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.

RIP: Paul Gray 1972 -2010

Paul Gray, bassist for the nu-metal band, Slipknot was found dead in a Iowa motel room. His cause of death is not known at this time, but I’m willing to bet he died of what else? Drugs. If you read Paul Gray’s wikipedia, the guy has a really long history with heavy drug use which could probably explain why he died at such a young age. Pictured above is Paul masked and unmasked. Paul is mostly famous for his controversial alien like mask as you see in the picture above. Yes, most of the masks worn in Slipknot were controversial and crazy but Paul’s was most recognizable.

More on it here:

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37323183/ns/today-entertainment/

Kev

Report: Deniro/Pacino to play Dean Martin, not Frank Sinatra…

Reports have hit the web that Martin Scorsese says he wants Robert Deniro to play Dean Martin and Al Pacino as Frank Sinatra. No. That’s not that what Mr. Scorsese told everyone. Re-read Scorsese’s comment again:

I’m yet to spot the actor who can bring back Frank Sinatra alive on screen.  My choice is Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro as Dean Martin.”

What he’s saying is, that he haven’t yet found an actor to play Frank Sinatra. He made it clear he wants both Al Pacino and Robert Deniro to play Dean Martin.

Ah, the press and the movie industry, gotta love it when they take a director’s comments out of context. Reports mistakenly said that Scorsese wants Pacino to play Frank Sinatra such as this report here:

http://www.collider.com/2010/05/24/martin-scorsese-robert-de-niro-al-pacino-frank-sinatra-dean-martin/

and AICN:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45227

Even the press can have bad reading comprehension.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Randy Orton seriously injured for real from last night’s WWE “Over the Limit” ppv…

If you want some sad news, here it is. WWE Superstar, Randy Orton, was seriously injured from last night’s WWE “Over the Limit” ppv. I didn’t watch it, by the way. It was Randy Orton vs. Edge in a single’s match. The match was cut short (it wasn’t in the script), after the referee noticing that Randy was wincing in pain. It was then discovered that Randy dislocated one of his shoulders.

More on it here:

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2010/0523/528557/randy-orton/

You ask, how can wrestlers get injured when wrestling is fake? Yes, wrestling is fake…but not all of it. Wrestlers can get injured for real, but by accident. Anybody can get injured on all jobs, it’s the same with wrestling. Keep in mind that these wrestlers doing a lot of physical things, and even if you do a fake move…you could get a bad muscle strain or a pull or a superstar can get something worse. Randy Orton has a history with shoulder problems and if his shoulder keeps getting worse, his professional wrestling days could be over for good.

I’m not sure how badily injured Randy Orton is, and not sure how long he’ll be out of WWE. He might not be gone at all and might show up on RAW tonight. It’s a real injury so Randy Orton could be gone for a long time. Like him or hate him, Randy is one of the best performers in WWE. Great worker. He’s a great wrestler, excellent on the mic, has a good look, good physique, etc. He has it all. He has everything what a wrestler is supposed to be.

To those who don’t know, Randy Orton is the son of wrestling legend, Cowboy Bob Orton. Randy had always been one of my favorite superstars even when he is heel. If he’s going to be gone for a long time to heal up, the WWE would be crap without him.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Simon Monjack, Brittany Murphy’s husband found dead…

This is shocking news for a Monday. Simon Monjack was found dead. Honestly, he was a pretty shady guy. I never trusted him. Personally, I think it was his fault that Brittany Murphy died. Don’t want to jump to conclusions but in my opinion, I think Simon committed suicide. It’s either he felt bad to what he did to Brittany or he couldn’t live his life without her. Either way. Wouldn’t surprise me if Simon overdosed on drugs.

More on it here:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/24/brittany.murphy.husband.dead/?hpt=T2

Kev

Bret Michaels is Celebrity Apprentice…

It was no surprise to me that Bret Michaels was going to be the winner of this year’s “Celebrity Apprentice”. I think everyone knew it was going to happen since the very first episode. Yes, I watched this year’s season of “Celebrity Apprentice” as I did last year. I like the show. It’s interesting and very comical. I just watch it for laughs. The show is obviously scripted. I’m sure the winners are already planned out before the show goes on the air.

