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.
Books

Stephen King books, I’ll probably just get the rest of ’em from E-bay, thinking about it…

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If I can’t find the earlier Stephen King books anywhere else at the Used bookstores, I think I’ll just get the rest of them from Ebay. I actually need 18 books left to get. I did a recount and noticed there was a few Richard Bachman books, I needed to get as well.

I also have a few S.K. hardcover books, that don’t have the original jacket covers, but I will re-buy them so I can have the original cover on them.

I was never a big Ebay user, but I’ll use it just to collect the last of the S.K. books that I need left. I desperately want his entire collection of work. I want the original editions of his books, not the newer versions.

Kev

Politics/war

How are the homeless and the poor going to afford health insurance?

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Doing a little research on Obamacare, I’m surprised on how high the tax is, if you don’t buy health insurance, they’ll force you to pay $95.00. As you can clearly see, they’ll raise it up to $695, by 2016.

I wonder how homeless people, the poor and people with low income are going to afford that? Since every American is required to have health care, does this count criminals in prison too?

Obamacare is a crock of shit, all of it, after reading that whole thing. More on this another time… yep, Mitt Romney definitely has my vote!

Kev

Politics/war

Expect Mitt Romney’s popularity to sky rocket even more now…

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With the Supreme Court’s announcement today, I expect the popularity of Mitt Romney to rise even more. Why? Because people are expecting him to get rid of Obamacare if Romney wins, but to tell you the truth, I agree. I don’t agree with a lot of Romney’s political views, but he’ll get my vote if he’s serious on repealing Obamacare. I’ll admit that Romney’s health care plan seems a little better than Obama’s. Romney’s popularity is getting bigger right now actually, I’m seeing that he’s getting even more support in facebook right now.

Then, of course, Obama himself still has very few supporters of his own that will support everything Obama does, no matter what. I’ll have a change of heart with Romney and support him 100% maybe, if I see that he might have what it takes to defeat Obama.

I’m going to watch a few more episodes of “Breaking Bad – Season 4” tonight, then I’ll blog more a little later. I didn’t blog much today, because I spent some time working out and playing a little guitar this afternoon.

Kev

Politics/war

My thoughts on the Supreme Court upholding, individual mandate… Obamacare is victorious…

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So why is Obamacare bad? Why do America hate it? It’s because we shouldn’t be forced to get Health Care if we don’t want it. Not everyone wants health care, ya know? People find it bullshit that if we don’t have health care, we’ll get forced to pay a very large fine. I agree, it’s wrong. There are personal reasons why certain Americans don’t want health care. It’s not just about money, more serious reasons than that. It’s our right that we don’t have to have health care if we don’t want to. While I’m sure Obamacare has been proven constitutional, it still takes away our free rights. See how everyone is mad about this?

This is just another fuckin’ reason Obama needs to go. He has officially become much worse than George W. Bush. Obama is just trying to do whatever it takes to get re-elected, so he’s doing everything he can. It’s all money and power, folks. That’s all politics right there. 1st Obama allowed illegal immigrant children to get work permits, and now this. Oh man, just think, what’s coming next?

I’m voting for Mitt Romney in Nov. I’m no fan of Mitt Romney either but at least he has slightly better political views than Obama. I’m only voting for Romney just to help get this Obama asshole out of office. Obama has gone way too far this time.

Kev

Books

Book reading, what do you prefer reading books digitally or hardcover/paperbacks? I prefer the old school way…

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Not only that digital music has taken over CD’s, digital novels has also taken over the world of hardcover/paperbacks. Ever wonder why more and more bookstores have been going out of business as of late? It’s because everyone has been reading books digitally these days. With stuff like the Nook, Ipad, etc. I prefer reading books on paper instead of a screen. I like old school style of reading. I like to buy hardcover/paperbacks ’cause it’s nice to have a book collection and to support the author as well, most importantly.

