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.

Netflix Pick: “Lost – Season 2”

So last night, I finished watching “Lost – Season 2” on Netflix. This season focuses on the characters finding a hatch in the jungle. They tried to figure out a way to open the hatch door so they can try to hide the characters from danger because, Danielle “The French Woman”, warned the characters, that these people called, “The Others” are out to get them. The characters were looking for a place to hide and protection from these people called, “The Others”. “The Others” are evil people who live on the other side of the island. In the season, the cast finally found a way to open the hatch in the jungle. What Jack and John Locke discovered, is a room which is something you see from, Star Trek. Computers and machines everywhere. It was almost like a living room too with a kitchen, food storage, record player, bedroom, gun storage, etc.

That room in the hatch turns out to be a science experiment. There’s an alarm that goes off every 108 minutes, and the cast must type in this special code before the time runs out. They must reset the time back to 108 minutes.If the time runs out, then the world would be destroyed. New characters are introduced this season such as Mr. Eko and Ana Lucia (played by Michelle Rodriguez). Michael, Walt, Jin, and Sawyer were out in the raft trying to get off the island. Yet they run into these people called, “The Others” who kidnapped Michael’s son, Walt. Michael, Walt, and Jin are back home on the island, and they do all they can to try and get Walt back. Ana Lucia and Mr. Eko were enemies with the main characters at first, but they become friends later on.

The main characters captured one of “The Others” and kept him locked up in the hatch. “The Others” prisoner name was Henry. They kept Henry captive to try and get Walt back for Michael. This season focuses on trying to get Walt back from “The Others”, Walt is a 10 year boy, Michael’s son. They also try to survive with this science experiment in the hatch.

That’s all I’ll go with the plot ’cause I don’t want to reveal spoilers, ’cause there are twist and turns this season. Honestly, some of the storylines this season can be pretty whacky, but it’s an entertaining show though. The writing keeps you guessing on what’s going to happen next. I like how the show tells you stories in different angles of the characters. This is turning out to be a science fiction show, big time, more than an adventure show. Which is no surprise, I know that JJ Abrams is a huge science fiction geek.

I like Mr. Eko, he’s my favorite character so far, and I fuckin’ love Michelle Rodriguez! I’m sure “Season 3” will focus on the main characters trying to escape “The Others” camp. I’m sure many of you already watched the entire show of “Lost” a long time ago, but bare with me, I’m late getting into it. So don’t give me any spoilers up ahead. Looking forward to starting Season 3 today. Glad I finally got into this show.

Kev

Superman news slowed down, I wonder why???

There haven’t been any new “Superman” castings for the past several weeks. The last thing we heard was that German actress, Antje Traue has been signed to play some un-named female villain for Zack Snyder’s “Superman” and that news was announced a couple of months ago.

Superman still need to cast the following characters: Lex Luthor, Jor-El, Lara (Superman’s mother on planet Krypton), Lana Lang, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White.

We also still need to see what the story is going to be about and what the Superman costume is going to look like. In the beginning, they were picking up on things quickly, but now Superman news suddenly died.

I’m sure Superman news will start picking back up again soon. Hopefully not too long. What will the Superman costume look like? It will obviously be red, yellow and blue like always but the suit will definitely have a new design and different style. Hopefully the costume will be different than the Christopher Reeve and Brandon Routh costumes.

The movie still needs to open with the John Williams theme. It’s not a Superman movie without it. I think Chris and Zack will use the theme song, I’m sure they know it’s important for the character.

Kev

Sarah Palin is running for president…I know she is…

Sarah Palin is on her bus tour thing. I think the obvious reason why is that she is running for President and this is her way of hyping it up. She hasn’t announced her president run yet, but she will. I just know that when she runs for President in 2012, she’ll get my vote no matter what. Her and John McCain had my vote the last election, she’ll get my vote again. I loved her ever since.

Kev

About my P.A. System…

Remember that post I wrote when I said I needed a better P.A. system in order for me to form a band? Well today I rehearsed my set for Saturday’s show at the Alcove, using my P.A. and electric guitar amp separately. I found that the microphone on the P.A. is loud enough over the electric guitar even with overdrive effects. I can hear my singing over my electric guitar playing just fine. Yes, it is loud enough for a band. So I’m pretty much all set to get my own band going.

Maybe this summer I will start posting ads in craigslist, CRUMBS, facebook, etc. to look for musicians who are interested in auditioning.

The reason I want to get my own band going so badly, is not only that this is something I always wanted to do, I want to get it going for my fans and the supporters. I do have quite a fan base going with my music, believe it or not. There are musicians around the area who enjoy my music and I’m sure there are plenty of musicians that would want to jam with me.

When I get a band going, will I be the only songwriter in the band? Will I be the one writing all of the stuff? No. Definitely not. I would want everyone to contribute. Each member of the Beatles took turns writing songs, I would probably do the same with my band. Each member can have a hand in writing their own material.

I also won’t discriminate. I don’t care what the band member looks like, if you’re male or female. Doesn’t matter the skin color you are and I wouldn’t even care how old you are. As long as you have the talent, that’s all that matters to me.

I think the Capital District would like it if I had my own band and it should happen whenever the time is right.

Kev

 

Summer bodies, the sexy model look everyone wants….

