HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Currently pretty new to the project, but I'm really excited about the concept! I'd love to help people discover the city that has been my home for the past two years.

A sampling: eternal sunshine, before sunrise/sunset, almost famous, good will hunting, finding neverland daisy may, ben folds, yo la tengo, jens lekman, the new pornographers, david rovics, ryan harvey and the gang at riot folk, fiona apple, old crow medicine show, frank sinatra, ella fitzgerald, emmylou harris, ryan adams, billie holiday, ingrid michaelson, jewel (of the 'pieces of you' years), joni mitchell, leonard cohen, louis armstrong, iron and wine, my morning jacket, rocky votolato, okkervil river, nada surf, the national, norah jones, pete yorn, arcade fire, the postal service, radiohead, red house painters, ray lamontagne, rilo kiley, the stones, rufus, sarah harmer, the shins, stevie wonder, tegan and sara, the velvet underground, wilco boys life, the god of small things, the world according to garp, one hundred years of solitude, the giving tree, 1984, heart of darkness, harry potter, me talk pretty one day, the corporation, jude the obscure