Here it is. the Olympic official website has the video up. Lindsey Vonn’s amazing downhill ski run which scored her a gold medal. I can’t stop watching this video. Lindsey is the best skiier alive. Holy shit.
Must download and install the Silverlight player in order to see it:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=04fb8dfd-11ac-413d-88ad-efb130f93ebd.html
Kev
A lot of you may not know this but yes, I’ve been watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, a lot on TV. I’ve been watching the Olympic games every night and it’s amazing stuff. Lots of history making. Everything from Shaun White, Johnny Weir and now Lindsey Vonn.
Lindsey Vonn makes Olympic history today by winning a gold medal for downhill skiing. I saw her on TV and she was incredible. Flew down the hill really fast without falling this time. She suffered a major crash in 2009 and earlier this year, she admitted to having an injury of her shin.
Today is history making in the Olympics. Shaun White is all over media news for a reason that’s ’cause he’s an amazing snowboarder. Lindsey Vonn caught my attention more. She blew my mind watching her downhill ski run. I’m hoping to get the video of her downhill ski run to post here in the blog.
Kev
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are re-teaming for Hollywood again after all these years. Warner Bros. is in negotiations with the two stars for a first look producing deal. For now, Ben and Matt will only be producing. No word if they’ll star in together or write a film together as they did for “Good Will Hunting”, but who knows. Maybe they will star/write a film together for Warner Bros. I hope so, ’cause I really liked, “Good Will Hunting” a lot!
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015392.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Kev
Sir Paul spoke out on the legendary, Abbey Road studios being sold by EMI records. Paul wants the studio to be the same and be right there where it is, so he is doing what ever it takes to save it. Paul says he will talk to a few people who worked for the studo to try and save it.
More on it here:
http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/49799#comments
Well, Sir Paul. You are a very rich man. Why don’t you buy it?
Kev
Guitarist and longtime leader of “The Tonight Show” band, Kevin Eubanks, is finally leaving the show. Sources claim he’s leaving part time but there’s a possibility that he could quit the show for good. It’s looking like he wants a full time music career, maybe record an album and go on tour for it.
More on it here:
Come on, Kev, be honest. You’re mad at Jay for screwing Coco too!
Kev
Sharona Alperin, the woman which Doug Fieger wrote a song about her titled, “My Sharona” for the Knack speaks out on his death. Doug was inspired to write the song for her when he first met her when they were teenagers. He fell in love with her and had a huge crush, which made him write a song about her. The song obviously became a memorable hit and still being played on the radio to this day. I can understand how Doug would fall in love with a woman like that ’cause she’s got quite the rack there with this photo.
http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/02/15/doug-fieger-knack-sharon/
Kev
Rapper Jay-Z spoke out his thoughts on the Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Quincy Jones remake of “We Are the World 25th”. He says the original is untouchable and should have never been remade. He compares it to Michael Jackson’s other hit, “Thriller”. What he’s saying there is, “We Are the World” is like an anthem for Michael Jackson, kind of like, “Thriller”. Jay-Z also says it would have been better if they wrote an original song for Haiti instead of remaking a Michael Jackson tune.
More on it here:
I’m no fan of Jay-Z’s music but I’ll have to say, he has a point. I agree with him. I was honestly disgusted when they decided to remake it. It was obvious that Lionel wanted to give celebrities and other music stars an opportunity to sing on a Michael Jackson tune. The remake sucks hard and I’ll always stand by it. Even Jay-Z knows it sucks.
Kev
I’ve never listened to the iconic metal band, Slayer before. After reading online posts from the metal community and reading a lot of articles about Slayer through Guitar World mag, I was curious to hear their latest album, “World Painted Blood”. I downloaded, “World Painted Blood” album from Itunes. To my surprise I couldn’t stop listening to it all weekend. It’s, indeed, some of the best metal I ever heard. Very good songwriting and good musicianship. The guitar playing on the disc is a powerhouse and the vocals were fun. It makes me want to hear Slayer’s older music.
Some of you may not see it, but yes, I am a metal fan. I like to listen to the genre. You may not see me with long hair, tattoos, pierces, ripped up clothes and wearing old jackets, but I don’t need to look “metal” just listen to it.
I was really impressed with “World Painted Blood”. I have always been a fan of heavy music since I was a kid. I don’t think I’ll ever play this genre myself in a band, but I just listen to metal for fun. It’s inspiring music. Other than Megadeth, Metallica, The Sword, Lamb of God, you can now add Slayer to that list of my favorite metal bands. I’m hoping to see the “American Carnage Tour” concert with Slayer, Megadeth and Testament at the Civic Center in Glens Falls in Aug, plan to order tickets soon.
Kev
Sly and actor Mark Wahlberg had lunch together in Beverly Hills. Mark brought along his son so he can hang out with Sly too. Sly showed off one of his hot new cars to Mark and his kid before entering the restaurant. Is this the reason that Sly and Mark are spending time together ’cause they are planning a film? Marky Mark to co-star in Rambo V? Or a different movie they are planning?
http://mavrixonline.com/index.php/2010/01/31/sylvester-stallone-shows-off-to-mark-wahlberg/
Kev
Now keep in mind, even if I bought my first electric guitar, the Ibanez ArtCore Hollow Body, I plan to buy more electric guitars in the future, so I can have different sounds. A lot of guitarists out there do have a guitar collection, just to have a variety of sounds. I’m thinking of buying like, one guitar a year or something. Don’t know. This won’t be the only guitar I’ll be owning in the future.
I vow to get better at this instrument and become a little more profesional. I won’t go for guitar lessons with a profesional teacher, I’m still gonna teach myself. Get back into studying guitar instructional material. I’ve started learning new scales and getting back into learning how to improvise better. I’ve recently learned the major blues scale, the five patterns up and down the neck. I just want to learn other scales besides playing the same old minor pentatonic scale. I want to get better at this instrument so I can be able to do like 10 or 20 minute jam improvs. I want to play solos like all the guitar heros I looked after. I will still sing and write songs, yes, and will play lead solos all at the same time. Kind of like what Dave Mustaine and Eric Clapton does.
I’ve been spending most of my time on electric now and it’s feeling really awesome!
Kev
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