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So let's get started. Brody flexing on the new TV commercial too? Is he throwing some flex on the good? He's a good looking kid. Yeah, everybody likes him. His name's Bodhi, not Brody. Sorry. Everybody calls him Chief. We call him Chief. Chief Brody from Jaws. Yeah, he's. Yeah. He stands there and he's got a little flex on, like. All right. Nice job. Yeah, he's great. He's awesome. There's good people over there, and they'll take care of you too. And they'll save you a ton of money. That's why they say it's save thousands, save time. Buy online new AC unit.com Toledo. Release me. Actually, go with Brett first. Release me on time, huh? Okay, Brett, go ahead. Are you okay? He's getting my stuff, right? Hey, don't look at me. He usually goes first. All right, here we go. This is new stuff from Burning Witches. Cool. This is Inquisition. Oh, it's a bunch of chicks. Are they good? All right. They're all in shape. We'll start there. It's a good look Burning Witches has so far. Oh, not that one. God damn. Bass players. Stay off the bass player. Was it the bass player or the guitar? You know, she's the bass player. Faces like that don't play guitars. Maybe then the bass player must be. The bass player must be hideous if that's your guitar player. There's two guitar players. Where's the bass? They just showed it a second ago. There. She's okay. There's three, five girls. They haven't showed her much though. No. So I don't know. They're staying off of her. They shoot her hands a lot. This is awful. Come on. Oh, you know what? I'm sorry. This isn't the band. I accidentally have the microphone up against Brady's back. This is his kidney. This is his failing kidney. Let me go. Is that what he just said? Yeah. This is the noise his kidney makes. And doctor like, just throw it away. We're removing this from Brady's body on Tuesday. That's terrible. A lot of stuff going on there. Oh, I think you got a sacrifice happening. Yeah, well, the video is what it is. And it's not. They're not hot enough to suck that bad meat. No, you heard me. All right, here's new stuff from Deftones. This is My Mind is a Mountain. Deftone. Does this have a hook? Cuz no other Deftone songs do. It's Deftones. Get the bong out. Take me to Deftones. All right. Deftones are what they are. They're good, but they are what they are. Massive following. All right, let's go. How about Jack the Joker? Okay, this strikes me as something a guy from another band is trying. Is there a famous person in Jack the Joker that I don't know. Sounds like Patriani to start there. I hate whoever produced the Drums. It's like St. Anger, Lady Obed. My story is long. All right, if they start talking about 35th Avenue, though, bring back Dandar. All right, get to the chorus here. Jack the Joker, Misery. Who produced this? That sounds awful. And you know what I'm afraid of Gordon Special, that is. No, John won't like that. That sounds like a bad version of Avenged Sevenfold's last album. Oh, there you go. Yeah, a lot of people hate the Avenged. I loved it. But anybody that tries to copy it's gonna sound like that. So I think Jack the Joker might have been those guys. Here's new stuff from Three Days Grace. They'll be in town breaking Benjamin. That's coming up. Kill me fast. The dude's back, right? I don't know which singer this is. They're both with them if two singers. I don't mind Three Days Grace. I just don't know him enough to know which singer's which. You. I just know they had a guy replaced that guy, and then when the first guy came back, they're like, well, we're not firing the new guy either, so you can both play. Yeah, it's like having two second basement. Tell me when it's over. Don't make me ask. Our Indian friend Sanjay is now hanging with these guys. Yeah. So he's not doctoring. No, he's. Well, he's always doctoring. He's an indom. That's actually not bad. Pretty good. All right, we're gonna skip this one. There's another track from the new Hives album which drops, I believe, next week. This is forever. Forever. The Hives love the Hives. Every week they've released a new song. I think the new album officially drops next week. I don't know what happen, but I would do it all again in a hobby. These Swedish bastards have my heart. They're like the Foo Fighters. They just make fun of themselves. They don't care. They're having a good time. That's why I want to see them live, because I bet you they're a blast. Think about traveling to see them. Just a song about themselves. Because why not forever? Just dumb fun. I like the Hives. Right? New music from Bruno Mars, apparently. What? I just. It just got released four days ago. This one is smoke. Oh, here we go. It'll be good. Ladies, get your moist palettes ready to dab off Brain dick in this because