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The band Disturbed doesn’t deserve to get hated on, they’re a pretty rockin’ band… I love ’em!!!

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Over the weekend, I bought two of Disturbed’s albums off of Itunes. I bought their first album, “The Sickness” and their newest album they just put out, “Evolution”. I used to listen that band Disturbed back in the early 2000’s years when that hit song “Down with the Sickness” started taking over the radio airwaves. Of course, everyone is familiar with that song as that song is considered the band’s anthem. I bought “The Sickness” album on CD when it came out and used to listen to it all the freakin’ time. I don’t have the CD anymore so I re-bought the album digitally and I forgot how sick of an album “The Sickness” really is. It really is an amazing record. Definitely one of the best metal and hard rock albums of all time.

Then I decided to buy their newest album “Evolution” in which everyone on the internet is talking about. The album is getting mostly negative reviews for whatever reason. I gave the album a listen once over the weekend and I really liked it a lot. I was trying to figure out why a lot of Disturbed fans hated that album, “Evolution”. When I listened to that album, I can see why a lot of people hate it. Over the weekend, I decided to give all the other Disturbed albums a listen. I decided to listen to the rest of the Disturbed albums in youtube since I don’t own the rest of them. On youtube, I listened to: “Believe”, “Ten Thousand Fists”, “Indestructible”, “Asylum” and “Immortalized”. I listened to all the band’s previous albums and I’m like, “Okay, I can understand why fans are upset ’cause the band changed directions with the music”.

The first 6 albums in the band’s career were all hard and heavy rockin’ albums. All their songs were pretty heavy and headbanging stuff… yet, when the band released “Evolution” this year, they decided to change directions with that album. The new album has songs that are mostly mellow and the songs are slower. This is why the fans are complaining ’cause the band decided to do something ballsy by mellowing it out. There are some heavy rockers on the new album, “Evolution” but most of the album is full of ballads. Is that why fans are upset? They’re upset at the band deciding to mellow out a little bit?

I can absolutely see why the band decided to mellow out on “Evolution” some ’cause the band spent the past ten years or more playing hard and heavy music and they were probably getting tired of it. I love it when bands do that. Decide to take big risks with their music and Disturbed did just that. Fans complain that all their songs sound the same but when Disturbed decided to sound completely different on “Evolution”, the fans are still complaining and hating. I can see why fans are complaining about the new record “Evolution” ’cause it’s different than their older stuff. Disturbed just simply wanted a break from playing heavy music all the time and I can’t blame them.

With that being said, I loved the new album “Evolution”. It showed a different side of the band and they wanted to show their listeners that they can be songwriters. They wanted to show fans that they are more than just heavy music. I was impressed with David Draiman’s vocals on the new album as it showed that he can be a “singer” than just a hard rock singer.

I think Disturbed is a phenomenal band and I would love to see them live myself. Donegan is a great guitarist and Draiman’s one of the best rock vocalist of all time. I think that band is tight as hell when they play their hard rock stuff. Some say Disturbed hard rock music all sounds the same? Um,  please. They all sound different to me. It’s just good ol’ metal. That is all.

Disturbed is one of the top metal bands in the industry and they are a best selling band. Usually the most successful metal bands are the most hated so just ignore the haters and enjoy the music.

Kev

Health and Fitness

Hit a new personal record on bench at 155 lbs. at the gym today…

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So today on New Year’s Eve, I decided to hit the gym for chest day. Today was a great chest day as I just hit a new personal record on bench press at 155 lbs. today. It was a pretty easy lift too. I wasn’t able to get 155 lbs. for the past couple of weeks but I got it this time. Actually, I got 155 lbs. once a long while back but couldn’t get it again until now. I know I’m getting stronger on bench each week I do it. So I guess, training chest once a week is the trick to get more bench press strength. I’ve also been experimenting with progressive overload method on bench press which is working. Progressive overload, meaning adding more weight each set you do and do less reps each set. It’s been working so I’m going to keep doing that. Getting 155 lbs. p.r. on bench today is a great number to end the year with. This means I could probably get 160 lbs. next week and I’m going to give it a try next time.

I’m loving the bench press. It’s a great workout and I’m definitely feeling my chest beefing up each week. The bench is definitely the best chest exercise and they don’t call the king of all workouts for no reason.

For 2019, I’m hoping to get even bigger numbers on the bench. I’m hoping pretty soon in 2019, I’ll be able to bench 200 lbs. or over and I’m going to take my slow time and not rush to get there. I could probably reach to 200 lbs. next summer. I’m also going to try to get bigger numbers for squats and deadlift in 2019 as well.

Truthfully there are no easy tricks to get stronger on bench, squats and deadlifts. You just keep at it every week and you’ll get stronger the more you lift, lift and lift. That’s all there is to it really.

My gym days will keep going throughout 2019 and will keep the 4 day a week routine going with very little breaks. I’m really enjoying powerlifting training. Gonna keep at it.

Kev

music

Predicting the Woodstock 2019 lineup… who I think will possibly be booked…

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Looking at how they booked Woodstock over the years, they book bands and artists of all genres including pop and rap artists. Yes, they book a lot of metal and hard rock bands too. Also, country and folk artists. Since Woodstock 2019 is the 50th Anniversary of Woodstock ’69, I’m sure you’re wondering if the festival will book acts that played at Woodstock ’69 to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary. Well that’s gonna be tough for them to do since many acts on Woodstock ’69 died over the years, many of the bands from Woodstock ’69 are no longer around but I’m sure they’ll book a few artists that played on ’69. I can see Carlos Santana and John Fogerty’s solo band getting a slot. Maybe the Who will get a headlining slot ’cause the Who is still playing music after all these years. They’re probably gonna get Joan Baez a slot who also performed at ’69. That’s probably about it really.

They’re probably gonna book a lot of other rock n’ roll legends and newer artists of today. I can see the Rolling Stones getting a headlining slot absolutely. Maybe Fleetwood Mac. Also: Phish and Dead & Company ’cause the festival is gonna want some jam band music so the audience can dance to it. Maybe Neil Young & Crazy Horse if lucky. They’re definitely gonna try to get Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band maybe.

I know the festival is going to be full of iconic bands and legends just like Woodstock ’99 was.

As for metal and hard rock bands, I can see them booking Metallica again. I can see them booking Slayer, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Opeth, Ozzy Osbourne solo, Black Label Society, Disturbed, Korn, Kiss, Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, etc.

As for today’s Rock bands, I can see Woodstoock 2019 booking: the Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Greta Van Fleet, Mumford and Sons.

They’ll probably book some pop and rap artists for sure like Jay-Z, Kanye, Eminem, Drake, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj and artists such as those.

As for country music, I’m not much of a country fan but I’m hoping they’ll get the Pistol Annies a slot ’cause they’re really good. I’m sure they’ll get some country artists, though. They’ll book artists of every genre, something for everybody.

It’s going to be interesting to see what the lineup will be.

Kev

Politics/war

Transgender person goes off at store clerk at a Gamestop store…

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This post is probably gonna get me in trouble in the liberal world but I don’t give a flying two fucks. My blog, my opinions so here’s a middle finger to all them libs who don’t like it.

Ya know, I give so much kudos and respect to the store clerk guy of Gamestop for calling this person what he really is. He also has a lot of balls to call him “sir”. Notice in the title of this blog post I called it a “transgender person” instead of “transgender woman”. That’s because this transgender thing whatever it is… this person is a man. Period. End of story.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6536045/Furious-transgender-woman-rages-store-clerk-calls-sir-instead-maam.html

The store clerk didn’t do anything wrong at all so I’m siding with him 100%.

All this transgender stuff in liberal America is bullshit and it’s getting way out of hand for sure. First they rammed “gay marriage” down our throats, now the left are trying to ram transgender people down our throats. It doesn’t make any sense to me that when a man dresses up in women’s clothes, puts on women’s makeup and changes his name to a woman’s name — we have to call that man a woman. The same goes for women who dress up like men and looks like men but we have to call her by a man’s name. It’s bullshit. All of it.

Call me transphobic all you want but you can’t change genders. If you were born a man, then you’re a man. It doesn’t matter if you put on women’s clothes or get a sex change operation. You’re a man no matter what. Same thing when woman thinks she’s a man. If you were born with a dick, you’re a man. If you were born with a vagina then you’re a woman. Not that hard to grasp is it? I’m tired of this “gender” confusion stuff.

