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Ecardo

We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators

About Me

Easy going, down-to-earth, insomniac, hypochondriac, usually hungry, generally normal. Guitar aficionado since 1984. Renaissance man since 1420. I am Argentinian born but grew up in Hamburg, Germany, and wound up in Ireland eight years ago.

My Interests

Guitars, Choral Singing, Music, Photography, Design, Architecture, Cycling, Travelling, Cooking, Food, Cinema, Theatre, People, Animals, Machines, Equipment, Tools, Nature, Evolution, Genetics, Darwinism, Existentialism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Alcoholism, Dadaism, Quality, Beer

I'd like to meet:

I am open to suggestions.... Anyway, I don't read blogs, don't do chatrooms, have no interest in new business ideas, and I'm not here for dating, ladies!

Music:

Generally Rock, Classic and Heavy Rock, Blues, Country and Quality Pop as well as Classical Music, particularly Early Music, Renaissance and Baroque Music. To name but a few: Van Halen (with David Lee Roth), The Who (with Keith Moon, see video), ABBA, AC/DC (with Bon Scott), The Police, Scissor Sisters, Pink Floyd (with Roger Waters), pre 1970 Hendrix (haha, see video), pre 1980 Clapton, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Crosby Stills and Nash, Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, J J Cale, Jeff Beck (see video, total genius), Eric Johnson (check out the insane video, nevermind the outfit and his mullet), Greg Koch, Danny Gatton (two more guitar geniuses), Queen, King's X, Frank Zappa (see video), Michael Hedges, Cat Stevens, Del Amitri, early Rolling Stones, Claudio Monteverdi, J S Bach, W A Mozart, Niccolo Paganini.

Movies:

City of God, The Godfather Trilogy, Lost in Translation, This is Spinal Tap, Almost Famous, The Life of Brian, The Last Waltz, Delicatessen, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Local Hero, The Snapper, The Wall, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Downfall, Little Miss Sunshine, The Lives of Others; you get the picture...

Television:

The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, The Osbournes, Discovery stuff, History, Nature, Science, Documentaries, etc

Books:

Robert M Pirsig "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"; Charles Darwin "The Origin of Species"; Richard Dawkins "The Selfish Gene"; most of the Harry Potter series by J K Rowling; J W Goethe "Faust"; Philip Toshio Sudo "Zen Guitar"; Stephen Pinker "The Language Instinct", "The Blank Slate"; Patrick Sueskind "Das Parfum"

Heroes:

General: Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, Leo Fender, Theo Baader (my grandad), Jason Bourne, Tony Soprano. Music: J J Cale, Jimi Hendrix, Edward van Halen, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, Greg Koch, Frank Zappa. Sports: Diego Maradona, George Best. Spiritual: Jesus, Buddha, Yoda