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Beats and Bombs?

Alexander Billet

The Fierce Independence of Maimouna Youssef

Alexander Billet

Don't Want My MTV

Alexander Billet

A Losing Game

Alexander Billet

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Pearl Jam Pass the Torch

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 7:46pm

Nobody can deny that Pearl Jam are a truly impressive rock band. Vedder and company have been playing music together for almost two decades. And despite spending most of it as one of the biggest music acts in the world, they’ve managed to steer far from the ravenous black hole of pop mediocrity that often sucks in such artists.

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Farsi Hosting Reel

Submitted by Vida Ghaffari on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 1:07am

My hosting reel in Farsi as a red carpet reporter and host getting the scoop in and around Hollywood at various premieres and events.

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My English On-Camera hosting reel

Submitted by Vida Ghaffari on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 1:04am

Red carpet interviews at events and premieres such as Mad Money, the L word, and The Last House on the Left.

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Solidarity Hip-Hop Style

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 8:42pm

"Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but of fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results." -Eugene Victor Debs

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Mamak Khadem takes Studio 360 to "Tehran-geles"

Submitted by mamak on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 9:52am

PRI - Public Radio International Presents Mamak Khadem takes Studio 360 to "Tehran-geles"

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Fund Arts, Not Banks

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 09/06/2009 - 9:13pm

It was about March, and I was standing in a dingy, mold-infested basement in South Chicago trying to stop my allergies from acting up. A few large-ish speakers were crammed into one side of the room while kids set up drum sets and tuned their guitars. I was waiting for a local hardcore band to take the "stage." Everything was in short supply here except the beer and fliers for upcoming punk shows. Even the lighting was little more than floodlights bought from the local Home Depot duct-taped to the rafters.

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It's Bigger Than Jackson

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 08/30/2009 - 8:57pm

For the past two months, news within the music world has been dominated by two initials: MJ. The world watched as Michael Jackson was rushed to a hospital in LA and was reported to be "not breathing." It recoiled in shock when it was reported that the King of Pop was dead. It cried during his memorial service. And now, it is picking its collective jaw up off the floor as Jackson's death is being labeled a homicide.

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Sick Sounds: Musicians and Healthcare

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 9:40pm

By now the debate around healthcare reform in this country has reached a cacophony. There are the usual suspects: the wheeling and dealing on Capitol Hill, the polished spin of the pundits, but with the added fun of the Palin-clones invading town hall meetings (how much is big pharma really paying these people?), there seems to be one segment of people whose critical voice has been totally lost.

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Rise and Fall of the Woodstock Nation

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 8:22pm

It's difficult to not suffer from Woodstock overload at this point. The past weeks have seen endless attempts to cash in on the fortieth anniversary of "three days of peace and music." Rhino records has released a six-disc collection of the festival's highlights (yet another one). Specials galore has descended upon cable and public television. And we're all being reminded that at the end of the month, director Ang Lee will be applying his own treatment to the hippie-fest with his own Taking Woodstock.

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Respect, Dammit!

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 11:08am

It's already apparent that Baatin's legacy is bound to share the same path as J Dilla's: an artist who radically pushed the boundaries of his art, whose due only comes after it's too late. Indeed, it's more than just mere coincidence that the two started out in the same group.