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: Warner Bros. the first label to attack youtube…and it’s about time too!!!

What took the music industry so long to finally see that music fans in youtube are stealing songs to make their own videos? Yes, the industry is still doing whatever it takes to respect the label’s artists and the music. Warner Bros. music has ordered youtube, the self uploading video site to remove any video that has songs that are owned by Warner Bros. music.

They don’t care whether it’s Metallica or Madonna or Kid Rock, they’re going to remove everything in youtube. They don’t care if it’s fans uploading their music videos or just regular audio youtube tracks (like those videos where you see just a photo and a song playing), or even a fan making their own videoblog with a Warner Bros. music artist playing in the background…it’ll all be gone.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997715.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

It’s actually good that they’re doing this. Whether you’re using songs or music videos for your own use, it is still considered to be piracy.

I mean, there are people in youtube uploading an entire album of music artists all over the place. What those people in youtube, think they are doing is okay and fine, but the reality is, it’s not.

If you claim to like music so much and care for an artists talent, respect their work by not leaking it on the net. A lot of people out there don’t understand anything about “copyrights”, that’s why fans think what they are doing is okay when it’s really not. I think, if you’re going to be a die hard music lover, you should know about copyrights and respecting other artists work.

Kev

Report: Warner Bros. the first label to attack youtube…and it’s about time too!!!

What took the music industry so long to finally see that music fans in youtube are stealing songs to make their own videos? Yes, the industry is still doing whatever it takes to respect the label’s artists and the music. Warner Bros. music has ordered youtube, the self uploading video site to remove any video that has songs that are owned by Warner Bros. music.

They don’t care whether it’s Metallica or Madonna or Kid Rock, they’re going to remove everything in youtube. They don’t care if it’s fans uploading their music videos or just regular audio youtube tracks (like those videos where you see just a photo and a song playing), or even a fan making their own videoblog with a Warner Bros. music artist playing in the background…it’ll all be gone.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997715.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

It’s actually good that they’re doing this. Whether you’re using songs or music videos for your own use, it is still considered to be piracy.

I mean, there are people in youtube uploading an entire album of music artists all over the place. What those people in youtube, think they are doing is okay and fine, but the reality is, it’s not.

If you claim to like music so much and care for an artists talent, respect their work by not leaking it on the net. A lot of people out there don’t understand anything about “copyrights”, that’s why fans think what they are doing is okay when it’s really not. I think, if you’re going to be a die hard music lover, you should know about copyrights and respecting other artists work.

Kev

Thought: How do you get Yoda in the “Soul Calibur IV” game?

So you buy the fighting game “Soul Calibur IV” simply because you think it would be so cool to play both Yoda and Darth Vader and fight each other, after you’ve seen the commercial on TV for the game. Next thing you know, you don’t see Yoda listed in the character listings when choosing a character to fight with. Yoda isn’t even in the storyline modes at all either.

I figured it out yesterday afternoon, that you have to pay for the Yoda character from the Playstation Store. What you do is you go to the Playstation Menu, flip to the Playstation Store, login, click on “Add On”, find the “Soul Calibur IV” game, and there is Yoda for $4.99.

“Soul Calibur IV” is a kick ass game. It’s one of the best fighting games out there. I’ve been playing it a lot and finally figured out how to get Yoda. Yes, I will buy Yoda sometime soon, maybe a few weeks after Christmas.

I will also buy the Metallica “Death Mangetic” album for Guitar Hero III as an add on. That way I can play every “Death Magnetic” song on Guitar Hero III which also costs $17.99.

Since I beat the Jason Bourne game over the weekend, I just started playing “Dead Space” last night for a few hours, that game is killer and already getting all over it. I will talk more about “Dead Space” another time.

Kev

Report: Mystery character for “Terminator: Salvation”???

McG, the director of the new Terminator film “Terminator: Salvation” announced there is a mystery character called the T-RIP, as a mystery name as of now.

A new set of merchandise of 5 characters will be released, merchandise of the young Kyle Reese, Blair Williams, the T-600, and Marcus Wright. In the link below, there is a fifth character but it is blacked out for you to figure out. It is a mystery character in “Terminator: Salvation” that McG is not revealing until May 6th. It was immediately speculated that it could be Arnold or John Connor as a Terminator but McG said no to both of them.

See it here:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/081222d.php

Hmmmm, carefully looking at the blacked out picture, it is obviously a shape of a Terminator machine. Looking at the name “T-RIP”, it is obviously a Terminator from the earlier 3 Terminator films. If you look at the right arm, it is halfway torn off. Does this fifth Terminator rings a bell yet?

Could it be the T-800 from the first Terminator film? The original machine that Arnold once played? No, because McG denied anything that has to do with Arnold. My other guess it could be the Robert Patrick – Liquid Terminator, the T-1000.

Kev

Report: Amy Winehouse going topless for the paps…

Amy Winehouse, the troubled pop star decides to go on vacation and she decides to go topless in public, even though public nudity is illegal.

See her here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2060517.ece

And here:

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/xs/106764/Amy-Winehouse-topless.html

Those pics are definitely really hers, they are no fakes and no photoshop tricks. She has the same tattoos of a woman on both sides of her shoulders, that’s how you can tell they are real.

She’s a little fat, but hey, I don’t mind fat or overweight women. I enjoy ’em as a matter of fact. She is beautiful though. I find her boobs really hot!!! With the way she is addicted to drugs now, I’m sure her body is ugly on the inside but she is definitely beautiful and has an amazing body on the outside though!!! Woah!!!

Watch out, Amy!!! Be prepared for a call by Hugh Hefner begging you for a Playboy pictorial!!!

Kev

Cool Video: President Bush praises WWE for their “Tribute to the Troops” specials…

Every year on Christmas, the WWE will travel to Iraq, to perform for US troops and to spend the entire day with them. It’s the WWE’s way of putting smiles on the troops faces after difficult times fighting in Iraq war. Other than getting the opportunity of the US Army seeing WWE superstars perform in a ring, the troops also gets to spend time  with the superstars, yes that means meeting the superstars in person and the WWE Divas gets to give the troops hugs and kisses. Sorry, the male troops DO NOT get one night stands with any of the WWE Divas of course, so don’t get any ideas.

Love WWE or hate them, you too should give WWE kudos and the respect for what they do to the troops in Iraq. The WWE is brave enough to do something like this when Iraq is dangerous. Don’t worry though, the WWE ring where they perform in Iraq is surrounded by huge tanks, planes, etc. in case WWE do get attacked or bombed by our enemies. The WWE has been doing this for the past years and the troops make sure the WWE is unharmed and protected.

See President Bush’s positive speech about WWE here:

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/tributetothetroops/2008/december15-21/8984672

More on Tribute to the Troops below:

Kev

Cool Video: President Bush praises WWE for their “Tribute to the Troops” specials…

Every year on Christmas, the WWE will travel to Iraq, to perform for US troops and to spend the entire day with them. It’s the WWE’s way of putting smiles on the troops faces after difficult times fighting in Iraq war. Other than getting the opportunity of the US Army seeing WWE superstars perform in a ring, the troops also gets to spend time  with the superstars, yes that means meeting the superstars in person and the WWE Divas gets to give the troops hugs and kisses. Sorry, the male troops DO NOT get one night stands with any of the WWE Divas of course, so don’t get any ideas.

Love WWE or hate them, you too should give WWE kudos and the respect for what they do to the troops in Iraq. The WWE is brave enough to do something like this when Iraq is dangerous. Don’t worry though, the WWE ring where they perform in Iraq is surrounded by huge tanks, planes, etc. in case WWE do get attacked or bombed by our enemies. The WWE has been doing this for the past years and the troops make sure the WWE is unharmed and protected.

See President Bush’s positive speech about WWE here:

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/video/vms/tributetothetroops/2008/december15-21/8984672

More on Tribute to the Troops below:

Kev

Report: I call Michael Jackson needing a lung transplant made up bullshit…

Jacko’s biographer claims that the King of Pop is sick and needs a lung transplant. Expect Jacko himself to speak out soon shooting down the rumours saying it’s not true. Becareful Mr. Halperin, you could get a nice big libel and slander lawsuit. With Jacko being broke and he’s not rich anymore, this will be a perfect time for him to score some extra bucks.

TMZ reports:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/12/21/michael-jackson-alpha-male/

Kev

RIP: Robert Mulligan 1925 – 2008

“To Kill A Mockingbird” director, Robert Mulligan, passed away of heart disease at his Connecticut home, he was 83. He also directed the “Summer of 42” and many other films. His last film before he quit directing movies was “The Man In the Moon” that starred the young Reese Witherspoon, that film is about a fourteen year old girl falling in love with an older boy.

The news of Robert Mulligan being gone was exclusively reported at the Hollywood Reporter today, so expect this news to be all over media tomorrow.  “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one amazing movie.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id78469d8113685396c480c94efc1905a

Kev

Just beat “The Bourne Conspiracy” today!!!

This afternoon I just beat the game “The Bourne Conspiracy”. It’s not the best game ever made. Still though, the game was fun to play and I loved the action. I wish the game could have been a little longer and the graphics could be better. “The Bourne Conspiracy” almost felt like a Ps2 game, not a Ps3 game. I still liked the Jason Bourne game though, and I hope they make the next Jason Bourne game a really good one.

What game do I pick for the best video game of the year?

I’m not sure yet. I haven’t really played a whole lot of videogames, because I just became addicted to video games again this year.

If I were to pick the best video game of the year 2008, it would probably be “Metal Gear Solid 4”. I find it a much better game than GTA-4 to be honest.

Kev