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: Oakland, CATwitter
Music Archive
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Blue Scholars in SF! December 16!
Posted on November 12, 2007 | 2 CommentsBlue Scholars always know how to rock a stage — so drop a Hamilton, and join me at Café du Nord! -
What I’m Reading
Posted on August 2, 2007 | 2 CommentsCanoe.ca New Pornographers battle Internet leaks on their own terms July 30 2007 “Personally, I don’t have a huge problem with leaks, I’m of the belief that if people get your record for free but they come to your show and buy a T-shirt or... -
Yay shows!
Posted on July 31, 2007 | 1 CommentMany of my favorite acts/bands are playing shows in San Francisco in the coming weeks and months: Eddie Izzard Marines Memorial Theater – August 6 The New Pornographers Warfield – September 17 Arctic Monkeys Bill Graham Civic – September 27 They Might Be Giants Fillmore... -
Ticket Giveaway: The Fray, July 25 (Bend, Oregon)
Posted on July 19, 2007 | 1 CommentSo I’m not really sure how many readers I have in Oregon, nor within driving distance of Bend, but here goes: I was contacted recently by a promoter for The Fray, who is giving away two tickets to readers of this blog for the band’s... -
Blue Scholars play SF!
Posted on May 30, 2007 | No CommentsMy favorite hip-hop duo from Seattle will be rockin’ the mic this Thursday at Pier 23 in a FREE show that starts at 9 pm! I will *so* be there. Come meet me! (Did I mention that it’s free?) -
Chapitre 7
Posted on May 29, 2007 | No CommentsI just found out that MC Solaar’s seventh album will be coming out next month. Appropriately, as has been the case for the last few albums with their numerological titles, it’ll be called “Chapitre 7.” It’s been four years since the last one — I... -
“All Over You Like Egg In a Bowl of Bibimbap!”
Posted on May 12, 2007 | No CommentsOh man — what could be better than Stephen Colbert singing a mock Korean pop song (Ã la Rain)? Exactly. [via Metropolitician] -
Epicte
Posted on May 1, 2007 | 1 CommentMy longtime friend Nick Freilich, aka Epicte, has just come out with his first full-length electronica CD. At $10, (shipping including), it’s a bargain. I’ve just ordered mine — and so you should too. You may recall that one of the tracks, “Celtic Glass Glitch,”... -
Democracy in Dakar: Wade re-elected
Posted on March 1, 2007 | No CommentsSo Senegal just had its presidential elections this past Sunday, and the results are in today: Abdoulaye Wade has been re-elected. Ethan has a great roundup via Global Voices about what various Senegalese bloggers are saying about things. Not sure who’s who or what’s what?... -
Two unrelated items
Posted on February 28, 2007 | No CommentsJosh Quittner, the editor-in-chief at Business 2.0 magazine (where I was an intern a mere three years ago), wants to be the next dean at the North Gate Graduate School of Journalism? Also, why didn’t anyone tell me that Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are...
