On Episode 18 of Alternative Discussion West host Ryan Banks welcomes Danielle Silva into the studio to share her story. Growing up inside Dublin, Danielle takes interest in art and alternative culture while watching "Total Request Live" on MTV. At just 13 years old Danielle finds inspiration when meeting artist Natasha Erickson at Livermore Tattoo. While still in high school Danielle joins hardcore band Scared Alice and plays local shows at the Danville Grange Hall. At 17 Danielle starts her first tattoo apprenticeship at shop In Your Skin and drops out of college. We follow Danielle along her journey from shop to shop around the bay area and land in Oakland around 2013. Inside Oakland Danielle gets back into playing music and has recently joined Oinga Boinga playing the flute and saxophone. We then get the inside scoop on the inaugural This Is Not Your Fest that is taking place at the end of September which benefits BAWAR. Finally we touch on the tragic Ghost Ship Fire where Danielle urges us to take a deeper look and do our own research outside of mainstream media. Danielle can now be found at Diving Swallow Tattoo in Oakland at 264 14th Street. Follow her on IG at doomsdaydani

Get information and buy tickets for TINY Fest at
https://www.facebook.com/tinyfest18/ 

Diving Swallow Tattoo
http://www.divingswallow.com

Music in this episode brought to you by Day Labor, Year Of The Fist and United Defiance.