March 10th, 2010 / 2:49 pm
Power Quote

Corey Haim (RIP) on artistic ambition

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLRK-XP_GLE

The direction in my life right now that I’m trying to I guess proceed with in the business is gradually from being the little boy, from the younger, you know, brother, trying to get to be the older brother or the only brother.

And who doesn’t feel that? Me, certainly. Why did Tao Lin start Muumuu House? Older brother. Year of the Liquidator? Older brother.

At what point did you decide you wanted to be the “older brother”? (And I apologize for the maleness of the metaphor. I would like sisters to answer, too.) Have you decided yet?

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41 Comments

  1. Jhon Baker

      As the youngest brother I must admit that I hated my brothers for existing at all after adolescence. Not that I wanted to be an only child but that I no longer wished to be a child, to abandon those things in the eyes of those who still referred to me by my childhood nicknames. So in order to move on, I’ve abandoned them all, brothers, sisters, parents – only in the most symbolic way, except for one who was in the most actual way and not symbolic at all. Now that this was done and received properly after a few years of doing/not-doing or abandoning/not-abandoning, I am not a little brother or a younger or an older or big brother but an equal brother to all. I think I am still dealing with the loss of Mark Linkous and cannot hope to be altered by Corey’s OD.

  2. Jhon Baker

      As the youngest brother I must admit that I hated my brothers for existing at all after adolescence. Not that I wanted to be an only child but that I no longer wished to be a child, to abandon those things in the eyes of those who still referred to me by my childhood nicknames. So in order to move on, I’ve abandoned them all, brothers, sisters, parents – only in the most symbolic way, except for one who was in the most actual way and not symbolic at all. Now that this was done and received properly after a few years of doing/not-doing or abandoning/not-abandoning, I am not a little brother or a younger or an older or big brother but an equal brother to all. I think I am still dealing with the loss of Mark Linkous and cannot hope to be altered by Corey’s OD.

  3. Amber

      I was born the oldest and have been trying to be the youngest ever since. It’s worked pretty well. I’ve been disappointing my family’s expectations in every way for years. I think I’ve finally achieved “younger sister” now, though, since my younger sibs have the houses and the career paths and the other adult stuff and I…do not. It’s very freeing.

  4. Amber

      I was born the oldest and have been trying to be the youngest ever since. It’s worked pretty well. I’ve been disappointing my family’s expectations in every way for years. I think I’ve finally achieved “younger sister” now, though, since my younger sibs have the houses and the career paths and the other adult stuff and I…do not. It’s very freeing.

  5. (Ass-Brackets)

      I feel bad for Corey Haim. My life peaked when I was 16, too.

  6. (Ass-Brackets)

      I feel bad for Corey Haim. My life peaked when I was 16, too.

  7. crispin

      i’d just like to be born i reckon

  8. crispin

      i’d just like to be born i reckon

  9. chris

      I got in a fight with my older brother when I was 13. I threw a TV remote control at him, hit him in the spine with a pool cue and swing a freeweight at him. I bloodied his nose in a sanctioned boxing match when I was 20. I think I stopped being jealous of him around age 25 or so. Now we just battle over how each other is running their respective businesses.

  10. chris

      I got in a fight with my older brother when I was 13. I threw a TV remote control at him, hit him in the spine with a pool cue and swing a freeweight at him. I bloodied his nose in a sanctioned boxing match when I was 20. I think I stopped being jealous of him around age 25 or so. Now we just battle over how each other is running their respective businesses.

  11. crispin

      also this video has changed my life maybe
      also it made me spend 20 minutes trying to find any online trace of an edward furlong documentary from ~1992
      unsuccess

  12. crispin

      also this video has changed my life maybe
      also it made me spend 20 minutes trying to find any online trace of an edward furlong documentary from ~1992
      unsuccess

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  15. crispin

      responses to this question so far seem ‘wildly literal’?

  16. crispin

      responses to this question so far seem ‘wildly literal’?

  17. dan

      i’m the oldest brother in my family. that means my parents didn’t know what they were doing with me.

  18. dan

      i’m the oldest brother in my family. that means my parents didn’t know what they were doing with me.

  19. ZZZZIPP

      ZZZZIPP WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OLDER BROTHER ZZZIPP

      ZZZZIPP NEVER HAD AN EXAMPLE TO LIVE BY

      NO ONE TOLD ZZZIPP HOW TO BE ZZZZIPP

      SO ZZZZIPP TURNED TO PHOTONS

      THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPINESS IN BEING A PHOTON

      IT IS SIMPLE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE A PHOTON

      YOU HAVE TO BE A PHOTON

  20. ZZZZIPP

      ZZZZIPP WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OLDER BROTHER ZZZIPP

      ZZZZIPP NEVER HAD AN EXAMPLE TO LIVE BY

      NO ONE TOLD ZZZIPP HOW TO BE ZZZZIPP

      SO ZZZZIPP TURNED TO PHOTONS

      THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPINESS IN BEING A PHOTON

      IT IS SIMPLE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU ARE A PHOTON

      YOU HAVE TO BE A PHOTON

  21. Matthew Simmons

      yes, they do.

      what a great song. i feel inspired.

  22. Matthew Simmons

      yes, they do.

      what a great song. i feel inspired.

  23. Kevin
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  25. Daniel Romo

      Actually a bit saddened by his death. “The Lost Boys” buries that stuff today.

  26. Daniel Romo

      Actually a bit saddened by his death. “The Lost Boys” buries that stuff today.

  27. Jhon Baker

      My older brother hit me in the head with a golf club, broke open my skull.
      Now I blame him for everything. like the instability.

  28. Jhon Baker

      My older brother hit me in the head with a golf club, broke open my skull.
      Now I blame him for everything. like the instability.

  29. Casey

      Still in love with Mercedes Lane, so Corey, kinda figured this, but you were the Mack once (I just pinched myself…but yeah).

  30. Casey

      Still in love with Mercedes Lane, so Corey, kinda figured this, but you were the Mack once (I just pinched myself…but yeah).

  31. mark

      is it enough?

  32. mark

      is it enough?

  33. Jhon Baker

      I think a few of the other posts here are more worthy of this much commentary but this is my third comment here so who the f am I to poke eyes out with long sticks?
      Just curious if anyone else was expecting the porno to start during the pool sequences?

  34. Jhon Baker

      I think a few of the other posts here are more worthy of this much commentary but this is my third comment here so who the f am I to poke eyes out with long sticks?
      Just curious if anyone else was expecting the porno to start during the pool sequences?

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  36. dave e

      i put my younger brother in a figure four lock and nearly 30 years later he still complains about knee pain

      never swung a free weight at him, though, damn

  37. dave e

      i put my younger brother in a figure four lock and nearly 30 years later he still complains about knee pain

      never swung a free weight at him, though, damn

  38. dave e

      I still remember seeing him in Lucas, crying when he …

      well, i never saw the movie but i remember the commercials

      did like lost boys a lot when it came out.

      bummed to hear this about corey h. i saw an episode last year (earlier?) when he moved in with corey feldman. corey h didn’t look long for this world, but i didn’t think it would be this soon

  39. dave e

      I still remember seeing him in Lucas, crying when he …

      well, i never saw the movie but i remember the commercials

      did like lost boys a lot when it came out.

      bummed to hear this about corey h. i saw an episode last year (earlier?) when he moved in with corey feldman. corey h didn’t look long for this world, but i didn’t think it would be this soon

  40. The Writer's Situation

      Corey Haim = (pick your favorite MuuMuu House author) + 17 years

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      Corey Haim = (pick your favorite MuuMuu House author) + 17 years