ABOUT ME

I've lived in Richmond, Virginia and the immediate surrounding areas since I was 6 years old. I have been to 200+ concerts in the last four or five years and am holding on to every bit of hearing that I have left.

PHILOSOPHY

I am on a mission to save the world from mental destruction

Interests

Documentaries, gender studies, Africa, comparative politics, music, all different types of vegetarian food (and I've been suckered into trying seafood a few times lately), the Internet

• documentaries
• concerts
• dining
• seafood
• vegetarian
• politics
• music
• guitar
• gender studies
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Ween, Rolling Stones, Flying Burrito Brothers/Gram Parsons, Oblivians, Captain Beefheart, the Stooges, Big Star, Dead Moon, Sun City Girls, Townes Van Zandt, Reigning Sound, Melvins, Guns N Roses, Grateful Dead, Black Lips, The Faces, Flipper, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Replacements, Jim Ford

Movies: Holy Mountain, Taxi Driver, Dazed and Confused, Brazil, Easy Rider, My Own Private Idaho, Playtime, Short Cuts, Happiness, Amarcord, Satyricon, Naked, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Books: Ulysses, Brothers Karamazov, Infinite Jest

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm decently inadequate at playing guitar and I have an encyclopedia of music and film history lodged inside my head.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States