About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
Music Archive
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SF Chronicle: Rebels of rap reign in Iran
Posted on April 17, 2008 | 1 CommentSF Chronicle: Felakat is part of a thriving underground music scene, wh… (04-16) 04:00 PDT Tehran – – In a cozy soundproof recording studio housed in a decrepit downtown building, the rap musician known as Felakat lounged on a chair, surrounded by sound mixers and... -
Wednesday Update
Posted on February 20, 2008 | No CommentsHere’s what I’m reading today: Iranian fundamentalists preach in cyberspace (The Guardian Newsblog) DC’s Best Embassies (Washingtonian) The Legend of Barack Obama (Washingtonian) The Demise of Hyphy (SF Weekly) Oops: Columbia j-school dean sends self-evaluation to class (Romenesko) Here’s what I did today: Cover the... -
Rolling Stone: The Death of High Fidelity
Posted on January 2, 2008 | No CommentsRolling Stone: David Bendeth, a producer who works with rock bands like Hawthorne Heights and Paramore, knows that the albums he makes are often played through tiny computer speakers by fans who are busy surfing the Internet. So he’s not surprised when record labels ask... -
Santa Monica High School Marching Band to perform in London on New Year’s Day 2009
Posted on December 10, 2007 | No CommentsMore music tourism news, but this time, from my alma mater. Santa Monica Daily Press: The Santa Monica High School marching band will be marching over the Atlantic to London, England in 2009, ringing in the new year by performing in the city’s holiday parade.... -
Philharmonic Agrees to Play in North Korea
Posted on December 10, 2007 | No CommentsThe New York Times: The Philharmonic, led by its music director, Lorin Maazel, has been considering the visit since an invitation arrived by fax in August. It was a typed letter from the North Korean culture ministry, in English, accompanied by a cover letter from... -
On Percy Grainger
Posted on December 9, 2007 | 1 CommentThe first piece that I ever heard by Percy Grainger was “Molly on the Shore“. Its tick-tock opening of the lower clarinet and bassoon voices provide an amazing support for the rapid-fire but flowing melody for the first clarinets that remains as captivating now as... -
Unedited interview with MC Hammer (November 15 2007)
Posted on December 6, 2007 | No CommentsAs promised, here’s the 47-minute unedited interview with MC Hammer. Interview with MC Hammer (47:21) – MP3 -
T-Pain rocks Billboard, and cellphone ringtones?
Posted on November 28, 2007 | No CommentsBig ups to NPR’s Nate DiMeo for this awesome story explaining ringtones and the tech behind T-Pain, a rapper that I’d never heard of. Apparently he makes up for one in three of this week’s Billboard Top 10 tracks. Listen to the piece here. (No,... -
Blue Scholars’ “Joe Metro” video debuts
Posted on November 24, 2007 | No CommentsKennedy pointed out that the sweet new video to “Joe Metro” debuted this week on MTV. You guys are coming on December 16, right? -
Cyrus and MC Hammer!
Posted on November 15, 2007 | 2 CommentsThe interview went awesomely! MC Hammer was a gentleman and was happy to let me monopolize his time for the better part of an hour. After the interview, we totally geeked out, comparing our iPhones — he was giddy over the Labrnyinth game for the...
