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.

RANT: There is no such thing as “celebrity” in the Capital District!!!

There are certain people out there that think that just because you’re well known in the Capital District, when you get your name out there in this area, they think they get “fame”. How many times have I explained to you that there is no such thing as “fame” and being a local “celebrity” in the Capital District.

I am no big star or no big celebrity in this area. I am just a regular human being who is pretty happy enjoying life. Just a regular guy that enjoys living life, posting in my blog, just playing my guitar and writing songs. You really need to face reality that there is no such thing as “fame” in the Capital District area. Yes, there is a such thing as getting yourself recognized but that doesn’t make you celebrity.

Being local does NOT equal to national fame. The national news does not pay attention to what goes on in the Capital District. The only time when the national news do “national” reports about the Capital District is when Trey Anastasio was over here for drug treatment, 10 WWE wrestlers were suspended for failing the wellness policy in Albany, N.Y. when they performed here, and of course the Eliot Spitzer controversy.

If you want to be looked at like some celebrity, move to Los Angeles or New York City. You may have a better chance in getting “fame” in either of those two cities but you’re definitely not going to get it here in Albany, lol. But in reality, trying to get “fame” is not easy as it looks. It’s a long road, it doesn’t happen over night.

Many of the famous celebrities out there like movie stars, rock stars, sports stars, politicians, etc. They got “fame” because that’s what they were born to do. They grew up in fame because a lot of famous people grew up in a fame world. Celebs like Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Sly Stallone, Arnold, etc. They got fame ’cause they were born with it. It’s what they grew up and survived on.

You’re not going to get fame here. Even if you do move to New York City or Los Angeles permanently, it still maybe impossible to get fame in those cities as well. If I moved to California permanently (I’m not saying I will but what if), I don’t think that’ll make me a famous blogger nationally either.

When you get fame, you’ll know… when you get a gang of papparazi following you everywhere you go 24/7 but you’re certainly not going to get that in Albany. And on top of that, I don’t want fame anyways. I am not blogging or playing music for fame, they are just a little hobby I like to do in life. I’m not aiming for no big career for music or blogging, they are just something I love to do.

There is no such thing as fame or celebrity here in this area. The truth hurts but sometimes the truth needs to be said and you need to get out of that fantasy world of yours.

Kev

RANT: There is no such thing as “celebrity” in the Capital District!!!

There are certain people out there that think that just because you’re well known in the Capital District, when you get your name out there in this area, they think they get “fame”. How many times have I explained to you that there is no such thing as “fame” and being a local “celebrity” in the Capital District.

I am no big star or no big celebrity in this area. I am just a regular human being who is pretty happy enjoying life. Just a regular guy that enjoys living life, posting in my blog, just playing my guitar and writing songs. You really need to face reality that there is no such thing as “fame” in the Capital District area. Yes, there is a such thing as getting yourself recognized but that doesn’t make you celebrity.

Being local does NOT equal to national fame. The national news does not pay attention to what goes on in the Capital District. The only time when the national news do “national” reports about the Capital District is when Trey Anastasio was over here for drug treatment, 10 WWE wrestlers were suspended for failing the wellness policy in Albany, N.Y. when they performed here, and of course the Eliot Spitzer controversy.

If you want to be looked at like some celebrity, move to Los Angeles or New York City. You may have a better chance in getting “fame” in either of those two cities but you’re definitely not going to get it here in Albany, lol. But in reality, trying to get “fame” is not easy as it looks. It’s a long road, it doesn’t happen over night.

Many of the famous celebrities out there like movie stars, rock stars, sports stars, politicians, etc. They got “fame” because that’s what they were born to do. They grew up in fame because a lot of famous people grew up in a fame world. Celebs like Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Sly Stallone, Arnold, etc. They got fame ’cause they were born with it. It’s what they grew up and survived on.

You’re not going to get fame here. Even if you do move to New York City or Los Angeles permanently, it still maybe impossible to get fame in those cities as well. If I moved to California permanently (I’m not saying I will but what if), I don’t think that’ll make me a famous blogger nationally either.

When you get fame, you’ll know… when you get a gang of papparazi following you everywhere you go 24/7 but you’re certainly not going to get that in Albany. And on top of that, I don’t want fame anyways. I am not blogging or playing music for fame, they are just a little hobby I like to do in life. I’m not aiming for no big career for music or blogging, they are just something I love to do.

There is no such thing as fame or celebrity here in this area. The truth hurts but sometimes the truth needs to be said and you need to get out of that fantasy world of yours.

Kev

Cool Video: Casey Desmond puts up unique video with a song titled “Tilt Me Back”…

I once said I was going to start promoting unsigned and indie musicians who post videos in youtube into the blog, and here is the first one.

Casey Desmond a musician from Boston, Mass. just uploaded a video titled “Tilt Me Back”, a music video that looks to be high budget production. The video has people wearing strange costumes and lots of weird things going on in this video. The song itself is very nice and good work itself. I dig the melody of the tune and the way the vocals are sung.

I predict this video will get a lot of hits very quickly. This immediately became one of my favorite music videos by an indie musician in youtube. Enjoy this. It’s a way cool music video, I enjoy the unique style in this.

Kev

Report: Big and Rich vs. Danzig match at a hotel…

Lead singer of the country/rock band Big and Rich, John Rich got into a fight with former Danzig/Hell Yeah bassist Jerry Montano at a hotel in West Hollywood, California.

See the reports at TMZ here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/cops-big-and-rich-singer-in-hotel-smackdown/

And here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/john-richs-attack-this-buds-for-you/

And here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/schlitz-happens/

And another one here:

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/17/john-rich-2-fights-in-2-days/

Here’s how I think the fight went down:

Jerry Montano is just hanging around the Hotel and he saw John Rich walking by.

Jerry: “Dude, are you that singer from that country band, Big & Rich?”

Rich: “Yep, and who are you?”

Jerry: “Why I’m Jerry Montano, I used to play for Danzig years back. Remember the song ‘Mother’?”

Rich: “No, my band wasn’t around back in those days to even know what kind of music that is. I’m a country musician, now if you excuse me, I gotta go.”

Jerry: “Wait wait wait, I just wanted to tell you how much I love your band and wondering if you would like to jam with me sometime.”

Rich: “Sorry, but country and metal doesn’t fit”.

Jerry: “I may be a metal musician but I like country, some of it…”

Rich: “I don’t jam with tattoo’ed long haired punks like yourself. I only jam with cowboys who play tunes for country line dancers”.

Jerry: “I ain’t letting you go until I get my opportunity to jam on my bass with you…”

Rich: “Get the hell outta my way, asshole…”

Kev

Report: Mick Foley explains why he jumped to TNA and hints he may wrestle again full time

Hardcore wrestling legend, Mick Foley, explains why he made the jump to TNA instead of WWE. Foley explains there wasn’t much more to do in WWE since he quit wrestling in 2000 and just performed in storylines every once in a while. He goes on saying that he’s been watching TNA wrestling for a while, he’s been liking the TNA shows and thinks he can make a difference by helping that wrestling company instead of WWE.

Foley also hints that he may get into the ring again, says there are 10 wrestlers that he would like to work with.

More on it here:

http://www.wrestling-radio.com/index.php?view=newsitem&hline=8987

The 10 TNA wrestlers I can see Foley working with: Kurt Angle, Booker T, Samoa Joe, Sting, Kevin Nash, Team 3D (formerly known as the Dudley Boyz from WWE), Scott Steiner, Rhino, Jay Lethal and Christian Cage.

I do watch TNA wrestling sometimes when there is nothing else on TV at night. I don’t watch it on a regular basis, but sometimes. TNA is just like the next WCW Nitro.

Kev

Report: Facebook plans on going music digital but it maybe different than myspace music…

With myspace music launching not too long ago, the other popular networking site Facebook is planning a similar thing but it will be different. The announcement was made by the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg himself. They plan to team up with other song streaming music websites such as imeem.com, rhapsody, ilike, and Lala.

Although this plan is not “definite”, they could also turn down the plan if this doesn’t work out.

More on it here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE49G2EJ20081017

This sounds much better than myspace music, I hope it happens.

Kev

Report: Jimmy Page does not want a star on the Hollywood “Walk of Fame”…

A die hard Led Zeppelin fan Rocky Dickerson started a campaign where rock guitar legend Jimmy Page could get nominated in getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Rocky Dickerson started the campaign when coming back home in California after attending the Led Zeppelin reunion concert at the O2 last year. When Jimmy Page finally heard this guy is doing a campaign to get a star, Jimmy Page responded and said he does not want his own star, and says Dickerson shouldn’t bother with it.

More on it here:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20081017/ten-page-says-no-to-walk-of-fame-star-ca-c60bd6d.html

Good for Pagey. The man is serious about guitar playing and music, he only wants to concentrate on that.

This makes it pretty clear that Jimmy Page just wants to play music, not worrying about fame.

Kev