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.

Report: Miley Cyrus slams social networking sites…


Miley Cyrus, the Disney star, spoke out about social networking sites such as myspace/facebook/twitter/etc.  which those three sites seem to be taking over the world these days. She revealed that she is trying to stay away from the internet and become more social out in the real world. She says the internet can be pretty dangerous if you tell the whole world about your personal life and telling the world what you’re doing.


Read what she has to say about the internet here:


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jqbEA9JpcZcbHan0EoSwjx9KVttA


While some out there may hate what she says, I’m gonna have to side with her on this one and say she brings up some very valid points. Social networking sites can be very dangerous and people don’t even realize how evil it can be. Knowing from my own experiences.


In facebook, I see people in there talking about everything that goes on in their personal lives, even their marriages, children, family, etc. They rant about how much life sucks and all that. It’s not cool. There are women posting pictures of newborn babies in there which is also not cool. In my opinion, I think children and teen shouldn’t be allowed on the internet at all. If you wonder why young children and young women are disappearing possibly being kidnapped or murdered by pedophiles and predators, the internet can be part of why all of this is happening.


More reasons why the internet can be dangerous, if you’re open about your personal life, it could cost you your job, destroy your marriage, pretty much everything you have. If you cyberbully other people online, and if they meet you in person, you could get into a heated confrontation, possibly a huge fight or something worse.


I used to talk about stuff that goes on in my life in the past, but now I just use the internet for entertainment news only if you noticed. I don’t even talk about myself in my facebook page that much. I use it to do my usual thing talk about movies, music, wrestling, video games, etc. The internet maybe a cool tool to come on here and be open about yourself, but the reality is, it’s not a cool thing. These days I vow to keep my personal life out of everything and it works beautifully. I’m doing my best to spend less time off the internet too if you noticed. Now that I found fitness as a passion, playing more guitar and video games.


Honestly though, there are too many whacked and crazy people all over the place in social networking sites that I try to stay out of things. Too much negativity and drama, not my thing anymore. Great on Miley for saying something real for once. She gets my kudos this time!


Kev

Report: Donald Trump coming to Albany & Schenectady later this month????

Through March 21 – 23, the Trump University is coming to Albany & Schenectady, New York to host a Real Estate Investing Workshop meeting to teach you how to get rich like, Donald Trump. The classes are absolutely FREE. All you need to do is go to the website and register for a reservation.

The website fails to say if Donald Trump himself, will be here in person, but who knows. Maybe he will actually be here to give a speech and maybe do a Meet & Greet with fans after? That be cool if Trump himself came out here.

See more on this here:

http://www.trumpurealestate.com/market-albany.html?cid=733570

Kev

Report: “Welcome to the Rileys” get bought by Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group…

An indie film, titled, “Welcome to the Rileys” which stars James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart may soon be heading to theaters. This film was shown publicly once at “Sundance Festival”, so expect a worldwide release of this film. A release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but they are hoping to release this film sometime in the Fall. I kind of predicted that this film will get a major deal soon since Kristen Stewart is “Twilight” famed.

More on it here:

http://www.deadline.com/print-post/?posttoprint=28221&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=750

There are rumours that Kristen has nude scenes in it. If it’s true, that she shows off her boobs it’ll probably be on screen for like a few seconds. Not sure if she has too many nude scenes or none at all.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to the film ’cause James Gandolfini just fuckin’ rules. I loved him in the Sopranos show, ’cause that was one of my favorite TV shows. Used to watch “The Sopranos” all the time.

Kev

Why this blog is slowing down with posts…

…the answer is quite simple, folks. Video gaming, video gaming, video gaming. I’ve been doing a lot more of that recently instead of hanging on the computer. I’ve bought quite a few games from the past several weeks that I never got around to playing yet. I’m still playing the first “God of War” game. I beat the game in easy mode, but I’m playing the game all over again in “God Mode” (which is extremely hard). Well, not extremely hard for me, ’cause playing it “God Mode” is still kind of easy. I’m toward the end of the game already. After I beat this game, I will move on to “God of War II”. After I complete, “God of War II”, I will move on to “God of War III” which comes out later this week on Tuesday.

After I complete the God of War series, I will move on to “Bioshock 2” and then “Heavy Rain”. “God of War III” will be the last video game I will be buying for a long while ’cause I have to catch up on the ones I haven’t played yet. I know, I buy quite a few games every now and then. Why? Because I feel it’s good to buy all the new games you want right away and then play ’em later, one at a time ’cause what if they sell out and you can’t get anymore, you know?

Yes, I still workout and do fitness, also play my guitar in between. I should be playing more guitar, but I find myself video gaming instead for some reason. I don’t watch too much TV, so I consider video gaming my TV entertainment.

I’ll be going back to the gym later this week, maybe even tomorrow.

Kev

Varg Vikernes of Burzum interviewed for Guitar World…

So I got this month’s Guitar World magazine with Jimi Hendrix on the cover. I read some of it over the weekend. In the magazine, had an interview with a guy that kind of caught my attention. His name is Varg Vikernes, the frontman for his band, Burzum. It’s a black metal band. While I am a fan of heavy music, I never listened to black metal before. If you want some really scary shit in the metal industry, forget Ozzy Osbourne and Marilyn Manson, check out this guy, Varg Vikernes. Varg is a musician from Norway. He was just released from prison after a 15 year sentence for the murder of Euronymous of another death metal band called, Mayhem. Varg was originally sentenced for 21 years for murder and burning down several churches but he was released early for parole.

Now he’s out, and had an interview with Guitar World magazine. He’s made several albums under the Burzum name. He doesn’t have an actual band, he’s a one man band, actually. Played all instruments himself. He’s made two albums while in prison. While he’s not allowed any instruments in prison, he was allowed to have a synthesizer so he recorded two albums in prison. He’s got a new album out, but he made that one in a studio.

I was curious to hear Burzum music, so I went looking for tracks in youtube, and they are interesting. Varg Vikernes was a pretty controversial figure in the Black Metal industry. Expect him to be a little more well known now that Guitar World got him.

Listen to a Burzum track here, which I actually kind of like. Interesting sound and unique.

Kev

The Iaz thinks he’s gonna get big with music in Pittsburgh…

From his self Q&A session:

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=61560782&blogId=530830873

Question 4 – Your new music what can the fans expect?  Well you have to select the right song to get people ready at the starting line. Especially the new fans I would love to see people in “Pittsburgh” be impacted by the new songs as well as the older tracks.

Not trying to be negative, but I predict the Pittsburgh music scene will be difficult on him. I think he will have a hard time getting gigs booked and getting those “new fans”. It’s gonna be no different than Albany.

Just because you move to a different state, doesn’t mean music will definitely be better for you. I’ve known musicians that moved out of state from here to go to California or Nashville to further their career. They discovered it was no different than Albany, and now they moved back here. The Iaz will realize that soon enough.

Again, I wish him luck on trying to get his first gig in Pittsburgh. If he gets rejected, he’ll probably be on his blog whining about it, sure. Iaz got a few gigs in Albany here ’cause Albany knew him. Pittsburgh isn’t Albany and they might treat him a little differently.

Kev

Cool Video: Sean Penn kicks out Yeas and Nays reporter from the Washington Hebrew Congregation…

Sean Penn recently attended the Washington Hebrew Congregation, which is a meeting, to do his usual humanitarium work for Haiti. At the meeting, the news media was allowed to be in there to ask a question for each actor that attended the meeting. A political website named, Yeas and Nays which is owned by two young women, I believe, were in there. One of them, went up to Sean Penn and asked him his thoughts, on his “die of rectal cancer to critics”. Sean doesn’t really say much but sat there with a smile on his face. It wasn’t a friendly smile, it definitely was an evil smile. I couldn’t really make out what he said, ’cause he talked quietly and quickly, but I did hear him say, “you are investing in a culture that I’m not interested in, so why don’t you please go away”, with a smile on his face that whole time he said it.

I know Sean Penn is getting a negative backlash for this. People think Sean Penn is an asshole, but I don’t see it. How is he being an asshole? I personally think he’s doing the right thing telling the critics and news media to piss off. He has always been known to get into fights with paps and the news media, all the time. Why? Get the clue, he hates the entertainment pop culture just like all of us.

He may have reacted in a harsh and mean tone, yes, but if he was polite, they wouldn’t leave him alone. The woman that asked him those questions was a bitch. So she deserved the smackdown by Penn. I think we can understand that Sean Penn doesn’t care about fame at all. He’s into this for making movies and being a political activist.

Sean doesn’t give interviews on TV much, the only time he will do an interview if it’s something serious like Haiti or something or if he’s out there, promoting a film. What Sean is doing for Haiti is great. I respect him for that. Why hate on Sean Penn? He saved people’s lives during Hurricane Katrina, helped defended gay rights for all, etc. What’s the problem? Sean saves people’s lives during natural disasters while other people don’t do anything. People hating on the guy proves that the guy is a world hero.

Kev

Report: Robert Pattinson to launch music career, plans to release an album…

Many people probably didn’t know this but “Twilight” actor, Robert Pattinson is not just an actor, he is also a musician. He plays both guitar, piano and sings. He never had a career in music. According to internet web sources, Robert Pattinson has been spotted playing open mics and gigs in the UK. Pattinson finally revealed he wants to break into the music business and release an album.

More on it here:

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/50200

Well, after all the fame and popularity with “Twilight”, you know the major record labels will indeed be interested in, Robert Pattinson. Not too worry Robert, I think you can do both movies and music easily with no problem. Just ask Rob Zombie, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Harry Connick Jr.and Madonna who have done both.

Listen to Robert perform live in the video clips below. He actually sounds good.

Kev

Report: Billy Corgan thinks John Mayer is destroying his career…

Billy Corgan speaks out saying that he thinks, “John Mayer is destroying his own career”. Just by saying a bunch of stupid shit in Playboy, creating a public backlash and being a “celebrity” isntead of an actual “musician”, is what’s killing his career. Billy has nothing negative against John Mayer ’cause Billy says John is very talented musically, he says it’s hard to watch a talented musician burn their career to the ground. Billy says he knows from his own experience as he almost came close to burning the Smashing Pumpkins to the ground at one point.

More on it here:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/03/corgan-mayer-trying-to-destroy-his-career/1

I’m siding with Billy as always. He brings up a valid point. Honestly though, I think Billy is just trying to defend his friend, Jessica Simpson. Be honest, Billy, you’re totally in love with that woman. He just haven’t admitted to it in public yet.

Kev

Report: Tarantino wants to go romantic…

Look like Quentin Tarantino is finally tired of doing action comedy “Pulp Fiction” like movies and wants to try something different for a change. Tarantino revealed he wants to try writing and directing, a romantic comedy. He plans to work on that next now that he’s done with, “Inglourious Basterds”.

Glad Tarantino is making a full time comeback to Hollywood. Before “Inglourious Basterds”, he took a hiatus from Hollywood to concentrate writing the script for that film. Now that he’s finally back, expect a lot more Quentin Tarantino movies up ahead.

Since he’s doing a romantic comedy, expect a lot of foot fetish scenes. Also, expect a role for Uma Thurman too. Maybe John Travolta will get in on this film ’cause Travolta has a lot of comedy film experience. John Travolta and Uma Thurman to team up again? Wouldn’t surprise me if that’s what Tarantino is going for. Tarantino is a pretty sexual guy when it comes to writing his scripts. Maybe he’ll have female nudity this time around. Definitely a lot of swearing and cussing like every Tarantino film has.

I think he’s going for a fanbase for the ladies. A Tarantino chick flick this time? Sounds like he needs John Travolta for this one. If John Travolta agrees to return to acting again, I’d like to see him reteam wtih Tarantino.

http://www.fox23news.com/entertainment/story/Tarantino-willing-to-make-romantic-comedy/riz1c8Dr2UWZCrlBmog-GA.cspx

Kev