I'll leave this space for a good joke.

PHILOSOPHY

"Abraham Lincoln once said that 'If you're a racist, I will attack you with the North,' and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace" (Michael Scott).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling and communicating with people from around the world

Interests

• cycling
• basketball
• biology
• geography
• history
• physics
• adventures
• cinematograph

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC

Mostly 1950-70s music, some classical and ethnic music, performers and bands like: AC/DC, Adele, Adriano Celentano, Alamo Race Track, Algiers, Alt-J, Amy Winehouse, Angus & Julia Stone, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Asian Dub Foundation, Atlantida Project, Atoms for Peace, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Billie Holiday, Bill Withers, Biting Elbows, Björk, Black Sabbath, Blonde Redhead, Blue Foundation, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Brigitte Bardot, Buena Vista SC, Carmen McRae, Cat Power, CCR, Charles Bradley, Cheese People, Chic, Chinese Man, Coldplay, Daft Punk, Dakh Daughters, Danger Mouse, David Bowie, David Lynch, Dean Martin, De La Mancha, Deltron 3030, Depeche Mode, Dinah Washington, Dire Straits, DMX, Doris Day, Dubioza kolektiv, Dusty Springfield, Edith Piaf, Eels, Elbow, Ella & Louis, Elvis Presley, Emiliana Torrini, Empathy Test, Emy Jackson, EoDM, Fanfarlo, Fats Domino, Fleetwood Mac, Foals, Foster the People, France Gall, Fugees, Gnarls Barkley, Gogol Bordello, Gorillaz, Hawkwind, House of Pain, Iggy, the Stooges, Irma Thomas, Jack White, Jacqueline Taïeb, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, J.J. Cale, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Julee Cruise, Junip, Kaiser Chiefs, Kaliber 44, Kasabian, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Lisa Germano, Little Richard, Louis Prima, Madness, Marie Laforêt, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, MGMT, Mission of Burma, Moby, Modest Mouse, Molotov, Morcheeba, Motörhead, Nancy Sinatra, Neutral Milk Hotel, New Order, Nick Cave & the BS, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Niyaz, Oasis, Onyx, Otis Redding, Pearl Jam, Peggy Lee, Phantogram, Philip Selway, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Portishead, Preoccupations, Public Enemy, Queens of the Stone Age, Radical Face, Radiohead, Ramones, RATM, Ray Charles, R.E.M, Röyksopp, Sex Pistols, PiL, Skye, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Stelsi, Sting, Talking Heads, Tame Impala, Télépopmusik, The Andrews Sisters, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Castaways, The Chordettes, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Clash, The Cure, The Doors, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, The Handsome Family, The ISB, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Kinks, The Knife, The Mamas & the Papas, The Police, The Prodigy, The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, The Specials, The Stone Roses, The Stranglers, The Strokes, The Velvet Underground, The Verve, The Vibrators, The White Stripes, The Who, The xx, Thom Yorke, Tinariwen, Tommy James & the Shondells, Tones on Tail, Transglobal Underground, Travis, T. Rex, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Veronica Falls, Wooden Shjips, Wu-Tang Clan, Yasmine Hamdan, Young Dubliners, Zaz, Zero 7, АлтайКай, Брати Гадюкiни, Бумбокс, ВВ, Громыка, ДахаБраха, Друга Ріка, Земфира, Ляпис Трубецкой, Монеточка, Мумий Тролль, Ніна Матвієнко, Океан Ельзи, Скрябін, Сплин, ТГК, ТНМК, Хуун-Хуур-Ту.

MOVIES

Movies by Wesley Wales Anderson, Denis Villeneuve, Jim Jarmusch, Coen brothers, Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Quentin Jerome Tarantino.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled about 3 months without money across Russia, Mongolia, Central Asia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation, Ukraine