07-28-25 - Volbeat Brought Kids Up On Stage For Still Counting Sparking A Rant - Southpark's Season Opening Episode Seemed To Be Daring Trump To Sue Them - Emailer Says Our Show Saved Him And Brought Him Back To Life In 2022 After Bad Motorcycle Accident

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona: July 28, 2025 Edition

Holmberg's Morning Sickness on 98 KUPD is Arizona's #1 Morning Radio Show. Hosted by John Holmberg with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo, the show aims to entertain, question, and provoke thought among its listeners.

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1. Volbeat Concert Experience and the Controversy Over Kids on Stage

The episode kicks off with a detailed account of the recent Volbeat concert attended by John Holmberg and his co-hosts. Brett recounts the evening, highlighting a moment that sparked significant discussion: Volbeat bringing children from the crowd onto the stage during their iconic song "Still Counting."

John Holmberg shares, “[03:08] 'Volbeat was amazing. They didn't miss. They were great, like, always. Sound was amazing until that last song. Way to put a stopper.'” This sentiment underscores the generally positive experience, which is marred by the controversial decision at the finale.

The hosts express strong disapproval of integrating children into a rock concert setting. John emphatically states, “[08:07] 'No more children on the stage.'” This reaction is rooted in the belief that the presence of children detracts from the adult-oriented energy and authenticity of a rock performance.

Dick Toledo adds, “[11:24] 'It does Volbeat doing it because they want to keep the younger generation listening to their music,'” suggesting that the band’s intention was to cultivate a new fanbase. However, the hosts argue that this tactic backfires, alienating longtime fans who prefer the traditional rock concert atmosphere.

2. South Park's Satirical Attack on Trump and Media Relations

Transitioning from music to media, the hosts delve into the latest season opening of "South Park," which they interpret as a direct challenge to former President Donald Trump. The creators of "South Park," Trey Parker and Matt Stone, have produced an episode that seemingly dares Trump to sue them, pushing the boundaries of satire and freedom of expression.

John Holmberg articulates his perspective, “[18:14] 'They are trying to get sued. Give us a second. We don't care. We're just gonna cut the little... We're trying to not only get sued, we're trying to get canceled.'” This bold move by "South Park" is seen as a strategic attempt to provoke a legal battle, thereby increasing the show's visibility and cultural impact.

The discussion also touches upon the use of artificial intelligence in the episode, specifically an AI-generated video depicting Trump in an unflattering and absurd scenario. John remarks, “[24:28] 'They are going out of their way to say, you want to sue people? We're right here.'” This indicates a deliberate strategy to challenge Trump's legal actions and media influence.

Dick Toledo provides context on the financial prowess of "South Park" creators, emphasizing their resilience against potential lawsuits due to substantial financial backing. He notes, “[21:18] 'Each creator of that silly little cartoon is somewhere between $80 and $120 billion in net worth for South... they have a $900 million deal initially with CBS... and another $600 million from HBO for streaming.'” This financial security allows them to push the envelope without significant repercussions.

3. Listener's Email: How the Show Saved His Life After a Motorcycle Accident

A poignant moment in the episode comes from an email sent by a listener named James D., who shares a deeply personal story about how the radio show played a crucial role during a life-threatening motorcycle accident in 2022.

John Holmberg reads the email, stating, “[31:47] 'I was dead for about 11 minutes. During that time, I had an experience. And I remember being on the road as the last thing, and I could see myself. I hovered above it all. But something kept me going. I didn't go all the way out. And the thing that kept me going was you. I had you on in my helmet while I crashed.'” James credits the show's constant presence during a critical moment, suggesting that hearing the hosts' voices provided the strength to survive the crash.

The hosts respond with a mix of empathy and humor, with Brett quipping, “[31:48] 'Eugene Simmerson,'” and John cautiously engaging, “[32:05] 'James, I'm glad you're alive, but there is no possible way I'm sending you audio of that show that kept you from going over to the other side.'” This interaction highlights the personal connection between the show and its listeners, emphasizing the impact of media in real-life crises.

4. Personal Stories: Accidents, Safety, and Reflections

Throughout the episode, the hosts interweave personal anecdotes related to accidents and safety, drawing parallels between their experiences and the broader topic of listener James’s motorcycle accident.

Brett shares his own traumatic experience: “[46:22] 'I was in ICU for... I got airvac'd out.'” He recounts a car crash involving bent poles in front of a Costco on Arizona Avenue, expressing lingering discomfort whenever passing that intersection.

John reflects on the importance of safety gear, particularly helmets with speakers. “[35:19] 'You can still hear like horns and stuff in your ears.'” He contrasts this with the dangers of wearing earbuds while biking, advocating for equipment that allows riders to remain aware of their surroundings.

The discussion also touches on alcohol consumption leading to accidents. Brett mentions, “[47:07] 'I was drinking beer out of a measuring cup because he had a keg... just two cups.'” This prompts a conversation about responsible drinking and the severe consequences of even moderate alcohol intake while engaging in potentially hazardous activities like biking.

5. Community and Listener Engagement

The show emphasizes its strong community of listeners, many of whom have shared personal stories and feedback. In addition to James D., John mentions other interactions, including emails from restaurants like Carbone in Vegas and various shout-outs to listeners celebrating milestones such as graduations.

The hosts encourage further engagement by promoting upcoming giveaways and partnerships. Brett advertises Action Ride Shop, a bike store sponsoring the show, highlighting their services and new locations, thereby fostering a sense of local community support and involvement.

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Notable Quotes:

• John Holmberg [03:08]: "Volbeat was amazing. They didn't miss. They were great, like, always. Sound was amazing until that last song. Way to put a stopper."

• John Holmberg [08:07]: "No more children on the stage."

• John Holmberg [18:14]: "They are trying to get sued. Give us a second. We don't care. We're just gonna cut the little... We're trying to not only get sued, we're trying to get canceled."

• John Holmberg [31:47]: "I had you on in my helmet while I crashed."

• Brett [46:22]: "I was in ICU for... I got airvac'd out."

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Conclusion

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness blends lively discussions on live music experiences, sharp critiques of contemporary media satire, and heartfelt listener interactions. By addressing both entertaining and serious topics, the show maintains its commitment to engaging and impactful morning radio.

Transcript

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[John]

You thought that was funny? You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you pd thank you. Miles to nowhere, that is Katie and the Hobbs cruising right along and getting you through Monday morning. Starting it all fresh and got an email from somebody that said when you started the show, the song before was somebody covering Pink Floyd. Yeah, it's Avenged Sevenfold and Brett, who by the way, many of you do or do not know, as did nights overnights for years on end. And we would see Brett when we'd start the show and Brett was always responsible for getting the songs in the right order. So we would hit 5, 45 and 0 seconds and it became kind of a game. And now you're so good at it, it's not even a thought. Like Brett can look at a clock and tell you exactly, you know, what song hits. You know, you got four minutes and 54 seconds. Boom, he knocks one down and now you can put it in the computer and do it. But he did this. I don't know how much time you had.

[Brett]

505.

[John]

505. So. So it was four. Was a. Yeah, it was a five. 39 and 45 and 55 seconds. I'm getting. I'm trying. And they found it in there. Clicked it in. Yep. Was a mistake.

[Brett]

Yeah, I was running out of time. Like I. Cuz I. I got here a little later than normal and I'm like, oh, I gotta. I need. Well, that'll work. And I'm like, oops, the wrong Event song.

[John]

But it's such a great song. It is a really good cover, too, which is a. Yeah. Event sevenfold doing wish you were here, which I'd forgotten about, but listening to it was pretty great. So there you got that. Brett also was out this weekend at volbeat.

[Brett]

Yes.

[John]

And that sound right there, I believe, is why I was getting texts saying, it's a good thing you didn't come here for your birthday. There's something happening you would have hated.

[Brett]

Well, a little bit before, like where they. Sacramento. They played on Thursday. Here on Saturday. It was Thursday. And Larry got. Got a text from Mark Randall, our old promotions guy who's up there now. And apparently Michael blew out his voice before the show. So they played instrumental. Yeah.

[John]

He couldn't sing.

[Brett]

He couldn't sing.

[John]

So they just did their songs and let the crowd sing.

[Brett]

Right. You know, and there's those songs that, like, of course, everybody knows.

[John]

Put this. Put the words on the screen, maybe get out.

[Brett]

I don't know if it was karaoke or what, but. So we were all a little bit worried, like, oh, no, that's what's gonna happen. Ghost inside. They were good. Hailstorm was good. She always brings it. And so volbeat comes up and, like, he's sounding good. Everything okay. Good, man. We're back at it. You know, I did my stage announcements, all that of stuff sounding good. And, you know, the. The encore or the last song.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Was still counting.

[John]

Okay.

[Brett]

Counting all the. In the room. Well, right before they go into the last song, they bring the kids up.

[John]

Their own kids?

[Brett]

No, just kids from the crowd. And his. His kid was there, too.

[John]

Why were there kids in the crowd?

[Brett]

I have no idea. So there's kids up on the stage.

[John]

Oh.

[Brett]

And you hear the opening riff of Dan D D. And he starts off counting all the children in the room.

[John]

Well, realizing one that's accurate. No. Because children and Is interchangeable. Yeah. Can't.

[Brett]

You can't change the words to your most popular song.

[John]

I'm going to go with you on that being. Yes. I will defend them in saying, hey, let's just replace the word with children. It's good.

[Brett]

Don't do that.

[John]

I don't. I don't disagree with you, but I also kind of find it hysterical that they did replace it. So.

[Brett]

And like. So, like, we were back. We were in the VIP area during that, talking to the guy from Q Prime who set everything up for us.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

With the, you know, the goat package and everything else.

[John]

And they let the kids sing.

[Brett]

Great. Yeah. Well, they they were just on stage. He doesn't.

[John]

Somebody text me and said, the kids are singing at Volbeat. And I'm like, oh, I didn't hear them singing again.

[Brett]

We were back in the VIP at that point, but Matthia was talking to the guy, Adan's wife, who he brought on this trip too. And they're just BSing. And the song starts and, you know, it's on that screen right there by the bar.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

And all of a sudden, Matthias, and she's loud as it is, and she's talking, and all of a sudden she turns around, says, what the was that?

[John]

He changed the lyrics.

[Brett]

Oh, yeah. And like. Like stopped conversations and everything else. And some other guy came in afterwards, and I. I didn't see it, but apparently the guys in, like, you know, in the pit area, we're like, throwing the finger up and everything else.

[John]

I don't want to see the kids.

[Brett]

The kids change the lyric. I mean, that's again, that's fun.

[John]

1.

[Brett]

That's their most famous song.

[John]

And by the way, we're the assholes in the room, right? You're pointing it out. Counting all the assholes. That's usually realizing I'm one.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

Realizing I'm not alone. Yeah. Oh, and there's kids running around on the stage like it's a Kindercare or some sort of neighborhood celebration.

[Brett]

I'm sick of kids with these things. I mean, because nothing worse. Drowning Pool ended their show one time with Bodies and the one song you're waiting to hear, Right. And here's the kids, and they're up there. They were actually singing it, jumping around.

[John]

I'm like, it is so unappealing.

[Brett]

Five fingers doing it now.

[John]

There was the time I went to go see. And I gave them the chance. Like, I don't know this new lead singer because Scott Weil instead. But let's see what Stone Temple Pilots has. And there's a little boy in the front row that was singing away, and he pointed him out, and he goes, this kid knows more the words than I do. And they brought him on stage. And what song this little boy goes on. I am smelling like a rose. That's some. Like, get the mic. He sang every word of the song we wanted to hear.

[Brett]

Yeah. It's just.

[John]

It's the worst.

[Brett]

And volbeat was amazing. Like you. They didn't miss. They were great, like, always. Sound was amazing until that last song. Yeah. Way to put a topper.

[John]

It's a way to just crush the. Cut the legs up from under a great Night.

[Brett]

But they were great. They played shotgun blues. I mean, they played everything you wanted. Wanted to hear. For the most part, there was a couple that they missed. But I mean, for the most part.

[John]

They'Ve always been kind of like a tongue and cheek joke about, like, being Satanists and like, you can't bring kids up there.

[Brett]

No.

[John]

God. Can we get a memo out to all the bands?

[Brett]

Yeah, no more kids.

[John]

No more children on the stage.

[Toledo]

Did you meet the people that won the. The goat prize?

[Brett]

I didn't because that was at like. That was like 2:00 clock in the afternoon. I'm not waiting six hours for. For.

[John]

But they got to hang around real early today.

[Brett]

I did meet. I did meet one of the qualifiers.

[John]

Okay.

[Brett]

And she came up and thanked us. And even though I didn't win and you know, because you picked the guy with the Jew in his last. In his email address. No, he did remember the guy's. The guy's email was like, I can't remember.

[John]

But this. This Craig says. I'm surprised anyone stuck around that night on Saturday for volbeat at all. Hailstorm was so incredible. That made Volbeat boring. We left halfway through Volbeat didn't see the kids. Yeah. I love volbeat. I think. I think some people are just kind of turned off by the rockabilly volbeat thing.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

And they get that. They get that. But I think they're great. But that would have.

[Brett]

Well, you tainted a lot of people with the share thing when you brought.

[John]

There's some of that. Yes, that. The share comment.

[Brett]

Because there were. Some people just can't listen because it sounds like share, Mike. Then you haven't seen them live. I mean. Yeah, it kind of does, but they just get over. They bring it.

[John]

People sound like stuff. Share is not a bad thing. She's super successful. You can sing if you could turn back time. I wish I hadn't said that, but I can't not hear share.

[Brett]

But the kids at shows got to stop.

[John]

Yeah. It's got to end. It's just.

[Brett]

I'm done.

[John]

Anybody who wants. See, here's the problem. Anybody who that likes it is someone I don't want to go to a concert with. Like, they're already, like, off the radar for fun.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

All the children at a rock show. Yeah. Got it. No, no, no, no. You can take your kid to a show, but he's not. Nobody wants to see him doing anything. No, I never pay money to watch somebody's kids do anything.

[Brett]

Right.

[John]

I know. That's the reason I don't go hang out at high school basketball games, as good as they may be. I'm not gonna go watch somebody's kids perform for free. Not happening. You gotta start becoming a professional at something before I start throwing money your way. If you're 13 and you're on stage and you're a killer and somebody's paying you and you're a professional musician or singer or whatever, that's different. I probably still won't go, but I'm not doing that. Random children thrown out there is not ever amusing or fun.

[Brett]

Actually, Kevin, the one that won the goat package.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

Said it was great. Amazing. But thanks for the kids Bop tickets, guys. Yeah, see, because I was told that we couldn't leave the stadium after vip, so we were in the heat for four hours.

[John]

Oh, geez.

[Brett]

Without air conditioning. And then. Then all of a sudden he brings up kids. That's what we wanted. Kids at a concert.

[John]

Everyone hates it. And those bands have to realize that rock and roll is not what it used to be. Because it isn't about like, you know, like the debauchery and the holy cow moments. If these guys are living a life we can't even understand. If there's dads up on stage, I can go see that at the Grapevine on Saturday. You see your children singing, but up.

[Brett]

Until the last song will be killed it.

[John]

Let me ask you this. People who are going to defend that. Oh, stop. Like, when's the last time you just randomly, without any of your family or kids or anybody being involved, just went over to the local junior high and watched a pageant? Just tell me, when's the last time anybody without any connection to that pageant went over for the entertainment value? Has it ever happened? Has there ever?

[Brett]

Not that I know of.

[John]

You lived close to Rhodes Junior High for a while, even Dobson. And they have like a play, a spectacular. Like the chorus is gonna sing. Like, that's great entertainment. We should go over there and check that out. It's never been said.

[Brett]

No, I'm going the other way.

[John]

It's never been said. The only reason there are people in the crowd watching children perform at is why? Brady? That's their kids and it's only one of them. And you guess what? Even the parents are just waiting for their kids part to be over. They don't watch the other kids singing. We need a law. We need to talk to Trump about this. He's passing crazy laws. Like crazy. No more children at events where adults are.

[Brett]

It's only for this is one I can stand behind that's when I could get back.

[John]

Brett, I'm right there with you. No singing children anymore unless they've earned it. I won't do it. I just, I.

[Toledo]

It does volbeat doing it because they want to keep the. A younger generation. Listen to their music or what's the script?

[John]

You wanna, you know, you want to know?

[Toledo]

Like, I remember, you know, the only one that I experienced that, that I could really remember was Kiss. And that was years ago.

[John]

And look what happened to them, all of the kids.

[Toledo]

The little KISS army disaster.

[John]

Yeah, but that was a promotional tool too. I mean, it was interesting.

[Toledo]

I mean, it's their farewell.

[John]

First off, you can't comp Kiss to anything because everything was a sale. Like, he was like, oh, if we get these little kids, all they're doing is. But you know, you get bands and stuff, like, they start plopping kids. If the best way to make the young generation like you more, keep the lyrics the same. Don't dumb it down, don't water it down to kids. But yeah, I'm with.

[Brett]

But I don't think. I don't think KISS brought kids on stage to sing and, and dance.

[John]

They're supposed to hold them up. Good point.

[Toledo]

Raise your hand.

[John]

David Vasquez makes this point, not me. But I'm going to read it because I agree with it. Kids singing is so horrible, even pedophiles don't buy tickets to that. And that's very true. You don't see like a 15% off for creeps, but that's who you're going to get if you let kids up there. Nobody likes it. It's just the worst. And it does absolutely, like, taint the whole night. That night, Stone Temple Pilots was at Marquee. I'm like, the deleo brothers were on fire. It made me realize how great they were at guitar. And when I heard that squeaky little kid singing dead and Bloated, I'm like, this is not why anyone came to this. Like, we're a. You're even being a little nostalgic to when this was when you were in your drinking, you know, crate. Or you just like the music and that's the one that really drives. That's bad. Nobody likes children that way.

[Toledo]

In the food. Bring up a kid, play guitar, I think.

[John]

But if it's, you know, if it's a kid playing an instrument and it's going to impress you, that's amazing. But if he came out and he played guitar and then started to sing Everlong, you're like, no, no, We've got people for that. I don't even like when bands make us sing the songs. Like when they. When the. When he's, like, pointing them. No, no, no. You do it. I paid to see you sing. I'm not. I'll sing along naturally and occasionally shout something back, but I'm not, you know, like full verses. No, no, no, no. You. That's why we're here. You do it.

[Brett]

But other than that, it was. It was a great show up until that point. And the guys from Q Prime took care of it and they, you know, made a great package. And I think we have another one coming up soon that we can.

[John]

Oh, yeah, we got a big one.

[Brett]

Coming up taking care of you guys again, so.

[John]

And is it pretty confirmed? You talk to.

[Brett]

Yeah, it's like. It's like 98%. I mean, it's. There's just details that they're working on.

[John]

I don't want to give the game away, but the van rhymes with a Mexican tire shop. And you're going to be.

[Brett]

This one's really cool.

[John]

And you're going to be backstage and the stuff I saw on the list and I don't know how much has changed. Good or back.

[Brett]

Not much has changed. Just little fine details.

[John]

A legit prize package. These dudes are putting people back there.

[Brett]

Think about it. I mean, we did that big thing with Disturbed where somebody got to interview the band. This where you got to go backstage and see all the stuff. Nobody else gets to see the band.

[John]

The way it used to be.

[Brett]

Right?

[John]

Yeah. It's pretty neat. Anyway. That's pretty awesome. So sorry, Brett. No, I'm Bold Beat birthday show. Did they wish me a happy birthday? Damn bastards.

[Brett]

No, the kids did.

[Toledo]

Kids? Yeah.

[John]

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[Toledo]

Gloves are off.

[John]

Oh, it's. Well, they've always had. They've never. They've all been bare knuckle. Yeah, I've never seen a more ham handed attempt to get someone to try and sue someone else. They are going out of their way to say, you want to sue people? We're right here. They have challenged Trump with this first episode to say, all right, you sue everybody saying stuff about you you don't like. Watch this. And they did an AI video. Now, Trump, Trump supporters will hate this. If even if you're a super south park fan, if you're a Trump supporter, you are going to hate this. If you're a, you know, supporter of the left, you might watch this show and think, yeah, get him. The entertainment value wasn't altogether there because it was to me, so insanely directed at. We're trying to get sued. Give us a second. We don't care. We're just gonna cut the little. We're gonna make Cartman. We're gonna make all this stuff. We're trying to get sued. We're trying to not only get sued, we're trying to get canceled. And they've done that before. A few years ago they had cancel south park. And every episode when they'd show the school, all you heard were gunshots. And they never mentioned like that there was active shooters. You just hear kids screaming. And they did this seven years ago when it was like everything was horrifying. This episode about which I think it's going to be the whole season, which is get him. You know, Paramount, you're afraid you paid him off. They mentioned in the thing. So you guys don't want to be like Colbert, do you? Just listen to him and he's like, we're not like Colbert. We're South Park. You know, they keep mentioning, like, it's so obvious to me that the two of them said, let's try to get him to sue us. Let's see what we can do. And it would not. I'm surprised he hasn't taken notice of the AI video of Trump walking through the desert naked and his penis is just minuscule.

[Toledo]

It obviously makes a lot of money for Paramount, cbs.

[John]

Oh, yeah, no, they're not worried about that. Well, so did 60 Minutes. And so, you know, they make a lot of money, but they were worried and they settled for a relatively low amount to tell Donald Trump, please stop suing us. We'll do what you say is how people saw that. Pay the guy suing you. Who's mad at what? You know, you could have fought. I don't think they had much of a case, but I think it could have also been a thing where it, like, just goes away. This was a Louisville Slugger swing at an attempt to go, go ahead, cancel us. We just signed a $1.5 billion deal for everything that's already been done moving forward. They don't care. I just looked it up. I don't know how accurate these things are. There's reports both south park creators over the last seven years have signed two deals. A $900 million deal initially with CBS, back for everything. They didn't even, that's not even counting the another 600 million they got from HBO for streaming. And then, you know, they have $500 million total assets from Book of Mormon, their movies and everything else. Each creator of that silly little cartoon is somewhere between $801.2 billion. That's their net worth for South.

[Toledo]

That's up there.

[John]

That's. So basically they're like, okay, cancel us. We'll see. We'll see what you got, because, all right, what are you gonna do? Get the show thrown off the air and give you a couple million dollars? You got it. You're gonna give us all that attention? You got it. But this AI video they put out, I got a couple attacks from people like, did you watch the New South Park? And they're huge south park fans. I didn't like it. I'm like, I don't think it's meant to be liked. I don't think they care. I think it was, it was for one human being and it was for one guy to notice and the rest of us to sit back as members of the audience going, he's gonna sue them. And I, I, it, it was sort of funny, these things, and it wasn't about, like, his character on this. It was about that. And they're using AI they did a whole episode a couple years ago, and ChatGPT started where they let Chat GPT write it, and it was phenomenal. It was like, it was like such a great, like, you know, they do. They're the best. It's the best satire that's ever been done. Like, they take a look at society and then drop these little 30 minute bombs on us and say, here's what we see. Here's the mirror society. Take a look. And some people are one of those.

[Toledo]

Levels that if you look at it, I mean, Brett pulled it up and we watched it.

[John]

Yeah.

[Toledo]

And I know it's out of context of what the episode's about. But you see that. And the first thing, you know, like any other president that's done to.

[John]

Oh, yeah.

[Toledo]

In the past.

[John]

Yeah. Megan actually said that same thing. Could they do this to anyone else? I'm like, no, no, they couldn't. And it's because, you know, he started swinging at everybody and he's done stuff.

[Toledo]

That no other president.

[John]

It's different. The game is different. And it doesn't matter what side you're on. On this one, it was. It was a group of people just saying, we'll see if we can get him to pay attention to us for a second and see what he does. Because we. I. Those are two dudes that. But I'm telling you, Donald Trump's got some juice. And he makes people clinch their ass. My dad worked with Donald Trump 35 years ago building. Well, I guess it wasn't that long. 30 years ago, built what was Spotlight 29 in Palm Springs as a casino. And my dad's company got the job to rebuild that. And they were going to put a tower in and everything else, and it changed to Trump 29. And the reservation only had like 12 people on it. And I think each one of them got 13 to 20 million dollars just for the deal happening. Then he sold it back to them. They rebuilt the casino and he sold it back to. My dad said he came out, this is way before he was president. And my dad. And my dad is Texas. He leans right now in a big way. Like, that's where he's at. And I remember this was back when he was more middle of the road. I think over the years, he's now more Texas changed him a little. I'll be honest with. He's waiting for the Civil War. He talks about that a little too much. But the. He told me that years ago. I said, what's Trump like? And he goes, he's an. He said, but it's the best kind of you can be. He walks in and everybody stops. What's he want? What are we doing next? He's like a dude clinches a room. He walks into the room, he owns that room. And he goes. And the one thing that struck me was how big he was. He's like, he's a big. Me's like John Madden big.

[Brett]

Oh, wow.

[John]

Like, really? He's a big man. I'm like, wow. I didn't. I didn't realize that. And he said. But he said, yeah, you walk in the room and your ass tightens. He's There. We're not messing around anymore. He's very nice as far as, like, handshakes and cord, you know, but you are his employees. This is his project. And he showed up. And that was his takeaway from that. Now, that was way before he ever tried to run for president. There are very few people on this planet that I would say, donald, leave this one alone. I think. And it sounds crazy to say it. South park creators, two of the dudes, I'd say, leave them alone. Don't do that. They want this. They're like you. They're as much like Trump as Trump is in ways of saying, we will say anything. We'll go after institutions of religion, which they've done. Book of Mormon was somehow or another a heartfelt story attack on the Mormon religion, but in the end was basically like, come on. They're happy. It's all right. They go after giant stuff and the Book of Mormon. The Mormons didn't even sue them. Like, they. They wanted to. They yelled a little.

[Toledo]

Three full page ads in the program.

[John]

Yep. But they're like, bring it. No, we. They don't care. And that's the Trump attitude. Somebody trumping Trump is what? And I don't. I don't. I don't know if he's. I think he's smart enough not to do it. I think he's smart enough to leave those two alone. Because all you want to do is light the fire under them, draws eyes to south. And then you. And then you'll watch them really go. Cause I don't think you can sue them for what they've got. That would be insane. It would make them look right by saying he sues everybody for no reason at all. He's an idiot. They go and get him. They get him good. But it's an interesting thing because that's the. You know, you watch him like, what other president could we do this with? And it just so happens it's at the time when artificial intelligence has gotten to where you can make it look like Trump is naked and walking through the desert. And there's no. It looks like Donald Trump walking through the desert naked. There's no digital glitches. It doesn't look like an impersonator. It's not like a guy dressed as Trump. It's him naked. And then they had to put eyes on the penis for, like, animation censor. Like, censors were like, you just have a dick talking. So they put little eyeballs on the wiener to make it a character. So it wasn't Just a talking dick. It was a talking dick with facial features. So it doesn't actually mean it's. Put it on there. I'm fascinated by this because this one, to me is. That was a. That was, you know, walking into a trap, if you ask me. Now, maybe Trump wins that. Those two are scary. And you gave. You gave two jackasses, three jackasses, billions of dollars and then said, go get them, jackass. That is true. You money. And when you get into that, it's worth watching. It's not necessarily. I don't think it's one of their better episodes outside of, I think the agenda, which is going after the guy who went after their parent company. And I think Paramount's okay with it, too, because they're like. And that's who I think Trump would sue is Paramount for even having it. Or he'd look into the. But it's streaming now. There's no fcc.

[Toledo]

And they're still looking for that, you know, to close that deal, finalize that.

[John]

Deal with whatever got the merger and all that still going on. And. Yeah, I mean, I dance or something. And it's a. It's a thing. It's worth watching, especially if you've got a brain on it thinking, what's this all about? This one says, wow, it finally came out. Your dad was palling around with Trump decades ago, and now you're the biggest Trump apologist on the airwaves. It all makes sense now. I am. You don't even think south park is funny. I think South Park's the. I just said it's the greatest satire of all time. This is where people get tribally blinded. I think it's hilarious. It's one of the. But it is, if not my favorite thing ever, without question, my favorite piece of entertainment ever written is the Book of Mormon. Amazing. Yeah. Not a Trump apologist whatsoever. I'm looking at this like I think he's being a jackass right now, to be honest. Nobody ever hears when I talk about it when I leave their side.

[Brett]

Well, the other side hears it.

[John]

Yeah. The only. The other side hears it. Yeah. Their side's mad. No, I think he's being a complete jackass. He's losing me fast on any sort of, like, defensive. Anything he's done with the Epstein thing, like that is a dude stepping in his own piles, and it's ridiculous. It's one or the other. It's either a thing or it isn't a thing. And you keep saying it's not. And then. But. But For a year. All you said it was. So just release it. If it's nothing, release what you've got. Just work this.

[Toledo]

Tariff things out, you know, that's fine.

[John]

That stuff's all working itself. We're good business. Still loves the guy, but man, oh, man. Yeah, this south park stuff's interesting. John Holmberg's morning sickness. The 98 KUPD. Holmberg's morning sickness. Then I get this email. This is the first. This is the first we're closing in on. I believe we're starting year 24 in a month, says John. I just wanted to say happy birthday to you over the weekend. And I think I have to tell you, and you won't realize this, but you are one of the most important people in my life. That's nice. It's a nice way to start an email. I was in an accident on my motorcycle in 2022. A horrible crash that shut my entire body down. And I was dead for about 11 minutes. During that time, I had an experience. And I remember being on the road as the last thing, and I could see myself. I hovered above it all. But something kept me going. I didn't go all the way out. And the thing that kept me going was you. I had you on in my helmet while I crashed. You were talking about a trip to Vegas at the time. So you were saying last week you were going for your birthday. And it triggered me back to that day. Your voice kept cutting through my consciousness. It's taken me years to tell you this, but now I have to. I'm 90% back from the accident. I feel great. I didn't see relatives when I was dying, but I knew that I was dying. And what I saw was all of history. This is a great email. All of history, all of it. It cannot be explained. I try to tell people and it just doesn't make sense. All of man's existence. I believe I had access to it, and a lot of it was horrible. Things I saw were absolutely horrible. Then your voice. So I was mixed in with, like, the Holocaust and Pol Pot and, you know, Genghis Khan slaughtering everybody. And then I'd pop on. He said, then your voice came through. The incident was May 17, 2022. Have Toledo listen to that show because it saved me from dying. I'm convinced it kept bringing me back. Can I have a copy of that? Signed James D. No, we're gonna burn that episode.

[Brett]

Eugene Simmerson.

[John]

No, no. You have to pay for that kind of stuff. I don't want you to do that. What if he'd send you off into some sort of.

[Toledo]

Yeah, then what?

[John]

Are you going crazy? And then. Yeah, I'm not sending any. That's ours. I'll have Toledo listen to it and tell me what maybe could bring. We have shows that can bring you back from the dead.

[Toledo]

Here's Trump walking through the desert.

[John]

Yeah. No way I'm sending you that episode. I'm glad you're back, James. Just be grateful you're still alive and that you have that memory. God knows. What if. What if the episode on. On that day, he was listening that morning, crashes his bike and then he listens again and it sends him into some sort of a brain tizzy, triggers all this bad stuff again and then here I am, like he's getting sued by the parents.

[Jordan]

What day do you say? May 17th.

[John]

I'm not telling you that. Anything else either. You have to listen back. Yeah, May 17, 2022. Just find a. Did you get punched in the mouth? What happened? Oh, he's eating seeds or something. He play pretends he chews. Now Toledo puts dips of food in.

[Toledo]

He's got like 20 Zins in there.

[John]

Done using Zins. I would appreciate that. It's food. He stuffs food in his cheek and gum now like he's big league chew. Anyway, James, I'm glad you're still alive, but there is no possible way I'm sending you audio of a show that it kept you from going over to the other side, if there is one. And meanwhile, it sounds like you're going to hell, by the way, if you saw terrible things like that. I'm not a believer in heaven or hell, but I mean, you're the closest one that I've. You got some cleaning up to do, man.

[Toledo]

May of 2022. Must have been a slot tournament.

[John]

No, Megan's birthday. Yeah. Somewhere around there. Oh, there could have been a slide. That's very possible.

[Toledo]

Yeah.

[John]

What?

[Brett]

Nothing.

[John]

Donovan.

[Brett]

No, no, David. Can't say.

[John]

One of our terrible listeners over there. Yeah, I'm certainly not handing that over. What if he. Memorial labor usually end of maybe. Yeah.

[Toledo]

But the big boxing match would happen.

[John]

Yeah, that was. That stopped until like Floyd Mayweather used to beat up Mexicans on Cinco de Mayo. And then September, the. The Mexican Independence Day. He'd always pick a lot of times.

[Toledo]

Three in a row.

[John]

Oh, he'd be. Oh, I was at. Every year there were two fights. Floyd would fight on May 5th and September 8th or 9th, almost always Cinco de Mayo weekend. And Mexicans would come up to watch their guy finally take down Floyd. And he would beat up a Mexican in front of him on their. On Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day. It would be like a Russian, you know, challenging Apollo Creed every 4th of July and kicking his ass. And like, we all. God damn it, this guy won't lose Mexicans. It just droves, just all of them caravans up to Vegas to watch Floyd, and he's going to finally lose to Maidana. He's going to get. No. Dropped him like a bad habit. And some of them were Puerto Rican. Floyd didn't pay attention. If they're brown and they spoke Spanish, he'd beat him up on a Mexican Independence Day or a Cinco de Mayo. But I don't know what was going on on May 17, 2022. And maybe I wasn't just in Vegas. Maybe I was talking about going. I don't know what it was, but this dude's life changed. He smashed. And by the way, at the end, it said, ps, tell Brett to sell his bike. The answer to that is no way. Yeah. I was going to say all bike guys hear these stories and go, that's. That's the risk reward factor, evidently, of biking.

[Brett]

It is.

[John]

But, you know, and he's still alive. He's 90% of what he used to be. I'm 90% of what I used to be. I've never even hit my head. Do they have speakers in the helmets now?

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah. Oh, no kidding. Yeah.

[Brett]

You put speakers in there, you can actually make phone calls and stuff.

[John]

That's safe.

[Brett]

Yeah. I mean. Yeah, you can still hear. You can still hear stuff on the outside?

[John]

No. Okay. Yeah.

[Brett]

You can still hear like horns and.

[John]

Stuff like that in your ears. Like.

[Brett]

No, it's like an ear. It's like. It's like the old Walkman's and stuff. It's. It's in the speaker, so. That's right. Yeah. It's not open. It's not dug into your ear. You know, some people do like actual. Put earbuds in there and plug yours.

[John]

Can't hear anything outside, like sirens and stuff. Yeah. Anyway, don't you.

[Toledo]

Do you listen to music when you're riding your bike?

[John]

Yeah, my glasses, but my ears are open. I can hear everything. And I listen to music on my. Before I had the Metas, I'd put my phone on the handlebars and play. But I'd never. I would never cut off by putting plugs in my ears.

[Brett]

No, it doesn't. It doesn't cut it off completely. Like like the communicate. Like the center communication things.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

It'll actually put ambient noise in so you can actually hear the stuff going on.

[John]

I watch people on the trails and stuff. I call them victims. With those earbuds in and they're walking, they can't hear anything. They're either gonna get run over by a bike or somebody's just gonna go, I'm gonna steal their phone. They can't even hear me. Coming up on them on your left. Yeah. Oh my God. You're screaming at people and then you get next to them and they have heart attacks and they jump off the trail. I'm like, that's your fault. Anyway, James, I'm glad you're alive. I want a little bit more about this whole I've seen human history in one little swoop and it was all bad. You're going to hell, brother. I've heard of a lot of these outer body experiences and I've always argued with people about, you're not really dead, your body's calming you, you're being soothed. Because, you know, I've watched I Survived is a show I love. And they had the. I survived and died and returned. And a lot of the people who had out of body experiences, it was relative to their geography. If you were raised in the west, you had a western experience. If you were raised in the east, like India or something, you had an eastern experience. Like the near death experiences down there in India are not like, well, there's a white light and a man behind a gate. And my family was there. They see the elephant with the 20 arms and all of the things they've been taught. Because your brain isn't closing, it's giving you things that are comforting you. It's job. What's that DMT or what is that stuff called? The death drug that the stuff's supposed to wake up the thing in your brain that right before you die you get that feeling where your body comforts you. And there's an actual drug that. It's not the ayahuasca, but it was kind of on par. Everybody was like, you got to try this. Yeah, I'm not touching that stuff. Hinchcliffe or it was a nose Brennan. Neil Brennan, the co creator of Chappelle show said you got to try that stuff. So it takes you to another level. But yeah, the like peyote type. I don't know what it is, but.

[Toledo]

This is how I saw it.

[John]

This is like a. And it's not a hallucinogenic, it's an actual Chemical release of your brain's ability to say this same thing that happens right before you die. Your body does release a chemical, and it's supposed to soothe you and make you feel all right. But that's kind of what they've chalked up, all these near death experiences. Now, some people just won't let go of the idea that, no, I was floating into the heavens. And see, I always say you believe in that. Like, of course. I'm like, well, then isn't that God making a mistake? Isn't that him going, no, no, no, not yet. Not yet. What's he doing? What's he doing? He's going to see it. He's going to see it. It's like a surprise party. And then you see all the cars. Near death experience would be if they were real. Like, pulling up and going, oh, boy, That's Brett's car parked 20. The goddamn surprise party. Like, and then you just turn around and go back. I don't believe in those. I think that's your brain saying, what do I know that will make me feel better. Evidently this James guy thinks of Hitler and Pol Pot right before. Like, that's. Anyway, I'm not sending you any audio of that, just in case I need to know what you were listening. What did. What, like, email back. Oh, what exactly were we talking about? Toledo's got the rundown of May 22. What exactly were we talking about? Okay.

[Jordan]

Looks like we played a game. Billy Corgan sings TV theme songs for Smashing Pumpkin.

[John]

Stick it. That saved the man's life. That makes me want to leave. Even here. That could be, why can't I get clubbed in the head?

[Jordan]

Flash actor Ezra Miller was suing the police for not calling him by his proper pronouns. And we debated why it's society's problem for us to know that.

[John]

Making it okay.

[Jordan]

That I agree with Phoenix man was arrested after going on a blind date with a blind woman and he looked like dmx.

[John]

Myron. Have to listen to that one. That might be.

[Brett]

Don't play that part. Oh, breath's probably not good anymore.

[John]

There was a nation maybe didn't age well.

[Jordan]

There was a nationwide formula shortage. And you were perplexed at what we did before formula and why no one wants to try to solve problems anymore.

[John]

That's true.

[Toledo]

Because they had that recall.

[John]

I agree with past me still. How do you run out of formula and then go, what do we do now? Right. Well, we did before.

[Jordan]

Brady was planning a trip to the zoo that day.

[John]

Well, that's weekly. Move on. Of course he was. Oh, no, don't even bring. If there's another segment of what Brady ate too much of. Don't do that either.

[Jordan]

Well, there was, because there was a new invention, edible tape for burritos an.

[John]

Hour and a half ago. What? Yeah, exactly.

[Brett]

I don't remember that.

[John]

Brady, you should have had a near death experience that day of too much tape burrito.

[Toledo]

God, about that.

[John]

It's like a tapeworm that tastes like Mexican food.

[Jordan]

No, you can just eat it.

[John]

A tapeworm.

[Toledo]

It holds the burrito together.

[Jordan]

Yeah, holds the tape because apparently we're having a problem holding the burritos together.

[John]

Oh, it's taping the bridge. I thought it was tape flavored burrito like. All right, I guess you just rip off. Rip off some 3m and chow down, huh?

[Jordan]

Yeah, I'm not seeing. Evidently it didn't take particularly triggering.

[John]

This guy says, tell that listener you can type in the date to the Google box and find it and take them to that podcast. I'm not so sure that's true anymore.

[Jordan]

No, it's not available. Yeah, you couldn't find it.

[John]

Because I think our station's gonna like, they want you to like. We don't want. I don't want everybody to have access to everything I've said.

[Brett]

Would you.

[John]

Over the last few years. Like Brett just said, we do look like dmx. And we're all like, geez, we should probably not ever play that again, just in case.

[Jordan]

And we had a dollar letting all the crazy deniers and racists on social media so that we all know who.

[John]

They are rating them.

[Jordan]

No, no, let them on.

[Brett]

I think we've talked about that a couple times.

[Jordan]

So that you know who they are.

[John]

Let them be.

[Brett]

We've talked about that.

[John]

I've always believed. Yeah, yeah.

[Jordan]

So that you know how to avoid them.

[John]

What I'm learning is standard. Pretty good foundation of what I believe.

[Jordan]

Three years later, we're still of that. We need to know the time of his accident, I guess, to know what we were talking about exactly at that moment.

[John]

Yeah, I need to know. Well, I don't. I don't know. He's not ever going to get any of this.

[Jordan]

Well, I'm not saying. I'm saying for us.

[John]

What if he hears the DMX story and he's like, oh, this reminds me of when I was dying and he starts convulsing and it takes him back. What if it has the counter effect? If you hear it twice, you die.

[Brett]

Y' all gonna make me somebody up in here.

[John]

He's dying and going ha. That guy does look like dmx. Yeah. Where my dog's at? Where my dog's at. He was a blind date and you look like dmx. What did. I've got to hear that myself.

[Brett]

Yeah, I want to hear that off air.

[John]

Oh my goodness. No, no, definitely. I'm not gonna listen to Brett listen to that. I guarantee you during that story Brett was like ah. And then broke out some dmx. Yeah, it's. That was a great moment for me this weekend as well as our friend Joe. His son is a football player Columbia. He just graduated. Right. He's a football player Columbia. He's a good looking kid. And Joe's son showed up to the pool with his girlfriend. Date, whatever. I'm not sure where they live there but she's a Raiderette. Very pretty. Didn't care about her at all because I found out that while Marcus was at Columbia his roommate was Mike Tomlins son. And so I have a standing dinner with now with the Tomlins.

[Toledo]

Nice.

[John]

When I go out to Pittsburgh with Marcus to watch. Pretty outstanding. Glenn Holmberg's Morning Sickness 98 KUPD Hol's Morning Sickness. Let me tell you, a fat America Cowboy Carter fan doesn't care for when a Raider rat walks around in front of him in a bikini. Doesn't. They don't like that. They felt pretty okay about themselves with you know, the body positivity thing and the, you know, we're going to see Cowboy Carter and we're going to go watch Beyonce and he dressed up, had cowboy hats on in the pool and stuff. And then the Raiderette showed up and they're like, let's just go home. Let's go home. We shouldn't be outside in our bikinis. Sorry about that. James, I'd love to help you out and I'm glad you're alive, but I don't think you can put that on me. And by the way, it's dmt. It says we all make our own dmt. Scientists believe it may be why we dream that the body dumps DMT during a death experience. And they said you should try it. DMT is not near death. Joe Rogan says it's like mushrooms times 1000 plus aliens.

[Brett]

Then you'll turn into Jim Morrison.

[John]

Yeah, there's Terrence Cooper that did. What did he do to the blind date that was blind. Yeah, and you've already got it. All right. I hope he's not getting in an accident again. This reminds me of that day. Where's your eyes at? Where's your eyes at? Where's your eyes? Smell this. Yeah, this guy's just having flashbacks to his death. I don't want to relive that day. You shouldn't either. James asking for that.

[Brett]

He does look like dmx.

[John]

Yeah, we went wrong. Pretty good show that day. Not bad. Boys. One of these days. How about this? Next time I'm sick and can't make it in, I'll replay that replay May 17, 2022, top to bottom. And see if James lives not to.

[Jordan]

Get on his motorcycle.

[John]

I have to tell him. We'll have James come in and sit. Oh, and we'll just film him, like, flashing back and convulsing.

[Jordan]

Make sure Trip's here to take care of everything.

[John]

Why did you bring in the R word? He's better. I don't know. He started flipping and flopping like a fish. Anyway, well, glad we could help you out there, buddy. And I'm sorry about your accident, but you're all right. Let's just move forward. Last thing I want to do is remember that you've gotten to a terrible car accident. You don't want to have, like. What was I listening to? No, you just forget about suicidal.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah, probably suicidal.

[Brett]

I mean, more than likely.

[John]

Do you know what was on when you. I was in a terrible car accident years and years ago. You don't remember what you were listening?

[Brett]

I don't. I don't.

[John]

You remember anything?

[Brett]

No.

[John]

Do you remember that? Where you were that night?

[Brett]

Yeah. Well, yeah, I remember where I was.

[John]

Where were you before?

[Brett]

At a buddy's party.

[John]

Oh, yeah.

[Brett]

Yeah. I mean, I've known the guy since, like, junior high. And it was. He was in the air force for years, and he was home on leave, so we went to his house tour for a party.

[John]

And no bars, no nothing?

[Brett]

No, no. It was just at his house.

[John]

What's your last memory of that evening?

[Brett]

I think the last thing I. Well, I mean, before the accident, the last thing I remember was I was drinking beer out of a measuring cup because he had a keg. Just so I'd keep track of how much I was drinking for some reason. Yeah.

[Jordan]

So you want to admit to what that number was?

[Brett]

I don't remember the number. I just remember going only two cups.

[John]

You know what that number was? Coma for three days?

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah. I don't know that. That's a measure past, like, five. Was it really?

[Brett]

I was in ICU for. I got. I got airvac'd out.

[John]

And the good news is it was a single car accident. Yeah, no one was injured.

[Brett]

Yeah, just me.

[Jordan]

You in a cement barrier?

[Brett]

No, the. The.

[John]

The poles.

[Brett]

The poles over there in front of the Costco on Arizona Avenue.

[John]

They protect an electric box. Yeah.

[Brett]

They're still bent to this day. That was in like 98 or something like that.

[John]

And I've talked to you. You don't like going by those?

[Brett]

No, I hate it. Yeah, I mean, I do, but it's kind of.

[John]

You see it and you're like, I don't like driving through 20th street in Missouri where I got t boned. Wasn't even my fault. And I still don't like that intersection. I can't imagine yours. I found those pictures the other day of my truck. Yeah. When I was with all the kid with me and the firefighters and stuff.

[Jordan]

In the middle of the intersection truck.

[John]

When everybody wanted photos, the truck got.

[Jordan]

I forgot how mashed up the truck was.

[John]

Truck got tortured.

[Brett]

That was me in my car. Like, my buddy went to the. The wrecking yard like two days later and took pictures of the car. And after I was healed up, he showed them to me.

[John]

I'm like, oh, yeah. How did you do it?

[Brett]

Yeah, yeah.

[John]

British mouthed out the effort.

[Brett]

Oh, yeah.

[Toledo]

Amazing. You're alive.

[Brett]

It is like, if you look at that, you're like, that dude should be dead. There's no way.

[John]

I. I didn't know it was you, but I always knew that. I'm like, oh, somebody smashed those poles. Those big cement filled.

[Brett]

They're still bent.

[John]

They're still there and they're still bent. It's right across from whatever that Winco or whatever they call it now.

[Brett]

Yeah, yeah. Between Costco and Winco.

[John]

Yeah.

[Brett]

And there. There's a there. It had red paint on it for years. They finally repainted the whole thing, but like, it had the red paint for my car on it.

[John]

Insane.

[Brett]

Yeah.

[John]

Wow. So, Brett, thanks for sharing because I know that's not fun.

[Brett]

No, it sucks.

[John]

But driving by that area is no fun for you. I can't imagine this James guy wanting to relive his.

[Brett]

I'm sure he goes through the same thing wherever he got accident, like, but evidently not.

[John]

Cuz he's like, what was I listening to? Let's fire that buck again. I don't want to do that. Donovan just texts and goes. I'm not sure if I'm touched or offended. When you asked Brett, was it from Donovan, one of our terrible listeners? Yeah, Donovan, Donovan, be touched. You're fitting in. Anyway. I don't even know what to say to that guy Brady. We brought someone back to life.

[Toledo]

Amazing.

[John]

Didn't even touch him. CPR'd him right back to life with some bad DMX jokes and some Billy Corgan impressions. If I remember right, when we were doing the Billy Corgan thing, that was when someone actually called in and go, that's not Billy Corgan, that's John. Yeah, that was that day. I think I remember that. Yeah. Yeah. Like the guy got mad that Billy Corgan wasn't really here singing TV theme songs. That's not really Corgan. You guys are jerks.

[Brett]

Thanks, pal. Pull back the curtain.

[John]

Yeah, I was calling some for. Yeah, way to go.

[Jordan]

Corgan's just rolling through Phoenix going, I think I'd sing a little karaoke today with the guys.

[Brett]

Well, it's like Gene Simmons always stops by, too.

[John]

Sure. We've got no reason flies in. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm always. Why would the. Why would you tell the listeners such lies? We're just in the other room rehearsing as KISS does.

[Brett]

You and Netanyahu?

[John]

Well, yes. He's the new guitar player. Come on in here, Benny. What'd you need, Gene? Anyway. Now, sometimes you have to leave that curtain closed, man. All right, what do you got on the big board of musical treats there, Brett?

[Brett]

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[John]

Just another Vegas hangover. Flashback. Jordan, who was with me, just said, I just had a flashback to your Tomlin jerk session with Marcus. And I kept in a. He's a Chiefs fan. He said, I kept interrupting you and Marcus when you talked about it. You kept taking your finger and hitting me in the chest, saying, you. Dude, we're talking. Yeah, we're talking, Tomlin. I don't need Chiefs fans rolling over there messing with this stuff. Bastards. Anyway, yeah, well, it'll all start coming back to us. And I don't think anything bad. I think we all did guards, you know, Worst thing that could happen was that dudes got on each other because it was just packed with dudes constantly. Everywhere you looked around, there's guys in your room. It was. It was a fitting thing.

[Toledo]

You're the older frat pack.

[John]

Well, we were. Oh, yeah, it was. It was. We weren't annoying like a frat was.

[Brett]

But it was kind of, like, pretty cool.

[John]

No, no, no, no, no. I won't do it, Brady. I would never be as bad as. I think, even drunk, I'd be like, we're acting a little bit like a frat.

[Brett]

We were.

[John]

We were insulated. Occasionally make a little step out to make the frame. The guys in the group laugh. But we never walked in a room like we owned it and started to do some sort of tribal dance.

[Toledo]

You never broke out any songs or anything.

[John]

We never actually shouted out the name of our crew. There's nothing worse than frats. So that was offensive. That even brought that up. That's. That's the worst thing you can be, Especially years later. I've been in Vegas when the. That black fraternity that dresses up in purple and gold. Omegas take over all of Las Vegas. And they sing and scream and dance and they get nuts, and it's like, enough. We heard you. It's annoying. All right. What do you got there? All right. On the list.

[Brett]

Volbeat. Still counting. And make up for the show.

[John]

Hell, yeah.

[Brett]

Drink, drink. Drunk for your weekend. I'm not Jesus. Rick Derringer. Real American for Hulk. Suicidal Terror. Slipknot. Chuck Mangione. Since he died. Feels good.

[Toledo]

Too much over the weekend.

[Brett]

Mud Vein Aquabats and Snot my balls. Because it was sausage fest for your weekend. This weekend, a lot of sausage.

[John]

In fact, we went to Absinthe as a group, and the guy on stage was like, what the hell is this? Eight, dude. Dad sausage fest. And the best part of that is my friend's son, Mark's son Matthew is there, and I always tease him that it's time to shave his head. He's. He's. It's time.

[Toledo]

He's molting.

[John]

It's just. It's not. He's not gonna win this fight. He's got it swooping around. And I looked at him and I said, what are you, like, 23? He's like, shut up. I'm like, you're 23 years old. You get lumped in with the dad Sausage Group. And he never once looked down there and went, and one of them brought his son. You fit right in with a bunch of 50 year old dudes. You gotta shave that thing, use it up. So nothing worse than hanging on to it. It's combing it forward in spots and over and left. And he's got the U turns in the front. I'm like, hey, look. Telling you as a friend from experience. And Joe, he also shaves his head. He says, a black guy, it's easier, but you need to get rid of that. It's not going the right way. It's not good. He's like, no way. I'll go to Turkey and I'll get implants. Well, he's pathetic. 24 years old, you're already thinking about flying to Turkey to get hair implants. Just shave it and see if it's round. Then we'll talk turkey, which is what that actually means. Let's talk turkey. Turkey is to bald guys is a totally, totally different meaning. Going to fly over there and get some plugs put in. I don't care. Whatever you want to choose there, Bert.

[Brett]

I never say no to snot. I mean, that sounds like your. Your weekend.

[John]

Yep, it does. My balls. Your chin. There's probably a video out there or something of one of us putting balls on a chin.

[Toledo]

I thought when you first mentioned the glasses, I thought maybe. Oh, you lost?

[John]

Oh, no, we accidentally grabbed the wrong pair. So what he was recording was downloading to my phone and vice versa. We didn't record anything bad, though.

[Brett]

It's a good thing you guys didn't catch yourself mid tug between things or something.

[John]

Yeah, try not to keep the recording devices on and tug. If I got a tug going on, I'm. Most of the time the glasses are.

[Brett]

Imagine Jordan putting your glasses on right after that.

[John]

I don't like to stare at myself doing that and remember it very possible because there was tugging.

[Brett]

That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. I mean, you guys are so messed up. Who knows if you're recording at some.

[John]

Certain times you make me nervous. There's a good chance that there's a tug video out there of me somewhere on Jordan's phone. I just can't express how funny. You know, you go on trips with like, and you have those moments where everybody's stomach hurts because you're laughing so damn hard. And then you try to tell somebody how funny the Allah Akbar thing is or the man with no arms. I mean, you just can't it just can't be. Like, there's a dude with no bones. He kept the skin. His bones were just hanging out of his sleeves. That had to be done. I told a lady came over and started to talk to. She's sitting at. We're sitting in a bar, and she came by and she goes, so, what are you guys, like a bunch of IBM employees? And I throw out the. The good one. And I said, no, we're baby casket manufacturers. Just to make her go away. She was gross. What? You look like you're from IBM. Like, off you go. Ugh. And that's where it got like. We would tell the, you know, cowboy Carter, ladies, get away from our table. What? No, no, no. You're a four, maybe. You guys are dicks. Yeah, we are. Go on, keep it moving. We have no interest in what you think of us. By 4, you are. I am. After. You are B4. 4. What a bunch of assholes. Those guys are assholes. Good. The pig patrol knows we're assholes. They won't come over here and think they're gonna get some of our free drinks. Loons. Just a bunch of old dudes being horrible. It was. It was fun, though. Let's do it. Snot, my balls. Your chin. There's probably a video of that coming up to James, raise the glass to a listener that was saved by our show while he laid dying on some street. Street under his bike. And his message to all of you, if it even resonates, is not to have a bike anymore. James told you, get rid of it. You say, no.

[Brett]

No.

[John]

What would have to happen if Die. Yeah. All right. That's weird.

[Brett]

I've had a couple friends like that that went down, and one of them actually was ordering their new helmet while they were still in their hospital room.

[John]

That's.

[Brett]

That's no joke, too.

[Toledo]

2007 was me.

[John]

You got rid of yours?

[Toledo]

Yeah.

[John]

Yeah. You got.

[Toledo]

I had a friend, you know, get hit on Scottsdale Road. Yep.

[John]

That wife here kept looking at you, the staring at you, going, really? You're gonna marry me? And you're like, yeah, I got it. Rid of my bike now. Hey, you can rent one every once in a while. Yep. Let's do it. It's not everybody. It's 98, KUPD, Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.

[Brett]

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[John]

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[Brett]

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