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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.
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Thought: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Anniversary for the PSP…

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So I just beat the game “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Anniversrary” for the PSP Sony Handheld system. While I did love the game a lot, I thought it was a bit too easy and I even played the game on the “difficult” level and it was still easy. It only took me a couple of weeks to complete through the entire game. It’s a nice game, it has a good story to tell. It’s basically a female version of Indiana Jones.

The Tomb Raider games are fun ’cause you get to climb real high on things like mountains, temples, pyramids, tombs, volcanos, etc. You also get to figure out clues and try to open things and to unlock secret doors and stuff just like Indiana Jones would do.

I hope they keep making more Tomb Raider games ’cause there are no Tomb Raider games for the Playstation 3 yet, don’t know if they are making a new Tomb Raider game or not. I’m sure they got one in the works, but if not, hope they plan a new Tomb Raider game for the PS3. The Lara Croft character is way cool and I can see why the film makers wanted Angelina Jolie to play her ’cause Angie looks exactly like Lara.

Those who attack videogames, saying they are not good for ya and not good for your health, I’d say bullshit. I think videogames are good for ya, definitely. Why? They are good for your “mind”. They keep your mind off things. Videogames keep your mind off everything else. You can actually learn something from videogames and they get you to “think”. If I get kids and raise my own family in the future, I would let the kids play all the games they want.

I’ll probably move on to “God of War: Chains of Olympus” next. I’ll start playing “God of War” tonight.

Kev

 

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Thought: The Rolling Stones is the most overrated band on this planet…

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I love Rock n’ Roll music, don’t get me wrong. It’s the genre that I grew up listening to. And rock n’ roll music is what turned me on to become a musician myself. I love classic rock from bands like Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Rush, The Beatles, etc. I never liked the Rolling Stones. They have always been the most overrated band on this planet. Rolling Stones, the best rock n’ roll band in the world that people say? Not a fuckin’ chance! Mick Jagger is a horrible vocalist and the bands lyrics can get really lame and silly that it doesn’t mean anything. I’ve always admired Keith Richards as a guitarist, he’s a brilliant guitarist, I’ve always thought the Stones wrote the crapiest songs though.

Just the other day, the entire front page of youtube was all Rolling Stones videos ’cause the band just launched their official youtube account. My belief just to build up the hype for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film “Shine a Light”. I will not see that film at all.

I’m sick of all the hype of the Rolling Stones. The only reason the band is so popular and legendary is that Mick Jagger is god’s gift to women. The Rolling Stones would never be this popular if the band had a different lead singer.

I’m not into that “rock n’ roll” pop stuff, I don’t want to hear rock n’ roll music where it’s fun to dance to and sing alongs. I want to hear something tight, intense and powerful, something that knocks me out cold. The Rolling Stones does not do that to me.

I would prefer a big Led Zeppelin comeback over the Rolling Stones anytime.

Kev

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Thought: The Rolling Stones is the most overrated band on this planet…

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I love Rock n’ Roll music, don’t get me wrong. It’s the genre that I grew up listening to. And rock n’ roll music is what turned me on to become a musician myself. I love classic rock from bands like Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Rush, The Beatles, etc. I never liked the Rolling Stones. They have always been the most overrated band on this planet. Rolling Stones, the best rock n’ roll band in the world that people say? Not a fuckin’ chance! Mick Jagger is a horrible vocalist and the bands lyrics can get really lame and silly that it doesn’t mean anything. I’ve always admired Keith Richards as a guitarist, he’s a brilliant guitarist, I’ve always thought the Stones wrote the crapiest songs though.

Just the other day, the entire front page of youtube was all Rolling Stones videos ’cause the band just launched their official youtube account. My belief just to build up the hype for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film “Shine a Light”. I will not see that film at all.

I’m sick of all the hype of the Rolling Stones. The only reason the band is so popular and legendary is that Mick Jagger is god’s gift to women. The Rolling Stones would never be this popular if the band had a different lead singer.

I’m not into that “rock n’ roll” pop stuff, I don’t want to hear rock n’ roll music where it’s fun to dance to and sing alongs. I want to hear something tight, intense and powerful, something that knocks me out cold. The Rolling Stones does not do that to me.

I would prefer a big Led Zeppelin comeback over the Rolling Stones anytime.

Kev

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Report: Frank Darabont still upset about “Indy 4” turn down by Lucas…

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Frank Darabont an iconic film maker known for making movies like “The Mist”, “The Green Mile”, and “The Shawshank Redemption” was turned down by George Lucas last year after Darabont spent an entire year writing the script for “Indiana Jones 4”. Steven Spielberg loved Darabont’s script for “Indy 4” but Lucas hated it. After being turned down, Darabont’s been complaining about it ever since, calling that year a “waste” and continue to slam George Lucas.

Look like we won’t ever see Darabont working with Lucas ever again, he made it pretty clear that Darabont won’t even work with Lucas for the upcoming live action “Star Wars” TV series. Darabont is upset that he won’t get credit for his work in his turned down script for Indy 4. I think Darabont is the one that came up with the idea to bring Marion Ravenwood back in the first place.

MTV Movies Blog reports:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/04/02/frank-darabont-wont-get-credit-on-indy-4-wont-work-with-lucas-again/#more-2060

Way to go, Frank! Don’t let George bring you down! George Lucas is an egomaniac who all he cares about is himself, he’s just working with Indy again just to help plug in his upcoming Star Wars projects.

Indiana Jones is Steven Spielberg’s creation, not George’s. If Steven loved the script, he shouldn’t have to listen to George. They should have taken Frank’s script after all the long and hard work he put into it. It is a waste of year and I feel for him.

Kev

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Report: The Sex Pistols to release Brixton Academy concert on DVD…

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The reunited Sex Pistols announced they will release their November 2007 concert at the Brixton Academy in London on DVD. It was recorded in 5.1 Surround Sound and in HD. The DVD will be titled “The Sex Pistols: There Will Always Be An England”. The current band member lineup includes Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock. Ex-band member of the Sex Pistols, former bass player Sid Vicious died February 2nd 1979 of an accidental heroin overdose, a little after he was accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen.

“The Sex Pistols: There Will Always Be An England” DVD will first hit stores in the U.K in June of this summer. The DVD will hit shelves in the U.S. either late summer or the fall.

Billboard reports:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003785681

I’m looking forward to this. I’m a really big Pistols fan so I will definitely be buying this DVD when it hits the US this year.

Kev

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Thought: Does Mariah Carey deserve this popularity?

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The song “Touch My Body” is an ok song, it ain’t bad, but does it really deserve to beat down Elvis in Billboard? Hell no. This is just proof that people out there have bad taste in music. All people care about recently is “hit radio singles”.

Not with me. I’m not a “hit radio single” type of listener. If you are, then you probably ain’t my type of crowd that I would be hanging out with. No wonder this world can’t get another rock revolution ’cause the world is obsessed with pop music. Rock bands like Korn, Tool, Nickelback, The Velvet Revolver, etc. tried to take over the world for a little bit but failed because this nation is obsessed with pop music.

I never obsess with radio hit singles, I’m not that type of listener, never have and never will be. When I listen to music on CD, I don’t just listen to popular songs that you hear on the radio 50 times a day, I listen to a CD like I’m listening to a whole album. I do love “songs” that are not played on the radio. I listen to a whole album as if I’m listening to one entire song if you know what I mean.

*sigh*

I miss the old days in the 60’s and 70’s, early 90’s when Grunge rock took over, when people weren’t obsessed with radio singles where people would listen to an entire album from start to finish. It ain’t like that anymore. This is why rock music would never get another revolution.

Kev

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Report: “Short Circuit” remake greenlighted…

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Wow, a lot of remakes and sequels coming out this year. Can’t someone ever come up with an original story these days? Dimension Films just acquired the rights to remake the first “Short Circuit”, the film was made in 1986 starring Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens and Ally Sheedy.

A family comedy film about a robot named Number 5 who is owned by a company called Nova, after No. 5 gets struck by lightning, his machinery causes a malfunction which turns him into a more human robot who talks and moves like a real human being although he is a machine. The robot befriended a woman named Stephanie who is an animal lover who owns a business that saves animals. Steve Guttenberg who played Newton worked for Nova but quit after learning the company wanting to destroy the robot so he helps Fisher Stevens to track down the robot to save him before Nova catches the robot.

The screenwriters who wrote the first two “Short Circuit” films will be writing the remake as well.

Variety Reports:

 http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983475.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

As long as they still have the same robot and Tim Blaney doing the voice over for the remake, I’ll go see it.

Kev