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That right there, Victor, was the Radio Song of the Year, according to the Nick Nocturnal Awards. Don't you think it sucks that we have to have a whole category for Radio Song of the Year?
Yeah, and what was it?
Caramel, Sleep Token.
Oh, okay. Yeah, I mean,
I, I think we had this discussion a while back, something similar. And, I, I mean it was one of the biggest songs of the year, but did, did it hit number one on radio? I don't know if it did.
I've had-
Not yet
... I've had Dark Thoughts reach number one. I thought, uh-
Yeah.
Nothing More, there was a Nothing More track.
To me, the Radio Song of the Year, I don't know, the, the one that seemed like it was the most talked about to me was, uh, Amy Lee, Poppy, and, uh, Courtney from Spirit Box.
And I'm not the biggest fan of that track.
I mean, but it's a, it's definitely a radio song. I, I don't know though. I mean, I guess Caramel's a, a decent, uh, radio song, but they, they played The Edit on radio anyway.
I, I looked, I asked ChatGPT, "What are the radio songs of 2025 for rock and metal?" Sleep Token, Caramel.
Okay.
Papa Roach, Braindead.
Well, I forgot about Braindead. Yeah, that was a pretty big one. Um ...
Also, I see here-
But what about like Bad Omens or, um-
There's that, uh, Billy Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne track, Gods of Rock and Roll.
Yeah, you know, I mean, it, it was, it was pretty big on radio.
But Three Days Grace, Apologies is also on this list.
Yeah, and that one was, was pretty big, and I think sat at the, uh, top of the radio charts for a while.
People were ver- were praising that Three Days Grace album. I thought it was cringe.
Uh, it, it was all right, you know.
I thought it was very
cookie cutter radio track after radio track and-
Tho- those guys have the formula down.
Yeah.
For sure.
They do. They do.
You know? I don't know, I'm, I'm hoping for a better year in rock and metal in 2026. I don't know, there, there-
It, it was kind of a C- year.
Yeah.
For the genres.
I, I think so. I mean, there were s-
I'm glad you said that.
There were some good songs, but like we talked about with albums and stuff, I, I, I didn't have a standout album. There were no songs that were just so good, they completely blew my mind. I, I don't know, man. It, it wasn't a bad year by any means, but just to me, it wasn't a, a great year. You know?
I, I'm asking ChatGPT right now, "What are the best rock and metal albums of this year?" Even in Arcadia from Sleep Token. That's the only one that people can name.
It, it, it was big.
Oh, I like how i- i- it says-
I'll give it that. It was massive.
Hey, I got the Spirit Box title wrong. It says, "The Surface Seems So Far."
Ah. [laughs]
That is the, uh, Seether album.
[laughs] Don't get-
Ah.
Don't get us started on Seether.
[laughs] That's right. And don't get me started on Lou Brutus too.
Well, what, what about Lou?
He gave us two Christmas cards, right?
Yeah.
One's addressed to you.
And the other's addressed to-
The studio
... studio. So your new-
Not Peaches.
Your new name is now Studio.
Well, that's supposed to stay in the studio. Lou didn't even think about me.
No, it was for you, Peaches.
So I, I, I, I ... You know, yesterday, two hours of Hard Drive XL were not set to play.
Why?
I had to fix it.
Uh-oh.
I shouldn't have.
[laughs] Just leave Lou off.
I should have taken K-Bear completely off the air.
Just two hours of dead air since-
And then when Jade comes running up to me and goes, "Why was K-Bear off the air? It's entirely your fault," I'll go, "Listen, Lou didn't send me a Christmas card."
[laughs] Well, tune in for studio pit party at 2:00 PM today.
No, no, no.
And every weekday. [laughs]
That's, that's not a studio pit party
I'm just gonna call you "studio" from now on.
Just put balloons everywhere inside of here.
[laughs]
Some confetti.
Hey, studio. How's it going?
Get that po- popper every time I walk in.
[laughs] You got any plans for the weekend, studio?
Me?
Yeah.
[laughs] No. [laughs]
No weekend plans?
Uh,
wrap Christmas presents?
That sounds like fun, studio.
[laughs] There's a few of them that, uh-
[laughs]
... that are h- extremely hard to wrap, and I'm trying to figure out exactly how to, what to do with them.
Oh, you-
One of them is a giant ... I, I don't wanna say on the air, 'cause what if-
Yeah
... somehow, some way, she's listening?
She could be, studio. [laughs]
[laughs] Look what Lou has done.
