Alexander Billet
Writer, artist, general layabout. Author of "Shake the City" from 1968 Press
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Can the Accursed Share Speak? | To Whom It May Concern...
Can the Accursed Share Speak? | To Whom It May Concern...
The short jump from consumerism to fascism.
Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex | Historical Materialism
Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex | Historical Materialism
In the 1890s, the idea of a “record industry” was a novel concept. The phonograph had only been invented in 1877, its close cousin the gramophone patented and made available for purchase little more than a decade later. The notion that you could hear a sound at a time other than when it was being
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Shake the City | 1968 Press
Shake the City | 1968 Press
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To Whom It May Concern... | Substack
To Whom It May Concern... | Substack
Writing about arts and culture, various forms of communist hooliganism. Also poetry, fiction, scribbles, other ephemera... Click to read "To Whom It May Concern...", by Alexander Billet, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Shoulder to Shoulder With Death | To Whom It May Concern...
Shoulder to Shoulder With Death | To Whom It May Concern...
(Further) notes on war with Iran.
Stolen Time | To Whom It May Concern...
Stolen Time | To Whom It May Concern...
An office. Politics. An office polyptych.
A City is Occupied | To Whom It May Concern...
A City is Occupied | To Whom It May Concern...
The border is everywhere. It’s crossed us again.
Soluble Futures: Flint | To Whom It May Concern...
Soluble Futures: Flint | To Whom It May Concern...
Ghosts and mass strikes.
ICE: Very American violence | rs21
ICE: Very American violence | rs21
rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
Quarter-Millennium Tension | To Whom It May Concern...
Quarter-Millennium Tension | To Whom It May Concern...
A coup. Socialism of the spectacle. Trip-hop. A journal for the same old new year.
Sound Epistemology | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sound Epistemology | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alexander Billet listens to Damon Krukowski’s “Why Sound Matters.”
Why Do They Come Here? | To Whom It May Concern...
Why Do They Come Here? | To Whom It May Concern...
Forces of Nature | To Whom It May Concern...
Forces of Nature | To Whom It May Concern...
Violent Meaning, and/or, Meaning Violence | To Whom It May Concern...
Violent Meaning, and/or, Meaning Violence | To Whom It May Concern...
The death of Charlie Kirk in the American spectacle.
What Swarms | To Whom It May Concern...
What Swarms | To Whom It May Concern...
Old Pop, Good Pop | To Whom It May Concern...
Old Pop, Good Pop | To Whom It May Concern...
It Will Begin Again | To Whom It May Concern...
It Will Begin Again | To Whom It May Concern...
We Need Public Broadcasting | Jacobin
We Need Public Broadcasting | Jacobin
The Right has finally managed to gut public broadcasting. Our already anemic access to news, education, and culture has taken a massive blow.
New Maps | To Whom It May Concern...
New Maps | To Whom It May Concern...
Zohran Mamdani, between “sewer socialism” and the right to the city.
That's Not Me | To Whom It May Concern...
That's Not Me | To Whom It May Concern...
Music and space in gothic capitalism.
In and Against the Dream Factory | Salvage
In and Against the Dream Factory | Salvage
Who's Afraid of Kneecap? | Locust Review
Who's Afraid of Kneecap? | Locust Review
Half a Life | To Whom It May Concern...
Half a Life | To Whom It May Concern...
The Future Is Here | To Whom It May Concern...
The Future Is Here | To Whom It May Concern...
An Arrival at Pituffik | To Whom It May Concern...
An Arrival at Pituffik | To Whom It May Concern...
An Unserious Nation | To Whom It May Concern...
An Unserious Nation | To Whom It May Concern...
(De)Compressing History | To Whom It May Concern...
(De)Compressing History | To Whom It May Concern...
Salvation | To Whom It May Concern...
Salvation | To Whom It May Concern...
Against All Ambition | To Whom It May Concern...
Against All Ambition | To Whom It May Concern...
What's Wrong With Me? | To Whom It May Concern...
What's Wrong With Me? | To Whom It May Concern...
Pacts of Memory (Iberian Daydream, final part) | To Whom It May Concern...
Pacts of Memory (Iberian Daydream, final part) | To Whom It May Concern...
Where Stars Make Dreams and Dreams Make Stars | To Whom It May Concern...
Where Stars Make Dreams and Dreams Make Stars | To Whom It May Concern...
Worms of the Senses (January 2025) | To Whom It May Concern...
Worms of the Senses (January 2025) | To Whom It May Concern...
Bad Shifts | To Whom It May Concern...
Bad Shifts | To Whom It May Concern...
October in January | To Whom It May Concern...
October in January | To Whom It May Concern...
How to Charge Your Phone in a Disaster | To Whom It May Concern...
How to Charge Your Phone in a Disaster | To Whom It May Concern...
Uncanny Valleys: Notes on the Future of Los Angeles | Salvage
Uncanny Valleys: Notes on the Future of Los Angeles | Salvage
Worms of the Senses (December 2024) | To Whom It May Concern...
Worms of the Senses (December 2024) | To Whom It May Concern...
Inquisition Disneyland (Iberian Ellipsis, part 4) | To Whom It May Concern...
Inquisition Disneyland (Iberian Ellipsis, part 4) | To Whom It May Concern...
On Pain and Privilege | To Whom It May Concern...
On Pain and Privilege | To Whom It May Concern...
The Things of Lives (Iberian Ellipsis, part 3) | To Whom It May Concern...
The Things of Lives (Iberian Ellipsis, part 3) | To Whom It May Concern...
Worms of the Senses (November 2024) | To Whom It May Concern...
Worms of the Senses (November 2024) | To Whom It May Concern...
Na trilha sonora da mudança social | Jacobina
Na trilha sonora da mudança social | Jacobina
On Soundtracks and Change | To Whom It May Concern...
On Soundtracks and Change | To Whom It May Concern...
Vanishing in Sintra (Iberian Ellipsis, part 2) | To Whom It May Concern...
Vanishing in Sintra (Iberian Ellipsis, part 2) | To Whom It May Concern...
See Like a Fish (Iberian Ellipsis, part 1) | To Whom It May Concern...
See Like a Fish (Iberian Ellipsis, part 1) | To Whom It May Concern...
A Party of None | To Whom It May Concern...
A Party of None | To Whom It May Concern...
Beyond Reality: On a Century of Surrealism | Against the Current
Beyond Reality: On a Century of Surrealism | Against the Current
That Stranger Hope | To Whom It May Concern...
That Stranger Hope | To Whom It May Concern...
It Never Stops Exploding | Locust Review
It Never Stops Exploding | Locust Review
History is What Hurts | To Whom It May Concern...
History is What Hurts | To Whom It May Concern...
Fashy Feast | To Whom It May Concern...
Fashy Feast | To Whom It May Concern...
Soon it Will Be Too Hot | To Whom It May Concern...
Soon it Will Be Too Hot | To Whom It May Concern...
Definitely Shady | To Whom It May Concern...
Definitely Shady | To Whom It May Concern...
Still Conventional | To Whom It May Concern...
Still Conventional | To Whom It May Concern...
Every Place Has Lost Souls | To Whom It May Concern...
Every Place Has Lost Souls | To Whom It May Concern...
American Weird | To Whom It May Concern...
American Weird | To Whom It May Concern...
Wrong | To Whom It May Concern...
Wrong | To Whom It May Concern...
Mimic Elegy | To Whom It May Concern...
Mimic Elegy | To Whom It May Concern...
Blood in the Picture | To Whom It May Concern...
Blood in the Picture | To Whom It May Concern...
The Last Avant-Garde | Los Angeles Review of Books
The Last Avant-Garde | Los Angeles Review of Books
Democracy Eats Itself | To Whom It May Concern...
Democracy Eats Itself | To Whom It May Concern...
Programmed Just to Do | To Whom It May Concern...
Programmed Just to Do | To Whom It May Concern...
In Dark Times, a Song | To Whom It May Concern...
In Dark Times, a Song | To Whom It May Concern...
The End of the World is Canon | To Whom It May Concern...
The End of the World is Canon | To Whom It May Concern...
The Sound Man, or, the Music Outlives All of Us | To Whom It May Concern...
The Sound Man, or, the Music Outlives All of Us | To Whom It May Concern...
An Attic in Prague, 1939 | Locust Review
An Attic in Prague, 1939 | Locust Review
Some Place | To Whom It May Concern...
Some Place | To Whom It May Concern...
Controversy Stage Left: The Tragedy of Edward Bond | Locust Review
Controversy Stage Left: The Tragedy of Edward Bond | Locust Review
No Permanent Spring: Notes on War | To Whom It May Concern...
