CURRENT MISSION

Go to cool places. Meet cool people. Listen to cool music. Drink cool wine. Be cool.

ABOUT ME

Hi. My name is Jack (if it wasn't already obvious). I study English and Creative Writing at Lancaster University, so I live in Lancaster during term time and London during the holidays.

PHILOSOPHY

Just to generally be nice to people I guess. Most people, after all, are pretty cool.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I haven't done it yet, but I guess that's what you sign up to the website to do... I'm looking forward to it!

Interests

I'm mostly interested in literature and music. Usually weird literature and music, but not exclusively.

• writing
• literature
• festivals
• wine
• drinking
• music
• drums

Music, Movies, and Books

According to last.fm these are my favourite musicians: I'm into experimental, ambient, electronic, post-rock and jazz, including:
The Advisory Circle, Kayo Dot, Belbury Poly, Have a Nice Life, The Mars Volta, Olan Mill, Zelienople, Demdike Stare, Lull, Mamoru Fujieda, Barn Owl, Burning Spear, Loscil, Her Name Is Calla, Moon Wiring Club, Boards of Canada, Nick Drake, Muslimgauze, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Carlo Gesualdo, Zoviet France, Aidan Baker, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, King Tubby, Edgard Varèse, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Snowmine, Aphex Twin, Coil, Onra, Autechre, Pan•American, Psychic TV, RX Bandits, Ous Mal, György Ligeti, Giles Corey, Clams Casino, Mirrorring, Bauhaus, Olivier Messiaen, Earth, Cloudkicker, Björk, Comus, Bong-Ra, Actress, Broadcast and The Focus Group, Voices from the Lake, King Crimson.

It's hard to pick favourite books, but some of my favourite authors are James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, Tao Lin, Iain Banks, JG Ballard, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Terry Pratchett, Umberto Eco, and Anton Chekhov... I also like poetry too, from the obvious names like T.S. Eliot, Yeats and Coleridge to less known people like George Macbeth and Alice Oswald

Movies that I like include Brazil, Blade Runner, any Studio Ghibli film, Donnie Darko, Adaptation, The Raid, the Monty Python films, The Wicker Man, Paprika, Koyaanisqatsi, and, naturally, The Room

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played drums at the Royal Festival Hall, one of the biggest venues in London. Was a brilliant experience and inspired me to get much more into listening to and playing music.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom