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Billet: Rebel Music
Znet Article, May, 01 2008
Alexander Billet
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Today the National Front is a shadow of its former self. However, the threat of racist scapegoating at the ballot box is far from over...
Billet: Songs of Survival and Hope
Znet Article, April, 09 2008
Alexander Billet
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What is the human cost of war? Ask Tomas Young. In 2004 an Iraqi insurgent's bullet ripped through his spine, paralyzing him from the chest down. His physical and emotional struggle as both a veteran and anti-war activist is the subject of the ...
Billet: Freedom Songs
Znet Article, March, 04 2008
Alexander Billet
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It's been four and a half years since Erykah Badu released her critically acclaimed Worldwide Underground EP. Now, with New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), it seems the Dallas-born soul singer is making up for lost time. 4th World War is the ...
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: Courtrooms and Meltdowns and Bling… Oh My!
Znet Article, January, 07 2008
Alexander Billet
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The streamers have been pulled down, the champagne hangovers finally dissipated, and 2007 has come to a close. For many music fans, it was a year we were very glad to see over.
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: 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: The Beat Has Stopped
Znet Article, August, 19 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
The Beat Has Stopped
Billet: Are Green Day Kicking Ass for the Working Class?
Znet Article, May, 26 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
Are Green Day Kicking Ass for the Working Class?
Billet: I Got the BP Blues
Znet Article, May, 12 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
I Got the BP Blues
Billet: A Hundred Million Gold Coins:
Znet Article, April, 11 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
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: Bashing Britney:
Znet Article, March, 03 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
I am loath to defend the likes of Britney Spears. I, like many others, cringed when MTV dressed her up as the sexist stereotype of the naughty schoolgirl and billed her as "wholesome." I shuddered when the...
Billet: Notes of Resistance:
Znet Article, January, 09 2007
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
A friend of mine told me recently how intensely unexcited he was by the bands out there. When I asked why, he said “they’re not doing anything different. It’s like they...
Billet: The World Is Worth Fighting For: The Legacy of Joe Strummer
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
"I'd like to say that people . . . people can change anything they want to. And that means everything in the world. Show me any country . . . and there'll be people in it just trying to take their humanity back into the center of the ring . . . ...
Billet: The World Is Worth Fighting For: The Legacy of Joe Strummer
Znet Article, December, 27 2006
Alexander Billet
Billet's ZSpace page
"I'd like to say that people . . . people can change anything they want to. And that means everything in the world. Show me any country . . . and there'll be people in it just trying to take their humanity back into the center of the ring . . . ...
