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RuSs

Livin' the American dream

About Me


-- I have my BA in History. I bodybuild for fun. I play a wide variety of instruments. I'm the frontman for gristlestick and also play solo on the side-- www.gristlestick.com -- if you want to know more, ask.
SOLO SHOW DATES:
Carrabassett Inn - Carrabassett Valley, Maine - May 9th
Carrabassett Inn - Carrabassett Valley, Maine - May 16th
Carrabassett Inn - Carrabassett Valley, Maine - May 23rd
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - June 8th
The Old Mill Pub - Skowhegan, Maine - June 14th
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - June 22nd
Pinewood Terrance - Farmington, Maine - July 3rd
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - July 6th
Edgewood Retirement Home - Farmington, Maine - July 18th
The Old Mill Pub - Skowhegan, Maine - July 19th
The Smiling Moose Pub - South Paris, Maine - July 21st
Bloomfields (Duo with Mike) - Skowhegan, Maine - July 26th
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - July 27th
Strawberry Festival (Granary Brew Pub)- Farmington, Me. - july 28th
Blueberry Festival - Wilton, Maine - August 4th
Lookout Pub - Belfast, Maine - August 17th
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - September 14th
Northern Outdoors - The Forks, Maine - September 28th
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My Interests

I am a musican at heart. I have the privilage of working with three awesome professional musicians with our band gristlestick. Currently we are back in Maine off our 3 1/2 month west coast Flesh Tunes Tour and are now back kickin' it in Maine for the home crowd. I play percussion, guitar, ukulele, some piano, harmonica, and banjo. I am also into composing electronic music. One of my other favorite activities is weight lifting. I have been body building for 6 years now. It seems as though a good portion of my life is spent in the gym, but there is nothing else better to do in Maine sometimes.

I'd like to meet:

The man on the moon and Elvis.

Music:

I'm into everything from bluegrass to soul. You name it and I probably like it. Except hardcore gansta rap, that crap is insulting to my ears. I love hip-hop and rap, but that G-unit 50 cent crap just doesn't cut it as art in my book.

Movies:

Revenge of the Nerds II- Nerds in Paradise, Army of Darkness, Orgazmo

Television:

Chappelle Show, Southpark, Simpsons, Family Guy, Dave Attell's Insomniac

Books:

Crime and Punishment, Breakfast of Champions, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Dante's Inferno, The second edition of Arnold's Encyclopdia of Modern Bodybuilding.

Heroes:

Powdered Toast Man, Beakman (from Beakman's World), Zheng He, Gutenburg, Martin Luther, and Hardcore Jesus and the Crossbones.

My Blog

arg...I hate this town.

Sometimes people make me want to shoot myself in the face, but then there would be no G-Team..  Better think that one through.  There has to be another way.
Posted by RuSs on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:49:00 PST

the sauce of life

whoa....today a cattle train hit me.  I mean, I didn't even hear it coming.  One second I'm talking about how wonderful my life is and then 'WHAM!'...it was over.  lost ...
Posted by RuSs on Fri, 30 Sep 2005 04:02:00 PST

JAmmin

WE raged it last night at the Port Rouge in Waterville. Great tunes, great people, and especially great food. The fun had to end sometime...so I found myself driving back to Farmington at 5 in the m...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

people are lame

Sometimes I just don't understand how some people work. I feel as though a person is only as good as his or her word, and when they can't even keep the simpliest promise that it shows a great deal ab...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Radio Show

This is totally sweet and awesome! The Had's and I just got a radio show on thursday night from 8-10pm. Now we can usher in each and every thirsty thursday night. 100.1 WUMF!!! Now only if the radi...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

OPen mic rock out

Hadley and I kicked total ass at open mic last night down at the Grain-hole. We actually had a small fan base. It was totally sweet and awesome since we rocked the house. I think the crowd really m...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Bill Gates needs to kick me some cash

this say "tis the season to be jolly" but I find myself not jolly at all. No...no..no..I find myself counting my money over and over after each present I buy to make sure I have enough cash to spread...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

arg....finals lap balls

one final this afternoon..... study all evening.... Jam with Hadley at Open Mic.... study.... wake up tomorrow at 5:30am.... study.... exam at 8:00am.... sleep... gym at 3:30pm... I hate it when every...
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

finals

finals blow goats.....I have three in a row and my senior thesis is due. I am not going to have a life for the next several days....how wonderful....
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My own blog....how....wonderful?

I'm sure everyone is going to have a blast reading this....
Posted by RuSs on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST