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More truth of the Cammy Awards…

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You wouldn’t believe how much it costs to put together an event like the Cammy Awards (http://www.thecammys.net/) at a venue called, The Linda in Albany. I just contacted the Linda in Albany via e-mail out of curiosity of their rental pricing of the venue. The fact is that anybody can have a show or an event at The Linda as long as you can pay their hourly rates. The owners doesn’t really go by the number of people attending the gig or how good/bad the show is. Anybody can rent The Linda as long you have that kind of money. Wanna know how much it costs hourly to rent the place?

I got a response from the venue back and they said it costs somewhere between $500 – $1000. As I predicted before… it’s not cheap. So to do the math, since the show starts at 5:00 p.m., it’ll probably go on ’til like late in the evening like 9 or 10 or later. So in all, the show is gonna cost them like several thousand dollars or more.

I really don’t think this Tier One Talent guy is paying for this all by himself. He’s definitely having some help with the budgeting of this show. I’m sure the show costs a lot more than the hourly rates. I’m sure they’ll have to pay to decorate the place, pay the bands and all that stuff.

The reason they want to have this event at The Linda is ’cause The Linda is like a theatre, I think. They clearly want this show to be like a mini-version of The Grammy’s like you see on TV.

In my opinion, they are wasting tons of money on a show that no one cares about.

According to the website, they say the nominations are supposed to be revealed on Dec. 15th which is next Monday. If your band or venue gets nominated… congratulations but don’t get so excited about it… I warn ya. Instead of the talented bands that matter around here winning the awards, they won’t win awards but instead Tier One’s Talent and his gang of friends will be winning awards. It’s gonna be the same bullshit like last year. They’re just a bunch of egomaniacs and attention whores trying to get recognized for what they do. They’re just a bunch of losers putting together their own award show so they can win themselves awards and show the Capital District how special and cool they are. I repeat, egomaniacs and people with delusions of grandeur. They are a bunch of people who are legends in their own minds.

When last year’s award show happened, I can’t tell you how many times I warned certain bands & musicians who were nominated and warned them not to trust this show but sure enough, they didn’t listen to me. They didn’t win the awards and they ended up getting disappointed. Same bullshit will happen this year.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Tier One Talent guy shitty Alice In Chains tribute band, Sludge Factory is gonna get a few nominations, that’s probably why this guy stepped down from being in charge of promoting this show on the facebook page.

Don’t be naive, Capital District. Don’t support these people behind this bullshit event. I can’t wait to see the nominations next week. It’s gonna be a good laugh!!!

Kev

music

RIP, John Lennon!!!

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34 years ago today, we lost one of the Beatles and that is none other than, John Lennon. John and Yoko were returning to their NYC apartment where they were staying and John was shot by Mark David Chapman as the couple was just entering the building. John was rushed to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead later on.

Like most, I’m a pretty big Beatles fan. I have most of their records and trying to collect them all. I’m also a huge fan of John’s solo stuff as well.

Kev

music

RIP Dimebag Darrell!!!

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10 years ago today, we lost one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time, Dimebag Darrell. Dimebag was shot three times while performing onstage with his band, Damageplan.

I love Pantera myself. I only have a few of their albums in my CD collection but I should get more of their music. Dime was a genius guitar player and he was a sad loss in the music industry.

Kev

UFC, WWE

Former WWE star, CM Punk, announced that he have just joined the UFC…

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There have been a lot of drama and controversy over CM Punk’s sudden departure over the WWE. What happened was back in the Royal Rumble ppv in January earlier this year, Punk was the first man to enter the 30 rumble matchup and he lasted until the final four at the end… Punk got eliminated and lost the Rumble match. Punk didn’t appear on RAW the next day. There have been a lot of mystery surrounding Punk’s departure until Punk finally revealed why he disappeared from WWE all of a sudden. He went on a podcast show and claimed he was “fired” on his wedding day by Vince McMahon. Just not too long ago, Vince McMahon went on Stone Cold’s podcast show and admitted that it’s true that Vince fired Punk on his wedding day and apologized to him.

It’s sad that CM Punk is gone from the WWE. Sad of what went down between him and Vince. Like most wrestling fans, I love CM Punk too. He’s been my favorite wrestler and performer for a long time. I stopped watching WWE ever since he left last year.

In the video above is CM Punk himself announcing that he has signed with the UFC full time and he will make his MMA debut in 2015.

What do you think? Do you think Punk has what it takes to fight in the Octagon? UFC is real fighting and pro wrestling isn’t. Doing a little reading on Punk, he never had any MMA experience. Punk spent most of his life on pro wrestling. We’ll have to wait to see how Punk will do in his first MMA fight.

Since it looks like that Punk signed a full time contract in the UFC, it looks like we won’t be seeing Punk back in the WWE anytime soon which is sad. Punk is a great performer and wrestler. He’s also one of the best on the mic as he delivers the best promos in wrestling.

I wish him good luck in his new UFC career.

Kev

Politics/war

Obama gets hospitalized for sore throat and heartburn… he’s diagnosed with acid reflux… um, who cares???

