I am married with adult children.
From Boston.
I live in New Bedford, Mass.
I enjoy art, music and literature.
I drink gas station coffee.
I am a semi retired commercial fisherman.
I work for DPW at Burning Man.
I am a Tour Manager, Merch guy, PA type who has toured with punk bands.
I do graphic design for bands/musicians or otherwise just as a visual outlet for creativity. .
I also write doggerel poetry.

I normally travel for a few months in the US annually and wander in a controlled fashion to see America. This helps to recharge my spiritual batteries. I ride Freight trains, hitchhike, take cl rideshares or fly; sometimes synchronized together while accepting temporary vows of poverty. I move slow or cheap while utilizing nontraditional modes of travel to explore the hidden intersections of geography and humanity.

PHILOSOPHY: Illogical Logistics
To go where I want, when I want without regard to how much cash I have. Travel direction does not dictate destination. Since the universe has a funny way of aligning itself and connecting those of us in it to exactly where we are supposed to be; its best to embrace all that is magical, spontaneous and serendipitous and just hang on for the ride.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have surfed while traveling and I really enjoy connecting with the random people whom I encounter on the road or hanging out with others who are traveling to/through New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Interests

Living the simple life and avoiding capitalism when ever possible. Making digital art/graphic design, writing doggerel poetry, riding BMW adventure motorcycles, single speed bicycles, burning the man, collecting and wearing Adidas sneakers. I have volunteered a bunch for nonprofits doing epic shit. I crave more epic shit to do. I really want to link up with more interesting and creative people. I have become introverted some in the last decade yet prefer to be more social, active and adventurous in my daily routine while home in NBMA. I hope to continue to meet and interact with fellow eccentrics, artists, dreamers, thinkers, radicals and travelers. Lets get coffee, invite me to a party, recruit me to participate in making art, startup a biz, volunteer at a festival, attend an event or otherwise just shoot the breeze. I am not constricted by any 9-5 obligations and am free most days to simply fart around, read, listen to podcasts, peruse the internet, wander around and do self directed research on ridiculous topics that interest me. *As I write this I am making a disclosure to myself in public and to the universe that I need to obtain a bicycle since for the first times in decades I am without 1.

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Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES:Emperor of the North pole, Scarface, Quicksilver, Traveller, Snatch, Boondock Saints, Godfather(all), Cinderella Man,
MUSIC:Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs, Pogues,Flogging Molly, Real Mckensies, Tossers, Flatfoot 56, Barroom Heroes, Nofx, Lucero, Trampled by Turtles, OCMC, Railroad Earth, Me first and the Gimme Gimmes, Skinny Lister, AJJ, Charley Crockett, Mumford and sons, Johnny Cash, Lost Dog Street Band, Mandolin Orange, Nathaniel Rateliffe/Nightsweats, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Kris Kristopherson, The Band, Sierra Ferrell, The Killers.
BOOKS: Greenlights, Rare Breed, Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Zen & Now, The Shock Doctrine, Long Loneliness, From Union Sq. to Rome, Hopping Freight trains by Duffy Littlejohn, Rogue Warrior.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Got sober then went to Burning Man 5 months later and have stayed sober for over 10+years. I have also returned to hedonistic BM where I work seasonally. I remain sober & also celibate.

Teach, Learn, Share

Meow, Meow, Meow

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories of the rails + the road, commercial fishing, touring with punk rock bands, sobriety, etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Puerto Rico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States