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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 For The Day: I Will Never Apologize For Being Me…

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I have quite a lot of people criticizing me of who I am as a person and as a man but that’s okay. Let them. I will never apologize for who I am. I am quite happy for who I am. I have no regrets and never felt guilty of who I am.

I will never apologize for speaking the truth no matter the consequences. I will never apologize for speaking the truth no matter how offensive it gets or how upset other people get over my opinion on certain topics.

I will never apologize for living life the way I want to. I will never apologize for doing the things I love to do. I will never apologize for liking the music I want to like. I will never apologize for my obsession with movies and Hollywood. I will never apologize for working out in the gym, staying in great shape and eating healthy. I will never apologize for my love for music and my obsession for playing the guitar. I will never apologize for my conservative political views and my views on Obama.

I am not responsible for making every single person on this planet happy ’cause that’s not how I work. I will never be the kind of person that other people want me to be. I will always be myself. No matter what anybody says.

I enjoy life and am a happy man. That will never change, no matter how many haters and negative people get in the way. Negative people are nothing to me. I focus on the happy, positive and joyful people. I know who they are. I do have people who are kind, caring and have awesome people who believe in me.

Never apologize for being you. You shouldn’t have to.

Kev

 

movies

“Ghostbusters” all-female reboot just started casting and I actually like their first choice!!!

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Look like Rebel Wilson who is known as Fat Amy from “Pitch Perfect” is the first choice for the all-female Ghostbusters reboot. I can deal with that. I love Rebel Wilson. I was actually thinking about her for the new Ghostbusters film. I can deal with Rebel Wilson than Melissa McCarthy. Rebel is funnier than Melissa.

It’s amazing to me, though… how Sony is committed to this movie not caring about the negative feedback. They really want this movie made pretty badly, hey? Sony knows about the public criticism of this movie, they just don’t care.

Who knows, maybe when the movie comes out, maybe we’ll actually enjoy it? We’ll have to wait and see, I guess. Maybe they feel the script is that good and we shouldn’t negatively judge this early.

Kev

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Sony getting hacked thoughts…

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I think what’s going on with Sony is real sad. They don’t deserve that at all. Becoming a victim of hacking is not cool. Why are people doing this to them?

It could be that Kim Jong-un (Sp?) and North Korea are hacking Sony themselves as in retaliation for releasing that movie, “The Interview” w/ James Franco and Seth Rogen when they were told not to. Kim Jong-un threatened Sony not to release the film ’cause he felt it was offensive to him but of course, Sony ignored him and released the film anyways.

It could be that or the hacking could be by a bunch of losers with no jobs that have way too much time on their hands.

Sony getting hacked revealing top secret movie news that’s not supposed to be released yet, celebrities getting attacked like Angelina Jolie and Tom Hanks, many others. Crazy.

Hacking is becoming the next big thing in the technology world which is sad. That’s the way it goes, though. The bigger technology gets, the more it becomes “hacker” friendly.

I have no interest in seeing, “The Interview” film, by the way. I’ll still see it but I’ll wait for DVD rental for that one. I’m not really a big fan of either Franco and Rogen anyways. Both are terribly overrated actors and not that funny either. The only film I liked with James Franco in it was “127 Hours”.

Other than that, I hope Sony will be successful in finding out who is behind the hacking and hope they’ll get those responsible. It’s gonna be difficult, though. I don’t think they’ll ever find out who is behind the hacking ’cause it’ll be hard to trace them. They’re probably using proxy servers and all that stuff.

People who hack into others computers are usually people with no lives, though. They got nothing going on and that’s all they do.

Kev

Politics/war

Trey Gowdy vows to keep the Benghazi hearings going until the truth is out…

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In this opening statement of the second Benghazi hearing by Trey Gowdy, it seems like he’s responding to the bullshit Intel Committee report without mentioning it’s name. Looks like Trey is vowing to keep the hearings going until the real truth of Benghazi is out. He’s not gonna give up until we get a full understanding of what happened that night on Sept. 11th, 2012.

It can take months or another few years or more and people can try to stop his investigation but nothing is stopping this man.

While it’s gonna take a long time to get the full truth, it’s preferably we know the truth even sooner. The sooner, the better. Trey is slow on the investigation ’cause Benghazi is a difficult investigation. Barack and Hillary covered their tracks too well so it’s gonna take a long while to get everything.

