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.

Why wasn’t Stone Cold at RAW 1000 last night? I have the answer… (post UPDATED)

Everyone wanted Stone Cold Steve Austin 3:16 to deliver one of his hilarious speeches and give a bunch of stunners, but we got no Stone Cold last night. Turns out that Steve wasn’t in St. Louis at all. He was in California filming a movie, so he couldn’t go. I’m sure he wanted to be a part of RAW 1000, and I’m sure RAW wanted to use him somehow but scheduling conflicts gets in the way. Austin wasn’t available.

More on the story, here.

Kev

CORRECTION: That article I posted above is wrong why, Austin 3:16 wasn’t there at RAW 1,000. The real reason why Austin wasn’t there ’cause he just had knee surgery, had nothing to do with his film career at all. He has a bad knee and is on crutches, so there’s no way he could perform that night, but Austin did watch the show at home, he said. He also said he would have loved to been a part of it but couldn’t. Read Steve Austin’s blog, written by the man himself, here.

Plans for new acoustic demo…

Since I have plans in doing two different demo albums soon, I plan on making one full band rock album, and the other will be all acoustic. I figure the new upcoming acoustic demo will have more slower ballad, folky kind of songs.

After that Whitney Houston tribute video I did a while back and since that video got a lot of good responses, I realized that’s the kind of songwriter I should be. That Whitney Houston tribute video got some positive feedback by some people which I’m proud of, made me realize I need to write more songs with heart and passion. That Whitney Houston video, clearly showed that I can sing halfway decent. I improved on the singing ’cause I’ve been practicing more. When I get back to the acoustic stuff, I’ll stay away from the rock stuff, and try to make serious songs.

I’m still gonna do the full band rock album but I want to do the acoustic album too. I just want to test myself out to see which one I am better at. I didn’t think people would like that Whitney Houston video at all and it seems like it’s the best thing I did musically. I’m hoping I’ll get that same kind of feedback with my upcoming original songs.

I really don’t want to be a romantic songwriter like I said before, but I’ll try to write a few, to see if I can do it.

Kev

Brock thinks last night’s RAW 1000 was a blast from the past and brought back a lot of memories!!!!

WWE did a great job with “RAW 1000” last night. It was actually a pretty impressive show. Over the past few years, Triple H and Shawn Michaels, would occasionally return as D Generation X, with just the two of them, but this time we get a proper D-X reunion, by reuniting Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and X-Pac along with them. Billy Gunn, Road Dogg and X-Pac are still looking good too and their looks still haven’t changed a bit. They played an entertaining segment against new wrestler, Damien Sandow, bringing back the 90’s era D-X style. The only noticeable missing member of D-X was Chyna, who was no where to be seen, which is understandable. Her and Vince McMahon have never got along in real life. They’ve been having a public feud that is well documented for the past several years now. So don’t expect Chyna back in the WWE anytime soon.

I liked the AJ and Daniel Bryan wedding. Weddings in WWE have been going on for RAW over the years, and that’s why a wedding was brought back. Usually weddings in WWE don’t end so great, but it was obvious this one wasn’t going to be good for Daniel Bryan. It turns out that AJ said, “I Do”, but it wasn’t for Daniel Bryan. It was for Vince McMahon. Vince came out to the ring and said it wasn’t that kind of proposal, more of a business proposal. Vince all of a sudden, announced that AJ is the new RAW General Mannager. Most current WWE Divas suck, I hate most of them, but AJ actually has some potential and she has personality who is not boring. AJ can be very likeable and she’s doing a good job in WWE so far. I think her being RAW GM would be interesting and looking forward to see what they’re going to do with her.

I liked the brief return of Mick Foley as Dude Love, which was pretty cool. I was hoping Mick Foley would return as all three faces of Foley. I was hoping he would come out as Cactus Jack and Mankind too, but he only did Dude Love last night. Dude Love came out to the ring during the Jack Swagger vs. Brodus Clay match.

The Triple H and Brock Lesnar/Paul Heyman segment was pretty cool, except, they didn’t need to bring Stephanie into this. I thought Stephanie making Paul Heyman look weak was pretty lame. Throughout that whole segment, they made it look like that Paul Heyman had too much power over Triple H, so Stephanie came out to the ring for Triple H’s defense. That’s when Brock Lesnar himself finally came out for Paul Heyman’s defense. I think it would be better if Lesnar came out to face Triple H instead of Paul Heyman, but what do you expect with WWE?

