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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
I would like to encourage and support the development of counter-culture, particularly in the United States.
ABOUT ME
I was born and have been raised in New York City. I spend most of my time reading American literature, criticizing society, and playing music. I am a student at Brooklyn College, getting a bachelors in American Studies and a minor in English and Sociology. I am preparing to undertake fieldwork related to my studies this summer: I hope to compile a survey of Modern day counter-culture, focusing on the social environments that surround rock music. I intend to photograph, film, and record the music and some of situations that surround my band's tour across the United States. When I get back in the fall, I am going to piece all the recordings and images I collect into a compendium that will be accompanied by a literary explication of what I think the counter-cultural experience is...
...or whatever the hell it is they're teaching in school these days. There's never a wasted moment tripping over the relation between the social the self--why the hell do we do the things we do?
In whatever way you can. I am mesmerized by music, especially when it's groovy, heavy, and head-batteringly self-destructive. The American Way is a trip, a difficult, often terrible, mentally crippling and exciting thing to deal with. It's why I am fascinated by the blues, rock, jazz, heavy funk, and metal.
UPDATE:
I'm back in Brooklyn, and preparing for an even more Expansively Penetrative American Investigation. I'll be On The Road soon.
DOUBLE UPDATE:
The Second Investigation begins August 1st, 2012 in Detroit!
PHILOSOPHY
God is objectivity
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I hope to bind the musical community closer together. I am also happy to host anyone who visits Brooklyn, and hope to visit as much of the CS community as I can over the summer.
Interests
Funk; Metal; Rock; Literature; Argumentation; Beer; Live Music; Inebriated Dancing
- culture
- literature
- dancing
- beer
- reading
- music
- live music
- jazz
- rock music
- guitar
- blues
- sociology
Music, Movies, and Books
Led Zeppelin; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Parliament; The Ohio Players; Black Sabbath; Pantera; Credence Clearwater Revival; Stevie Wonder; AC/DC, to name a few.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Hunter S. Thompson
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
The Himalayan Farm Project (Himalayanfarmproject.com)
Teach, Learn, Share
I hope to develop an extensive knowledge of the Counter-Culture that developed in the 1960s. Part of that knowledge includes my funkin' bass guitar. I can share any musical knowledge I have.
What I Can Share with Hosts
A good home cooked meal and sweet serenading
Countries I’ve Visited
Costa Rica, India, Italy, Netherlands, Panama