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Billet: Picket the Grammys!
Znet Article, January, 28 2008
Alexander Billet
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An Open Letter to the Writers Guild of America...
Billet: Liberation From the Music Business as Usual Is NiggyTardust a Success?
Commentary, January, 28 2008
Alexander Billet
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Upon going to the website niggytardust.com, you'll see two options. One says "I want to directly support the artists involved in the creation of this music ($5)." The other reads "I'm not concerned about that. I just want the music (Free)." Clicki...
Billet: They Are Human and They Need to be Loved...Does Morrissey have a problem with immigrants?
Commentary, January, 18 2008
Alexander Billet
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It's been over a month and I still can't bring myself to listen to the Smiths. The controversy over Morrissey's recent comments regarding immigration in the Britain's NME is well worth examining on this side of the pond. It should be said straight...
Billet: Rebel’s Requiem: The Legacy of Joe Strummer Five Years On
Znet Article, December, 30 2007
Alexander Billet
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It is always bittersweet to see an artist no longer with us get the recognition they deserved in life. For Joe Strummer, the Clash-man who died five years ago last week (December 22nd) at age 50, that is exactly what’s happened. In 2007 alone, w...
Billet: Punk Rock: Thirty and Still Kicking
Commentary, October, 27 2007
Alexander Billet
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Punk has turned the big three-O. It's echoed in the cover of Spin, in the Halls of Rock n' Roll Fame, even in the actions of the Sex Pistols, who are getting together for (yet another) round of reunion shows. In a way it's scary to see the music...
Billet: We Don't Have to Try It and We Don't Have to Buy It!
Znet Article, October, 20 2007
Alexander Billet
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We Don't Have to Try It and We Don't Have to Buy It!
Billet: Trouble in the Heartland
Znet Article, October, 09 2007
Alexander Billet
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Trouble in the Heartland
Billet: Rebellion in Light and Dark A talk with photographer Glen E. Friedman about his book on Fugazi
Commentary, August, 31 2007
Alexander Billet
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"Things get accepted into the mainstream and lose their edge." This is one of the first things Glen Friedman tells me in our conversation. Sitting in my Washington DC apartment, it's hard not to agree with Friedman. This is a city that young hi...
Billet: The Beat Has Stopped
Znet Article, August, 19 2007
Alexander Billet
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The Beat Has Stopped
Billet: Clear Channel, Payola, and How They Are Killing Radio
Commentary, August, 04 2007
Alexander Billet
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Have you ever wondered why mainstream radio is so redundant? Why we may hear the same song so many times in one day? Or why so many of the artists sound similar?
Billet: I've Got a CrushÉ Oh God, Make it Stop!
Commentary, June, 30 2007
Alexander Billet
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It gets stuck in your head the way that only the worst music can. "The Macarena." "My Heart Will Go On." "Who Let the Dogs Out?" And now, Obama Girl. The kind of "artist" who has become determined to colonize our brains with the worst kind of...
Billet: Hey Lizzie! Remember this one? God Save The Queen Thirty Years On
Commentary, June, 06 2007
Alexander Billet
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When Queen Elizabeth visited the States last month, the media circus would have made PT Barnum blush. Red carpets were unfurled and black ties adorned by the highest of state officials to welcome the consumate blue-blood, a woman whose utterly pa...
Billet: Are Green Day Kicking Ass for the Working Class?
Znet Article, May, 26 2007
Alexander Billet
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Are Green Day Kicking Ass for the Working Class?
Billet: Is Russell Simmons Playing Politics With Hip-Hop?
Commentary, May, 17 2007
Alexander Billet
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It's hard to know what to think about Russell Simmons' recent announcement about checking the content of hip-hop. There is no denying that most of us would like the words "bitch," "ho," and "nigger" to disappear from the English lexicon entirely....
Billet: I Got the BP Blues
Znet Article, May, 12 2007
Alexander Billet
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I Got the BP Blues
Billet: The Mad, Loud and Brilliant World of Lester Bangs
Commentary, May, 05 2007
Alexander Billet
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Twenty-five years. In music, it's a span of time that can be an eternity, and yet last no longer the blink of an eye. So much can change. So much can stay the same.
Billet: Fake Plastic Tunes: Radiohead Buck Corporate Coffee
Commentary, April, 15 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
Artistic integrity breathed a sigh of relief last Thursday. The NME reports that rumors of Radiohead's possible signing with Hear Music are not true. In the world of almost-deals and broken contracts that is the music industry, this isn't partic...
Billet: A Hundred Million Gold Coins:
Znet Article, April, 11 2007
Alexander Billet
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One has to admit; it's certainly a landmark. Yesterday, Rolling Stone announced that the world's 100 millionth iPod was sold. Up until a few years ago, the concept seemed little more than a fantasy, while massive chains like Tower Reco...
Billet: The Times They Are a Changin': The Shifting Winds of Protest Music
Commentary, March, 15 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
The subject has been brought up by so many writers that by now that it's almost clichŽ. It's been asked by musicians, activists old and new, and music journalists alike. And as it's become obvious just how devastating the US' very presence in Ir...
Billet: Bloc Party's A Weekend in the City: The Beauty and Ugliness of Modern Life
Commentary, March, 04 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
Bloc Party has definitely made a huge mark on modern music. Their debut album Silent Alarm displayed an energy and emotional honesty that clearly set them apart from most of the too-cool-for-school attitude of most "indie-rock" bands. It was thi...