Next up we get the Heath Slater segment, in which he challenged any RAW legend to a “No Disqualification” match, and former WWE Diva, Lita came out to the ring. Lita is still looking pretty hot and still looks the same she did last time she was in WWE. She got a pretty big pop from the fans, of course. When Heath told them to ring the bell to get the match started, Lita announced she had some help to back her up, and the “APA” (or the Acolytes) music hits, and Bradshaw and Farooq came running to the ring to help Lita. Toward the end of the match, all the legends Heath fought on RAW came out to help: Psycho Sid, DDP, Roddy Piper, Rikishi, Vader, etc. It was good to see Bradshaw and Farooq back together again, just like the good old days.

What I was most excited and pumped for was the Brothers of Destruction reunion with Undertaker and Kane. Over the years on RAW, Undertaker and Kane have been performing on WWE TV but never together in the same ring. They kept the two apart for a long time until now. Undertaker and Kane finally reunited, but I’m sure this is a one off reunion, not a full time reunion. Of course, Undertaker and Kane got the stronger crowd response than any other superstar on RAW. It was a great segment.

For the main event on RAW, which was the WWE Championship match between CM Punk and John Cena, there was a bit of a shocker here too. Cena did not cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, but instead Big Show interfered, just to stop Cena from winning the match. Cena won the match by Disqualification because of Big Show interfering. After the match, Big Show continued to beat Cena while CM Punk watches. The Rock music hits, the Rock comes to the ring to help Cena, but instead, we get CM Punk beating up the Rock. Punk ends the whole thing by giving the Rock his well known finisher, the GTS. The crowd boos CM Punk, as Punk ends up turning heel. Which is what I like better for Punk. I like CM Punk a heel wrestler and enjoy him being the badguy, so I’m glad he’s finally back to that. I was hoping we would get a Cena heel turn, but it ended up CM Punk turning heel. After internet reports been planning a huge wrestling angle, that was it, CM Punk turning heel. It’s going to be interesting to see where things go from here.

While there was a few minor things I didn’t care for last night, over all it was a great show. WWE did a good job. I was hoping for returns of Stone Cold, Ultimate Warrior, and Ric Flair but they never came out to the ring. Last night’s RAW was about RAW legends from the past performing with some of the new and young performers, which what last night was all about. WWE wanted to give the younger performers an opportunity to perform with the legends, which was fun to see. The Miz finally returned last night, but we didn’t get no Randy Orton. Randy Orton is on a suspension behind the scenes, but I expect a Randy Orton return soon. I was also hoping a Batista return but we didn’t get that either.

Congrats to WWE and Vince McMahon on 1000 episodes. They shouldn’t be thanking us for the support, we should be thanking them for giving us the entertainment!

Kev

Cool Video: Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden calls fan a “Wanker” for texting while band is performing on stage…

As Iron Maiden began to perform their song “Wasted Years”, at a concert in Indianapolis, Indiana, the lead singer, Bruce Dickinson calls out a fan for texting while the band is performing on stage. You can hear Bruce saying, “Oh for fuck’s sake, the guy with the bald head with the white shirt, you’ve been texting for the last fucking 3 songs, you’re a wanker!”. LOL…

In the fan’s defense, as long as the venue allows them gadgets, then the fan had his right to text, all he wants to. On top of that, I just think Bruce didn’t mean what he said, he was just joking. Having way too much fun. Come on, Bruce, you old wanker, get used to the gadgets ’cause this isn’t the 70’s/80’s anymore, HA! I’m sure the fan is flattered that Bruce called him out, that had to be exciting for the fan! I know I would be thrilled as fuck if a rock star gets in my face and orders me to stop texting or using the cell phone or whatever.

I love Iron Maiden too, they’re great, but these guys aren’t used to today’s technology yet. So to those Maiden fanboys going, “Bruce is the man!”, need to get over themselves, ’cause they are wankers too.

Kev

I hope tonight’s RAW 1,000th episode is gonna be good, probably will be…

Well tonight’s episode of Monday Night RAW officially marks 1,000 episodes. I’ve been watching WWE for years and have been watching Monday Night RAW pretty religiously ever since the beginning. No matter what you think of WWE, you can’t deny that they’ve been around longer than any other show in the history of TV. They’ve been around longer than, the Simpsons. Even though I don’t like the way today’s wrestling is going now, I still respect them for what they do. They work hard for staying alive this long. Other wrestling companies like WCW, ECW, etc. have came and gone. WWE is still here. They’re good at what they do, and I wish people would respect these guys more, ’cause these performers put a lot of sacrifice in their lives just to entertain us. They work harder more than anybody in the entertainment business.

I will watch “RAW 1,000” tonight ’cause it will be exciting. A lot of older guys are coming back. There will be a possible D-Generation X reunion with X-Pac, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg, and possibly Chyna. A lot of other legends and icons from the past are making their one time returns too, so tonight should be an exciting show.

Wrestling news websites, are hinting that RAW 1,000 will plan a huge angle but nobody knows what it is yet. I’m hoping a Cena heel turn, but I doubt that.

RAW will be 3 hrs long from now on, every night and they’ll have a new logo and everything. A new era for WWE. Check out the new logo, here.

I’ll review RAW 1,000 tomorrow.

Everyone needs to respect Vince McMahon, love him or hate him. He worked hard to get where he is today. He’s no fake. He really did all the work. Vince loves wrestling just as much as we all do and he tries to make us happy, the best he can. Thanks Vince!

Kev

Cool Video: Travis Gray of Wild Adriatic sings a mind blowing cover of “Hallelujah”…

I remember Travis Gray, a local musician, through various local music forums over the years. I never realized the guy is this talented after all this time, but yes, this guy is a pretty amazing singer, and I can definitely see him go pretty far in the music industry. Travis Gray, sings Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, and I think it’s the best cover I’ve ever heard. So much passion in his singing. How come other people around this area, don’t sing like him?

Plus, Wild Adriatic is a pretty rocking band too, their original stuff is great. Check ’em out here. He also does an excellent cover of Adele too! Keep up the good work, Travis! He’s definitely one of the best singers in local music. I’m planning on getting their music from Itunes soon.

Edit to add: I tried to post different videos but go to Wild Adriatics channel in youtube, you’ll dig ’em.

Kev

My youtube channel will focus on the music from this point forward…

In my youtube channel, I’ll try video blogging here and there, by speaking my mind on various topics on video, but I decided I’m not going to do that anymore. I’m not good at videoblogging, so I deleted most of my videoblogs, except for the vacation ones. I’ll keep the vacation videos up. It’s just that I want my “kevbrockmusic” youtube channel to focus mostly on the music which was the channel is supposed to concentrate on to begin with. If I need to speak my mind on something, I’ll just do it here on the blog instead of on video.

I want to start promoting myself as a musician more, and that’s the point of it.

Kev

Why “live recording” is better than recording little bits at a time and putting them together…

Those few songs I’ve recorded in garageband recently, I just recorded little bits at a time and put them together. I don’t like recording that way. Never did, and here’s a few reasons why. First of all, it’s very difficult and challenging to me to edit small pieces together without making the music sound like they skip to the next riff to the next, know what I mean? Sometimes there’s little bits of silences in between the riffs, it’s hard to make the tracks sound good. The second reason is, you can tell the tracks are edited and clipped, the songs just don’t sound good when songs are edited like this. Just my opinion.

I know there are so many bands and artists that record in local studios that record little bits and pieces at a time and put them all together, but I don’t believe in recording that way. I only recorded that way in garageband, just to get the hang of the software and learn how to use it.

The way I always recorded over the years, I would write the song first, and record it all the way through. Like a live recording except it’s in a studio or at home. Live recording is better ’cause it makes the music sound better and more real. It also shows that you can really play. It won’t sound like it’s edited, and all that stuff. I recorded my first demo in 2006 in a studio this same way. Just recorded all 10 songs in one day, like it was a live concert. Another reason live recording is better ’cause it makes it easier for overdubs like guitar solos or other instruments or whatever. It just makes you sound more human recording live at home or in a studio.

If I ever record with a band in a local studio sometime, I’m going to record the songs the same way. Record all the full band stuff live. Just hit record and away we go. Just write the songs first, rehearse them good enough, and record them live in the studio. Live recording is awesome. You should try it sometime. I think I’m going to record this way in garageband from this point on.

Kev

About Christian Bale visting injured children in Aurora in the Batman costume…

Well, the world of social media is trying to bring out Christian Bale, to get him to go to Aurora to visit injured children who were victims of the shooting at the hospital, wearing the Batman costume and all. Really? I agree with Christian Bale visiting children and other victims at the hospital, but he shouldn’t wear the costume. He should just go as himself. On top of all this, I’m sure Christian would love to visit victims in the hospital, but he’s a very busy man with his movie career and all. He won’t have the time. Christian just released a statement of the tragedy, read it, here.

I just think Christian wearing the Batman costume at the hospital is kind of a silly idea anyway. The reason why it’s silly is because Batman is a fictional character and they need to leave it at that. The real superheroes are the law enforcement and the victims of this tragedy alive or dead.

I think it would be better if Christopher Nolan or other cast members of the Dark Knight movies would visit the surviving victims. They probably will at some point when they have the time, I’m sure they’ll get around it. Or even better maybe Christopher Nolan can dedicate his next movie to the Aurora victims, I can see him doing that. Maybe the film makers and cast will donate some money to the Aurora hospital to pay for the victims hospital coverage, things like that.

This also shows that going to the movies is not always safe. There have been all kinds of shootings and stabbings at movie theaters, all over. I think I remember one story that some guy got shot and killed at a movie theater ’cause he wouldn’t stop talking. There are sometimes psychotic people that go to the movies. This stuff is nothing new.
Kev