CURRENT MISS

ABOUT ME

I'm a characterful musician and artist who is finding her own way..
I've been building a wonderful, creative world and I'm looking for people to inspire me(and to have great conversations with!)

PHILOSOPHY

to be creative and positive..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i love the idea of cultural exchange.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed with a few people in poland..ages ago now.very nice experiences!

Interests

listening and playing left field music..
urban exploration
painting..
all my interests are reflected in the CS groups i have joined..

Music, Movies, and Books

Here are some films I love...they are MOSTLY DOCUMENTARIES,

smithereens,meet the feebles,capturing the friedmans, blood on satans claw,art school confidential,vinyl a hilarious, grim and whistful look at torontos OCD record collecting community....dig!, king of sunset strip,nick broomfield, kumbh meladoc, the eyes of tammy faye, jan svenkmajer,john waters,harold and maude, waltz with bashir, mike leigh, ken loach, quay brothers, kuchar brothers,i heart hukabees, the colour of pomemgrantes, ghost world,keep the river on your right,grizzly man,cinemania and some political films including the doc guerilla girl.

A tiny dab of some of the music I like..
YEAH I'm into music in a BIG way!!!

el guincho, joglaresa,betty and the werewolves,rembetika,speak and spells,the shaggs,the gossip,dat politics,camaron de la isla,justin bond,claudine longet,henry purcell,yma sumac,ariel pink,girls in the garage,hamilton yarns,an experiment on a bird in the air pump,stereo total,jonathan richman,the cramps,einsterzende neubaten,azalia snail,dame darcy,captain beefheart handsome family, the organ,interpol,the owl service,the books,buriel,benjamin wetherill,the shins,tom waits,freezepop,the north sea,magnetic fields, glasvegas,herman dune, ataraxia,blossom dearie,fulborn teversham,salt and blue,long blondes, quack quack,moondog, diamanda galas, current 93, rod keith, song poems archive, wfmu podacsts,harry partch, nico, stone breath, sharon krausss,black ox orkestar,jackie mittoo,gae bolg,nalle,tuung,vibracatheral orchestra,holly golightly,room of katinas,corvus corax,projectKOMAKINO, the tiger lillies,
crystal castles,broadcast, united states of america, marissa nadler,lou harrison, anything on the sublime frequencies or pickled egg labels

artist: blek le rat, grayson perry, nikki de saint phalle, jeremy deller, austin osman spare,nan goldin, elizabeth peyton, nek chand

radio: BBC 4 and BBC 3 and also "this american life" NPR.

Currently, my favourite book is the thought-provoking family story comic "fun home" by alison bechdel..I'm also quite keen on edward abbey, h.p.lovecraft,james baldwin,jan fries,arthur machen,hubert selby jr,christopher isherwood"mr norris changes trains" grayson perry autobiography,lame deer "seeker of visions", mortiz thomsen,chuck klosterman,james ellroy"my dark places", andrew holleran,rumi, lama surya das,aravind adiga "white tiger", jack kornfield,"a woman of berlin" anonymous,lautremont,studs terkel,peterhall, "london voices,london lives" chimamanda ngozi adichie, raoul vaneigem, dorothy allison,bob dylan "chronicles" ,leslie feinberg "stone butch blues",pema chodron, cookie mueller, jan kerouac yes jack's daughter..she deserves to be better known!william dalrymple"from holy mountain","the age of kail" comet bus, william least heat moon,bruce chatwin"songlines",rohinton mistry "a fine balance",bulgalov,and david wojnarowicz

television: documentaries,BBC4, the owl service bored to death

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States