[upbeat rock music] That right there is this artist by the name of Maphra. Is that how you say it? Maphra, M-A-P-H-R-A. She has, uh, gone viral for that cover that I just played for you of, uh, Bring Me the Horizon's Doomed. It's Peach's Pit Party right here on this fine, uh, Wednesday. I almost forgot what day it is. It is Wednesday. Wednesday after all. [laughs] Wednesday, March 25th, 2026. Yesterday's show was, uh, uh, pretty funny when I was talking about my, uh, fear of, uh, getting a colonoscopy. I think they, uh, lowered the age to get one, uh, the mandated age. Not the, not the mandated age. Is it mandated? I think they just lowered the age to say, "Hey, you should get your colonoscopy at 45 rather than 50." And so after I talked about it, I was, uh, I was called up at 208-535-1015 by this, by this listener who told me, uh, his experience during his colonoscopy.
I, I waited till I was 55 to have my [laughs] the colonoscopy. I drug my feet, man. I was like so... I'd always like psych myself out and like, "Oh, oh, I'll be okay. Just one more year." I-
[laughs]
[laughs] And I'll tell you what, it's not that bad. I mean, the, the prep is, yes, it's the worst part of it, you know? The day I went in though, I get, go in and my... I just did it at my doctor's office. They have like a separate little procedure area where they do stuff like that. And, uh, I go in there, and this little, little, uh, the anesthesiologist, man, she was hot.
[laughs]
I'm like, and all I remember is sitting there. She was like, "Okay, I'm gonna be here for you the whole time. I'm gonna take care of you." And I was like, well, I'm like, [laughs] I was like, "Oh, I'm in love." Then I look over though, there's my doctor, and he's like, he's like stroking my leg kinda going, "Oh."
[laughs]
He's like, "Look who, look who, look who's finally, look who finally made it," or something, you know? And, and then he's got this assistant, and it looked like the... Uh, oh my God, I think she was like 90 years old.
[laughs]
And I'm like, "What is, is, what's this lady? Is this like [laughs] is this lady like, like Lady Death or something?"
[laughs]
I'm like, "What is she, what is she doing here?" And I was like... And, uh, yeah, he's sitting there, and I, and he was like... And all I remember is fist bumping him, and then he... 'Cause he's like, "Oh, we'll take care of you." And I, I fist bump him. And then I, I, I was out because, you know, they put you under. Next thing I know I'm waking up, and he's like, "All right. You did good. Everything looks good. You did..." You know? And he's like... And I'm just like, "Ah." But yeah, it was, it was crazy.
So apparently it's not that bad to get one. I mean, you, you should. You should definitely get one if you're 45 or older. Go get your colonoscopy. It could certainly, uh, save your life. All right? Feel free to get ahold of me over at 208-535-1015. It's Peach's Pit Party, and I'll be back, uh, here soon with some other, uh, random crap to talk about. Yesterday on the show I asked the question, how could we improve this radio station? And that's Peach Throwing Question took off. There's over 100 comments, uh, on that thread at KBEAR 101 FM on Facebook. And well, one of the, uh, suggestions was, "Hey, play deeper cuts. You know, have listeners call in with their, uh, their requests of B sides and rare tracks." And, uh, this listener Kenny said, "Like maybe an hour block or so. I think it'd be interesting to see everyone's, uh, collective taste and what everyone else, uh, considers, uh, rock and metal deep tracks." And like nine people liked this comment. So for today's to Peach Throwing Question on the, uh, live radio show, not the podcast, all right? If you're tuning into my podcast right now, I apologize. There is no music on that thing. It's just me talking, but, uh, in the KBEAR 101 Idaho Rock and Metal Facebook group, I asked the question, "If we gave you an hour of nothing but deep cuts, B sides, and rare tracks, what songs are you, uh, picking?" And I see a whole lot of answers so far. Hopefully I can get, uh, I can get copies of these before 4:00 PM hits, 'cause I'll certainly play these. Whoever also calls into my show and gives me their, their B side choice at 208-535-1015. That's a little bit later on in the show. Right now it is Deftones, My Mind Is a Mountain, on KBEAR 101. So earlier this morning, I talked about it on Victor's, uh, morning show, Led Zeppelin, entirely overrated.
[rock music] Victor and I both agreed on that, so I posted it on our Facebook page, hot take, Led Zeppelin way overrated, and of course there was, uh, there was, uh, some mixed reactions. There was, uh, people saying, "I wholeheartedly agree. No argument here."
But then there were some people like Michael, for instance, who said, "Kind of a musically and ethnically immature statement. Possibly for ratings and reactions, I get it. I'm a lifelong musician, not particularly influenced by Zep, but in terms of musicianship they were definitely A-listers. A lot of their earlier work was warmed, warmed over American blues, in particular Robert Johnson."
So I replied saying, "It's not immature in the slightest. I mean, they have been noted multiple times for ripping off other artists." And I sent him the link of Led Zeppelin's 10 boldest rip-offs, an official article from Rolling Stone magazine. And you can see it right there, all those different artists they ripped off. I'm also kinda tired of people saying that John Bonham is the greatest drummer of all time.
Maybe that'll be my next, uh, hot take. Neil Peart is considered the greatest drummer of all time, even though it's not necessarily a hot take because it's just 100% true. I was looking at this question here that somebody asked, what is the smartest financial decision you made by accident?
And it's pretty much just a whole bunch of, "Oh, good for you," responses. I once left a small stock investment untouched for years just because I forgot about it,
and it doubled while I wasn't even paying attention. Oh, good for you. [rock music] Went to a gas station that wouldn't give change, so I bought four random $1 scratch tickets and now I have $25,000 a year for life.
Oh, good for you.I was too lazy to cancel a fifty dollar a month automatic transfer to a savings account I set up years ago and forgot about. Checked it last year. There was over eight thousand dollars in there. My laziness literally built me an emergency fund. Procrastination finally paid off for once. Again, oh, good for you. But also
imagine having that much money to where you're like, "You know what? Fifty bucks a month, it can get taken out of my account." Wouldn't that be nice? My dad one time said, "Eighty dollars isn't all that much money." I'm like, "What? Eighty bucks?"
What's the smartest financial decision you made by accident? Forgot I had an old savings account from college. Stumbled across it years later with a decent amount just sitting there collecting interest. Felt like finding money in an old jacket. That's the best feeling. Oh, someone else said, "I bought a house in twenty twelve. My mortgage is cheaper than my coworker's new truck payment." Again, oh, good for you. Let's move on from this before I get mad. Here's Sevendust, Unbreakable on Peaches Pit Party. It's Kbear one O one. Well, it's opening day for Major League Baseball. Order is being restored to the universe today. Just one game tonight, the New York Yankees versus the San Francisco Giants streaming live on Netflix. But many more games will be spread over the next couple days. On Thursday, eleven games are scheduled. Tomorrow, eleven games are scheduled, I should say, including, uh, two airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock. On Friday, we got another eight games with one streaming on Apple TV's Friday Night Baseball. Get ready for a big change in ball games this season as players now have the power to protest ball and strike calls of the human home plate umpires. The automated ball-strike challenge system is now in play. Batters, pitchers, and catchers can request a challenge of a ball or strike call that they feel the umpire got wrong. And when they do, we all get to see what's going on either on the jumbotron in the stadium or on our TV during the broadcast. Once the ball-strike, uh, call is either confirmed or overturned, the game goes on with hopefully only just a brief interruption. Good thing the, uh, men's NCAA basketball tournament Sweet Sixteen games are in the evening. That way a bunch of coaches can get the senior special at restaurants in the early afternoon. Five of the coaches whose teams will be playing on Thursday and Friday are of Social Security age. Rick Pitino, seventy-three years old. Tom Izzo, seventy-one. Rick Barnes, the same, seventy-one. Kelvin Sampson, seventy. And John Calipari, sixty-seven. Many well-known veteran coaches retired in the past few years as NIL money and transfer portals have changed recruiting players, but these five have stuck around. If you had two game-winning shots hit, uh, over you in the space of a week, you'd probably stay off social media, right? But Denver Nuggets player Spencer Jones embraced, embraced it by writing a post about it on the business job site LinkedIn, Los Angeles Lakers all-star Luka Dončić, and reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder both hit game winners over Jones in the span of a week. Jones included photos of the, uh, the shots and wrote, "Everybody wants the moment. Nobody talks about being on the wrong side of it." He added, "I'd rather be the player, the-- I'd rather be the one in the play than watching it because being trusted in those moments means, means you've earned your way there. And over time, continuing to show up in those situations is what separates you in the end." That does it for your Shot Clock Sports Update right here on Kbear one O one. Peaches Pit Party with I Prevail on Kbear one O one. Do you think a, a, a sort of executive sees this and then goes, "Hmm, maybe we should change our ways"? I was [laughs] looking at this New York Post article, Dodger Stadium visit for a family of four, now the most expensive in Major League Baseball. If you're a family of four, then your experience on a summer night at Dodger Stadium is among the best in baseball. Cheer and shout with fifty-five thousand people if the whole place is packed. You know the glow of blue when the stadium lights go dark, and their closer Edwin Díaz enters to Timmy Trumpets out of the Dodgers bullpen. And then somewhere between the parking gate and the first bite of a hot dog, reality, uh, taps you on the shoulder. The entire experience costs around four hundred dollars.
Four hundred dollars for a baseball game for your family of four. Well, that's including, like, you know, the concessions. It's pretty ridiculous, right? Do you think somebody at Dodger Stadium is going, "Hmm, maybe we should change our prices" 'cause this is a little ridiculous. Or maybe they're like the, the Ticketmaster execs that were, uh, sharing messages on Slack saying, "Hey, I can't believe these suckers are falling for this." I still can't believe that, by the way. Yeah, average ticket prices at Dodger Stadium, they sit at around eighty dollars, the highest in the sport. Parking alone is forty-five dollars. The beer isn't even the most expensive in baseball, but a m-michelada will put you back twenty-eight dollars.
Meanwhile, across the league, the contrast is pretty crazy. The Boston Red Sox trail the Dodgers at three hundred and seventy-two dollars and ninety cents. Surprisingly, the Oakland Athletics sit third,
which is wild because I think they're moving to Vegas, aren't they?
Well, if you wanna head down the five freeway, the Angels quickly sell a forty-four dollar family pack. There you go. Go see the Angels. Forget the... Just watch the Dodgers on TV for crying out loud. That way, however big your family is, you can enjoy a Dodgers baseball game. Let's do some social distortion now. Born to Kill. I think I've mentioned this on the show a couple times before how, um,
people are just getting dumber, especially, uh,
the, the young kids going to college now. This, uh, business major who returned to college later in life has gone viral on TikTok after claiming today's students can't handle basic skills, and professors are backing her up.
Yeah, in this video, Saraya Abdur says, uh, her younger classmates are struggling with reading, writing, and even simple math, calling the situation unbelievable.She even recounts a student who failed an intro speech class twice and didn't realize she was supposed to take notes
professors chimed in through, uh, TikTok comments confirming the students, uh, that, that, so that student performance overall has noticeably declined over the past several years. One professor commented, "I have students who write entire essays as one paragraph." Another one says, "I teach journalism and communication. I've made it a rule that if anybody opens TikTok while I'm talking, I'll make them play the video for me and then explain it to the class." I remember back in high school... I remember back in my day [laughs]
class of 2014 represent, you know?
No, back in my day in high school, if you even dared
to take... If you even dared just to simply glance at your phone in your pocket,
you were breaking the rules, and I think the, the teacher would just take it. I can't imagine just going, "Yeah, this class is boring. Let me go back to my TikTok scrolling." Yikes. Before I get to today's To Peach Their Own Question playing the deep cuts that, uh, people are requesting either at the, uh, KBARA 101 Idaho Rock and Middle Facebook group or by just simply calling in at two oh eight five three five one oh one five, um, I was looking at this report here. It's not looking good. Only about 28% of workers think it's a good time to find a quality job right now. Yeah, that means over 70% of people are looking around like, "Yeah, I'll just stay right here and, you know, complain every day."
And it gets better. For the first time ever, more workers say they're struggling than, than thriving. So basically everyone's sitting at work like, "I don't love this, but I also don't trust anything else." And half of people are either job hunting or at least doing that thing where you scroll job listings during lunch like you're, uh, browsing Zillow for houses you can't afford. Oh, look at this one. Requirements, 10 years experience, three degrees, psychic abilities, pays like $18 an hour, which is exactly why something local actually matters. You can visit the newly redesigned hireeastidaho.com to find local jobs from local companies. This week's Hire East Idaho Job of the Week is a creative marketing specialist position with Olin Incorporated in Shelley, Olin Inc. Olin is looking for a versatile and driven creative to help shape their brand's visual identity across, uh, digital and physical platforms. In this role, you'll be des- designing everything from social media content and website assets to print materials and event visuals, event visuals, event visuals while also assisting with video production and content creation. This is a hands-on role working directly with the marketing team, making it a great fit for someone who enjoys both design and the fast-paced world of social media and content. It's a full-time position, uh, pays pay between, um, 20 to $30 an hour. To apply, you can visit hireeastidaho.com and search creative marketing specialist. And to explore even more local opportunities, check out the newly redesigned hireeastidaho.com. Hire East Idaho, connecting people with opportunity. Always free for job seekers. New jobs are added all the time. I just wanted to let you know about that, all right? Let's head towards the 4:00 PM hour now with Shine Down, Safe and Sound on Peach's Pit Party. You know what's kind of funny is I, I, I post some, some classic rage bait. Well, not even rage bait. I just posted a hot take, you know? [laughs] It was up for discussion. I talked about it earlier on in the show. Hot take, Led Zeppelin, way overrated. Of course, some people were genuinely offended. Then you had those typical Sleep Token haters go, "But you guys play Sleep Token every other song."
