January 10, 2007, 10:11 pm : Best Beer in the World
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Hello everyone, I was in Kansas city for the hollidays, and well, I am no doctor but I think I found out why Keith Urban fell off the wagon.
He found what may be the best beer in the world. Yes of course I am talking about Boulivard Unfiltered Wheat. Not straight up but with a Lemon. Mmmm.
So you see, Nichol, it’s not really his fault, I believe he was placed in the situation where someone explained the culinary genius of the fine brewmaster that came up with this extrodinary brew, and well the “just one” mentality took over.
So hey Nichole, please forgive our friend Keith, put on a Cory Ryan record, like the day you fell in love, and dance eat and fall in love again.
January 9, 2007, 8:21 pm : Your Not the Only One
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Wow! I just got out of the movie, Pursuit of Happiness, there were some lines that really hit home with so many people I have been talking to lately.
Chris the lead was working a job he hated then an landed an intership to something better. There was a point where he said “back in school I would do great on a test and feel pride happiness knowing all the things I would become and accomplish and now I look into the mirror and realize that I have not become any of what I was capable of.”
WOW! How many people right now are in a job to pay for things that dont really add to their quality of living. They just past the time a bit easier. How many of you have worked your whole life to be one thing, and now find yourself working in a comfort zone that is not so comfortable.
When is our time? When will we step off the platform and become what we were meant to be? Or are we already there? Am I? Are you? Are you going to stay in the comfort zone, and if so how comfortable is it?
December 26, 2006, 3:45 pm : What is it all about?
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I woke up today, with a schedule all planned out, having almost every moment spoken for.
This happens sometimes but a lot of the time my planner looks more like a task list. Just gotta get-er-done. But in looking over what I have to do to survive, I noticed that I had nothing to help me LIVE.
Yes there is a differance between surviving and living. Let me ask you this. Do you feel like you have a purpose that you are not accomplishing? Do you have that tugging at that inner part of you that says, ”you were meant for more?” Do you work a job that pays the bills but does not feed the soul?
WHAT ARE WE TO DO? We have watched too much tv. We have been a product of the reality generation. Where people are just getting recognized for looking good and partying harder than the rest. Been there done that. I got a lot of free drinks and paid for a lot more.
There was even an article on me in a Nashville rag on what it meant to be a chicken-fried Rock star. The little thing they failed to mention was that this Nashvegas Rock star was waiting tables at the Melting Pot and he was not playing out nearly as much as going out.
Hmmmm. So now, after getting off the subject, I feel a little numb. I feel like there is something more something that I need to leave home for, something that the heavens open up and light my head with some epiphany.
I realize that my life has just been a part of some huge event, that the camera pans out and the full puzzle comes into view. Does anyone else feel like they are surviving when they sould be living? I think there is an army of us out there and think what an army could do… but were is our picture, what is the puzzle we need to fit into?
December 11, 2006, 8:01 pm : A Bit of Honey
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So yea, I was asked to have another meeting over coffee, 3rd time in 1 day. I think I am a bit hyper. Crazy stuff hapens when I have too much caffiene. Once I convinced a roomate to jump up and down on the hood of his car, yelling at a red light for being red.
Another time we went through a drive through, “just to talk,” “can I help you,” said the girl behind the menu board, “yea, we just wanted someone to talk to” said us in the red Dodge Neon. I guess we were buzzing Neon or like onlay a Dodge Neon can do.
And to think we could have been in an Esspesso. Well I think I am switching to Bit o Honeys, you know the peanut butter and honey candy, yep cause sometimes I want a lot and sometimes I just need a Bit a Honey.
Peace all. I hope you have been checking our sight for all our secret Shows. Boo Ya.
November 2, 2006, 5:07 pm : Locked on the Food Network
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October 17, 2006, 4:05 pm : Rotterdam introduces the first ‘Sustainable Dance Club’
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Going out in a hip and trendy club and still be responsible. This idea forms the base for the Sustainable Dance Club. The presentation of this concept takes place at the 14th of October under the name ‘The Critical Mass’. It combines contemporary lifestyle with the latest ideas on sustainability. This club night is the kick off for the realization of the Sustainable Dance Club. Producing and consuming in a responsible manner are no longer reserved for a small group. Enviu – innovators in sustainability - and Döll - studio for the art of building - have developed the Sustainable Dance Club together. An attractive way of clubbing combined with a low impact on the environment. Soon you can generate energy while dancing. The color of the walls changes as a reaction to the heat without any energy use and you can drink a biological beer at the water basin on the ‘relax roof’. These are just a few examples of what the Sustainable Dance Club can entail. Check out The Sustainable Dance Club
October 9, 2006, 10:52 am : Mountain Biking Rocks!
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I am sorry I have been on the road for a bit. I think today I want to tell you about this phenomenal mountain biking experience. I had never been but wow you guys are crazy. It was so much fun but really what have we become.
It occurs to me that we constantly have to push the edge of building our bodies and destroying them or maybe I just hate working out to the point that I put myself in a life or death situation to get through it.
Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong eat your heart out, street riding is for people who don’t have mountain trails.
October 2, 2006, 11:01 am : Domino’s Brownies
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Has everyone seen the new commercial for the Brownie bites?
Ya ya, then you know what I am about to say. Who came up with the walking furry doo doo square to sell brownies. There is a a pizza delivery guy that comes to the door of a mother and daughter followed by this hairy brown cube with legs. The unsuspecting patrons of this fine italian delicatessen find themselves in the presents of DOO, but do they say hay DOO get off my porch, no, do they stomp on it like so many flaming bags of such material, no, the little girl hugs it.
