“Deadliest Catch” TV reality star, Capt. Phil Harris has passed away. I never watched the show, but respects to a TV icon, a legendary crab fisherman.
Kev
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Thought: Do you want to be a musician or do you want your web presence to be known?
The internet can be a good tool for your music but if you’re going to promote yourself on your own, you have to be careful on how you do it. I know from experience, learning my own mistakes using the web. If you want to be known as a music artist. John Mayer is going through those same experiences so him and I can relate to this somehow. In the past, when I tried to be well known as a music artist, I used to have my own official site. Promoted my music the best I can, and I used to blog personal things at the same time. If you’re going to blog your personal thoughts for the public to see, you’ll have to be careful what you say. Or you’ll get a big negative backlash which happened to me a few times before. Whether you’re writing on the web or talking to interviews for magazines, radio, newspapers, etc. You have to be careful what you say where ever you go. You say something wrong and offensive, everyone will talk about it.
I know a lot of musicians out there like to blog personal things in their myspace accounts and facebook. In my opinion, it’s a bad idea. If you want to be known as a music artist, you have to concentrate on your music and only that. Nothing else. Only work on getting your music out there and that’s it. It’s the only way to be known as a music artist.
Don’t get yourself caught up in the world of gossip, negativity and drama. If you respond to it all, your music career is heading down the wrong path. John is screwing his music career for this very reason. He’s known as a gossip celebrity and his web presence is more known than his music ’cause he keeps getting caught up in this gossip shit. If you want to be a successful musician or band, you can’t get caught up in this stuff. I know from experience. I’ll admit it.
The Albany craigslist section in the Musicians forum, I’m not naming names, but there are the same several guys trying to defend themselves and defend their talent ’cause they are being bashed on by critics. If your music is being criticized by people, don’t respond to it all. You won’t become successful that way. You’re getting yourself caught up in drama and gossip by doing just that.
Whenever I form a band and start getting serious with music again, I’ll definitely quit my entertainment blogging. I’ll bring my official site back, make a myspace music account and create a facebook music page and will only concentrate on promoting myself as a music artist. If your mission is to get your music heard, you have to concentrate on that only.
You’re a music artist and like to rant about things online. If you create online controversy, you could lose a lot of fans. Something to think about. Some musicians will think, “controversy” is cool, but the reality is, it isn’t. If you’re willing to be honest and open minded about everything and everything online, your web presence will be well known instead of your music. I know from that mistake. Unsigned musicians around the world may want to consider my advice if you dont’ want to end up like John Mayer. John Mayer had the potential to be a successful musician but he’s killing his career fast.
Kev
Sorry, John Mayer but apologies for being a racist homo pig don’t work…
John Mayer may have apologized on twitter for being a flat out disgusting racist gay moron, but it doesn’t change anything. There is nothing wrong with white men not having a sexual attraction with black women, but if you’re going to be open and honest about it, try not to sound like a racist. It is not you, it is how you say it. It doesn’t make a white man racist for not having sexual attraction with black women however, it does make you racist when you use the “N” word, and when you say offensive things like your dick is a white supremacist.
Then he goes on to talk about Jessica Simpson’s personal life and goes on to rant about his boyfriend, Perez Hilton.
John is no stranger to controversy in the gossip world as he done things like this before, but this time he crosses the line. If John ever comes out of the closet someday which he probably will, that will probably be all over the news for months and months as well. Perez is all over John on his site. I can understand it ’cause John probably went to the club on New Year’s Eve to kiss Perez for publicity, as a ploy to get Perez going on his site. John claims he hates Perez, but I don’t buy it, since he admits he looks at his site and just did a make out session with him.
I was never a fan of John’s music, but I’ll admit that he is a killer guitar player, he’s an excellent guitarist. If John wants to be known as a music artist, he’s going to be known as a gossip celebrity forever if he don’t knock it off.
I mean, when I get back to making music and get myself a band one day, I’m probably gonna quit my entertainment blogging to focus on getting known as a music artist. If you’re a musician or a band, you got to be careful on how you promote yourself. More on that some other time.
Kev
Report: The Rock confirms return to WWE…
Wrestling fans! The People’s Champ is coming back! Yes, the most electrifying man in sports entertainment, The Rock is finally coming back to WWE. Several years back, the Rock left WWE for a full time movie career. Ever since he’s been gone, fans has been calling him back to the ring, but Dwayne Johnson vowed to concentrate on his movie career instead of wrestling. As time went along, wrestling fans continued to beg Dwayne to make another return to WWE.
As a way to make fans happy, Dwayne occasionally made small cameo appearances as the Rock on RAW shows, not in person but on the titantron screen. Soon we’ll finally get to see the Rock himself in person on RAW this summer. The bad news is, that Dwayne has no intention to wrestle a match again. He will only perform. Instead of coming back as a wrestler, The Rock will be a permanent RAW guest host for the entire summer. That’s his plan with WWE. The Rock was originally booked to be a RAW guest host for one episode last January but he pulled out due to a strict schedule for his movie career.
When the Rock returns this summer, I see a huge feud with John Cena. Dwayne claims he won’t wrestle, but ya never know. Never say never with WWE. I think Dwayne will wrestle one final match, it might be his way of keeping things secret and not giving out any surprises. Bret the Hitman Hart said the same exact thing for his WWE return. Bret Hart claimed he won’t wrestle a match ever again, and now he agreed to wrestle Vince McMahon for Wrestlemania. So yeah, anything is possible.
More on it here:
http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20100209/the-rock-plans-wwe-return/
Kev
Lunic’s performance at Valentine’s…a little off???
The Albany based local band, Lunic, posted their recent performance at Valentine’s. I must be a little honest that I think their performance here was a little off. I’ve been enjoying their last several performances when they had Randy McKinley as their bass player but noticing that he’s not in this gig and Lunic is playing without a bass player. Maybe that’s why this performance is not as energetic as they used to be? In my opinion, the cello doesn’t work and they need to get rid of the cello. I thought Randy was a perfect fit for the band and he gave the band what they exactly needed so my advice to the band, get Randy back. That band is missing out a great bassist that could help them get to the next level that they want. I’m kind of dissapointed in this performance. An electric guitar based band, sounds like shit without a bass player. Electric guitar and cello doesn’t work.
I still respect the band but this is just a bit of honest criticism. Katiee’s vocals aren’t that great in this performance as it sounded like she was losing it in certain places here and there. If they’re gonna have a cello in an electric guitar based band, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to hear that annoying thing live. The cello IS cool, I love the instrument but it only works with acoustic instruments. No offense to Lunic or their fans, I’m just being real with music and I’m not afraid to do that.
Kev
BREAKING NEWS: Tom Cruise officially signs on to MI: 4!!!!!
Tom Cruise has officially signed on to the next installment of the Mission Impossible series. If the trailer is good enough to make me want to go out and see it, maybe. I like Tom Cruise as an actor, I wasn’t a big fan of the MI series.
More on it here:
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/its-a-deal-tom-cruise-in-mi4-for-paramount/
Kev
Thought: RAW is getting so much better!
Last night’s RAW was a really good episode! I actually thought the show was really well written and the wrestlers performed great! The matches are actually getting better too! Probably because the return of Bret Hart and Wrestlemania is up ahead is making it better. RAW usually gets better around Wrestlemania time.
The guest host for last night’s RAW was iconic NASCAR driver, Carl Edwards. I was expecting him to be a boring host. He actually did a good job. I liked him hosting last night. WWE actually had Carl on the show pretty much throughout the episode.
The storyline with Shawn Michaels HBK wanting to fight the Undertaker at Wrestlemania is really good stuff. Shawn keeps losing Wrestlemania opportunitties, now he lost the Unified tag belts with Triple H. So in a storyline, Shawn stormed off the set and said his career is over. He’s not really retiring I don’t believe, it’s just a storyline thing, possibly to set HBK up with a certain match at Wrestlemania.
Bret Hart was on RAW again last night. He appeared at the very end of the show attacking Vince McMahon from behind after Vince pulling a speech that he said, “Yes” he will wrestle Bret Hart at Wrestlemania for a match. After Vince left the ring with security gaurds, Bret started wrecking everything around the RAW sets. Tearing down the announcer table in a rage and walking back up by the ramp, knocking down speaker equipment with sparks flying in the air. When Bret knocked down a piece of equipment off a table, the thing hit his leg and he almost fell to the ground. That part wasn’t part of a storyline. It was a mistake and accident. Not sure how good of a wrestler he is after seeing that.
I’m getting excited for Wrestlemania. Next WWE PPV is the “Elimination Chamber” ppv, the one before Wrestlemania. Not sure if I’ll watch it or not, but I’m definitely watching “Wrestlemania” this year like I do every year.
Vince vs. Bret sounds exciting. I’m looking forward to seeing Bret in action again. I’m pretty sure Vince won’t be alone at Wrestlemania as he will probably get some help from his heel wrestler buddies such as Dave Batista or maybe even Shane McMahon will do a run in.
See the end of last night’s RAW in the video below and notice Bret almost hurt himself as he’s knocking down equipment on the RAW set.
Kev
Thought: Celebrities helping out Haiti…a good thing or a bad thing?
So John Travolta, Wyclef Jean, Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie, etc. helping out Haiti, is this a good thing or a bad thing? My answer may shock people. It might create controversy. Hell, a lot of you may even agree with my answer totally! The internet keeps thinking that this is inspirational and something good that the celebs do in helping out for a good cause. So what do I think? I think celebs helping out Haiti is….a bad thing.
Here is why:
Celebs are loaded and they are doing it for more publicity, as a way to keep their name in the media spotlight. The rich and famous helping out Haiti is disrespectful to the people over there. Do you know what’s that saying to the people in Haiti? Since Haiti is known as a poor country, it isn’t fair to them that the USA has more money than them. I’m not saying that the USA shouldn’t help Haiti, we really should, but I think celebs should be banned from it. The Hope For Haiti telethon with George Clooney, and all them musical performers were a complete joke. Us Americans don’t need celebrities to try and talk us into donating.
I think celebs helping out Haiti is actually disgraceful. Let us, the people help out Haiti our own ways.
Kev
Report: 24 is coming to the big screen, Jack Bauer ready to kick your ass!!
This is big news for fans of the hit TV show, “24” starring Kiefer Sutherland. “24” is finally coming to the big screen! Is this the studios way of competing with Jason Bourne and James Bond? Seems like it. If legendary TV shows like “Star Trek”, “Sex and the City”, and “X-Files” can successfully come to the big screen, why not, “24”?
I wasn’t that big of a fan of the show but I do like it and did watch it sometimes. I’ll see the film when it hits theaters, sure. With “24” being an action packed TV show, I’m pretty sure they have plans to make the movie version ten times more violent. So be ready for a big action packed movie, folks!
It’s awesome that Kiefer is finally coming back to the big screen in a huge way ’cause he hasn’t had a huge franchise since the two Young Guns movies.
More on it here:
http://www.cinemaspy.com/article.php?id=3987
Kev
Report: Warner Bros. hires Christopher Nolan to mentor new Superman movie!!!
Warner Bros. studios has finally decided to move forward with the new “Superman” movie. As reported in the past, WB’s studios is at war with the Jerome Siegel heirs trying to own full copyright of the Superman character. The Siegel’s was awarded half of the copyrighted material of the Superman works, which means that WB’s will not be allowed to use them for their next film. So this means that WB’s will have to be careful with the material they put in the next film. Which I assume that is why they hired Christopher Nolan to mentor them. They did not hire Chris as a director, just a mentor. WB’s was ordered to get the new Superman movie done and released before 2013, if they don’t, they will get full copyright of the Superman character. Keep in mind, this will NOT be another sequel to Bryan Singer’s, “Superman: Returns”.
With Christopher Nolan helping out, the next Superman movie will probably be a lot darker. I hope so. It should be action packed as well. Stay away from romance with Lois Lane and concentrate on a real Superman movie, the way he was supposed to be. Superman should not be Brandon Routh again. And please, keep the classic John Williams Superman theme. I don’t think the Siegels own the copyright to the Williams theme song. I would think the score belongs to John Williams and WB’s, so I’m sure they’ll still get to use the theme song to open up the movie with.
I’m really looking forward to seeing what they’ll do with the new Superman movie as it will indeed be much different than the earlier films.
More on it here:
Kev
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