Alexander Billet
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Music journalist |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Music journalist, writer and activist living in Chicago. Columnist for SleptOn.com and The Society of Cinema and Arts, regular contributor to ZNet and Socialist Worker. Appears in the recently published "At Issue: Should Music Lyrics Be Censored For Violence and Exploitation," from Greenhaven Press. |
| Interests | Music, Socialism, Literature, Peoples' history, Activism, Travel, Class struggle, Beer, Smoking, Groovin' |
| Favorite Movies | The Battle of Algiers, The Filth and the Fury, American Hardcore, Westway to the World, Ghost Dog, Trainspotting, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Almost Famous, Down By Law, Land and Freedom |
| Favorite Music | The Clash, M.I.A., Amy Winehouse, The Libertines, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Desmond Dekker, Reverend and the Makers, John Coltrane, The White Stripes, Johnny Cash, Wu-Tang Clan, The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Billie Holiday, L7, Steel Pulse, Steve Earle, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Massive Attack, Bob Marley, De La Soul, The Coup, John Lennon, The Specials, Bloc Party, Nina Simone, Radiohead, Fugazi, Lauryn Hill, Jurassic Five, The Roots, Pearl Jam, Bad Brains, Gang of Four, Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Modest Mouse, Ani DiFranco, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Rage Against the Machine, Talib Kweli, Tricky, Gorillaz, Marvin Gaye, Antibalas, Mr. Lif, Lupe Fiasco, many many more... |
| Favorite Books | The Buddha of Suburbia, Rip it Up and Start Again, In Praise of Barbarians, Let Fury Have the Hour, The God of Small Things, Can't Stop Won't Stop, High Fidelity, Whose Millennium, Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer, Detroit I Do Mind Dying |
Come up with some possible band names for your group that features a washboard and a styrofoam tuba.
The Undying Groove, Grampa Billet and his Swamp Frogs, The Eat Dirt Boys, I Own Robert Johnson's Soul, The Infected Lips, Heymancaniborrowyourtuner?