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So Obama was hospitalized to Walter Reed ’cause he’s been feeling sick for a pretty long while. He have been rushed to Walter Reed due to a sore throat and heart burns. Then we find out that he’s been diagnosed with acid reflux…

http://www.webmd.com/heartburn-gerd/guide/what-is-acid-reflux-disease

Acid reflux is a disease caused by bad eating, smoking too much or drinking too much alcohol. Lots of other causes. Well, for a long while there have been a lot of rumors that Barack have been looking tired and frail a lot lately… and maybe this is a part of it.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/barack-obama/president-barack-obama-visits-walter-reed-hospital-sore-throat-n263076

My question is, did Barack Obama really get acid reflux??? Whatever comes out of this man and the liberal media, you can’t believe anything they say these days.

I’m no doctor but I think Barack got something more serious than that and he’s hiding it from the public. I don’t think it’s possible to go through a CAT scan over a sore throat ’cause I’ve never seen that before, ya know???

If it’s true that he is having throat problems, I hope he loses his voice ’cause of it so he can stop talking forever and ever. After all the bullshit Obama did to this country since 2008, I could care less what happens to this man. Let him suffer for all I care, ya know? He doesn’t deserve any help since he didn’t give Benghazi any security. Let Obama rot. Why should we care if Obama is sick? Nobody does except for those idiot liberals with delusions of grandeur who continues to side with the man.

Kev

music

Man I’m so sick of Beyonce, she’s probably gonna sweep everything at the Grammy’s…

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The Grammy Awards is turning into the MTV Awards but much worse. It’s no surprise that Beyonce will score the most nominations.

What’s the most shocking about this year’s award show is that they snubbed Taylor Swift for her “1989” album for “Album of the Year”. I’m happy that Beck got nominated for “Album of The Year”, I haven’t heard his album “Morning Phase” yet. I never listened to Ed Sheeran’s music before so I don’t know about him. Sam Smith I never really heard of either. I’m glad Pharrell Williams got “Album the Year” ’cause his “Girl” album is a really good album… I still like that album a lot.

While I would love to see Pharrell win for his album “Girl” for “Album of the Year”… I don’t think he’s gonna get it. It’s obviously gonna go to Beyonce. I’m not a fan of Beyonce at all. That is one artist that I don’t really like. She’s obviously gonna get the big win… too predictable. Seriously, fuck the Grammy’s. I’ll never buy Beyonce’s music. Not my cup of tea.

Although, I will confess, however, that I did listen to her music once when she was with Destiny’s Child back in the day. I remember owning a Destiny’s Child album once in the past but I got rid of it. I think it was the album, “Survivor”, not sure, though.

http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Kev

Uncategorized

Robert Orci, dropped from Star Trek 3…

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Breaking: Bob Orci Removed from Star Trek 3!

Robert Orci have been suddenly dropped from directing “Star Trek 3”. Nobody’s saying as to why he’s been dropped but since no one is talking yet, I’m thinking he might of gotten fired. That’s what it’s looking like.

Honestly, I don’t care who directs the next Star Trek film. They just need to drop this fucking reboot. I’m tired of it. I don’t like the reboot films at all. It’s not true, “Star Trek”. Many Star Trek fans don’t want this reboot either and for some reason Paramount/Bad Robot are committed to making the sequels of the younger cast. Even though JJ moved on to direct Star Wars, he’s still helping out with “Star Trek 3” ’cause his company Bad Robot is still producing.

Why don’t they just throw this re-boot in the trash and create a whole new Star Trek series? With new characters and new stories and all that stuff. This is science fiction so I’m sure Paramount can come up with something new. Either that or they can give “Deep Space Nine” their first big screen film. Or even better if Paramount can somehow reunite the “The Next Generation” cast, we could have one final TNG movie.

I’m the biggest Star Trek fan and I still think this is a dying franchise. “Star Trek Into Darkness” was complete garbage and I’m sure the next one will be too.

Hollywood really needs to save Star Trek. Pretty badly. Hopefully, “Star Trek 3” will be the last of the reboot with the young cast.

I’m a huge fan of the original Star Trek films and the TNG films. Yeah, I’m a Trekkie and feel proud of it. I grew up my life on Star Trek. Loved this franchise ever since I was a child. I’m one of those few that believes that JJ ruined Trek so hopefully he won’t do the same with Star Wars.

Kev

Politics/war

New Benghazi Select Committee public hearing set for Dec. 10th…

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While Trey Gowdy here in this video, exposing the truth that more security was requested in 1999 and he also revealed that Ambassador Christopher Stevens even tried to sneak in additional security himself… a new Benghazi public hearing is set next week for Dec. 10th.

The video above pretty much the confirms that Ambassador Stevens is a hero. Since it’s now revealed that he tried to get more security in 1999. It showed that he cared to keep the compound and Americans safe. The video above was from the first Select Committee hearing.

Like I said, the investigations is continuing to move forward despite the Intel Committee’s claims of no “wrongdoing”.

It’s amazing to me how all these people are willing to lie for Obama and Hillary. I wish people who sit in front of Trey Gowdy would be honest and tell the truth for once. Hopefully, we get some big stuff out of the hearing next week.

Kev

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