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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.
Health and Fitness

Thought: Are egg yolks really all that bad for you? The truth is, it isn’t!!!

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I just caught this video by Scooby and he claims, egg yolks are bad for your health ’cause they are too fatty and high in calories. He also says they have bad pesticides. Carefully doing research online, I’ve read that if you throw out the egg yolk, you are throwing out most of the healthy ingredients inside the yolk.

Such articles as these say that egg yolks is the important part of building muscle:

http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/are-egg-yolks-really-unhealthy-356261.html

http://www.fitsugar.com/Egg-White-Vs-Egg-Yolk-Which-Better-364527

And you can google up more articles that will tell you how egg yolks are actually pretty healthy.

I look at sites like bodybuilding.com and the forum there, most of them don’t throw out the egg yolks….take a look at this thread and most everybody says egg yolks are good:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=112385311

Yeah, no wonder Scoob got a lot of flak because he’s full of shit.

I eat quite a bit of eggs myself and I don’t throw out the yolk.

Kev

WWE news

Thought: Who’s the new RAW anonymous General Manager???

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So we are talking who is the RAW General Manager that has been anonymously announcing matches? The RAW General Manager won’t be revealed right away, I don’t think he/she won’t be revealed this Monday, but maybe toward the middle of the summer, the RAW GM will be revealed.

A lot of people think it’s Daniel Bryan, the former NXT guy, but it’s not Daniel Bryan because it doesn’t make any sense. Daniel Bryan and Michael Cole doesn’t get along too well storywise. So why would Michael Cole accept anonymous e-mails if he knew it was from Daniel Bryan? So it can’t be him at all.

I also named Shawn Michaels “HBK”, but then I changed my mind about Shawn. Why? Simply because Mr. McMahon and Shawn don’t get along at all, storywise. On TV, they hate each other and McMahon would never make him GM again. I just thought about that.

I’ve talked about who the General Manager maybe a little bit in a blog before, but I’ve thought of some more choices.

Here is my top 5 choices on who the possible RAW General Manager could be, these are just my opinions:

“The Rock” Dwayne Johnson – The Rock hinted at a WWE return quite a lot this year and hinted he may return this summer as a GM kind of role. I still say that my no. 1 choice is him. “The Rock” can be a useful GM to feud with the NXT guys. Even though the Rock will never wrestle a match again, the reason the Rock would be useful is because the Rock’s usual humorous trashtalking.The NXT guys try to target every WWE superstar, but they wouldn’t make the Rock a target ’cause the Rock wouldn’t let it happen. The Rock would make the NXT guys look like little babies. That’s why he would be useful. I can definitely see the Rock making fun of every NXT member. The Rock picking on Wade Barrett would be funny stuff!

Michael Cole Why would the RAW announcer be the anonymous GM? Because he was the one reading the anonymous e-mail off a computer to announce matches himself! I used to never like Michael Cole, but since he’s feuding with the NXT guys lately, Cole has been showing some character lately and starting to like him more. Cole could be the big possible choice as well.

Shane McMahon Shane McMahon showed up at the very end of last week’s RAW to help his beat up father in the ring. So that means, Shane could be it too.

The Ultimate Warrior Vince said the RAW anonymous General manager would have “ultimate” control of everything. I remember Vince saying that. Get the clue “Ultimate”? Does that hint that the Ultimate Warrior is on his way back to WWE to be GM? That’s why it would make a lot of sense if it was Ultimate Warrior as well. The Warrior being a heel GM and teaming up with the NXT guys would be a nice angle. Maybe the Warrior can finally feud with Bret “The Hitman” Hart”, the two can have their final wrestling match against each other. Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. Ultimate Warrior in a last match would be kind of cool, they should save that for the next Wrestlemania though.

Mick Foley Mick Foley is no longer working for TNA, could he be on his way back to WWE? I think he might be on his way back.

Kev

movies, Stallone news, True Crime

To those who thought “The Dapper Don” was an evil man…read up…

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After doing more research on the “Dapper Don’s” history, I’m beggining to see, that John Gotti Sr. wasn’t that bad of a guy as everyone thinks he is. People online are treating him as a vicious serial killer. As in “evil”…but was he really all that evil?

