Sept. 6, 2021

Celebrity Paychecks + Donda Blowback for Ye + Salty DM’s + A New Vegas King

Celebrity Paychecks + Donda Blowback for Ye + Salty DM’s + A New Vegas King

Matt Pinfield the MTV legend is our co-host all week with Barnes and Leslie while Cubby is away on vacation. They think someone on a popular show is actually a CGI robot. Yeezus isn’t Jesus and reveals his shortcomings in a new song on a long-awaited record, out last week. A rapper challenges Ye to celebrity boxing.  Barnes shares a strange encounter with a “Real Atlanta Housewife” and her husband.


Matt Pinfield the MTV legend is our co-host all week with Barnes and Leslie while Cubby is away on vacation. They think someone on a popular show is actually a CGI robot. Yeezus isn’t Jesus and reveals his shortcomings in a new song on a long-awaited record, out last week. A rapper challenges Ye to celebrity boxing.  Barnes shares a strange encounter with a “Real Atlanta Housewife” and her husband. 

0:11 - Welcome Matt Pinfield

1:40 - Today in Pop Culture - WINS starts playing rock music on the Alan Fried Show

3:49 - Find out what happens on Yellowstone season 4 on November 7

4:35 - Ted Lasso’s Brett Goldstein is a human

5:55 - No Time To Die trailer reveals 007’s job is never done

9:15 - Celebrity paychecks will blow your mind

10:15 - Kanye’s “Donda” releases this week, and song “Hurricane” expresses his infidelity

11:53 - Scott Disick sends salty DM’s to Kourtney K’s ex

14:55 - Bruno Mars passes 50M ticket sales in Vegas

15:20 - Can you guess which female pop star has the most YouTube views?

17:10 - Gregg Leakes passes away, and Barnes has a story from an encounter with him.

19:53 - R. Kelly is even worse of a human than we thought

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Hosts: Steve Barnes, Leslie Fram, Paul Cubby Bryant

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Matt Pinfield

Matthew Pinfield is an American television host, disc jockey, and music executive. He first reached national prominence as VJ on MTV. He served two stints as the host of the alternative music program 120 Minutes, from 1995 to 1999 on MTV and from 2011 to 2013 on MTV2.