I live in Chicago where I work for a book distributor and sometimes play drums. I am active member of my community (the Albany Park neighborhood) where I participate in tenant organizing and local politics.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I did a lot of couchsurfing years ago on a vacation to Europe. I have not been very active since then but am trying to keep my account current, to use to meet new people in my current travels.

Interests

Music - I play drums and concert percussion.
Books of all sorts, especially classics.
Film.
Travel.
Beer.
Humor.
Learning. About anything.

• humanities
• writing
• books
• literature
• performing arts
• concerts
• beer
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• drums
• camping
• surfing
• cartography
• geography
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - There Will Be Blood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Apocalypse Now, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bladerunner, Dr. Strangelove, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, A Serious Man, Black Dynamite, Deer Hunter, Eastern Promises, Knocked Up, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Schizopolis, Children of Men, and most of all Wizard People, Dear Reader.

Music - Medeski, Martin and Wood, Club D'Elf, Stanton Moore, Garage a Trois, Robert Walter, Happy Apple, Bad Plus, The Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes, Deerhoof, Tune-Yards, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, Galactic, The New Mastersounds, Animal Collective, Beethoven, The Meters, Dr. John, Man Man, Lightning Bolt, Leo Kottke, Coltrane, Holy Fuck, Daedelus, Galactic, Cake, Big Mama Thornton, Baths

Books - Dostoevsky, Hemingway, Murakami, Kafka, Heller, Tolstoy, Vonnegut, Edward Abbey, Nietzsche, Arendt, Foucault, Emerson, Dewey, Kaplan, Murukami

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States