Ruarc

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I really should use MySpace more often. Everyone seems to have gone to FaceBook, though... Mood: pirate piratePosted at 5:36 PM Nov 20 view more

  • Ruarc Stokes

  • 20 / Male
  • Clondalkin, Dublin, IE
  • Last Login: 11/20/2009

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  • Ruarc Stokes I really should use MySpace more often. Everyone seems to have gone to FaceBook, though...
    Mood: pirate pirate
    Posted at 5:36 PM Nov 20

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Interests

  • General

    INTERESTS: Anthropology, Art, Comedy, Guitars, Movies, Music, Musical Instruments, Psychology.
    SPORTS: American Football, Arena Football, Aussie Rules, Basketball, Canadian Football.
  • Music

    BANDS: Acronymal, Animals As Leaders, Ascension Of The Watchers, Asesino, Atmosfæren, Black Light Burns, Cky, Death, deftones, Divine Heresy, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Four Seconds Ago, Killswitch Engage, KoRn, Lacuna Coil, Lemon Jelly, Linkin Park, Megadeth, Meshuggah, Necrophagist, Opeth, Periphery, The Police, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Revolvearth, Royksopp, Scar Symmetry, Smashing Pumpkins, Static X, Stolen Babies, Strapping Young Lad, System Of A Down, Threat Signal, Trivium, Unearth.

    SOLO ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS: Tosin Abasi, Bill Bailey, Wes Borland, Jake Bowen, Dino Cazares, Doug Doppler, John Frusciante, Rory Gallagher, Joe Hisaishi, Zakir Hussein, Gustav Holst, Ihsahn, Yngwie Malmsteen, Misha Mansoor (aka BULB), John Petrucci, Preston Reed, Carlos Santana, Eric Sardinas, Joe Satriani, Ali Farka Touré, Devin Townsend, Rokia Traore, Steve Vai.
    NOTE: My musical tastes are beyond this list. I listen to music from all over the world and from (nearly)every genre. Especially Indian and Arabic music.

  • Movies

    300, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Anchorman, Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times, Crash, Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, Enemy of The State, The Family Guy Movie, Fear And Loathing In Las Vagas, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Fifth Element, Horse Feathers, Iron Man, The last Samurai, Leon, Lethal Weapon (all of them!), The Life Aquatic With Steve Zizzou, Lord of War, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Namastey London, On The Waterfront, Predator 1 & 2, Run Lola Run, Serenity, Terminator 1 & 2, V For Vendetta.
  • Television

    The Amazing Screw On Head, American Dad, Dragon Ball Z (It's over 9000!!!!!), Family Guy, Firefly, Frasier, Fringe, Futurama, Have I got News For You, House, Lost, Malcolm In The Middle, Metalocalypse, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Scrubs, The Simpsons. Funny stuff. Anything with Sanjeev Bhaskar in it and Documentaries also interest me.
  • Books

    Woody Allan: Without Feathers, Douglas Adams: Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy & Dirk Gently series, H. G. Bissinger: Friday Night Lights, Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion, Jean Van Hamme: XIII, Spike Milligan: 'Rommel?' 'Gunner who?' & Puckoon, Michael Moore: Stupid White Men & Downsize This, George Orwell: 1984 & Animal Farm, Terry Pratchett: Discworld Novels, Oliver Sacks: Musicophelia, Jean Paul Sartre: The Age Of Reason, Jules Verne: Around The World In 80 Days & Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse 5 & Timequake (Thanks Kate!). Mostly funny stuff.
  • Heroes

    My Mam and Dad (for better or worse, I guess...), Arin Hanson, Abdul Sattar Edhi, Will Smith, John Petrucci, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Wes Borland and anyone who tries to be themselves and forge their own path through this weird, freaky thing called life.

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Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Dublin, Ireland.
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Religion: Atheist
  • Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
  • Children: Someday
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: In college
  • Occupation: Student

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About me:

I LOVE music. It's my life and soul. Most people drink or take drugs or put other shit into their body but music is my aeroplane (most people find that upsetting for some reason). I'm also a big fan of art and literature. I'm thinking of starting to paint the images that come to my head when I listen to certain pieces of music.

Also I really want to learn how to play the oud, sitar and tabla. Some day... Some day...

I'm a really, really laid back guy. I like the quiet, talky bits of the party and I hate stress and angsty people.

As a musician I have got sick and tired of trying to play Prog and Metal music with Classic Rock and Blues musicians. Don't try it at home kids! It's not big and it's not clever!