I am noticing that more men are thinking they are a woman which is pretty sad, in my opinion. This country is getting more whacked and it’s pretty scary.

I am proud to be a man 100%. We’re now living in a country where people find it wrong to be a man. It’s really sick and disgusting. Liberalism is a mental disorder and it’s getting worse. Once again, I am PROUD to be a man and will never change.

Kev

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Woodstock 2019 gets the greenlight, it’s definitely happening and it’s gonna happen at the same place where ’69 took place at…

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Yeah, Woodstock 2019 was already confirmed earlier this year but it wasn’t yet known where it would take place at until now. It is now confirmed that Woodstock 2019 would take place at Bethel, N.Y. and it would take place at the same exact spot where Woodstock ’69 was taken place at 50 years ago which is something special.

https://www.whec.com/entertainment/original-woodstock-site-to-host-50th-anniversary-concert/5192782/

The event is already booked for Aug. 16 – 18 in 2019. There hasn’t been a new Woodstock festival since ’99 and finally we’re getting another Woodstock festival. It’s going to be the same format: bands & artists will play on an outside stage and there will be speakers too probably.

Will Wavy Gravy be there? Wavy Gravy is still alive believe it or not. I think the man would be in his 80’s by now and I would think he would probably be there to give speeches on stage like he did at all Woodstock festivals. Yeah, I’m sure Wavy Gravy will be a part of it like always.

Finding out what the festival lineup gonna be is gonna be interesting. Wonder who the big headliners are gonna be? I’m hoping they could get AC/DC to headline if lucky enough. Maybe Van Halen too. I know they’re gonna try to get Guns N’ Roses to headline. They’ll also probably get Metallica, the Foo Fighters, KISS, Ozzy Osbourne solo (maybe?), Queens of the Stone Age, etc. I’m sure they’ll book a bunch of rock and metal acts for sure.

I’m sure they’ll also book a bunch of pop and rap artists like Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye, Drake, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, Taylor Swift and artists such as those.

Looking at how they booked Woodstock ’99, it looks like they try to keep up with the current music industry. They book all genres. I’m hoping Phish will get a slot and maybe Dead & Company.

That’s cool that this Woodstock is gonna take place at the original site which is about a 3 hour drive from here. I’m sure tickets to Woodstock 2019 won’t be cheap, though.

When Woodstock 2019 happens, you can expect all kinds of naked people walking around, all kinds of drugs and stuff like that. Hopefully there will be no riots at this concert like what happened toward the end of Woodstock ’99.

It’s exciting to see what the lineup will be though and can’t wait. I’m sure the lineup will be revealed on the official Woodstock FB page.

Kev

Politics/war

Michelle and Barack Obama aren’t even good people at all but media promotes them as if they’re sweethearts… disgusting…

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Isn’t it strange how Michelle and Barack Obama are no longer in the White House, yet the liberal media continuously rams them down our throats for the past couple of years since Trump’s been elected in office? Yes it is strange. What’s even crazier that Michelle and Barack aren’t even good people at all, yet the liberal media treats them like sweethearts. Isn’t it strange that the liberal media treats the Obamas like sweethearts but treats Donald Trump like an enemy? If that isn’t liberal bias then I don’t know what it is.

According to gallup, Michelle and Barack were named “most admired people” and I’m like wtf?

https://news.gallup.com/poll/245669/michelle-obama-ends-hillary-clinton-run-admired.aspx

What have they done to get people to admire them for? I can’t really think of anything positive about the Obamas. They’ve done nothing but treat America negatively. Barack Obama is a treasonous criminal while Michelle Obama is nothing but a racist to white people. Yet libtards in this country love them?

Once again, Michelle and Barack aren’t good people at all. Both of them are pieces of shits.

I’m tired of liberal America continuously and obsessively ramming the Obamas down our throats. Enough is enough! Quite frankly, it’s pissing me off and it’s annoying as fuck. You see the Obamas everywhere nowadays. You still see them all over entertainment media too. When you go to bookstores, you would see books about Michelle and Barack all over the stores.

What bothers me most is that liberals treats the Obama’s like if they’re king and queen. They haven’t done anything worth being admirable for. Only reason I can think of why liberals love them is ’cause they are black and that’s it.

That’s what bothers me about the left. They support people who they shouldn’t be supporting and it has been a problem for a decade now. They support a lot of people who shouldn’t be trusted like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren and people such as those.

The reason you see the Obamas everywhere: in the news, in bookstores, entertainment media, etc. is Barack Obama is a narcissist and he just loves to see his name out there. I believe he’s paying the media a lot of money to do all this for him. Obama wants to be a celebrity type of person.

I always knew the media were pretty bad at ramming the Obamas down our throats during the Obama presidency, they’re now much worse at that now they are no longer in the White House. Are the Obamas this desperate to keep their name out there? Is that the reason for their billion dollar book deals and their deal with Netflix? No doubt Obama is a narcissist and egomaniac and all of this shows.

If you believe that Michelle and Barack are sweethearts of America then the media has you brainwashed pretty damn good. Is this how America is gonna be? Treat the Democrats like they’re good guys and treat Republicans like they’re bad guys? Yep, it has been that way in this country for decades and it’s gotten much worse for sure. Politics isn’t that black and white, ya know? Stop following the party line all the fucking time and just think for yourself. It’s not that hard.

Kev

True Crime

Jaliek Rainwalker… missing persons case pretty much have gone viral over the internet…

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I’ve been following the Jaliek Rainwalker missing persons case ever it happened. This case never left my mind and I never forgot. I’ve been following this case ever it happened back in 2007 and still follow it today. Even though local media outlets don’t report this case all that much over the years, there are still a lot of people talking about it. I’ve noticed that this case has gotten bigger and more well-known online. This case has caught the attention of a lot of true crime and missing person bloggers so they started doing podcasts and vlogs on the case. I’ve heard quite a few podcasts about the Jaliek Rainwalker case and seen quite a few video blogs about it in youtube. Out of everything I’ve seen and heard about the case this is the best video I’ve seen.

This vlogger Danelle Hallan did an excellent job researching all the facts that were known online. Most vloggers and podcasters who did stuff about the case leave a lot of stuff out but this woman didn’t. Danelle Hallan pretty much nailed everything.

Unfortunately, though, there’s still not a lot of info about the Jaliek Rainwalker case. All the facts you want to know about would take a quick and easy google search. There’s no other info about the Jaliek story than what you see through google and youtube. This case is still a mystery sadly.

I agree that this case is a heartbreaker. It’s not only heartbreaking, it’s also very scary.

There are some out there that believe that the adopted father didn’t have anything to do with Jaliek’s disappearance. There are some that believe the adopted father did have something to do with it. There are mixed reactions and opinions to this case.

I’m still sticking with the theory that the adopted father DID have something to do with the disappearance of Jaliek. I totally agree with most people that the father does have something to hide. Is he hiding something criminal? To those that believe that the father had nothing to do with anything then:

  • Why would the family move out of state while all this is going on?
  • Why would they hide behind a lawyer?
  • Why would they threaten to sue law enforcement after they searched their home?
  • Why have they stopped cooperating with law enforcement and local news media outlets?
  • Why do they avoid talking to people looking for Jaliek like the plague?

They have nothing to hide hey? Also, the adoptive father and adoptive mother pretends to care about searching for Jaliek but they don’t care about him one freakin’ bit. They are not even searching for him. A real parent would have done everything in their power to look for their missing kid like staying home and not move out of state. Moving out of state during a missing persons investigation was the dumbest move they could do. I mean, what if Jaliek does turn up in Greenwich and Jaliek finds out they moved out of state? What do you think Jaliek would feel if he turned up and they’re not here? You don’t see the adoptive family asking for the public’s help in search of Jaliek. You don’t see them joining us in our search. That’s all we want to do is find him and look for answers but the adoptive parents seems to get upset at people looking for him. They have nothing to hide, hey? Fucking please! They’re not looking for him at all. When you see their lawyer claiming they’re doing all they can, don’t listen to him ’cause it’s a flat out lie. They pay their shady lawyer a lot of money to lie for them and protect them.

11 years  and this case still hasn’t been solved. Why? I blame the law enforcement for one ’cause I think they did a lousy job with this case. Law enforcement is not tough enough as they appear to be. I think they could have done a better job and this case would have been over a long time ago. Another reason is that their lawyer is doing all they can to keep them out of jail. Trying to keep them from getting locked up.