No Permanent Spring: Notes on War | To Whom It May Concern...
A Great Composer of Time | To Whom It May Concern...
A Great Composer of Time | To Whom It May Concern...
We Like All the Pretty Songs | To Whom It May Concern...
We Like All the Pretty Songs | To Whom It May Concern...
A World of Pure Invalidation | To Whom It May Concern...
A World of Pure Invalidation | To Whom It May Concern...
In Flames | To Whom It May Concern...
In Flames | To Whom It May Concern...
Terrible Beauty | To Whom It May Concern...
Terrible Beauty | To Whom It May Concern...
Nihil Americana | To Whom It May Concern...
Nihil Americana | To Whom It May Concern...
Fatal Holes | To Whom It May Concern...
Fatal Holes | To Whom It May Concern...
Word/War Games | To Whom It May Concern...
Word/War Games | To Whom It May Concern...
Thousands More Sailing | To Whom It May Concern...
Thousands More Sailing | To Whom It May Concern...
How to Destroy a Cenotaph | To Whom It May Concern...
How to Destroy a Cenotaph | To Whom It May Concern...
Untitled (For Gaza) | To Whom It May Concern...
Untitled (For Gaza) | To Whom It May Concern...
The Mosquitoes are Exactly What They Seem | To Whom It May Concern...
The Mosquitoes are Exactly What They Seem | To Whom It May Concern...
Truth or Death | To Whom It May Concern...
Truth or Death | To Whom It May Concern...
Artists for Mutually Assured Destruction | Locust Review
Artists for Mutually Assured Destruction | Locust Review
An Attic in Prague, 1939 | To Whom It May Concern...
An Attic in Prague, 1939 | To Whom It May Concern...
Carnival | To Whom It May Concern...
Carnival | To Whom It May Concern...
Trembling Between Plagues in Los Angeles | To Whom It May Concern...
Trembling Between Plagues in Los Angeles | To Whom It May Concern...
The Moment Doesn't End | To Whom It May Concern...
The Moment Doesn't End | To Whom It May Concern...
Just Vicious | To Whom It May Concern...
Just Vicious | To Whom It May Concern...
That Ever-present Hum | To Whom It May Concern...
That Ever-present Hum | To Whom It May Concern...
Storms and Storms and Storms... | To Whom It May Concern...
Storms and Storms and Storms... | To Whom It May Concern...
Through the Wreckage: On Joe Molloy's "Acid Detroit | Los Angeles Review of Books
Through the Wreckage: On Joe Molloy's "Acid Detroit | Los Angeles Review of Books
Attack of the Salt of the Earth Republican Country Music Stars | Citations Needed
Attack of the Salt of the Earth Republican Country Music Stars | Citations Needed
Barbenheimer, or, Beyond the Nuclear Dreamhouse | To Whom It May Concern...
Barbenheimer, or, Beyond the Nuclear Dreamhouse | To Whom It May Concern...
Bob Hope Airport | To Whom It May Concern...
Bob Hope Airport | To Whom It May Concern...
Greetings From Dismayland | To Whom It May Concern...
Greetings From Dismayland | To Whom It May Concern...
Bad Progress | To Whom It May Concern...
Bad Progress | To Whom It May Concern...
Here Under Protest | To Whom It May Concern...
Here Under Protest | To Whom It May Concern...
Locust Radio Ep. 20 | Shake the City | Locust Review
Locust Radio Ep. 20 | Shake the City | Locust Review
Flogging a Dead Android | Imago
Flogging a Dead Android | Imago
Please Stop Caring | To Whom It May Concern...
Please Stop Caring | To Whom It May Concern...
I’m the Spotify DJ and I’m Your Friend. | To Whom It May Concern...
I’m the Spotify DJ and I’m Your Friend. | To Whom It May Concern...
Everything's Been Recruited | To Whom It May Concern...
Everything's Been Recruited | To Whom It May Concern...
Radical Memory and Mike Davis’ Final Work: Whose Dreams? Whose History? | Against the Current
Radical Memory and Mike Davis’ Final Work: Whose Dreams? Whose History? | Against the Current
Eternal Themes: History’s End Through the Eyes and Ears of Jóhann Jóhannsson | To Whom It May Concern...
Eternal Themes: History’s End Through the Eyes and Ears of Jóhann Jóhannsson | To Whom It May Concern...
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