Updates and Music on:

http://www.myspace.com/ruarcstokesmusic

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MY GEAR:
ELECTRIC GUITARS:
Ibanez RG8427F FE (B-Standard w/DiMarzios), Ibanez RG1527 RB (B-Standard w/DiMarzios), Ibanez AX7221 GP (A-Standard).
ACOUSTIC GUITARS: Ibanez AEL20, Yamaha F-335.
BASS GUITARS: Ibanez BTB405QM TK.
AMPS: Peavey Classic 60/60, Marshall MG100DFX [FOR SALE!].
MISC: Line 6 PODxt Live, Digitech EX-7, Boss NS-2, Plus E-Bow, Dunlop CryBaby [FOR SALE!], Casio CT-680 keyboard.
STRINGS: Elixir NanoWeb Electric Guitar Strings (.009-.042+.052), Elixir NanoWeb Extra Light Acoustic Phosphor Bronze Guitar Strings (.010-.047), Elixir Medium Bass Strings (.045-.105+.130). Iraq Body Count web counter

Who I'd like to meet:

Kickass musicians, downright inspiring people and nice girls that don't yell at me...

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  • Feb 20 2009 7:37 PM

    Yaa! I hate this thing though :-P
  • Feb 3 2009 4:50 PM

    If you have AIM or MSN Messenger I can send you the MP3s of whatever you like. And yeah, that one song is like... The second time i've ever used tremolo lol.

    One does not simply tankcat into Arktanistan-Groffistan.
  • Oct 13 2008 5:19 PM

    Get to work. *cracks whip*
  • Oct 5 2008 1:34 PM

    I have no idea what you're talking about... /jedimindtrick
  • Oct 5 2008 2:09 AM

    And by "indeed", I take it you meant... "gay sex".

    I know you all too well, Ruarc.
  • Oct 4 2008 1:12 AM

    ...what...?
  • Oct 2 2008 10:17 PM

    The plague as subsided? How existential.
  • Sep 23 2008 12:40 AM

    :picsoryourealyingpooterpinkie:
  • Sep 22 2008 2:29 PM

    Six strings. :shrug:
  • Sep 22 2008 6:04 PM

    yeah they do sound a lot like deftones! that's exactly what i thought when i first heard them!

    fear factory... very deep stuff! and yes sort of depressing!

    yeah i had a gerbil when i was young too i love them! i don't pigeons as long as they don't poo on me... but seagulls... i can't stand they just frighten me! they're like dangerous big things ugh.. i hate them one flew into my room one day and it was the scariest moment of my life so far

    yeah i'm not really massively into the mighty boosh either! i watch it on the tv if i get the chance but it doesn't crack me up! but it was a good show i was more impressed by the props and sets then the comedy! :P look it up on youtube they have amazing props!

    oh i have a cold now and it's a bad one you know i think the cold virus is mutating! i've never had one this bad and i get one every year! i was bedridden on sunday and today!

    ah love life and the universe the usual things that have the youths of today moping through the streets with serious faces and alternative music blasting through their i-pod headphones... i'm proud (or maybe not so proud ha) to say i'm one of them! i like time to myself but it usually just lets my mind wander and think about how shitty everything is... ha! oh i shouldn't be laughing... i think everyone gets stuck in a rut and some stage! it's shit when it happens because you feel so strangled by your own life! it's crazy though i know for me.. if everything's going shit and i'm aware of it, but getting on with it, it usually takes a broken
    heart to demolish my life as i know it.. maybe you're different but when it comes to matters of the heart i always get so wrapped up in it when it's going good i'm completely oblivious to anything going wrong!

    oh the caricature is way cool!
  • Sep 21 2008 1:26 PM

    do you mind me asking...
    what has you lonely and crushed young man?
  • Sep 21 2008 9:01 AM

    you might like this band
    team sleep their quite good!

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t7IPcgksDQM


    yeah rats don't really scare me. they're just like big hamsters! and kind of cute sometimes despite the diseasey-ness and buck teeth! :P

    and my god! i would not swim in the canal if my life depended on do you ever see the gooey shit that floats on the top of it and i've seen junkies use it as a toilet! so bleugh noooooo! ha ha and the liffey too! yuck!

    the weekends grand i went to see the mighty boosh yesterday it was good! not brilliant or amazing but good it made me laugh! but i've seen funnier!
    my friend new the words to every song i was just kind of standing there ha! untiol the bits i knew came along (well the one word...)

    but it was good! As for today it's sunday and i plan on watching movies on the internet and relaxing usual sunday ritual!

    how is your weekend?
  • Sep 20 2008 12:43 PM

    ha ha oh yeah the 'g' is missing purposely that's the way Bob Dylan spells it!

    hmm... punch ms.Fenton on the last day...? sounds like a plan! she'd be the type of person to call the gardi..... she's such a fun spoiler!

    yeah music and art it's nice to have something to fall into! i'd love to play an instrument but it's just not my thing i'm so bad at it!
    but i sing along and listen! i quite like to listen to classical music if i'm drawing or just in the house on my own put Chopin nocturnes on.. sit back and enjoy!

    very rarely in bray but if i'm there i will definitely give you a call! my new spot for reading is at the side of the canal in portabello it's lovely... although i saw a huge rat there yesterday take a swim right under my feet! in the murky waters... it eh kind of ruined the scenery for a while!

    oh and the band! wow i quite like it! alot! real... walking through town kind of music... well for me anyway! :P
  • Sep 19 2008 12:41 AM

    oh all i keep saying is.. 'two more years till college, two more years till college' it makes it makes twats like mrs. fenton and ms.corcery (she's the french teacher you probably haven't met her yet but if you're not a big fan the fenton-ator then you'd despise this woman) a little more bearable!

    yeah art is pretty much the main focus i find it hard to feel such a passion for any other subject! i'm not great at art but i enjoy it it's the only thing i can concentrate on for more than half an hour with out getting uncomfortably bored!

    college sounds great! i'd say the people you meet you meet are wonderful! and i'm sure it has a painful effect on the wallet! everything's money! free education my arse! thank you fianna fail!

    wow bray... i love it there.. i don't know theres something about places like bray and dun laoghaire and sandymount that make me feel so at home! although i'd probably find it completely uninspiring as well! i'd be too tempted to sit on a beach or in a park some where on a blanket with a cup of hot coffee and an addictive novel inhaling the intoxicating faint sea breeze that lingers in the air no matter where you go in any surrounding area! maybe that's just me! i instantly fall in love with somewhere if i see more than ten possible places to go sit and read! lol!

    i saw nadia today it was a big day for her! the debutante! oh my she was absolutely stunning in a blue dress! i'm sure you'll see photos! she looked lovely they all did! maryam and shannon were there too they were all positively glowing!

    i have to stop writing such long comments! ha!

    it's half one in the morning and i have fentonator first class!
    talk to you soon m'dear!
  • Sep 16 2008 11:56 PM

    oh... if you haven't seen this... :P
    watch it it's gas!
    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
  • Sep 16 2008 11:38 PM

    ha ha oh god that's so funny i literally laughed out loud! :P

    Oh god thanks for cheering me up!
    The education malarkey is what has me down Ruarc! bloody ms.fenton and the wonderful array of stuck up, snobby, narrow minded, prejudice asshole teachers our school employs!
    Just sick of them all!! I try my best with them, I never give cheek, but they have their favorites and I'm not one of them! So they don't listen to anything i have to say because of that! argh... it's irritating! but what can you do!
    but enough about them!

    What have you been getting up to then? Hows the music been going?
  • Sep 15 2008 6:42 AM

    hey! thanks myspace has bee a bit weird for a while not letting ne into my profile so now that it's working again i decided it was in need of some pimpin' :P

    so how have you been?
  • Aug 25 2008 10:46 PM

    A job and a band but I might just stay in Cork for the year now...How goes the band ?
  • Aug 23 2008 2:10 PM

    Ive been up loadsa times over the last couple weeks and I might be movig up soon, I dont know yet though.. How are things with you ? =)
  • Aug 23 2008 1:07 AM

    Hey, if the 150 lbs., stinky wheel of cheese fits... wear it. :shrug:
  • Aug 22 2008 4:47 AM

    French... corpse sodomizer... the two are interchangeable.
  • Aug 21 2008 4:10 PM

    They're unreal, Brody Dalle is the best check em out =)
  • Aug 21 2008 1:04 AM

    :lol:@the Crystal Mountain reference

    As for my style of evil, I liken myself to William Marshall as Blacula.

    You, on the other hand, are much like Gilles de Rais. :squint:
  • Aug 20 2008 11:30 PM

    i have no idea what went wrong. :(
  • Aug 20 2008 10:01 PM

    so my amp is fried. i opened it up today, and one of the PCB boards is completely burnt and melted. i miss mindy already. :(

    :hug:

    :wub: