CURRENT MISSION

meshuggah one weekend and autechre the next? yes, yes i think so.

ABOUT ME

i study politics. i listen to death metal. i read way too much non fiction. i play drums. karl marx had a big beard.

PHILOSOPHY

capitalism is lame.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfed in Denmark with my girlfriend. We stayed with an awesome woman named Solgerd. Fantastic experience. We can't say enough good things about it.

Interests

music, drums, pipe bands, film, theatre, books, art that doesn't suck, sustainability, radical politics, karl marx, scandinavia, the outdoors, organic food, micro brewed beer, single malt scotch, tattoos, philosophy, digital photography, traveling

• arts
• books
• photography
• tattoos
• dining
• beer
• organic food
• instructor
• politics
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• drums
• outdoor activities

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
aborted, beneath the massacre, bloodbath, decapitated (RIP Vitek), degrade, deicide, dying fetus, emeth, necrophagist, nile, perimeter, skinless, vital remains, suffocation, cattle decapitation, amoral, animosity, arsis, between the buried and me, glass casket, lamb of god, burn the priest, byzantine, the dillenger escape plan, dragonforce, into eternity, dream theater, the faceless, meshuggah, fredrik thordendal's special defects, coprofago, in flames, job for a cowboy, light this city, opeth, pantera, the red chord, sleep terror, tool, isis, old apocalyptica, alice in chains, audioslave, smashing pumpkins, soundgarden, stone temple pilots, a perfect circle, buckethead, les claypool, primus, cake, dredg, incubus, the mars volta, nine inch nails, porcupine tree, 3, rage against the machine, tenacious d, black sabbath, jimi hendrix, king crimson, led zeppelin, pink floyd, frank zapa, radiohead, thom yorke, explosions in the sky, do make say think, godspeed you! black emperor, mogwai, mono, red sparowes, sigur ros, bob marley, moby, the dust brothers, paul oakenfold, trentemoller, aphex twin, autechre, boards of canada, four tet, squarepusher, vector lovers, dj shadow, massive attack, portishead, xploding plastix, thievery corporation, dead prez, aesop rock, the roots, sage francis, chris potter, dave holland, dexter gordon, john coltrane, john scofield, all miles davis, arturo sandoval, jaco, herbie hancock, madeski martin & wood, james brown, eric whitacre...

SOME DIRECTORS:
darren aronofsky
stanley kubrick
michel gondry
wes anderson
christopher guest
fernando meirelles
alejandro gonzález iñárritu
lars von trier
the cohen bros
richard linklater

SOME DOCUMENTARIES:
word wars, murderball, control room, the corporation, why we fight, eyes on the prize, taxi to the dark side, power of nightmares, any film involving noam chomsky or robert mcchesney, the revolution will not be televised, dave chapelle's block party

MORE MOVIES:
fight club, the godfather series, american history x, boondock saints, the triplets of bellville, amelie, the village, romeo + juliet, office space, , i [heart] huckabees, montey python films, kiss kiss bang bang, lucky number slevin, little miss sunshine, sometimes in april, schindler's list, the motorcycle diaries, syriana, goodnight and goodluck, munich, paradise now, v for vendetta, most musical theater, most bruce lee

BOOKS:
1984, homage to catalonia, no logo, shock doctrine, lies my teacher told me, brave new world, fight club (anything by chuck), a people's history of the united states 1492-present, nickel and dimed, high fidelity, house of leaves, stranger in a strange land, the unbearable lightness of being, the giver, one flew over the cukoo's nest, slaughter house 5 (anything by kurt), fast food nation, all the presidents men, days of war nights of love

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a drumming instructor and play in a couple bands. My roommates play guitar. There's a lot of music at this place.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States