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: Celebrities that go on tirades… it don’t kill their careers…it makes them more powerful…

I’ve said I was going to have a post about this soon. Well here it is, folks. Celebrities going off on angry tirades in the media that creates controversy. Many people think that famous people that go angry with full of swearing, go off on racist rants or says offensive stuff about children…is a career destroyer. The public thinks that celebrities taking the high road is on their way to ending their careers. Just like that.

I’ve said it before, you must look at reality that when celebrities do this, it doesn’t kill their careers at all, it does nothing but makes their careers better.

Think about this…..

When Donald Trump went off on Rosie O’ Donnell last year, that didn’t kill his fame and fortune. What did it do? It just inspired the WWE to start a feud with Donald Trump so The Donald and Vince McMahon can have some kind of match at Wrestlemania to help promote, The Apprentice. Now the Apprentice is the biggest show on television.

When the Dog Duane Chapman, used racial slurs…he got negative public backlash for a while, but guess what folks…he got his TV show back and now he’s one of the most well known people in the media.

Don Imus…when he got busted for using “Nappy Headed Ho’s”, look where that got him? He’s back on radio now.

Alec Baldwin goes off on tirade in taped phone conversation yelling at his daughter…guess what, did that kill his acting career? Nope. He’s now the biggest star ever on “30 Rock'” on NBC!!!

Michael Richards, the Seinfeld guy…gone racist after being heckled at a comedy show…did that kill his career as a comedian/actor? Nope, he’s doing animated voice overs for animated films lately.

Jack Nicholson is the king of tirades, his most famous one is back in 1994 when he went golfing with friends when he went on a rage, took his golf clubs and smashed a guy’s windshield on his car. Plus, his latest tirade is when TMZ posted a recent video of Jack standing in the street waiting for his ride and he’s going mad at a fan wanting an autograph, everybody still loves Jack for this.

Mel Gibson…going off on a Jews rant when he got pulled over for DUI. Did that kill his career? Nope. He’s back starring the leading roles in movies now.

Tom Cruise jumping the couch and going off on a Scientology rant in his weird video…he may have gotten banned from filming movies in Paramount, but that’s still not stopping Cruise for “Valkyrie” being a successful movie in the box office and getting a Golden Globe nomination for his character in Tropic Thunder”!!!!

Bill O’ Reilly…is also the king of tirades…but the O’ Reilly Factor TV and Radioshows are both still a hit!!!

Howard Stern…is also the king of tirades…he was fired from regular FM radio and now on Sirius Sattelite, Stern is stronger than ever!

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There, you get the idea.

With Dana White’s video rant about Loretta Hunt, do you think that’s going to lose his job? If you think about it, I don’t think it will. It’ll make UFC more popular and will his video rant help UFC 97 with high ppv buyrates? Absolutely!

Jamie Foxx’s rant on Miley Cyrus, will that help make his next movie “The Soloist” a world record breaking movie for box office opening weekend? Absolutely!

Billy Bob Thornton’s controversial interview with the Boxmasters on QTV…could that interview make the next Boxmasters album the no. 1 record in the Billboard 200? Absolutely!

Could Christian Bale’s tirade make “Terminator Salvation” and “Public Enemies” huge films in the box office? Yes, yes, yes!

That’s the reason these celebrities do these things. They know the media is watching every move they do and this is how they promote their upcoming projects.

Kev

Thought: Susan Boyle is not great…sorry…

I have never even heard of this Susan Boyle until the internet started talking about it. So I checked out her performance on “Britain’s Got Talent” in youtube, just out of curiousity to see what’s so special about her, I’m sorry, she is nothing special. Nothing original and nothing mind blowing about Susan Boyle. I wasn’t that impressed. There are so many opera singers that can sing like that, and there are so many opera singers that can sing much better than her. If I was the judge of Britain’s Got Talent, I would have slapped my hand down on the red buzzer. She’s not good. Sorry.

Kev

Youtube symphony is pretty addicting stuff!!!

More on this youtube symphony orchestra. This is pretty incredible jaw dropping stuff. I just got done watching this entire 59 minute video.

These musicians you see on stage are not famous folks. They are all amateurs and unsigned musicians, regular people like us that just uploaded videos of themselves playing their instruments and look, here they all are playing Carnegie Hall!

Phenomenal  stuff.

Kev

Report: Chris Cornell sounds like he is dying to reform Soundgarden now!!!

Ever since the brief Soundgarden reunion in Seattle, Chris is still talking about it. I think we’ll get an official Soundgarden reunion later this year with Chris as frontman! Soundgarden should go on tour with Metallica or Alice in Chains! And put out a new album too!

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=118278

Kev

Sly didn’t break his arm filming the Expendables, thank god!!

A little worried with all the rumours flying around that Sly Stallone broke his arm, from filming a flying stunt scene (a flying, rolling kind of thing), the Expendables twitter page by Sheryl Main confirmed that the rumour is false. Sly got injured a little bit but not a broken arm. All he got were cuts and bruises…

http://twitter.com/marialascala

Sly doing his own stunts? Lets see if your grandpa can do all that!

Kev

Sly didn’t break his arm filming the Expendables, thank god!!

A little worried with all the rumours flying around that Sly Stallone broke his arm, from filming a flying stunt scene (a flying, rolling kind of thing), the Expendables twitter page by Sheryl Main confirmed that the rumour is false. Sly got injured a little bit but not a broken arm. All he got were cuts and bruises…

http://twitter.com/marialascala

Sly doing his own stunts? Lets see if your grandpa can do all that!

Kev

The Listening Room: I am really digging the new Tinted Windows song, “Kind of a Girl”…

So the new supergroup, Tinted Windows, that features musicians: James Iha, Taylor Hanson, Bun E. Carlos, and Adam Schlesinger put out a new song called, “Kind of a Girl”. I am really digging it a lot. I was a little worried by this new band, ’cause of Taylor Hanson, but this is actually a really really good song. Not bad at all. The song sounds like old school rock n’ roll with the likes of Cheap Trick, Talking Heads, and the Knack.

I’m looking forward to buying their album when it comes out. Count me in as a fan!

Kev