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.
music

Report: James Hetfield released from hospital, reported to have food poisoning…

Leave a comment

Above is a recent picture of James Hetfield leaving a hospital in Sweden. James is seen waving to the camera, and wearing all black clothing. James and the rest of the band in Metallica, had takeout dinner from an Indian food restaurant in Stockholm. James must of ate something that wasn’t too good. Hetfield says he is fine, it wasn’t serious.

Blabbermouth reports:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=115751

That’s a sigh of relief, glad he is okay. I’m pretty sure they won’t be eating Indian food ever again now.

Kev

music

Report: James Hetfield hospitalized in Stockholm, Sweden…

Leave a comment

Metallica.com just delivered us the shocking news, that Metallica frontman, James Hetfield has became really ill and been hospitalized in Stockholm, Sweden. The band was scheduled to perform a concert in Stockholm, they were forced to cancel since James was unable to perform.

More on it here:

http://www.metallica.com/

Hope he didn’t get back into the drinking again. Hope James is okay and it’s nothing serious. Get well soon James.

Kev

movies

Report: Stallone injured his hand….but how?

Leave a comment

Here’s a recent picture of Stallone out in public again. You see a bandage wrapped around his hand. What did he do?

He injured his thumb while practising for a fight scene for “The Expendables”. Don’t fret, it won’t delay his filming at all. The injury was not that serious.

Sly will start filming, “The Expendables”, in Brazil soon. Then he, the cast, and crew will come to the states to film the movie in New Orleans. And of course, Sly will film the movie in California so he can film the scenes with the Governator.

More on it here:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20090308/ten-stallone-injured-rehearsing-fight-sc-c60bd6d.html

Sounds like Sly is preparing himself a brutal fight scene if he injured his hand doing it! Either that or is that a sign that he really is getting a bit too old for this action movie stuff? With Sly having all these big name tough guys in the movie, it may sound dissapointing but it’s looking like Sly might have only one fight scene. I’m sure Sly will want all the other guys a chance to get some action too.

Can’t wait for this flick!!! 🙂

Kev

music

Thought: Have you ever disliked a music artist at first, but then liked them later?

Leave a comment

It may seem a little weird, but it does happen with people. When you hate a certain music artist or a band, you listen to them for a while, all of a sudden, you’re a big fan. It is called, the music growing on you. You may not like it at first, but as you listen to it more, you realize that it’s really good stuff.

It recently happened with me for Taylor Swift. At first, I wasn’t that crazy about her music, but I realize that I find her to be really good.

This has happened with me with other artists/bands as well. It has happened with Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Bjork, Jennifer Hudson, Rihanna, and plenty of other music. Artists who I didn’t like at first, but enjoy them now.

Has this ever happened to you out there? Feel free to name some artists you didn’t really like at first, but it grew on you later on!

Kev

Videogame news

Tomb Raider: Underworld thoughts…

2 Comments

Last night, I completed most of the game “Tomb Raider: Underworld”, was about to begin the very last level. Today when I turned on my PS3 to try and beat the game, I accidentally, deleted my saved game. Don’t know what happened. Maybe I turned it off while it was loading or something, don’t know. Now I have to start the whole game over again.

I don’t mind though ’cause the game is fantastic. Definitely the best “Tomb Raider” game by far. I love playing it. The storyline is good. It’s still staying true to the earlier Tomb Raider games. Doing a lot of swimming, high climbing, and solving all kinds of archaeological puzzles.

This is the 9th Tomb Raider game and I hope they keep going with them. I hope they make another one for the Ps3. They probably will.

Kev

movies

Confirmed: Dakota Fanning to star in “Twilight Saga: New Moon”!!!

Leave a comment

Teen star, Dakota Fanning, has officially signed to play alonside Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart in, “Twilight Saga: New Moon”. Dakota is set to play one of the main villains, she is playing Jane, a member of Italy’s evil Volturi.

Entertainment Weekly reports:

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/twilight-dakota.html?iid=top25-Twilight’%3A+Dakota+Fanning+will+star+in+’New+Moon

Kev

movies, TV, WWE news

Thought: Lost my appreciation for “The Rock”…

Leave a comment

I used to love “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson, he used to be a hero and I’ve idolized the guy for years ever since back when he was in WWE. When he turned his back on wrestling and became a movie star, he came out with a few good movies like “The Rundown”, “Scorpion King”, “Get Smart”, and “Walking Tall”…those were really great flicks, in my opinion.

Everything he has done after that: “Doom”, “The Gridiron Gang”, “The Game Plan”, and “The Race to Witch Mountain” hasn’t been interesting.

The Rock has been known to be this bad ass tough guy that we all loved to look after him. You know the most electrifying man in entertainment is gone. The dude is no longer interesting anymore. WWE wants the Rock to come back to wrestling for a few occasional appearances, but Rocky turns it down everytime ’cause he’s too busy making movies.

The Rock not only turned his back on profesional wrestling, he also turned his back on all the wrestling fans that loved him. The Rock won’t come back to WWE for a small run for his wrestling fans. I am beginning to think that the Rock is a big egomaniac, a self absorbed sellout that only cares for himself.

