All posts by Kev Brock

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.
Books

Report: Wonder Woman gets new look for 600th issue in DC Comics…

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For the 600th comic series “Wonder Woman” by DC, the superheroine gets a new makeover. New costume and new look.

More on it here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/books/30wonder.html

Congrats to Wonder Woman on her 69 years but in my opinion, the new costume is terrible. I think the new look will flop ’cause she’s not sexy enough. She needs to show more cleavage and show off her bare legs.

Will Wonder Woman look like this when Warner Bros./DC does the live action “Wonder Woman” movie? I hope not. Wonder Woman needs to be sexy and hot. Like Linda Carter from the TV series.

Sorry comic book fans, but thumbs down on the new Wonder Woman suit. Not good.

Kev

movies

Cool Video: “Paranormal Activity 2” teaser hits the web already!

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Wow. That was fast. Didn’t take them long to make the sequel to “Paranomral Activity”. I thought the first movie was great and this one looks interesting.

Look like that woman that appears in the doorway is still Katie from the first one. Now look like she just had a baby. Now that Katie killed Micah from the first one, does that make Katie a single mom now? Is she back to haunt her baby or something?

That’s what it’s looking like. See the trailer here. I’ll go see it. I love horror flicks.

Kev

movies

Report: Robin Williams wants to play the Riddler in next “Dark Knight” flick, if Chris Nolan picks the Riddler that is…

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Robin Williams, revealed that he is dying to play the Riddler in the next “Batman” flick. The only problem is, Christopher Nolan and David Goyer still haven’t announced the main villain for Batman 3 yet. Just a few days ago, Christopher Nolan announced that the script for “Batman 3” is now in the works, finally. So we will soon know who the villains for the next flick will be.

Robin also says, he was offered roles for the earlier Batman films but he was turned down everytime. He got offered to play the Joker in Tim Burton’s “Batman” film, but it obviously went to Jack Nicholson instead and he also got offered a role for the Riddler in “Batman: Forever” but he was turned down for that too.

More on it here:

http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/entertainment/201006/52127.php

If Christopher Nolan does happen to pick the Riddler, maybe Robin’s dream would come true. Mr. Nolan has worked with Robin Williams in a film before. Remember that film, “Insomnia” which Robin stars with Al Pacino and Hillary Swank? That film was directed by Mr. Nolan, and Robin plays a villain in that film. So Mr. Nolan would know that Robin plays a villain very well.

Robin also played a villain in the movie , “One Hour Photo”, which was directed by Mark Romanek. Robin does have experience playing villains in films.

Even if the Riddler is picked for the next Batman film, that still doesn’t mean Robin could get picked. Maybe Chris has a different vision for a different actor that would be the right fit. So my point in this blog, don’t get your hopes up that Robin will get the role. I’d like to see him get it and Robin would play the role perfectly. Robin thinks he’s gonna get it because his “ego” got in his head that he already worked with Chris before.

I’m all cool with Robin as the Riddler, sure, but honestly, I would say give the Riddler role to a young actor.

Kev

movies

New photo of Neve Campbell surfaces online!

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Haven’t seen “Scream” star Neve Campbell in a long time have ya? Well she’s definitely much older now! The pic above is Neve Campbell in her younger years.

Here is Neve Campbell now! The iconic journalist, Nancy O’ Dell, gives the exclusive photo on twitter:

http://twitpic.com/1zzzha

Neve is in the blue dress, short hair. Neve looks totally different, plastic surgery much?

Kev

music

Report: Jimmy Page accused of stealing “Dazed and Confused” riff from folk singer…

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Jimmy Page just got sued by legendary folk singer, Jake Holmes, claiming that Page stole the main riff for the Led Zeppelin hit song.

More on it here:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/29/led-zeppelin-dazed-and-confused-jimmy-page-lawsuit-jake-holmes/

In order for something to be considered, “copyright infrigement” both things needs to be exactly the same. After listening to both songs in their entirety, are y’all sure they both sound similar? The Led Zeppelin version is in the key of G and the Jake Holmes version is in the key of C#, Holmes tuned the song way down.

In the old days, it was originally the “Yardbirds” that first played the song. Holmes was in favor of the Yardbirds remaking the song ’cause Holmes was the opening act of the Yardbirds at the Village Theatre concert in 1967. Holmes let the Yardbirds play the song ’cause the band credited his name.

Read for yourself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazed_and_Confused_(song)

So why is Holmes suing Page now? Is it because Page is more of a rock god and Holmes isn’t? Even if Page may have ripped off the song, there are tons of other Led Zeppelin songs where Page took the riff from other bands. Look at how many bands that plays the same fuckin’ “Rock and Roll” riff all over. What about the main riff to “Black Dog”, look at how many old bands that sound like that. Look at how many old bands that sounds like the riff from “Communication Breakdown”, and hell, Zep probably took the riff of “Kashmir” from another band as well.

These things happen all the time in music. In my opinion, it’s not called, “stealing”, it’s called “borrowing”.

I think this lawsuit is gonna get Holmes no where and to me it’s pretty silly. I think Holmes sued Page out of pure jealous rage. Btw, I didn’t even know Holmes is still alive and the guy is like 70 now I think.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Rumour Killer: Tobias and I aren’t best friends, quit thinking like we are!

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The internets like to make the mistake to think that Tobias and I are best friends. I don’t know anything else about him other than his love for music and performing. The truth is that Toby is just a big fan of my music, that’s pretty much all he is. A supporter/fan. When I used to gig in the past, Toby came out to almost everyone of my gigs. So with his support of my music and my performing, I supported him in return like I do with all musicians that supported my music. Occasionally, Toby and I would go see a local music show to support other bands in the Capital Region. That doesn’t make us best friends. Toby is now in Pittsburgh and we don’t keep in touch anymore like we used to.

I agree that his music and professionalism needs a lot of work, he is also kind of weird and strange but at least he’s a good guy. There’s nothing wrong with being weird and strange, as it is called, “being yourself as a person”. I always thought it was wrong to make fun of people no matter the kind of person they are. All humans deserve to be treated like the way you want to be treated.

I’m not being mean, just being a 100% honest. Needed to speak out on this and get this off my chest.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Trying to write new songs…

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Yep, I’ve been experimenting with new song ideas. Starting to write down lyrics again. I believe inspiration is finally coming. Hopefully I’ll have another batch of new songs in the future. My songs will probably stay dark and angry like most of them are, but I think my next batch of songs will stay away from the horror and crime fiction stuff. I’m going to follow the footsteps of Neil Young, Springsteen and Tom Morello, go political. Talk about current events, the things going on in the news. I figure it’s time to write songs about real stuff here. I don’t write songs about love or write songs about women, that stuff is too boring for me.

Making music is what I do. People can trash my talent. People can love it. Either way, makes me feel proud. I need to get back to making songs again. Would like to start performing live again too. When I get a few new songs written, I might start hitting some open mics. Maybe I’ll book a few actual gigs sometime down the road too. Honestly, I miss playing out and being part of the music scene. Pretty soon I hope to no longer sit around and get back out there. I know, I haven’t had a gig in a long while.

Kev

TV

BREAKING NEWS: Steve Carell confirms he’s leaving “The Office” after season 7 is over…

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Steve Carell, the leading star of the hit NBC series, “The Office” confirms he’s leaving the show and Season 7 will be his last.

More on it here:

http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/images/2008/07/30/steve_carell_4.jpg

Steve claims he wants to spend more time with his family, but I really think he wants to move on to movies full time. This guy’s been coming out with new movie roles like crazy.

Steve is phenomenal, I really like the guy.

If Steve is leaving, then NBC may as well cancel the show for good ’cause I can’t see anybody replacing Michael Scott as the new boss for the job. I’m sure people would like to see Jim Halpert or Dwight Schrute take over as boss on the show but it just wouldn’t work since Steve created a legacy. The ratings would tank without Steve.

Kev

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music

Report: Maybe they should give Vince Neil a scram bracelet too?

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That’s a classic mugshot ain’t it? This guy really think he’s a rock n’ roll badass still doesn’t he? Driving drunk in a black lamborghini? This loser still thinks it’s the 80’s or something.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP12ad83TKphdBlgCvNtTlJE8lKwD9GKH9L01

The guy’s a loser douchebag and always has been look at his wikipedia history:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Neil#Death_of_Razzle

It’s understandable why you want to be a rock n’ roll badass in your younger years, that’s fine…but…when you’re 50 and still doing the badass thing, it crosses the line. This time Vince Neil has gone too far.

He’ll probably walk off easy though, because he isn’t Lindsay Lohan.

Kev

Stallone news

Report: The Expendables is part of lineup for this year’s San Diego Comic Con…

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“The Expendables” will be part of this year’s San Diego Comic Con convention. The San Diego Comic Con is a yearly convention that helps market big movies and this year “The Expendables” will have their own panel.

More on it here:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Comic-Con-Line-Ups-for-Warner-Bros-Lionsgate-And-DreamWorks-Revealed-19271.html

Sylvester Stallone himself will probably be there. Maybe he will show a few exclusive scenes from the “Expendables” movie at Comic Con, that would probably happen. Other than Sly, I’m sure he will bring along a few other cast members from the movie to help promote the film. Maybe Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Stone Cold, and Jet Li will be there. Hell, maybe even Bruce and Arnold will be there too if Sly can get ’em.

I can’t wait to see what Sly has planned for this at San Diego Comic Con. Will be exciting!

Kev