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About Me


Killer Korby
Sin City
frazzled, overintellectual events & production diva and brilliant idea chick with a heart of gold, hidden under seven layers of concrete. I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later. - Mitch HedbergI'm Korby.
This is my ever changing space.
I always have a million, million-dollar ideas.
Too bad I don't have the cash flow to finance them...
Hey, wanna finance me? :)
Oh yeah, and I'm the life of the party.
I like food.
I like sleep.
I like Judas Priest.
I like Sunday afternoons.
I like cracking up.
I like cracking people up.
I like karoke.
I like catalog shopping.
I like being busy.
I like being lazy.
I like smart people.
I like eccentric people.
I like condiments.
The past is in the past.
I'm trying to live more in the present.
I have high hopes for the future.
You may have seen me on A&E losing at blackjack and getting my nipple pierced.
left nipple.
in case you were wondering.
didn't want to leave you in suspense.Maybe you saw me on the Travel Channel with Anthony Bourdain, drinking obscenely large cocktails and playing poker with midgets:
If you didn't catch either of those memorable, award-winning performances, fear not...more are on the way.
Wow I can hear your sigh of relief and gratitude from here.
Awww...I'm flattered.I run an events and marketing outfit called Roxy Industries because "Roxy" would be my stripper name.
Plus she was my favorite Misfit on Jem and The Holograms.
That surf company's got nuthin' on me. I used to live in NYC. I kinda miss it.
My degree from NYU is in The Sociology and Marketing of Popular culture.
seriously.
I used to work in the music biz.
I think I still do. In New York I worked on international tours for Britney Spears and *NSYNC by day.
Then I would throw rock parties at night where I would spin Motley Crue and Lionel Richie back to back and drink lots of whiskey.
swear.
I don't drink whiskey anymore.
Important note to bands: I DO NOT BOOK SHOWS IN VEGAS. I only coordinate "projects," such as bar/club/venue launches, concert promotions, and marketing management. If you're interested in hiring me for a gig, please see my abridged ten-year resume at the bottom of my page. For a real resume, or anything business-related, please e-mail me at:
[email protected] formerly wild personality has been somewhat subdued within the last year, and that's a good thing.
I didn't get shock treatment or an expensive shrink.
I'm just much nicer and even-keel ever since I started doing yoga and made a few important life changes.
Who woulda thunk it?
I'm a little obsessed with education these days since I moved from possibly the smartest city in America to possibly the most ignorant (my fab friends excluded of course).
But it's been great inspiration to get my Masters, my MBA, and eventually my PhD.
That'll be DOCTOR Korby to you, thanks.
Part of my company Roxy Industries is my Rock Concierge service called FEAR & LOADED.
We help enlightened visitors to Vegas discover where the real party is.
Note: no one at the real party is wearing shiny shirts, sporting over-gelled spikey hair, soaked in Drakkar Noir, or listening to bad hip-hop from 5 years ago.
That may seem obvious to some, but you'd be surprised what passes for fun here.
I'm in the process of developing a rad rock musical based on a cartoon series from the 80's.
I started writing it in 2001 and finally decided to finish it...sometimes I procrastinate. I also make funny t-shirts.
Here's one poking fun at silly Mel Gibson.
The NY Daily News says Tori Spelling has a dozen of them.
Maybe she can lend you one...Did I mention I have an unhealthy obsession with Judas Priest?
Take the quiz:
What 80's Metal Band are you? (with pics)

Judas priest
You are Judas Priest. You rock hard and ride free. You love leather, studs and singing metal, with the occassional motorcycle.

My Interests

I heart raunchy glamour, yoga, surreal situations, eyeliner, musk, kitsch, tapatio, monster trucks, making out, cheese, dark chocolate, good pinot grigio, better pinot noir, bloody marys on airplanes, swedish rokk, smart people, sexy people, comedians, misfits, sunglasses, over-accesorizing, the 80's, karoke, pole dancing, and painkillers. I also really really enjoy being single. really. monogamy is so last century.

I'd like to meet:

open-minded people.
smart people.
funny people.
people who get it.
cultured, well-traveled people.
people who consider cocktails a food group.
people who say "prolly" instead of "probably."
irresistably sexy people.
quirky people.
passionate people.
people who can buy a hot outfit at wal-mart and fool everyone into thinking it's way expensive.
people who want more from their vegas trip than a cheesy overrated nightclub filled with bridge & tunnel types who still get excited when they hear "in da club" (cuz i'm a rock concierge. yo)I would not like to meet: morons or cokeheads. people who say "peep me" or "peep my page". the only peeps i want to know about are made of marshmallow. so-called fashionistas who look like they bought their outfit at wal-mart. (as britney spears has proven, you just can't buy class) people who type in upper and lowercase letters together and think it's all pimpadelic. cuz it's not.FEAR and LOADED is Vegas' only rock and roll VIP hosting service. We welcome all thrill seekers to Sin City, 21 and up. We prefer enlightened souls from places like NYC, L.A., San Francisco, London, and other cities with a clue. If you know that the best parties aren't neccessarily the most publicized...if you appreciate the history and kitsch of old vegas landmarks just as much as the new and more lavish resorts...if you're an educated, well rounded individual who some might refer to as a hipster, rocker, funky, or other similar offbeat descriptions, FEAR & LOADED is totally for you. Unfortunately F&L is on hiatus temporarily. When it comes back, you'll know it.

