Joe Louis full-length films and two shorts, including a starring role in the 1938 movie "Spirit of Youth", in which he played a boxer with many similarities to himself. In 1953, Robert Gordon directed a movie about Louis's life, "The Joe Louis Story". Filmed in Hollywood, it starred Golden Gloves fighter Coley Wallace in the role of Louis. In all, Louis made 25 defenses of his heavyweight title from 1937 to 1948, and was a world champion for 11 years and 10 months. Both are still records in the heavyweight division, the former in any division. His most remarkable record is that
The Boxer Rebellion (band) magazine described their "Union" album as "redolent of "The Bends"-era Radiohead". Stereoboard stated the band as "clearly taking influence from the recent success of bands such as The National and British Sea Power". Todd Howe, the band's former lead guitarist is known to be an avid Frank Zappa fan, owning over 36 of his records. Todd Howe announced he was leaving the band on Facebook, 29 April 2014. According to Nathan Nicholson, the split was entirely amicable - Todd Howe had married someone who lives and works in Arizona, so it became too hard to work together. Reference: The Boxer