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: Is Josh Brolin the Church character for “The Expendables”???

That’s what Sheryl Main’s “Expendables” twitter page is hinting us. They wrote that Josh Brolin just finished “Jonah Hex” movie, Sheryl Main is on the cell phone with Josh, and he’s on the same flight she’s in…though the page fails to tell us why they are keeping in touch with him.

Sheryl Main’s twitter page here:

http://twitter.com/marialascala

Yep, looks like Church will be Josh Brolin. The former Goonies star, the guy that starred in the Coen Bros. “No Country For Old Men” and played George W. Bush in Stone’s, “W.”.

Sly, Arny, and Josh playing in the same scene together? Hmmmm, I like it! 🙂

Kev

Nice site for bodybuilding…

Check out this site, this site has everything you need to know about getting the body of your dreams:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/

Some may think it’s okay and good to work out and lift weights every single day, but the truth is, it isn’t. It’s okay to do exercises everyday that has nothing to do with lifting weights (like pushups or whatever), but lifting weights is not really good to do everyday. I learned that you need a few days off of weight lifting to give your muscles time to rest and grow.

I also learned that you don’t want to lift as many weights as you possibly can until you get dead tired that you can’t do it anymore, which is what I don’t do. Most bodybuilders do at least 3 sets of 8-15 reps each in weight lifting, with a few minutes of rest between each set. You would want to weight lift in the gym at least 3 times a week, not everyday.

I don’t plan to go to my local gym every day, only like a couple of times a week. You don’t want to do overdo yourself. After weightlifting, you would want to do cardiovascular workouts for a long while, like treadmills or the steps or the bike to lose the fat to help turn to muscle.

I was just there at my local Fitness Gym this morning, worked out there for an hour or so before they closed at noon today. They close early on Saturdays.

I am a begginer at this Fitness thing and am learning. Like I said, I am not interested in becoming no Mr. Olympian strong man like Arnold or Lou Ferrigno, but I would at least want to get big enough to get in shape and feel stronger. Basically just to look good with my shirt off like everyone else. I’m not looking to take a career in it or anything, just to simply get that fit look. This is definitely a chick magnet and could hook up with the ladies a little more easier.

I plan to go back to the gym on Monday after work. I’ll show myself working out there on video soon, I just need somebody that is willing to carry the camera around, I’ll find someone to do that.

Kev

Report: Somali pirates vs. Captain Phillips coming to the big screen!!! See? I told you so!

As I predicted, Hollywood is going to make a big motion picture out of this story of Captain Phillips being held captive by the Somali pirates. Columbia pictures has picked up the rights and greenlighted this huge news story to make it into a film. I believe that Columbia is going to make it an action movie with a big name star playing Captain Phillips.

No director and no writer is on board yet, just a bunch of producers.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7be20afc33b82a072365c2bbacd96518

Since Kevin Spacey is producing the film, I’m willing to bet, they’re going to get him to play Captain Phillips? Spacey doesn’t wear glasses and doesn’t have facial hair, but the make up and costume designers can simply give him that stuff.

Now a motion picture has been greenlighted for this controversial story, expect the video game industry to start making their own games to give their take on the story. Think how a game like this would be a cool first person shooter?

Kev

Report: Tyson maybe ok with daughter’s death, but Travolta is still struggling with his son…

While Mike Tyson is feeling strong and feeling not much emotion about his daughter’s death, John Travolta still hasn’t pulled through his son’s death yet. Denzel Washington, Travolta’s cast mate for the action film, “The Taking of Pelham 123”, gave us the news on how Travolta is feeling these days. Denzel said, Travolta is still struggling with Jett Travolta’s death, so don’t be expecting John Travolta to start working on a new movie anytime soon.

Denzel and John, seems to be best friends as they like to talk on the phone for hours, just having conversations about anything.

More on it here:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20282283,00.html

Kev

Thought: Why Ozzy has a point that all 4 band members should own the “Black Sabbath” trademark name…please read…to those that are uninformed about music…

I know Ozzy Osbourne is getting a lot of shit and hate about suing Tony Iommi about him being the only owner of the “Black Sabbath” band name, him being the registrant of the trademark. If you actually think about it, Ozzy has valid points on why all band members should own their share of the trademark. Tony and Ozzy both formed Black Sabbath together, I can understand why Ozzy is pissed about this.

To you music fans that don’t know anything about Black Sabbath, do some resarch on their history. Listen to all their albums with Ozzy as the frontman. Black Sabbath has sold the most records more than any other band in America, only the ones with Ozzy as frontman. These guys are the inventors and pioneers of this genre they created in the 70’s, called heavy metal. The guys don’t deserve ownership of the band name?

The band’s debut album, “Black Sabbath” made certified platinum. They don’t deserve ownership of the band name? What about their next album, “Paranoid” which is their biggest selling album in history and that album is an essential.

Black Sabbath is the most influential band of all time. Without the band, we would get no Metallica, we would get none of those 80’s hair metal bands or metal music wouldn’t be around at all. Black Sabbath created the metal genre for us. Don’t fucking tell me that Ozzy Osbourne isn’t in the right for this lawsuit, ’cause if you think about it, Ozzy did a great thing.

