I was saddened to hear the news of Cory’s passing. If you grew up in my generation, Cory was a constant presence, a source of strength, a touchstone for all of us, a fond remembrance.
For us, he was much like the Baby Boomers regard James Taylor.
Or Charo.
Like Kajagoogoo, he was the soundtrack of a time and place.
We’ll miss you Cory.
I don’t know about you, but tonight I’ll be wearing my sunglasses.
Corey Hart is alive and well living in the Bahamas, still one of the most influential Canadian rockers since Loverboy. My apologies for any pain I may have caused Mr. Hart or his family.
Still, my sadness is not diminished.
I stare at the precipice and I think of Cory. I think of innocence lost, a simpler time and place, when a woman with good genetics and hormones extracted from rhinoceros urine could fashion herself as the nearly feminine alternative to Bev Francis.
Cory was just such a woman and we will miss her.
You Madame, Are A Blacksmith Of Smiles.
And you’ve stolen our hearts…
Again, some confusion.
I’ve been informed that was 6 time Ms Olympia Cory Everson. She is still alive and well, married to a cosmetic dentist with two beautiful adopted children.
I’m filled with regret and it threatens to brim over into the ecosystem like so much unfiltered sewage. My regret will poison tributaries and small brooks, that is how much of it there is, spilling out of me.
I was wrong.
But in remembering Cory, one must move past regret and think of what he gave us in the 1980s. Fleeting moments of laughter, an eternal fountain of youth captured on celluloid, hope for homely boys with rat tail haircuts that they too could make it in the Big Bad World.
Adieu, sweet prince.
This isn’t going well.
That, of course, was Corey Feldman on what appears to be a Moldovan Public Access Show called Electric Circus.
Gomennasai!
That’s Japanese. The best language for expressing regret that there is. I wish I could commit seppuku right now, plunging a steely dagger wordlessly into my bowel and abdomen so that you could understand my regret.
But that is not my custom. I’m American. I can offer only my words.
I now realize that I don’t know who Cory Haim is exactly. He – or she – was an influential and important part of the 1980s, like Miami Vice or Hee Haw.
Cory Haim.
Mystery Cory.
Elusive Cory.
Cory, Cory, Cory.
Who came from a place. And did things. And had some success? And probably some failures? And laughed! Oh, how you laughed!
And cried a little too, I’ll bet.
You sang or acted or invented something or assassinated a political leader. For that we thank you. Or curse you, depending on what is it you did.
Damn you! I was thinking as I read the headline and opening paragraph, “You know you’re getting old when a touchstone of a generation passes who you’ve never fucking heard of.”
I’ll always remember Corey. What a talented artist. To be able to act and make music was to see creative genius at work. “Cult of Personality” was a salty tune that showed African-Americans were still wailing hard in rock N’ roll in the late 80′s. What a voice!
I always thought it was unfair for him to be saddled with the “best player never to win a major” label. I’ll never forget when he striped that 4-wood from 238 yards to six feet from the cup on the 18th at Shinnecock Hills to win the ’91 US Open.
Nonsense. Cory is a peninsula, and a disease. North Cory is ruled by Kim . Huntington’s Cory killed Woody Guthrie. If you ask me, the world is safer without Cory.
“Who came from a place. And did things. And had some success? And probably some failures? And laughed! Oh, how you laughed!
And cried a little too, I’ll bet.”
OK that was funny.
The Lost Boys soundtrack hit me at a vulnerable age, so it’s hard for me to pile on. And I got to second base watching License to Drive. Overall I have pretty good memories of Cory.
I thought Cory lost his edge when he started touring so much with Pat Green. “Wave on Wave” was like an EMP that brought down anything within a mile radius, and unfortunately Cory got caught up in that.
This is Seinfeld-esque in that you are perceptive enough to notice this little oddity (that nobody could remember exactly who a particular Corey was) and then are able to riff on it in such an amusing way.
Sheeesh! Give the guy his due. He starred in Snowboard Academy with the also late, great Jim Varney. If I’m not mistaken, the flick is pretty high up on the all-time Bottom 100.
I feel sorry for those born in 1975 or later because they never really got to experience the 80′s. It outdid every decade and cotinues to kick the ass out of the 90′s, 00′s and beyond. In this bankrupt age of Paris Hilton “huge”, I am eternally happy to have been a part of the 1980′s. I am glad to be the age that I am-and so are you, Scip.
Whoa there, young whippersnapper, Gen Multi-X. The Golden Era of Austin was ’67 to ’77. Not only could we play us some fooball, you had your One Knite Dive and Tavren (yes, Tavren), Armadillo World Headquarters, Vulcan Gas Company, 13th Floor Elevators (when Roky wasn’t imprisoned), Stevie Ray playing at clubs–not giant auditoriums, the Return of Willy, hot knives parties, Oat Willy, Shiva’s Head Band, Johnny Winter, ZZ Top, Jerry Jeff, all of Lake Travis wide open, Freddy King, the birth of the fajita, two theatres on the Drag, Flaco Jimenez, and on and on. Those were the days my friend.
Conqueroo, Thingees, Doug Sahm, Soap Creek, Mother Earth, Taco Flats, 4 chicken fried steaks for a dollar ninety at the Stallion on North Lamar, Wonder Warthog, peyote enemas, 25-cent longnecks, Joe Ely, what am I forgetting?
In 1983 my friends & I from Adair would have illegal parties in abandoned nightclubs. There was no name for it then. In the late 80′s they started to call them Raves and what not,
You were one of those punk zombies invading dead discoland and . You started the short-lived trend of tossing maple leaves out of a grocery bag onto the dance floor and you were quickly ushered out of that speakeasy because people like me were falling all over the place and they didn’t want any lawsuits. You were never credited with creating that stupid trick. You visited some people you knew in Philly back in “81 and started it then. This is your life, you dope-remember me? P.S. No disrespect to Corey, btw. They were playing “Lost Boys” on the large screen at this bar in downtown Austin as a way of paying tribute to him and Generation X.
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Nero said:
March 10th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Dude got a piece of rollergirl before she was rollergirl. For that he will always be a legend, even if it was only a movie.
For seriously though, he was twice the boyman jonathan taylor thomas is.
Burnt Orange Wookiee said:
March 10th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
This was so good I’m gonna “StumbleUpon” it. Whatever the hell that means.
Scipio Tex said:
March 10th, 2010 at 3:50 pm
Jonathan Taylor Thomas lacks the career arc of Keshia Knight Pulliam.
Vasherized said:
March 10th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
parlin said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Canadian acting has just been set back two months.
stuckinmn said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I still remember when we got his verbal back in 1999- i was sure that he and Simms were going to get us a national championship.
Scipio Tex said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Nicely done, stuckinmn.
Blueshorn said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Damn you! I was thinking as I read the headline and opening paragraph, “You know you’re getting old when a touchstone of a generation passes who you’ve never fucking heard of.”
NateHeupel said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Scipio,
This is easily the most fucked up thing you’ve ever written. And it’s absolutely glorious.
Vasherized comes in with a beautiful coup de grace.
gingerballs said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
What did him in? Did leukoplakia finally take Lucas down?
Patrick Bateman said:
March 10th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
I’ll always remember Corey. What a talented artist. To be able to act and make music was to see creative genius at work. “Cult of Personality” was a salty tune that showed African-Americans were still wailing hard in rock N’ roll in the late 80′s. What a voice!
St. Emilion said:
March 10th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I think he was in Platoon. And The Outsiders.
uncle teardrop said:
March 10th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Chooky always referred to himself as the “third Corey”.
Steve Bartman said:
March 10th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Has anyone heard from Chooky?
wrong wrong St. Elmo said:
March 10th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
He was that guy in Sixtenn candles and Breakfast Club dumbass.
Art Vandelay said:
March 10th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
This is very sad indeed.
I always thought it was unfair for him to be saddled with the “best player never to win a major” label. I’ll never forget when he striped that 4-wood from 238 yards to six feet from the cup on the 18th at Shinnecock Hills to win the ’91 US Open.
triplehorn said:
March 10th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Nonsense. Cory is a peninsula, and a disease. North Cory is ruled by Kim . Huntington’s Cory killed Woody Guthrie. If you ask me, the world is safer without Cory.
Scipio Tex said:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
This thread has spirit. Please, go on readership. I wish to further evaluate your wares.
Doperbo said:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
“Who came from a place. And did things. And had some success? And probably some failures? And laughed! Oh, how you laughed!
And cried a little too, I’ll bet.”
OK that was funny.
The Lost Boys soundtrack hit me at a vulnerable age, so it’s hard for me to pile on. And I got to second base watching License to Drive. Overall I have pretty good memories of Cory.
Art Vandelay said:
March 10th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
If we can stop Corey Maggette we have a chance. Wrong thread?
srr50 said:
March 10th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
I remember at first meeting of the BC board Sailor said, “we want to be cutting edge and snarky at the same time,”
but this — this is going to far.
Have some respect people.
The dude was the winningest QB in Texas A&M history.
Sailor Ripley said:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
I’ve never used the phrase “cutting edge” except that one time when I asked you to slit HenryJames’ throat with Occam’s Razor.