The only time I’ll read a book on Ibooks for the Ipad, is when I want to read something that I refuse to buy at the store. For example, that’s why I bought “50 Shades of Grey” for the Ipad instead of getting it on Hardcover/Paperback.

I love used books. I love going to used bookstores, and stuff like that. Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies other than music ’cause reading books keep me inspired.

Today, I just went to a used bookstore called, “The Owl Pen” in Greenwich, which is a great little book store out of town. Took a long bike ride to get out there. Picked up 4 hardcovers today: Stephen King’s “Four Past Midnight”, Ray Bradbury “Fahrenheit 451”, William Golding “Lord of the Flies”, and James Fenimore Cooper, “The Last of the Mohicans”. I went to that store to see what they have for Stephen King hardcovers. They had several of them, but I already owned most of them. I already did own “Four Past Midnight”, but the one I had before didn’t have that cover jacket, now I do!

I’ll go back to the “Owl Pen” later this summer.

Yep, it’s pretty sad how the book industry is today. You can’t get old books in new bookstores anymore. If you want to get the old books, the best places to get them are at used bookstores, library book sales, yard sales, flea markets, etc.

The only reason, “Barnes & Noble”, is still alive and kicking is because of the Nook, period. The Nook is a best selling thing going right now. I don’t own a Nook and probably will never get one. I’ll just use my Ipad to read on Ibooks.

Kev

Celebrity news, movies

More on John Travolta…

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*sigh* This is why I fucking hate today’s entertainment media! They won’t leave John Travolta alone! Now the reports are questioning him because he’s been spotted kissing his wife, Kelly, at the “Savages” premiere, after he’s been sued by that book author. Kudos to John. It’s just his way of staying strong. He’s not letting the bullshit get at him so kissing his wife publicly, it’s just his way of saying, “Fuck you”.

Like I said, before, if John is a closet homosexual (if he is), it’s all up to him if he wants to come out of the closet publicly. The media and the guys trying to destroy him, have no right to get into his private business. When John continues to work on film, making public appearances and stuff like that, it’s just his way of staying above the drama. Which shows, that John doesn’t care what other people think about him. It shows that John is a tough SOB.

He’s a talented man, I like a lot of his movies. I’m looking forward to “Savages”, as well. John is just moving forward and living life how he wants to, brushing off all the bullshit. He’s smart. Keep rockin’ John and don’t let the drama, bother ya.

Kev

Crazy stuff

Brock slams Karen Klein’s donation campaign…

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Everyone gets bullied, everyday all the time, so how is paying donations to Karen Klein, a good cause? I refuse to donate. I would rather donate for more important fundraisers like people getting cancer or for natural disasters. I think her donation for this going over $60,000 is pretty fuckin’ ridiculous if you ask me!

I get bullied by musicians and people in the music scene all the time. I got it worse by the Legend bagheaded guy. You don’t see people feeling sorry for me or you don’t see the news being all over it. Instead, people found all this stuff entertaining. To hell with Karen Klein’s donation campaign and her personal problems. It was her fault anyway. She took the job being the bus monitor and she should have known she wouldn’t be treated so kindly by those kids. On top of that, she just sat there doing nothing, letting those kids get all over her.

I don’t blame the kids for this, ’cause this is how they all are in high school. Get over it, people. It’s terrible that people get bullied, but it happens everywhere. Get a life and move along. Nothing to see here.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Picked up some things from Best Buy today!

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Well, other than seeing the piece of shit movie, “Vampire Hunter”, I did a little shopping at Best Buy. I picked up:

– Breaking Bad “Season 4” (I had to get Breaking Bad “Season 4” since it was on sale and Netflix is not streaming this season yet. I want to start watching this right away so I can catch up before Season 5 starts airing on TV next month)

I also picked up 4 music CD’s:

– Santana “Shape Shifter”
– Rush “Clockwork Angels”
– Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Americana”
– The Smashing Pumpkins “Oceania”

I’m back to buying albums on regular CD now ’cause I like that more than Itunes. Looking forward to checking all these out.

Kev

movies

Film Review: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

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Starring: Benjamin Walker
Directed by: Timur Bekmambeto

Today, I just went out and saw the film, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, and here is my review…

Plot/Synopsis: Explores the secret life of the America’s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, and the untold story that shaped their nation. The president discovers blood-thirsty vampires are planning to take over the United States. Lincoln makes it his mission to eliminate them, becoming history’s greatest hunter of the undead.

This film is getting mostly positive reviews, surprisingly, but did they see the same film that I did? I absolutely hated it! HATED IT! HATED IT! HATED IT! The film was a mess all the way through. I was bored, and almost fell asleep lots of times. The book and the movie is of course, way different. The acting was okay, I’m not knocking that, but the cinematography and visual effects were really bad. The novel was a strict, “horror”, but the film turned out to be an action movie. I thought the script was a mess, and I never liked how the vampires looked in the film. Not scary enough.

I’ll keep this review short ’cause there is not much to say about it. I was expecting the movie to be something serious and insightful like the book but instead we get a popcorn flick. Typical of Hollywood. *yawn*

Score for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” = * (1 star as in “poor”)

Kev

music

Metallica’s “Orion Music + More” Fest…very surprisingly successful and very positive experience all around!

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Whenever a huge metal festival happens, people would start worrying about things. People would worry about deaths, fighting in the audience or worse concert riots. Thankfully none of that happened at Metallica’s “Orion Fest + More”. The Fest was clearly about the music. All the fans there were there to see Metallica, but some of the Metallica fans did stick around to check out the other bands on the Festival though. I didn’t see any of the bands on the Festival except I did caught Lucero, yesterday, which I actually liked them.

Tonight’s Metallica set, they played the Black Album in it’s entirety. This time, they played right through the full album, song after song. Metallica still proves that they can do speed metal and they can still do it well. People are upset with them because they went alternative rock in the early 2000’s. Changing their genre completely. You see, I still like their alternative rock “St. Anger/Load/Reload” sound ’cause I admired the band wanting to move away from speed metal to do something different. Bands change and evolve. I like that.

The reason Metallica went back to speed metal at Orion fest ’cause it was a tribute to Cliff Burton. It’s what Cliff would have wanted, so they gave it to him. At the end of tonight’s set, there was a fan out in the audience holding up a very large poster of Cliff Burton, so Lars, walks out to the stage ramp to get a closer look at it, which was a pretty heartbreaking and sad moment. Metallica still loves Cliff, even to this day. The festival was all about Cliff really. I’m sure Cliff would have loved the festival himself if he was still alive today.

While Metallica killed it again tonight, I wish they would change up their ending to their sets. They keep playing the same encore songs, ending it with “Seek and Destroy” every concert. “Seek and Destroy”, is an amazing song, but it doesn’t always have to be the end song of a concert. Change it up some, boys! Metallica really are great live performers. They don’t fake anything with their playing. James doesn’t lip sync, he can really sing. I can tell ’cause they play the same songs differently each night. Different tempo, different feeling. Sometimes better than the night before.

The question we all have to ask is, what is their next new album is going to sound like? The follow up to “Death Magnetic”? Will, they finally redeem themselves and go back to speed metal like the fans wanted? While “Death Magnetic” was mostly speed metal, they still had quite a few songs on the record that were still, “Load/Reload” sounding. I’m hoping they’ll go back to thrash for their next album, but I doubt it. That’s the tough part about songwriting. You just play whatever comes out of you, doesn’t matter the genre. That’s one thing that fans don’t understand about music and songwriting. Your mind is like a radio, ya know? A songwriter hears original songs in his/her head all the time, and musicians write the songs to get it out of them. I’m sure fans want to see them go back to the genre they are known for but it’s all about the songwriting inspiration. Sometimes they can’t help writing out of the speed metal genre. That’s what being an artist is all about. And that’s another reason why I respect Metallica.

Kev