And then also there were people just agreeing with that statement. "No argument here," says Chris. "Agree," with six, six Es from Alexandria. "I've always thought that," from Ellen.
But then there are those people that try, like, taking jabs at the station
by, like, twisting wh- what we post. Like, I, I said, "Hot take, Led Zeppelin is way overrated." This particular person says, "Hot take, there's too many bands that..." Th- th- th- he says here, "There's too many bands that underrated," that are underrated is what it should be. "That underrated, yet super good, that barely get any radio play. You guys will play Spiritbox but not Idola. You'll play Electric Callboy but not Don Broco. You'll play Sleep Token who messes with multiple genres but not Dance Gavin Dance who has been doing that since 2005.
These bands have high quality music with modern production and catchy hooks. I mean, I'm sure it's higher ups making a lot of the calls, but I don't understand how bands like that get," uh... I don't know if I can say that word on the air. [laughs] If they just get, if they just get, uh, messed with with radio airplay. "Especially when radio for the last decade has had so many bands that sound the same. Like, do we need another cookie cutter modern rock band with uninspired riffs and hooks?" Does this person actually listen, or do they just spew off online like those people that say, "Oh, California sucks," but they've never been there?
'Cause I can tell you right now,
I, I've played Idola many times in the past. Played them as my pick of the day. I've, I've just thrown them on. You can also request a, a song any single time I'm here in the studio at two oh eight five three five one oh one five. Don Broco, we've played Manchester Super Red Number One Fan. We've also played... What's that other song? Um, let me pull up the library here.
Uh, Action by-- uh, we have here in the library. And then literally we have in our highest rotation Nightmare Tripping with Nickelback as well.
Oh, yeah, and also One True Prince from Don Broco is in our library too. So we've played them. Dance Gavin Dance, let's see what songs we have of theirs. All the Way Down and Speed Demon is what I'm looking at here so far. I've played those for my pick of the day.
In radio-You have to listen [laughs] to, to see what exactly we play, and you have to listen, like...
I don't know. It, it's, it's hard for people... It's, it's...
How should I say this? There are people who listen to KBEAR for, like, 10 minutes a day just because they listen to us on their way to work,
and they could potentially accuse us of not playing any of these bands just because they listen for 10 minutes out of their day.
But there are people who listen for way longer than that who do notice these bands get played. You know, and it's all about streaming numbers, like what people are actually listening to.
Uh, tons of people are listening to Spiritbox compared to Idola.
Electric Callboy, tons of people are listening to them on their own time compared to Don Broco. Sleep Token is the most streamed rock band right now. No matter what you think of them, they sold out their tour within, like, a minute
when they did that Take Me Back to E- not the Take Me Back to Eden tour, the, uh... What was the last tour they just did?
That sold out completely in, like, a m- yeah, in, in like a minute in Salt Lake City at the Delta Center. They filled up the Delta Center just like, just like that.
Sleep Token will of course get played because, again, they're one of the biggest bands out there. Dance Gavin Dance, they've been around for a long time, sure, but they've also changed members, uh, not- have never really had that big of streaming numbers. I mean, but I have, we have played those bands that this person listed.
So I truly don't understand, like, why people are accusing KBEAR of not playing these bands when we do.
And I feel like some people just get... They get spoiled. And it, it's very frustrating to play these bands and try my best to,
uh, I don't know, try my best to get, like, more of a spotlight on these underrated bands,
and yet we still get accused of not playing them. You know? Like, I'm, I'm gonna, I'm gonna easily throw on some Don Broco and Idola after this break here just to say, "Hey, of course, look, we play them." There we go. Don Broco, One True Prince. Before that, Idola. And before that, Dance Gavin Dance on Peaches Pit Party.
If you ever have a song request, always hit me up at 208-535-1015. And if I don't answer the phone, most likely I'm, uh, either not in studio or I'm busy doing something or I'm talking to another caller. [laughs] And so the, the best way to get ahold of me is either the phone or... Also, you can just hit me up on social media. Brendan Peach. It's the easiest way to do it. Um, I was reading here about how reading is cool again,
and, uh, well, we had this discussion prior about if you listen to an audiobook, is that still considered reading the book? A lot of people said yes, so that means
if I listen to Lou Brutus' Sonic Warrior all the way through, that means I read the book. And so far it has been tremendous. I'm on, like, chapter four, chapter five. I haven't listened to it again since that one time I did just because I've been busy trying to
get life things together, get life overall, get my life overall together [laughs] as, uh... But, uh,
you know, I... The last time I listened to it was when I was walking around the Greenbelt. I plan on walking around the Greenbelt tonight, but I'll have my girlfriend with me, and obviously I'm not gonna shove my headphones in and ignore her. But tomorrow I'll be walking the Greenbelt by myself, and so hopefully I can dive back into it. More and more people are just diving into books thanks to, uh, social media. There's nothing wrong with reading. It's i- in fact encouraged. You definitely should. Audiobook, reading the old-fashioned way, I guess, if you wanna put it that way. Read those books. I envy people who can just sit down and read, like Neil Peart, David Bowie,
uh, John Wooden, a- ano- another one. No, David Bowie has that list of, like, his 150 favorite books or something like that. I had it saved at one point 'cause I wanted to be cool like him, and I wanted to read all those books he recommended so that way I could seem educated, you know? Anyway, let's move on here. Let's go towards the, uh, 6:00 PM hour. I got Beartooth right now, Free, on KBEAR 101. So this tiny Texas town with a big personality has run into an unusual problem. Bug Tussle, a small village with no population, keeps having its road signs stolen. More than 70 signs bearing the, uh, town's quirky name have vanished over the years, apparently because visitors just can't resist just taking them, right? But now the Department of Transportation says it will no longer install replacements. Locals say they're proud of Bug Tussle, which replaced the original name Truss sometime after the 1890s, and there's, uh, no shortage of stories about how Bug Tussle got it. One tale says a, uh, church ice cream social was just overrun by insects. Another claims two men arguing about the town's name got distracted by a pair of bugs wrestling. A third legend, a traveling salesman once asked what folks did for fun, and someone replied, "When there's nothing else to do, we watch the bugs tussle." Okay. [laughs] All right. So if you're driving along State Highway 34 in Fannin County anytime soon, you'll probably drive right through Bug Tussle but may not know because there's no sign. Shout out to those people who got to keep a sign. I want one of those. Anyway, that's today's What the Headline right here on KBEAR 101. Dang it, I'm O for two on this, uh, show at the Revolution Concert House. I tried getting an interview with Alex Terrible. His management said no because, well, he's training twice a day every day for this bare-knuckle boxing event or something like that. And then I tried getting an interview with Phil Bozeman of Whitechapel,
and I was just told an interview is not gonna happen at this time. Dang it. Dang it.
I even went so far as to, uh, go to Instagram because Attila is an independent band, I think. They don't have a record rep. So I had to, uh, Instagram DM Fronz and say, "Hey, [laughs] can I possibly interview you at the Boise show this Saturday?" I know, uh, famous people don't read their DMs, but I'm... I, I think there's a 5% chance of him at least reading the message, right? Wouldn't that be crazy to interview Chris Fronzak of Attila just to see what he has to say? I mean, why not, right? Why not? Maybe he'll be at the, uh, merch table after the show, and maybe I can get a picture with him. I was hoping to interview, uh, Phil Bozeman so I can get my Whitechapel flag signed. First world problem, I know. I can't get my flag signed. [laughs] Anyway, like I will say many times on the air, go to that concert calendar, find a show you wanna go to, buy your tickets. Concert season is here. Don't let it come to an end, and you attended 0.0 shows in 2026. There are people all the time, anytime I ask a question online like, "What was your favorite concert?" They'll say like, "Oh, I've never been to one." Fix that. Make that a 2026 goal to go to your first concert. [upbeat music] Thanks for listening to Peaches Pit Party, the Podcast. If you enjoyed the show, please share, subscribe, and rate the podcast. Peaches Pit Party is hosted by me, Peaches, AKA Brendan Peach, and is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit riverbendmediagroup.com. Until next time, Peach out