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.

Cool Video: Clint Eastwood’s next starring role but didn’t direct film, “Trouble With The Curve” is here…

When was the last time, Clint Eastwood starred the leading role in the film but didn’t direct it? Been a long time hasn’t it? YES IT HAS! The last time he starred in a film but didn’t direct was back in 1992 for the film, “In the Line of Fire”. I guess Clint, finally wants a break from directing and wants to let someone else direct him for once. Clint here is staring in a baseball movie titled, “Trouble With the Curve”, starring alongside with Justin Timberlake, John Goodman and Amy Adams.

This film looks pretty good but I wouldn’t see it in theater ’cause of Justin Timberlake. I don’t like him as an actor. I’ve seen in a few films and just don’t like his acting, he should quit acting go back to doing music.

On top of all this, I’m glad Clint is not done with acting yet. I’m sure he has a few acting roles left in him before he dies.

Edit to add: You can immediately tell this isn’t a Clint directed movie ’cause the style is different.

Kev

NASA shows photos of the surface of Mars since successful Mars Rover Curiosity landing….

Since Mars Rover Curiosity successfully landed without harm, it’s been investigating it’s planet surface by taking actual photos of planet Mars. Mars looks pretty cool. It’s nothing but land covered with stones, and there are mountains as well. Looks like a planet surface that you see from the original Star Trek series.

See the photos, here.

I used to say it would be impossible for a human to step on Mars, but it could be possible since Mars Rover Curiosity successfully landed. While it may not be safe for a human being to step on Mars, all it would take is careful investigation. NASA is taking small baby steps, and Mars Rover Curiosity is only the beginning. It’s going to be a long and difficult investigation to figure out how a human is going to survive on Mars. Hell, the planet may not even be that dangerous at all and may be okay for a human to step on Mars with no problem, but it’s pretty unlikely.

You can’t just step on Mars in a regular astronaut suit (or without one) or you could die in a second.

I’m sure a human being will step on Mars someday, it just won’t happen right away. It would be a history making moment if it ever happens though

Kev

About Sharon’s “Love More” song…

In youtube, I’ve been watching various performances of Sharon’s “Love More”. The funny thing is, the woman plays the song differently at all of her performances. There are too many different versions of the song. Sometimes she plays the song with that weird looking organ instrument (don’t know what it’s called), sometimes she plays it with guitar and sometimes acepella. When she plays the song with guitar though, sometimes she uses different chords and uses different keys.

Which goes to show, this is another reason why I admire her so much. She never plays the song the same way twice live on stage. Most performers play the song the same exact way at every show, but I love performers when they play their original songs differently.

That’s where I come from at my own gigs. I never play an original song the same way twice. It’s called improvisation. Use your imagination. You don’t always have to play songs the same exact way that’s on the recording when you’re playing live. It’s makes things a lot more exciting that way, in my opinion. It’s one of the reasons why I loved Led Zeppelin too much ’cause they never played a song the same way twice. You let your fingers and your mind do the talking when playing on stage.

As for Sharon’s “Love More”, I’ll give my own take on it. While the song is pretty simple to play on guitar, the song is difficult to sing, so I’ll do my best. Practice makes perfect.

Kev

Report: Jared Loughner pleads guilty to all charges, but they don’t give him the death penalty…

This makes me sick! What’s wrong with our judicial system? It’s definitely broken for sure. Killing 6 people and injuring dozens of others, is not good enough for death penalty? Please! This evil son of a bitch deserves death.

How much do you want to bet that James Holmes of the Dark Knight shooting will not get death penalty either?

More on the story, here.

Kev

Report: Joss Whedon officially on board for “The Avengers” sequel!!!

In the beginning, Joss Whedon wasn’t sure if he was going to be on board to be director for, “The Avengers” sequel, now it appears that he is on board! I can’t see no one else but him directing these movies ’cause no one else could make it as good as he does. I’m glad he’s on! I thought “The Avengers” was one of the best movies of this year, so far. I was very impressed with the film.

Yes, I’m sure Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye will return but I’m sure, they will add a few more heroes to the team. I’m sure Tom Hiddleston will return as Loki, but they will probably add a few more villains too.

“The Avengers” was a pretty big team. I never read the comics, but I know they keep adding more members as they go along.

I can’t wait for the Blu Ray release of “The Avengers”.

AICN, reports.

Kev

25 years ago today, “Masters of the Universe” was released…

Today, Canon Films, Gary Goddard and Dolph Lundgren celebrated the 25th Anniversary, of “Masters of the Universe”. The film was released August 7th, 1987. Like always, the film didn’t do very well in the box office and the reception wasn’t very good by the public either. I thought the film was good for what it was. Sure, it had some problems, but it’s just a fun action movie, that’s pretty much the only reason I liked it. The story had some problems, plot holes and didn’t stay faithful to the He-Man story, but it was still a fun movie. It’s a shame that we didn’t get a sequel, with Dolph as He-Man. Thanks to Sylvester Stallone who got Dolph Lundgren a role in “Rocky IV” as Ivan Drago, “Masters of the Universe” helped him become a well known star back in the 80’s. After the “Masters of the Universe” role, Dolph went on to even bigger films such as “Red Scorpion”, “The Punisher”, and “Universal Soldier”. After the “Universal Soldier” movie, he made straight to video movies for most of his career.

In Dolph’s official facebook page, the man looks back in the days of his “Masters of the Universe”, filming. He says it wasn’t easy for him, since he is a Swedish actor and he had to get used to the United States style of things.

Read Dolph’s interesting write up about “Masters of the Universe”, here.

I’m looking forward to seeing what Warner Bros., and Mattel are going to do with the He-Man reboot. He-Man deserves a good live action movie and a successful one, so hope they get it right next time around.

“Masters of the Universe” will be getting a Blu Ray release in Oct., which I will be getting.

Kev

I think I can cover Sharon Van Etten’s “Love More”…

I think that’s a song that I can do acoustically. Just started messing around with it today. I’ll take my time with the song and hopefully make it a real good cover. I’m hoping it’ll get a lot of good feedback, much like the Whitney Houston video. I’ll spend some time working on Sharon’s “Love More” this week, see if I can sing it. Simple song to figure out, the music sounds like it’s just basic chords all the way through. Just four chords, that’s it.

Kev

Thought: Sorry Madonna fans but I agree with Sir Elton that she needs to stop being a fairground stripper and quit…

Elton John did an interview with an Australian TV show, “Sunday Night”, and the Rocket Man has some harsh words to say about, Madonna. Elton says she is a fairground stripper, and says she hasn’t been making good pop records anymore like she used to. He also says, she’s been horrible to Lady Gaga, which I also agree with.

More on the story, here.

Elton brings up valid points and I agree with everything he said about Madonna. Madonna hasn’t been interesting for a while now. Her last great album was “Erotica” back in ’92. That was a really good album but everything else she has done after that? *puke*

Plus, she’s WAY too old to be looking like a sex symbol at 53. Madonna needs to show Lady Gaga respect, because Madonna was Gaga’s inspiration to begin with. Madonna is the reason, Gaga is here, but nope, Madonna’s jealousy and ego gets in the way.

Kev

Congrats to Doug Marks and 30 years of business with, “Metal Method” guitar instructional course…

To you musicians out there, you may have heard the name, Doug Marks. You may have heard the Metal Method, guitar instructional company over the years. I’m sure you’ve even seen Metal Method get advertised through most music magazines, especially guitar magazines like, Guitar World. I have learned some stuff from Metal Method for a little bit. When I first started out on guitar, I had a few cassette tapes from Doug’s course to help get started on guitar playing. Plus, I learned to sing through their “Vocal Power” instructional DVD with, Jim Gillette. This is no fake course, or no scam or anything like that. It’s real instructional stuff, and it really works. Doug Marks is one of the best guitar instructors out there, in my opinion. Someday, I will buy their entire guitar course whenever I have the extra cash, so I can further my guitar chops to a new level. Congrats to Doug and 30 years. Doug Marks gets my respect ’cause it’s amazing that he kept the company alive after all these years.

Check out Doug Marks interview with Guitar World: here.

Check out Metal Method’s official website: here.

Kev