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: Peter Steele 1962 – 2010

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

Just exactly how muscular I want to get???

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

Report: Eminem announces “Recovery” for June 22nd…

Well, Eminem changed the album title from “Relapse 2” to “Recovery”. Which “Recovery” will be hitting record stores June 22nd. Eminem announced the news on his twitter page.

More on it here:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/04/14/eminem-recovery/

I don’t like a lot of rap but there’s a few rap artists that I do enjoy listening to, and Eminem is one rap artist that I’m a huge fan of. I really enjoyed “Relapse”, I thought it was an incredible album and it was different. I’m looking forward to “Recovery” which I will probably get for my Ipod.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Steven Seagal’s “Lawman” suspended…

Things aren’t looking good for action star, Steven Seagal, as his legal trouble seems to be getting worse. The A&E reality show, “Lawman” has been suspended.

TMZ reports:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/14/steven-seagal-lawman-suspended-lawsuit-sex-case-kayden-nguyen/

Like I said, don’t be surprised if what Steven did to that young model is true ’cause if you read about Steven’s past, he had quite a history and a lot of soap opera with one of his wives, Kelly LaBrock. Steven is quite the womanizer and could be a possible sex addict like Tiger and Jesse.

Kev

Report: Ringo Starr tells the Vatican to shut the hell up!!!

The Vatican accused the Beatles of being satanic or in other words, devil worshippers. The Vatican may have felt bad and apologized to the Beatles for it, well look like their apology from the Beatles is not accepted, because Ringo Starr just told them that they have other things to talk about than the Beatltes.  In short, it’s just a polite way of telling them to shut the hell up.

More on it here:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/04/12/ringo.starr.vatican.beatles/?hpt=Mid

This is why Ringo is the man!!! HELL YEAH!

His new album “Y Not” is great stuff by the way.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Eubanks leaving Jay Leno for good…

Just not too long ago, it was announced that Kevin Eubanks have planned to leave the Jay Leno show, but wasn’t sure if he was going to leave for a hiatus or if it will be for good. Well, Kevin himself announced on “The Tonight Show”, saying straight to Jay’s face that he’s definitely leaving for good for a full time music career.

More on it here:

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/04/12/kevin-eubanks-confirms-hes-leaving-jay-lenos-side/

Eh? Don’t worry folks. Kevin WILL be back on “The Tonight Show” as a musical guest to perform a song off his upcoming album when he puts one out. He won’t be back on with the “Tonight Show” band, but maybe with Kevin’s new band that he will probably form in the future. You betcha that will be the first place Kevin will go to plug in his upcoming album whenever he does one.

He is a talented guitar player and he does deserve better than the Jay Leno show. Looking forward to seeing what he has planned for his music career.

Kev

Finally started “God of War III”…

Well, after completing “God of War II” a few days ago, I finally started, “God of War III” yesterday. I have been playing a lot of GOW III and already getting pretty far in the game. I’ll tell you right now, that this game is pretty badass. SICK!!! I’ll give GOW III a brief review early. The graphics are ten times better than the first two. The camera angles has improved. You can do a lot more moves and have more weapons. The blood and gore is nastier than the first two. You’ll see Kratos dismembering bodyparts by tearing them off with his barehands. Well he does the same thing in the first two games but you don’t see it very well ‘caause of the camera angles. In GOW III, you can see enemies getting killed up close. It’s just an insane game. Great storyline too. Great characters. This game is such a blast.

Kev

Report: Tiger Woods, Jesse James and who’s next? Add Steven Seagal to the cheaters list…

Former action star and TV reality star of “Lawman”, Steven Seagal, has been slapped a lawsuit by a young model accusing him of hiring her as a sex toy. She replied to an ad in craigslist to apply for a position as executive assistant for his production company, Steamroller Productions.  She then claims it was to be used as a sex slave 24/7 for his sexual needs.

More on it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/04/13/2010-04-13_kayden_nguyen_sues_action_star_steven_seagal_for_sexual_assault_employing_her_as.html

Don’t be surprised if Steven himself would come out to the public and confess it could be true. If you knew Steven’s history with women, he’s no stranger to cheating as he has done this a few times in the past. Cheat on his earlier wives. Is he cheating again? Steven Seagal is a married man.

Or this Kayden Nguyen chick, could be some crazy whackjob out for attention off a famous actor? Maybe she could be making it up, just to make him look bad. Who knows.

I’m sure Steven himself would speak to the media about this soon enough. Maybe he will confess to it or maybe deny it.

Kev

Studying nutrition…

These days I’ve became more strict on nutrition. Been watching what I eat. Gave up on drinking soda and anything with “high fructose corn syrup”. Becoming more strict on what I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinners and snack meals. Trying to do the six meals a day routine. I read about health & nutrition through “Muscle and Fitness” magazine and online resources. Yep, I pretty much gave up eating junk food…but not completely though, I still like to have a few cheats on the weekends. For a snack at night during the week, I’ll eat fruits (like bannannas, apples, etc.), I’ve recently discovered Greek yogurt which is very high in protein and has 0 fat.

People don’t seem to think that when you eat random things, food doesn’t affect your body. Well, yes, everything in food does affect your body. Which is why we have so many overweight and obesed people all over the USA. Becoming fat happens for one reason. Horrible nutrition. It’s really that simple. You can’t eat junk food and do bodybuilding at the same time, that’s never gonna help lose weight or get you ripped.

You have to get strict on your eating habits if you want to build muscle and get the body of your dreams. Nutrition is “key” to getting ripped. Before I pick up an item at the store, I find myself looking at the Nutritional Label first. If it ain’t healthy, back on the shelf it goes. If it’s high in protein and not too fatty, in the shopping cart it goes. Learning nutrition is fun. I’m enjoying it. The more you get into it, the more you get addicted to eating right and it’ll make you want to stay that way. Soon I will buy myself a small cooler to bring my own healthy meals to work ’cause sometimes they offer me meals that is not too healthy. If people offer me food that is not good, I refuse to take it.

Eating a few cheat meals (junk food) on the weekends is still okay ’cause it’s still important to put calories and carbs on ya to get bigger.

This is the only way to get that six pack abs. Must get rid of all bodyfat that is covering it. Doing crunches, eating right and cardio. It’s really simple.

Kev