Music:

JUDAS PRIEST!Monster Magnet, AC/DC, MOTLEY CRUE, KISS, Van Halen (DLR), Guns 'N' Roses, FAITH NO MORE, Rolling Stones, Black Crowes, Journey, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, NIN, The Cult, Def Leppard, Hanoi Rocks, Queen, Gun Club, H.I.M., Marilyn Manson (Mechanical Animals and everything after), Andrew WK, THE DARKNESS, International Noise Conspiracy, Death From Above 1979, Backyard Babies, Hellacopters, TURBONEGRO, Wendy O. Williams/Plasmatics, Riot, Motorhead, Nashville Pussy, The Misfits, Joan Jett, Ramones, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, T. Rex, Blondie, The Cars, Dio, Sex Pistols, Fu Manchu, Minor Threat, Duran Duran, Garbage, Scissor Sisters, Le Tigre, Elastica, The Peels, The Binges, The Black Halos, Priestess, Goblin Cock, Prodigy (the old stuff), Orb, Silverspun Pickups, The Music, Electric Six, The Wildhearts, The Killers, The Stills, The Panthers, Sigur Ros, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, The Strokes, The Donnas, old Madonna (anything pre-Ray of Light), Run DMC, Poison, Satanicide, J.J. Fad, Tone Loc, Corn Mo, Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine, The Fitness, Pink, Pat Benatar, cheez rokk from the 80's, fabulous disco, anything Little Steven plays on Underground Garage, and especially FA-COCK-TA (in my top friends. hottest band ever.)

Movies:

SHOWGIRLS!!

Foxes, Spinal Tap, The Lost Boys, Teen Wolf, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, A Mighty Wind, Pretty Woman, Party Girl, The Matrix, A Clockwork Orange, Ciao! Manhattan, and some tasteful porn.

Television:

The OC. Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Family Guy. CSI: Miami. 2 1/2 Men. Nip/Tuck. Mind of Mencia. Project Runway. America's Next Top Model. HGTV. VH-1 Classic. Food Network. Bill Maher. Jon Stewart. Larry King.

Books:

The Dirt, Atlas Shrugged, Ways of Seeing, The Last Party, The Presentation of The Self in Everyday Life, Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self Reliance, and Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle.

Heroes:

Gina Gershon, Amy Sacco, Ingrid Casares, Steve Rubell, Ron Delsener, Heidi Fliess, Stephen Cojacaru, Taylor St. Claire, Rob Halford, Freddie Mercury.Trailer Fabulous' Johnny Hardesty...best show ever. can't believe it was cancelled.

My Blog

go ahead...make a comment

chances are, i'll delete it. why do people post stupid e-flyers when their band is playing in maine and i'm in vegas? i mean, hasn't anyone heard of the art of TARGETED promotions? i've been denying 4...
Posted by the korbster. on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:31:00 PST

I fought bebe, and bebe won....

so my new job has me dressing a bit classier than sassier, and i certainly don't mind, but when you have an hour to find an outfit and your office is in caesars palace you suck it up and hit the forum...
Posted by the korbster. on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:02:00 PST

some new rules for myspace...

ok. i'm done accepting bands. i have to create some guidelines, so here they are: no bands with crappy names. period. I will decide if you have a crappy name. if you don't have a crappy name, I'll ta...
Posted by the korbster. on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:07:00 PST

Purple gig...Purple gig....

I have a really cool new gig that I'm totally psyched about. I'm Special Projects Coordinator for AEG Live in Las Vegas, and I'll be rocking the day-to-day on Prince's new show 3121 at the R...
Posted by the korbster. on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:48:00 PST

can you read my mind?

So....I'm listening to my FEAR & LOADED Pandora online radio station. It's 3:45am. And I'm pondering life. I'm going to SF later this week, partially to check out my #1 choice for business sc...
Posted by the korbster. on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:17:00 PST

I'm like, really bad at math.

Not to brag or anything, but i'm pretty much smart as fuck.  My mind is usually processing info faster than a maglev. But god damn if i can't do simple algebra. My creative right brain ...
Posted by the korbster. on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:00:00 PST

FEAR & LOADED Radio: This sounds like Vegas

It's hard to capture the essence of a city (or in our case, town) but I'm sure as hell trying. It's still a work in progress...feedback is mucho appreciated! And stay tuned for the launch of fearandlo...
Posted by the korbster. on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:49:00 PST

She Wants Revenge

something was in the air every time i tried to see this band. something that made me keep missing them. at sxsw i missed them 5 count 'em -- five times. Twice was when I showed up thinking they were p...
Posted by the korbster. on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:17:00 PST

Britney Spears....my long lost twin??

Back in New York I had more than a few people in my life tell me on more than a few occasions that I looked like Britney Spears. I know....you're probably thinking what am I smoking...but I'm serious....
Posted by the korbster. on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:55:00 PST

arrgh

I'm so disgusted by the state of the world I could just plotz. I literally lie awake at night thinking about this shit. for the first time in my well-slept life i have insomnia. I can't decide what I...
Posted by the korbster. on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:29:00 PST