CURRENT MISSION

Combine community broadcasting with extreme music and Star Trek trivia

ABOUT ME

Radio director and DJ, DIY musician, and big friggin' nerd.

PHILOSOPHY

Creation and criticism are the two most important aspects to life, and one must do both to truly understand something.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Guiding people new to the great state of Montana.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The best travel stay I have ever had was at a basement apartment called Chateau Seascum. There was live music and poetry and way too many couches for everyone. Unfortunately, there was no bad skinemax, so I had to drop them a letter grade.

Interests

Local shows and music. community radio, television, and film. science fiction television. Music appreciation. Craft beer. television and film in general. Cultural criticism. uneven punctuation. Fine food.

• poetry
• singing
• diy
• festivals
• dining
• beer
• trivia
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• live music
• country music
• guitar
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC
Titus Andronicus, Josh Ritter, DC Snipers, Spiderbags, Panopticon, Sun Ra, Frank Wright Quartet, Ornette Coleman, Madlib, J Dilla, Richard Hell, Television, Black Flag, Gorilla Biscuits, Fugazi, Fucked Up, White Lung, FIDLAR, Ryan Adams, Dan Deacon, Graham Parsons, Phosphorescent, Townes Van Zandt, Cowboy Junkies, The Replacements, Husker Du, Death, Unstoppable Death Machines, The Men, Bruce Springsteen, King Elephant, Goddammitboyhowdy, KARP, Murder by Death, DOOM, Deafheaven, Converge, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Gun Club, The Pogues, Sigur Ros, Refused, Cascadia, RVIVR, Willis Earl Beal, Howlin' Wolf, Al Green, Liquor Store, Frank Ocean, Charles Bradley, TV on the Radio

TELEVISION & FILM
Cinema Paradiso, Star Trek (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, ENT, Wrath of Khan through Undiscovered Country, excepting Final Frontier), Three Colors,, Babylon 5, Slings and Arrows, Wes Anderson in general, Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Oldboy, Infernal Affairs, This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, City of God, Fringe, X-Files, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Bob's Burgers, The Conversation, Valhalla Rising, Together, The Future, Key and Peele, Annie Hall, Everyone Says I Love You,

BOOKS
Everything Ravaged Everything Burned, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Corrections, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, The Diary of Adam, Paradise Lost, God Knows, A Visit from the Goon Squad, Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Jazz, Winter in the Blood, The Canterbury Tales, Juliet Naked, The Favourite Game, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Oronoko

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was playing a country music festival when a tornado hit my home town. It completely destroyed the local convention center and several buildings, as well as flooded the downtown area. It was one of those moments where you feel dwarfed by the enormity of nature.

Teach, Learn, Share

CAN TEACH:
Banjo
guitar
mandolin
singing saw
classical voice

WANT TO LEARN:
Woodworking
Luthiering
whether or not luthiering is really a word
plumbing
electrical (both home and equipment)
Farming

WANT TO SHARE
music- tapes, cds of someones most esoteric music
music- to play with someone!
music- to exchange what another person has made
mostly, any cultural artifact.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States