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Cory Haim. Not Alive.

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.

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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.

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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.

by Nero on Mar 10, 2010 4:46 PM CST reply actions  

This was so good I’m gonna “StumbleUpon” it. Whatever the hell that means.

by Burnt Orange Wookiee on Mar 10, 2010 4:49 PM CST reply actions  

Jonathan Taylor Thomas lacks the career arc of Keshia Knight Pulliam.

by Scipio Tex on Mar 10, 2010 4:50 PM CST reply actions  

Canadian acting has just been set back two months.

by parlin on Mar 10, 2010 5:13 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by stuckinmn on Mar 10, 2010 5:29 PM CST reply actions  

Nicely done, stuckinmn.

by Scipio Tex on Mar 10, 2010 5:38 PM CST reply actions  

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.”

by Blueshorn on Mar 10, 2010 5:45 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by NateHeupel on Mar 10, 2010 5:48 PM CST reply actions  

What did him in? Did leukoplakia finally take Lucas down?

by gingerballs on Mar 10, 2010 5:52 PM CST reply actions  

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!

by Patrick Bateman on Mar 10, 2010 5:53 PM CST reply actions  

I think he was in Platoon. And The Outsiders.

by St. Emilion on Mar 10, 2010 6:28 PM CST reply actions  

Chooky always referred to himself as the “third Corey”.

by uncle teardrop on Mar 10, 2010 6:29 PM CST reply actions  

Has anyone heard from Chooky?

by Steve Bartman on Mar 10, 2010 6:32 PM CST reply actions  

He was that guy in Sixtenn candles and Breakfast Club dumbass.

by wrong wrong St. Elmo on Mar 10, 2010 7:38 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by Art Vandelay on Mar 10, 2010 7:46 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by triplehorn on Mar 10, 2010 7:59 PM CST reply actions  

This thread has spirit. Please, go on readership. I wish to further evaluate your wares.

by Scipio Tex on Mar 10, 2010 8:02 PM CST reply actions  

“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.

by Doperbo on Mar 10, 2010 8:19 PM CST reply actions  

If we can stop Corey Maggette we have a chance. Wrong thread?

by Art Vandelay on Mar 10, 2010 8:30 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by srr50 on Mar 10, 2010 9:32 PM CST reply actions  

I’ve never used the phrase “cutting edge” except that one time when I asked you to slit HenryJames’ throat with Occam’s Razor.

by Sailor Ripley on Mar 10, 2010 10:48 PM CST reply actions  

It’s a shame. Apparently, Parker Lewis CAN lose……

by Patrick Bateman on Mar 10, 2010 10:50 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by blackscholes on Mar 11, 2010 1:16 AM CST reply actions  

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.

by Batehorn on Mar 11, 2010 6:14 AM CST reply actions  

Tough break for OU, especially after getting him to de-commit from the Aggies.

by jonestopten on Mar 11, 2010 9:10 AM CST reply actions  

Dude knew how to throw a party. Those glasses are gonna be worth a shit ton now.

by Magnificent Bastard on Mar 11, 2010 9:10 AM CST reply actions  

Oops.

Anyway, it makes me wish I’d saved my series 3 Garbage Pail Kids.

by Magnificent Bastard on Mar 11, 2010 9:31 AM CST reply actions  

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.

by Vasherized on Mar 11, 2010 9:31 AM CST reply actions  

I thought he had a stroke in training camp back in 2001. THE Ohio State community is saddened today.

by hornshornshorns on Mar 11, 2010 9:55 AM CST reply actions  

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.

by Nero on Mar 11, 2010 11:00 AM CST reply actions  

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.

by kafka on Mar 11, 2010 1:06 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by OldTimeHorn on Mar 11, 2010 1:44 PM CST reply actions  

She was a shining light for freedom in the Philippines. LABAN for LIFE!!!!!

by hobbeshorn on Mar 11, 2010 1:54 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by Generation XXXXXXXXXXXXX on Mar 11, 2010 3:11 PM CST reply actions  

BTW-London Victory Club-Philadelphia- New Year’s Eve 1983/84.

by Generation X, etc. etc. on Mar 11, 2010 3:14 PM CST reply actions  

Your finally coming clean about your age. its so nice when people come out of the closet and date themselves.

by You still look 22, X on Mar 11, 2010 3:24 PM CST reply actions  

I was 21 on that fateful night. Corey lives on in our hearts and minds-along with Marsha Raven (she’s still around, however).

by Generation X, etc., etc. on Mar 11, 2010 3:40 PM CST reply actions  

Did somebody offering free trials of V1AGRA and CIALI$ get a hold of this thread?

by Nero on Mar 11, 2010 4:09 PM CST reply actions  

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.

by OldTimeHorn on Mar 11, 2010 5:31 PM CST reply actions  

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?

by OldTimeHorn on Mar 11, 2010 5:38 PM CST reply actions  

G&M Steakhouse, El Mat, The Holiday House

Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, B.W. Stevenson, Michael Murphy

by srr50 on Mar 11, 2010 5:53 PM CST reply actions  

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,

by Generation X, etc., etc. on Mar 12, 2010 3:32 PM CST reply actions  

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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