CURRENT MISSION

Taking over Richmond, VA.

ABOUT ME

I've played in bands for most of my life. I'm active in the Girls Rock Camp movement, coordinating camps in two different cities and serving on the board of the Girls Rock Camp Alliance. I work as volunteer coordinator for a statewide domestic and sexual violence advocacy organization. I'm Loud Music Director for WRIR LP 97.3 community radio. I studied forestry in college and love hiking, camping, and other outdoorsy stuff. I do a lot of community organizing work. I book metal/punk/experimental/noise shows, though a little less now than I did when I was in Knoxville.

PHILOSOPHY

Drink a cup of coffee every day, don't trust anyone, and floss.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hundreds of bands have played at my house and slept on my couch. I love to cook for big groups of people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I played in touring bands for years, so I have slept in many and varied situations, some more palatable than others. From this I gained the ability to fall asleep anywhere, be it chair, van, bare concrete floor, etc.

Interests

guitars, coffee, cats, hiking, camping, forestry, metal, DIY, museums, architecture, experimental music, noise, noise rock, electronic music, house music, moonshine, east EN/southern appalachian history & culture, indigenous studies, early american studies, francophone studies

• cats
• architecture
• diy
• coffee
• electronic music
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• forestry
• heavy metal
• metal
• noise
• french
• punk
• community organizing
• experimental music
• girls rock camp

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: black metal, death metal, grindcore, experimental, house, electronic, noise, noise rock, post-rock, pop. Pale Fire is my favorite book. Andrei Rublev is my favorite movie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Booked hundreds of metal and punk shows in my house over an eight year period without ever being shut down by the cops.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach music lessons (guitar, voice, bass, very basic drums), home recording, electronics, instrument and pedal repair, french, knitting, crocheting, screenprinting, forestry concepts...

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States