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I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.

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Alex Kapranos
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Almondsbury
Gloucestershire
Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
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The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it?
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Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it!
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I find American football quite ridiculous generally. I don't understand it. It looks like a lot of guys dressed up as spacemen shouting at each other.
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