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I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
movies

Finally saw “The Runaways” biopic, last night, brief review…

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So last night, I finally saw, “The Runaways” biopic. Saw it on the Movies on Demand PPV things. The movie wasn’t that bad. The film did kind of stay true to the “Runaways” story. It was more of a Cherrie Currie biopic more than the entire film itself ’cause the film concentrated on her character more. It’s no Joan Jett biopic at all even though she’s part of the film. The film didn’t really go in depth of The Runaways history. All they concentrated on were how crazy the girls were as teenagers. They all mixed sex, drugs and rock n’ roll into one. It showed how manager, Kim Fowley formed the band and all that, but the film mostly focused on the lesbian relationship between Joan Jett and Cherrie Currie. Joan was played by Kristen Stewart. Cherrie Currie was played by Dakota Fanning. It shows Cherrie’s obsession with David Bowie and how she wants to be like him as a performer. I was hoping it’ll focus on the music but the film turned out to be a soap opera.

I can understand why the soap opera was needed to explain why the Runaways career was short lived, but I wished the film focused on the music more. Yes, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning had quite a few make out scenes. The questionable thing is Dakota is 15 and Kristen is 20. So how did film makers get legal permission to do scenes like that is pretty questionable? I’m sure they had permission with Dakota’s parents to let them know that the underage lesbian kissing was just for the movie.

I actually thought the film was pretty good, I just wish the writing was better. Maybe this is a sign that Joan Jett will get her own biopic in the future. Kristen and Dakota’s acting was really good in this film though. Kristen’s acting is better outside of Twilight, in my opinion. This is a must see film if you like Joan Jett. It’ll give you insight on how Joan Jett is still huge and famous today.

Kev

TV

Report: Linda Hamilton joins “Chuck” for fourth season, she will play Chuck’s Mom…

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Well, SDCC continues to get even crazier! Today some shocking news has been revealed by “Chuck” producer Josh Schwartz, that Linda Hamilton will be joining the cast of “Chuck” for the fourth season. She will be playing Chuck’s mom throughout most of the season. Sadly, Linda Hamilton herself wasn’t at SDCC but this is good news that Linda is returning to acting, as it seems she doesn’t act much these days.

More on the story here:

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/linda-hamilton-joins-chuck.html

Kev

WWE news

Cool Video: The Macho Man Randy Savage reveals new toy by Mattel!!!

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OMG!!!! Even the Macho Man Randy Savage was at SDCC! Well sort of. Randy Savage was actually there, via satellite screen. The reason WWE was there this year at SDCC was that they were there to introduce new action figures made by Mattel. Randy was on a screen to introduce, “The Macho Man” toy. Guess what folks? Randy played the  “Macho Man” in character!!! After all these years Randy’s been away from wrestling, he still has it! He STILL plays “Macho Man” very well, it even put a smile on my face! COME ON RANDY, please come BACK TO THE WWE for one last run! If Bret Hart can do it, so can The Macho Man! Randy Savage just hinted a return to wrestling in 2011???

Enjoy this awesome video!!! 🙂

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Brock wants to get better at guitar improvisation…

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I have been playing a lot more guitar these days. I just want to go to “pretty good” guitarist to being an actual “musician”. I feel I play rhythym guitar pretty well and can make my own riffs fine. I just want to improve my lead soloing. Get better at guitar solos. Now, I don’t want to be a shredder. I’ll never play like Joe Satriani or Steve Vai, I just want to play some good lead guitar in a blues/rock kind of way.

Everybody thinks guitar improvisation is really difficult and challenging. You see, not really. All you gotta do is learn theory which should be simple to learn and then memorize the notes on the guitar in your head. That’s pretty much it. I’m not afraid to admit that I’m not good at improvisation. I could figure out songs by ear fine, but it’s the guitar soloing I need worked on. I want to have a better ear at it. Be able to improvise without having anyone to tell me what notes to play. Improvise mean being able to play everything you hear, in the right key.

I’m studying music again and will stick with it to achieve my music goals and get better. When I get better, that will be an appropriate time to form a band. I’ve always wanted to form my own rock group and will one day. I just want to do all lead guitar work in the band, rather than having someone else play all the solos in the songs. If I ever formed a band, it would be just a three piece: guitar, drums and bass probably. When will I form a band? When I feel the time is right. I want my chance to experience the full band thing and one day I will.