Read and learn:

http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/a/johngotti.htm

He may have committed crimes most of his life but they weren’t really serious crimes, mostly burglaries, hijacking, and all that little stuff. He only murdered two people. Paul Castellano and Thomas Billoti. The only reason they were killed, ’cause they were bosses of the Gambino family and Gotti wanted to take over. If you look up the wikipedia’s of Castellano and Billoti, you can see that those two guys were dangerous animals. In reality, Gotti “The Dapper Don” wasn’t really all that bad.

Maybe that’s what Sly wants to prove in the film.

Kev

movies, Stallone news, True Crime

Thought: In defense of Stallone’s “John Gotti” biopic…

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This movie that Sly and Junior Gotti is planning is getting a lot of negative critique by reader comments in other film blogs. No surprise to me, ’cause Sly Stallone always gets mixed opinions with his movies. I’m going to take some time to defend this movie.

You see, I know Sylvester Stallone has acting talent. It’s very rare that he brings out his acting talent. The only two films that he showed his true acting talent were the first “Rocky” and the movie “Cop Land”, which were his two best performances. He just does action films for entertainment instead of showing his acting talent if you know what I mean by that. With this “Dapper Don” film he has planned, I really think this will be Sly’s third chance to bring out his acting talent again. If Sly does a good job with this movie, he could possibly land himself in the Oscars again (the first Rocky won best picture). Maybe even get nominated for Best Actor, Best Director or Best writer, who knows. I just want Sly to pick the right movie where he can show his true acting talent again. I think the John Gotti movie is the right choice. Also, I don’t think this John Gotti movie is going to be an action film. Looks like it’s going to be a mob drama. Kind of like the Godfather, the Departed, Scarface, etc.

I’m a really huge fan of mobster flicks. I FUCKING LOVE THEM! I’m glad Sly is finally doing one. You ask, why does it have to be John Gotti when it should be Al Capone instead? Do we really need another Al Capone movie? There are hundreds of Al Capone movies out there and I don’t think we need another one. On top of that, Sly already starred in an Al Capone movie, called, “Capone” made back in 1975.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capone_(film)

Honestly, John Gotti hasn’t had a biopic film yet, and I think he deserves one. I think his story needs to be told and Sylvester Stallone deserves to be in charge ’cause both men are very similar in a haunting way.

Sly is no stranger to mobster flicks, yes, he’s done them before. Remember, the movie “Shade”? Where he plays the Dean? That’s a mobster movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shade_(film)

The John Gotti biopic also looks like it’s going to be a sad movie as well. Gotti died in prison with cancer, so think how Sly can play an emotional death scene playing the character. John Gotti Sr. was a mob boss that actually had a pretty large fan following. Again, it’s kind of similar to Sly. The Gotti biopic will be a pretty large casting, ’cause they need to find actors for the Gambino family. They need to find someone for Junior Gotti too.

Also, they would need someone to play Paul Castellano ’cause he was a big part of the Gambino family…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Castellano

Yeah, I can see the “Gotti” biopic, being a serious drama if you know “The Dapper Don” history well. It could be a very intense movie. Sly has done action flicks for most of his career. I think he wants to do something a little different and something more serious this time. Yes, Gotti maybe a crazy psychotic madman, but if you knew how he committed his crimes, he only killed people that deserved to die. He never killed the innocent. That is why he was considered a hero and why he grew a “fan” following back in those days.

I support Sly 100% toward this project and I can’t wait for Sly to reveal more stuff about this movie in the future. Give Sly a chance with this one, ’cause I truly think he’ll show his acting, directing and writing talent with this movie all the way.

Kev

movies, Stallone news, True Crime

Report: About Stallone making a movie about John Gotti, it’s true!!!

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TMZ posted a video of Sly going to dinner with John Gotti Jr., the son of the famous, “The Dapper Don”. Gotti Jr. confirms the movie IS in the works and the script is being written too. When Sly finally arrived at the restaurant, Sly was pretty much tight lipped and kept his mouth shut everytime questions were asked about the movie. Except Sly did confirm at the end of the video, he is planning to play John Gotti Sr., and has been wanting to do this for years.

See the video here:

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=340430b6-67c7-4447-82fa-880c6ce4bc7f

The question is, how much will Sly play John Gotti in the film? Will it be throughout the entire movie or just a small role?

It seems that Sly is no fan of TMZ, it seemed he was in no mood to talk to them. Gotti Jr. seems like a real friendly guy though.

I’m pretty sure Sly will speak to the movie industry about this movie very soon since TMZ was the first to leak the news. I’m looking forward to hearing more!

Kev

movies, Politics/war

“The Book of Eli” movie got me thinking about something…

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So I finally saw the movie, “The Book of Eli”, that was directed by the Hughes Brothers. It stars Denzel Washington as the leading hero and Gary Oldman as the film’s main villain. It tells a story of Eli, being the survivors of the Nuclear war that destroyed the United States. Survivors of the United States have nothing left on them. Eli’s only mission is to travel the West for whatever reason that was never revealed. Eli has weapons and fighting skill for survival, as to fight off enemies that gets in his way. Denzel plays a bit of a badass action hero dude but, his character Eli is on a serious note. Eli is a very religious man which keeps him going. Carnegie (Gary Oldman’s) character is obessed with a book that Eli has, so Carnegie and his gang goes after Eli for the book. The book is supposed to have some religious power that Carnegie wants, but that’s not what the book is used for. The book is really all about Eli.

While it was a very good movie, there is something about the film that is so haunting.

Since the United States in that film was destroyed by Nuclear war, think how something like that can happen in real life? What if some other country came over and decided to bomb us with nuclear weapons after all? I think other countries like Iran for starters did threaten us with Nuclear weapons many times. I know the “Book of Eli” is a fiction movie but if people don’t believe something like that can happen in real life, you need to look at how angry and pissed off other countries are at us. Bin Laden and Al Qaeda could do something like that to us, anytime. Bin Laden taken down the twin towers in NYC is evidence that they are about to take down the United States one day. A nuclear attack can happen. You just never know when.

That is one frightening thing about that movie, “The Book of Eli”, I watch the film and thinking to myself, “Oh man, that could be us someday”. Maybe that was the message that the Hughes Brothers were sending through the movie. It’s not just an action film. It’s obviously political too.

Do yourself a favor and check this movie out. I thought it was great. No complaints about it.

Kev

music

My musical guilty pleasures, what are they?

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A lot of you know that my taste in music is strictly anything rock n’ roll. Be it, metal, punk, prog, and classic rock are my main taste in music (that’s the kind of stuff you would see in my CD collection and my Ipod at home). Anything with a lot of guitar playing is my type of music. What about other things that I listen to that maybe guilty pleasures? Stuff that you may find weird that you don’t see me listening to and actually enjoying them? Everybody have guilty pleasures. I do too. Quite several of them and here they are:

Eminem – I love the guy’s music. Always had. I want to get his new album “Recovery” soon.

Bjork – Always been a huge admirer of the Icelandic singer. Absolutely love her!

Rihanna – I’m not afraid to admit that I like Rihanna. She’s almost like a rock n’ roll artist.

M.I.A. – It’s always very hard to describe the genre of music of M.I.A. The singer that does the hit, “Paper Planes” sampled from the Clash song “Straight to Hell”. I can’t wait for her new album. M.I.A. is the shit. She’s awesome!

K.D. Lang – This may sound weird but yes, I dig K.D. Lang. She’s an amazing artist and a phenomenal singer. Probably one of the best female vocalists out there right now. No one can sing better than her, ever.

Lady Gaga – Another mainstream pop artist but this is one that actually has the talent. Can she fill in Madonna and Michael Jackson’s fame? Yes, definitely.

Justin Bieber – I’ve said it several times in this blog that Bieber’s music is actually not too bad. I like his songs but not sure if I will ever buy his music. Probably not. Although I would buy that one song “Baby” for my Ipod, just that one tune now. This kid’s got more talent than Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers for sure!

Clint Black – A country artist but he’s one of the good ones. Always dug the man’s music. Have several of his albums in my CD collection. I think he’s better than most male country artists out there. Garth Brooks sucks. Tim McGraw sucks. Toby Keith sucks. Clint is great! I would see Clint live too!

“Weird” Al Yankovic – Loved him ever since I was a kid, still do. People think it’s weird that I listen to Weird Al but don’t care. Weird Al is not just a genius at parodies. He’s also a musical genius and a phenomenal musician over all. He doesn’t have the greatest singing voice but you gotta respect him for keeping it real and doing all the long tours he does every year, and stuff. He’s a very hard working musician.

Herbie Hancock – A talented jazz artist that I find myself listening to. His music is really good stuff to relax to.

Enjoy.
Kev

music

Ozzy admitted in Guitar World magazine that “The Osbournes” TV show destroyed his rock n’ roll image…

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I just read the Ozzy Osbourne interview in this months, Guitar World magazine. At the end of the interview, the interviewer asked Ozzy if “The Osbournes” TV show killed his rock n’ roll image and career. To my surprise, Ozzy said yes it did.

I’ll type that up here, straight from the magazine itself:

GW: Do you feel that the Osbrounes television show damaged your musical career?

Ozzy: Yeah, that was kind of an experiment that went crazy. I never really watched it. I look at myself and think, what a fucking moron! What happened with that is a lot of people only know me from the show: they didn’t connect that I’ve been around for a long time before that. In fact, I was in Boston touring and this woman came up to me and said, “What are you doing in Boston?” I said, “I’m doing a show.” She said, “What kind of a show?” I said a rock show, and she looked surprised and exclaimed, “Oh you do that as well?” I thought. Fucking hell-it’s bullshit.

In Ozzy’s book, “I am Ozzy”, he said the show wasn’t his idea, it was all Sharon’s. So Ozzy went for it.

I always knew from the very start that the show killed Ozzy’s rock n’ roll image. People now know him as a celebrity, not a rock n’ roller like he once was. Plus, I think they did it, just so Sharon and the kids can get their fame as well. Sharon wanted to be celebrity too and she got it. She must love being Ozzy’s wife and manager. Personally, I think she’s been using him for fame after all this time and he’s not even realizing it.

Speaking of Ozzy, I bought and downloaded his new album “Scream” from Itunes last night. Didn’t listen to it yet, but I heard clips of it but from what I heard, the new album actually sounds very good. Ozzy needs to stay away from TV so he can get his rock n’ roller image back.

He also admitted in Guitar World, that he never had any musical training at singing. He just grabbed a PA System, singing Beatles songs and that was it. I must say that Ozzy is a hypocrite for firing Zakk Wylde for being an alcoholic ’cause that’s the reason Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Cool Video: Shake Weights??? This is the kind of stuff you don’t want to go for!!!

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I’ve seen this commercial on TV. I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I know this commercial wasn’t meant to be comedic, but it is hilarious anyways. I agree with the comments in youtube that the video is kinda gay. The guy’s expression on his face is funny stuff. When you want to get into bodybuilding and fitness this is the kind of stuff you don’t want to go for. Companies that make these fake things just want to take your money. There is no possible way to build muscle in six minutes. Bullshit.

All them fake equipment: Shake Weights, Ab spinners, or any of that silly stuff that claims to get you in shape in a short time. NEWS FLASH: DO NOT BUY IT! THEY JUST WANT YOUR MONEY!

This is a hilarious commercial and definitely a commercial that should have been aired during the Superbowl.  The Shake Weight is creating online controversy as you can see. I would never buy it and you shouldn’t either.

Muscle building is a slow process. There is no possible way to get in shape fast. Like I always say, getting a nice collection of dumbbells and a bench press at home is pretty much all you need to get ripped or getting a membership at your local gym is fine too. Fuck the Shake Weight.

Kev

Stallone news

Report: Sly announces plans to retire from acting to concentrate on directing only…

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Sylvester Stallone attended this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival and he announced some shocking news. The man plans to hang it up on acting for good but, he wants to concentrate on directing only.

More on it here:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5imhevyayKx7J-VFdRjhzPw15X2Fg

Honestly, he doesn’t have to hang up on acting for good. There are plenty of aging actors that are still acting in film today: Robert Deniro, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellen, Harrison Ford, Michael Douglas, etc. The list can go on. Eastwood returned to leading roles for “Gran Torino” and Mel Gibson is back in leading roles too.

This makes you wonder about Sly’s “John Gotti” biopic project that is rumoured to be planned. Will Sly play in the film or will he just direct it, and not star? Don’t know, I’m sure Sly will speak out on the “John Gotti” rumour soon. This wasn’t the first time that Sly directed a movie and not act in the leading role. Remember, the movie “Staying Alive”? Yep, Sly wrote and directed that film, but didn’t star the leading role. John Travolta did, obviously. So Sly does have experience in directing films but not acting in them.

That would be kind of cool if Sly directs action movies and not star. I’m pretty sure Sly would want to work with Jason Statham some more. So maybe Sly will direct more movies that will star Statham and not Sly. I definitely see Sly and Statham working on much more movies together in the future for sure. They’ve grown quite the friendship during their filming of “The Expendables”.

Kev