Well, it is indeed Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. Today has been a wild Tuesday, to say the least. I did not expect as many tours to get announced this morning as there were. Like, there were [laughs] so many. How many updates did I do? I have the full thing here. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. There's about, like, 15 shows that were just added to our concert calendar at riverbendmediagroup.com/calendar. This morning I shared, like, three of those tour posters. Slaughter to Prevail, WhiteChapel, and Atilla making their way to The Complex in Salt Lake, March 27th. And then March 28th they'll be at the Revolution Concert House in Boise. I'm thinking about doing the, uh, Slaughter to Prevail show on the 27th in Salt Lake, spend the night in Salt Lake. And then the next night going to see Lamb of God, Kublai Khan, Fit for an Autopsy, and Sanguisugabog. Now, I'm not gonna sit here and list off all the tours that were announced this morning. Again, you can find them on our concert calendar at riverbendmediagroup.com/calendar. Amon Amarth and Dethklok
announced a tour together, coming to the Union Event Center in Salt Lake, May 20th. They're calling it the Amonklok Conquest. I'm gonna try my best to not mess up saying that, otherwise I would have to dump out of myself. Also, Vanna and Deadlands with, uh, like, Cloudyfield and Red Hook, which, it's a lower, it's a lower tier tour. But Vanna and Deadlands together, I'm excited for that. Making o- making, uh, their way to Salt Lake May 9th at The Complex, May 10th at The Shrine Social Club in Boise. Again, you can find all these shows on our concert calendar at riverbendmediagroup.com/calendar. Also, Bill Murray announced a tour with the Home Team April 18th, the Union Event Center. Oh, man, I've been dying to see Bill Murray live, and hopefully that can happen next year. Anyway, Peaches Pit Party, we'll be back here in just a few. If you wanna get ahold of me, you can over at 208-535-1015. Also, make sure to check out the concert calendar, only because if I missed a tour, let me know. Like, DM me @BrendanPeach on social media. Well, that was stupid of me, because I was all excited talking about all the upcoming tours that have been announced for 2026 making their way to the area, but I completely forgot to mention that at the start of the show I played the band Downsween, who I just interviewed, like, two of their members. I interviewed two of their members, not like two of their members. I, I interviewed Harrison, the lead singer. I also interviewed Manny, the drummer. Um, their Toronto t- uh, show got canceled tonight, so they had some time on the, uh, tour bus to chat with me. We talked a lot about, uh, touring in the winter, talked about, uh, AI potentially coming into play when it comes to music in the future. Um, we talked about a lot actually, but their latest album, And Everything Was Dark, is one of my favorite albums of this year. I, I wanted to tell them, I'm like, "I know it doesn't matter at all about, uh, what my list is going to look like for the best albums of 2025, 'cause I'm a nobody radio DJ broadcasting in East Idaho." But honestly, the top two albums for this year for me, Architects, The Sky, The Earth, And All Between, and then number two, Downsween, And Everything Was Dark. I played For What It's Worth when I first heard it for Peaches' Pick of the Day, um, when it first came out not that long ago.
But then I ge- really got hooked onto the rest of the album. Downsween, if you haven't heard of them, definitely check out my interview. That'll be up on our YouTube channel at some point here, uh, tonight at KBear101RMG, and make sure to check out their album, And Everything Was Dark. Right now on Peaches Pit Party on KBear101 we got The Pretty Reckless for I Am Death. So, it was like a week or two ago that I mentioned GameStop's Trade Anything Day. Well, I guess, uh, things are coming, or things are going online from that day. Like, stories from that day are making their way online. Um, the company reported accepting over 80,000 strange items during their Trade Anything Day. GameStop is notorious ... If you're not familiar with GameStop, like you're a mom that's like, "I don't really play video games," or something like that, GameStop used to be a great video game store. Now they've turned into this, like, "Hey, you wanna buy some junk? You wanna buy, like, a Pokemon plushie? Come on in. You wanna buy a Funko Pop! Come on in." Well, we could really dive deep into the, the decline of physical video games causing GameStop to turn into this, but that's a whole other podcast, you know? But anyway, GameStop, they're also notorious for not giving you that much money when it comes to your video games. Like, you could trade in your entire collection for just, like, five bucks. They would give you, like, five bucks cash or $7 store credit, you know? GameStop's Trade Anything Day went off the rails after a, uh, taxidermy bobcat was turned in. They, they accepted that. They also accepted a goose. A Wii Netflix disc showed up, which is such an ancient artifact. [laughs] I mean, instant streaming disc for the Wii. I'm looking at it here. Yeah, you would put it into the Wii and that's how you would access Netflix. Wow. They really took a, a brok- Oh no, this is not a broken plastic spoon. This is just a plastic spoon. They took a fake, uh, Xbox 360 game called Bird Game 3. They took a copy ... Is that the Declaration of Independence? Yeah, they took a copy of it. [laughs] GameStop Trade Anything Day. I should have participated in this. Someone also turned in a speed limit 20 sign. Man, I should have like ... This would, this would've been perfect to get rid of my Funko Pops with. Do they still accept Funko Pops? I sold a couple of my little dumb Funkos, but now I have like...Three or four of them left, and I'm, I might save two, just to give away at the, uh, company Christmas party. Maybe I should just sell those instead. I don't know. But I'll, I'll have to look up if GameStop accepts Funkos while, uh, this, uh, commercial break happens. [graphics whooshing] I'm getting, like, mixed answers online. I looked up if I could trade in my Funko Pops that I just want to get rid of. I see the AI overview telling me, "Yes, GameStop accepts trade-ins from any Funko Pops. They can be traded for cash or some store credit," you know? But then people also ask, "Can I sell my Funko Pops to GameStop?" Answer, you cannot currently sell Funko Pops to GameStop. Do I need to call them and just ask? Hey, please tell me you guys are buying these things. Anyway, [laughs] that wasn't the point of this break. I really had, uh, nothing else lined up. I just was looking at up and realized, oh, it's my time to talk on the air again. Oh, man. Are you excited for Christmas? We got what? How many days now? 16 days left till Christmas. I haven't done any single... I haven't done any shopping whatsoever at all. I need to. I've gotten some good ideas. I might just sit down tonight and spend some money, buy, like, two presents each for my, my parents, my, my sister, my girlfriend, of course. That's about it, I think, really, really. Oh, look, no, the, the GameStop Trade-In Day also made The Radio Prep, a painting of Snoop Dogg was also taken, uh, from GameStop. McDonald's Grinchmas Socks. Uh, uh, I see the Netflix disc being mentioned. GameStop considered the event to be a huge success after accepting more than 80,000 items. Now, what are they gonna do with that painting of Snoop Dogg? Is a worker going to take it back?
Is a worker going to take the stuffed bobcat that I mentioned previously? Uh, uh, what are they gonna do with these items? Are they gonna try to resell them? Is GameStop gonna become even weirder? It's gonna look like one of those, uh, weird antique shops, those weird pawn shops you walk in. Not only do they sell video games, but you can also buy this, uh, stuffed bobcat for an outrageous amount of money. [graphics whooshing] The World Cup next summer is going to feature more commercials. Yay, right? FIFA announced that every game will feature a three-minute hydration break during each half. The soccer governing body claims it will prioritize player welfare because of expected high temps in cities like Dallas, Miami and Mexico City. These hydration breaks will allow broadcasters to plan for an extra six minutes of ads, six minutes of ads, where they usually are none. So, yay. [laughs] More of a reason to not watch the soccer... the stupid soccer games. The NFL has made a change to the week 16 schedule. The New England Patriots December 21st road game against the Baltimore Ravens has been, uh, flexed into the Sunday night spot, which means the originally scheduled Cincinnati Bengals Sunday night showdown with the Miami Dolphins has been moved to 1:00 PM Eastern Time, 11:00 AM our time. The primetime move makes sense be- uh, for ratings because the Patriots are a surprising powerhouse this season with an 11 and two record, while the Bengals and Dolphins they have just been, like, sputtering, you know? A father trying to reduce his three-year-old's screen time has led to the youngest player ever to get a FIDE ranking from the International Chess Federation. Oh boy. So Waghya Singh Kushwaha... Sounded like I just casted a spell... who only started playing chess around a year ago, recently received an FIDE rating of 1572 at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. A player is only recognized by the Federation if they have a minimum score of 1400 after playing at least five games against ranked opponents, and Kushwaha earned it after winning five of the eight matches he played in sanctioned events, which means, which includes, included wins over 20, 22 and 29-year-old opponents. Imagine losing to a three-year-old at chess. I would give up right then and there. That does it for your Shot Clock Sports Update right here on K-Bear 101. [graphics whooshing] We have talked about this subreddit quite a lot on the air. The r/Bald subreddit. It is going viral because, you know, thousands of men are in there supporting each other through hair loss with compliments and encouragement. One person said this has to be the most supportive community on the internet. You guys are making me blush. You know, it is pretty great that you can go in there, you know. Uh, somebody, somebody tweeted this out not that long ago. The r/Bald subreddit is an example of wholesome masculine body positivity. Every post is a guy showing his clearly past the point of no return thinning hair and asking, "Is it time?" And the top reply is always the image of two bald guys