Hi. My Rap Name is Alex. I'm a storyteller. I specialize in stories that are true (even when I write fiction). The very real, very urgent truth as I see it is that people need to wake up --fast-- and begin to realize, and behave like they realize, that the interconnected web of life around us matters. In fact it is what matters most. One of the greatest stories I have ever told --in an attempt to illustrate that very point-- is a two book series of novels called Relations: McEmpire and Relations: SMASH YOUR TV! In them I have created two books that I absolutely love to read, which I think is the foundational benchmark for success in storytelling. In 2009 I released a music CD called My Real Name is Alex and it is full of even more great stories and urgent communiques to the human family about how we need to stop wasting our potential. It was created with the help of a lot of people who are very dear to me and, again, I find it to be so full of great stories that I can listen to it again and again and still love it. I consider myself EXTREMELY fortunate to be in the band called BloodThirsty Vegans. It has given my storytelling a power that it could never have accomplished on its own. The sound that comes out of this band never fails to make me want to dance, never fails to make me smile, and just keeps on inspiring better and better stories. Being in the BloodThirsty Vegans fills me with hope that our stories are going to change the world for the better.