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.

Thought: About Kanye West losing his Mom…

When discussing the Kanye West MTV controversy on the internet with other people, and when I bring up this, “Kanye West hasn’t been the same person since he lost his Mom”…. some people will respond back… “So what, my mother died, he has no right to be an asshole”.

While that’s true that everybody loses a parent here and there (we’re all gonna go someday)… you try to make it sound like that people find a way to move forward quickly and to get over a death in the family…but not everybody. You see, every human being is different. Every human being has different emotions and feelings.

Not everybody moves on from a death in the family so quickly. You may think you can, but the other person who lost a parent may not think so.

John Travolta still hasn’t gotten over the death of his son, Jett, he is still hurting and sad over it, perfect example. The recent pictures of John proved it.

Liam Neeson may have moved forward and still working on film since the death of his wife, Natasha, but somewhere in his private times at home, I’m sure he’s still hurting over her.

When Kanye appeared on Jay Leno and Jay asked him about his Mom, that is good enough proof that Kanye still hasn’t gotten over his Mom yet. When Kanye went out and apologized about MTV thing like three times, do you think that he was still thinking about his Mom when he was doing that?

You have a death in the family, somebody so close to you, things become different and things change in life. Don’t go around thinking, “I can move on from it”, ’cause I think that’s a lie.

I think Kanye’s personal problems in the media lately has nothing to do with him not taking any time off, I think he’s still thinking about Donda, clearly.

I can’t blame Kanye for going crazy in the media lately, so I still respect the guy. I’m not a shrink or a family expert or nothing like that, but people who lose a loved one, deserved the respect. I think it’s the haters that have no compassion for Donda at all whatsoever. Kanye is fine, he did nothing wrong. Give the poor man respect while he’s going through some difficult times.

Kev

Report: Mayweather vs. Marquez last night was good, but was rooting for Marquez to win…

I watched the “Marquez vs. Mayweather Jr.” fight last night. It was a good fight. Mayweather still has his skills even if he took a two year break. Mayweather won and he is still undefeated.

Read about the fight here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ap-mayweather-marquez&prov=ap&type=lgns

Mayweather Jr. is a punk, an egomaniac and a spoiled little rich kid. One day a fighter is going to come around to end his undefeated streak. Mayweather is thinking about retiring soon? Well, Floyd don’t have to worry about that, ’cause one day a fighter will make him retire and he will end his rich lifestyle.

I was hoping Marquez was going to win. As you can see in the scoring, Marquez was “that” close to winning but that one knock down in the second round, Marquez was done.

I’m looking forward to seeing Mayweather lose one day.

Kev

Report: First look at the “Kung Fu Kid” (aka “The Karate Kid” remake)

The Karate Kid remake which is retitled to the “Kung Fu” kid that stars Jackie Chan and Will Smith’s son has just begun filming, and on set pics has surfaced the web.

See Jackie Chan and the Will Smith kid in action here:

http://spoilertv-movies.blogspot.com/2009/09/karate-kid-first-set-pics.html

Man, I’ll never forget the days when Ralph Macchio spoke out on this movie and he totally trashed the film, not liking the idea of his film being remade.

I don’t like the idea of the Karate Kid being remade either and it was all Will Smith’s idea.

Kev

Cool Video: The Killers parody Kanye West by having Jimmy Kimmel interupt band’s set…

The Killers are about to jam onto “Pretty In Pink” with the Psychedellic Furs, but Jimmy Kimmel, the late night talk show host, interupted the band’s set as they were about to start the song, and pretended to be Kanye a bit.

I think this will be a popular thing at concerts, famous bands and artists making fun of Kanye.

Kev

Brock will watch the Mayweather vs. Marquez fight tonight on PPV, instead of UFC 103…

I thought about watching tonight’s “UFC 103” ppv, but then I thought….nah, I think I’m going to watch the HBO boxing ppv tonight instead. The hyped “Mayweather vs. Marquez” fight is tonight and I’m very curious about it.

I’m not much of a boxing fan either.

Shall be an interesting boxing fight, and I think Mayweather is going to lose.

Kev

Report: Pics of the new “A-Team” van has surfaced the web!!!

Coming soon has a pic of the new A-Team van. The van looks very similar to the classic van from the TV series.

From ComingSoon.net:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=59257

I know this film is getting a lot of negativity, they don’t want to see the A-Team remade of course, but I actually think it’s kind of cool.

I think they’re gonna make a good A-Team movie and I for one, am looking forward to seeing Liam Neeson as Hannibal. I think Liam can nail that character perfectly.

Kev

Cool Video: I can’t get enough of Lunic…

The Albany based, rock band, Lunic, is getting popularity fast. They’ve became an established band pretty quickly even if they only been around here for a short time. No offense to all local bands and musicians, but I’m going to say it now that Lunic is the best band to come around here in a long time, ever. Very tight band with amazing songwriting, unique.

Enough of the usual cover bands and boring original bands that writes songs with three chords only, but Lunic is an original band that is neither of those. They write original songs pretty profesionally, more profesional than any band around here.

I need to get out and see these guys live sometime. Here’s their performance at Valentine’s in Albany, N.Y. with some profesional video filming.

I’m also impressed that these guys like to keep their image casual. They’re not like those wannabe rock bands out there that try to look all pretty and stuff.

This is my favorite Albany local band in the history of local music. Lunic reminds me a bit of Radiohead, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and there’s a little Coldplay influence thrown in there too.

Lunic will show how local music is supposed to be done. I have a feeling they won’t be local for long ’cause this band sure is major label material and I think they will get signed. Enjoy the videos, the videos were filmed by Knight Owl Entertainment.

Kev

Film Review: Jennifer’s Body

Starring: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried

Directed by: Karyn Kusama

Today, I just saw the movie, “Jennifer’s Body”…a film that is a mix of horror and comedy. The film is written by Diablo Cody, the Oscar winning screenwriter who wrote the movie, “Juno”.

Here is my review:

Plot/Synopsis: Two high school best friends Jennifer (Megan) and Needy (Amanda) enjoys some fun times by going to see a local rock band, named Low Shoulder at a small bar. The band Low Shoulder has kidnapped Jennifer after the gig and turns out the band were devil worshippers. Jennifer is being held in a sacrifice in a Satanic ritual which the band must kill Jennifer, hoping that this will get the band a record deal. This didn’t do anything but turn Jennifer into a possessed demon which she goes on a killing rampage. Jennifer’s friend, Needy, tries to end all of this horror herself.

Lets get right to it…

The Good: Megan Fox starring the leading role. The brief lesbian kiss between Megan and Amanda (could have been a longer makeout though). Special effects, cinematography, Diablo’s unique dialogue when the character’s speak, the gross out scenes, Megan’s evil smile with her face covered in blood, Meg’s acting skills (she can do the leading role quite well).

The Bad: The story and plot line (seems like every horror film we’ve seen, nothing original), the Low Shoulder rock band being Satanic, Adam Brody’s acting…no nudity (sorry Diablo and Karyn, but this is not a true horror film if Megan and Amanda refuses to go naked, there were sexual content in the film but NO naked boobies! Just some advice when you work on the sequel, teen horror films mix it up with murder, gore, and full on nudity!) Too much rock songs being played throughout the film when I would much rather hear classical scoring and not these typical teeny power pop bands blaring through the film.

I respect Diablo Cody for giving horror films a try, but she’s gotta lot of learning to do with the horror genre. It wasn’t a bad film, but nothing amazing and mind blowing. I thought it was pretty entertaining and ok. Just an ok film. It’s just something to wait on DVD for and kind of wished I did. If Diablo wants to get into horror, she needs to learn from the masters: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie or Marcus Nispel. I’m sure they would be willing to teach her how to write good horror stories.

Score for “Jennifer’s Body” = ** 1/2 stars (as in “ok”)

Kev

 

 

Report: Joe Perry upset with Steven Tyler, this means new Aerosmith album in danger of releasing…

Joe Perry speaks out on Steven Tyler, saying that he is upset with the Aerosmith frontman that he hasn’t spoken with Joe since his fall off the stage. He is also upset that the Aerosmith tour has been cancelled because of his accident which explains why Joe Perry just released a new solo album this year instead of a new Aerosmith album.

Perry also reveals that him and Steven Tyler hasn’t written any new songs for the new album in over ten years.

NME reports:

http://www.nme.com/news/aerosmith/47394

Look like we’re going to have to wait a LONG time for a new Aerosmith record, I don’t expect them to go back into the studio anytime soon. Steven needs to get off the booze and the pain killers before he kills himself.

Kev