A pretty cool song from one of my favorite bands. I love Dream Theater.
Kev
I’m not surprised that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” would be the most anticipated film of 2015…
I’ll admit that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is one of those films that I most look forward to in 2015. Sucks we have to wait until all the way ’til next Dec. to see it, though. I really hope JJ doesn’t let us down and hopes he gives us a good Star Wars movie.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-named-fandangos-anticipated-760572?facebook_20141230
As for all the other films, honestly, I’m actually looking forward to “Fifty Shades of Grey” too. The more I see the trailer, the more it looks interesting to me so I’m probably gonna see that one. I’m probably gonna go see “Jurassic World”, “Mockingjay 2”, “Fast and Furious 7”, “MI: 5”, “Avengers 2”, “Spectre”, etc.
I’m surprised “Terminator 5” isn’t listed anywhere. Not sure if I’m gonna go see the new “Terminator” film or not. Thinking about it.
Yep, 2015 looks to be a pretty huge year for movies.
Hopefully Star Wars 7 will be worth the wait.
Kev
Thought For The Day: When people call me a “conspiracy theorist”, I consider it a compliment so thank you!!!
When I talk things like Benghazi, Operation F&F, Obama’s birth certificate, etc. I usually get called a conspiracy theorist. That’s okay. I consider that stuff to be a compliment. It just lets me know that people don’t like the truth and they hate hearing it is why they get upset.
What I find funny is that people want to call anti-Obama people “conspiracy theorists” when most really believe that 9/11/01 was a government inside-job. People thinking that 9/11/01 being an inside-job is conspiracy theory too so that’s 100% hypocrisy right there.
In this day and age under Obama as president, anytime someone wants to criticize him they usually get called a “conspiracy theorist”. Every time. Quite honestly, I think most people don’t know what the term means. We’re not “conspiracy theorists”, we’re just “critical thinkers”. “Critical Thinker” is a more appropriate term.
Kev
Will Metallica release their new album in 2015? I think there’s a good chance…
Metallica hasn’t released a new album in a long while. Fans are dying for the band to release their follow-up album from 2008’s “Death Magnetic”. What I love about Metallica is that they don’t head into the studio just because their fans want them to. They head into the studio when they’re ready and when they feel the time is right. So therefor, the band goes into the studio on their terms and not everyone else’s. Yeah, it’s true that they take a lot of time in between albums but that’s probably because the band goes on tour more than recording in the studio.
I know how Metallica’s songwriting process works ’cause I’ve seen all of their behind the scenes footage of each album they did. They document every studio session on video. Watch their movie, “Some Kind of Monster” and you would see how the band does things. They just write a bunch of riffs and ideas and then they try to put them together into a song. They won’t stop working on the music until they are happy with it.
Yeah, people want the band to go back to their old-school thrash metal sound. They try to. They tried to do that with their “Death Magnetic” album a little bit, go back to thrash metal. Even though the band tries to go back to their old sound… they can’t. That’s not how music works. Bands & musicians are about moving forward. They just play whatever comes out of them, ya know? That’s all there is to it. There’s no possible way a musician can go back to their old sound they once had. It’s all about musical inspiration.
Will they go back to their old-school thrash metal? Like what they had on albums like “Ride the Lightning”, “Kill ‘Em All” and “Master of Puppets”??? I don’t know. I swore that Lars said in an interview that they’re gonna go back to their early 90’s stuff a little bit. Go back to the “Black Album” era.
However, no matter how many times Metallica tries to make their fans happy… they’re always gonna get complainers and whiners. No matter what kind of music they put out. Even if the next Metallica album is really heavy and tight… fans will always try to find something to complain about. Watch for it. No matter what these guys do, people will always hate, hate, hate. So I can’t blame ’em for not giving a fuck what anyone else thinks.
This band sounds different every album and that’s what I love about ’em. They’re not afraid about going different directions. It’s about evolving. These guys are recording new songs and writing so I’m looking forward to hearing what they got.
Metallica always had the utmost respect from me. I’ve always loved the band no matter how much controversy and negativity that is thrown at them. I’ve always supported the band from day 1 and looking forward to their next album for sure. Don’t be surprised if they go different directions again.
Kev
Obama really is a despicable and evil human being, how can you libtards not see that???
A real president would have cancelled his golf game and let the military couple have their wedding but nope, Obummer can’t do that. Unfortunately, Obummer thinks he’s more important than the military. Clearly shows that he doesn’t have any respect for our military at all.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/29/soldiers-relocate-hawaii-wedding-so-obama-can-play-golf/
Makes you wonder why Obama is getting low approval ratings from our military, hey?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/22/politics/obama-military-low-approval-rating/
I’m willing to bet our military will hate him even more after this.
What will the libtards think of this? I’m betting you they will think this is not a big deal. They’ll believe that the president is a “class act” for apologizing to the military couple. Libtards will side with Obama on this for sure. Whatever conservatives think about Obama, I’m almost positive the libtards will have an opposite view on it like they always do. They will rip into conservatives for giving Obama some flak about this. Libtards are just as evil.
Kev
Trying to find a new home recording rig is tough…
I think it’s a pretty good idea to get studio speaker monitors after all. I also think it’s a good idea to get both studio monitors and regular stereo speakers w/ stereo amplifier.
I’ve already found an audio interface that I’m interested in getting… I think I’m gonna go for the Focusrite Scarlett 214:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Scarlett2i4
The Focusrite product is getting mostly positive reviews from recording musicians out there so I think I’m gonna give that product a try. I think I’m gonna move on from M-Audio Fast Track ’cause I don’t really like it and think I’m gonna try something different.
I’m hoping to find studio equipment that will give me a good enough clean studio sound w/ no background hiss or anything like that.
Trying to find good studio monitors (speakers) is pretty tough. I don’t wanna get no cheap studio monitors… somewhere around the 150 – 200 price range is good enough for me. I want a good enough loud and full sound with bass and a subwoofer. Same with regular stereo speakers. I’m gonna get both kind of speakers studio monitors and stereo.
I’m also gonna look into getting some new DAW software… the ones with MIDI on them and the ones that have piano roll and stuff. That way I can type in the chords, notes and stuff to get ideas out of my head. I do know some music theory. I’m not a music theory wiz yet but getting there, though. Learning music theory would help with home music recording when you’re working with MIDI and stuff. I want to make my own backing tracks for my songs so I can create some great guitar jams and stuff. I’m researching and googling all of this information as best as I can.
Maybe I will even say fuck MIDI… I’ll just get a real band together with human musicians!!! Still though, MIDI is a good idea to help get song ideas out of your head and you won’t forget ’em.
For a long time now, I’ve been trying to find ways to make band backup behind my songs and that’s what I want. Hopefully, someday make a full band rock n’ roll album with tight as hell riffs and face-melting guitar solos all over! Someday I would like to release my debut album so I can maybe release for Itunes, Spotify, etc. It’ll all gonna be homemade on a low budget. That’s how Eastbound Jesus recorded their first album, I believe. I’d like to do the same thing.
I’m in desperate need of a whole new recording rig and I’m working things out.
Kev
Miley Cyrus joins the “Free The Nipple” campaigning bandwagon against Instagram…
Damn… I missed Miley’s pic before they took it down (I’ll google around for it, though). I looked at Miley’s twitter (yes, twitter allows nudity) page to see if they have it there but they don’t have it there on her page either.
Why are these celebrity women fighting against Instagram hoping they get their right to expose their titties? Nudity is against the TOS at Instagram. I read the TOS there myself. It’s right there on No. 2.