At least come back to Wrestlemania for one last final match, Rocky, come on!!!!! We all want to see the Rock layeth the smackdown for one last time. We all miss the Rock in WWE terribly, the WWE hasn’t been the same without him. He’s no longer interesting anymore. He’s turning himself into a mainstream celebrity. He no longer wants to be seen as a pro wrestler anymore.

I saw him host Saturday Night Live last night, there hasn’t been one segment where he brought his Rock WWE character back, so I guess he wants to act like that his wrestling character don’t exist anymore, since he is going under Dwayne Johnson, not Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Rock is a sellout, and a fame whore. Go ahead and ignore the wrestling fans dude. Continue to promote yourself in the mainstream. We wrestling fans want the Rock back to wrestling at least for a one time only appearance, but the Rock keeps turning his back on us. He’s no longer the Rock anymore. He’s no longer the People’s champ. He’s no longer the electrifying man in sports entertainment to perform in front of “millions and millions” of Rock fans.

The Rock is no longer cool anymore as he once was. Come on Dwayne, go back to the tough guy image, you don’t need the celebrity thing.

Kev

Politics/war

Report: President Obama admits U.S. isn’t winning war against Afghanistan, yet, he wants to pull troops out of Iraq…

Leave a comment

Nobama admits that the U.S. is losing war against Afghanistan. What is he doing to help that? Nothing. Nobama wants to end the war in Iraq soon. What is that going to solve? Nothing. He is trying to make the economy better, but the Dow Jones at Wall Street sank to a bottom low. Is that helping anything? No. America definitely voted for the wrong guy. There is no change, and there never will be. Stop living in your dream worlds, Obama lovers! Soon you will hate this guy just as much as you all hated George W.

More on it here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7930865.stm

Kev

music

CD Review: Taylor Swift “Fearless”…

Leave a comment

I’ll admit that I was a bit scared of listening to her music. I thought this girl was another one of them typical overrated pop stars, you know, fitting along the lines of Britney Spears, Lady GaGa, Miley Cyrus, etc. After finally picking up “Fearless” just out of pure curiousity, I was actually blown away by the record. The songwriting on this disc is just unique, original, different, tight, intense, chilling, etc. I can go on. The production of the record was well done. Taylor’s singing is the most maturing singing I’ve heard in a long time.

The music on the album very much reminds me of earlier alternative/pop/rock with the likes of the Pretenders, the Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac, etc. That’s what Taylor Swift reminds me of. Taylor is a rock n’ roll chick who has something going. Old school female rock, the stuff that you hear back in the 70’s and 80’s of female rock n’ roll.

I enjoyed the whole album very much so I don’t really have favorite tracks, I think the entire record overall is my favorite. So before you go thinking she’s just some stupid pop star like I did, give her album a listen, it’ll grow on you. I usually don’t like popular and overhyped music artists, but Taylor Swift is actually one of the really talented ones. I really loved the album. It’s pretty sick. I know why it dominates the Billboard charts because it really is a good album.

Score for Taylor Swift’s “Fearless” = **** (4 stars as in “Excellent”)

Kev

Celebrity news

Report: 8 people busted at “Girls Gone Wild” party in Florida…

Leave a comment

8 people were arrested at a nightclub called, The Barn, in Florida, where the popular, Girls Gone Wild, adult entertainment business hosted a party there. 4 women were arrested for flashing their breasts in a public place and 4 other men were arrested for breaking out a fight and resisting arrest of police. While the club allowed Girls Gone Wild to host a party at their club, however, public nudity is still not allowed as it is part of the law for the nightclub.

The owner of the club, allowed police to hang up yellow warning signs saying that anybody that flashes themselves, could face arrest…and the club owner allowed his staff to crack down underage kids sneaking in with fake ID.

The club owner, invited “Girls Gone Wild” to host a party as an attempt to bring more people into his club. “Girls Gone Wild” founder/owner, Joe Francis, was not there at this incident and he hasn’t yet responded to this controversy.

More on it here:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view/2009_03_06_8_arrested_at_%E2%80%98Girls_Gone_Wild__party_in_Florida/srvc=home&position=recent

What!!! The club owner had “Girls Gone Wild” host a party at his place, and he honestly didn’t think all hell was going to break loose? HELLO IDIOT! This is “Girls GONE WILD”. I repeat, “GIRLS GONE WILD”!!! If you’re going to host a “Girls Gone Wild” party, BE READY, and don’t be a pussy if you can’t take crazy people gone wild, because that’s what they do!

If you haven’t seen the Girls Gone Wild DVDs over the years, then the Girls Gone Wild party is at the wrong club. The girls are supposed to strip naked, guys getting into fights and getting into all kinds of trouble! That’s how the GGW party!

I think the club owner was looking for an excuse to give the police a big paycheck. I’d suggest GGW to never host a party there again.

I like the Girls Gone Wild franchise, I am a fan, and people are always trying to find ways to bring them down because of their sexual content with young women. As long as GGW are pissing people off, they are doing something right.

Kev