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-Travis Barker Biography -

Name : Travis Barker Birth Name : Travis Landon Barker Date of Birth : 14 November 1975 Place of Birth : Fontana, California, USA Height : 5' 9'' Nationality : American Profession : Musician Sometimes Called : Blink 182 Travis Barker was born to the parents - Randy & Gloria Barker in Fontana, California, which is located in Saint Bernadino county. Travis Barker grew up in a high crime area, where his father worked as a mechanist and his mother babysat for local kids. Travis Barker started playing the drums at the young age of four (although he didn't get serious until about the age of 12). Travis Barker studied with a jazz teacher and was exposed to all kinds of different music. Travis Barker was a complete mama's boy. She did everything for him : laundry, made his bed, and helped him with his homework. He had the same drum set untill he was 15. The day before he started highschool, his mother died of cancer(she had been diagnosed three months earlier). She told him to keep playing music and to follow his dreams. When Travis Barker was in high school, he played in jazz ensemble and marching band. He gained a lot of experience performing at regional competitions and festivals. During his senior year, he passed up drum corps tryouts to tour with a rock band. Travis Barker gained a lot of experience performing with a few early rock bands. He finished high school and landed a rather good spot on the aquabats. He was called "Baron Von Tito". In 1998, Scott Rayner (the first drummer for blink) had to leave for a family emergency before a show and Travis Barker was asked to play. He learned about 20 songs in about an hour. After this, Scott left to go back to college and Travis Barker became a permanent member of Blink. They recorded "Enema of the State" and it soon went platinum. Although song number 10 "Mutt" was recorded by Scott before he left the band. Travis Barker's Blink nickname is "Fuckboy". Along with being in three bands (Blink 182, Box Car Racer and Transplants), he also has his own clothing company (Stars and Straps). He enjoys collecting muscle cars and old bicycles, but he treasures his cadillac collection the most. Travis Barker has an awesome musical talent and he shows it. But, Travis Barker actually is one of the most shy people ever.

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My Favorite Female Vocalist

Hayley Williams.

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Birth Name

Hayley Nichole Williams

Nickname

Spongebob, Sponge, Hayles

Age

19

Birthday

December 27, 1988

Birth Sign

Capricorn

Height

5'2

Eyes

Green

Hometown

Franklin, Tennessee

Birth Place

Meridian, Mississippi

Dating

not telling

Trademark

Vibrant red hair

Tattoos, etc.

not telling

Hobbies

singing / vocals

about hayley

I am pretty simple. Music, make up, and fashion are what I'm really into. Sort of a typical girls list of hobbies...but I ain't no girls girl. I'm into making memories with photographs and I tend to be pretty nostalgic. Anything to do with the south, I'm down for it: good times and BBQ!!!

My goal is to make music that people, 30 or 40 years from now, wish they were around for.

musical influences

Etta James, Chaka Khan, Jimmy Eat World, The Cure, Refused, New Found Glory, Sunny Day Real Estate, Failure, mid to late 90's pop rock (Third Eye Blind, Semisonic, Filter) and NSync... and many others.

favorite songs to perform live

"For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic"

favorite places

Nashville, TN, anywhere in California, Tokyo, Japan, or Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia

favorite things

Loud music on road trips, our 12 passenger van, The Warped Tour, Downtown Franklin, fishing, dancing, Sam and Zoe's for lunch when we are rehearsing in Nashville for tour, going to the movie theater, and a soy 6 pump extra hot no water chai (apparently this is Madonna's favorite drink so I tried it and now the whole Starbucks experience, for me, is based around this drink! You should try it.)

My Top 5 Favorite Foods:

1) Mr. Farro's walnut chicken...really anything Mr. or Mrs. Farro cook.

2) All foods involving lots of cheese (Because it's usually forbidden due to the voice).

3) BBQ

4) Tijuana wrap from Sam and Zoe's in Berry Hill, TN

5) Salmon and tuna sashimi

last read

"Little Girls Wiser Than Men," a short story by Leo Tolstoy

Asteroid Sepanjang 50 Km Dekati Bumi

Sebuah asteroid sepanjang 50 km mendekati bumi pada hari ini, Senin (9/3/2009). Posisi asteroid tersebut lebih dekat daripada jarak bulan ke bumi.

"Jaraknya kurang dari 74.000 km, 2 kali dari jarak satelit geo stasioner," kata Peneliti Utama Astronomi-Astrofisika LAPAN Thomas Djamaluddin kepada detikcom, Senin (9/3/2009).

Namun Thomas meminta masyarakat tidak perlu khawatir. Asteroid tersebut masih berada dalam jarak aman.

"Melintas saja karena dekat, setelah itu menjauh lagi. Kemungkinan tidak akan bertubrukan dalam waktu seabad lagi," jelasnya.

Peristiwa tubrukan asteroid, kata Thomas, sebelumnya pernah terjadi 65 juta tahun yang lalu. Pada saat itu, tumbukan terjadi di Semenanjung Yukatan, Meksiko, yang diduga menjadi penyebab musnahnya dinosaurus dari muka bumi.

"Yang kedua seabad lalu, ada pecahan komet ENCKE yang jatuh di Siberia. Hal ini menyebabkan lubang sebesar Jawa Barat," tambahnya.

Untuk asteroid kali ini, Thomas mengaku tidak terlalu khawatir. Seandainya jatuh ke bumi pun dampaknya tidak akan terlalu besar.

"Kemungkinan hanya mengganggu jaringan satelit di bumi saja," pungkasnya

Anak 13 Tahun Sudah Jadi Ayah

Astaga! Seorang anak laki-laki berusia 13 tahun telah menjadi ayah. Pacar anak tersebut baru saja melahirkan seorang bayi buah hubungan mereka.

Alfie Patten, anak asal Inggris itu merasa senang memiliki bayi. "Saya pikir akan menyenangkan memiliki bayi," kata Alfie yang wajahnya tampak jauh lebih muda dari usianya, seperti dilansir tabloid Inggris, The Sun, Jumat (13/2/2009).

Kekasih Alfie, Chantelle Steadman (15) melahirkan seorang bayi perempuan di Rumah Sakit Eastbourne, Sussex Timur, Inggris. Bayi tersebut diberi nama Maisie Roxanne.

Alfie berumur 12 tahun saat Chantelle mengandung bayi mereka. Keduanya memutuskan untuk tidak melakukan aborsi. Mereka terus merahasiakan kehamilan tersebut hingga saat usia kehamilan Chantelle 18 minggu, ibunya mencurigai tubuh putrinya yang semakin gemuk.

"Kami ingin memiliki bayi itu namun kami khawatir bagaimana orang akan bereaksi," tutur Alfie yang tinggal bersama ibunya. Ayah Alfie, Dennis telah berpisah dari ibunya.

Senada dengan Alfie, Chantelle pun yakin akan menjadi orangtua yang baik bagi anak mereka. "Saya akan menjadi ibu yang hebat dan Alfie akan menjadi ayah yang hebat," tutur Chantelle.

Meski usianya baru 13 tahun namun Alfie bukan ayah termuda di Inggris. Ayah termuda di Inggris adalah Sean Stewart. Dia menjadi ayah pada umur 12 tahun ketika kekasihnya yang juga tetangga sebelah rumahnya, Emma Webster (15), melahirkan anak mereka pada tahun 1998. Namun keduanya berpisah enam bulan kemudian.

Butch Vig jadi Produser album baru Green Day

Salah satu produser musik veteran yang sangat handal asal Amerika, yang juga menjadi seorang drummer untuk band Garbage, bernama Butch Vig, dikabarkan akan menjadi produser untuk album terbaru band Pop Punk, Green Day, yang rencananya akan dirilis tahun depan (2009). Sebelumnya, Butch Vig juga pernah menjadi Produser untuk album “Nevermind” nya Nirvana, Jimmy Eat World album “Chase This Light”, Againts Me album “New Wave”, serta seorang penyanyi solo bernama Tom Gabel’s dengan albumnya yang bernama “Heart Burns”. Berita ini dikeluarkan oleh salah satu webresmi band yang sekarang menjadi band berbasis politikal punk ini, www.greendayauthority.com.

Sementara album terakhir dari Green Day yang berjudul American Idiot, mengundang banyak pujian dari berbagai pihak, namun banyak juga yang mengkritik mereka. Apakah dengan bantuan dari tangan dingin seorang Butch Vig, Green Day akan mampu mengguncang duni lagi? Kita tunggu saja album terbaru mereka awal tahun ini.