That's right. Thanks, Lou. [instrumental music plays]
Oh, man. I laughed too hard at that, Victor. [laughs]
Yeah, that is one of the dumbest online questions that I've heard in a while.
You can tell people are just mentally checked out, especially in these smaller markets.
Oh, yeah, dude.
I'm done.
I, I'm, I'm ready for, you know, two days off in the middle of the week and then having to work Friday. Ugh. But yeah, you know, on social media, one of the things you can do to get some engagement going on is ask people a question, like to each their own, you'll ask 'em a question.
Yeah, sometimes I'll go ... I'll, I'll overthink it and I think every question online is dumb. And then, I end up asking just, I don't know, some weird question that nobody really has an answer to.
Yeah, like easy questions are generally the best. But that question you just saw from the Wolf, like what, what is Don thinking? [laughs] Is he really that-
How are your gift wrapping skills?
Yeah, what, what kinda answers are you gonna get for "How are your gift wrapping skills-"
Does he talk-
"... aside from good or bad?"
Does he talk like that everywhere he goes?
Uh-
It, it, it kind of annoys me.
Yeah, he, he does kinda talk that way.
It's the Wolf.
[laughs]
You have to do like the Grinch face when you, when you say it, like, "It's the Wolf."
Yeah, you do, gotta kinda change your face-
Yeah
... to, to get that voice going.
We just delivered four delicious pies to random business here in Idaho Falls.
[laughs] Oh, man. Yeah, you should just copy that question and post it for them [laughs] to each their own. "How are your gift wrapping skills?" [laughs] And even copy where it says, "Wolf wants to know." [laughs]
But what's funny ... [laughs]
[laughs] Just post it in the K-Bear group.
What's funny is if I post that, people are not gonna get it because so many people don't listen in the K-Bear group.
... put, "Bear wants to know," [laughs]-
[laughs]
"... how are your gift wrapping skills?" And just see what people comment, 'cause our-
I-
... listeners can be pretty snarky and like, you know-
I have to play this.
We might get some funny answers.
I have to play this for you, okay? I heard this yesterday, I was talking to Josh about it. The Wolf's website is awful. This is-
Mm-hmm.
... Trash Talk Thursday.
Okay.
The Wolf's website is absolutely awful.
Yes.
The, the player, like, like, when we have our podcasts on our website-
Mm-hmm.
... they're there listed and you can just press play-
Yeah.
And, and you can also go to Spotify if you want to, Apple Podcasts. There's links.
Yeah.
This website just has pictures of the artist, very close up. There's a tiny text below it that says, "Emily Anne Roberts called in ahead of opening for Megan Moroney at The Mountain America Center." The is capitalized.
Okay.
Now, I, I love when a radio DJ pretends to not know who's calling in-
[laughs]
... and just is sitting there by the phone going-
Hey.
"Oh, I wonder who's calling The Wolf line."
[laughs] Let's hear it. Sorry, Don.
Good morning. Oh, I need to turn it up. Yeah, le- le- this part's al- this part already made me mad. I, I, l-... I heard the first five seconds yesterday and it sucks. Good morning, The Wolf. Who's this? Hi, this is Emily Anne. Now, what do you think his reaction is?
Oh, it's gonna be over the top.
Yeah. I, I- "Emily Anne Roberts!"
[laughs]
"Come on!"
[laughs]
Emily Anne Roberts, he holds it and then starts clapping for her. And I'm sure she's sitting there like, "Oh, boy."
You forget that I worked next door to him for many years, so I know exactly what he does every time he gets somebody on the phone.
You think I'm cranky now. If I was that person, if I were you in that [laughs]-
I would've hung up if I was the artist. [laughs]
[laughs]
Like, "Nope."
I wanna hear her reaction. Now, he's, he's... he claps for a couple seconds here. Nah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [laughs] Oh, my God. That's not a good laughter.
[laughs]
She's like, "Who's this old guy I'm talking to?"
Oh, boy, I hate radio. [laughs]
I have to do this 'cause I'm very early on in my career-
[laughs]
... and I need to get on their good side so they play my music.
They probably didn't play your music anyway. [laughs]
No, of course not.
[laughs]
But remember when they were promoting the tour and it was called the Am I Okay Tour?
Uh-
That's exactly what her album's called.
Yes. Yeah.
The, they, they called it the Are You Okay Tour?
[laughs] Well, it's, it's really hard, Peaches, to read the flyer. You know, it's really hard.
