hi, I’m coley.
elightainer. revelutionary.
chief doofus of Revel Media.
i make purpose driven multimedia.
movies, comedy specials, tv shows, podcasts, products and music. All written, performed and directed by myself and made fully independently by community owned co-ops that share profits.
i want to be the Walt Disney of punk rock media spuring generations of Revelutionaries speaking truth to power and evolving our world positively
a positive Revelution that celebrates change.
starting with me I guess. since most artists seem more concerned with money, status and acting too cool for school. while y’all do that, i’ma print truth like a tour de force engine. if you know me, you know how I get down. now at 20+ music albums, 100+ podcasts, 1 feature film, 1 comedy special, 2 tv shows and over 100 TERABYTES of multimedia content made in house. new wave shit. all from soul downloads; not pandering.
been doing this since 1985, check my catalog.
along the way, some insane thangs happened.
some groovy, some god awful; including:
successes
graduated Georgetown University in 3 years with dual major in finance, international business and theater minor; paid off my tuition selling weed
worked on Wall Street only 1 year as a media investment banker to learn media finance then quit within 5 minutes of getting my bonus
chose to chase truth over money
made 20 music albums without marketing myself
made a feature movie without marketing myself
made a tv show without marketing myself
made a comedy special without marketing myself
made 100 podcasts without marketing myself
made a prolific amount of art; went broke.
got mocked & demonized for being a failure
gonna market myself now.
i’ve been laughing at me this whole time too.
struggles
fell 10 feet onto my head in a shampoo commercial
not exactly empathy inducing but had to relearn everything
kinda hilariously on brand
kept makin stuff thru it, albeit janky
almost died of OG Covid March 2020 which took years of medical help and neck surgery to heal recurring brain encephalitis and neck stenosis
that shit killed over 1 million Americans
as scary as it is to admit that shit publicly (half dead ain’t sexy), i decided to own it and tell it to force myself to get back to peak brain power and health to show people you can heal from ANYTHANG
one of the biggest joys of my life is my community service work for Project Free: artists with disabilities and neurodiverse abilities and their all special ed rock band Solar Flair
neat shit
I have been doing community service since a kid - giving turkeys out in the hood for thanksgiving, special olympics, insane lil speeches and protest art in absurd situations
threw Allen Iverson's retirement party (the only Philly gold star I need lol)
opened for Nelly, Wale, Jermaine Dupri, Bun B, Bone Thugs & Harmony, Young Gunz, MTV Fashion Week
i won Vice President of my high school class with a 7 second speech…i promised no long speeches.
sold a couple thousand p's (weed only) to pay my Georgetown tuition and early days of Revel
I have a satirical political party called The Pragmatic Party that promotes bipartisanship and getting shit done, not divisive bullshit
I was born during election week near Valley Forge where the 1776 revolutionary army stayed.
i love my complicated family. with so many marriages ending in divorce, a financially squeezed and traumatized country and need for healthier resources and emotional therapy, we all gotta give our loved ones more grace to grow
lost my Pops who battled CTE during Covid
CTE is like an Always Sunny episode that's scary af. he was funny af til the end tho, picture Frank from Always Sunny but more charming
come from a long line of bad ass women
my Ma was engineer computer genius x taught me Mother Theresa level selfless love
Great Grand Ma Edna lived in North Philly til she was 93 and asked for switch blade for Christmas after a mugging on the subway where she still kept the purse
4 lesbian aunts on forefront of civil rights
my Dad's family came from Ridley and my Pop Pop was auto mechanic named Hoagie tho he forgot the a on his arm tattoo
my other Pop Pop was a World War II pilot on Flying Tigers unit
lessons
service x mastery are best paths to true happiness
turn all negatives into positive
manure into crops
laugh thru it all
heal thyself
remove ego
dance with life's curve balls
who knows
God x Life is f'n awesome
revel with me,
who knows,
multimedia
catalogue
Jebus Movie
90 minute absurdist satire where Jesus is sent back to America to teach America how to love again.
Vasectomy For Women’s Rights
Coley delivers 60 minutes of comedy over the course of a day when he gets a vasectomy in support of women's rights (yes, even during the operation).
Coley TV Show Season 1
Follow Coley and the Revelutionaries on a journey to change the planet with comedy. Think jackass with a purpose.
Revelutionary Podcast
Coley explores the times, spirituality, health, society, business and politics with hyper realness, absurdity and comic relief.
music catalogue
click on an album to listen.
the revelutionary newsletter
the blueprint to a positive revolution
a newsletter, blog, smattering of words, whatever you want to call it - about how we can unfuck the world with some laughter and positivity. It’s a trip.
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