CURRENT MISSION

Radicalizando al Mexicano

ABOUT ME

Obscure Music/Altoid/Movie "addict", dreamer with his head in the past (literally!), easy-going, geek wannabe. I'm a US/Mexico dual national just settling into Guadalajara, Mexico now...

I'm keeping it short n' sweet...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After meeting some CS-ers via my buddy Scott here in Guadalajara hosting people, I lost my "CS virginity" in Portland/Seattle/Vancouver BC recently, and now I'm pretty much set to host folks down here in Mexico!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

And yeah my 1st couch that's been surfed....it's been uberexcellent! Portland has been such a kind place to me, in part due to the CS contingent there! Great city, great folks!

So I'll be continuing to meet other CS-ers...which landed me on the site in the first place, however I'm looking forward to participating more in one way or another...

Interests

History, culture, archaeology, anthropology, prehistory, indigenous peoples, "underground" music (post-rock, posthardcore, post-black metal, folk-rock, neofolk, underground hip-hop/trip-hop, experimental, prog), indigenous and folkloric music, independent film, foreign film, sequential art/independent comic books, religion/mythology, gnosticism, wisdom, postmodernist theory, hiking, nature, activism, ...

• arts
• culture
• books
• music
• hiking
• anthropology
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Bands/artists: Anathema, Porcupine Tree, The Gathering, Bogus Blimp, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, No-Man, Thomas Mapfumo, Opeth, Lila Downs, PJ Harvey, Bjork, Patti Smith, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, When, Rocket From the Crypt, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Portishead, Nomeansno, Antimatter, Katatonia, Grimskunk, Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn, Mr Bungle, Solefald, Edge of Sanity, Pan-Thy-Monium, Nightingale, Elend, Samael, Los Folkloristas, Lamb, The Mars Volta, Motörhead, Dodheimsgard, Arcturus, Devin Townsend, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Autumnblaze, Pedestrian, Orphaned Land, Bass Communion, Agalloch, Tomahawk, Therion, Dead Can Dance, Hedningarna, The Pixies, The 3rd and the Mortal, Fantômas, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Muse, Patience Mudeka, Cynic, Sigur Ros, A Silver Mount Zion, Faith No More, Tenhi, Lamb, Massive Attack, Virus, UNKLE, Dredg, Sopor Aeternus, Rosetta Stone, Calexico, Magnetic Fields, Naervaer, Silvio Rodriguez, Kari Rueslåtten, Bad Religion, The Hanson Brothers, Removal, Tom Holliston, Show Business Giants, Steven Wilson, My Dying Bride, OSI, Aghora, Lid, Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Fleurety, Secret Chiefs 3, Burzum, Arvo Pärt, Bill Laswell, White Willow, Blur, Coil, Nick Cave, Travis, Star of Ash, Ulver, Paatos, Paradise Lost, Control Machete, Low, Gomez, Fugazi, Camel, Cafe Tacvba, Tortoise, Primordial, Pram, Especially Likely Sloth, Split Lip Rayfield, A Perfect Circle, Neil Young, Winds, The Magnetic Fields, Black Sabbath, Blackmore's Night, Andrew W. Bird, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Virgin Black, Apocalyptica, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Kaada, Blackfield, Transmission 0, Isis, Pelican, Of Wand and the Moon, Saturnus, Mastodon, Slayer, Sepultura, Tom McRae, Bubblemath, Pelican, Cult of Luna, Brave Combo, Mouth of the Architect, Falkenbach, Red Sparrowes, Forseti, Nest, Jaga Jazzist, Cinematic Orchestra, Korpiklanni, Falkenbach, Emperor, Sunn O))), Jesu, Ajattara, Lumsk, Iron & Wine, Swans, Mono, Janet Feder, Tristeza, 16 Horsepower, Woven Hand, Ludicra, Faun Fables, Book of Knots, Sonic Youth, Enslaved, Carla Bozulich/Evangelista, UneXpecT, ...

Movies: El Dia de la Bestia, Tesis, Abre los Ojos, Cria Cuervos, Bajo California, La Ley de Herodes, Sobrenatural, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Santa Sangre, El Topo, The Holy Mountain, Chac, Elisa Antes del Fin del Mundo, Last Temptation of Christ, Blue, 12 Monkeys, Brazil, Wings of Desire, Faraway So Close, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Amelie, Central Station, Insomnia, Dead Man, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, Pi, Jacob's Ladder, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Donnie Darko, Whale Rider, Memento, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Felicia's Journey, Naked, Ghost Dog, Waking Life, Slacker, Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Men With Guns, Limbo, Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, El Mariachi, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, 3-Iron, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Tamala 2010, Moog, Rosario Tijeras, Joyuex Noel, The Illusionist, The Prestige, Historias del Desencanto, The Fountain, Into the Wild, ...

Books: coming soon...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Exploring some of the "backwoods" of rural Mexico. (with so much more yet to be experienced!)

Teach, Learn, Share

"Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar....well, it eats you."

Be mindful of your surroundings.

A little bit of language knowledge can go a long way, even when used in the smallest capacity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, Spain, United States

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