Tony claims he owns Black Sabbath all for himself because he is trademarked to it, and Ozzy is trying to prove that he doesn’t own it for himself. It isn’t about the money with Ozzy’s suit. It’s all about the legacy and the fame that the band created with Ozzy being part of the band. It’s not about jealousy and it isn’t an ego thing either.

If you use  a little common sense, you’ll figure it out.

Read some of Black Sabbath’s history and information here in wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath#Black_Sabbath_and_Paranoid_.281970.E2.80.931971.29

Read books about the band, read magazine articles about ’em, see their videos, live concert DVD’s, etc. Then you’ll start to understand why Ozzy Osbourne has a valid point in this suit.

I’m an avid Black Sabbath fan, I totally agree that it is wrong that Tony kept the band name all for himself. Hopefully, Tony will do the smart thing and sell some of the trademark to share with each band member.

I think Tony will agree with it. He seems like a good man with a good heart, I’m sure he’ll take upon Ozzy’s request. I’ll be on the lookout for more news on this.

Kev

Report: Think Tyson is upset of his daughter’s death? Think again…his producers says he’s fine and good…

I’m sure some may think that “Iron” Mike Tyson maybe heartbroken and think his life maybe over ’cause of the death of his 4 year old daughter, but his producers says he is fine and good. They say he can “deal with this” and he’s pulling through this for his family.

I’m sure Tyson feels a little sad of Exodus’s death, but it seems to me, not that sad.

More on it here:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20282247,00.html

Of course, “Iron” Mike wouldn’t feel that emotion. No surprise. He cares about himself, his life with boxing and the fame. Hmmmm, no wonder why he is hardily ever at home much when he should be home with his family. His movie, “The Hangover”, must be more important.

Kev

Report: Ozzy sues Tony Iommi, accusing guitarist of stealing Black Sabbath name…

Ozzy Osbourne, has filed a lawsuit against the legendary guitarist, Tony Iommi. Tony and Ozzy teamed up together in the late 60’s to form a heavy metal band, named Black Sabbath. Ozzy was fired from the band in 1980 due to heavy drug use and heavy drinking. Later, the band continued on, and replaced Ozzy with Ronnie James Dio. The band still used the Black Sabbath name even without Ozzy.

The guys in Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio are now under a new name of, Heaven and Hell, which they are still together, playing and touring today.

More on it here:

 http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE54T00420090530

Sorry, Ozzy, but Tony Iommi, DOES own the copyright and trademark name to the Black Sabbath band name.

I have the proof…

From the trademark website, read who’s the registrant to the Black Sabbath name which is still live, this means Tony still has the right to use the name whenever he wants:

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4002:47kccp.2.2

Ozzy will lose this one, big time. Wow, talk about a big stab in the back, Ozzy, you egomaniac.

Kev

Edit to add: Ozzy just released a statement for the public, being a little more clear on the lawsuit that he wants the Black Sabbath name to be trademarked by all 4 members of Black Sabbath since they created more of a legacy then, Ronnie James Dio. I’ll take back with what I said above, and I’ll now agree with Ozzy. Ozzy actually has a good point that Black Sabbath should be owned by all 4 members. Ozzy was a pretty important member of the band which is why he deserves ownership too. So maybe this lawsuit is a good thing. My bad!

First look at “A Nightmare on Elm St.” filming…

Well, the remake of “A Nightmare On Elm St.” started filming. Here is Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy Kreuger. In these pics they are starting off as Freddy Kreuger being a human character and then they show how he turned himself into a monster that is only seen in people’s dreams?

See the cool pics here:

http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=26722

Kev

Report: John Lithgow returns to playing a villain in HBO’s “Dexter” for 4th Season only…

Actor John Lithgow has joined the cast of HBO’s “Dexter” for the fourth season only. Don’t remember who John Lithgow is? For most of his career, he has starred in a slew of Hollywood movies, then he stopped doing movies for a while to do TV sitcoms like “3rd Rock From the Sun” and “Twenty Good Years”. When “Twenty Good Years” got cancelled, John Lithgow moved on to the theatre stage, and to make music albums for children.

John Lithgow is known to play controversial villains in such films like, “Raising Cain”, “Ricochet”, “Santa Clause: The Movie”, “Footloose” and Stallone’s, “Cliffhanger”.

In “Dexter” John is set to play a vicious serial killer. It looks like John will be playing a prisoner serving a life sentence.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004217.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

I don’t know why John stopped doing Hollywood films. He should make a big screen return. Everytime he tried TV, he fails. He is a decent actor and a funny guy. I like Lithgow.

Glad he’s back to playing the badguy again! I’ll tune in to “Dexter” to see if he still has the acting chops playing the villain again which I’m sure he still does. When he played the villain in movies like “Raising Cain”, “Ricochet” and “Cliffhanger”, John is a fucking psycho!!! He’s so scary as a villain which I think is what he does best at.

Kev