Kev

Healthy things to do in the summer to have a great time…

Are you someone who is trying to get out of drinking and looking for some fun things to do this summer that does not involve drinking alcohol? Yes, there are ways to have fun without drinking and partying. I don’t drink and don’t party at all anymore like I used to in my younger years. Why do people still think drinking is fun? Why do people think it’s still so cool? It’s not cool and it’s not fun. If you want some ideas on healthy things to do this summer to have a great time, here is a list that I can think of at the top of my head.

  • Go on a vacation – Go to Florida, California, or hell even the Bahamas and Hawaii if you can afford it. Going to the beaches to do some surfing,  swimming, deep sea fishing, sight seeing, whale or dolphin watching, etc. That stuff doesn’t involve alcohol.
  • Go to an amusement fun park – Sixx Flags, Disney World, go to a Zoo, etc. Although those parks may sell alcohol, I’m sure they sell ’em real expensive. No need to drink at those places anyways.
  • Go miniature golfing – this is one of my favorite things to do in the summer. Mini golfing is a blast.
  • Go on a nature hike – good cardio.
  • Play summer sports – get some friends together, play some football, baseball, softball, or even volleyball in your local park.
  • Go to the drive-in movie theaters – another one of my favorite things to do. As long as you eat healthy snacks, stay away from the fatty popcorn.
  • Go boating – Whether you’re in a canoe or on a speed boat, they can be so much fun as long as you don’t have a cooler full of beer.
  • Workout outside – You don’t always have to do workouts at your local fitness gym or at home. You can workout anywhere. If it’s nice and hot outside, bring your workout equipment outside if you have to, even a few dumb bells. Bring your workout equipment to your local park, pump some iron in public and impress people in front of them.
  • Go shopping – You may hate to spend money, but as long as you have it, why keep it? Spend a whole day shopping, whatever you want. You’ll feel great after you did it.
  • Visit musuems – Visiting musuems is another one of my favorite things to do. I love to go visit art musuems, history musuems, science musuems, etc. It’s really cool stuff.

You get the idea. People look at having fun that involves drinking all the time. It doesn’t have to be. The more you do alcohol free related activities, the more it’ll help get your mind of the booze. I’m so glad I got off the beer fast. I would hate to become an alcoholic like most people out there.

Kev

Getting the hang of Music Creator 5…

Today I was messing around with the MIDI music software, “Music Creator 5” by Cakewalk. Was trying to figure out why the instruments wasn’t sounding real enough. Now I figured it out and it’s all set. I had to setup the Cakewalk Sound Center for it. The Cakewalk Sound Center is what makes all the instruments sounds real. Yes, they sound very realistic, almost like a real band. The bass guitar sounds close enough to a real bass as you can get. As long as you know the notes, time signatures, tempos, etc. You’re all set for creating band backup for your original songs. It’s not a bad program but I could use something better sometime in the future. I’ll just use this program for now just to get started with MIDI. Can’t wait to start making full band rock songs here.

Kev

When venues burn down, what is the point of benefit shows? I’d say pointless…

There is a certain bar room that recently burnt down in the Capital District which the name of this bar shall be nameless. I’m sure you’ll know what one I’m reffering to. There has been too many benefit events and too many people showing support for this certain bar in Albany that went down in fire. I’m looking at all this and sitting here scratching my head, saying to myself, “Why all this over some dump in smallbany?”. Why is it that people feel the need to feel important over some craphole bar room in Smallbany? What’s with all these rock benefits local gigs in support of it? If you wonder why I haven’t written about any of this yet is simply because I don’t really care.

People’s homes and businesses burn down all the time all over the world. It happens. It’s part of life. Are these benefits shows in the Capital District area over burnt building a good cause? No. Not really. Isn’t that what insurance do when an accident happens to your business and isn’t it the employees responsibilities to go looking for new jobs?

I refuse to go to these Benefit events in support of this building. I refuse to tip in my money in support of it. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling it a scam or nothing like that and have nothing against this venue since I’ve never been there.

What I find ridiculous is that the Capital District needs to do benefits events for more important things than some bar going down in flames. Like, how about doing benefit shows for more serious stuff like doing benefit events for children with cancer or doing Benefit events for Haiti or for the Nashville flooding. Honestly, there is a local Greenwich child who has cancer and there is a few Benefit events coming up in Greenwich in support of that child. I would rather put my money towards a child with cancer than some craphole building.

Smallbany doesn’t care about serious things like that, when they would rather put money up for stupid little things that are not important in life. Typical Smallbany. Nothing different, nothing new. Don’t get me wrong, I do feel kind of bad that buildings and business go down on people, and it’s great that people want to help, but use a little common sense and get a reality check. All these benefits and people showing support of the bar is nothing but throwing the owner a bone. Yep, here some quick free cash for ya.

I understand it’s a popular bar and people respect it, I’m okay with it. What I’m saying is, there are more important things to worry about than that. All these benefits for that bar is just plain silly, in my opinion. Supporting children with cancer is making a difference for a good cause, not over some stupid building. That bar is no different than every other craphole little bar in your local town anyways.

Kev

Summer is just about here…to be summer ready…

I am feeling so fit that I just felt the need to do some summer clothes shopping. In the past, I always wore t-shirts in the summer. Now I’m probably going to start wearing wifebeater shirts and sleeveless shirts all summer long. Maybe I’ll even be shirtless more often outside this summer, not just being shirtless when swimming, I’m talking about being shirtless out in the public in town when jogging or whatever. Summer’s a great time for fitness people and it’s about time that it’s here.

I plan to start learning new workouts soon ’cause I don’t want to be doing the same ones. I’m always looking online and stuff for new workouts to do. Don’t want your body and muscles to be bored doing the same ones. One way to help get muscle gains is varying your workouts each week which is what I do. I would like to try the deadlift sometime and I’ll have someone teach me how to do it at the gym this summer. If I’m going to do more barbell stuff, I’m going need a spotter (someone to watch me). I can do dumb bell stuff with no spotter ’cause those are easy. I plan to change my program around a little bit this summer. Maybe do more barbells and learn some kettle bell stuff which is I don’t know how to do yet. I just want to try different things.

I hope to do more swimming this year ’cause swimming is a fantastic cardio and fat burning exercise. I was reccomended to take ‘Omega 3 – Fish Oil” supplement pills, that’s really cool stuff. It’s tasteless, but it’s very good for muscle gains and fat burning. It helps make you healthier inside and helps avoid depression as well. “Fish Oil” also helps prevent cancer too. So it’s one of the good supplements to take. I’d reccomend that stuff to you as well.

Kev

Thought: I believe in Lindsay Lohan…

Yes, as the title of this topic says. I believe in Lindsay Lohan. Why? She maybe the most hated celebrity in entertainment media today. She’s a target in the press and the tabloids. What makes me sick is that every move  Lindsay makes. Where ever she goes and whatever she does or says, it have to be huge media news. It’s like she’s being watched like a hawk by the entertainment media. She’s like a puppet pulling her strings by the media. The press and the tabloids report everything about her life because it’s good material for the public to speak out and to help promote their companies.

We all know that Lindsay Lohan loves to party. She parties hard. My opinion on this? So what? Who cares? She’s a young 23 year old. A lot of young people her age parties just as hard as her, maybe party even worse. I know a lot of people that parties hard just like her. What is wrong with it? Why does that make her evil that she wants to have fun? She’s in trouble with the law and fled to France to attend Cannes, yes. It’s a free country. She has a right to do that. She’s an adult. She’s not a baby. She can do whatever she wants to do. The media, law enforcement has no right to make decisions for her.

Like I said, there are young 20 year olds who are not famous that are just like her. Parties hard and gets in trouble. It’s a big deal with Lindsay because she’s big and famous. She may drink a lot, smoke weed and maybe do other drugs as well, but like I said, and will say it again, there are young people like her who are no different. When will Lindsay grow up, clean her act and stay out of trouble? That’s her decision. Not yours. If she wants to be a crazy party chick, that’s all cool with me. She’s just being herself and being who she wants to be.

When you reach the age of 35 or older, that’s the kind age when you look back and say to yourself, “What am I doing to myself, I need to get clean”. It’ll take time for Lindsay to get clean. It won’t happen right away. The only reason that the media and the tabloids are all over her, they love the fact that the celebrity women are turning out to be trainwrecks. It makes good press. How is that she is a trainwreck? I find her just a normal girl that just wants to have fun like all the others.

All this law enforcement stuff was all under control and force by her asshole father, Michael Lohan. It’s obvious he wants his own daughter arrested. Don’t want your kids turning out to be party animals? Then you need to raise them right and responsibly. Michael failed as a parent and a horrible parent. He’s the one who should feel ashamed of himself. Not Lindsay. Lindsay’s all cool in my book.

Kev