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Internet discussion…

I love internet discussions and debates, no matter the topic, but one of the things that frustrates me is the way people interact. It would be nice if we can get into friendly discussions. Like talk about the movies we like or the music that we like. Talk positively about discussions online with me, yet the only time I get people to respond if they disagree with something I say, or if my opinion is different than everyone else. Sometimes I get a lot of negative people just to write something negative to me ’cause they find it entertaining and funny.

What I want to see more are fun discussions, like that one topic I had on here, talking about “Guitar Legends & Heroes”, that was great! People were joining in on that discussion and taking it seriously. That’s what I want to see more of on here…but nope.

Sure enough, people feel the need to argue with me ’cause they find it entertaining. That’s it. I don’t mind people disagreeing with me. I know I’m not right on everything I say, but get over yourselves. I only delete comments if they don’t make sense or don’t add value to a discussion or if it’s something hateful and insulting. I approve comments if I feel they are worthy enough for a discussion. Adding something to it.

I express my opinion on something, and that’s all they are, just opinions, yet people just want to be jackasses about it. Debating can be a huge pain in the ass sometimes. I want intelligent discussions and people taking it seriously. Proves my point that people can be whacked in the head.

My online discussions are almost always positive. I like to stay positive ’cause I don’t have time for negativity and shit. I have a choice. Life is too short for drama. I choose to be a good guy because I can, that’s who I want to be. I try my best to ignore negativity of any kind and that’s why I’m strict on comment posting. People don’t start stuff in facebook ’cause they’re usually cool there.

Kev

Just random bullshitting…

Well this afternoon, I went to the mall and saw Spielberg’s “Lincoln”. I’ll post my review tomorrow. I don’t feel like it tonight. I also got around to watching the Netflix DVD rental of “2016: Obama’s America”. I’ll post a review of that tomorrow too.

I did pick up a few things for myself. Picked up new music albums by Soundgarden “King Animal” and Mumford & Sons, “Babel”.

I’m just kind of tired tonight, so I don’t feel like writing a whole lot on my blog tonight. Think, I’m gonna go to bed early.

Kev

Edit to add: I also have a lot to say about that Israel vs. Gaza stuff going on, it’s getting nasty over there. I’ll have something to say about that tomorrow as well and it isn’t going to be so kind.

Best of’s 2012 will come soon…

My final post for the night to get off my chest. At the end of every year, I would usually do a top list of Best of’s, a yearly thing for Music, Movies and the News. I usually do those lists at the end of every year. Usually at the end of Dec. I would do a “Top 15 Best Movies of 2012”, “Top 10 Best Music Albums”, and “Top 10 News Stories”. I was gonna do a Top Books and Top Video games list for 2012, but I’m not gonna bother ’cause I don’t catch up with new books and video games too much, so I’ll just stick with the Movies and Music lists. I’m already thinking about what my Movies and Music lists will be like, planning ahead, but it’s still too early. There’s still upcoming new movies I need to see and new upcoming albums I need to hear.

For example, tomorrow, I’m planning to see Spielberg’s “Lincoln”. There are still a few other upcoming movies I want to see like, “Hitchcock”, “The Hobbit”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, and “Django Unchained”. That’s pretty much it for movies for the rest of the year.

When will I have these lists up? I’m thinking sometime the week before, New Years. It’s been a good year for Movies, but Music it’s still hard finding the good stuff, but I do find good music albums still. I’m sure you guys are looking forward to them. I’m looking forward to it too. It’s hard to believe it’s almost the end of the year already.

Kev

Hurricane Sandy…

I wasn’t online most of the day yesterday, ’cause I had my computer shut off. I don’t like having computer on during bad storms. The power at my place, didn’t go out at all, thankfully.

The town of Greenwich didn’t get it that bad. We can’t get floods here in Greenwich, ’cause there are way too many hills. I do know that NYC and New Jersey got hit hard and they’ve been flooded out. Sad. My heart goes out to them.

It’s hard to believe seeing NYC being evacuated. That city is most famous for being “The City That Never Sleeps”, well not anymore. It officially went to sleep last night, when they sent everyone home and no one was in the streets at all. Pretty hard to see.

Hope you’re all safe and alive, out there. Prayers go out to NYC/New Jersey victims.

Kev

The Brock defends Albany, N.Y. “lap dancing”, yes, it is “art”!!!

So the NY State court has decided that “Lap dancing” at local strip clubs is not art. Since they say it’s not art, they think lap dancing at strip clubs should be taxed. That’s the big story going around today, in the local news. The club failed to prove that “lap dancing” could be “dramatic or musical performances”, so the court split a 4 to 3 voting. Read the article, here.

Do you think this is fair? I don’t think so. There are better things to tax things on! And yes, “lap dancing” is a work of performing art. When a woman is a stripper it takes a lot of learning and skill to get good with that stuff. A stripper doesn’t do random moves on a guy, they don’t do this stuff for nothing. Agree with it or not. Sex is art. All of it. Lap dancing is pretty much the same as regular dancing, I don’t see how it could be any different. If you do a little reading on google, you can find this stuff, all over. When they say that lap dancing isn’t “art”, it’s just an opinion. They accused the club of not being able to prove it, when the NY State court couldn’t prove it either, hypocrites.

Yes, I have been to a strip club before. Maybe once a long time ago in Albany, but it wasn’t an all nude club. The club I went to back then, they weren’t allowed to be topless in that one. It was more of a Gentleman’s Club than a strip club, though. Big difference. Was my experience there good? Yes, it was! I remember having a blast, and yes, I do remember getting lap dances from the strippers, mostly black women. That was several years ago, though. Thing is, each stripper do lap dances differently. They have their own way of doing it. I don’t see a problem with lap dancing. It’s fun, it’s perfectly safe (since there’s no penetration going on). What’s the big deal, ya know?

Strip clubs have always been a target on governments across the states, because they are always trying to find ways to tax everything. This is wrong. The state court are a bunch of hateful and sexist pigs. There’s nothing wrong with a strip club, ya know? I enjoy ’em, and yes, I would go to one again if the opportunity comes up. I’d like to go to an all nude one next time around. Strip clubs are great for men who are lonely and want to get away from everything in their lives to have some entertainment for themselves, in their private time. Strip clubs are not only for single guys, even married men go to them too.

It’s real sad that the strip clubs gets attacked by the governments and the media. All guys have different ways of having fun, the government shouldn’t have to take that freedom away from us. I support Nite Moves all the way and I think they will be successful in this battle. I would like to go to Nite Moves myself and support them.

Like I said, all of us have their own ways of having fun. Some like to go to rock concerts or go see live sports games or wrestling events, etc. Going to strip clubs is a man’s entertainment. Yes, strippers are artists no matter what you think of them. Erotic dancing is an art.

Kev

Amanda Todd teen bullying and suicide thoughts…

I didn’t really want to reply to my thoughts about this news story, but I thought I would reply to this, just once, and that’s it. The Amanda Todd story is pretty huge on the internet, everyone’s talking about it everywhere. Opinions on the story are mixed. Some feel sympathy for Amanda and some say she deserved it and she had it coming. Before I give out my thoughts, lets talk about what’s going on here. Amanda was talking to some stranger in an internet chat room, and he asked her to flash her boobs on camera. She decided to go for it, and a year later, her topless photo has been landed on facebook with her photo as a profile pic. Her topless photo circulated facebook, then she made a 9 minute youtube video using flash cards, talking about her problems. On Oct. 10th, she killed herself.

So here goes. If this was my daughter, I would be sure that something like this wouldn’t even happen. I mean, she was 15. Too young to be using the internet on her own. If that was my daughter, I’m not saying she won’t be allowed to use the internet, however, I would monitor everything, she does online. EVERYTHING. Just to look out for her safety and protection. How come her mother wasn’t doing that, at the time? Was this Amanda’s and her family’s fault? Part of it was, you can’t deny that. She’s too young to be flashing herself online to strangers she doesn’t even know. If you don’t want kids doing something like that, you need to teach your kids of what’s right and what’s wrong. Don’t allow her to go into chat rooms that young of age. When she’s alone using the computer, there are ways to block those sites where, she won’t visit them.

I’m not saying she deserved it, and she had it coming, but once again, part of this was her fault. She should have known better and family should have taught her better. When you have a child, you need to teach them these things, so they won’t do anything risky in the future. Teach your child that, if they plan to use the internet, teach them that they should talk to people online only if they know them. It’ll take them a while for them to understand, but it’s worth it. I’m not saying her mother is bad at parenting, but she should have protected her child more. If I had kids, I would do anything to protect them before they get into depression and before they go making suicidal notes in youtube videos.

Being a parent (which I’m not yet, but just saying), takes a lot of learning and responsibility.

Teen suicides are horrible, and teen bullying is horrible. I’ve experienced getting bullied in school when I was a teen myself, so I know what it is like, for sure. Which is why I am against bullying of all kinds. It is pretty inappropriate to bully people, no matter who they are, whether it will be for their orientation, their disability, their weight, their appearance, etc. People shouldn’t be bullied what so ever. I still get bullied by people to this day, but I learn to rise above it all and be a tough son of a bitch.

You’ve got to teach your kids that too, which is what I plan to do if I ever get kids someday. Teach them to be tough and teach them how to defend themselves when getting bullied. Teach them karate class or teach them how to fight, and teach them to fight back for self defense only. If you got a kid, who is driving themselves into depression and suicidal, then there must be something wrong with your parenting skills there. It takes a lot of skill as a parent to make your child safe and happy.

My heart and condolences goes out to Amanda’s family & friends, it’s just that suicide is not the answer. If you know a kid that is in trouble, you need to seek them professional help, before it’s too late.

Kev

If you’re getting other bands or regular music fans disrespecting you, there’s nothing wrong with you…

Remember, the old saying? “Haters are gonna Hate”? You hear those words all over the internet. It’s really true if you think about it. When you’re just a musician or an internet blogger or whatever you are, you are always going to get negative people coming out to hate on you for no reason. That’s all these guys do. Hate, hate, hate. It’s the same thing with bodybuilding. I get so much negative shit with my bodybuilding, when I would appreciate it if I got more positive support, yet, I keep getting people doubting my dreams and goals. People should be happy that I got into bodybuilding to become the best shape of my life, but nope, a lot of people want to shit on it. It’s the same with my music dreams as well. Whatever dream you want to have, you’re always going to get those haters.

If you get so many people talking shit about you, don’t feel bad about any of it. Don’t care about what other people think. Just because other people say things about you, doesn’t mean it’s true. What they say about you, is all opinion. Period. As much as I would love to have positive support on everything I do, I know that is not possible. I can’t please everybody. You’re never going to.

If you want to continue doing the things you love to do, you have to be above these guys. That’s why they want to hate on you ’cause they want to see you feel bad about yourself and they want to see you quit. I love doing all the things I love to do. Even with the blogging.

Some people don’t like my blogging style ’cause I’m the type of guy who is not afraid to speak my mind without any fear. I like telling things like it is. That’s who I am. If you don’t like me on here, then you probably won’t like me in person ’cause I’m the same way in the real world, a realist. I don’t let negative people bring me down. It’s just makes me much much stronger.

Kev

Edit to add: This rant is not just to defend myself, there are several other musicians I know who are in the same boat as me. Not being respected by the public.

So is it okay to think that it’s wrong for middle aged women to be sexy, yet it’s alright for older men to be half naked? Absolutely!

The argument was, since I criticized Madonna for stripping on stage in her 50’s, sure enough, some clown had to come in here to criticize me about Arnold and Sly. This reader tried to make the argument about, since I say it’s wrong for middle aged women to be stripping and getting naked, he says he thinks it’s funny that I think it’s okay for Arnold and Sly to show off their bodies, when they’re much older. Anybody who says that, deserves a good slap across the face.

Like I said before in the other post, there’s a big difference between men and women. When Madonna was younger back then, it was okay for her to strip on stage all she wants to. Why? Because when women are young, that’s what people like to see. They don’t mind seeing that. However, when a woman is in her 50’s or older, stripping down to her bra and panties and doing all kinds of sexual acts on stage, what is wrong with that picture??? There are plenty of pop stars from the past who has done similar things like Madonna, but as they get older, they don’t do the sexual stuff anymore ’cause of their age. Yet, Madonna still sees herself as this sex symbol. She doesn’t have a sexy body anymore like she once had. Her skin looks awful now. Her body looks flabby and you can tell that she’s aging.

When men go shirtless or strip down to their underwear, that’s perfectly normal. Men do this stuff ’cause they aren’t trying to be sexy or to show off, ’cause it’s a pretty normal thing for men to do. Do you see the point? Men can do this stuff all they want to at any age. It’s different for women though, think about it. No women hating here. Just being realistic.

Would you want to see a 50 or 60 year old women pole dancing wearing nothing but lingerie?

Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE hot and sexy women doing sexual things, but it depends on the age. My age preference would be women around her 20’s – 40’s or a little older. Any older than that, no thanks.

You can’t compare both men and women, when they want to show off. Age doesn’t matter with the men, but with the women it does.

Kev

The Brock is no woman hater, in fact, women are my favorite things in the world…

I am getting a bit tired and pissed about wrongly being accused of hating and disrespecting women. Maybe that could explain why I went off in that one blog post I deleted calling out certain readers. Maybe I was a bit out of line in that one post, which is why I removed it ’cause I was being frustrated. Just wanted to set the record straight, that I am no woman hater. I love them. They are my favorite people in the world and they are beautiful. I don’t treat women like objects and do treat them like real people. Women are really amazing. Smart, intelligent, beautiful, inside and out. They are 10x’s better than us men, for sure.

In that Arnold post, what I was saying it is pretty normal for guys to fantasize and have a big crush on women ’cause, that is what guys do, ya know? However, there’s also nothing wrong with guys having a sex addiction. If you’re going to have a sex addiction and sleep around different women, just make sure you’re not married first. I agree, it’s wrong to cheat, while you’re married or have a steady girlfriend. It’s a sick thing to do to destroy people’s lives like that, but who cares, right? Life goes on. It always does, right? Not the end of the world. When things like that happen, it takes a little time to move forward, heal, and make things better. Put things behind them, and make people forgive them. Bill Clinton put all that Monica Lewinsky stuff behind him and moved on. It looks like Robert and Kristen from the Twilight movie, is about to do the same, put it behind them, and move on. So will Arnold, ya know? Tiger Woods too. On top of all this, who cares about celebrities personal lives, ya know? FUCK ’em. They’re not important to us, I think that’s what I meant when I say personal lives of celebs are no big deal.

I would never be that kind of guy, and it was pretty rude & disrespectful, for you to come here to say that. I kept approving your comments in that Arnold post just to try and prove that I’m right on everything I said, and also just to show how dumb you all look.

As far as calling Kate a “hot piece of ass”, that’s just my funny way of calling sexy women, when I see someone beautiful. I say stuff like that to women all the time in facebook, when they post up sexy photos of themselves. I would say “Nice cleavage” or “Nice legs” and all that stuff. You know what? A lot of them women don’t mind! They actually like it when guys say that stuff to her. I don’t always talk like that to women though, I’ll compliment their looks in a clean manner a lot too. Depends on the woman.

I should have no problem getting myself a nice woman ’cause I’m getting told by some of them that I’m good looking and cute. No lie. Even the good looking and beautiful women have told me that stuff before. I do want to settle in with a nice woman sometime. Hopefully get married and start a family of my own, but I am looking for Ms. Right for that. She’s hard to find but I’ll do my best. I’m starting to be more confident talking to women and being around them more. I’ll admit it, I’m starting to get tired of living the single life.

I refuse to pick up women from bars ’cause the bar scene is not my thing anymore. Probably the best place I could meet someone is in the gym ’cause there’s a lot of women that workout at the Y. I don’t think I’ll date a woman who is a musician ’cause I don’t trust that, but she must love music though, that’s a huge plus. I’ve dated a few women myself in the past before, here and there, they just didn’t work out. I just hope to find someone who actually likes me for who I am.

I’m not gonna be a player or a man-whore or none of that stuff. I’m looking for someone special. True love. Real romance. A real relationship. I’m getting older and need to do something. Hopefully soon. I don’t need help from other people on how to understand women better, the goal is to have the confidence for yourself to do it. I’ve had my share of crushes of women that I was interested in, but of course, they had no interest in me in return. I’m sure I’ll find someone perfect, she’s out there.

I try not to say stuff about my personal life on here, but thought I would do this once, to defend myself, a little bit. So you’re welcome. Move along. I’ll leave comments closed, ’cause I don’t need you guys being smart asses about this post.

Kev

Edit to add: Fixed this post up a little bit so you can read it a little better, grammatical errors, spelling, etc.

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