Patrick Bateman said:
March 10th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
It’s a shame. Apparently, Parker Lewis CAN lose……
blackscholes said:
March 11th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Sailor was actually referring to ‘The Cutting Edge’ (“When true love breaks the ice”). He calls it the ultimate love/skate relationship.
Except for ‘Ice Castles’ of course.
Batehorn said:
March 11th, 2010 at 5:14 am
Srr50 beat me. I got nothing except coffee stains on the comforter where I snarfed laughing at this.
Whatever amazonian psychatropic brew you drink to make this stuff happen, keep drinking it.
jonestopten said:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Tough break for OU, especially after getting him to de-commit from the Aggies.
Magnificent Bastard said:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:10 am
Dude knew how to throw a party. Those glasses are gonna be worth a shit ton now.
Magnificent Bastard said:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Oops.
Anyway, it makes me wish I’d saved my series 3 Garbage Pail Kids.
Vasherized said:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:31 am
This blog has already jumped the snark.
Scipio is one of those monks that whips himself and fasts for 30 days then awards himself with an hour of Internet access.
This is the result.
hornshornshorns said:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:55 am
I thought he had a stroke in training camp back in 2001. THE Ohio State community is saddened today.
Nero said:
March 11th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I thought Cory lost his edge when he started touring so much with Pat Green. “Wave on Wave” was like an EMP that brought down anything within a mile radius, and unfortunately Cory got caught up in that.
kafka said:
March 11th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
This is Seinfeld-esque in that you are perceptive enough to notice this little oddity (that nobody could remember exactly who a particular Corey was) and then are able to riff on it in such an amusing way.
OldTimeHorn said:
March 11th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Sheeesh! Give the guy his due. He starred in Snowboard Academy with the also late, great Jim Varney. If I’m not mistaken, the flick is pretty high up on the all-time Bottom 100.
hobbeshorn said:
March 11th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
She was a shining light for freedom in the Philippines. LABAN for LIFE!!!!!
Generation XXXXXXXXXXXXX said:
March 11th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I feel sorry for those born in 1975 or later because they never really got to experience the 80′s. It outdid every decade and cotinues to kick the ass out of the 90′s, 00′s and beyond. In this bankrupt age of Paris Hilton “huge”, I am eternally happy to have been a part of the 1980′s. I am glad to be the age that I am-and so are you, Scip.
Generation X, etc. etc. said:
March 11th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
BTW-London Victory Club-Philadelphia- New Year’s Eve 1983/84.
You still look 22, X said:
March 11th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Your finally coming clean about your age. its so nice when people come out of the closet and date themselves.
Generation X, etc., etc. said:
March 11th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
I was 21 on that fateful night. Corey lives on in our hearts and minds-along with Marsha Raven (she’s still around, however).
Nero said:
March 11th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Did somebody offering free trials of V1AGRA and CIALI$ get a hold of this thread?
OldTimeHorn said:
March 11th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Whoa there, young whippersnapper, Gen Multi-X. The Golden Era of Austin was ’67 to ’77. Not only could we play us some fooball, you had your One Knite Dive and Tavren (yes, Tavren), Armadillo World Headquarters, Vulcan Gas Company, 13th Floor Elevators (when Roky wasn’t imprisoned), Stevie Ray playing at clubs–not giant auditoriums, the Return of Willy, hot knives parties, Oat Willy, Shiva’s Head Band, Johnny Winter, ZZ Top, Jerry Jeff, all of Lake Travis wide open, Freddy King, the birth of the fajita, two theatres on the Drag, Flaco Jimenez, and on and on. Those were the days my friend.
OldTimeHorn said:
March 11th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Conqueroo, Thingees, Doug Sahm, Soap Creek, Mother Earth, Taco Flats, 4 chicken fried steaks for a dollar ninety at the Stallion on North Lamar, Wonder Warthog, peyote enemas, 25-cent longnecks, Joe Ely, what am I forgetting?
srr50 said:
March 11th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
G&M Steakhouse, El Mat, The Holiday House
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, B.W. Stevenson, Michael Murphy
Generation X, etc., etc. said:
March 12th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
In 1983 my friends & I from Adair would have illegal parties in abandoned nightclubs. There was no name for it then. In the late 80′s they started to call them Raves and what not,
Tabby said:
March 15th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
You were one of those punk zombies invading dead discoland and . You started the short-lived trend of tossing maple leaves out of a grocery bag onto the dance floor and you were quickly ushered out of that speakeasy because people like me were falling all over the place and they didn’t want any lawsuits. You were never credited with creating that stupid trick. You visited some people you knew in Philly back in “81 and started it then. This is your life, you dope-remember me? P.S. No disrespect to Corey, btw. They were playing “Lost Boys” on the large screen at this bar in downtown Austin as a way of paying tribute to him and Generation X.
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