[upbeat music] The noon hour of Madness and Mayhem, the podcast.
'Tis a glorious day, Peaches.
Why is that?
Because Neurosis just out of nowhere dropped a new album, just unexpectedly.
You were playing some of it. A lot of these old heads need to shut up about Sleep Token.
[laughs]
You're playing some of that, and it, it's... It sounds like a dude getting up in the morning. I don't know what-
[laughs]
... what you were playing, but I, I, I walked in, all I hear is this guy going, "Ah," over some, like, sludgy guitar-
Yeah
... and, uh, some very slow drums. I think that's the fastest the drummer can go now.
Dude.
I think.
Neurosis is so good, man. I'm so pumped about this. They-
Sounds like they're suffering from Neurosis.
[laughs] They haven't put out any new music in, like, 10 years. And, uh, you know that festival, uh, Fire in the Mountains?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, they were the surprise headliner, uh, that they've been teasing for a few weeks now. So, uh, they're gonna be playing that later this summer. Uh, they moved it. It used to be a lot closer to here. It used to be outside of Jackson. And, uh, I've never gone to the festival, and I really wanted to go this year, 'cause it's got a good lineup. But it's in, um, like,
what did they say it was? West Glacier or something like that. Uh, way, way northern Montana, so, like, almost up to the, uh, Canadian border. Too far away, but it... I don't know, it might be worth it to go check it out, 'cause it's, it's gonna be a sick show.
Just take a flight out there.
There probably are no airports. [laughs] It looks like it's out in the middle of nowhere, so.
Fly to whatever closest big Montana city and then drive.
Uh, let's see here. How long would it take to drive there? Where-
I'm guessing about nine hours or so.
Probably sounds about right. [burps] [laughs] I, I should have done mine loud, too, Peaches. I burped quietly.
Somebody just walked over here and then walked away.
That's right. Walk on home, boy. But I-
What, what, what is the point of this? There's plenty of people-
It was Jeff.
There's plenty of people-
It was Jeff. I saw you, Jeff. [laughs]
But, but besides Jeff, there's plenty of people that just walk by the KBEAR studio. They look in and then just walk away.
Well-
Like, are they reporting to Jade if we're working or not?
I don't know.
Like, what's going on?
Yeah, they're, they're welcome to stop in, you know, and say hello.
It's the, it's the equivalent of somebody calling the number, and then when they get told to leave a voicemail, they start fumbling with the phone.
[laughs]
Like, "Please leave a message after the beep."
[laughs]
And then just hang up.
[upbeat music] It's the noon hour of Madness and Mayhem. What's up, Peaches?
Uh, uh, well, [laughs] I almost said, "I'm Peaches," [laughs] out of habit.
[laughs] That would've been funny.
But thanks, Jade. [laughs]
What's up, Peaches?
I'm Peaches.
I'm Peaches. [laughs]
[laughs] There's been a question going around on- online as of late: What's the, uh, cringiest band out there?
Cringiest.
Obviously, a lot of the old people are gonna be like, "I think Sleep Token."
Yeah. Where, where have you seen this question posted?
Uh, TikTok.
Okay.
Some guy, some guy was doing a rundown of the cringiest bands. He, he thinks that or he thinks that are cringey.
Yeah.
He put Manowar at number one. [laughs] That was awesome.
Manowar is pretty cringey. Let's ask ChatGPT.
I, I, I gotta, I gotta say my answer, and I know I'm about, I'm about to piss off a lot of people with this one. I, I've tried, I've tried, I've tried, okay? But Sabaton-
[laughs]
... is one of the cringiest bands I have ever heard in my entire life.
[laughs]
Uh, we're off to beat the dragon. Like, no, stop. [laughs]
[laughs] Okay, I'm, I'm gonna-
It was the Battle of 1492. Like-
[laughs] Yeah, power metal is not necessarily my thing either. Um, I asked ChatGPT what are the cringiest bands, and right now it's churning out a list for us. So why don't you make some predictions on what the internet would say, what ChatGPT would say, for cringiest bands?
Well, most people are... I, I would say the, the most of the old people online are saying Sleep Token because of the masks and stuff, so I'm assuming them.
Okay.
Are, are... I think they're on the list. Um, who else would be, would there be? Cringy. Nickelback.
Nickelback is showing up on the list. Yep, 'cause that's the internet's favorite band to hate.
Potentially Creed.
Creed is also on this list.
It's going pretty old on this list. I'm gonna g- Well, I'll, I'll say al-
It's kind of all over the place
... I'll say also Ghost, too.