You may not post violent, nude, partially nude, discriminatory, unlawful, infringing, hateful, pornographic or sexually suggestive photos or other content via the Service.
https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511
I’m sure Chelsea Handler and all of these other celebrity women knows it’s against the TOS but why are they dying to have their right to expose their titties online so badly? Like I said, it’s their bodies so they should be able to have the right to show it all off if they please. In my opinion, looking at boobs isn’t a big deal at all. They feel that the strict TOS rules are censoring their right to do so. So they protest and campaign against the strict TOS rules hoping they would change the TOS rules so women can have their right to post topless photos. It’s a good fight and I like what they’re doing.
I don’t see Chelsea Handler and other celebrity women backing down on this. I think more celebrity women are gonna join in on this fight in the future. It’s a “women’s rights” kind of thing and that’s what they’re doing it for.
Kev
Is Angelina Jolie a closet conservative??? She seems to be hiding it from the public so I say yes…
I know it always seems like that Angie is a die hard liberal over the years but is she really? After her last two directed films, “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and “Unbroken”, I’m starting to see the conservative views in her. Maybe she’s finally coming out of the “right-wing” closet? I knew she couldn’t have been a liberal ’cause she grew up in a conservative family especially her father, Jon Voight who is openly “conservative”.
I know there are too many liberal celebs out there but I don’t think she’s one of them. Why are some celebs so scared to admit they’re conservative? They hid their conservative views to save their careers. If they openly admitted they are conservative, they could lose respect and lose their fans. They would get looked at as a crazed “right-winger”… just ask Ted Nugent, Donald Trump and actor James Woods.
I don’t think Angie is a liberal, she can’t be. Maybe she still is but maybe she’s being more sympathetic to the conservative community.
Honestly, though, I don’t care what her political views are ’cause I’ve always been a fan of her work over the years.
Kev
Song of the Day: “Azucar” by Al Di Meola…
This morning I listened to the Al Di Meola album, “Consequence of Chaos” which is really good, btw and here is my favorite track off of it. Each album I hear by Al Di Meola, I just want more and more of his music. He really is a genius. I can listen to his music all day and never get tired of it!
Kev
You want proof of liberal media bias??? Here ya go!!!
There’s a lot of delusional and misinformed people out there who wanna mistakenly believe that there is nothing wrong with the Democrat party. Really? I don’t understand why people are so scared to admit that the Democrat party are just as equally bad as the Republican party.
http://nypost.com/2014/12/28/hey-gq-cant-find-any-crazy-democrats-heres-some/
I saw that GQ list while it’s good that they named a few Democrats… they still left out a few notable democrats who are just as crazy… for example: H. Clinton, Pelosi and Harry Reid. The GQ list is a joke… the NYPost here is great for calling out their bullshit.
I don’t like how the media in this country tries to make Republicans look like bad guys and make the Democrats look like good guys. It’s just insane, man. It’s really pissing me off, too. Why are people so afraid of holding the Democrat party accountable for saying crazy stuff, lying and doing stupid things?
I can think of one reason why the media in this country don’t want to make the Democrat/liberal side look bad… probably because they have strong views on “gay marriage”, abortion and things like that. The media doesn’t want to lose their careers, lose ratings and money if they put the left in a bad light. They also don’t wanna make Hillary and Barack look bad either. That is why Hillary and Barack still have many supporters… that’s why the mainstream media refuses to report all the bad stuff that Hillary and Barack have done over the years like Benghazi for example. All this left-wing reporting in mainstream news helps them get ratings and makes them a lot of money.
This doesn’t make the Conservative side look bad at all, in my opinion. As a matter of fact all this liberal bias media made the conservative side much more powerful… that’s why the “right-wing” side won the Mid-term election.
Us “right-wingers” know that Republicans can be nuts, we just want people to learn that Democrats are no different. People want to blame Republicans for the destruction of America but Democrats had a huge hand in that too. Democrats are not a bunch of sweethearts at all. When will people wake up and realize that the Dems in America are full of communists, Saul Alinsky supporters, liars and a bunch of criminals???
Wake up America!!!
Kev
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