I would like to watch the 2nd hearing today but the live-stream sucks up here so I’ll just read about it on the internet. It’ll be a long while ’til we start knowing some things ’cause Barack and Hillary has way too many people lying for them. It’ll be nice if some witnesses, whistleblowers and survivors would have some guts and be honest for once. I’m tired of people protecting Barack and Hillary.

Kev

Politics/war

CIA torture report getting released thoughts…

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I’m sure some of you are wondering my thoughts on the CIA torture report getting released by Democrats so I thought I would give my brief thoughts on it. First of all, this makes them look like hypocrites over Benghazi. Secondly, this was a dumb and foolish move of them.

How does it make them hypocrites over Benghazi??? Well Democrats continue to maintain that Benghazi happened 2 years ago (technically, it wasn’t that long ago at all) and here the Dems release the CIA torture report which happened long before that. Isn’t that kind of crazy that Dems refuse to talk on Benghazi and yet they were willing to be more transparent on the CIA Torture Report stuff? The only reason Dems released the CIA report ’cause George W. was president at the time and they did whatever it took to make him look bad. I’m sure libtards are happy as hell that the torture report is released.

If you think this is good for America, you need to get your fucking head checked. The release of the torture report could inspire more terrorist attacks. We could get another 9/11 and maybe something even worse. That’s the reason the Dems intentionally released the report. The left hates America pretty clearly and this should be good enough proof of that.

I’m almost positive that it’s illegal to release something “confidential” like that.

Welcome to Obama’s America.

Kev

Politics/war

Watch Trey Gowdy destroy Jonathan Gruber in this epic video!!!

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Trey is one tough mofo!!! When you sit in front of him, you should be very afraid and Jonathan Gruber here looks afraid. You can tell Gruber is looking nervous when Gowdy questions him. Gruber said those comments ’cause he claims he was trying to make himself look smart and he also claims he didn’t mean what he said. You know this fucker Gruber is lying, if he was trying to make himself look smarter than he wouldn’t have gotten himself an Ph. D. So this douche is full of it. Gruber absolutely meant what he said. Gruber is also involved in politics in some way even if he claims that he isn’t.

Trey Gowdy is awesome. Conservatives look up to Gowdy ’cause he’s one of the very few who believes in the law. It’s not about Gowdy fighting back at Obama, it’s about the law and the Constitution that he believes in.

I wish Gowdy would run for a higher position like President of the U.S. in 2016 or even House Speaker. He would even make a perfect DOJ as well. I know DOJ’s aren’t elected officials, they are appointed but still Gowdy would make a great DOJ. He deserves a higher position than a Congressman. Trey is the freakin’ man! \m/

Kev

music

Top 15 Best Music Albums of 2014 is here…

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Here is the list… the Top 15 Best Music albums that came out in 2014. I purchased quite a bit of albums this year. I was happy with all my album purchases but these 15 albums is what impressed me the most. These albums are my favorite this year. Enjoy!!!

I’m gonna go backwards in this list starting from 15 – 1. The No. 1 album will be my choice for “Album Of The Year” and you might be surprised of what I would pick for no. 1.

15. Black Label Society – “Catacombs of the Black Vatican”

BLS returned with a new album this year and this is their best album, yet. Zakk Wylde has been one of my favorite guitarists for a long while now and he continues to impress me. I think this is BLS’s best album. It’s pretty tight and has some great songwriting. Zakk at his best. Loved this album and couldn’t stop listening to this one.

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14. Animals As Leaders – “The Joy Of Motion”

This is an instrumental prog rock band that has guitarist, Tosin Abasi in the lineup. If you like shred and heavy music, you would probably dig this album. Actually, this album has a wide variety of genres. It has a bit of classical and jazz on it too. I can’t tell what genres are on this album. It’s just an awesome album to listen to. This is one album that I couldn’t stop listening to this year.

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13. Royal Blood – self titled

This is a pretty bad ass rock album. Another album I was pretty impressed with. There are no guitars on this album at all even though it sounds like it. It’s all bass and drums. This is a pretty strong rock album. Tight riffs, great vocals and excellent songwriting.

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12. Yes – “Heaven & Earth”

So the legendary prog rockers, Yes, came out with a new album this year and it was pretty fucking amazing. The guitar work, keyboards/organs, vocal harmonies, etc. all pretty sick. This band still has it after all these years. You would probably know the band Yes with their song, “Roundabout”. Yes, this band is still together and this album makes me want to start buying the rest of their albums. I’m a huge Steve Howe fan now.