Um, amazingly, not-
Yay
... on ChatGPT's list.
All right, cool.
So ChatGPT thinks the cringiest bands... Uh, they've got them in different categories. They've got, uh, theatrical/over-the-top energy, and they've got Five Finger Death Punch-
Oh, I should've seen that coming
... with their hyper-macho lyrics and what they're calling military core aesthetics.
Five Flavored Fruit Punch. Man, I hate that band.
[laughs] Uh, they've also got Falling in Reverse.
I miss when I- Ivan was in Motorgrater.
You know, uh, I, I, I guess Falling in Reverse, it's probably Ronnie Radke that takes a lot of the, uh, the cringe hate online.
I can tell you, I wish I had his money.
Oh, yeah, he's doing, he's doing pretty well.
He just, uh, made $4 million just selling random crap on Whatnot.
Right on. There you go.
And I think Whatnot got kind of upset by that, and so they s- they kind of ha- found an excuse to toss him off of that platform.
Oh, wow.
They're like, "Oh, he said a word that was acceptable back in 2005."
Uh-oh.
"But now, 21 years later, we, we, we should just, you know, ban him from making money-
Mm
... off our, off our stuff."
Yeah, they've got, uh, Black Veil Brides on the list.
Oh, yeah. For some reason, they received unnecessary hate. I feel like the makeup look back in the day-
Maybe
... that was one of the cringiest things ever, 'cause I, I remember my friend Bobby was showing me them. I'm like, "Dude, they look a little, look a little weird. They look a little [laughs] silly."
Now, when you asked the question, the one that came to mind for me is on this list, Maroon 5.
Oh, I thought you were gonna say Tom MacDonald.
Well, he's not a band. [laughs]
Well, an artist, too.
Yeah, if it was cringiest artist.
He's barely even a musician to be honest. [laughs]
[laughs] Uh, they got Imagine Dragons. And then as recently announced at the Mountain America Center, AJR.
Oh.
[laughs] They're cringiest bands.
Oops. [laughs]
Um-
Well, I'm not gonna talk trash about AJR, all right? [laughs]
Why not?
Well, like they're okay.
They're, they're okay.
They're, they're not nearly as bad as like-
They're not Maroon-
... Dax
They're not Maroon 5.
Or Tom McDonald or that Jaris Johnson guy or even, uh, maybe TX2 for that matter.
Oh, [laughs] what's wrong with TX2? They're nice kids.
They're a little, a little try-hard.
[laughs]
A little, a little... Uh, he was a nice kid. Very, very small dude.
[laughs]
Uh, I'm not gonna to, like, you know, say how bad he is as a m- as a musician, but u- he... It's like he's trying to be the next Ronnie Radke and trying to have divisive comments so the-
Uh
... engagement goes up type of thing.
Okay, I haven't been, uh, keeping a good eye on their socials. So yeah, I think I, I gotta go with Maroon 5 on cringiest band. I just cannot stand their singer. He, he's just... Ever since they did that Super Bowl halftime show, blech.
C- can I do the, [laughs] uh... Can I put an inspirational message as Adam Levine once said, "Metal girls are not hot."
[laughs] Yeah.
I should put that in there.
He said that. That's a cringe statement.
But, but that might offend some people who don't actually listen to us, they just tune into the station every once in a while.
Or they don't know who he is.
Right.
Like, yeah.
'Cause I was, uh... I did for the Peach Throne quest- uh, my to Peach Throne question like two days ago, "What's a band you, no matter how many people try getting you into them, you just can't do it?" Something like that.
Yeah.
Of course, you know the automatic reply now.
Sleep Token.
Yeah.
So I said at the very beginning, "Do not call in with Sleep Token."
[laughs]
Two of the oldest listeners we have-
[laughs]
... called in and said Sleep Token during that hour.
Well, they, they probably either didn't hear you say that, or they were like, "Screw you, Peaches, I'm still gonna call and say it." [laughs]
[laughs]
This is the noon hour of madness and mayhem. What you got, Peaches?
For the dudes out there, stop messing with those girls that play games, all right?
If-
If there's another dude that they keep talking about, obviously that's the s- that's the secret.
[laughs]
They're, they're going to get with him no matter what.
[laughs]
All right? Focus on the real, the re- the, the, the real, uh, goal to get money and don't entertain these women that just mess around with dudes all the time.
What-
I see this, uh, R/advice post.
Okay.
"I checked my girlfriend's phone, and now I think I'm the other guy in my own relationship."
Ooh.
Oof.
You should never check somebody else's phone.
"I, 28 male, have been with my girlfriend, 27 female, for almost two years. We live together, have a cat together, talk about marriage, like I thought this was it. Last night she fell asleep on the couch while we were watching Netflix. Her phone kept lighting up over and over again."
Uh-oh.
"At first I ignored it, but it just kept buzzing. I know I shouldn't have, but I looked. The contact's name was saved as a girl's name with a heart next to it."
Mm.
"I figured it was her friend, so I opened it just to silence the notifications. It was not her friend, it was a guy."
Oh, jeez.
"And the messages weren't just flirty, they were full on relationship level stuff like, 'I miss you already. I wish I could fall asleep next to you every night.' My stomach dropped, so I scrolled up. They've been talking like this for months, calling each other baby, talking about future plans, even arguing like a couple."
Wow.
"Here's the part that messed me up the most."
Tell me.
"He was asking her why she still lives with him-"
Oh
... meaning me."
No.
"And she replied, 'It's complicated. I'll leave soon.' "
[laughs]
"I just need to do it the right way.' "
[laughs]
"Bad Omens once said, 'Love is the death of peace of mind.' " [laughs]
[laughs] Dude, I, I swear-
"I feel like I was..." Oh, he says, "I feel like I was going to throw up, but it gets worse. I clicked on his contact info and his last name sounded familiar, so I looked him up on Instagram. This guy has pictures with her."
Oh.
"Recent ones."
No.
"Like within the last few weeks."
What?
"Places she told me she was out with coworkers."
Oh.
"So now I'm sitting there realize- realizing I'm not the boyfriend, I'm the guy she lives with while she has a whole other relationship."
Oh.
"She woke up like 10 minutes later and asked why I looked upset. I didn't say anything. I just said I was tired and went to bed. I didn't sleep at all. It's morning now and she just left for, quote, unquote, 'work.' I don't even know how to confront this. Do I tell her I went through her phone? Do I pretend I don't know and get m- gather more proof? Do I just pack my stuff and leave? I feel stupid, angry, and honestly kind of embarrassed."
Uh, yeah, dump her.
Well, the thing to do is you g- you grab the heaviest barbells and you hit the gym-
[laughs]
... and you move on, all right?
That's right.
Go to the squat rack.
Exactly. Dump her. Oh, that's-
What's the top reply say? I wanna see here.
I swear, dude, if you check some- somebody else's phone, you're like jinxing yourself.
Oh, dude, it's awful.
You know? You'll... Like, if you don't do it, you're not gonna find something bad, and there's probab- then... and there isn't anything bad. But it's like the universe will create what you don't wanna see-
I need to stop-
... if you dig into somebody's phone
... I need to stop doing that, uh, kind of thing with Aubrey. I b- I don't look through her phone, but I'll be like, "Who's this?"
[laughs]
And it's like, obviously her brother. [laughs]
[laughs] Jeez. Jeez, Peaches. Yeah, settle down a little bit, buddy.
I'm playing investigator.
[laughs]
That's right, I'll get to the bottom of this.
[laughs]
I know you're... I know that... Who's, who's, uh, insert her brother's name here-
[laughs]
... I know he's faking it. [laughs]
[laughs]
I was laughing so hard at this one situation, but I can't talk about it on the air. Ricochet, the wrestler, he's supposed to play a heel, and this one old lady was telling him on Twitter how bad of an actor he is in wrestling. And so I guess he decided to go with, like, the whole character thing and b- and just... He looked at her pro- p- profile, and her bio says, "I have MS." And so he says, "I'm glad you got MS," as a reply.
[laughs] Oh, geez.
And she like, was like, "Oh, how immature."
[laughs]
And then all these people started sending him and her de- like, him and his fiancee death threats.
[laughs]
Like, "Your blood will be on the floor."
Oh, my God.
"How dare you make fun of some old lady." Like, oh.
Wow.
There's some weirdos out there.
Dude, yeah. I know, I can't imagine sending somebody death threats. [laughs]
Well, that's what's funny about March Madness is I'm sure one of the, a c- a few of these players who have, who don't perform well
are gonna be yelled at by a few people online. Like, "You f- moron, why don't you shoot the ball and make it?"
Oh, yeah. [laughs] Here. It's the noon hour of madness and mayhem. Um, you know, we were talking off air, Peaches, about March Madness, uh, 'cause we did the brackets yesterday. Have you, uh... How many games-Got played yesterday
Um, a few. Um, there's more today, obviously
Okay
Uh, I feel bad because, well, yesterday me and Josh from Classy mostly just watched the games, and-
Didn't work
... I feel like there's gonna be a talking to coming my way on Tuesday.
[laughs]
Um, March Madness is not an excuse to sit there and watch, watch games on the TV, on the computer, Peaches.
[laughs]
Well, uh, I was talking to Josh about that because I knew it was coming, and Josh was like, "Well, Kevin down the hall is watching the games, too." [laughs]
[laughs] Oh, if the GM is-
So the GM is watching the games. [laughs]
Let's see here. Um, I was pulling up the brack- How am I... I'm s- I tried this time to do it in a rational way, and I'm still in last.
What, what, where, where am I at?
You are in second place.
Yeah. Okay, that's what I figured.
Yeah.
So here's the thing, Maddie's bracket is completely done for.
Yeah
Maddie from down the hall, she chose Ohio State to win the entire thing.
Yeah, and they lost.
Nobody's guided her on how to fill out a bracket. It was about 9:30 AM.
[laughs]
The cutoff was 10:00 AM yesterday, and so, so we, I, I basically peer pressured her into being, into filling out her own bracket.
Okay
And so I didn't help her at all. She just filled it out. I didn't even know she filled one out. I was just like, "Hey, could you please fill one out? We'd love to have one more person," 'cause Savannah from 1260 Farm Country, she, uh, dropped out of the entire thing.
Oh.
I don't know the reason why-
Huh
... but she just did, so maybe she had a change of mind. I don't know. But yeah, so Maddie took her place. Well, Maddie's bracket got busted within the first game-
Geez
... of the entire tournament, so now she has to fork over $5 that's gonna go to somebody else.
Yeah, and she must have done pretty well on her other picks, 'cause she's in third place points-wise.
She chose the Idaho Vandals to beat Houston.
[laughs]
Houston's number two.
[laughs]
The Idaho Vandals are 15. They're not 16-
[laughs]
... but they're 15. I'm glad they made the tournament. They're wh- or, the Idaho Vandals, they're in northern Idaho, right?
Uh, yeah, yeah. Moscow.
Okay. So yeah, they're, they're not close, but congratulations to them. You know, we'll cheer them on because we're from the same area, even though I'm not. Um-
[laughs]
Look, my school has made the tournament. Me and Kevin both went to the same college.
Oh, yeah.
Way, way different years, obviously. Um, Cal State Fullerton.
Yes.
Um, they've made the tournament two times, or I think... No, no, no, I'm sorry, they've made the tournament four times. It, it's a weird thing that the AI overview is giving me. It said, like, they've made the tournament four times, but their record is two and four. Like, I don't know if it's a preliminary game they had to get in that doesn't count type of thing. I-
Well, Google AI Overview is terrible.
It is.
It's, it's such garbage.
Google used to give you the best link right there up top.
Mm-hmm, not anymore.
Then it changed to sponsored.
Mm-hmm, yeah.
Then it changed-
So now you gotta know to scroll down below all the sponsored crap.
Well, the sponsored, there was, used to be only two. Now there's, like, six.
I know. Ugh, it sucks.
But then the AI Overview took over, and now it's like they're, they'll just pull from some random site. Like, they'll probably pull their information from a guy who answered the question on Qu- on Quora or something like that.
Oh, exactly. Exactly. It's, it's garbage. Total garbage. Well, I, since there's, um, so much left, um, I'm sure I will at least not be in last place.
Yeah, I don't know how the breakdown is gonna work when it comes to who's winning the money. Are we gonna do a first, second, and third place type of thing like we did last year?
I don't know.
'Cause I feel bad for Josh last year. We had, he had to do his own scoring system. Like, he did the traditional scoring system, but he, he had to go in between breaks down the hall to check everybody's bracket-
Yeah
... do all the math himself. That's why this year he's like, "You're got, you guys are all filling out one bracket. We're using Yahoo. We'll just, I'll, I'll pay, we'll all pitch in five bucks. That way the prize pool is bigger." Kevin won the entire thing last year, and that's back when he first started.
Yeah.
And he decided to use all that prize money to buy us a pizza party.
Yeah.
So hopefully he can, uh, maybe win again so he can give us another pizza party.
[laughs]
Or maybe that was his way of being like, "Hey, you know what? I need to get on the good side of these employees. I'm a new person here. Let's, uh, let's do a-
[laughs]
... let's do a nice corporate pizza party."
Hey, that's the radio thing to do.
Yeah, no bonuses, just, "Hey-
Just pizza party
... here's a thin slice of pizza from the worst place in town." [upbeat music]
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