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: Brian Williams takes over “Meet the Press” for now…

NBC Nightly News head anchor Brian Williams will take over Tim Russert for “Meet the Press” only for the weekend. A permament host has not been confirmed. It is not yet decided if Williams will host “Meet the Press” for the entire weekend. It could last for a couple of days.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987763.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

How much do you want to bet that the permament host will be no one other than Tom Brokaw? Brokaw and Russert has been best friends for years so it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Brokaw does become Russert’s official replacement. Brokaw seems like the best choice anyway.

Kev

 

Report: Why Cheetah the Chimp gets no love on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame?

At least 20 movie stars are getting their star for the Hollywood walk of fame. Everyone from Cameron Diaz to Tim Burton to Hugh Jackman to Robert Downey Jr. and plenty more to list but Cheetah the Chimp gets ignored.

The Associated Press Reports:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gk8hiOClxoemZ2Nhb0aL0u3OXuEAD91DB5TG0

Why is Hollywood ignoring Cheetah? NEWS FLASH!!!!!!

It doesn’t deserve one!

I mean come on people! Think through your heads!!!!!

You have to look at how many iconic animal stars that never got the Star on the Walk of Fame.

Lets see here… how come Keiko the whale who played Willy in the “Free Willy” movies never got a star, eh? Keiko was a pretty well known whale for many years! What about friggin’ Beethoven the dog who is also an iconic animal from movies? How come Virgil the chimp from Matthew Broderick’s film “Project X” never got a star when Virgil was pretty popular too?

Oh yeah, and what about that horse who played Black in the “Black Stallion” sequels, how come that horse never got a star? How come Bart the Bear from the movie “The Bear” never got one? What about Milo and Otis? What about Babe the pig? What about Benji? What about Toto the dog in “Wizard of Oz”?

There are only two animals that do have a Walk of Fame…they are Lassie and Rin Tin Tin. They got one because they’ve been well known for years.

Cheetah the Chimp however is not that well known and not that much of a star. Cheetah is not in Lassie’s league, that’s why the monkey doesn’t deserve one. Sorry but that’s the truth you will have to accept and this is why Hollywood continues to blast down Cheetah everytime the chimp is requested for a star. Cheetah is not star power quality.

Kev

 

Report: Amy Winehouse getting close to dying…

Amy Winehouse was rushed to the hospital 4 days ago by fainting at her home. She’s still at the hospital as you read this. Other sources say that she’s having heart beating problems is the reason for her fainting. Amy undergoes more scans and tests to see what her problem is.

Reuters reports:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUKL1941380420080619

While it isn’t cool to talk death on people, I honestly feel it will happen to Amy this year. We’re never going to see a new album by Amy ’cause her drug addiction has gotten worse. She’ll be dead sooner or later, we all know it. She’ll soon be added to the list of musicians that died of drug overdoses.

Kev

 

Cool Video: Kid Rock gives advice to his fans to steal everything!!!

Kid Rock seems to be totally cool with internet piracy. He says it all from the mouth himself in this video here. Not only that he likes the idea of stealing music online, he gives advice to steal anything you want.

Oh yeah, and it’s pretty fuckin’ hilarious when he says “Stay in school, and get off the drugs” yet he puffs a cigar, lol! Hello, a cigar is kind of like a drug too. But I think he knows that, it was part of a joke.

Kev

Thought: About playing PS3 games online…

Today I was just trying to sign up for the Playstation 3 internet network so I can play games online with other people. It appears I need an ethernet cable to hook it up with. Of course, it isn’t included in the PS3 system, you have to go to a videogame store and buy one from there. I got paid from my job this week, so I will buy an ethernet cable soon. Instead of going for a cable, I’ll probably get some type wireless system so I don’t have to worry about cables. I really want to play games online for the PS3 with other people, I’m sure it will be more fun that way.

Kev

 

The Listening Room: Tony Scozzaro performs Springsteen cover “Born To Run” on acoustic at Tim Russert Memorial…

Tony Scozzaro the brother in law of Tim Russert is a musician, looks to be a classical guitarist. Hear him perform “Born To Run” on acoustic guitar here. Pretty impressive guitar skills I may say, I’m blown away by this performance.

I believe Tim Russert was a huge fan of Bruce Springsteen’s music, that’s why the Memorial was mostly Springsteen.

Kev

Report: Woman sues Victoria Secret lingerie company, claims getting injured in the eye with a thong…

The popular underwear and lingerie company for women, Victoria’s Secret, is being sued by a 52 year old woman who bought a thong from the company that injured her eye. She claims that as she was putting on the thong she bought from the company, a metallic piece broke off of it and hit her in the eye.

More on it here:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368206,00.html

Instead of suing the entire company over a damn little injury, she should have just brought the thong back to report it to management is a better way to handle it if she had the receipt. I’m sure the company themselves would love to be in service to help their customers with problems, but nope, this stupid woman wants more money off of them. I’m sure the eye injury wasn’t all that bad. It ain’t like the doctors put an eye patch on her something.

This lawsuit wouldn’t even go through.

Kev

 

Just beat Grand Theft Auto IV today!!!!

This morning I beat the game Grand Theft Auto IV. I never realized I was on the last mission, when I beat the mission the credits started rolling so I must of beaten the game. I won’t tell anything about it ’cause the ending does have a surprise ending.

I did pretty good in the game. Looking at my stats I was only busted 5 times and died 47 times.

While the game is amazing and a lot of fun to play, I wish it was a lot more difficult and challenging. The game is pretty easy as a matter of fact. You just got to know what you’re doing and paying attention. There were a few difficult missions that I had trouble getting by but with practice you’ll get through it.

The only thing I’m dissapointed in the game is, that there is not a lot of helicopter flying. There are only two helicopter flying missions in the game, that is it.

But other than that, the game was a blast. It was a great ride, I loved the storyline to the game and the acting of the voiceovers was fantastic as well. It felt like you were in a movie or a drama TV show or something.

I can’t wait for Grand Theft Auto V now, hopefully they make the next one even better. In the next Grand Theft Auto game, they should bring the Niko Belic character back since that character is so succesful and the most well known video game characters ever created. They should keep the Niko Belic story going in the next Grand Theft Auto installment.

It feels great to finally beat the game. I won’t move on to a different game yet, tonight, I want to try playing GTA IV online against other people, there’s a death match in GTA IV where you can play online. I’ll be looking into it.

Kev

 EDIT TO ADD: I forgot to mention that I only beat the “deal” part of the game. I’m gonna try beating the “revenge” part of it.