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Corey

The moon grows bright the darker you make my night

About Me

Just got back to NY from a three year stint at college in Baltimore. I play a bunch of instruments and write music on a fairly regular basis - it's like my second job and passion. Since I started actually working, I've been reading a lot and trying to get a lot more done.
I took a trip around Europe earlier in the summer, and came back with a few major outlook changes. Since then, I've started to think that people take life and money too seriously, and more time should be devoted to love, whether it's for a person, an interest or just in general. City life is very impersonal otherwise. I never want to be that guy that focused on his career until he was 30, and looked back at a wasted youth.
I try to be good about replying to messages here... so if you have something to say or just want to talk or whatever, send one. I'll reply eventually.
Cheers.
"Il faut etre leger comme l'oiseau, et non comme la plume" - Paul Valery
(translation: one should be light like a bird, not like a feather)

My Interests

guitar. drums. songwriting. reading. game theory. theatre. homestar runner. standup comedy. swing dance. lots of things.

I'd like to meet:

I want to meet you, and learn about how you're unique and interesting.

Music:

Tool, Radiohead, White Stripes, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, A Perfect Circle, Hot Hot Heat, Rage Against the Machine, Rancid, Soul Coughing, Zwan, Blur, Sublime, Mike Doughty, NOFX, The Hives, Queen, Led Zepplin, Bad Religion, Bouncing Souls, Soundgarden, Ben Folds, Franz Ferdinand, Elliott Smith, Cold, David Broza, Misfits, Jeff Buckley, Jun, Steve Burns, Jet, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Stage, Counting Crows, Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, Blues Traveler, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Cake, Group Sounds, Eric Clapton, Apollo Sunshine, The Forty Fives, The Libertines, Damien Rice, The Killers, The Zutons, Tom Petty, The Ladybugs, Her Space Holiday, Guster, etc...

Movies:

Most David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven, Panic Room), Big Fish, Office Space, Old School, The Usual Suspects, Zoolander, Anchorman, Napoleon Dynamite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Most Kubrik, The Big Lebowski, Dirty Work, Donnie Darko, The Boondock Saints, Kill Bill, The Lord of the Rings movies, Bottle Rocket, Shaun of the Dead...

Television:

Adult Swim, Monk, Yankees Games.

Books:

Oscar Wilde, Eugene O'Neill, Michael Crichton, Malcolm Gladwell, Robert Frost, Herman Hesse, Dan Brown, Shakespeare (some)...

I'm open to suggestions.

My Blog

Music.

So I played an open mic monday with a guy named Ed playing Jembe (sp?)  and my friend playing Cello (on a different song)... then I played another open mic yesterday. Been extremely busy lately w...
Posted by Corey on Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:00:00 PST

Open Mic

Played at "The Baggit Inn" yesterday...  debuted a song that I wrote maybe 20 hours before... went well.  I'll probably be playing more open mics soon... like 2 or 3 a week. I should be read...
Posted by Corey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Back to New York

Got back into the USA about a week ago. So my next move is that I'm going to be playing open mics in NY maybe twice a week while working full time.  Also, I'll be recording over the next few...
Posted by Corey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Graduation, Summer, Europe, and Music

So College is over... Now, for the last month or so, I've been traveling Europe seeing the sights and playing some music for random people.  The reaction to the last song I finished "Second Best"...
Posted by Corey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

It's a nice night

There's something to be said for simple pleasures. The stars are out tonight, and it's just warm enough that I don't need a jacket. That makes me happy... now if there were only a field that I could...
Posted by Corey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST