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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.
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The Brock is back…

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Took a few days off of online. Why? Because I lost my internet connection for like 4 or 5 days. Got my internet back to working again. Was I bored and dissapointed with no internet for a while? No, not at all. Seriously. It inspired me to get my mind off the internets even more. I didn’t even look at the internet else where. Just wanted to take a little hiatus from it. Give my computer a break. It’s good to do that once in a while.

What did I do since I didn’t have internet the last couple of days? Did my usual things. Go to the gym, played more guitar, and played more video games. I finished “Red Dead Redemption” already. It was a pretty easy and simple game, very short. I liked the storyline though. I’ll review “Red Dead Redemption” in another post tomorrow. I’ll also talk about last night’s “WWE RAW” tomorrow as well. Lots of things to discuss, get things off my chest and catch up on the blog.

I did see the “A-Team” movie over the weekend, and it was pretty good. Not the best ever, but it was an entertaining movie. Just your typical popcorn flick, but at least it had good acting with a good cast. I’ll be looking forward to, “The Expendables” in August. That’ll be the better action movie I think.

The blog will be back in action tomorrow.

Kev

UFC

Report: Ultimate fighting close to being legalized in NY State?

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The Senate approved a measure to legalize UFC/MMA events to come to NY State, so is it one step closer to being legalized officially in the NY State?

More on it here:

http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1611328.shtml?cat=300

That would be awesome if ultimate fighting gets legalized here. There are many NY fans of that sport and we deserve our ultimate fighting live experience! You might be thinking, will the UFC put on ppv events at the Times Union Center in Albany? They might, but I doubt UFC will ever come to Albany. I’m pretty sure Dana White is aiming for a first ppv event at no where other than the legendary and the historic venue, Madison Square Garden. That’s the first place UFC will go. Then maybe the Times Union Center in Albany later on. The MSG will be the first place they will hit for sure.

As for MMA “Strikeforce” events, I see them hitting the smaller venues maybe the Times Union Center in Albany and the Glens Falls Civic Center in Glens Falls.

NY deserves this sport. If it gets legalized, I would go see a live UFC event or Strikeforce, yes definitely. That would be a blast!

Kev

music

Metallica’s big 4 show photos…

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Man oh man, that’s a badass picture isn’t it? Isn’t it hard to believe seeing Kerry King, Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield in the same picture? The three of those guys have been enemies for years. There’s your evidence that they officially buried the hatchet. I’m happy that Kerry, Dave, and James are all on the same page now!

I’m pretty sure the Big 4 shows will be getting a DVD release in the future.

See more pictures from the first “Big 4” gig they had in Warsaw, Poland here:

http://www.guitarworld.com/article/metallica_slayer_megadeth_and_anthrax_first_look_photos_from_historic_show

Kev

movies

Not a Cool Video: Neil Patrick Harris brings us “The Smurfs” trailer and looks like a piece of crap…

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“The Smurfs” teaser trailer finally hit online, with an introduction by Neil Patrick Harris, who does the voice of the leading, Smurf. When I was a little kid, I was a huge fan of the cartoon series. Watched them pretty obsessively. They really messed it up, the live action, “Smurfs”. Seriously, does it have to be in fucking NYC? Why can’t it stay true to the Hanna-Barbera TV series and the comics? I will still see, “The Smurfs” not in theater though, another wait for DVD rental thing. I smell a failure on this movie, yep, box office flop. If you think your kids would want to see this garbage, I would think your kids would want to see another, “Alvin & The Chipmunks” sequel, than this piece of shit.

Kev

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810033015/video/20369007/

movies

Cool Video: Chronicles of Narnia “Voyage of Dawn Treader” trailer hits the internets!

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“The Voyage of Dawn Treader” trailer is finally online. The movie looks awesome. As some of you may or may not know, I am a huge fan of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series. Love the books and the movies. Yes, the first two Disney movies of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and “Prince Caspian” were both pretty incredible flicks. I’m looking forward to this one “Dawn Treader” and I’ll be there in the theaters for this movie as well. Notice the difference since Disney doesn’t own the “Narnia” series anymore and it’s now owned by 20th Century Fox? “Dawn Treader” is more aimed toward adults than kids. So I’m glad Disney doesn’t own it anymore.

Enjoy the trailer here. Looks awesome. Can’t wait to see it.

Kev

http://www.narnia.com/

Videogame news

Cool Video: IGN unveils “Dead Space 2” gameplay footage at E3 convention!

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The IGN “E3” game convention is happening, and they’ve been revealing a lot of new upcoming games there. One that interested me, is “Dead Space 2”. The sequel to the 2008 sci fi/horror game about a man named Isaac Clarke stranded in a spaceship trying to survive from all these monsters. Gameplay footage finally hits the internets and the game looks pretty fucking sweet. I like a lot of video games out there, but nothing tops “Dead Space”. It’s one of my favorite games ever. The second one looks even better and can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. It is definitely a must buy no matter what.

Enjoy.

Kev

Celebrity news

Report: Perez claims Miley photo is fake but it’s still wrong…

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Even if the photo is fake, I believe it is still illegal to photoshop private parts on an underage kid. I’d love to see Perez get arrested for this but it’s unlikely that would happen. Perez has a team of lawyers that he could get away with anything.

You gotta wonder what Billy Ray thought of this? Here comes another Billy Ray vs. Perez feud.

More on it here:

http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/06/15/perez_miley_denial/

Kev

movies

BREAKING NEWS: Sam Raimi officially signs on to “Oz: The Great & Powerful”!!!! Robert Downey Jr. in talks to play the leading role…

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Walt Disney studios wanted him, they GOT HIM! Well, look like Sam Raimi says yes, to the “Wizard of Oz” prequel after all ’cause he just signed his name on the contract, making it official.

Disney is in talks with Robert Downey Jr. to play, the Wizard of Oz, who was originally played by Frank Morgan. The film will be strictly about Oz. It will tell the story of how Oz landed in that area where Dorothy once visited, and how he became  a Wizard, and all that.

I’m sure Sam Raimi will talk to us more about his idea for the film. Will we see some of the original characters back? Definitely not Dorothy ’cause like I said it wouldn’t work. Maybe the return of the Wicked Witch of the West too? Will we see the return of the dancing and singing, Munchkins? Will the film be dark? Will it be family friendly for the kids? Lots of questions that need to be answered, Mr. Raimi! I’m sure will get answered soon.

Bruce Campbell, I’m sure will be involved with the film. Maybe he’ll have some kind of role in it, too? Hopefully. Sam and Bruce have been best friends for years. Bruce had a cameo role in almost every Sam Raimi flick.

Anyway, looking forward to this project ’cause this is sounding very interesting to me already!

Deadline reports:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/sam-raimi-hired-to-direct-downey-in-oz/

Kev

Videogame news

Report: New Michael Jackson video game being released sometime before Christmas…

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I think everybody knew that a video game like this was coming, too predictable. Ubisoft is developing a “Dance Karaoke” like video game where you get to play Michael Jackson as a character to dance along with some of his hits. You will get to learn a lot of his signature dance moves including the moonwalk, of course. The game will be available for the Nintendo Wii and Xbox-360 only.

This isn’t the first time Michael Jackson had a video game. The first one was “Moonwalker” made for the original Sega system way back in 1989.

TMZ reports:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/06/14/michael-jackson-video-game-wii-karaoke-dancing-microsoft-ubisoft/

Don’t worry PS3 gamers. I’m sure the PS3 system will come up with a different game for Michael Jackson. Maybe do a game based on Captain EO? Or maybe do a Resident Evil styled game based on the “Thriller” video? Who knows, anything is possible. I expect more Michael Jackson video games on the way for sure.

Kev