It's really h- like, like we were just talking about off the air before we started doing this break, uh, kids are, are, are more illiterate than ever according to this one poster on Reddit.
And that poster was illiterate in their post.
Yeah.
They, they screwed up and I, I don't remember what their error was, but they threw in an unnecessary word that didn't make any sense. Now, people... old people like to confuse... or see, I, I'm not, uh, gonna accuse anybody of being dumb, 'cause I'm dumb and can't even talk. But, uh, old people like to accuse young people of being dumb, and they're just as dumb. All right?
You wanna do a fun game show? Should we do boomer versus young person?
Yeah, sure.
We should have Matty come in and be a contestant against one of our older, uh, audience members.
Yeah, I'm, I'm down for that.
See if we can line that up someday.
You know, it's like that, uh, old, you know, game show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? And the kids always won. [laughs] You know? Old people are stupid, I'm one of 'em.
I thought it was funny that they had Jeff Foxworthy hosting that show.
[laughs]
Like, "Who can we get?"
[laughs]
"Oh, a redneck? Sure."
Oh yeah, dude, might, might as well. [instrumental music playing]
Now this is how you ask a social media question. Forget the whole, "Are you a good w- gift wrapper? The Wolf wants to know."
[laughs]
96.9 The Eagle over in Boise, "Did you ever see a dead body?" [laughs]
[laughs] Dude, The Eagle's wild, dude.
I love their Facebook page.
Yeah.
I think that's the reason why they have, uh, 363,000 followers.
So yeah, they just ask crazy stuff. We, we should just start stealing their posts.
Well, they don't necessarily ask stuff that's funny, they just post stuff that you're like, "Yeah, if I tried posting that here, it would be a talking to."
You should post, "Have you ever seen a dead body?" It's, you know, Christmas time, it's very [laughs] festive-
Yeah
... and cheery. [laughs]
I can't wait to hear all those answers that I can't air.
Now, w- with that question though, does it count if it's a body at a funeral viewing? 'Cause-
Should I comment that?
Yeah, you should. Leave 'em a comment, "Does it count if it's a-"
Oh, come on.
"... funeral viewing?"
L- Lorraine, you downer. She writes, "Yes, my husband."
Ooh.
Ugh.
Oh. Robin, "Yep, and decapitated."
What? [laughs]
[laughs] I found my father-in-law after nobody could reach him.
Oh, no.
And then The Eagle replies back with a GIF saying, "Uh-uh, I don't like it." [laughs]
Oh, my.
From John C. Reilly. [laughs]
[laughs] Oh, those guys are wild, dude.
Stephanie, "Yes, and I've also seen someone get killed too."
Wow. Wow. Um, Peaches, have you ever seen a dead body-
I ha-
... outside of a funeral?
Uh, no.
I have.
I've been wanting to. No, I'm just kidding. [laughs]
[laughs] I've been waiting my whole life.
My whole life, I've wanted to poke it.
Yeah, I saw the aftermath of a, uh, car accident one time, motorcycle accident-
Oh
... and, uh, it was like, "Oh, man."
You're like, "I can't wait to take this arm home and put it on my mantel."
Uh, no, I did not stop, Peaches. I kept moving along. Uh, but it wasn't the most pleasant thing that I've, I've seen before. I don't, I don't recommend it. It was like, there was a story... uh, did you see where some guy called into a radio show, I think it was in Baltimore, and said that he stumbled across a dead body in the woods-
And the host was like-
... 18 days ago?
The host was like, "Why didn't you just call the police? Why are you calling my show?"
Yeah, and he's like, "I just kind of forgot about it till now." And, you know, so they, you know, contact the police and there was a dead body in the woods. What kind of psycho sees a dead body and just like, "Ah-"And then, oh, I forgot about him for 18 days.
Hey, if anybody wants to not bother me with a dumb song request, and instead tell me about their dead bodies, if they, if they've, if they see one or if they see something, you know, that's a little out of the ordinary, call into the show. [laughs]
[laughs] Call into Peaches Pitt party.
No, I'm kidding. Please call in with your song requests-
[laughs]
... I will happily fulfill them. I don't want people to be very upset that I just said that.
[laughs]
I, I was seeing the, more of the answers here. "My mom and my hubby," oh, I hate that word.
Hubby?
Hubby.
You don't like the word hubby?
No, it's just-
I think that's what Becca has me listed as in her phone-
Oh
... is hubby. Yeah.
That's from Peggy.
And I've got her-
Peggy commented that
... listed as wifey in my phone. Do you like that? [laughs]
No.
