10-14-25 - Hot Releases - Kylie Jenner - Battle Beast - Bon Iver - Dorothy - Boz Scaggs - Tame Impala - The Diplomat S3 - The Perfect Neighbor - Murdaugh Death In The Family

Summary

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Holmberg's Morning Sickness – Hot Releases Breakdown

October 14, 2025

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This episode of Holmberg’s Morning Sickness on 98KUPD is the show’s popular “Hot Releases” segment, where John Holmberg, with co-host Rich (and absent Bret), provides quick, irreverent reviews and banter about the week’s new music, TV series, and documentaries – with a signature blend of sarcasm, pop culture references, and offbeat humor.

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Segment 1: Pop Culture Banter & Hot Releases Introduction

• Playful Banter: The crew kicks off with a humorous conversation about email complaints and pop music controversies, blending references to Yosemite Sam ("I'm the rootingest tootinist complainer" – John Holmberg, 01:15) and satirizing reactions to artists like Bad Bunny and Lady Gaga.
• Notable Moment (02:34): Holmberg riffs: “This big, big chubby raindrop came falling into Houston's Reliant Stadium... Root for terrible things to happen. Don't get so mad that you have to cancel it. That's silly.”
  • Context: Critique of overblown outrage and internet culture around celebrity performances.

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Segment 2: Hot Music Releases

1. Kylie Jenner x Terror Jr. – “Fourth Strike”

• Discussion [05:08]: Kylie Jenner’s debut with Terror Jr. sparks confusion (“Is that her singing? I don’t think so.” – John)
• Video Commentary [05:28]: John recommends the music video for its visuals: “She and the girls… in this video are unreal… the video for this thing is insane.”

2. Battle Beast

• Assessment [05:50]: The hosts react to the new Battle Beast track.
  • John: “Is it me, or does it sound like maybe if the Golden Girls released a rock song?”
  • Visual Roasting [07:05]: “She looks like Jewel spent three years at the Country Buffet. Jewel’s on some sort of weird prednisone diagnosis… puffed up.”

3. Military Gun – “God Owes Me Money”

• Quick Take [07:16]: Expecting heavy music, amused by the title.

4. Bon Iver – “Day One”

• Background Music? [08:06]: “Good pool music… background stuff. Like ambient noises.” – John

5. Dorothy feat. Slash – “Tombstone Town”

• Formulaic Country? [08:47]: John quips: “Gonna lay you in an early grave like formula country.”
• Rich comments on Dorothy's appeal and the Slash collaboration.

6. Boz Scaggs – “Angel Eyes”

• Age & Health Jokes [09:11]: “He sounds healthy, young, spry. Did he do Lido Shuffle? Yeah. He’s missing cocaine, and this is the only thing.” – John
• Boz Scaggs’s style gets compared to classic yacht rock.

7. Tame Impala – “Dracula”

• Dog Comparison [10:32]: John jokes: “My dog Gordon is the lead singer. The exact same voice.”
  • Imagines Tame Impala singing about dog life: “If he ever writes a song called Can I have a Cookie? Don’t you hate Frank? He’s always barking…”

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Segment 3: Streaming Releases & Documentaries

1. The Diplomat Season 3 (Netflix) [11:16]

• Political Espionage: Kerry Russell stars as a Secretary of State being prepared for the Presidency.
  • Rich: “Decent show.” (12:11)
• Memorable Banter [12:03]: “You’ll be in the White House watching what she does all the time. Interesting. White House espionage.” – John

2. The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) [12:10+]

• Real Crime Docu: One woman's 911 calls escalate into violence.
  • John pokes fun at the premise, referencing neighborhood disputes: “Several kids out there… all black kids. And this white lady’s mad about it.” [12:50]
  • “Maybe I’ll side with her till the murder.” [14:21]
• Memorable Exchange: “There doesn’t need to be a call. What happens, Rich? This is good stuff.” [12:58]

3. The Starting Five – Season 2 (Netflix) [14:22]

• NBA Recap Docu: Highlights key players and moments in NBA history.
  • John: “Alright. It’s just NBA talk. That’ll be fun.” [14:43]

4. Murdaugh: Death in the Family (Hulu) [14:51]

• Southern True Crime: Focuses on the famous, embattled Murdaugh legal family.
  • John: “Oh, yeah, they got like a bunch of murders under their belt.” [15:07]
  • Rich: “He kind of perjured himself.” [15:11]
• Curiosity about format: “How many episodes is this? Might only be one...” [15:19]

5. Devil in Disguise: The John Wayne Gacy Story (Peacock) [15:30]

• Gacy Retrospective: Holmberg offers perspective on true crime media saturation.
  • John: “I’ve seen this a million times… The John Wayne Gacy story is incredible.” [15:37]
  • Quote on serial killer fascination: “I’m doing it again. Like, I’m actually watching the horrible nature of this real thing that entertained me so many times…” [16:35-16:38]
  • Famous last words: “‘Kiss my ass.’ Right before they cooked him.” [17:11]

6. Scorsese Documentary Series (Apple TV+) [17:12]

• Director Retrospective: Five-part series on Martin Scorsese’s filmography.
  • “He’s got enough movies to make you wonder about it.” [17:39]
  • Brief rundown of iconic films: “Wolf of Wall Street, Raging Bull, the Departed, Gangs in New York…” [17:47]
  • Conversation closes with a nod to Scorsese’s “Last Temptation of Christ” [18:05].

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Notable Quotes

• “Is it me, or does it sound like maybe if the Golden Girls released a rock song?” – John Holmberg (05:50)
• “She looks like Jewel spent three years at the Country Buffet.” – John Holmberg (07:05)
• On true crime docs: “I’m actually watching the horrible nature of this real thing that entertained me so many times… I’m doing it again now off the real one.” – John Holmberg (16:35)
• On overreacting to pop culture: “Root for terrible things to happen. Don’t get so mad that you have to cancel it. That’s silly.” – John Holmberg (02:34)
• On Murdaugh family: “Oh, yeah, they got like a bunch of murders under their belt.” – John Holmberg (15:07)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Hot Releases Banter: 01:15 – 04:55
• Music Releases
  • Kylie Jenner/Terror Jr.: 05:05 – 05:43
  • Battle Beast: 05:43 – 07:16
  • Military Gun, Bon Iver, Dorothy, Boz Scaggs: 07:16 – 09:52
  • Tame Impala: 10:26 – 11:09
• Streaming & Docs
  • The Diplomat S3: 11:16 – 12:09
  • The Perfect Neighbor: 12:10 – 14:21
  • NBA Starting Five S2: 14:22 – 14:43
  • Murdaugh: 14:51 – 15:22
  • John Wayne Gacy: 15:30 – 17:12
  • Scorsese: 17:12 – 18:21

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Tone and Style

• Language/Tone: Sarcastic, playful, occasionally irreverent, using pop culture and personal quips to keep the segment lively and offbeat.
• Format: Fast-paced, with frequent tangents and inside jokes between co-hosts.

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Summary Takeaway

Holmberg and Rich deliver a brisk, comedic rundown of the week’s hottest music and streaming releases, blending honest reactions with digressive jokes and cultural commentary. From viral pop collaborations (Kylie Jenner) to true crime docs (Murdaugh, Gacy), and from political dramas (“The Diplomat”) to music nostalgia (Boz Scaggs, Tame Impala), they provide both information and entertainment in a style unmistakably their own. The episode is a must-catch for listeners who want new releases delivered with wit and attitude.

Transcript

[John Holmberg]

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[John Holmberg]

Yeah, I like that. Some guy just said you should. All the emails that you get about that should be signed Yosemite Sam because that's all I picture. And that is a very funny thing to think. Well, I'm the rootingest tootinist complainer there ever was. Bad Bunny. Darn planet. Darn it, he's in a dress. Rabbit. Bugs Bunny. More address Bugs Bunny. Bad Bunny. They're related.

[Rich]

Bugs also will come out there.

[John Holmberg]

No, no, no.

[Rich]

Show them how to do this.

[John Holmberg]

No, we all remember. It's ingrained in our brains. That's interesting. Yeah, it's just I get a lot of emails about it. Like a lot of people want to discuss this. It's on your minds and I just say relax. It's not that that's fun to talk about, but let's just hope for the sake of not liking him that something silly happens in his dress. Gets like he tumbles. It's great. It's like when Lady Gaga. I don't like her music, but the best thing that ever happened was that terrible halftime show where she didn't try any sit ups for a couple months before and she came out fat in a suit that didn't fit. And it was a laugh Riot for 25 minutes. Then we watched football again.

[Rich]

And making her jump into the stadium highlighted all of it from the jump.

[John Holmberg]

This big, big chubby raindrop came falling into Houston's Reliant Stadium. It was great. Root for terrible things to happen. Don't get so mad that you have to cancel it. That's silly. No, no, no. Farnit.

[Rich]

Be great if it starts out in the saloon.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. He walks in. What in the Sam hell is this? I am Baboony Bad Bunny.

[Rich]

No, no, no.

[John Holmberg]

All the Yosemite Sam's get mad at it. I like music from the old days. Straight as an arrow, like Poison, Motley Crue and Judas Priest. Not this tranny nonsense. I'm just confused by. I'm confused by it. I'd like to have somebody explain it to me logically. Other than just you supporting that homosexual. I got a lot of those. You supporting that like, jeez, that's why you're confused? Yes. Yeah, I guess I am. I'm a little bit. I don't know.

[Rich]

Am I a little tingly?

[John Holmberg]

He doesn't make me tingle because he's Puerto Rican. If I had to meet his parents, we'd have to go back to that hellhole. I listened to Tony Hinchcliffe. I know what Puerto Rico is. It's the floating garbage, right? That's the only thing I know about it. I've been there. Once I was at the airport. It was seemingly quiet. No hurricanes, no robberies. Felt good. It's time for the hot releases. They are in front of us right now. All the new music and stuff. Except for music. Because Brett's not here. So we'll just do all the other stuff. Toledo's got some things. It's brought to you by our [e-mail]. three easy steps and you're on your way to getting that brand new unit. I got a friend of mine up there had all the storms and stuff. For some reason he realized that his air conditioning was blowing weird hot water in this humid stuff. And he's like, something's going on. Then it just shut off. So he's asking me, who do you go to? I'm like, new AC unit dot com. It's easy. You're going to save some money. That's the best part. Save thousands, save time. Buy online@new ac unit.com and always put Holmberg in as a promo code and knock even more off the top. How about that? Rich, release me.

[Rich]

All right. No music. You hit me to this. So I did some. Some research on it. Tara Jr. Yeah. And Kylie Jenner, aka King Kylie.

[John Holmberg]

King Kylie.

[Rich]

Fourth strike is a new song.

[John Holmberg]

She's in a. She's in a song with a pop like dance electric duo named Terror Jr. And the video. Is this the video? This is just a picture. You got to find the video. Is that her singing? I don't think so.

[Rich]

I have no idea. This is the song.

[John Holmberg]

If you find the video, Rich, she and the girls that they have in this video are unreal. I think it's all over, like, TMZ or something like that, too. You can find it that way. You're not gonna see it up there. But the video for this thing is insane.

[Rich]

So you can get that today. Battle Beast. Know nothing about him, but they're releasing a track today.

[John Holmberg]

All right. Is this real? Is it me? Or does it sound like maybe if the Golden Girls released a rock song. She sounds old. It AI.

[Rich]

Is it AI?

[John Holmberg]

Yeah. I don't know, but it doesn't sound.

[Rich]

Not according to this. It's. It's not AI Battle Beast. Here's. I think this is what they look like.

[John Holmberg]

The Battle Beast. Oh, there's. There. I don't know why I'm picturing him. She's not old, but.

[Rich]

Small.

[John Holmberg]

She's a large lady. So love. She looks. She's dressed like a waitress at Bobby McGee's. She looks like a character. I would have to ask her. Who are you? I'm maleficent. Maleficent wasn't £400.

[Rich]

Looks like Jewel spent three years at.

[John Holmberg]

The Country Buffet Jules on some sort of weird prednisone diagnosis. Like, she's been. She's puffed up.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

She's on a medic medicine that increases her water weight.

[Rich]

It's Fat Jewel, Another track out today. The band Military Gun. So I thought this might be a little heavy, but God owes me money.

[John Holmberg]

And me too. That's why that guy won't come back. That might be a Katie KB thing.

[Rich]

Bony Ver. You remember Bony Ver? Oh, yeah. This is their latest track, Day One, out today.

[John Holmberg]

Good pool music. The Bone E there. Yeah, I like. I like what they do as backup music. Background stuff.

[Rich]

Okay.

[John Holmberg]

Like ambient noises.

[Rich]

Dorothy, we know her very well. She's got a new track out today featuring Slash Tombstone Town. We might be playing this, but according to all the files, it's out today, so I don't Know if that means the album or the track.

[John Holmberg]

Holiday Gonna lay you in an early grave like formula country.

[Rich]

Put in a now Dorothy's hot oh, did a little influence Little yacht rock for us. Boz Skaggs has a new album out. This is the track. Angel Eyes.

[John Holmberg]

Terribly bright. He sounds healthy, Young, spry. Need I say that my love is misspent Misspent with angel Eyes did he do Lido Shuffle? Yeah. He's missing cocaine, and this is the only thing.

[Rich]

His roommate was Steve Miller.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, is that right? Yeah.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

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[Rich]

Tame Impala has a new track out. Dracula. My album is called Deadbeat.

[John Holmberg]

My dog Gordon is a lead singer. I'm convinced. The exact same voice, almost identical.

[Rich]

That's it right there.

[John Holmberg]

If he ever writes a song called Can I have a Cookie? Don't you hate Frank? He's always barking all day long. I don't care for my friend Frank all of a sudden, like, hey, wait a minute. I think I know who sings that.

[Rich]

Halftime, right?

[John Holmberg]

That's who I know is singing on my dog stuff. Jack Ham in the backyard is staring.

[Rich]

All right, no N word or F word, because that's Brett's domain. So for streaming releases today on Netflix, The Diplomat Season 3, starring Kerry Russell as a person they're grooming to try and become the president.

[John Holmberg]

Rayburn died for me.

[Rich]

Vice President of the United States. She's Secretary of State.

[John Holmberg]

I think my husband, President Rayburn, was on the phone with Hal. President Reagan? No, different president. What did you think you were doing? Gene Rayburn, the Commander in Chief. He had a rogue deputy, which he did.

[Rich]

Ooh.

[John Holmberg]

It's our job to find out who the rogue deputy is.

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[John Holmberg]

Kerry Russell Wyler Ambassador's wife Todd Penn first lady, this is not the time.

[Rich]

I get it.

[John Holmberg]

You will be in the White House watching what she does all the time. Interesting. White House espionage.

[Rich]

It's a decent show.

[John Holmberg]

Have you seen it?

[Rich]

Yeah.

[John Holmberg]

Good.

[Rich]

It's a decent show. Yeah, we watched first two seasons. The Perfect Neighbor is also out this week on Netflix. The blurb says one woman, dozens of 911 calls in a close knit neighborhood caught in a nightmare. What begins as one woman's relentless harassment of children spirals into a shocking act of violence.

[John Holmberg]

It's like 400 kids in the road. The following was captured in real time. Police bodies. I called because the kids come across.

[Rich]

The street that you shouldn't be screaming and running around.

[John Holmberg]

Okay? All the kids like to play. They can't walk or even throw their football over here. Oh, 91 1.

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What is the address of the emergency?

[John Holmberg]

Several kids out there right now are screaming, yelling, but they are all black kids. And this white lady's mad about it.

[Rich]

Oh, I know.

[John Holmberg]

It's like the kids. She thinks we're trying to steal her truck. Oh, it's a crazy lady. There doesn't need to be a call. What happens, Rich? This is good stuff.

[Rich]

I have no idea.

[John Holmberg]

Always messing with people's kids. Sure saw this. Oh. Oh, this is gonna be a great one. Whoa. 91 1. What is the address of emergency? My neighbor has been screaming outside. She's probably banging on her door, let me in. And then bam, he starts shooting. Oh, boy. What's this called? The Perfect Neighbor.

[Rich]

Perfect Neighbor on Netflix.

[John Holmberg]

Some loony bro.

[Rich]

Sounds like a good name.

[John Holmberg]

I'll tell you this, you get 13 or 14 kids running around and they cul de sac. I'm gonna make a couple of calls.

[Rich]

She's beyond.

[John Holmberg]

Get off my lawn. Well, if. Come on. You might be all right with it, but 12, 13 kids standing in front of your house all the time.

[Rich]

Well, if they're in front of your house.

[John Holmberg]

Well, they were. They're in the neighborhood and you're like, all right, every time I got a backup, I'm going to run over like eight kids. Somebody control this. If two, three times, maybe fourth, fifth times, like, I clear them out, they don't go away. Authorities are involved. You can't have kids running all over wild. So maybe I'll side with her till the murder.

[Rich]

Right?

[John Holmberg]

All right.

[Rich]

Also on Netflix, season two of the starting five, Game seven in the NBA Finals.

[John Holmberg]

I would think about that game forever. You did things harden. We know that Kevin Durant. I could do everything. Good move, big bro. We're witnessing A change of the guards. You're gonna hit them with this. All right. It's just NBA talk. All right. That'll be fun.

[Rich]

Kind of an in recap of the NBA season. Murdoch Death in the family is on Hulu. This chronicles the murder.

[John Holmberg]

Yeah, the redheaded people.

[Rich]

They're loaded. From South Carolina's most powerful legal dynasty.

[John Holmberg]

Police and an ambulance immediately.

[Rich]

When their son Paul is involved in a deadly boat crash. The. The family is faced with a test unlike any they've ever encountered.

[John Holmberg]

Oh, yeah, they got like a bunch of murders under their belt. And that girl that disappeared on the boat.

[Rich]

And he kind of. He kind of hung himself out to dry in court by saying something. I think. I think he accidentally kind of perjured himself.

[John Holmberg]

How many episodes is this?

[Rich]

Not sure.

[John Holmberg]

Might only be one because the documentary is pretty good. If you're gonna watch one of the two, I wonder what it would be.

[Rich]

Devil in disguise. The John Wayne Gacy story comes to Peacock. And I think it might be on NBC, but I'm not positive.

[John Holmberg]

I've seen this a million times. Not this particular thing. John Wayne stuff. So many. Oh, the tapes of Gabo. Search warrant for John Wayne Gacy's house. He is in custody. I would like to cooperate with you boys. Help out in any way that I can. There's really four Gacy. John the contractor, John the politician. Yeah, it's amazing. That'll be an interesting. That John Wayne Gacy story is incredible. I'm in the middle of the Ed Gein thing right now, and that's pretty great too. Especially. Well, the way they're doing it is to kind of. It's a weird kind of spin on us to say, isn't he awful? And then right in the middle of the worst parts, they show a clip from a movie he inspired. And then it kind of makes you realize, ooh, I'm doing it again. Like, I'm actually watching the horrible nature of this real thing that made me. That entertained me so many times. Based off of his story. And I'm doing it again now. Off the real one. It's really. It's ac.

[Rich]

The inspiration for others.

[John Holmberg]

I don't. Well, I mean, by that point, that was a one off. Gacy was pretty wildly like what he did.

[Rich]

Not even for like it or, you know, the crown.

[John Holmberg]

I mean, the clown thing a little bit. I mean, he was less the clown thing and just like the contractor guy would hire young boys to help him do odd. It was. That's how he opt. Well, he was. It was weird. Gacy Had a couple avenues he went down that weren't normal. But then his famous last words.

[Rich]

Brian Denny. He did a pretty good.

[John Holmberg]

Oh yeah, it was a good one. Every gacy when I watched. His famous last words are kiss my ass. Right before they.

[Rich]

That's right.

[John Holmberg]

Cooked him.

[Rich]

Last one I have is on Apple TV. Plus it's a Mr. Scorsese.

[John Holmberg]

And I think he also had another line before he died that was. I can't remember the exact number, but he says today you're gonna kill me. That's one. I did 18 or 33 or something. Like he had some number Scorsese movie about himself all the time. Does he produce it? No.

[Rich]

Five parts.

[John Holmberg]

He's got enough movies to make you wonder about it.

[Rich]

Watch the Departed. I forgot how good that movie.

[John Holmberg]

I want to watch the Wolf of Wall Street, Raging Bull, the Departed, Gangs in New York and more. Scorsese's been on the Taxi Driver, Mean Streets. The list of movies. Jesus movies, huh?

[Rich]

The Christ movie.

[John Holmberg]

Did they do the Temptation?

[Rich]

It wasn't the Temptation.

[John Holmberg]

Last Temptation of Christ. Yeah, that one wasn't great, but it was in there. Oh, it'll be in the list. But it was.

[Rich]

That's what I'm saying.

[John Holmberg]

They'll close it with that, you think?

[Rich]

Final.

[John Holmberg]

They might mention it. I think I'll go with a couple other casino maybe. All right. Is that it?

[Rich]

That's all I got.

[John Holmberg]

There you go. That's a good list today. What's the name of the documentary? The Bad Neighbor or something? A Good Neighbor.

[Rich]

Good Neighbor.

[John Holmberg]

All right. And then John Wayne Gates.

[Rich]

Neighbor.

[John Holmberg]

And that's on Hulu.

[Rich]

The Perfect Neighbor is on Netflix.

[John Holmberg]

Netflix. Okay, I'm all over that. All right. Rich gave me stuff to do. There you go, everybody. Those are your hot releases.

[Rich]

It's out of control now.

[John Holmberg]

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