Music, Film, Theater, Writing, Journalism, History, Art, Politics, Crime/Law, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Nature, Fantasy/Science-Fiction, Card Games, Board Games, Philosophy, Pool, Ping Pong, Museums, Swimming, the Mysteries of Life
Music
ALL THE BANDS IN MY TOP 24! And: The Big Sleep, Built Like Alaska, Ouija Radio, Though I'm Told, Slow Runner, Lacuna Coil, Mute Math, U2, Guided By Voices, Tool, Kasabian, Nirvana, Love Battery, Filter, L7, Fuel, Foo Fighters, Hole, Sugar, Interpol, The Killers, Gruntruck, REM, Schtum, nonpoint, Delerium, Staind, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Kings of Leon, Heth + Jed, Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Stone Temple Pilots, Mudhoney, Jane's Addiction, Garbage, Juliana Hatfield, Alice in Chains, Goo Goo Dolls, The Bogmen, Oasis, ABBA, Megadeth, Coldplay, Conehead Buddha, Dandy Warhols, The Damn Lovelys, Van Halen, INXS, Duran Duran, Screaming Trees
Movies
Whale Rider, A Few Good Men, The Hunt for Red October, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Traffic, Snatch, Dig!, Blow, Say Anything, Bull Durham, The Fugitive, School Daze, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Shawshank Redemption, Top Gun, Robocop, The Accused, Silence of the Lambs, St Elmo's Fire, Bowling for Columbine, Adaptation, The Firm, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Casino, Goodfellas, Men in Black, Die Hard 3, Betrayal, JFK, Nixon, All the President's Men, The War Room, This Is Spinal Tap, Ferris Buehler's Day Off, In Her Shoes, Good Will Hunting, Rounders, Hoffa, Get Shorty, The Princess Bride, Hoosiers
Television
Frontline, PBS Documentaries, The Closer, Kids in the Hall, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica (The New Series), Chapelle's Show, Friends, Seinfeld, West Wing, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, Wayne Dyer PBS Specials, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Miami Vice
Books
The Artist's Way, You Can Heal Your Life, This Book is Not Required, The Hobbit, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, All's Fair: Love, War and Runnning for President, The Final Days, Adventures in the Screen Trade, Another Fine Myth, So You Want to Be a Rock Star, Bonjour Laziness: Why Hard Work Doesn't Pay, The 4-Hour Workweek
Heroes
Dave Grohl, Bono and U2, Superchunk, Band of Susans, R.E.M., Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Bill Belicheck, Tom Brady, James Carville, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mark Arm, John Patrick Shanley, Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, Moss Hart, Ian McKellan, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Ed Burns, Aaron Sorkin
University Of Maine
Orono, MAINE
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Political Science
Clubs: English Honor Society
History Honor Society
Political Science Honor Society
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
WMEB Campus Radio Station
The Maine Campus Newspaper
Student Government (former President)
College Democrats (former President)
1989 to 1995
Berwick Academy
South Berwick, MAINE
Graduated: 1989
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Thunderchild Literary Magazine
Varsity Cross Country Team
Varsity Tennis Team
This is the music video for the song "Binge" by my band, VICTOR BRAVO.
This is a live video of my band, VICTOR BRAVO, playing the Song "Make the Escape" at Don Pedro in Brooklyn.
The legendary band HUSKER DU performing their cover of "Eight Miles High" live in 1983 in Philadelphia. A ton of SWEET moshing and audience stage-diving.
Another amazing band, not quite as well known, called A BAND OF SUSANS. They were from NYC and had THREE guitars. Yeah. NICE. This is a video for their song "The Pusuit of Happiness."
The band BIG BLACK performing their song "Kerosene" live, back in the day. This song is destruction set to music. Awesome!
This is a great band from Boston called PLUMERAI. This is a live video of them performing their song "Shapes and Trees."
Another fantastic band, this one's still together and working their way up in NYC. This is AFTERDAWN, performing their song "Mary" live.
In General:
I've got a never-say-die inner strength. I’ve got a gentle, soothing touch. I can get up on stage and scream my head off. I can sit quietly and listen to you whisper. I am filled with passion…for love, for art, for life. I have my demons. I’ve worked on my issues and I’m still working on them. I’m a work in progress. I’m not perfect, and I don’t want to be. I’m a hell of a lot healthier than I used to be. I love other artists of all kinds, and the amazing things they create. I strive to live in the moment and for the moment. I can’t stand dishonesty, cowardice or hypocrisy, but I accept that they are a part of being human, a part of life, even a part of me sometimes. I don’t like it when people can’t take responsibility for their actions, but I understand, because I have at times been afraid to take responsibility for mine. I love to think, talk, and listen to people. I love to learn about things. I love to laugh and to make people laugh. I'm an artist. I love to write. I love to sing, play, listen to and dance to music. I like to rock. I write poetry. I love looking at Nature. I love observing the creative expressions of others. I like to watch films and a few television shows. I accept good and evil. I value consistency in others and I strive for it in myself. I love with all my heart, body and soul. I am a force to be reckoned with. I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t smoke and I don’t do drugs. Those are personal choices I’ve made for me. I may judge you in my mind, but I am trying to do less of that, because your life is yours to live and your decisions are none of my business. I believe the Universe is a friendly one, that wants me to be happy, healthy and free. I believe it bestowed my dreams upon me, and wants to do everything it can to help me make them come true. I deserve to be treated well, with kindness, gentleness, respect, equality, fairness, honesty and love. So do you. What matters most is what’s inside, and what happens between me and those I love. I love my friends and would do anything for them.
I play guitar and sing in the band called Victor Bravo. We rock.
Quotes:
"The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it." - Louis I. Kahn, Architect
"I guarantee you, that if you do this, you’ll never work in Democratic politics again…you will be embarrassed before the national press corps…nobody will believe you…and people will think you’re scummy." - George Stephanopolus, Communications Director for Clinton-Gore ’92, in the documentary film The War Room
"I don’t care which witch-ladies do what to which cajuns. I’m here to stop a wedding." - Wolverine of the X-Men
"When you’re fond of people, you quite enjoy watching them doing any old nonsense, really." - Tom Baker, Actor who played the role of Doctor Who on British television for many years
"I hope that I never feel too comfortable with the medium or the process. I strive to be constantly challenged and growing with my art." - Holly Ready, Artist
Who I'd like to meet: People who are at least one of the following: A) a networking contact in the music business, B) someone who knows me already, C) someone who is connected to me through other people, or D) someone I don't know but who is looking for new friends in New York City.
Hey Collin! Indeed, I am the bassist with the pedal! I will try to make your show in the BK this Fri if y'all play late - if I can't, then rock out!! I've been listening to your CDs and they ROCK!!
How are you my old friend? Great new pictures! I am hoping to be back east for a few weeks this summer so maybe I can make it into the city and actually see you guys perform! =) Take care!
Come celebrate AFTERDAWN'S LAST SHOW! It means everything to have you there with us before we dig underground to re-invent a few things. Let's rock our asses off!
Holy crap, how did we miss the fact it was your birthday last week? Happy belated! And thanks SO much for being there last night, you helped to make it awesome!
2-in-1 weekend! It would be GREAT to see you Fri. night, but we'll definitely have a blast on Sunday night! (we play before Stewart on Friday, I finally get to see them play live!)
Collin you are a prince among men. Keep killin them with your tunes and your sweet dance moves. Im looking forward to being the most excited person at Don Pedros.
