaughtered without AI is 10 times times better. Put your guitars down. We’re done.” (John, 13:42)
  “That’s the perfect marriage. AI and Marilyn Manson are meant for each other.” (John, 14:13)

• On Music Authenticity:
  “I hate that I have to ask if this is real, right?” (Brady, 15:12)

• On ‘Harry Coochie’:
  “That grown woman look gots me out here misbehaving.” (Teddy Banks, 17:59)
  “Here it comes... There it is, girl. Teddy likes Daddy worth waiting. Natural kitty.” (John, 19:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• WWE 2K26 & Corgi Race Discussion: 02:34 – 04:53
• Scarpetta & Nicole Kidman Banter: 04:55 – 06:02
• Virgin River & Madison Previews: 06:07 – 07:49
• Lamb of God & Black Crowes Music: 08:04 – 09:58
• AI Marilyn Manson Reaction: 12:45 – 14:13
• Selena Gomez & Dua Lipa Segment: 14:18 – 15:30
• Teddy Banks 'Harry Coochie': 16:31 – 19:07
• Xzibit ‘N-word or N-word’ Game: 19:20 – 20:04

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Final Thoughts

This “Hot Releases” segment is a fast-paced, laugh-filled tour of the week’s entertainment highlights, peppered with improvisational humor and affectionate ribbing between the hosts. It captures not only what's new in media—but the pop culture spectacle around it, from AI artistry to vintage funk oddities. With sharp timing, satirical commentary, and honest musical reactions, it's a breezy yet substantial listen for any rock morning radio fan.

Transcript

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[A]

All right, so the big game release this week, and it comes out, I believe, on Friday is WWE 2K26.

[C]

So that's here Friday night. We got ourselves a little WWE here. That hot girl. Oh, that's that girl that was in here with us.

[A]

Yeah. This isn't the game trailer hang.

[C]

No, it isn't. That's just a bunch of hot girls about to wrestle.

[D]

Screw the game.

[C]

Why did you turn that off?

[A]

You son of a.

[C]

You idiot. That was getting good.

[A]

All right, here's the game.

[C]

Steve Colston. Colston. This is the game itself. There's the Rock. Rowdy Roddy.

[D]

Oh, man.

[C]

The old school. There's Hulk. The late Hulk Hogan. The Kane. All the people. Ah. It's digital redneckery, and I love it. That's pretty cool looking. I don't know how look. And that's. You can like it all day. I'm not saying I'm. I'm the one ignorant to it, but how in the world are you entertained by that on a video game when really the reason you watch wrestling is for the stuff in between.

[A]

Exactly. For the storylines.

[C]

So is the game like.

[A]

Because you're just doing the moves?

[C]

I think. Okay. Yeah.

[A]

But does the game give you the storylines, though?

[C]

Do you care? Maybe it does.

[D]

I don't know. I never played any of the rest

[C]

of neither because it seems like off the turnbuckle. I want to know if. Who's. Who's banging, you know, Seamus's wife. Like, that's the. It's a soap opera. It's like playing Days of Our Lives.

[A]

Wrestlers. Well, see if you like this one. This one popped up. This is being released this week. It's called Corgi Race.

[C]

Oh. It's like the Queen of England copping their favorite streamers. Leaderboard. So you actually have digital corgis.

[A]

Digital corgis. And you get a. You get a watch or you can

[C]

actually play and you can bet on them.

[A]

I don't know if you can bet real money, but yes, you bet on him to win, place or show stats

[C]

and other info that you need. And then they have race to make the race itself. With fake corgis, I believe.

[A]

So the word.

[C]

I would say these are two real guys. I think that even Mahoney. Is that not there? Is that why they leave so often just to go do this?

[A]

That might be. It didn't. I had a hard time finding any game. So there's AB trailers.

[C]

There's no footage of the fake corgis running the race. There's just David Mahoney telling us that they're about to.

[D]

Right.

[C]

All right, all right.

[A]

The big release on Prime Video this

[F]

week is Scarpetta I, Dr. K. Scarpetta.

[C]

That's that Nicole Kidman.

[A]

Oh, yeah, sorry. Starring Nicole Kidman.

[C]

Oh, that's right. She. She delusions live inside Nicole's head that she can. She's doing Train. Yeah, but she's making. She's making the point Team America made about how actors think. Of course I could fight. I've been in action films. Like, they. They think that they're experts just because they played the part of someone.

[A]

I can do this.

[D]

Boof is always trying that.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. He plays drug addicts and he's living life. She says that she can now do autopsies because she played this part. Pretty hard to resist. Right? I think you have to go to school for that.

[A]

Not according to you.

[C]

Well, I can. I can perform one. But I didn't say it by the

[A]

end of the week.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't say professionally. She made her. She made it out. Like, if you. If you trained with doctors, she's like, in a pinch, I could pull that off and no one would know. You would know. If I performed your autopsy, it would. Have you ever seen me carve a chicken or a turkey? You'd know. Like eating one of those Safeway roasted turkey chickens.

[A]

You're not good at it.

[C]

No. Oh, it's a disaster. Oh, no. Yeah. No, I'm not good.

[D]

All right.

[A]

Out on Netflix is the.

[C]

I'm bad at cutting tags off of shirts.

[A]

The soap opera Virgin river season seven debuts this week.

[C]

You feeling ready?

[A]

Newly married Mel and Jack pursue their dream of adopting a baby while old love smolder and new threats challenge Virgin River.

[C]

Virgin River. Yeah.

[A]

It is out for most people. Madison is the latest Taylor Sheridan spin off coming to Paramount. Plus Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell.

[C]

He's writing with. He's got Claude doing the work. Down to the river and Bugle. And it drives the lady elk crazy. They bugle, they bugle.

[F]

I remember when you used to.

[C]

To be a goal. Pfeiffer looks pretty good. She doesn't look bad. It's like a movie.

[F]

We can play it over and over.

[C]

She's just a pretty lady.

[D]

Yeah. Kurt Russell's still cool, even though he is awesome.

[C]

He's like 75.

[A]

It's amazing. That's basically it. It's a light week this week.

[C]

Triple hate hearing it. But men his age Are usually all washed up and they don't look good anymore. They're just a mess. Kurt Russell's proverb.

[A]

Teeth are missing.

[C]

Yeah, well, there's no reason to celebrate it that way. Jeez, that was a real pot shot.

[A]

You're gonna be called into the office today.

[C]

Why did you. Why did you say that? Birdie trips. Gotta get that toothpick. Has he got a. He ain't gonna fix that. It's funny, though, because he'll look at you.

[A]

Took bread a month to get into the dentist.

[C]

That's a good point. Yeah, that's a good point.

[D]

Tripp's got more money than me. He can get right in. That's not a big deal.

[C]

It's not a matter of when. It's just a matter of how I get my schedule aligned.

[A]

It's ivory, too.

[C]

Yes. It's being made from the tusk. The tusk of an elephant breed that's endangered. I spent extra. Our boss has a tooth out. I'll go ahead. All right.

[D]

We're kind of light, too, on the music side as well, but we played some new music from Lamb of God, but here's another track from it. This is Blunt Force Blues from their new album, into the Oblivion.

[C]

Another enemy. A God is standing on the wall for all the men. Do you die? I like the music a lot. I don't care for the lyric

[A]

you got against alabaster.

[C]

I just don't like the. I don't like. I don't like. That Sounds bad. I. Lamb of God fans lose their mind. I not a fan of him. Oh, just think his voice is like it sounds. That's fair. I don't know. I just. I love the music, though.

[D]

New stuff from the Black Crows. This is. It's like that and not the From DMC songs.

[C]

Pound of Feathers is the new album. And it's out, too.

[D]

Whole album. I don't know if the whole album's out.

[C]

I don't think so.

[E]

Oh, baby, can you help me? Can't you see that I'm in need? Oh, yeah My girl has only left

[A]

me she's got a little Casper Hepburn going down.

[C]

He's always there. I always feel like Chris Robinson's singing and someone's trying to pull him away from the microphone. It sounds like he's fighting to get back to. They're so good, though. That's a cool song.

[A]

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we'll go back to that one. Here's the new stuff from down It's a cover of the Dr. John song right Place, Wrong Time.

[C]

Oh yeah, I know you got way excited about that.

[A]

Dr. John is sing it. Let him sing it.

[C]

Do it.

[A]

I was in the right place all

[C]

right at the wrong time. Turn up your end, Brett. I'm all the way up. All right, down. Get to it. Scooch ahead. Brett said the But I must use the wrong line. I've been on the right trail But I must have used the wrong car. All right. Expect it to pop a little more.

[D]

All right. And everybody always asks about the Marilyn Manson fake songs. Well, here's another one.

[C]

Another AI Marilyn Manson, which is Better

[D]

than most of us. This is slaughtered.

[C]

It's already good. A white room loves a clean ending. It's gonna be great, isn't it? Sterilite Obedient faces. It's gonna win album of the year.

[D]

These guys are better than Merlin Man's head.

[C]

How is it doing this? The crowd stays calm on purpose.

[E]

The hands stay warm and dry.

[C]

Everything looks civil. The damage happens off camera. Him hums through the hallway.

[E]

Soft enough.

[C]

Damn it. I want this album.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Give me the chorus. Coming right here. Pressure doesn't lose control. It perfects it. Slaughtered in slow motion. Come on. Work and perfume. Slaughtered without AI is 10 times times better. Put your guitars down. We're done.

[A]

That's great.

[C]

Yeah, it's as good as the last fake one they put out with him.

[D]

No, it's great.

[C]

That's the perfect marriage. AI and Marilyn Manson are meant for each other.

[D]

Here's one for you. Selena Gomez and Dua. Wait on me.

[C]

Shh. Everybody shut up. Brady, walk everybody on the hallway and shut the door behind you. Please leave me alone.

[A]

Oh, is that.

[C]

Oh, there's Dua. It's a computer. Maybe she's emailing me.

[D]

Me.

[C]

Oh, that face.

[A]

Benny Blanc has dirty feet in this.

[C]

I don't care about the other guys, Okay? I can't watch this.

[D]

Keep your hands above the console.

[A]

And I hate that I have to ask if this is real, right?

[D]

As far as I know,

[C]

it's real to me. Damn it. Okay, that's enough.

[D]

I think it's real. I don't know. You don't know anymore.

[C]

You don't know.

[D]

And some it's even better than how about have we done bang bang the band 50s song?

[C]

No. Bang Bang Me in the butt is what it says. So John Lovett's classic.

[F]

I'm a five and he's a six. We drank too much that candy.

[C]

He said.

[F]

He said, turn around, little miss. And I giggled and I said, okay, I guess.

[C]

Bang bang.

[F]

I turned around, bang bang. I felt him pound. Bang bang. That naughty sound. He banged, banged me in the. He started to swell. I got hot.

[A]

This is great.

[F]

Leather jackets. Devil gritty.

[C]

All right, that's enough.

[A]

All right.

[D]

And then we'll do one more.

[C]

Do us saying that this is Teddy banks. Is it AI? Angry 70s black man singing hairy coochies video of a very intimidating man petting a cat. Huh? This ain't Teddy different. This is my 12:30 kiss guy. I don't like what them boys like. Teddy likes grown women. Fully grown. Baby, I ain't here to Tell nobody what to do. I'm just telling you what Teddy likes. Come here now. All right. Let me talk to you. Sing it, Teddy.

[E]

I ain't judging, baby. Ain't telling you what to do. I'm just trying to hold on to that secret special part of you.

[C]

It's gonna get good.

[E]

You can shave your legs, shave under your arms. But don't touch that kitty, girl. That's part of your charm. Oh, I like some natural, wild and free. That little bit of fur do something to me.

[C]

Here it comes.

[E]

Yeah, Ted. It don't want it bald. I don't want it erased. I want to see that womanhood right in place. Ooh. Soon as Teddy see that bush, my heart start racing. That grown woman look gots me out here misbehaving.

[C]

I love the video that comes. You smile, staring at me petting a cat.

[E]

You know I'm hooked.

[C]

You gotta hurry up. I know.

[E]

Ain't even trusted you yet. But Teddy already. Shoot.

[C]

Say it, Teddy.

[E]

I ain't saying what you gotta do. I'm just telling you. And move, Teddy. That softness, that warmth, that grown woman signal. Steady little girl's bed. Grown women's night.

[A]

You.

[E]

That's just how Teddy mind connected. That natural feel makes me lean right in.

[C]

I want to hear it to the chorus.

[E]

That's what wake up that grown man grin.

[C]

There it is, girl. Teddy likes Daddy worth waiting. Natural kitty.

[D]

All right, we'll do this one quick because it's right up at the beginning. So this is exhibit time for N word or N word.

[A]

The game.

[D]

No, sweet.

[C]

Not N word or N word. That's just repetitive.

[D]

That too. This is history from exhibit Brady.

[A]

You won angry.

[C]

N word. Yeah,

[A]

I'm gonna go F word.

[C]

I'm gonna. I know, Brett because he said N word or N word that it's on his mind. So I'm thinking it's friendly. I'll go friendly. Go ahead.

[G]

Ahead.

[C]

I could write a book on how these hating. There we go. That's an angry one. I think I'm gonna have to give Brady the win on that again. Two in a row. Nice job, Bogan. All right. What's Teddy's name?

[D]

That's Teddy Banks.

[C]

Teddy Banks.

[D]

The big hit Harry Coochie from the 1976 unreleased Soul Funk grooves.

[C]

I like a grown ass woman's. That's my. That's a phrase to pace. There you go, everybody. Those are the hot releases along with the AI Everything that's taking over the world. Arizona's most powerful rock media station. He said fully erect. 98

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