Will the original Smashing Pumpkins lineup reunite for tour and possible new studio album? Hopefully!!!

I have been obsessively following Billy Corgan’s documentary project on FB & Youtube called “30 Days”. It’s a video project where Billy travels across America. What’s the project is about? It’s just something he wants to do since he’s not touring at the moment. He’s just travelling around doing some sight seeing, checking out some different small towns & cities… he also goes around meeting people and performing songs with his acoustic guitar at random places. He does this thing called “50 for 50″where he plays like 50 Smashing Pumpkins songs over the years. He has already performed songs from “Siamese Dream” and “Mellie Collie” which both are amazing albums, btw.

There’s a lot of talk and so much buzz about the original Smashing Pumpkins lineup reuniting for a possible tour. Ya know, the original Pumpkins lineup featuring Corgan, D’arcy Wretsky, James Iha and Jimmy Chamberlin. According to Corgan the man himself, he says he doesn’t know if a tour would happen with them but he is talking with all the members again and he’s getting along with all of them so who knows? I think an original Smashing Pumpkins lineup tour will probably happen this year or next. If it does happen, hopefully they do a new studio album together too.

I love the Smashing Pumpkins. Always did and still do; however, like most people the original lineup will always be important to me. It’ll be fucking awesome if the original lineup would play all the Pumpkins songs from the first three albums on tour: “Gish”, “Siamese Dream” and “Mellie Collie”. All three are pretty amazing albums.

Anyways, I’m really enjoying Billy’s “30 Days” project. I’ve watched every video he did so far. Billy’s an interesting guy in real life. He seems cool and he seems like a nice guy too. I love how Billy loves his fans ’cause as he’s travelling out there, he does get spotted by die-hard Pumpkins fans a lot.

I’m looking forward to hearing Billy’s first solo album too as I will buy it when it comes out. I’ve been a huge Pumpkins fan throughout my life pretty much. They were important to me when I was a teenager in high school. I remember I used to bring my portable CD player to school a lot and I would listen to the Smashing Pumpkins during lunch or study hall or whatever. They were important to me as a kid so it would be cool if the original lineup gets back together so I’m crossing my fingers for now.

Kev

 

 

Trump doing all the things he’s been promising and driving liberals insane even more… LOVING IT!

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So Trump actually going to build a wall. Banning Muslims/Refugees in the USA. Trying to repeal and replace Obamacare. Soon he’s going to announce a new justice for the Supreme Court in replacement for Scalia. People didn’t think Trump would do all these things. Well, he’s actually doing them and it’s driving liberals insane. Liberals heads has been exploding over Trump’s anti-abortion policies as well. All week long in my facebook page, I’ve seen liberals getting scared to death over the Wall, the Muslim ban and the anti-abortion policies. It’s all entertaining to watch.

While I don’t agree with President Trump being friendly with Hillary and Barack; other than that, Trump is doing a terrific job so far. I’m so impressed with the man. He’s making me feel like an American now. He’s making me love this country even more.

I’ve never seen presidents in the past work this hard. Trump worked all week, even on weekends. There’s no break with this guy at all. Trump gets up early in the morning and works ’til like late at night in the Oval Office.

Ever since Trump got in office, things are already looking good for America. Jobs are slowly starting to come back, the dow jones are way up and Trump just killed the TPP. Trump confirmed the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines are actually happening which is good news. Trump is doing a great job.

The days of “All Talk and No Action” are over. Time to stop talking about things and actually do them. I always knew that Trump  is the real deal. Didn’t take me long to figure it out.

It’s a shame that the media won’t stop attacking him, though. All that proves is how one-sided the media is. They’re in bed with liberal political figures. Liberals will always be on one side which saddens me really. Who cares, though. We got Trump and that’s all it matters. He’s doing an amazing job so far and hope he keeps up the good work.

Kev

Yeah, I definitely plan on getting a MIDI controller this year but also planning on getting a synthesizer…

This year I’m going to be taking electric keyboard playing a little more seriously. Stay committed with that stuff. All week, I’ve been looking at MIDI controllers and synthesizers online and I’ve been enjoying it.

The synthesizer I’ve been looking at online is the Novation MiniNova which looks pretty cool. The Novation Mininova is about $400 so it’s not bad at all.

I would like to get a synthesizer sometime ’cause I would like to make instrumental music sometime down the road. Wouldn’t it be cool if I made instrumental guitar music with electronica sounds in the background? I could make instrumental space music with lead guitar playing over it. Play instrumental shred music inspired by my heroes Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jason Becker, etc.

I really want to get into keyboards and synthesizers and things like that. I’m not giving up the guitar, I just want to experiment with something new. I’m honestly getting tired of acoustic music and want to branch out, discover some new things.

Kev

So Obama and Trump seems to have buried the hatchet, I don’t like it but I still love Trump though…

So I’ve just watched Trump’s first TV interview on the Sean Hannity show on FOX News tonight. Trump’s first TV interview as a sitting president. While I liked the interview and thought it was entertaining as hell, the only thing I was disappointed in was that Trump revealed that he and Obama buried the hatchet. Trump talked about on the show that he and Obama were very aggressive in the past but once Trump got elected, I have noticed Obama and Trump has gotten friendly with each other pretty quickly.

After years of Obama and Trump being enemies, why would Trump have a change of heart with Obama after all the destruction Obama gave to the USA? Is the only reason Trump is being friendly to Obama now out of fear of losing his presidency? Or is Obama being friendly Trump to avoid getting jailed by the Trump administration? Maybe a little bit of both.

I have noticed a lot of conservatives have gotten soft on Obama too. Many conservatives out there has simmered down attacks on Obama now that Obama and Trump has buried the hatchet. I’m seeing a lot of conservatives online being upset at Manning for attacking Obama in that article. Trump stood up for Obama in that one tweet.

Trump has gotten soft on both Obama and H. Clinton which is very strange to me. I think something’s going on. Kind of like what went on when Bernie started attacking Hillary during the election and now Bernie’s all friendly with Hillary after teaming up with her. You see Barack and Hillary are very manipulative and powerful people. They will do anything to avoid getting thrown in prison. That’s why they are being friendly with Trump after losing the election to him.

Trump should NEVER go soft on Hillary and Barack. I know I wouldn’t. I don’t care what anyone says, I will always despise Hillary and Barack. I don’t care if Trump buries the hatchet with them or not. Hillary and Barack needs to be held accountable for their crimes and it seems that Trump doesn’t want to do anything to them.

Real sad. After all that work and after all these years of Trump exposing how corrupt Hillary and Barack are, he’s now friends with them all of a sudden?

Trump’s doing a good job with the country so far but once again, he should never go soft on Obama and Hillary. He needs to put them away fast. They did some bad things to the country especially Benghazi.

I’m no Chelsea Manning fan, don’t get me wrong but it is odd to me how all these conservatives are feeling sorry for Barack getting called a weak leader which is true. Chelsea brought up a good point that Obama did very little to the Democratic party. What… conservatives being friendly with Obama now just because Trump is? I will always despise Obama. I will never have a change of heart and will always hate the man.

I still love Trump, though… I just don’t agree with everything he says and does. I’m not one who defends Trump on everything. I like to keep it real, ya know?

Kev

Why it’s important for me to learn music theory and learn to read music…

When making music for DAW software, I think it’s important for me to study music theory and learn to read music which I’ve been learning how to do both. I’ve also been practicing ear training really hard too!

This year I’m going to be taking learning how to play piano/MIDI keyboards a little more seriously so I can get good with MIDI controllers and things like that. If I’m going to get serious on home music recording, I really need to learn music theory and read music/sight reading. All those DAW software, they usually have a piano roll in them where you can put in your own notes. If I learn music theory and learn to read music/sight reading, this stuff would make home recording on a DAW a little more easier. You’ll be able to get music you hear in your head onto a recording a little easier too if you learn music theory, sight reading and having a good ear. My ear training is getting a lot better too. I’m really getting the hang of what a lot of notes sound like.

If I’m going to learn how to play the piano and learn to read music, I should learn how to read music for guitar too. It’s all important to do if you want to be a real musician. I know learning music theory and sight reading is a bit intimidating which is why a lot of musicians refuse to learn that stuff but seriously… music theory and sight reading are not that hard to learn at all. Both are really a piece of cake really. Even a little kid can learn that stuff! I’m glad I’m learning all this stuff.

You don’t really have to learn to read music for guitar since tablature is a big deal but I think you should. I know I’m going to. If I’m going to learn music theory, I should learn sight reading too.

I want to get good at using MIDI keyboards so I can make my own backing tracks for my songs. I’ll make all the full band music myself. For drums, I’m thinking about buying EZ track drummer software ’cause that’s popular software for home recording artists and I’m going to look into that. For making bass lines I’ll just use MIDI. I’ll figure out how to make full band tracks in the future ’cause I really want to do that stuff. I’m learning how to play keyboards this year. Been learning and practicing all week.

Kev

Most of Hollywood and the music industry are pretty liberal ’cause the media wanted them to be…

Why are most of Hollywood movie stars and most of the music industry very liberal people? Well simply because the media wanted them to be. That is pretty much part of why the mainstream media has liberal bias everywhere. The media wants celebrities and music stars to talk politics. It’s why they promote liberalism. The media are hoping to use celebrities and music stars to help spread the message about liberalism so Democrats can stay in power. Is that part of how Obama won  twice ’cause of the power of the media and sending the message through celebrities? Yes.

Yeah, I know it’s pretty sad and disappointing that most of Hollywood and the music industry are very liberal people; however, not all of Hollywood and the music industry are liberal. There are some famous people out there who are very conservative like Ted Nugent, Jon Voight, James Woods, Scott Baio, Clint Eastwood, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and lots more to list. Anyway, when celebrities publicly express their “conservatism”… the media will do all they can to destroy them and marginalize them. The media continues to treat liberal celebrities like “heroes” such as Madonna, Meryl Streep, Stephen King, George Clooney, Katy Perry, etc. but they treat conservative celebs like enemies.

When Madonna threatened to blow up the White House, liberals didn’t bat an eye but Ted Nugent gets into all kinds of trouble for calling Obama a subhuman mongrel. That’s how black and white the media sees politics.

Liberal celebrities speak out on their politics ’cause the media got them to. Celebrities are just as gullible and naive as well. A lot of them can be stupid and unintelligent.

There are a lot of celebs out there who are good at keeping politics away from their careers for example Taylor Swift. She’s doing a good job keeping her music career separate from politics which is how it should be. You never know what her political views are ’cause she keeps quiet about politics. The media probably wants her to speak out but she won’t which is smart. She is probably a die-hard liberal too (wouldn’t surprise me) but who knows maybe she’s conservative as well? You just never know. I think it’s great that she’s shutting up about politics ’cause she doesn’t want to alienate her own fan base. People would stop supporting her music if she spoke out.

Look, it’s fine that celebrities hate Donald Trump but when they speak out and ram their opinions down everyone’s throats, it’s a turn off. I think this year I’m planning on selling my Stephen King book collection. Gonna get rid of all of ’em ’cause I’m done with his shit. He won’t stop the Trump bashing on his twitter. I’m also gonna get rid of all albums on CD I own by these artists: Springsteen, Neil Young, U2, any project that Chris Cornell is involved in (Soundgarden, Audioslave, solo) and also boycotting Pearl Jam. Gonna get rid of all their CD’s and sell ’em. It’s no secret that Tom Morello is a liberal and Trump hater but I had no idea Cornell was. Audioslave played the Trump anti-inaugural so I just threw Cornell  on the boycott list.

I’m also thinking about throwing Metallica on the boycott list ’cause Kirk Hammett went on an anti-Trump rant on his twitter.

The media are still trying to use celebrities to help spread the message and gain more power but not anymore. It’s the USA vs. Hollywood. We’re done with Hollywood and the media. They’re all losing power this time. They want to bash Trump and his supporters? Well we fight back. That’s what it’s about. I’m fed up with Hollywood and the media like most. Hopefully Trump will do a good job uniting us all ’cause we really need it badly.

Kev

President Trump confirms construction of Border Wall and US to take complete control of US border…

This is such great news! Trump is real serious on getting dangerous illegals out of the country. This guy isn’t messing around. A lot of people doubted him about building the wall at the US/Mexican border and it’s happening. He just confirmed it today. Coming from the mouth of Trump himself.

He is so right that the media ignored how dangerous illegal aliens are! The reason a lot of people still fail to see how dangerous illegals are is that the media is so protective of them. You should read Ann Coulter’s book, “Adio’s America” and she’ll describe perfectly how the media is protective of illegal aliens in that book. That book is a great read.

It’s finally time for illegal aliens to stop getting a free pass for doing bad things and they need to be punished with the fullest extent of the law. Bring back law and order. Illegal aliens really are very dangerous people. Lot of people lost their loved ones because of them. Enough is enough.

Once illegals are out of the country, crime rate will start to go down in America and that’s what we need. Illegals commit all kinds of crime in America: murder, robbery, drugs, rape, etc.

Illegal aliens doesn’t only come from Mexico… they also come from all over South America: I’m sure we get illegals from Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, etc. Illegals come from all over. Time to get rid of ’em so we won’t have to look over our shoulder anymore.

Kev

Aaaaahhhhhhh… what a breath of fresh air! From Obama to Trump in the White House!!!

Ever since Trump started his presidential campaign during the election, I’ve always said that Trump would treat his presidency in the White House like a business. He’s been doing exactly that. 5 Days into Trump’s presidency and he’s already doing an incredible job. He’s been reversing all the things that Obama did to the country which is what we elected him for. The haters are accusing him of breaking all kinds of promises but that’s not what I see at all. He’s keeping all of his promises. Doing all the things that we elected him for: Build the wall, kick out illegals, repeal/replace Obamacare, defund Planned Parenthood, kill the TPP, build the Keystone Pipeline, get rid of sanctuary cities, etc.

Oh my, Trump is getting so much done in such a short period of time. This man is amazing. This is all coming from his over 30 years of experience working the Trump empire. This is the kind of president we need… a president who isn’t a politician. We needed a CEO/Businessman president. A new vision for America.

President Trump is doing all the things that pisses off liberals which feels great! It’s funny as hell seeing liberals and pro choice fanatics lose their shit over Trump  defunding Planned Parenthood internationally. They know that Planned Parenthood is gonna be gone soon which is why they’re freaking out. I don’t care what anyone says, I’m pro life 100%. I don’t want to be with a woman who thinks abortion is okay ’cause I want to someday maybe get kids of my own.

Trump is already doing a great job which doesn’t surprise me at all. It’s gonna be a great 8 years. Today, President Trump announced an investigation of voter fraud in elections. So pretty soon you can say goodbye to voter fraud and all those responsible will be jailed. Hopefully Trump discovers that Hillary and Barack were involved in the voter fraud against Trump ’cause it wouldn’t surprise me at all if they were involved. Lock up Hillary and Barack.

We finally have a president who is a leader and finally have someone who is actually doing “things” instead of talking about it and doing nothing. Thank you President Trump and keep up the good work!

Kev

RIP Butch Trucks 1947 – 2017…

Sad news today that founding and longtime member of the Allman Brothers band’s drummer, Butch Trucks just passed away. Pretty bummed about this ’cause he’s definitely one of the most talented drummers in rock. He has been with the Brothers from the very start. He has been with the Brothers since the late 60’s until the band’s final shows at the Beacon Theater in 2014. Then the band broke up after; however, Butch continued to play music with Butch Trucks & Very Special Friends and another band called, Butch Trucks & The Freight Train Band. Thanks for the music, Butch and RIP.

Kev

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon on the Trump Train? Seems so, they attended the inauguration ceremony last Friday… (see photo for proof)

Cool pic of WWE star & Vice President of Executive Talent in WWE, Triple H and his wife Stephanie McMahon at the Trump inauguration last Friday. Triple H and Stephanie are not just a married couple on TV, they are married in real life too. They must be big Trump fans too ’cause it looks like they’re enjoying themselves.

Also remember, Stephanie’s Mom, Linda McMahon is now part of the Trump administration who just got sworn in for the SBA today.

I’m looking forward to the Royal Rumble this Sunday.

Kev

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