he's about to make you guys humid. Oh, it's gonna. It's gonna be smooth in here in A second ashtray full and I'm halfway gone street lights buzz while the night's dragging on Phone's been dry hot spin loud But I drown it down with this downtown sound it's all the guys from Silk Sonic. That's Anderson Pack. That's Silk Sonic. These are videos. They're kind of like flashbacks almost. I don't know if this is. Oh, that's the. For my mind Two shots for the time you were mine One deep breath, let it roll he's the modern day Sammy Davis. He's the. Wow. That's. He's not a Satanist. Holmberg's morning sickness. How about this one? Here's an AI one for you. We Are the World led by Trump. Trump singing we are. Oh. AI. We are the World. Kim Jong Un. It's all the leaders of the world. Kim Jong. The ayatollah's back there. There's the Ayatollah there. Yeah. That is Benji. Not that one. The other shot. That's Mexico. No, that's a woman in Mexico. There's Benji. This is phenomenal. It's all the world leaders aied into We Are the World. I just found that one. But this is. This was the AI song. I was. There is so much cocaine when they were recording. Oh, yeah. That all the world leaders got coked out of their heads. And that's Waylon Jennings fault. This is from Dirty Needles presents. I'm Going downtown tonight. This is an AI song. Yes. Well, the girl on the COVID Once again, perfect. She would have have been. She would have been Bobby Brown and Pam Anderson of the 80s. I play a scene Drop those pants Let me taste that pe. Come so quick you'll forget your name I don't blow kisses, I blow braids I suck like I've got rent to pay Grip your thighs and sl. I suck like I've got rent I love her face first. No mercy inside. So there you go. All right. That brings us. Panther's pissed. Yeah. You don't need them anymore. Yeah. AI is amazing. That brings us to N Word or F Word, the game that is sweeping the nation. And today we got Ice Cube. Friday. I think I won last week. N word. Friendly. All right. Brady. Mother effer. Okay. All right. I'll go angry. N word. Here we go. Straight out. Hardcore. F1. Damn it. From Friday. Yep. When? When? It is a safe bet, though, with Cube to go N word. Yeah. He's gonna say it. Oh, yeah. Just which one? He says it's a race to the. It's a race to the word, though. All right, well, all right. Congratulations. I carry over for next week. Nobody won this week's game of N word or F word. Nice try. All right, you ready, Rich? Yeah. All right. Out on Hulu this week is the twisted tale of Amanda Knox on Hulu. Oh, that came out. This like earlier, right? Yeah. Yeah. I don't like this. We should just turn back. It's a show about her. It's not a documentary. Yeah, no, no, no. And she's the girl, the Seattle that ended up killing her roommate allegedly killed her room. And they tried her, retried her, got off. I thought she was mean. I was halfway around the world, starting abroad in Italy. I had no idea that my dream. Hello, is anybody home? Was about to become a nightmare. Meredith. Oh, my God. Did she do it? I didn't pay attention much to the am. Like I said, I think she got. I think she got a guilty first time. Right? Yeah. And then they got. What? Did she do it? I don't know the details of the story. I have to look at that like I'm wondering, like. Okay, yeah, she's off, she's on. She's off, she's on. But did she actually do it right? John Cena is back for season two of Peacemaker on hbo. Max, I thought this was a little too heavy handed either. A little bit. Can you tell us a little bit? It had funny moments, but it was considered the finest marksman in the world. The mic is off. Yeah. I am also proficient in hand to hand combat. How many more of these do we have today? Is that popcorn still? You here love popcorn. My butts are getting really big lately. I have a variety of helmets. This guy sucks. Excuse me. Am I supposed to be able to hear you guys? Excuse me. You were talking about your butt and stuff. I better not do it. All right, that's fine. Make a wish. Kids will love. This one's for Brady Devo documentary on Netflix this week. Yes. Does this say, hey, Brady, this is Devo in the title? Because he's the only one interested in that. And we're like, well, how much does that cost? And they go, oh, around $5,000. And Jerry said, could we have that money to make a video instead? And they looked at us and they went, what would we do with that? They didn't know what to do with it. It was true. This was still years before MTV came along. Defoe early work is everybody's first day with an instrument. Sorry, Brittany, it's for our words. It's etarded People can't get enough of it. It wasn't hilarious. It was awful. And then the radiation suits. Terribly stupid. Never understood it. All right. And then Mark Mothersbaugh goes on and does amazing Disney thing. He did the Lego movies. He was great. This one's for you, John. The truth about Juicy Smollet. Oh, we already know the answer to this. Recalled to an incident. They see an actor called Jussie Smollett with a noose around his neck. He says that he was the victim of a hate crime. I'm gonna watch this. I had two white guys attack a black man in this city. Was disgusting to me. This was a racially motivated incident involving a celebrity. I knew this was going to be huge. Called it out that morning. Yeah, you did. This one's for Dale and for all those cowboy haters. America's Team the Gambler and his Cowboys on Netflix. It's about Jerry Jones. Yep. Jay Jones doing his stuff. I like controversy. It's fun. Always paid with people peaks. They interview all the 90s cowboys again. Where's Dale? Is a soap opera 365 days a year. How long is this dude going to milk his 30 year old championship? The Cowboys. When I bought the team, I was Darth Vader. Dallas fans aren't happy. Last year they were one to team. He retells this story anything over and over and over and it's always interesting. But how does he get Troy and Switzer and Jimmy and Michael and all those guys to sit and do it again forever? Give you some money at this point it's embarrassing. It never gets old for them to tell it. Sure it does. This is glory days crap. Yeah. Like you start getting into that and it's like, it's embarrassing after a while. Troy Aikman of all people should know better. He's moved on. He's had a better career as a broadcaster than he did in his hall of Fame football career. All right, last one I have is on Prime Videos. The Terminalist Dark Wolf. This is kind of a freak sequel. Origin story of of Chris Pratt's buddy from the terminal. Fight for each other. You're moving on a restricted target. Wait, Chris. Chris Pratt the actor or the Chris Pratt the actor was in the terminal list on Prime. Right. And. Oh, this is a spin off this guy is a spin off his buddy Ben. I think along with this insignia comes the trust that we putting you to wear it. You've broken that trust. So the Chris Pratt show that is similar to this is now another guy's show. Okay. Gotcha, Gotcha. Okay, Second, I've been ready. What's that on Hulu? It's on Amazon Prime. Okay, there we go. Prequel to that. That's it. Oh, it's a prequel. All right. There you go. All right. Those are your hot releases, everybody. And I think the AI wins again. We are the world. Yeah. AI that's the one I'd go after. It's 98 KUPD. There you go. It's not weird. It's pretty cool, actually. No membership fees. I have heard enough of this.
Episode: 08-19-25 – Hot Releases
Date: August 19, 2025
Hosts: John Holmberg, Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, Dick Toledo
This episode of “Holmberg’s Morning Sickness” centers on the team’s trademark review segment: Hot Releases. John Holmberg and company dig into the latest in music, TV, streaming, and pop culture—dissecting, lampooning, and sometimes praising new arrivals with their signature irreverence and banter. The hot topics span metal bands (like Burning Witches and Deftones), mainstream releases (Bruno Mars, Three Days Grace), oddball AI mashups, buzzworthy show premieres, and documentaries—peppered with off-the-cuff commentary, jabs at each other, and the now-infamous “N Word or F Word” game.
Burning Witches, Deftones, Jack the Joker, Three Days Grace, The Hives, Bruno Mars, and AI absurdities all get the panel’s treatment.
The panel moves on to what’s new across Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Prime Video:
On Burning Witches:
“They’re not hot enough to suck that bad musically.” (04:00, John)
On The Hives:
“These Swedish bastards have my heart. They’re like the Foo Fighters—they just make fun of themselves.” (08:00, John)
On AI Music:
“AI wins again. ‘We Are the World’—that’s the one I’d go after.” (18:45, John)
On Peacemaker:
“You were talking about your butt and stuff. I better not do it.” (16:10)
On Jerry Jones & Cowboys:
“How long is this dude going to milk his 30-year-old championship? …At this point it’s embarrassing. It never gets old for them to tell it. Sure it does.” (18:00, John)
The episode balances sharp-edged wit, musical snobbery, and pop-culture enthusiasm—typical of Holmberg’s crew. The ongoing in-jokes, jabs at band image and sound, and a cavalcade of pop-culture references keep the pace fast and punchy. Highlights include the unsparing music reviews, delight in increasingly bizarre AI-generated music, and the casual, sometimes R-rated, group dynamic. Even non-fans will appreciate the panel's irreverence and pop-culture savvy.
Bottom Line:
If you want irreverent and brutally honest pop-culture commentary—with plenty of laughs, inside jokes, and surprising music/TV updates—this “Hot Releases” edition is classic HMS.