Then she gets DOO all over her, does the mom get really offended maybe ask the delivery boy to leave, no she pats the DOO and Laughs.
Am I the only one that does not want to eat Browne bites or anything for that matter after watching this commercial. Ya. you know what is crazy. Someone makes a living coming up with this, not only that but someone at whatever pizza company singed off on it and signed a check.
Not only this but it got as far as the hundreds of thousands they spent on advertising this campaign. AND NO ONE STOPPED it. I would have been much more inclined to want pizza if I watched 2 stoners, eating pizza and laughing and saying “you know what this needs, Brownies, Ya brownies.
It would have had the character recognition that could translate into sequel commercials or maybe a bachelor on a date trying to impress lady luck by thinking of this wonderful chocolate goodness that so many ladies love while ordering the safe always there pizza.
I NEED A JOB AS A MARKETING MIND. NO MORE DOO DOO CUBES.
August 22, 2006, 11:00 am : Crazy with RENT
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So Sorry it has been a few days since my last post. This last week has been Crazy. A Guitarist friend of mine from Cleveland is on tour with the show RENT who just so happened to be in KC the same time as me. So, Me wanting to see what my Brother, Joe Parker has been up to on and off for the last few years, went to see Rent.
What a show, I mean the stage performance was great but the audience “people watching” was unbelievable. These folks come out in retro 80s garb and just live the words man. It was hilarious.
After the show I met up with Joe and the cast and we hit Downtown KC life. After experiencing the franchise wonder of bars. I decided this was enough of Chotchkies, and asked if I could show them a real locals place. So I loaded up the Band Van and led the rest of their Car service to The Black Horse. It was phenomenal. Great company Cold Beer. Big personalities. We headed back to their hotel split a bottle of wine and passed the guitar till 4:30 it was a blast.
August 15, 2006, 10:22 am : Are You Talking to Me?
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Am I the only one who thinks the world may be going a little nuts. Have you guys noticed the blue tooth syndrome. In walking downtown from one place to another I have been seeing alot of folks talking to themselves.
At first I always think, why is this stranger talking so loud “at me” because they always seem like there making direct points, either “just get it done” or “he is not worth it girl”.
So my first reaction is to see if they need help, but then there is the moment of oh, there not talking to me. Like that second when you think someone is waving to you but then you realize they are focused on the person right behind you. So you slowly drop your hand as if you were never waving. Or the moment when someone your talking to answers a blue tooth call in the middle of a conversation, hinking that they can have two conversations at once.
Here is a memo for you…… YOU CANT, all that happens is everyone gets confused.
So here it is, if you want to use your phone in public DO IT. Just open your phone so that the world realizes that your talking to someone on the other end of a wireless digital line.
Maybe I am just bummed that I dropped my blue tooth in the shower, forgeting it was in my ear.
August 11, 2006, 11:21 am : What is This Whole Silent Treatment Thing?
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Hello Everyone. I have a question for the world. Can someone explain the whole silent treatment thing. When a guy has a problem with a another guy there is quickly a few choice words maybe followed by a flying fist depending on the severity of the offense. The fist may find an area often followed by “oooo Charley Horse” or the most severe, the black eye, and the problem is resolved before the bruise purples.
But then there is the Silent Treatment. Now again I am a Male so this could be my trouble with my understanding. See with my “wonderful” perception I often miss that my offenses have rendered me “The Silent Treatment”.
This finds me in even more hot water. I guess if you are receiving the silent treatment and you don’t acknowledge it. You might be escalating the issue by being considerate and ignoring the person. When really I might have just thought it was quiet, or I just talk on, not even realizing a subject needs to be addressed.
All this to say ladies, From all guys. WE ARE SORRY, I am not sure what we did but I do know we are Definitely Sorry. Especially for not recognizing the Silent treatment but to our benefit I think the X chromosome stands as a blocker for this.
Again I believe we are Sorry…
July 18, 2006, 8:23 am : Cool Musicians that Blog
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Here is a site, Beatnikpad that has a post that lists links to over a 100 cool musician blogs. Check it out.
July 17, 2006, 11:17 am : Knight in shining Armoni
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From Cory’s MySpace site:
The age of chivilry is not dead, Its just disheartend. I by no meands am an expert in all subjects. But I do enjoy listening and people watching. And the more I see relationships come and go the more I hear both sides of a coin not being able to see the other. As for me and My close friends I know we have a primal inate instict to be some kind of savior. Not that we wake up in the morning and go looking for kittens up trees but in that. looking at past realationships we can see an atraction to something of a damsle in distress. Someone who has needs exposed. I think most guys, like girls, need to feel apreciated, need to feel Needed. And Thus why we seek out that which we can provide. The Problem arises whe we realize that we cant fix things. We have already jumped in with both feet all but promosing to remadie any ailment to our new princes. but the dragon once staring us in the face is now imuned to any form of antidote we can offer. Thus frusteraiting damsil as well as the knight. I think we are Fighting all new wars here. And all this to say. More than not I think were just confused, dissheartend or tierd. Now hey, This is not an excuse for thouse of you guys that dont open doors, or pull out chairs. This is for the girls that have guys with blank looks on their faces, once cunning, sharp and incitfule now drooling and lasidaysical. Remind them that you need them. That every once and a wile they can be a successful Knight in shining Armor