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

Elvis’s new album, “If I Can Dream” is freakin’ mind blowing… WOW!!!

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Since Priscilla Presley has been out there promoting Elvis’s new album, “If I Can Dream” in the media, I decided to give it a listen on Apple Music streaming ’cause I was curious and WOW!!!! It was a beautifully made album. I had to buy my own copy of it today.

What they did was they took Elvis’s archival voices from the past and mixed it over an orchestra. Of course, Elvis’s vocals were already recorded in the past back when he was alive, though. The orchestra recording were done sometime earlier this year. Priscilla said Elvis always wanted to sing in front of a huge orchestra and they did what he wanted. They made these songs exactly how he would have sang in front of an orchestra.

I gave this album a listen on Apple Music streaming once this morning and I was blown away. It was amazing all the way through. This is real music here. I just had to buy my own copy so I can own it for myself. The score for each song was beautiful stuff, indeed. I had goosebumps all the way through. As you listen to this album though, you should have a box of Kleenex nearby ’cause this album should have you in tears in no time. It’s powerful stuff.

This album is a must listen for any Elvis fan. I’ve been a longtime fan of the King myself. Although, I’m pretty sure Elvis’s songs has been remade many times by record labels, it’s just that these are the best versions. Even though I’m not a fan of Michael Buble, I liked his duet with Elvis on “Fever”. So far, I think this is the best record released all year and I think I’m gonna be listening to it a lot for sure. Please get this album. These are how Elvis’s songs should have sounded.

Elvis himself always wanted to sing in front of a large orchestra but he never got to. Well this is how he would sound like if he did sing in front of an orchestra and they did a great job.

Kev

movies

Sony to reboot Lisbeth Salander franchise…

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There is still no word on whether or not Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara will return for the Millennium sequel, “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and there is still no word on whether or not David Fincher is coming back to direct the sequel either.

Sony doesn’t care and they are no longer waiting for them ’cause they are moving ahead with an all new Lisbeth Salander reboot. They won’t be starting with the original trilogy by Stieg Larsson but instead, they will make the film on a lower budget.

It’s looking more likely that Craig, Mara and Fincher won’t return to the franchise so Sony has no choice but to go on without them.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/11/sony-to-reboot-dragon-tattoo-series-with-girl-in-the-spiders-web/

Such a shame ’cause I loved the American version of “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” by David Fincher. It’s looking like Fincher won’t comeback at all ’cause he’s got a lot of other projects up ahead.

I don’t think I’ll bother reading the 4th Lisbeth Salander novel ’cause like most people, I believe only Stieg can only write the stories. They shouldn’t have continued on without him. I love the Lisbeth Salander stories ’cause I’ve read the first three books.

Kev

movies, music

Noomi Rapace to star as Amy Winehouse for biopic film…

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There’s an Amy Winehouse biopic in the works and Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is in negotiations to star as Amy Winehouse for her biopic film. The Amy Winehouse biopic will be written and directed by, Kirsten Sheridan.

Will Amy’s music be featured in the film? Yes, probably… the film makers are in negotiations to score the rights from Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse who is in control of Amy’s estate. I would think he would be cool enough to let them feature Amy’s music in the film.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/05/amy-winehouse-biopic-noomi-rapace

I’m a pretty big fan of Amy Winehouse and it’s a shame that she died so young and her music career was short-lived. If she would have lived, she would have been a bigger star, absolutely. She may have been a messed up chick but hey, what can I say? Everybody’s got their problems. It was the music that mattered so I’m hoping that the film would focus on the music.

Before anyone accuses me of becoming a fan of her after her death, not true. I was a huge fan of her “Back To Black” album long before her death. Even though she was a pop star, still though, she was a phenomenal live performer and such a blast to watch. She really loved what she did and she showed it. I was pretty bummed out by her death and still kind of am.

Noomi Rapace is a perfect choice, in my opinion. They kind of resemble each other. Only problem though is that Noomi is Swedish so she’s gonna have to learn how to speak like Amy which shouldn’t be a problem. Noomi will have to learn how to speak like a Brit for sure. She’s gonna have to learn how to sing and dance like Amy too. She may have to take singing lessons.

I’m looking forward to that film and hope they do a good job with it. I haven’t seen the new “Amy” documentary film yet but looking forward to that one as well.

Kev

Politics/war

Is Bernie Sanders flip flopping on Hillary Clinton? It seems so…

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Bernie made claims in the past before that he would never attack Hillary Clinton and would never get all over her. For a while now, it seems that Bernie gave Hillary a lot of love & support but now it looks like he’s turning his back on her.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sanders-does-about-face-on-clintons-private-email-controversy/

You see that’s what politicians do. They flip flop on a lot of things and would do anything to get elected. Don’t give me any of this “people change their minds on things” crap. Bernie said he would never get all over Hillary many times and this is what he’s doing right now.

He’s probably trying to steal Hillary’s voters. Trying to get them to get turned off by her and support him instead. That’s what politicians do in elections, try to steal each others voters… hoping to surge in the polls.

Bernie should be careful ’cause this could be career suicide for him. He’ll be done in the election if he keeps at it ’cause all he’s doing is helping Hillary. He should have stayed quiet on Hillary ’cause that was actually a smart move but now he didn’t keep his word. Do you libtards really trust Bernie? I’m sure he’s losing voters right now ’cause just said he’s all for Trey’s Benghazi investigation.

Kev

Politics/war

Hmmmm interesting… why is Obama giving Trump & Carson, Secret Service protection? Now that is weird…

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It’s pretty obvious that Barack Obama himself has been paying very close attention to this upcoming President election. If he wasn’t then he wouldn’t have joked about the GOP candidates being afraid of CNBC. Yes, Trump and Carson both requested security protection by the Secret Service and oddly enough, the Dept. of Homeland Security granted their request (which I’m pretty sure goes through the approval of Barack Obama first).

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-secret-service/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10/19/source-trump-carson-likely-to-get-secret-service-protection/

So Barack is willing to protect Trump & Carson which I’m sure those are two men that Barack really despises.

Barack could be on his way into the election to illegally run for a third term and he can’t wait to get in the race so he can debate those two. That’s probably why Barack has agreed to protect them and keep them alive.

Kev

World Wide Web

Proof that people watch videos @ facebook instead of youtube…

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Here ya go… more proof that people watching videos at facebook is getting bigger than youtube.

Facebook Hits 8 Billion Daily Video Views, Doubling From 4 Billion In April

Like I said before, I know videos get more attention in facebook than youtube ’cause I’ve witnessed it myself when I upload my own videos at both places. When I upload my videos on youtube, they don’t get a lot of views at all but when I upload videos in facebook, videos seem to go viral quickly in facebook.

Videos going viral don’t happen in youtube anymore. Facebook is the way to go these days so don’t be surprised that facebook will soon be launching their own video site to rival youtube. I have a feeling this is gonna happen soon.

I’ll continue to use youtube, yes but I won’t use it upload music with anymore. I’ll make my homemade live music videos to facebook instead of youtube. I’m noticing that when I upload a video of myself performing a song on video on my youtube channel, it gets less views than facebook. So each time I upload a homemade music video of mine, it’ll go to facebook instead of youtube. I’ll just use youtube for videoblogs.

My “Take My Breathe Away” cover got almost like 400 views in facebook. In youtube that video wouldn’t have gotten that many.

Just watch everyone. Pretty soon all the youtubers will be switching to facebook. Facebook will be the future of videos.

Kev

music

The original Kiss lineup is the greatest of all time!

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After listening to every Kiss album on Apple Music, I can see why a lot of musicians are so inspired by this band. They inspired me too. While I pretty much enjoy every Kiss album and every era, nothing will top the original lineup though with Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter. These guys made the best albums for sure. I’ve always been a big Kiss fan, I just never listened to all of their studio albums until now. I’m glad I did. Even though I listened to all Kiss albums on Apple Music streaming, I purchased 4 of their albums for myself. I got their first self titled album, “Dressed to Kill” and I just purchased “Kiss – Alive” and “Destroyer” last night. I dig the original lineup the most ’cause they had the best songs and the best guitar playing.

One thing for sure, though, I find it real sad that the guys had too many problems and not getting along over the years. So I figure I would read all 4 of their memoirs to get a different perspective on their feuds. I’m sure each one of those guys got their own side of the story. I just want to read them all so I can be able to tell which one is the most believable. I finished reading Paul Stanley’s book not too long ago. Now I’m currently reading Peter Criss’s book. Last night, I purchased Gene’s book, “Kiss and Makeup” to get his take on the controversial feud. Soon, I will re-read Ace Frehley’s book “No Regrets”. After I read all 4 of their books, I’ll give you my thoughts on the feud they had in the past.

Kiss is a genius band, though. Glad I finally started getting into them. I’ve read so much about Kiss over the years. Read too many of their interviews through different music magazines and things like that. I one day hope to get my chance to see them live. I could have had my chance to see them when they just played Saratoga Springs @ SPAC earlier this summer. I wanted to go to that show but didn’t have the money. Oh well, maybe next time they play here, I’ll be sure to go.

Kev

Politics/war

Mark Levin challenges Obama for a debate on his radio show, Obama probably won’t go for it, though…

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I don’t listen to talk radio hardly at all but if Obama accepted Mark Levin’s challenge, I would tune in for that one for sure. I know Barack is capable of going on radio talk shows because remember Barack did a debate on the “WTF with Marc Maron” not too long ago? Of course, the only reason Barack accepted to go on the Marc Maron show is ’cause Marc Maron is a liberal, go figure?

Mark Levin’s got a lot of balls for this one.

http://cnsnews.com/blog/mairead-mcardle/levin-dares-obama-come-his-show-i-will-give-100000-his-favorite-charity?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cns&utm_term=facebook&utm_content=facebook&utm_campaign=b-levin-dares-obama

When will people understand that Barack is afraid to face criticism from conservatives? When will people understand that Barack is afraid to face hard questions? Obama is a coward. It’s clear that he can’t take any “right-wing” criticism at all. That’s why he tried to desperately put Dinesh D’ Souza in jail… that’s why he had Sharyl Attkisson’s computers hacked. That’s why he had James Rosen’s computers hacked. That’s why he’s targeting conservatives through the IRS.

I’ll say it again that Barack is a fucking coward. He’s afraid of “conservatives” absolutely. That’s why Barack is trying his best to make conservatives feel like they’re beneath liberals. If Obama wants to be taken seriously as president, he needs to be a man and a real leader and being able to take some criticism for once. You criticize Barack, you could get your computers hacked, get put under surveillance or worse you could be dead or be in jail. Once again, Barack is a coward and always has bene.

I love how Mark calls Barack, “Mr. Tough Guy” ’cause that’s funny. That’s the title of one of my original songs.

Kev

movies

Princess Leia of “The Force Awakens” is my favorite character poster out of them all!

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If you seen the recent photos of Carrie Fisher lately, you can see that she is aging. Carrie Fisher looks nothing like the young Princess Leia from the original trilogy. I’ll have to say that the film makers did one helluva job making Carrie look like Princess Leia again which I’m pretty sure was a big challenge for them to do due to her aging and gaining a little weight over the years. I bet it took them hours to make her look like Princess Leia again. It probably took them a lot of makeup and hairstylist work for sure in order to get her look right. Carrie’s look changed over the years as she got older but she now looks like Leia again as she did in the original trilogy.

I’m sure Carrie still has the acting chops too and I’m sure she can still play the Leia role well. She hasn’t played the role in many many years so I’m sure she had to practice her lines a lot to get the character right again. Carrie doesn’t work in Hollywood that much. She was just a co-star and did cameos in many other movies over the years so I’m sure she’s not used to playing in huge roles like this. Leia maybe older in “The Force Awakens” but I’m sure she’ll still be the same Leia from the original trilogy.

Oh yeah, some people are still wondering why there’s no Luke in the new character posters. Well, I still believe Luke is none other than Kyle Ren ’cause there’s plenty of rumors that Luke went to the dark side. Even Mark said that he pitched the idea to George Lucas that Luke should go to the dark side a long time ago but it looks like George wouldn’t go for the idea and it’s looking like JJ Abrams took the idea himself. Yep, I believe Luke Skywalker is Kylo Ren. So when people claim that Luke is missing from the posters and trailers… he wasn’t missing at all ’cause he was Kylo Ren after all this time. I’m betting your money on it, folks.

http://www.themarysue.com/mark-hamill-evil-luke/

Kev

Politics/war

See? I toldjaso… conservatism is bigger than liberalism… which is proof that Trump is gonna win President election…

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Just to clarify things, I may not be Republican anymore since I’ve been disappointed with the GOP myself lately but keep in mind that conservatism and GOP don’t mean the same thing. So therefor, I’m still a die-hard conservative.

I must say that all this stuff going on with Mayor Annise Parker and Matt Bevin getting elected as Kentucky’s new governor is pretty historic stuff. Houston shooting down Annise Parker’s equal rights ordinance is pretty amazing stuff as well as Matt Bevin getting elected as new governor as Kentucky. There is HOPE for conservatism after all!

What Last Night’s Election Results Prove About Social Conservatism and Voters

I knew from day 1 that Conservatism is bigger than liberalism. Don’t believe the media’s lies that they claim that liberalism is bigger ’cause it’s not. Conservatism is actually taking over America. Conservatism will take over the USA for good when Donald Trump gets elected in office. All this stuff going on with Annise Parker and Matt Bevin is just the beginning. It’s good enough proof that Donald Trump is gonna be elected as the next President of the United States.

More and more people are getting tired and fed up with “liberalism” and this is a good sign of that. Be ready for a whole new “conservative” movement in 2016, y’all. It’s gonna happen.

Kev