with their hands, with their hand on the shoulder of some guy who, you know, is presumably balding and it's, [laughs] it's always great. It's always great to see how much better these dudes look without the, the thinning hair on top of their head, right? I remember the day that I decided to shave my head and it was awesome. August 28th, 2024. It was the day before my birthday. I just did it. Surprised everybody and yeah, I believe that live stream is still up from when we revealed it to everyone on the, uh, Facebook page at K-Bear 101 FM. Shout out to r/Bald. Such a great subreddit. [graphics whooshing] I love how this just all of a sudden made the news. Jackie Vernon, who voiced Frosty the Snowman, his, his own son exposed him for having three secret families. [laughs] Could you believe that? For some reason now your son just exposes you like that. I mean, it's not good to have three secret families, but why is it now the son was like, "Hey, by the way, you know my dad, he's a piece of crap. He did this, you know?"Jackie Vernon, who brought the beloved Frosty character to life in the 1969 Frosty the Snowman and its 1976 sequel, Frosty Winter Wonderland, had multiple families before settling down with his wife, Hazel, according to his son. David, who's... who was one of three kids Vernon had with Hazel, made the bombshell confession during a November 30th appearance on the Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Se- Seabilia... Seabilia Radio Show. Oh, man, it would've been great to get to have him on as a guest. You have Jackie Vernon's son on for some reason. Does, does, does, does David... Has David Vernon done anything worth interviewing him about?
I, I might just be ignorant in this case, but
it's just weird to have his son on. Well, I know the dad's probably dead, you know? But it's just weird to ha- randomly have Jackie Vernon's son on your radio show, and then he just goes, "Hey, by the way, you know my dad, he had three s- at least three secret families." He then goes on to explain... or he explained that he learned of his father's past when a woman came to their family home searching for him. Oh man, wouldn't that be brutal? Yikes. Big yikes [laughs]. David said, "There was a woman there with a kid who was older than I was. He was probably in his late teens and a little r- rough around the edges looking." Dave said... or David said he told the woman that his father was outta town, but the woman insisted, insisted on speaking with his mother. Hazel talks about the whole story. I, I would feel like I just hit the jackpot if I was that radio show host. If someone just, like, I don't know, confessed something like that to me, I would get that shared everywhere [laughs] right away. Let's do some Daughtry, the bottom here on K-BEAR 101. Why are now people all of a sudden just obsessed with the Grinch? Like, it wasn't all that crazy in the past, but, uh, Mc- McDonald's released their Grinch meal or whatever, and a lot of people, including my own girlfriend, have been trying to, uh, get, get the meal, but it, it sells out. Every single restaurant nowadays too, they always come out with these, like, special meals. These fast-food restaurants, I mean. They always come out with these, like, specialty little things, and they run out so fast. And every single time you try to order it, whether it's in the app or just at the, you know, just the speaker, they always go, "Oh, we're sorry. We don't actually... We ran out of those like a week ago." Then take it off the menu, you know? The Grinch meal. People have been obsessing over these- these Grinch socks. I, for one, can never actually, uh, be excited for something like that just because I got massive feet, you know? 'Cause I'm a tall guy, size 16 foot. So it's like you can't really wear normal socks. You have to go to a place like oddball.com to get your socks. Or go to the, uh, the big and tall section
and get yourself some socks from there. But
I think the last time I checked the big and tall section, they had a... they had socks that were size 12 to 15, so I was one size too big for those, you know? But yeah, f- f- going back to the whole Grinch thing, why is it that all of a sudden, like this year, everyone's just obsessed with the Grinch? Getting the, like, the Grinch-style Christmas tree. Getting the, the, the Grinch onesie. I saw a post about how TJ Maxx had all of their Grinch stuff moved to the front of the store, and how everyone should rush to TJ Maxx to get those things. Why? Are we just going against Santa now [laughs] and we're just loving the Grinch? That has to be one of the most annoying Christmas songs too, the whole, "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch," and just roasts the Grinch for, you know, two or three minutes. Anyway, let's move on from that. Let's do some Pierce the Veil, So Far, So Fake on K-BEAR 101. Caramel from Sleep Token, which, uh, made the list of, uh, r/Metalcore. Basically... Was it yesterday? I, I kinda lost track already. It was yesterday. Uh, I posted an r/Metalcore what are the worst songs of 2025, and there was a whole list that they gave me. I ended up posting it
