I'm a Swedish culture journalist, TV-producer, editor and musician, currently based in Kanagawa, Japan - right outside of Tokyo, where I work mainly for Swedish and English language media. Between 2010 and 2020 I lived in California; San Francisco and California. and I also currently study TV-production/development full time at UCLA. On my downtime I play music as a singer-songwriter.

For more about my journalism, visit: www.augustinpalm.se
For more about my music, visit: www.augustinsongs.com

PHILOSOPHY

Meaning is created, not discovered.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed a few people's couches, which was great, and met a bunch of new friends on my travels through CS.

Interests

Music (playing and listening), writing, literature, film, quality television, art, graphic design, comics, traveling, food, pop culture, sub cultures, absurdism.

Music, Movies, and Books

TV: HBO, Showtime, FX Networks, Comedy Central

Film: From Michael Haneke to Hal Hartley to Werner Herzog to Todd Solondz to Park Chan-Wook to Hayao Miyazaki.

Music: Electronica, indiepop/rock, singer/songwriters, hiphop, minimalism, soul, jazz, drum'n'bass, dubstep, grime, house, dub, ambient, electro, drone, slowcore, matchore, lo-fi, postrock and much more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Many, for example the unreal and totally amazing art island of Naoshima in Japan, or swimming by the island of Ilha Grande in Brazil, or walking the lava fields in Iceland, or exploring the national park Yosemite in California.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to think that I can inspire through being active in a bunch of creative fields, and that I learn others from having a both broad and deep knowledge about pop culture and sub cultures. I've also pondered life's bigger questions, from the Seto Inland Sea to the deep woods of Sweden.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Spain, Sweden, United States

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