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11. Rodrigo Y Gabriela – “9 Dead Alive”

I’ve been a fan of Rodrigo Y Gabriela for a while now, I just haven’t gotten their albums until now. This was a pretty amazing instrumental album. This is not just a typical acoustic album. If you want to hear tight and aggressive acoustic playing, you’ll hear exactly that. These two maybe Mexican but they don’t play mariachi on their acoustics. You’re gonna hear classical, jazz, and rock n’ roll/metal inspired playing all over it. I was blown away with this record, you should definitely give this one a listen.

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10. Robert Plant – “Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar…”

This is Robert’s best solo record, absolutely. I was floored with this album. Robert’s best vocals and the songwriting is just mind blowing. This album I found myself listening to a lot.

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9. Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers – “Hypnotic Eye”

Tom Petty is back with a new album this year and he kills it every time. This album was better than his last one, “Mojo”. “Hypnotic Eye” has his catchiest songwriting and the lyrics are pretty deep as well. I listened to this album several times. If you’re a Petty & The Heartbreakers fan like myself, you would definitely dig this one.

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8. Billy Idol – “Kings & Queens of the Underground”

I’ve been a huge Billy Idol fan for years. Here he is just released a new album with his long time collaborator, Steve Stevens on the guitar. I think this is Billy’s best solo record. It’s different than anything he’s done in the past. He still has that 80’s dance feel like he always had but there’s something about this album. It’s so damn good. Every song. It has his best singing too.

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7. Slash – “World On Fire”

Slash and Myles Kennedy re-teamed together with a new album and they killed it once again. I love Slash’s solo work and he keeps getting better and better every album. If you wanna hear some pretty sick guitar playing, you gotta check this one out. Myles singing is great too. Loved this record!!!

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6. Phish – “Fuego”

I’m not ashamed to say that I’m pretty big on Phish and this is their best album in their career, holy shit! What a masterpiece of an album this is. I know this band isn’t for everybody but please, give this album a try. This album should have given this band the respect they deserve. This really was a beautiful album. Trey’s best singing and guitar playing. All the vocal harmonies are wonderful. Another album I couldn’t stop listening to.

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5. Iggy Azalea – “The New Classic”

I’m probably gonna get some flak for this but I don’t care. This is my list, I put whatever I want on it. Yeah, I put Iggy pretty high up there ’cause this is a pretty fuckin’ killer album and not ashamed to say it. This is coming from somebody who isn’t into rap & pop music much. I honestly LOVED this record and listened to it too many times this year. It’s awesome and fun to listen to. Finally, some good pop music!!!

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4. Johnny Cash – “Out Among The Stars”

Couldn’t leave Johnny Cash off of this. Johnny’s son discovered a long lost Johnny Cash album and he decided to release it this year. This album was made in the early 80’s, I think and it was never released until now. It has a few songs with June Carter on backup vocals. This is a beautiful album and was blown away by it. Doesn’t surprise me ’cause he’s Johnny Cash. ALL of his music is great!!!

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3. Foo Fighters – “Sonic Highways”

Wow!!! What a fuckin’ sick album!!! It doesn’t surprise me that the Foo’s would release another sick album. I think this is their best album in their career. Even though this album has about 7 songs on it, I was blown away with every song. The Foo’s are still killing it! Great job, Dave!!!

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2. Slipknot – “The Gray Chapter”

Man oh man, this is one of the best metal records I’ve heard in years. It really was a strong and tight as hell album. I loved every song on it. The studio quality on this record is just amazing and the guitar sounds are like out of this world. This album is a masterpiece and will go down in history as one of the most important albums in metal. It really was a great record and it made me a Slipknot fan now. I really wanna get their previous albums. They’re not for everyone but if you like heavy music, you would dig this album. This album has some of the best guitar playing and the songwriting itself is great.

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1. Sharon Van Etten – “Are We There”

I’m a huge fuckin’ fan of Sharon Van Etten. I love her music to death. She came out with a new album this year and I was blown away with this record. This is another masterpiece. I love every song on it. Another album I couldn’t stop listening to all year. Yep, so Sharon’s “Are We There” is my choice for “Album of The Year”. Sharon’s best songwriting and singing, in my opinion. I listened to this album like over 20 times this year. Her singing and deep lyrics gets me every time. Her songs give me goosebumps every time. You should definitely buy this album and check it out yourself.

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That’s it. Enjoy!!!

Kev

movies

The new 007 movie “Spectre”… what is “Spectre”???

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When the title for the new 007 flick was revealed as “Spectre” not too long ago, you probably wonder what the plot/synopsis of the movie is gonna be about”? Well, when you look at the word, “Spectre” the title, you’ll immediately start to know what it’s about just by the title alone. In the James Bond franchise, SPECTRE stands for (Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorist, Revenge and Extortion) which means they are a global terrorist organization and that also means that they are probably bad guys. SPECTRE appeared in the very first Bond film, “Dr. No” and they are about to make a huge comeback in the film, “Spectre” with Daniel Craig.

More on SPECTRE here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECTRE#Films

I just finished watching, “From Russia with Love” the second Bond film and there was a little bit of SPECTRE in that film as well. “From Russia With Love” is a great film by the way, too.

Spectre even have their own fictional island as well so the new Bond movie with Daniel Craig will probably be taken place on Spectre Island. Christoph Waltz is probably gonna play the leader of SPECTRE, Blofeld which is gonna be cool.

If you’re a long time Bond fan you would probably already know what SPECTRE already is. So it’s probably gonna be Bond vs. Spectre in the next film.

So far, I thought “Skyfall” was the best 007 film with Daniel Craig. Hopefully they do a good job with the next film. They just started filming “Spectre” today at Pinewood Studios. I hope they make it dark and violent like “Skyfall” was. Looking forward to the next Bond film.

I’m gonna try to watch all the old movies with Sean Connery and Roger Moore. I’ve seen all the newer ones with Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. I didn’t like the Pierce Brosnan movies that much… he was terrible Bond, in my opinion.

Kev

Local music

More truth of the Cammy Awards…

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You wouldn’t believe how much it costs to put together an event like the Cammy Awards (http://www.thecammys.net/) at a venue called, The Linda in Albany. I just contacted the Linda in Albany via e-mail out of curiosity of their rental pricing of the venue. The fact is that anybody can have a show or an event at The Linda as long as you can pay their hourly rates. The owners doesn’t really go by the number of people attending the gig or how good/bad the show is. Anybody can rent The Linda as long you have that kind of money. Wanna know how much it costs hourly to rent the place?

I got a response from the venue back and they said it costs somewhere between $500 – $1000. As I predicted before… it’s not cheap. So to do the math, since the show starts at 5:00 p.m., it’ll probably go on ’til like late in the evening like 9 or 10 or later. So in all, the show is gonna cost them like several thousand dollars or more.

I really don’t think this Tier One Talent guy is paying for this all by himself. He’s definitely having some help with the budgeting of this show. I’m sure the show costs a lot more than the hourly rates. I’m sure they’ll have to pay to decorate the place, pay the bands and all that stuff.

The reason they want to have this event at The Linda is ’cause The Linda is like a theatre, I think. They clearly want this show to be like a mini-version of The Grammy’s like you see on TV.

In my opinion, they are wasting tons of money on a show that no one cares about.

According to the website, they say the nominations are supposed to be revealed on Dec. 15th which is next Monday. If your band or venue gets nominated… congratulations but don’t get so excited about it… I warn ya. Instead of the talented bands that matter around here winning the awards, they won’t win awards but instead Tier One’s Talent and his gang of friends will be winning awards. It’s gonna be the same bullshit like last year. They’re just a bunch of egomaniacs and attention whores trying to get recognized for what they do. They’re just a bunch of losers putting together their own award show so they can win themselves awards and show the Capital District how special and cool they are. I repeat, egomaniacs and people with delusions of grandeur. They are a bunch of people who are legends in their own minds.

When last year’s award show happened, I can’t tell you how many times I warned certain bands & musicians who were nominated and warned them not to trust this show but sure enough, they didn’t listen to me. They didn’t win the awards and they ended up getting disappointed. Same bullshit will happen this year.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Tier One Talent guy shitty Alice In Chains tribute band, Sludge Factory is gonna get a few nominations, that’s probably why this guy stepped down from being in charge of promoting this show on the facebook page.

Don’t be naive, Capital District. Don’t support these people behind this bullshit event. I can’t wait to see the nominations next week. It’s gonna be a good laugh!!!

Kev

music

RIP, John Lennon!!!

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34 years ago today, we lost one of the Beatles and that is none other than, John Lennon. John and Yoko were returning to their NYC apartment where they were staying and John was shot by Mark David Chapman as the couple was just entering the building. John was rushed to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead later on.

Like most, I’m a pretty big Beatles fan. I have most of their records and trying to collect them all. I’m also a huge fan of John’s solo stuff as well.

Kev