I'm a grad student in ethnomusicology at Memorial University in Newfoundland; I hail from the great city of Philadelphia, PA.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I couchsurfed extensively between 2007-2008 while living out of a van.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

exploring wonderful new orleans, hanging out with pig farmers in idaho, receiving a guided introduction to the marine biology of the oregon coast... couchsurfing is great.

Interests

folk art and its political subtexts, human beings and all the crazy things they can do in combination with one other, music, noise, noise and music, noise in music, music in noise, etc, cities, wilderness, america, places other than america, polar bearing, warming up after polar bearing, books, beer, hot wings, other food that is not hot wings but is still good to eat, sleep, having a full tank of gas and nowhere to be.

• arts
• books
• dining
• beer
• music
• guitar
• biology

Music, Movies, and Books

bach, the books, battles, blue scholars, bach
children of men, there will be blood, the muppet movie
the iliad, learning from somalia: the lessons of armed humanitarian intervention, frog & toad are friends

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some very basic guitar if you teach me balafon. or just if you want to learn some basic guitar. alternately, if you host me, I will play cello for you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, France, Ghana, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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