Song of the Day

TITLE: Dani California

ARTIST: Red Hot Chili Peppers

GENRE: Alternative, Funk Rock

ALBUM: Stadium Arcadium - Jupiter

YEAR: 2007

This is my first Song of the Day. Therefore, I'm aiming to make it worthwhile.

I'd have to choose "Dani California" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm not much of a mainstream person, and this is honestly the type of music that I love.

I love this song NOT just because of the tributary music video, but because it's just a really cool-sounding, catchy song. I heard it on the radio once, and I was like, "That's a cool song." Then I downloaded it, and I started listening to it habitually.

So the song is about the character that one of my favorite singers, Anthony Kiedis, made up, named "Dani California." She's this real rebel and all, carrying a gun and wearing a black scarf on her head. It talks about how Anthony thinks California is crumbling (California, rest in peace, simultaneous release).

Just in case, if you think you might enjoy the song just as much as I do, you can listen to it below. The music video can't be embedded, so I'll just embed a video with the song playing.

The music video is a tribute to a bunch of awesome rockers, such as The Sex Pistols, Prince, Misfits, Nirvana, and at the end... themselves. What? They're awesome rockers, too.

That Really Long One

This one's going to talk about me. Like, who I am and all that stuff.

BASICS

Name: Billie

Nickname: NoPride

Home: Georgia

Gender: Female

Height: 5 feet

Weight: 98 pounds

FAVORITES

Music: Punk Rock, Metal, Country (I'm picky with my country...)

Artists (in order): Green Day (OLD), The Offspring, Less Than Jake, Seether, Pantera, Operation Ivy, Toby Keith, George Strait, Kenny Chesney

Food: Babyback Ribs. No contest. At all.

Movie: The Green Mile, with Tom Hanks and all. I'm not really INTO movies, but I saw that one with my brother and it was breathtaking.

TV Show: I don't watch TV enough to have a favorite show.

Vacation Hot Spot: Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It has everything to do (a theme park with killer roller coasters, a kind and country feeling, quaint little stores on every street, Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, etc, etc.)

FUTURE GOALS

Place(s) to Visit: Montana, Wyoming, Canada, The Middle of Nowhere, 924 Gilman Street

3 Activities: Skydiving, Getting a Boyfriend, Meeting a Punk Rocker (Billie Joe Armstrong, Dexter Holland, and/or Chris Demakes)

Future Occupation: Singer and/or Bassist in a Punk Rock Band

Plan B: Track Runner

Plan C: Lawyer

I think that's just about all I want to tell you guys. Well, that was fun while it lasted, but it's over now... so bye.

My First Post

Alright, this is my first post, and I have the feeling that no one will ever look at this. But I'm writing it anyways, because there always has to be a start for everything.

I'm Billie, 15, a girl. I don't like stalkers, so I'm only calling myself "Billie." I'm from California, the small part of it that's in the "middle of nowhere." You'd know what I meant if you lived there; it's quiet, you know all your neighbors... cozy.

I'm a metalhead and a punk rocker. I'm not one of those people who just wears pop-punk and pop rock shirts, has an Emo haircut, and bends down in every photo while pulling her shirt down. In fact, not to offend you if you're one of those... but I can't STAND them. They're so fake.

I'm one of the people who wears band merch everywhere: Less Than Jake, Pantera, and The Offspring to be exact. Those three are some of my favorite bands. I'm going to get into that stuff next post.

Anyways, I guess that's all I've got to say. I'm going to get to writing that real long post now. See ya.

~Billie~