Slog - Comments on Straight Out of Tehran http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran Here's some Iranian rap for your Sunday: And here's some commentary from a blogger in Tehran: i really enjoyed this video clip from Hitch-Kas (Nobody), self-assumed Godfather of Iranian rap. the video is worth watching to get a glimpse of what Iranian rap sounds like. i just have some comments about the clip and Persian rap. 1. rap singing has become so popular among youth in the last 4-5 years. most rappers in this clip haven’t entered their 20s i bet. 2. hitch-kas is one of the most professional Iranian rappers; the first rapper who has released an album ‘Jangal-e-Asfalt’... Copyright 2008 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:07:46 -0800 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC "duping girls at the parties etc"

awesome!

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078161 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:09:43 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Why export freedom when we can export Tha Thug Life?

Wonder if they have gardens in their traffic circles over there...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078162 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:17:20 -0800 Comment by PC Other news today, besides the stunning revelation that they have rap in Tehran and their guys like to rape girls at parties:

1. That Obanma guy is in Afghanistan. Yawn. Wow really not news.

2. He wants to send more troops there; the Nation magazine is highly critical of this. Wow sending more troops, there's nothing to even debate there, right?

3. Al Gore said something recently but the reaction and nonreaction esp. of major candidates and parties is not news.
Yawn. We'll handle it later.

3. From Sunday Times: "Clinton . . . is sending hand-written letters to campaign donors asking them to roll over their contributions to her Senate re-election fund – with “any amount in excess” of the maximum $2,300 contribution going to the 2012 presidential election."
Yawn, certainly any remaining divisiveness after Obama maxed outs didn't give to HRC isn't news.

The election's in the bag and there's no need to really unite more becaus wehav ethis huge three point lead in the polls and nothing could ever change between now and November.

OK sorry to go off topic but just wanted to show there's no news today. Let's get back to frisbee today and talking about rap.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078170 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078170 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:06:00 -0800 Comment by The CHZA This is pretty rad. Torrent hunting time.

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078188 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:45:05 -0800 Comment by Josh is back? Josh is back?
Is he still short, bald and arrogant?

]]> Josh is back? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078199 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078199 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:39:18 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore and i bet these boys are all for executing their fellow citzens for being gay. why would the mullahs be watching! i bet they love this shit, for shit it is.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078201 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:48:06 -0800 Comment by Gitai @6 How would Persian rappers being excited over the deaths of gays be that different from American rappers?

All the same, I'll add Persian to the list of language you can pleasingly rap in. Prior to today, that list contained only English and Italian.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078202 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:55:06 -0800 Comment by Mr Fuzzy http://ord-per.blogspot.com/2008/07/persian-rap-hitch-kas-and-his-bunch-of.html

.15 seconds in google.

]]> Mr Fuzzy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078207 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:27:46 -0800 Comment by Matthew "Dupe" does not equal "rape." The lyric may be misogynistic (I don't know), but to apply a knee-jerk attribution of rape boast (there, I just coined a phrase) based on a word ("dupe") that is not even in the song (it was Feit's word, not the artist's) is premature, at the very least.

I could dupe you into drinking sarsparilla when you were expecting root beer. Not a crime.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078239 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:20:06 -0800 Comment by Matthew Also, you @2: Start your own blog. It's not like the Stranger staff ignores current events. Not every thread is about the most important issues of the day.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078242 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:21:50 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @10, how rude.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078253 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:39:08 -0800 Comment by sirlearnsalot That's pretty interesting that they have dogs in their video. Dogs are generally thought of as unclean in Muslim culture. I wonder if that's part of the "thug" life there.

]]> sirlearnsalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078259 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:05:13 -0800 Comment by Matthew @11: Sorry, I meant @3 in my previous post.

I had no issue with your post.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078269 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:13:17 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 @9 - Yeah, you could dupe a girl into showing you her face.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078275 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:03:54 -0800 Comment by idaho What's the point of blogging if you don't want traffic? I took the same amount of time @8 did, and that was the first link that came up. If you don't want people to know about it, for whatever reason, don't post it.

]]> idaho http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078281 International Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:09:55 -0800 Comment by Matt Pit Bulls are a problem...

]]> Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078295 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:02:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle only when they rap, @16 ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078308 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078308 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:13:32 -0800 Comment by Snark of the Covenant Hey Josh,

Why was al-Qaeda fired from The Stranger?

]]> Snark of the Covenant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078441 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:31:55 -0800 Comment by Greg @18: Because they kept using company email to manage their terrorism business.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078457 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:24:52 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @19, actually it's because they betrayed their Islamic fundamentalist principles...Unpaid Intern is merely an anagram for A NUDE IN PRINT.


]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078462 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:31:07 -0800 Comment by Greg That and they kept insisting that all the women in the office wear burqas.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078481 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:13:49 -0800 Comment by Dougsf A rap video without woman? What the hell?

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/straight_out_of_tehran#c1078712 International Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:44 -0800