No, you don't like that, Peaches?
No.
[laughs]
So, I like how James just wrote, "A lot."
[laughs] I've seen a lot of them.
James has killed people.
[laughs]
It's the noon hour of madness and mayhem. I am Peaches.
I'm Victor Wilt.
I'm gonna ask ChatGPT a funny question here while we also talk about something very important.
Victor?
Oh, oh, okay. I was waiting for you to ask ChatGPT a question.
I was gonna do it while you talk so I can type this whole thing out. [laughs]
Okay, okay. Well, shout out to East Idaho News for doing a story on some of my friends, the band, Godbone. Now, this is the first time I've seen East Idaho News, like, do a full-fledged article about a metal band, and I don't know how it happened. I wo- I wonder if people are like, "Victor probably told them to do..." I, I had nothing to do with this. Uh, but these guys are some of the best dudes in the local m- metal scene. A lot of them have been around the scene for, you know, decades. And, uh, they just dropped a new album, which is really good. Um, I like that they draw attention to the fact that metal is not evil, you know? And, uh, they, they gave 'em, um... H- I mean, it's a pretty lengthy article and a, a lot of press here, you know, talking with all the members. They interviewed the band. Um, it, it, it was really cool to see that. So, if you're in a local band, I would l- you know, encourage you... A lot of bands don't do things to, to promote themselves in the media. Um, I mean, you know how hard it is for us sometimes to get bands to send us new music for, For Locals Only. Godbone sent us some stuff, didn't they?
Uh, I believe so.
Yeah, yeah. Probably need to, uh, search for For Locals Only in our emails and, uh, see what we can bring up. But, um, you know, you should, as a local band, do everything you can to promote yourself. Reach out to not only places like East Idaho News, but you know, hit up, uh, Local News 8, hit up the local radio stations. See if, you know, you can get in for an interview or something like that. 'Cause, um, the, the only time I ever had an article about my band that I can recall... Well, maybe we had a few, but we had a front page article about us in the Times News outta Twin Falls. They came to my house in Burley, took pictures of us jamming in my kitchen, and wrote an article about us for some reason. [laughs] I don't even remember why. But, uh, we had some stickers on like, uh, the speakers and stuff, and they had to blur them out. I can't say what they said, but it was very funny seeing a picture of us jamming and portions of the picture were, were blurred out because they had profanity and, uh, inappropriate messages. It wa- it was pretty cool, pretty cool. But yeah, they've got, uh, photos of all the members here. There's Dirty Dan Ditto right there playing the drums.
Dirty Dan Ditto. [laughs]
[laughs] Dirty Dan Ditto right there playing the drums. Um, ve- very, very cool. And if you haven't checked out Godbone, you should. They're, they're great guys. Uh, really cool local hardcore band. All their stuff's available everywhere you can get music.
Um, I did see Mark in the band just, uh, share something in the, uh, KBear101 Idaho Rock and Metal Facebook group saying his band is playing, uh, a show tomorrow night in Idaho Falls. Krampus Opera. Hard-
What?
... Hardcore Punk Punishment happening at The Heart.
Oh, really? Tomorrow night?
Yeah.
Yeah. Hey, thanks for letting me know, Dan. [laughs]
Door's 7:30, show's at 8:00. Um, I see Godbone, I see No-No Square. Um, this one is Blood Cannery.
Okay.
And then I, I can't read that bottom one there.
Well, I'm gonna have to try to make my way out to the show. They even did a video about the band. I didn't notice this. Ah. I mean, they went all out.
Cool.
Shout out to East Idaho News. That's, that's really neat. That's pretty, pretty kick butt of them to do.
I wi- I wa- I wish East Idaho News would team up with us for some of their Secret Santa deliveries. I love that type of stuff.
That would be fun. I'd be happy to go out with them. You know, Nate taking his, uh, wife on a flight in a helicopter. You know, take me on a flight in a helicopter, Nate.
Hey, dress up as Victoria Rose.
Yeah, yes. [laughs]
You could be N- Nate's next, uh, side piece.
That's right. [laughs]
Tha- tha- tha- that's my, that's my heinous to Peach the wrong question. Do you have a side piece? [laughs]
Oh, there you go. [laughs]
We're just gonna have people calling me, "Yeah, I've been cheating on my wife for four years."
There you go, Peaches. Keep it classy, just like the Eagle in Boise. [jazzy music plays] The noon hour of madness and mayhem is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit riverbendmediagroup.com.