CURRENT MISSION

To picture myself on a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies

ABOUT ME

Music fiend American, in Switzerland for the last 13 years. Late 40s Warner Bros & Tex Avery cartoons are genius and Jimi Hendrix is proof that God exists. I‘m a sucker for classic guitars and a turquoise ‘61 Chevy Impala. Could often use a clue, and could really use a new iPod. I want to seek and celebrate the good in people. I like cats, but I really like dogs. I miss my friends and family in the USA, but no success so far convincing them all to move to Switzerland. I train for and run marathons sometimes (more fun than you think!). I believe humans are built to run. I‘m part of the tiny control group NOT on Facebook. My most addictive drugs are coffee and the internet. Terribly frightened of heights and by the movie The Shining but not of my own death. I should read books more often. I kinda hate clever sarcasm like I kinda hate water, a good night‘s sleep and the sun.

PHILOSOPHY

- The mainstream is often hard to avoid, but let's give it a try sometimes, yeah?
- Give without expectation, accept without feeling obligation
- Feed your soul regularly with music
- The most important time of your life is this very instant
- Without imagination, curiosity and the willingness to try something new, you're as good as dead
- Fresh grated parmesan cheese makes everything better
- Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy vinyl records, cool shoes, coffee ice cream and plane tickets and that ain't bad
- John Lennon wasn't totally right when he said ““All you need is love,“ but he wasn't totally wrong, either

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfin', hostin', dreamin' up crap to put on a profile, etc. etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Starting with falling asleep on the couch in front of the tv as a kid, 40 years worth!

Interests

Movies, reading about music, running, seeing music live, learning German/French, discovering new music, eating righteous food, buying music, frisbee, playing guitar in a rockabilly band, traveling (duh), listening to music, meeting/hanging out with good people, umm, did I mention music?

• cats
• dogs
• books
• dining
• cheese
• coffee
• marathon
• running
• boating
• cartoons
• movies
• reading
• tv
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Barfly, Darjeeling Limited, Dazed and Confused, Shallow Grave, Raging Bull, The Bothersome Man, Stranger Than Paradise, The Graduate, Dog Day Afternoon, High Fidelity, Blade Runner, various Kubrick, Coen Bros, Jim Jarmusch, Monty Python

Books: musician biographies, books about music. Titles: Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life. Authors: Charles Bukowski, Henry Miller, David Sedaris, Bill Hicks

Music: oh man, way too much to list. Favorite band: Hüsker Dü. Favorite musician: Thelonious Monk. Favorite record: My Bloody Valentine -€œ Loveless. I dig The Beatles, Miles Davis, LCD Soundsystem, The Carter Family, Bukka White, Madlib, X-Ray Spex, Elmore James, Emmylou Harris, Pissed Jeans, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Cochran, Wire, The Roots, The Velvet Underground, Juana Molina, Wilson Pickett, Dinosaur Jr., Albert Ayler, The Clash, Billie Holiday, TV on the Radio, Hank Williams, Deerhunter, Joy Division, Q-Tip, Wes Montgomery, Sonic Youth, Earth Wind and Fire, Bill Monroe, Eric Dolphy, Esquivel, Joni Mitchell, Art Blakey, Wanda Jackson, Thee Oh Sees, various indie, post-punk, shoegaze, soul, blues, 70s pop one-hit wonders and an awful lot more...more of a hint: http://www.last.fm/user/sthilearndtoday

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw My Bloody Valentine open for Dinosaur Jr. in 1992. Amazingly, I can still hear! Oh and I saw Iggy Pop in the Newark airport. Ran the New York Marathon: wow.

Teach, Learn, Share

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

The last legal execution of a witch was in 1782 in Switzerland.

Bet you can't lick your elbow.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Switzerland, United States

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