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.
movies

Report: “Beetlejuice” sequel in the works soon? Geena Davis kind of hints at it…

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Rumours of a “Beetlejuice” sequel is just starting to hit the web. Geena Davis, who stars in “Beetlejuice” along with Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin and Winona Ryder says she’s definitely down for starring in it if the sequel is greenlighted. Michael Keaton himself says he’s definitely game for starring in the sequel. Geena, plans to get in touch with Tim Burton to see if she can try and talk him into wanting to do the sequel to this movie.

More on it here:

http://www.moviehole.net/201024445-davis-talks-beetlejuice-2

I too am a huge fan of “Beetlejuice” film. I think it’s Keaton’s best role over Batman, in my opinion. It would be awesome if Keaton would reprise the role again. Michael Keaton needs to return to the mainstream of movies, because he hasn’t done a huge mainstream flick since ’98’s “Jack Frost”. Everything else he did after that were flops.

People would think Michael Keaton would be too old to be playing “Beetlejuice” again, but with today’s technology of Hollywood make-up, think how much better the Beetlejuice character would look like now than back in the 90’s. Plus it would be awesome if the original cast came back, including Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, and Jeffrey Jones. Used to watch “Beetlejuice” obsessively when I was a kid. Such an awesome movie.

Kev

Crazy stuff

Going to planet Mars won’t be easy…

I am noticing that many people online claim that going to Mars, to land there and explore the planet will be just as easy as going to the Earth’s moon. Wrong. You see, Mars is not the moon. I can go googling plenty of information on how difficult and dangerous it can be travelling to Mars.

This article here hit the nail on the head:

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/290768

It may be easy to travel to the Moon, but Mars is a totally different story.

From the article itself on how it would be difficult travelling to Mars:

1. Distances are extreme range for any possible backup to a Mars mission.

2. It’s a long trip, using rockets. A better drive would be required.

3. The resources required have to fit into the equivalent of a tin can, and move back and forth between orbits.

4. Survival systems for both the trip and landing have to be excellent, better than anything previous.

5. Navigation and landing can’t be taken for granted, either. Landing probes has been problematic in the past.

6. Micro dust which is all pervasive, and a probable threat to equipment.

7. It’s ultra expensive.

I mean think about it, do you think NASA can just blast a US Space Shuttle or a regular rocket and just travel to Mars that way? No. NASA would have to build a better space craft than that. Which would take years and lots of money to build an appropriate space craft that would be capable enough of going to Mars.

They would need a space craft that can protect them from radiation.

http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/2122/how-safe-is-travel-to-mars

If you read the article carefully there is something called GCR in space which is a supernova explosions that travel at the speed of light, it can also cause cancer through your body.

All of this will take years of investigation and research. You can’t just get in a rocket or a space shuttle and just go.

Also, it can even be very dangerous even if astronauts are walking around on Mars. If you look up Mars resource, there are volcanoes, not only that, Mars is known to having really strong dust storms. Think how that would be like if astronauts are walking around on Mars and suddenly a huge dust storm blows past them. After they’re done exploring Mars and ready to go home (if they can make it out alive), they also need to research a safe way exiting Mars. They might find a way to land on the planet, but leaving Mars might be a bit challenging.

What if the space craft gets broken down and it needs repairing. NASA won’t be able to travel to Mars to give them the equipment they need to fix the space craft. It could break down on their way into the planet before the landing. It could happen to the same when leaving.

Hey, don’t get me wrong. I want to see the first humans walking around Mars successfully as people would want that dream to happen, I think it would be fantastic. It would make world history, indeed. Just don’t expect this to happen right away. The Earth’s moon was successful ’cause it was easier and closer. Mars is a totally different thing. I just don’t think it’ll ever happen. People just need to quit living in their fantasy worlds and look at reality for once.

Kev

music

Reunited Soundgarden performs the Soundbox nightclub in Seattle…

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The reunited Seattle grunge band, Soundgarden, performed their first gig at the Soundbox nightclub in Seattle since getting back together. Listening to audio clips of the gig through Youtube, I’m absolutely fucking blown away. The band still HAS IT. That same tight energy they always had. Except, Soundgarden is meaner, stronger, and tighter than they ever were before. I think their tight energy comes from Matt Cameron’s impressive drumming skills. Cameron is a monster drummer just listen to him. I think Matt Cameron playing in Pearl Jam just made him a better drummer for Soundgarden, indeed.

When playing in a band, in my opinion, I think the drums is the most important instrument out of all instruments. If you want to be a tight and aggressive band, the drums do that for ya. It doesn’t matter how well you play guitar or bass, it’s the drums that makes all musicians play better.

Soundgarden is scheduled to play one gig so far, which is headlining Lollapalooza in Chicago. This isn’t the first time Soundgarden played Lollapalooza as the band played Perry Ferrell’s festival many times. I remember one year Lollapalooza was in Saratoga Springs at SPAC back in ’92 when RATM and Soundgarden were both the main headliners.

I really hope their Lollapalooza show in Chicago isn’t their only gig and hope Soundgarden sticks around for a full time tour, and hopefully new album. I think their Soundbox gig was just a test to see if they still have that popularity and if they can still play live. Yes, they still have both. How about that Matt Cameron? Their Lollapalooza gig is gonna be great. I’m glad they didn’t play, “Black Hole Sun” and played mostly their classics that fans want to hear! Chris’s vocals in these tracks are incredible. Just proves his solo career was a huge mistake.

Enjoy these amazing bootleg audio clips below.

Kev

movies

Cool Video: Rambo ranch…

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This video is so sweet, that I just had to post it. A film maker films a small documentary where he visits the film location, Rambo ranch, which is seen at the very end of 2008’s, “Rambo”. The film maker then walks through the same ranch that was seen in the movie. The film maker even interviews the owner of the ranch. He asked the owner questions on how Sylvester Stallone hired the owner to film the movie on, and all that.

Like Sylvester Stallone or not, he is a creative and talented film director. Sly tries his best to make his movies realistic.

Enjoy the video below.

Kev

UFC

How to do meet & greets with UFC stars…

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Have you always wanted to meet a UFC star in person and wanting to know how to do it so you won’t get into trouble? Well UFC fighter, Kurt Pellegrino, shares his experiences and gives you a lesson on how to meet UFC stars in person, for an autograph or a picture taken or whatever.

Read his blog here:

http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=80541

Very insightful read. Keep in mind though, that not ALL Ufc fighters are going to be the nicest people. A lot of them have different attitudes. Some UFC fighters can be great with their fans, and some can be downright pricks. Some fighters don’t even do autographs or pictures at all.

A lot of people may hate Brock Lesnar, but from the stories I’ve heard from people who has already met him in person, I’ve heard Lesnar is a really nice and down to earth guy. I hear he’s very good with his fans, loves meeting them and would sign anything that’s handed to him. I would like to meet Lesnar one day ’cause it would be a thrill to tell him how much he is an inspiration.

Kev

Local music

Dryer is officially reunited, FINALLY!!!!

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WOW! I am thrilled and excited that Bob Carlton’s Saratoga Springs local original band, Dryer, is finally back together!

See Metroland article here:

http://www.metroland.net/listen_here.html

Dryer’s myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/dryer

I’m glad the band is putting out a new record soon and planning to do more shows! I missed their Putnam Den show tonight, but I’ll see them next time they play the Saratoga area again.

I was a huge fan of Dryer back in the 90’s. I still have their CD “Out of the Loop” released in 1998. I’ll finally get my chance to see them live in person, so hopefully they’ll get more shows booked soon and I’m sure they plan on booking more.

I remember asking Bob once if a Dryer reunion will ever happen, he said it never would, well it happened. Congrats to the band!

Kev

music

Report: Surviving members of Type O’ Negative and family members of Peter Steele speak on the loss of a musician…

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The surviving members of Type O’ Negative: Josh Silver, Kenny Hickey, and Johnny Kelly eulogize the death of Peter Steele on the band’s official website. Peter’s family also pays his respects on the website. If you read the news carefully, Peter’s family exclusively announced that Peter Steele composed music for a movie titled, “Living the American Nightmare” soon to be released in theaters. So that’s an upcoming unreleased project of Peter’s work.

See more on it here:

http://www.typeonegative.net/index.php

Not sure if Type O’ made new music with Peter Steele before his death but the website doesn’t say. Maybe one last Type O’ album will come out too, who knows. We’ll have to wait and see.

Kev

Politics/war

BREAKING NEWS: Obama confirms mission to Mars…

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With even more shocking news, this time it’s in the world of politics and science. Today, Obama confirms NASA will be able to go to Mars.

More on it here:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/obama-details-revised-nasa-vision/

We all know who the first man to stop on Earth’s moon and that is no one other than Neil Armstrong. Who will be the first human being to step on Mars? The first human being stepping on Mars would make world history indeed but to be honest, I don’t want Nasa exploiting Mars at all. They should leave the planet well left alone. Obama wants peace with Americans? Well he should let Mars have peace too. If NASA exploits Mars, that would make ’em terrorists.

My question is if they are going to experiment human beings stepping foot on Mars, how are they going to make it out alive? You can’t just walk on planet Mars with just an astronaut suit, that’s gonna kill ya. Mars isn’t the moon. They need to discover what kind of things that are in Mars where a human can survive the planet. Like what kind of air the planet has or the planet has no air at all. They need to know how hot the planet is to step on and all that. Considering Mars is the fourth planet from the Solar System away from the Sun I would imagine it would be fucking HOT. Not just HOT as you feel in the summer time, but if any human steps on Mars without protection, you’d probably be fried into ashes very quickly.

An astronaut would probably need some sort of protection suit that is very cold in order to survive that planet. I’d be surprsied if the first person leaves Mars alive. I don’t think Nasa will ever find a way for a human to survive that planet. Even if they do find some protection that will make a human live on Mars, you just never know how dangerous Mars is to be walking around that planet. What if some giant alien comes out of the ground and swallows you. Aaaaahhh, that stuff is in the movies, but still though never know if there are creatures on that planet. There could be alien life forms living on Mars, you just never know.

I wish Nasa luck. They’re going to need a lot of it. Stepping foot on Mars won’t happen right away, it’ll take years of investigation.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

RIP: Peter Steele 1962 – 2010

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Today is a very sad day for the music industry, because it is official that Peter Steele, lead singer and bassist for the 90’s iconic metal band, Type O’ Negative has died of heart failure. When the reports first hit the internets this morning, it was at first looked at as a rumour. Now it is turning out to be true. When I was in high school, I used to listen to this band all the time. Used to buy their records. I don’t have their albums anymore, but I do have their greatest hits album, “The Least Worst Of”. They were known to bringing out a large number of radio hits that were constantly played on rock radio stations, with such hits as “My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend”, “Black No. 1”, “Christian Woman” and many more. They were also known for covering Black Sabbath songs and covering Neil Young’s “Cinnamon’s Girl”. Peter Steele is seen as a very tall man, well built,  had long black hair and had a very deep singing voice. RIP to a great musician and songwriter. Definitely no chance of a Type O’ Negative reunion now. There cannot be a Type O’ without Peter. Hopefully the band doesn’t replace him with a different singer and continue on. Peter Steele was 48 years old.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Just exactly how muscular I want to get???

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Some may ask, how big and strong do I want to get in fitness? Well, that’s what I don’t know yet, actually. Whatever I can do, I guess. I do want bigger arms, bigger chest, and bigger legs. I do want visible abs of course. I do have a vision in my head of what I want to look like. I’m probably gonna go for a Sly Stallone inspired look since he was the guy that got me interested in this in the first place. Probably no bigger than that. It’ll take me  years to get there but I’m doing the best I can. Taking my time and not rushing it.

I like to write about this fitness stuff in my blog here, ’cause I read in bodybuilding source that it’s important to keep some kind of journal either public or private. You’ll see other fitness people writing about their progress through online forums, blogs, etc. So I just do all that right here publicly.

I really need to post some recent pictures of me soon so I can show you all that I’m really doing this thing. I won’t post shirtless pics of me yet, but at least you’ll see how muscular my arms have gotten as of late. I want to post a pic or two of me flexing my arms so I can silence the “doubters” who think I’m lying and being delusional. I’ll need to post pics so I can avoid, “post pics or it didn’t happen”  replies coming in. I’ll post arm pics soon.

Kev