Alex James (born Steven Alexander James, 21 November 1968, in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, England) is the bass player in the band Blur, and one of the members of Fat Les. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... Boscombe is a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. ... Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is an electrically-amplified string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... Fat Les is a British band consisting of Alex James, the bassist from Blur; actor Keith Allen; and artist Damien Hirst. ...

The only member of Blur not to come from Colchester, James met future bandmate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, where the two were studying, and was introduced to Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree, who at the time were part of a band called Circus. He eventually joined the three's new band, Seymour in 1989, which would later be renamed Blur. He has remained in the band since. Colchester is a town and is the main settlement of the Essex borough of Colchester in the East of England. ... Graham Coxon singing in the video to Blurs Tender Graham Coxon (born Graham Leslie Coxon on 12 March 1969, in Rinteln, West Germany) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the former guitarist in the rock band Blur. ... The Main Building The Ben Pimlott Building The Library Warmington Tower Goldsmiths, University of London (founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute, rebranded from Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2006[2]) is a college of the University of London specialising in teaching of and research into creative... Damon Albarn, (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... Dave Rowntree (born David Rowntree on 8 May 1964, in Colchester, Essex, England) is best known as the drummer in the band Blur. ...

Side projects

Unlike his bandmates Albarn and Coxon, James has not released any solo material, although he has been involved in other side projects. In 1998 James formed Fat Les with Keith Allen, Damien Hirst and others, and released (amongst others) the World Cup single "Vindaloo", which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. He also worked on a side project called Me Me Me with Stephen Duffy, and has co-written songs for Marianne Faithfull and Sophie Ellis Bextor. James worked with Bextor on a couple of tracks on her solo debut album Read My Lips. He co-wrote and co-produced "Move This Mountain", and co-produced "I Believe" along with Sophie Ellis Bextor and Ben Hillier. He also played the bass on both tracks. Ellis Bextor's latest album, Shoot From The Hip also features James on it. He co-wrote "Love Is It Love" and again plays bass guitar. He also joined his friend and singer-songwriter Betty Boo, in a band called WigWam. Keith Allen (born 2 September 1953 in Gorseinon, Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and writer. ... The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst (1991) Damien Hirst (born June 7, 1965) is an English artist and the leading artist of the group that has been dubbed Young British Artists (or YBAs). ... The FIFA World Cup Trophy, which has been awarded to the world champions since 1974. ... Vindaloo was a single from 1998, recorded for the 1998 FIFA World Cup by Fat Les. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Hanging Around cover Me Me Me was a short lived British supergroup, consisting of four high profile Britpop musicians. ... Stephen Anthony James Duffy (born May 30, 1960 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a British songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... Sophie Ellis Bextor (b. ... A debut album is the first released music album by an artist or a band. ... Read My Lips is the first solo album released by pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Betty Boo (stagename of Alison Moira Clarkson, born 6 March 1970 in Kensington, London) is a British rap artist, singer and songwriter // Clarkson studied sound engineering at college before having a string of hits between 1989 and 1992. ... == The Band == Wigwam are Alex James, the bassist from Blur and Betty Boo. ...

James writes for the British newspapers The Independent and The Observer, as well as Q magazines and The Idler (whom he represented in a team on BBC2's University Challenge: the Professionals in summer 2005 in a team also featuring John Moore of Black Box Recorder; they had a heavy win over The Financial Times in their heat, but did not score highly enough to return for the tournament's later stages). He also presented the Evening Sequence on BBC 6 Music as a stand-in for Tom Robinson between 8-26 August 2005 where he amusingly quipped that it was he who had invented Justin Timberlake's catchphrase "I am going to have you naked by the end of this song." James has subsequently mentioned this, most likely, erroneous claim in a number of later articles in the Idler. For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Idler issue 36, the money issue The Idler is a bi-yearly British magazine devoted to promoting its ethos of idle living and all that entails. ... Black Box Recorder are an English pop/indie group. ... The Financial Times building The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. ... BBC 6 Music is one of the BBCs newest radio stations, launched on March 11, 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It is only available via digital media - DAB radio, the Internet and the various forms of digital television. ... Tom Robinson (born June 1, 1950, in Cambridge) is an English songwriter and broadcaster probably best-known for the UK hit songs 2-4-6-8 Motorway (1977), Sing If Youre Glad To Be Gay (1978) and War Baby (1983). ... Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning American pop/R&B singer, and actor. ...

He once said he was "the second drunkest member of the drunkest band in Britain".

Personal life

Family

James is married to Claire Neate, a video producer. They have three sons: Geronimo (born 16 February 2004), and premature twin boys (born 28 April 2006), Artemis and Galileo. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In most systems of human pregnancy, the condition, premature birth (also known as a preterm birth), occurs when the baby is born within sooner than 36 weeks of completed gestation. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Vegetarian

James was a vegetarian for 17 years, then reverted after he had begun living on a sheep farm where he is to go into the cheese manufacturing business. Vegetarianism is the practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal (including sea animals) with or without also eschewing other animal derivatives, such as dairy products or eggs[1]. Some vegetarians choose to also refrain from wearing clothing that has involved the death of animals, such as leather, silk...

Space obsession

He has a serious interest in space and space travel, which led him to involve Blur in helping the ill-fated Beagle 2 project, producing the Mars probe's signature tune. His obsession with space is further illustrated by the track "Far Out" on Parklife, on which James sings a list of moons and stars. Space has been an interest for philosophers and scientists for much of human history. ... Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ... Beagle 2 as it would have looked on Mars Beagle 2 was an unsuccessful British landing spacecraft that formed part of the European Space Agencys 2003 Mars Express mission. ... Adjectives: Martian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 0. ... The theme music of a radio or television program is a piece that is written specifically for that show and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ... Parklife is a critically acclaimed Britpop album by the band Blur, released on April 25, 1994. ... A natural satellite is an object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made. ... STAR is an acronym for: Organizations Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers], the self-regulatory body for the entertainment ticket industry in the UK. Society for Telescopy, Astronomy, and Radio, a non-profit New Jersey astronomy club. ...

Recent

• On February 11, 2007, James appeared in the four-part fictional jury show The Verdict.

• On May 29, 2007, He appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F-Word, where he discussed drinking breast-milk and persuaded Ramsay to try some in a cappuccino.

• His autobiography, A Bit Of A Blur, was released on June 7, 2007.

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Trivia

• His favourite Blur album is Modern Life Is Rubbish.

Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by the British rock band Blur, released on May 10 1993. ...

External links

• Alex James interview
• Alex James gives up vegetarianism after 17 years
• Article on Alex James and cheese manufacture
• Alex James' most recent article for the Independent