Many of my acoustic songs that I write were originally meant to be played in a full band. That’s how I hear my songs, full band rock songs. I play ’em on acoustic first ’cause I don’t have a band yet. I jammed on “Mr. Tough Guy”, a song I wrote, with a band once and it was a lot of fun.

Now that I finally have an electric guitar and amp, that’s why I feel it’s time to get better at it. I just want to play guitar ’cause it’s my passion. I will do the band thing at some point ’cause there are other musicians around here that DO support my music. I don’t have much full band experience and would like to start soon.

Kev

movies

BREAKING NEWS: Harrison Ford shows at San Diego Comic Con early today!!!!

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Wow! Is this year’s San Diego Comic Con CRAZY or what??? First Angelina Jolie appears on Friday. Saturday, we get the guys from the Expendables and that includes Bruce Willis.

And who’s the next big legend to make his debut at SDCC? Yes, Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, who is now a happily married man! Harrison is at SDCC to promote “Cowboys & Aliens” with Jon Favreau and Daniel Craig.

I wonder when Christopher Nolan will show up at SDCC??? He hasn’t shown up yet. If he did, it would have been all over the news. Maybe Chris Nolan will show up at SDCC on the last day to give Batman & Superman news? We all hope Chris would show up, maybe he will tomorrow. I’m positive he will, he would dissapoint fans if he decided not to show at all.

Kev

Stallone news

Thought: Did Sly get plastic surgery done?

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Looking at Sly at David Letterman’s interview and seeing him in those Comic Con videos, he obviously got plastic surgery done. The internet is already talking about it in other forums, blog sites. I’m actually agreeing with other people on the internet that Sly might have some face work done. Sly ages naturally? LOL! Plastic surgery makes them old stars look young! Maybe that’s the point of the purple sunglasses? He’s trying to hide his droopy like eyes. I’ll admit that Sly doesn’t look good anymore. His face does look kind of bad. He’ll never admit to plastic surgery no matter how many people knows about it. I’ll see if I can dig up some pics tomorrow and I’ll show you how he might of got some face work done. It’s obvious. He’s not fooling anyone.

Kev

Crazy stuff, movies, True Crime

Thought: About the Darth Vader bank robber in Long Island, my take on it…

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So Darth Vader came to invade Earth ’cause he needed money for a new lightsaber. I know bad joke, but why would an obsessive Star Wars fan rob a bank with a Darth Vader suit on? This news story has created some controversy today. Why would a robber do this? For laughs? For attention? Maybe a little bit of both, definitely, but he didn’t just put on a Darth Vader suit for nothing. There is a better reason why he did it. 

Simply put, it was a smart way for a clean get away. The reason for the Darth Vader suit was that, there needed to be some kind of distraction for the customers and the bank tellers behind the counter. Would there be some kind of crowd reaction if he just walked in with a ski mask or any other type of Halloween mask on? No. The people would know that he would be robbing the bank immediately, they would get scared easily and might call the cops right away.

So what would be the best costume to walk in a bank to confuse people that it was just for laughs and entertainment? He has chosen the Darth Vader suit for that reason. He would walk in, people would laugh for a while. It’s a trick so that the customers or bank tellers won’t call the cops quicker. It was a laugh for a while, but when Darth walked up to the bank teller and pulls out a gun, it’s no joke anymore.

Empire music plays, “You don’t know the power of the darkside”.

So what if the bank robber did walk in with just a ski mask, paper bag over his head or any other Halloween mask? He wouldn’t last long in there. What the Darth Vader guy did was a smart way to rob a bank (seriously). Most bank robbers would just walk in with or without a mask, and the police would be after them in a flash. The Darth Vader suit was a different way to do it.

It may have been pretty funny and comical, yes, but the robber obviously wanted it comedic to create a distraction, to get away faster, I repeat. Btw, using Darth Vader’s gloves wouldn’t leave his finger prints on things. He used a Darth Vader mask so his head wouldn’t be seen ’cause if you wear a regular mask, people can still see you through your eyes. The black eyes on Vader’s helmet covered his eyes completely.

The only mistake that this Darth Vader robber did was the camouflage pants he was wearing instead of Vader’s rubber pants. Police maybe able to figure out who he is easily with those camouflage pants. He’ll probably be caught sooner or later, but not this quick. The first thing law enforcement will look at are those camouflage pants.

Hope I got my point across.

Kev