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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.
Politics/war

Of course, the White House refuses to respond to North Korea’s internet outage… no surprise there…

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When was the last fucking time the White House responded to something? I’m not surprised that the White House is silent on North Korea internet outage just like they’re silent on all the controversies, crimes and scandals that surrounds them. Have the White House responded to Benghazi? Operation F&F? Obamacare? IRS? NSA? The Bergdahl prisoner swap? The V.A. Scandal? This long is too long. No, they haven’t responded to anything.

The North Korea spokesperson  does have a point that they should show proof before pointing fingers and they also have a pretty good point on what would happen if they made a similar movie about Barack Obama.

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/12/27/white-house-silent-on-north-korea-accusations-against-obama/

So I’m hearing that “The Interview” is getting some pretty negative reviews mostly and that doesn’t surprise me either. I probably won’t bother watching it at all, then.

Kev

Politics/war

White House hiding Obama Benghazi photos? Wouldn’t surprise me if they are…

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So what was Obama doing during the 13 hours the night the compound and CIA annex were being under attack at Benghazi on Sept. 11th, 2012???

Sharyl Attkisson says the White House are hiding photos of what Obama was doing during the Benghazi attacks. She tried to get the photos herself from the White House but of course they were uncooperative.

While it maybe true that Obama may have possibly been sleeping in bed during the Benghazi attacks to rest up for the fundraiser in Vegas the next day, I’m sure he wasn’t sleeping throughout that whole night. While I’m sure Obama got a good 6 – 10 hour sleep that night, I’m sure he was awake for a few hours to check in on how things were doing and to see what was going on.

I would think Trey Gowdy himself would want to get his hands on those photos and I’m sure he’ll be after them at some point. I think America needs to know what Obama was doing during the 13 hrs.

Why are these photos important? Well, when a serious attack or tragedy happens on Americans usually photos of White House officials are released so they can prove to Americans that they were active during the time these things were happening but for some reason they won’t show these photos during the Benghazi attacks. Why did they have to hide the photos? Not only that the photos could potentially land Obama in a lot of trouble, it would also put a lot of government people in trouble. They probably didn’t want to show who was involved in the attacks and all that stuff.

There’s a lot of speculation of what Obama was doing during the 13 hrs. but we need those photos to prove what he was really doing. Trey Gowdy needs to get his hands on those photos. I’m sure those photos will get released for all to see. Want to take Obama down over Benghazi, releasing these photos would probably do the trick. If nobody is talking on where Obama was during the 13 hrs, we’ll somehow get the truth ourselves.

Sharyl Attkisson: White House hiding Obama pics

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Honestly, I don’t think I’ll need studio monitors…

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For the past couple of days, I’ve been researching on the best studio monitors that I can get for home recording that’s affordable. I just read somewhere that you don’t really need studio monitors ’cause they were designed for hearing the mix in a studio. Like when you’re mixing music on a computer or those huge studio boards with all those controls, that’s when you need studio monitors. For someone that records at home and when you’re doing it just as a hobby, you don’t really need studio monitors.

I’ll just get a regular stereo amplifier and stereo speakers for my computer to listen to playback with. Not studio monitors. I think it’s better that way. I like using headphones when recording guitars and vocals anyways. I’m gonna soon buy a stereo amplifier and stereo speakers so I can listen to playback of my songs, listen to music through Itunes or play PC Games with. Yes, I can play PC games on this computer now since I have a video card on it. So I think I’ll scratch the studio monitors idea.

I still need a new audio interface and DAW software, though. All the old stuff I already got won’t work on a Windows 7 64 bit software so I’m gonna have to get a new everything. Stereo amplifier/speakers first, then audio interface and then DAW software.

Kev

movies

If it weren’t for the hackers, “The Interview” would have been a huge hit…

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“The Interview” made $1 million when it showed in a few theaters on Christmas Day which is actually pretty impressive! If the hackers never threatened Sony and the release of the movie, I’m sure the film would have played everywhere on Christmas Day and the film would have been a huge hit! Instead, Angelina Jolie’s WWII flick, “Unbroken” takes the box office draw on Christmas Day.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-northkorea-cybersecurity-boxoffice-20141226-story.html

With all of this going on, I have grown some interest in wanting to see the film myself. I won’t pay to see it… I’ll just wait for it to get on Netflix streaming ’cause you know it’s gonna make it’s way there pretty soon.

I never really liked James Franco or Seth Rogen. Like I said there were only a few good films that Franco was good in like, “127 Hours” and the first “Planet of the Apes” movie. I never really liked Seth Rogen either although, I’ll admit his take on the “Green Hornet” was actually pretty good.

I’m planning on seeing Angie’s WWII film, “Unbroken” tomorrow, btw, and looking forward to that one.

Kev

Politics/war

Sharyl Attkisson, “Where was Obama” during the Benghazi attacks???

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I too wanna know where Obama was and what he was doing during the 13 Hours the Benghazi attacks was going on. Everybody wants to know. Leon Panetta claimed Obama was absent and went to bed. Obama was active during the so called Bin Laden raid but he wasn’t active during Benghazi. The worst part is that during the Obama & Romney debates in the 2012 elections, Obama claimed he was active during the Benghazi attacks but you know that was a 100% lie.

http://sharylattkisson.com/unanswered-benghazi-questions-first-in-a-series/

It shouldn’t be too hard to find out where Obama was and what he was doing during the 13 hours. I’m sure Trey is gonna find out pretty soon. When he does find out, don’t expect it to be anything good ’cause I’m almost positive Obama was watching the whole attack in real time. Watching the whole thing in the Situation Room probably. That’s part of why they had to hide Obama ’cause he would get in trouble if he got caught watching a US government crime being committed and watching 4 Americans getting murdered.

I hope 2015 we’ll finally get some answers on Benghazi. Hope we don’t get another year with nothing.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Time for a whole new recording rig…

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I’ve got a whole new PC now, a much better one and a much faster computer which I am happy with. Now I feel it’s time for a whole new music recording rig. Better equipment and something more professional sounding.

First, I would need a pair of studio speaker monitors. Not computer speakers, “studio” monitors. There is a difference between the two. When recording music professionally at home, you need studio monitors and I’ve been trying to find good ones online for the past week. I’m looking for speakers nothing too expensive. Somewhere around the $80 – $150 price range. I’m sure I can find great sounding speakers around that range. I want studio monitors with USB so I can hook them up to a computer and hook up the speakers to an Ipad.

I’m also gonna get a new M-Audio Fast Track Interface with MIDI on it. I already have a keyboard with MIDI on it. I’m not the best keyboardist/pianist but I’m gonna learn and take it more seriously. I would like to learn MIDI so I can make my own backing tracks for my music and stuff.

I would also need new DAW software. I think I’m gonna go for something much cheaper and affordable than ProTools. I’m sure there are great DAW software out there that is affordable like Reaper, Cakewalk SONAR X3, FL Studio, Acoustica Mixcraft, Sony Acid Pro, etc.

I’m probably gonna go with Acoustica Mixcraft ’cause it’s pretty similar to Apple’s Garageband… close enough anyway…

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Mixcraft6Pro

Acoustica Mixcraft sounds pretty good as it is mostly getting positive reviews.

Not only that I have to get a whole new music recording rig, I also need new movie editing software as well. I’m getting into researching that. For now, I’ll just continue to record and edit videos on the Ipad until I get new movie editing software for the PC.

I’m gonna focus on getting all of these in 2015.

Kev

 

Politics/war

Your Thought For The Day: Stop Labeling…

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Yes, I understand that some police officers can be bad people but not all of them. Most cops are real good people and professional. I’m not denying that some can get carried away with excessive force. Some cops do go to far with excessive force like they did with Eric Garner (I’ll have to agree now that was pretty excessive) but some cops have every reason to shoot and kill to save their own lives and others, ya know? I’m not denying that some cops can be assholes and think they’re tough guys but all cops are different, ya know? Some cops are good and some are bad.

I do know that not all black people are criminals either. I love black people. Once again all black people are different. Some are good and some are bad. If they do something bad, we’re not gonna sit back and smile about it. If a black person is a criminal, they are a criminal… they should be equally as criminal as the whites can be. It shouldn’t matter the skin color. Everyone should be held accountable and take responsibility if they commit a crime.

Yeah, not all white people are racists as well. I know some are still out there but not everyone. It seems like in this day and age when a white person wants to call out a black person’s bad behavior they are automatically racist. That’s not always true. I know from experience ’cause I’ve been called a racist many times when I try to speak out my views on Obama and stuff like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, etc. If it wasn’t for Obama, Holder, Sharpton, Jackson… then this country wouldn’t have been this way.

It’s real sad that this country have to be this way. This is not what MLK Jr. would have wanted. The whole goal of his 1963 march was that he wanted blacks and whites to get together and love each other. I’m sure MLK Jr. is rolling in his grave right now. MLK Jr. would have been disgusted that Obama and Sharpton have divided this country again. I know MLK Jr. wouldn’t have agreed with it.

Kev

music

Check out these live performances by At The Gates in this videos here…

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Seriously, this band is incredibly awesome!!! After seeing these live videos of this band makes me wish I could see the band live myself. They seem like a fun band to see. Listen to their guitar playing. Aren’t their riffs fuckin’ tight or what? They’re kind of like Metallica and Slayer put together.

After listening to At The Gates makes me want to listen to a lot more death metal and I think I will.

Kev

music

Album purchases for this month…

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Due to getting a few gift cards for Itunes, I decided to download 4 albums. Today I purchased…

At The Gates – “At War With Reality”: Once again, this is that death metal band from Sweden that I was talking about. Guitar World magazine helped me wanting to get into their music. This is their comeback album that they released earlier this year. Not sure if you know this but At The Gates broke up around the time “Slaughter of the Soul” was released and that was the album that helped them become more successful. So I ended up getting their new album, “At War With Reality”. You may not be into death metal yourself but give these guys a chance. These guys are actually pretty enjoyable and you won’t be disappointed. They only have 5 albums in their career so far and I think I’m gonna get their other three albums soon. I’m a big fan of this band.

Al Di Meola – “Consequence of Chaos”: I’m a big Al Di Meola fan and trying to get more of his music as much as possible. This is an album he released in 2006 and looking forward to hearing it. He’s beginning to be one of my guitar heroes and I think I’m gonna place him in my top 5. I would like to collect his entire discography too.

Dream Theater – (2013 self titled): I’m a pretty big Dream Theater fan. Have been for a long time. I’ve heard most of their newer music though. So far the only Dream Theater albums I own are: “Octavarium”, “Systematic Chaos”, “A Dramatic Turn of Events” and now their latest self titled album. I’m trying to collect all of their music the best I can too. I love Dream Theater. They’re a prog & metal band with John Petrucci as guitarist… he’s one of my favorite guitarists of all time as well.

The Doors – (1967 self titled debut): I think it’s finally time to start getting some Doors music. I need to hear Jim’s voice and Ray’s amazing organ playing. Their albums were on sale in Itunes for Christmas so I decided to grab one.

That’s it for now! Enjoy!

Kev