I’m glad to see that this case has gotten bigger online. The more people know about this case, the merrier. We need as much people as we can talking about this case ’cause the more people talk about it, the more pressure it keeps on the adoptive parents.

Why aren’t the adoptive parents locked up yet? I totally believe both of them are responsible. Yes, the adoptive mother seems to be involved in something. They should be in jail but nope. They are still out there being all happy happy joy joy and enjoying their lives. They need to be held accountable and be locked up. I hope they enjoyed their Christmas. Hopefully next year they’ll spend Christmas inside a prison cell.

We will not move on from this case until Jaliek is found. Jaliek deserves his justice. We want justice for Jaliek and that’s what we care about most.

The video above is kind of long but worth a listen. Trust me.

Kev

 

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Purchased some new albums from Itunes today…

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Just got an Itunes card today so I purchased 5 new albums from Itunes today so I can catch up with more 2018 album releases.

When I was younger, I used to listen to the band Disturbed. I used to listen to their album “The Sickness” which was the album that put their career on the map, but I don’t have that album anymore. I decided to get Disturbed newest album “Evolution” ’cause it’s getting good reviews everywhere. I’ve heard good things about it. I used to listen to the band myself so I already have an idea what they sound like. Disturb is a great hard rock band, though. They’ve always been a tight band and always wrote great hit songs, but I’m planning on listening to them a lot more.

As for the new Pistol Annies album, I’m not into new country music that much but these girls in the Pistol Annies are actually very good. Love them because they country music that sounds like actual country music. They don’t sound “pop” country if you know what I mean. The Pistol Annies are a talented group. Love them so much.

I’ve been a fan of Nita Strauss for a long while now and have been waiting for her debut solo album to come out. She’s been around in the music industry for years, but she never released her own album until now. Nita Strauss is a badass guitar player and very talented. Love her playing and I think the woman herself is sexy looking as hell.

As for Myles Kennedy “Year of the Tiger”, this album has been getting good reviews as well. He’s the singer for Slash’s solo project and Myles put out his own solo album. Looking forward to hearing this.

As for Slash’s new album, “Living the Dream”, I’ve been following Slash’s solo career for a long while now ever since “Apocalyptic Love” album. I’m a big fan of Guns N’ Roses yes but I’m more of a fan of Slash’s solo career. The stuff he does with Myles Kennedy is excellent shit. I’ve been reading about the new Slash album “Living the Dream” so I had to get it for myself.

There ya go. Enjoy!

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Hope my blog readers are having a good Christmas so far today…

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I was meaning to post this but I’ve been busy most of the day today. Mostly spending time with family and all that stuff, ya know the deal right? It was a nice Christmas for me.

Got some nice gifts: “Red Dead Redemption II” and “God Of War” games for the PS4. Got a few movies on BluRay: “Justice League”, “Christopher Robin”,  and “Mission Impossible: Fallout” (or MI: 6). I also got some gift cards, clothes and other small things.

It was a pretty nice Christmas. Hope you blog readers out there are having a nice Christmas too.

I’ve taken a little Holiday break from the gym but not a long break, just a short break. I’m going back to the gym tomorrow for arm day. I can’t miss workout days since I got into power lifting and all ya know? I only took a 4 or 5 day break from the gym but back at it tomorrow. Just had to rest, heal and recharge.

Now to relax for the rest of the night.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

When will the Best of 2018 music and movies list come out??? Probably sometime in Jan. maybe…

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It’s almost at the end of the year and every year on my blog, I always do a top 15 lists for best of 2018 for both music and movies. Both of these lists will come out sometime in Jan. or maybe later on ’cause there are still some more 2018 movies I need to see and there are still more 2018 music albums I need to hear.

I love doing Best of lists but sometimes they are a pain to put together. I’ll get around to working on them soon though. Actually, it’s a lot tougher putting Best of Music lists together than Movies. The reason it gets so hard to think of best picks for Music is that it’s hard to find good music nowadays. 2018 wasn’t the best year for music.. I’m still trying to find good music, though and sometimes I stumble upon something real good. It’s getting rare and rare to find good music ’cause the music industry simply sucks nowadays. There are some albums I still want to hear that came out this year, though.

Both of these lists will come pretty soon. When I’m ready, I’ll post them as soon as possible.

Kev

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