CURRENT MISSION

avoid becoming an adult & continue to fill up passports!

ABOUT ME

i play drums in a band called caribou and love to travel when i'm not already on tour! i generally perfer to travel with a loose itinerary and hope to meet inspiring people along the way that may guide my path.

PHILOSOPHY

life is short, make the most of it. pursue a path that makes sense to you and don't let others convince you otherwise.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i think CS is a pretty genius idea. i always enjoy travel better through the eyes of a local. i hope i can do the same for you if you happen to swing by my humble place in toronto.

Interests

writing music, recording music, listening to vinyl records, taking photographs of locals as I travel, avoiding old ladies that snarl at me after taking such photographs, mate tea, porridge with ginger, 85% dark chocolate, airport luggage scams, cooking without recipes, coffee with cardamom, overcoming my naturally shy disposition, cherry blossoms in the spring, downhill skiing, building snowmen, progressive thinking, cold water swimming, biking around toronto, stop-motion animation, making music videos, photoshop, trying any and all food as long as it's vegetarian

• writing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• chocolate
• coffee
• vegetarian
• traveling
• music
• drums
• cycling
• skiing
• swimming
• animation
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

music:
turkish psych, afro-beat, cumbia, chillwave, indie rock/pop (although i hate that term), kraut rock, free jazz, psych, congolese, eithiopiques, hip hop, r&b, noise music, detroit techno, house, disco,
i have a lot of music to share and love to discover artists i haven't heard.

movies:
generally dislike hollywood, although sometimes they get it right. werner herzog is amazing and his antarctic doc is one of my favs. recently i've enjoyed: a separation, i wish, elena, harvest, garbage warrior

books:
independent people, istanbul, the road, geography of bliss, shadow cities

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Toured supporting Radiohead in 2012.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom

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