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: Guitar Hero finally speaks out on use of Kurt Cobain singing songs by other artists…

After Courtney, the surviving members of Nirvana and now Bon Jovi bashing the use of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, the makers of Guitar Hero finally speaks out. The Guitar Hero CEO, Dan Rosensweig tells NME.com, that Courtney Love gave Activision the permission the rights so they can use Kurt Cobain however they wanted.

Guitar Hero signed Courtney Love a contract, they paid her for these rights, so this now means this is Activision right to have Kurt sing songs by other artists.

He also says the company love the artists they work with, they want to hear from them if they have complaints and they’ll be glad to fix things if music artists don’t like what they see in the games.

NME reports:

http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/47369

There you see, Courtney, all you had to do was to be nice and profesional to Activision instead of being a little child on your damn Twitter page.

I’m beggining to agree that she threatened to sue them for publicity and for more money since she’s always getting sued for other things. She’s a bitch and always has been.

I stopped following her Twitter page because she is pretty fuckin’ annoying. How many hours does she spend on the computer everytime? She’s on Twitter all the time. Loser bitch.

I still disagree with Guitar Hero having Cobain sing other people’s songs though, that isn’t right. If Guitar Hero loves Nirvana so much, why don’t they give them their own game like Metallica and Aerosmith? That would have been better I think.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Pavement confirms reunion!!!

One of the most popular indie rock bands that broke up way back in 1999, announced that their reunion will be official. The band announced they will play selected cities in a world tour. Their first gig will be a benefit show in New York City on Sept. 21st.

As of this time, the band has no plans in more shows for their tour and there is no new record planned, however, they will release a new greatest hits album.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/news/pavement-to-reunite-in-2010-world-tour-planned-1004013626.story#/news/pavement-to-reunite-in-2010-world-tour-planned-1004013626.story

Kev

Report: Even Bon Jovi hates the idea of his song being sung by someone else in “Guitar Hero 5″…

Think Bon Jovi himself would like the idea of his songs being sung by someone else? Think again. Jovi is totally with Courtney, Dave, and Krist 100%. He’s on their side and supporting their battle against Activision.

Read what Jon Bon has to say about this here:

http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/47363

Activision is in trouble.

Kev

RIP: Mary Travers 1936 – 2009

*sigh* WHY 2009 WHY!!!!!! God decides to take away celebrities and famous musicians away from us like crazy. Now you can add Mary Travers to the list. She is famous for being the singer for Peter, Paul and Mary, the legendary folk music group.

She was battling leukemia for several years and she died at the Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, she was 72.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i0Lq0ucnPygdqSUIrWSoM5pge2AgD9AOOVA04

Kev

Thought: “Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood”, I finally beat the game tonight…

Tonight I just finished the game, “Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood” and wanted to review it a little bit.

The game is about two brothers, Thomas and Ray McCall who at first go through an American Civil War. After the war, they meet some woman named Marissa, and she is kidnapped by a villain named Barnsby, and the two brothers must go rescue her.

The game is a strictly Western story. Pretty much the same stuff you read in Western novels and see in classic Western films. It’s all there…civil war, battling against other Indians, cowboys, soldiers, you go through a ghost town, etc. You even do cowboy dueling.

The game is still kind of simple even when it’s in the difficult level, but the game is a blast. I had a great time playing it.

There’s another Western game coming out for the PS3 called, “Red Dead Redemption”, only thing though it’s not a first person shooter, it’s supposed to be like Grand Theft Auto. I might get “Red Dead Redemption” too but I’m going to read some reviews of the game first before I make my decision.

Yes, finally finished, “Call of Juarez”.

I’ll be able to start, “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” tomorrow which that is a game I never started yet ever since I bought it. Looking forward to starting “Ghostbusters”. I’m sure that game will be a lot of fun too.

Kev

Report: “No plans for Superman,” says DC Entertainment’s, Diane Nelson…

So, DC Comics and Warner Bros. team up to make “DC Entertainment”. Diane Nelson is the new president of the company. The first thing people want to know is, when will there be a new Superman movie? The answer is, not anytime soon. Diane said so herself at MTV News.

It looks like they are more focused on the new “Green Lantern” movie with Ryan Reynolds attached to star.

MTV News reports:

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/09/15/exclusive-we-dont-have-any-current-plans-for-superman-says-dc-entertainment-president/

Damn, they better plan something because 2011 will fly by fast. The Siegels ordered them to make a new Superman movie by 2011 if they want to do one. I’m sure DC Entertainment will plan a new Superman movie sometime in 2010.

Kev

Report: Sharlto Copley and Jessica Biel in talks to join “A-Team” cast…

The “District 9” leading star, Sharlto Copley, and supermodel/actress hottie, Jessica Biel are in talks with 20th Century Fox to join the cast of the “A-Team” remake. Copley will play the comedic character, Murdock. Jessica Biel will be playing an Army general that is also Faceman Peck’s ex-lover.

Also joining the cast, will be Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Faceman, and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as BA Baracus.

More on it here:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15171/copley-biel-recruited-by-a-team

Not a bad cast. I can definitely see Sharlto Copley as Murdock. Copley is a good actor and I’m sure he can nail the Murdock role perfectly. If you don’t think he can, I suggest you watch, “District 9”. His role in “District 9” is kind of similar to Murdock in “A-Team” which is what made Fox go after him.

Kev

Report: Linda McMahon resigns from WWE as CEO to go political…

The WWE’s executive and CEO, Linda McMahon, will be resigning from the iconic wrestling business to focus on her upcoming political career. Those who don’t know her, she is the real life wife of WWE chairman/owner, Vince McMahon.

Linda wants the Senate seat for the state of Connecticut to run against Christopher Dodd.

The Associated Press reports:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkVSSWKRMRNXLq6LatNxLI4uxDHgD9AOJ1305

Well, here comes a Linda McMahon vs. Christopher Dodd feud, a storyline for Monday Night RAW as a way to plug her campaign. Christopher Dodd will probably be a future Monday Night RAW guest host to start the storyline. I bet your money this will happen.

Kev

Report: Kanye vs. Taylor Swift segment helps VMA’s get 11 million viewers…

Just a little more evidence that the Kanye vs. Taylor segment could be scripted. That one part helped sky rocket the ratings to 11 million viewers. Pretty good ratings, I must say. The highest ratings of any MTV VMA award show in a while.

More on it here:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/15/2009-09-15_kanye_wests_onair_tirade_watched_by_11_million_viewers_on_mtv_ratings_are_up_fro.html

MTV hasn’t yet said publicily whether that segment was staged or scripted or whatever. They knew something like this would create controversy and to help get more viewers, so they went with this Kanye vs. Taylor thing.

It’s almost like a WWE kind of thing. Speaking of WWE, Kanye should be a RAW guest host for an episode. WWE would probably end up asking him after this. I’m sure of it.

Kev

Report: Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani lawsuit dismissed???

It seems that the Coldplay vs. Joe Satriani feud is over…but not officially. It’s just rumour right now. Reports are saying that Joe Satriani’s plagiarism lawsuit against Coldplay has been dismissed. An out of court agreement was made to settle things with both parties. Which probably means that Joe Satriani and Chris Martin has been discussing things privately behind the scenes.

More on it here:

http://www.in2town.co.uk/Entertainment-News/Music-News-Coldplay-Joe-Satriani-lawsuit-dismissed-from-court/menu-id-4588

If this news is true, that’s good news for the both of them. Hopefully Joe and Chris Martin are both on good terms ’cause life is too short to hold negative grudges.

Kev

Edit to add: Billboard confirmed the news is true…

http://www.billboard.com/#/news/coldplay-satriani-copyright-lawsuit-dismissed-1004012280.story

Coldplay is not required to admit any wrongdoings, so that means they don’t have to admit that they borrowed ideas from Joe’s song.

I always knew Coldplay was innocent from day 1, ever since this started.