CURRENT MISSION

I'd like to travel and get to know other people in other parts of the world so I can better understand myself and how I fit into the bigger picture...

ABOUT ME

Since retiring from the State of Arkansas in 12/07 I have been enjoying life more than I ever thought possible. But couch surfing could make things even better! I enjoy interacting with people of all ages, races, nationalities, orientation,etc. I'm in the 3rd year of a wonderful relationship with my girlfriend/roommate, Julie. We plan to remain in that relationship for the rest of our lives. It's a good one! Julie got me started reading again and now I'm hooked. Mostly art books but some others too. She can't do any long-distance traveling now because of her job but will be able to later on. I've always had a creative urge which is more manifest now that I have more free time. I've played drums in a band (the Bloodless Cooties) with my son, Jeremy, and our friend, Louisa, for 16 years. I call it "garage rock". I've also played in other bands along the way, but the Cooties are my first love. I also do loop compositions on my computer and have released 2 CD's of this music ("Smell the Love" and "On Fire"). You can hear some of my tunes at myspace.com/jerrycolburn Last but not least, I do visual art---painting, collage and photography...much more since I retired. I've been showing my art for 20+ years, mostly in Arkansas. My art blog/website is at jerrycolburn.blogspot.com I hope you'll check it out. I post 2-3 new pieces daily! I have an archive of several thousand pieces of art. I consider myself spiritual but have no interest in organized religion. I was a member of the spiritual community, Adidam, for a while and will always be influenced by the teachings of Adi Da Samraj. Not into sports very much, no NASCAR...I now have a garden in my back yard (my first in decades). It's great to go get dinner out of your own yard! I am a carnivore, but eat lots of veggies too. I bought a house 5 years ago in Argenta, the Historic District of North Little Rock. I grew up in this neighborhood so it's good to be back. Have lived all my life in the Little Rock area except for a year or so in San Francisco (in the late 60's, early 70's). Lived in Haight-Ashbury and did all the good Hippie stuff. I want to see some of the rest of the world now while I'm healthy and can afford it. I forgot to mention that Fez Marconi was my DJ name back in the 80's. I was a DJ at KABF, a local non-profit radio station for 4 years. Sooooo...Hope to see you on the trail.....
PS- I'm VERY ALLERGIC TO CATS!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live...Do unto others as I would have others do unto me....Pay attention to what others have to say! Honor the Divine in all beings...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just starting with couch surfing...

Interests

(see above)

• cats
• arts
• books
• photography
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• auto racing
• blogging
• painting
• music
• drums
• surfing
• sports
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Gosh, too many to list...but some movies are Cabaret, Basquiat, An Angel at My Table, Raging Bull, Flawless, any Stan Brakhage, Seconds, Monk-Straight No Chaser, The Truman Show, Friday After Next, Love is the Devil, Into the Wild, Eraserhead (and David Lynch in general), A Hard Days Night, Chasing Amy, Waiting For Guffman (my all time favorite comedy), Coen Brothers, This Is Spinal Tap, Up in Smoke, Dead Man, the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Weeds, True Blood, Gangs of New York, The Spy Who Shagged Me, the Big Leibowski, Chrystal, George Washington (and All the Real Girls), The Matador, Tetsuo(the Iron Man), My Cousin Vinny and several thousand more...

Music? eh, there's Dylan, the Stones, the Beatles, Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band, Velvet Underground, lots of Richard & Linda Thompson, Amadou & Mariam, Einsturzen Neubauten, Camper Van Beethoven, Nelly, Outkast, Donovan, Be Good Tanyas, My Robot Friend, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Dowd, all pre-1960 R'n'B, Gillian Welch, Buena Vista Social Club, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonious Monk, Nat King Cole, Os Mutantes, Patti Page, Tav Falco, MC5, Manfred Mann, Nina Simone, the Drifters, Chet Baker(vocals), Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, the Zombies, 5.6.7.8's, 13th Floor Elevators (and Roky), A3, ABBA, Alex Chilton(Big Star), Ali Farka Toure, Amon Tobin, Amy Winehouse (bad girl!), Angelo Badalamenti, the Animals, Anita O'Day, Astrud Gilberto, B52's, Black Box Recorder, Beach Boys, Beat Happening, Black Moth Super Rainbow, School of 7 Bells, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Captain Beefheart, Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, New York Dolls, Nick Drake, Bobby Bare, the Lyres, the Modern Lovers, Bobby Blue Bland, Brewer and Shipley, Daniel Johnston, Buffalo Springfield, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Gram Parsons(Flying Burrito Brothers), Byrds, all Bossa Nova, R.L. Burnside, Jr. Kimbrough, T-Model Ford, Steely Dan...I could go on for a long time here.....

Books? ummmm.....The Knee of Listening by Franklin Jones, Lives of the Artists by Calvin Tompkins, Fatu-Hiva by Thor Heyerdahl, any Bill Bryson, Into the Wild, Paul Theroux's travel books, any Carlos Castaneda(I don't care if they're true or not!), any e.e.cummings, On the Road by Kerouac, Nog by Rudolph Wurlitzer, any books on contemporary artists i like.
Oh, yeah, artists.....there's Picasso, Matisse, Leger, Kandinsky, Pollock, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Jean Paul Riopelle, Arthur Dove, the COBRA Group, Tapies, Joel-Peter Witkin, Julian Schnabel, Basquiat, Warhol, Don Van Vliet, Keith Haring, all the German Expressionists, Cindy Sherman, Marcel Duchamp, Cezanne, Chagall, Paul Klee, Andre Kertesz, Jean Dufy, Francis Picabia, Seurat, Hans Arp, Sophie Tauber Arp, Braque, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Tamara de Lempicka, Marie Laurencin, Dali, all the DaDa artists, Georges Roualt, Jean Dubuffet, many outsider artists, de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Man Ray, Ralph Steadman, Wynn Bullock, the list goes on and on.....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the birth, youth and maturing of my wonderful son, Jeremy...

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to share my love of art and music with others. Maybe leave a painting here & there...I can share some of my loop compositions at myspace.com/jerrycolburn
and my art at
jerrycolburn.blogspot.com
and I want to learn anything anyone wants to teach me...

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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