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.
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Report: Rush finally gets nominated for “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” after years of getting snubbed…

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The legendary prog rock band, Rush, have been getting snubbed for a nomination at the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” every year, but this time, they finally got one! While I’m happy that Rush finally got the nomination, don’t be surprised if the voters don’t pick them to get inducted though. I’m not getting my hopes up yet, but it would be awesome if they got the induction ’cause they deserve this more than anyone.

I’m also happy that Deep Purple finally got a nod too ’cause they’ve been getting ignored by the Hall of Fame as well. I hope both bands will get it. I also hope Joan Jett, Albert King, and Heart will get it too. Donna Summer have been getting nominated every year but she never got the induction. Hopefully, she’ll get it this time in honor of her death earlier this year.

I hope the Hall of Fame will do the right thing and induct Rush this time, ’cause I’m a huge fan of them as well. I own several of their albums in my collection and have seen them live in concert once.

More on the story, here.

Kev

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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #4: The Omen (the original)

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I love “The Omen” (the original), not the crappy remake. “The Omen” with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, is another one of my favorite horror flicks to watch on Halloween night every year. The film is directed by Richard Donner too, by the way. It’s a truly creepy flick. This film is just perfect all the way through. Great writing and great acting. The film direction is even real good. If any of you haven’t even seen the original “Omen” flick, what are you waiting for? If you have Netflix like I do, “The Omen” is streamable there. Do yourself a favor and see this film either before Halloween or on Halloween night itself. If you’re not a Netflix subscriber, then I’m sure you can rent it somewhere or wait for those classic movie channels to do a horror film marathon, TV usually air the original around Halloween season.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Commenting…

I changed the settings for commenting a few days ago, hoping to give more freedom for you guys to post whatever you want, without registering. I understand that some of you just come here to this site just to be smart asses and pick on me just for your own laughter but please be kind and be respectful. Play it civil. In my rants about local music, there was never any bashing. It was just honesty, friendly advice, and giving people a reality check which is what this blog is all about. It always has been ever since I started it, speaking the truth about things, no matter the consequences.

When you want to come here to tell me how wrong I post on the internet, call me a hateful little troll or whatever, when you come here to hate on the site owner, you’re doing the same thing, trolling. Stop coming here, telling me I’m such a badguy ’cause personally, I don’t give a rats ass what anybody thinks how I post online. It’s not like I haven’t heard that stuff before. When you tell me that stuff, that makes you the douche, not me.

I keep the commenting in moderation still just to help keep the spam out. Keep your hateful thoughts to yourself. There was nothing wrong with my postings, and you know that. You just come here for your entertainment. I won’t tolerate that. Just be cool. I can be a fun guy if you play it cool. Just play nice and I’ll treat you the same way. Thank you.

Kev

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Report: Mike Tyson banned from New Zealand, well deserved or do you think he has the right to travel there?

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Iron Mike, is banned from going to New Zealand ’cause he was going to attend an event to speak at, “Day of the Champions”, in Auckland. They cancelled his visa due to his 1992 rape conviction.

More on the story, here.

While I do respect, Iron Mike’s legacy with boxing, he really is a piece of garbage and this is New Zealand’s way of telling him that he’s a piece of garbage. Once a rapist, always a rapist, doesn’t matter how long ago it was. New Zealand is just scared of him, and they’re just trying to protect their women. They’re afraid he might do it again. He had other legal troubles in the past, other than rape, so I can’t blame them for not trusting the guy. This is called, karma, funny how this works.

Kev

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“The Princess Bride” cast reunion, 25 years later!!!

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From left to right: Cary Elwes (as Westley the man in black), Robin Wright Penn (Princess Buttercup), Mandy Patinkin (Innigo Montoya), Chris Sarandon (Prince Humperdinck), Wallace Shawn (Vizzini), Carol Kane (Valerie), Billy Crystal (Miracle Max)

There they are, the whole gang is there except there are 3 people missing from this reunion. They are Fred Savage who played the sick boy, Peter Falk who played the Grandfather (RIP) and Andre the Giant (who played Fezzik, RIP). Fred Savage is still alive obviously, he just wasn’t a part of this reunion, which would have been cool if he was there.

“The Princess Bride” is such a great movie. I have it on DVD, but I’m thinking about replacing it with the Blu Ray. 😉

Enjoy the film’s best scenes in the videos below.

Kev

 

Local music

Brock believes that CRUMBS turned it’s back on local musicians after they ditched CRUMBS radio…

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The CRUMBS radio, has always been a huge part of CRUMBS for years. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, the CRUMBS website which is dedicated to local musicians, would have an embedded radio player for the site. Local musicians of all kinds would submit songs to the site owner to upload their music to that player. The songs would get voted on by the public, and it would compile  a chart, on which song that got the most positive feedback, like a Billboard chart kind of thing. I forgot how Andy, the previous owner, did the Crumbs radio thing, but the new owners did a little differently. The Crumbs radio thing is what keeps me on Crumbs, listening to music from other local musicians and bands. I think I got my own music played on the Crumbs radio before, when Andy used to run the site.

I wish they would get the Crumbs radio back. I believe they got rid of it ’cause that’s when WEXT 97.7 started working for them so they can air their “Crumbs Cafe” interviews for FM radio, so WEXT can get more listeners. WEXT is a local music radio station which I’m also not that crazy about.

I don’t think Guzzo, the new owner would be offended at my feedback, I think he would appreciate it, ’cause I believe he likes hearing feedback about CRUMBS positive or negative ’cause they like to find ways to make the site better for people. I hope, he’s not offended, he shouldn’t be. I’m sure, he’s man enough to take it.

I’m just disappointed that they got rid of CRUMBS radio ’cause that was a good opportunity for random musicians of all kinds to get their music heard, even my own music. CRUMBS radio was the whole point of the site, has been for years, and they just got rid of it like it was nothing since WEXT took over. Their online radio thing was special. Here’s an idea to improve CRUMBS, ditch WEXT and bring back CRUMBS Radio. Of course, they won’t do that, whatever makes them the money.

Kev

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Cool Video: Hi, ho Silver, away!!! The Lone Ranger trailer finally arrives!

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And the film looks like garbage too. What a disappointment! Typical Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer. I was hoping the film would be more like the classic TV series, but of course, Hollywood have to make this an action movie with high tech cinematography. This looks like it might be a wait for rental kind of thing for me.

EDIT TO ADD: And having Johnny Depp playing Tonto is pretty offensive, they need an actual Indian to play that character.

Kev

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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #3: “Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn”

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Some of you may or may not know, that I am a pretty big Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead geek. I love the Evil Dead movies, all three of them, even “Army of Darkness” is great. I think “Evil Dead II’ is the best one of the trilogy. You can get scared, get grossed out, and laugh at the same time. A horror comedy, type of film. It’s a perfect film to watch around Halloween season. Chainsaws, demons, and memorable catch phrases like, “Groovy”.

Kev

 

TV

Am I watching that new NBC show, “Revolution”???

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The answer is no. I’m not watching that new JJ Abrams show. I’m not so crazy about his work anymore to be honest with you. I think that guy is a bit overrated, although, I will still watch his “Star Trek” movies, that’s about it. Plus, it’s hard to catch up on all the TV shows. I don’t watch a lot of TV, but when I do I only watch the good stuff that I like. Like some of you know, a few of my favorite TV shows currently are: “Dexter”, “Game of Thrones”, “Walking Dead”, “Breaking Bad”, and I recently just got into “Sons of Anarchy”.  I got those 5 shows to follow and that’s good enough. I don’t need to follow every TV show, again, just the stuff that I like.

I got to watch last Sunday’s, “Dexter – Season 7” premiere ’cause I just got the Showtime channel, which is exciting to have.

I’m not much of a TV junkie like a lot of people. I got better things to do like playing my guitar and lifting weights.

Kev

Edit to add: I do watch a lot of movies more than TV though. I only watch movies on the weekends at night, that’s a great time to relax your body from the fitness.

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Report: “Man of Steel” will focus on a “naturalistic approach” similar to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy…

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While this is no surprise, the new “Man of Steel” movie setting to hit theaters next Summer in 2013, will be similar to the Batman trilogy. The first “Man of Steel” movie will have an origin story much like, “Batman: Begins”. Just like that film was the beginning of Batman, this film will be the beginning of Superman. It’s going to ignore the Richard Donner/Christopher Reeve style. This film will be like a Superman movie made for the first time. So you will not hear the John Williams main theme at all. “Man Of Steel” will make you wonder what Superman will be like if he was real. The screenwriter, David Goyer, speaks out on how he is handling the script, a little bit, but of course, he doesn’t get into details with the story and plot.

More on the story, here.

While, I’m still disappointed that the John Williams music won’t be in the movie, I’ll give it a chance. Maybe Hans Zimmer can give it a good score, who knows. I like their idea for the new Superman story, but admittedly, I’m a bit skeptical like some people out there. This film could be a flop and may not be as good. People may not be used to a different approach to Superman ’cause everyone is so used to the Richard Donner style. I do like Henry as Superman though, that’s a good choice. I’m just hoping and praying that this will be an amazing film. Will Zack redeem himself this time? Or will he make another shit movie, worse than “Sucker Punch”? Who knows. All we have to do is wait to see the actual film and than people can judge. If “Man of Steel” gets positive reviews from everyone, that would be amazing, but I am predicting that this film will get mixed reviews.

I’m hoping Warner Bros., will release trailer #2 soon with Hans Zimmer’s new theme and hope they will show General Zod for the next trailer. “Man of Steel” is just the beginning but I’m sure the sequel will leave open more ideas and more villains. Lex Luthor may not be in “Man of Steel”, but maybe he will get a cameo at the end and he could be the leading villain for the sequel?

Kev