Adario Strange

Adario Strange

Adario Strange is a New York based film director, writer and artist. He is most well known for his documentary film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477044/ "The NYU Suicides"] detailing a year of strange deaths at the famed university. In recent years he was Editor in Chief of the weekly newspaper "New York Press" and a business technology writer for "Wired".

Strange was born and raised in the East Village in New York City, NY, United States. Many in the entertainment industry also know him for his work as one of the original writers and second Editor in Chief of "The Source" hip hop magazine, and pioneering hip-hop culture into the mainstream of America.

He also became a well-known New York radio personality (at New York's Hot 97 WQHT FM and WBAU FM), and a record producer for Tupac Shakur. Strange also worked behind-the-scenes with Public Enemy's Bomb Squad production with Hank Shocklee and Bill Stephney's Soul Records in the early 90's. In the year 2001 Strange appeared in The New York Times as a leader of the digital music MP3 movement heading up FreeListen.com in the '90s. Later in 2001, Strange released the book "The Art of Secrets: Pirates, Robots, & Beats" an episodic recounting of his technology column.

Strange has appeared as a guest discussing youth culture and technology on ABC's World News Tonight, CBS News, PBS, and in the pages of "The New York Times", "The New York Daily News", "Crain's New York Business" and "Billboard Magazine".

Filmography

* "Hikikomori, Tokyo Plastic" 2004
* "The NYU Suicides" 2005
* "Bjork Vs. THX-1138" (Music Video) 2006

ee also

*Wired Magazine
*New York Press
*Web 2.0
*The Source

External links

*imdb name|id=1760881|name=Adario Strange
* [http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/01/08/circuits/articles/31naps.html Interviewed by The New York Times]
* [http://www.ctheory.net/article.aspx?id=333 CTheory Essay]
* [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/social_networks.html Theory of Social Networks]
* [http://nypress.com/19/47/news&columns/feature.cfm Conversation with] Xeni Xardin


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