CURRENT MISSION

Experience places

ABOUT ME

I am an American national living in the middle east and studying international relations in Switzerland. I enjoy history, art, and music. I prize good conversation and a full night.

PHILOSOPHY

I wont ever hurt you, please do the same. I believe in generosity over reciprocation. I am pro-digital, pro-globalization, anti-huntington.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cannot host for now but I travel and happily share a coffee with anyone traveling in Ticino.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surf a few times a year and guide for people in Lugano and Ticino when I can.
Whenever I surf I do the most I can for the least I can. I like live music but mostly just being off the path.

Interests

Good music before anything else. Good music, good company, wine. I like to stay busy during the day and go out at night, but will always choose the latter.

• arts
• wine
• coffee
• news
• traveling
• music
• live music
• history
• international relations
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

I like hip-hop, electro, and rock and roll. I like experimental music and the avant garde but also shitty pop nonsense.

Death Grips, Boody, Le1f, Seedeeaa, cedaa, Dessa, Zebra Katz, Zro, Trae, UZ, B L A C K I E, What So Not, Slim Thug, Pharoahe Monch, Bun B, Immortal Technique, Hudson Mohawke, TNGHT, The Weeknd, Cakes da Killa, Massive Attack, Cities Aviv,

Neneh Cherry + The Thing, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Nina Simone, T Bird and the Breaks, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Morcheeba, Al Green, Bobby Womack, The Seatbelts, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Don Ellis Orchestra

Holly Herndon, Son Lux, s/s/s, Poolhoover, Lotic, Motul Uburucuduburu, Dan Deacon, Flying Lotus, Portishead, Silver Apples, mtch, aphex twin, How I Quit Crack, Noitu (Macedonia), B.ATL, Russliquid, 0968B3521, Disphilharmonia, NinaGeorgieva, MKDSL (Belgrad), Baths, Diplo, Radiohead, Nosaj Thing, Moby, Crystal Castles, Bondax, Night Drugs, Disco Villains, Sebastian, Whisker Twister, Cookie Monsta, Burial, Four tet, Matmos, LIMB, HIMSELF

S Carey, Oliver Tank, Mary Hopkin, Procol Harum, Queen, Iron and Wine, Sorne, Le Loup, Efterklang, My Brightest Diamond, DM Stith

Savages, Los Skarnales, Modest Mouse, Yann Tiersen, The Simpletons, Andrew Jackson Jihad, White Lung, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Queen, The Tontons, System of a Down

Maurice Ravel, Zbigniew Preisner, Mendlesshon, Tchaikovsky, Paul Glass [sic], Lei Qiang, Gu Guanren, Dave Brubeck, Don Ellis, Samuel Barber, Honneger, Stravinksy, Holly Herndon, Meredith Monk, Arnold Shoenberg

ART: David Weiss, Klimt, Klee, Tony Cragg, James Turell, Giacometti, David Mach, Bacon, Chu Teh-chun, Rothko, Larry Bell, Dan Flavin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked at a news station doing graphics for a bit and I thought that was pretty cool. I've lived in North America, Europe, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Oman, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States