on our TikTok, all over our socials at K-BEAR 101 FM, and there were a lot of people going, "Rage bait, rage bait." It's like, no, I'm just asking the question, what are the worst songs of the year? We had that whole debate about Avenged Sevenfold's Magic. We... And then people started listing off other tracks. And it was pretty much just like, hey, list every popular release of 2025. Like, uh, The Devil Wears Prada. They had a pretty mixed review album. Is that how you put it? No, they had... The- they had mixed reviews when it came to their latest album. Uh, Falling in Reverse with Hardy released that track All My Women, and that song was kind of just silly. And I don't know how I feel about it, 'cause I think it's just kinda cringe almost. But then there were people listing off other tracks from like A Day to Remember, like, uh, All My Friends. Somebody else listed Feedback and I forgot... That is one of the... That wasn't one of my favorite A Day to Remember tracks. That was actually pretty bad. Feedback was not good at all, to me at least. But you know, to each their own. But, uh, I released that list and Caramel from Sleep Token also was on that list. If you wanna see it again, it's all over our socials at K-BEAR 101 FM. And I think my thread that I started on r/Metalcore is still near the top if you wanna go read all the comments there. I think, I think there's over, like, 200 comments on that thing. You know, usually I like to avoid the national holidays. Today is Christmas Card Day. A reminder to send out your Christmas cards if you haven't done so already. I've been slacking this holiday season. Like, I have not done anything. I haven't done any present shopping. I haven't done my Christmas card. Last year, I think I sent mine out pretty early. I made a collage of, like, all the best photos of me from 2024. Like me getting arrested from... uh, me getting arrested by, uh, Lieutenant Crane. There was also a picture of me with, uh, a couple of different bands in there. Things like that, you know? Maybe I should've... I- I still have time to do so. I still have everyone's addresses that I got from last year too, so maybe...Maybe I could print them out. I know last year I had a whole lot of issues with trying to print them out at Walmart. It wasn't Walmart's fault. It was just the way that I was, uh, formatting them. Like, I used Photoshop and had just a ven- very generic Merry Christmas from Brendon Peach, and it was a whole bunch of different pictures of me. The, the Walmart printout service would cut off part of the, the card, and so I had to keep reprinting them. That was my first-world problem that last year, trying to get my Christmas cards correct, you know? If you wanna send us your Christmas card, stop by the studio or look up our address. We'd love to put it on our studio door. I know Class of '97, they, uh, they want, they want the, uh, your Christmas cards as well. They like to decorate their door with all of them. I love Christmas card, uh, sending and collecting. It's one of my favorite things. It's one of those old-fashioned things that I just love for some reason. I know, very weird, very weird. God, I love these silly jokes that they put in these, uh, little dumb stories here. "Passengers on a high-end cruise went bananas after their journey was delayed by a few bunches of bananas. P&O Cruise's Iona ship, which holds more than 5,000 passengers, was due to depart from Southampton, England on Saturday, heading on a two-week trip to Spain, Portugal, and the Canary Islands before it was delayed. The trouble started when several shipping containers, mostly containing bananas, fell off a cargo ship near the, uh, Nabs Tower Lighthouse where the boat was docked. The Coast Guard confirmed they are working with the owners of the cargo ship who are responsible for recovering said containers." How long does that cleanup process go? Did bananas spill out into the water? I- I just... This is as, this is as crazy as it's getting today, talking about an unappealing trip. Uh-oh. Sorry. That is today's What the Headline right here on KBear 101. I always see these, uh, posts pop up about how much money Macaulay Culkin would have had to spend on his, uh, grocery, uh, trip in Home Alone. I should say Kevin McCallister, how much money that grocery trip would have cost in today's day and age versus back in 1990 when that first movie came out. I beli- I, I was shocked when I re- when I re-watched the movie. I re-watched Home Alone and Kevin McCallister's total for all that stuff came out to just under $20. And I forgot exactly how much it would cost now, but I know it's a whole lot more than that. But how much will the gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas run you this year? You know that song? According to PNC's Christmas Price Index, the cost of the gifts in the carol have reached an all-time high
of $51,476.12 this year. Here's the breakdown. You got one partridge in a pear tree, $420,
two turtle doves, $750, three French hens, $346. I mean, the most expensive thing [laughs] are, are the, uh, 10 lords a-leaping $16,836. Don't you love seeing these types of posts? How much bla- how much better life was back then versus now, you know? You always see those posts pop up. Bring back $500 apartments and all those other great things from back then that we'll no longer see ever. [instrumental music plays] 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 Brendon 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.