I was born and raised in the suburbs of Philly, but currently reside in the bustling hive of Brooklyn. Throughout the week I am a teacher and mentor for far too many screaming kindergarden, 1st and 2nd grade kids up in Harlem. They continue to give me as much joy as stress, and as much meaning and direction as I hope to instill in each of them.

Always molded by experience and change. This world is far too large and full of opportunity to settle for mediocrity. Continuing to live voraciously with open arms and hungry eyes. Actively engaged in cleverly crafted sarcasm, optimism, language, music and sounds. I also remain as dedicated to my music as I am to my dreams and can sometimes be a wild dancer, wanderer, a soft pillow, a hopeless poet or an occasional recluse. In a bar one might spot me as another stranger lost in conversation, but occasionally I transform to that scraggly bearded guy writing by the fireplace in the back.

Still living for truth, movement, urban adventure, shooting stars, humans, laughter, concerts, piano, ambient music, midnight musings, beat poetry, singing, composing, performing, dancing, travel, spontaneity, sunsets, the Spanish language, cooking, conversation, cats, linguistic symmetry, words, mermaids, thunderstorms, Iceland, the lyrics of John Darnielle, surfing, meter, writing, heartfelt stares, dusty old books, puns, herbal tea, craft beer, cinnamon french toast.

Finding its meaning and purpose through adventure, new experience and beautiful people.

Making music by candlelight at obscene hours of the night.

Currently living in Brooklyn and mentoring kids in Harlem. The hour commute back and forth through Manhattan is like a roller coaster ride through a zoo, only to arrive at a more insane circus.

listening, kissing, belting falsetto, playing the keys, lucid dreaming, soloing, consoling, cajoling, cathartic creative outbursts

My hair, eyes, smile, laugh

Music is a huge part of my life. I often eagerly await the release of a new album like a kid awaiting summer. I am always enthusiastic with new discoveries of the sounds people are making out there.

Sigur Rós, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, The Mountain Goats, The Album Leaf, U2, Jeff Buckley, Bon Iver, Jonsi, Ben Folds(Five), The Tallest Man on Earth, Pearl Jam, Geographer, Patrick Watson, Elvis Perkins, Fanfarlo, The National, Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Explosions In the Sky, The Antlers, Chopin, Debussy

Latin American novelists, beat poetry and science fiction all hold a special place.

Some of my favorite books include:
One Hundred Years of Solitude, Cat's Cradle, To the Lighthouse, The God of Small Things, Into the Wild, Fahrenheit 451, On the Road, Jesus' Son, Leaves of Grass, Where the Wild Things Are

And more recently: The Book of Flying, Beautiful Losers, Windhaven, Invisible Man, Infinite Jest, The Tiger's Wife, The Dharma Bums...

Music
Contact
Sanity
Dreams
Growth
Writing

my next big adventure, my future and past, people of the past and present, music, love, food, sex, sleep, the universe, God?, memories, dreams and consciousness, vast soulless landscapes

Base jumping off skyscrapers, stealing kittens from strangers, performing in sold out arenas.
And when I'm bored- out at a bar with friends or in with wine, movies, good conversation and all that other fun stuff.

I moonlight as a vampire.

You feel that urge to drive across the country and need a companion.

You'd like to share in stimulating conversation.

You think we might get along.

You'd like to exchange music, poetry, etc.

We share similar tastes in music.

You can guess the inspiration for my okc name.

DO NOT message me if you think it will take more than 3 messages from each of us to meet in person. I'd rather not waste each others' time.