Yeah, the summer is here. Everyone obsesses with wanting a perfect body. Everyone dreams of having a supermodel like body you see in the magazines. It’s a nice dream, but to be honest, people can keep dreaming. Everyone wants the perfect celebrity look. The muscular physique with great abs and tanned skin. Everyone keeps working out too hard trying to achieve that dream after years of hard work, but it never happens.

Most professional fitness models you see in the magazines are all fake anyhow. The muscle magazines and the swimsuit stuff. All fake, fake, fake. Those people don’t look like that in real life.

It would be fun to have that hot body look, but with regular people like us, we should be proud of what we have now. We should worry about getting stronger and being healthy. Not worry about how we look.

I’m proud of how I look now. I came a long way. Working out for a couple of years and already in decent shape. My body maybe critical to some but that’s because some people think you need to have a perfect look when it’s not going to happen. Look natural and be happy the way you are.

That perfect look you see in magazines, the pin-up calendars, and fitness DVD’s like P90x, it’s just an advertising trick just to get you to throw your money at them. The Fitness world is a billion dollar business now, it’s sad.

I’m not saying that you’ll never look hot & sexy in bodybuilding, of course you can. The point of this post is that you’ll look hot & sexy naturally. That “perfect” look is a turn off for me anyway. I like the natural and normal looking women more, that to me is hot.

If you don’t get the look you want this summer. Don’t worry about it. Have fun showing off your physique and show everyone what you got anyways. I plan on going summer clothes shopping this week and buy more sleeveless shirts. Why hide what you got, right? If you hide your physique it’ll make you feel like you did all that hard work for nothing.

Kev

Memorial Day

While Memorial Day is aimed for the fallen troops who died at war, you should be thankful for the people in the military who are still alive as well. If you have a family member or a friend who’s been in the military, you should thank them too. I know a few people in my life who have joined the Army, Navy, and the Marines. They should be thanked. Give them a handshake or a hug or whatever. Anybody in the military deserves the full support and respect.

Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day today. It’s a hot one today, I know. I didn’t do much. Like I said, taking the whole Memorial Day weekend for myself. It’s been nice.

I’m going to get back into my workout routine tomorrow.

Kev

The Top 10 Best War Films of all time…

In celebration of Memorial Day in the world of Hollywood, what are my favorite war films of all times? I’ll name ten of them at the top of my head…

  • The Last of the Mohicans – An excellent war film taken place during the French and Indian War. An amazing film directed by Michael Mann, starring Daniel Day Lewis. I’ll never get tired of watching this film ever.
  • Apocalypse Now – Another one of my favorite films of all times. Martin Sheen in his younger years, plus, a great performance by Marlon Brando.
  • Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino’s whacky version of WWII and Hitler. Love it!
  • Schindler’s List – I like this movie more than “Saving Private Ryan”. I loved Ralph Fiennes in this role too.
  • Black Hawk Down – This Ridley Scott directed war film is so great for a lot of reasons. Love this movie.
  • The Hurt Locker – Great film by Kathryn Bigelow that scored her an Oscar award which is well deserved.
  • M*A*S*H – The movie directed by Robert Altman and stars Donald Sutherland. This is the movie that started the legendary sitcom. I’ve always loved the movie more than the TV show.
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II – The only Rambo film that can actually be considered a war film. This is the best Rambo movie, in my opinion.
  • Glory – Starring Matthew Broderick and Morgan Freeman, another one of my favorite war films.
  • Platoon – Back when Charlie Sheen was great.

I know there’s a bunch more, but these are my favorites.

Kev

Rock stars who served in the military…

This post is dedicated to all rock stars who served in the military. Thanks for what you did. Take a look through this list. You’d be surprised.

Elvis Presley

Jimi Hendrix
(Jimi is standing in the pic)

Jerry Garcia

Ice-T

Maynard James Keenan, singer/guitar player of “Tool”

John Fogerty



Fred Durst, singer of Limp Bizkit

Shaggy

Johnny Cash

Bon Scott

Kris Kristofferson

MC Hammer

John Coltrane

I’m sure there’s more, but those are the most notable ones.

Kev

Not doing much, this Memorial Day weekend…

Hope all readers are having a fun weekend. I know, it’s been very hot all weekend. This weekend I decided to take Memorial Day weekend all for myself. Take the entire weekend off from music, fitness, etc. Enjoy the weekend for myself. Watching more of “Lost – Season 2” and catching up with some reading of the “Game of Thrones” novel.

Played a little more “Mortal Kombat” too. This is the best “Mortal Kombat” game ever made, in my opinion. The game play is amazing, and the graphics are killer. I love the new characters they put in too. The fighting moves aren’t that hard to learn either. Only thing I have a tough time trying to figure out how to do on the game is the finishing moves, but I’ll get it with practice. I’m just playing the Arcade, “Tower” games in “Mortal Kombat”. I’m not playing the storyline or online yet, I want to get the hang of the game first and learn it. I plan to play “Mortal Kombat” for a long while and when I get bored of that game, I’ll start “L.A. Noire”.

For all the men and women in the military who served our country, thanks for what you do. That is what my song “Be Home Safe” is about. The song is about love, peace and war if you listen to the lyrics. It’s a song dedicated to all people who served for our country.

Looking forward to my June 4th gig. I hope to put on the best performance as possible. I’ve been working so hard on my music and practicing a lot. I really want people to start seeing me as a musician and live performer. I vow to do what I can to achieve that dream.

Kev