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ARCHIVE - 5/7/07:
April Green Day Report
Green Day for President!
Green Day activity over the last month has been so sugary-sweet and heartwarming that you'd think the guys were running for President. Except…which one would be President, which Vice-Prez, and which Secretary of Defense? If you could vote, would you vote Billie Joe into the White House? Put Tre in charge of the military? Make Mike the VP?
It wasn't that long ago that Billie Joe was marching around onstage in an Abe Lincoln hat, and doing a pretty good job of pointing out the flaws in the current militaro-fascist administration, and now he's out there mingling with the people, spending quality time with family, and doing good for the environment, the impoverished, and the victimized everywhere. Move over Al Gore, let's draft Billie Joe for President instead!
"Working Class Hero" Cover is Here!
The big news this month, and probably next month, too, is that Green Day's cover of "Working Class Hero," is being released to radio and on iTunes TOMORROW (May 1st). It was supposed to get released today, but got pushed back for some insane reason.
In case you don't remember, the guys recorded the cover for a John Lennon tribute album, "Instant Karma." The album is being put together by Amnesty International as part of a fundraising effort to bring aid to the massive humanitarian crisis occurring in Darfur.
So, we can all show our support by getting the song off iTunes and/or buying the whole album when it comes out on June 12th. Buying music can seem like it's only for jerks and babies. Downloading is so easy, and (this just in!) stupid mega-corporations like Wal-Mart are now refusing to sell Green Day albums because of that little "Parental Advisory" sticker. BUT this one's for a really fucking important cause, so suck it up and fork over the cash!
Green Day Builds Houses Now
It's funny, people have this skewed perception that punks are lazy, but the guys from Green Day are some of the hardest-working motherfuckers out there. And when a couple of them, say, Billie Joe and Jason White, want to keep working AND hang with the fam,' they put their wives and children to work, too! For a good cause, of course.
If you were in New Orleans around mid-April, you might have seen the whole Armstrong family - Billie Joe, Adrienne, Jakob, and Joey - along with Jason White and family, working on building a house with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity is heavily involved in building new homes to replace those lost during Hurricane Katarina.
Billie, Adrienne, Jason, and his wife Jenna, all blogged about the work they were doing everyday. You can read their entries and see a ton of cool pics at Greenday's Myspace, or on Greenday.net. The Green Day gang worked on the house for three days, and when they were leaving, they all wished they could have stayed longer.
It's cool to see that Billie Joe isn't just one of those guys that pretends like he cares, does his good deed, and moves on. Clearly, he's continuing to support the people in New Orleans, even after doing what could be considered way more than "his part." On top of that, he's making sure his kids get involved, which is pretty fucking awesome, as those boys are going to grow up totally rich and snotty if they don't get some hardcore life skills early on. Seems like Billie Joe is living up to his promise of making sure his boys grow up right.
"The Green" has Taken on a Whole New Meaning…
Okay, so far on the list of things you should do if you want to be President, Billie Joe and Green Day have:
- Spoken out against evil and in favor of good.
- Done charity work.
- Shown commitment to family.
- Gotten their hands dirty, working like the rest of us.
Pretty good. Now all they need is some prestige…oh wait, they got that, too! This month, Green Day has actually had a newly discovered plant named after them, if you can believe it! Pretty weird since they're named in honor of everybody's favorite plant, and now there's a plant named after them, everybody's favorite band! Trippy, dude, like, woah!
Apparently, Green Day's work with the NRDC has been impressing academics around the world. Dr. Jason R. Grant, a botanist from Switzerland, was in Ecuador recently when he discovered a new species of tropical plant. Because him and his team were rocking out to Green Day as they researched, they decided to name the new species Macrocarpaea dies-viridis, which means "The Green Day moon-gentian."
Grant and co. have also named one of their Macrocarpaea finds after a spell from the Harry Potter books, calling it "The Apparating Moon-gentian." However! Since Harry Potter is British, he could never actually run for President, and he did that whole naked off-Broadway thing, which means they'll probably never even make him Prime Minister of old Britannia.
Draft Green Day '08
Green Day, on the other hand, they've got a serious chance at the White House, IF they decide to run, which, no one is saying might happen. Although "Green Party" does have a nice ring to it. Hmm, somebody should start a Green Party…
Too bad you can't write anything you want on ballot cards, or I bet come 2009, there would been a shitload of confused ballot counters wondering who Tre Cool is, and why everybody wants him to be President. Or wait, that would never happen, because votes get counted by computers now, so when computers tried to figure out why everybody was voting for Tre Cool, they'd probably a-splode. Talk about a voting scandal!
Anyway, tune in next time as Draft Green Day '08 continues. Will the guys continue to do good, or will they disgrace themselves hilariously? Watch the campaign trail closely to find out!
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