CURRENT MISSION

To play the guitar for such a long time in a row that my fingers will vanish into nothing.

ABOUT ME

I'm Tom from Holland, my life circles around three major issues, which are playing music, listening to music and talking about music. Other things I tend to do are reading books, running, sitting in bars for too long, dreaming, talking and a tons of other comparable stuff.

PHILOSOPHY

I think I can describe myself as a laughing nihilist. Life here on earth is purely coincidental, but I try not to let it bring me down, but cheerfully laugh at this bizarre world of ours.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I only recently discovered Couchsurfing but it struck me as an extremely brilliant initiative. Now I try to participate by hosting a couch in Utrecht, right in the middle of The Netherlands, and at the moment by travelling through Canada with the help of Couchsurfing.

Interests

Music, literature, arts, architecture, history, world news, journalism

• arts
• books
• literature
• architecture
• running
• drinking
• news
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• history
• journalism
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Festen, Det Sjunde Inseglet, Apocalypse Now, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -> well, actually all movies that are well thought-out and well-made.

Music: Bob Dylan, Sonic Youth, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr., The Tallest Man on Earth, Bon Iver, A Place to Bury Strangers, Cat Power, Neil Young, The Jesus and Mary Chain, PAVEMENT, The Strokes, well, just music that carries something unique.

Books: The Brothers Karamazov, Everything is Illuminated, Life of Pi, Anna Karenina, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Godverdomse Dagen op een Godverdomse Bol, The Master and Marguerita, Don Quixote, In Cold Blood, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drinking whiskey with Jason Merritt from Timesbold, in a small town in Belgium, discussing religion.

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmmm, I can learn you to play basic guitar I suppose, and how to speak Dutch, but let's be honest, who wants to speak Dutch?

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands