Appearances – Lily Moayeri: Recent Episodes
Lily Moayeri
music journalist since 1992 | educator since 2004 | podcaster since 2020 | Iranian American since birth
Join me and writer extraordinaire Kat Bein on her live video Q&A show which streams on YouTube and Twitch.
Subscribe to Kat’s excellent newsletter, Kat Scrawls, here.
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Moderator for the “Digitalia and the Archives” panel at Pop Conference 2024 with panelists Michaelangelo Matos, Tamara Palmer and Zoey Greenwald on March 7, 2024 at 1PM at USC Thornton School of Music Tutor Campus Center, Suite 350-352, Franklin.
Grab free tickets here.
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Panelist on “Artists and Content Creators’ Impact & Social Responsibilities in a World of AI and Information” featuring Antonio Teoli of Andromeda Sound, Mika Abadie aka Born Dirty and Paul Sitar of A3E/Sitarian Corporation at NAMM A3Exchange on January 27, 2024 from 12PM to 1PM at the Anaheim Convention Center; Level 2, Room 204C. More details here.
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Join me and photographer Piper Ferguson for an in-person author event speaking about her book, Indie/Seen at Zibby’s Bookshop in Santa Monica on January 17, 2024 at 6PM Pacific, or you can join us live on YouTube.
Tickets for event here.
Link to YouTube event here.
Check out Lina Lecaro’s story in Los Angeles Magazine highlighting the event.
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Listicle of the 20 best music books of 2023 for FLOOD Magazine:
The Best Music Books of 2023
From intimate memoirs, to photo-heavy coffee table books, to graphic novel biographies, we look back on 20 of the most invigorating reads of the year
Check out the anthology on the list, The Life Death and Afterlife of the Record Store, where I have a chapter on accessing music in Iran pre- and post-the Islamic Revolution here.
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Excerpt from The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Record Store: A Global History, the book in which I have a chapter, accompanied by a little background on the book on … Continue reading →
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Excerpt from The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Record Store: A Global History, the book in which I have a chapter, accompanied by a little background information on me on … Continue reading →
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Interviewed by Michelle Nati for this comprehensive article on AI, specifically ChatGPT for Work + Money:
Is ChatGPT Really a Game-Changer — or a Race to the Bottom?
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Interviewed for Abraham Lincoln High School‘s newspaper, The Railsplitter, by sophomore journalism student Charlotte Ly, about my experiences growing up under the oppressive Islamic regime in Iran and activism during the protests at the present time.
The People of Iran Are Not Backing Down
How the Islamic Regime Runs (or Ruins?) Iran, and the Uprising in the Face of Oppression
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Presentation for United Iranian Americans‘ “To Iran With Love” art gala at Casa Madera in the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood on March 18, 2023.
Lily Moayeri: A Lived History
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Interviewed by Harry Levin for this comprehensive article on Iran and electronic musicians for Beatportal:
The Heart and Resilience of Iran’s Dance Music Community
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I was interviewed about my music journalism start, mentors, experiences, work process and advice for “Unwavering Conclusions,” the 162th edition of the Music Journalism Insider newsletter by longtime music journalist Todd L. Burns:
Music Journalism Insider: Lily Moayeri Interview
Check out the Music Journalism Insider newsletter here.
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Thomas Schumacher interviewed for Gray Area‘s Artist Spotlight series:
Thomas Schumacher
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SPIN‘s managing editor Liza Lentini on Pretty Good Year: My Top Stories of 2022 which includes my piece on “Googoosh and the Daughters of the Revolution.”
Check out Liza’s whole list:
Pretty Good Year: My Top Stories of 2022
From heart-wrenching journalism to moving music profiles, Managing Editor Liza Lentini creates an end-of-year roundup of some of her favorite stories she worked on this year
And check out the Googoosh episode of the Pictures of Lily Podcast which Liza name checks in her entry.
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Guested on an episode of Don’t Kill the Vibe Podcast speaking about music and politics, particularly in the context of the 2022 Iran Revolution with hosts Katie Bain and Zel McCarthy and fellow guest and music journalist, Joshua Glazer of the Cadence newsletter.
Listen on Spotify or on SoundCloud.
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I gave “insider recommendations” for the Los Angeles section of Destination Dancefloor: A Global Atlas of Dance Music and Club Culture From London to Tokyo, Chicago to Berlin and Beyond written by my sometime editor at Mixmag, Duncan Dick with a foreword by Carl Cox.
Purchase the collectible coffee table-style book right here.
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Hosted the Composer’s Lounge at Mix Magazine‘s Mix Sound for Film & TV at Sony Pictures Studios event on September 24, 2022 moderating panels with Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai about … Continue reading →
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Guested on an episode of Kaveh J.’s Screening Room podcast speaking about Moonage Daydream and the best music documentaries: Kaveh J.’s Screening Room: ”Moonage Daydream’ and the Best Modern Music Docs’ A … Continue reading →
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Fifth appearance on the Book and Film Globe Week in Review Podcast #061 with editor Neal Pollack, speaking about Ms. Marvel versus The Boys, which should you watch with your … Continue reading →
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Lauren Spalding aka HERMIXALOT of Femme House interviewed for Festival Insider Veteran Tales: Lauren Spalding and the Rooftop Beginnings of Femme House
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Multi-hyphenate Dave Ralph interviewed for Festival Insider Veteran Tales: The Many Lives of Dave Ralph
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Rob Gonzalez aka Machete interviewed on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of Los Angeles’ drum ‘n’ bass weekly party, Respect, for Festival Insider: Veteran Tales: Rob Machete Keeping D&B … Continue reading →
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Tom Astley-Williams of L’Affaire Musicale interviewed about his 25+ years in electronic dance music for Festival Insider: Veteran Tales: Tom Astley-Williams
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Richie Romero nightlife guru of New York City interviewed about his 30+ years in the game and his new nightclub venture Nebula, for Festival Insider: Veteran Tales: Richie Romero
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Fourth appearance on the Book and Film Globe Week in Review Podcast #018 speaking about A Realistic List of Books You Can Get Young Adults To Actually Finish. I’m on for 12 … Continue reading →
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Third appearance on the Book and Film Globe Week in Review Podcast #014 speaking about my investigative report on the documentary Summer of Soul. I’m on for 10 minutes at … Continue reading →
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I was the guest on the Under the Radar Podcast mini-episode, “The Stories We Tell” with producer and host Celine Teo-Blockey where, in connection with the Lucy Dacus episode, we … Continue reading →
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Behind the Musical Magic of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist panel moderated for Guild of Music Supervisors 2021 Panel Series For Your Consideration featuring music supervisor Jen Ross, creator/showrunner/executive producer Austin Winsberg … Continue reading →
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Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks and director Edgar Wright interviewed on camera about their documentary, The Sparks Brothers for FLOOD Magazine: In Conversation: Sparks and Director Edgar Wright on … Continue reading →
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Louis Diaz, Pacha Group’s Global Director of Music & Programming about this trajectory in hospitality and nightlife interviewed for Festival Insider: Veteran Tales: Louis Diaz
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Closing Keynote panel moderated for Winter Music Conference Virtual Edition 2021 featuring Susan Paley (DropLabs), Kevin Lin (Twitch), Arabian Prince (Inov8 Next) and Zach Katz (Raised in Space) on May 20, 2021 at … Continue reading →
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Second appearance on the Book and Film Globe‘s The Week in Review podcast recorded live on Clubhouse, I’m at 51 minutes and 15 seconds:
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First appearance on the Book and Film Globe‘s The Week in Review podcast recorded live on Clubhouse: The Book and Film Globe Week in Review PodcastThe second edition of our … Continue reading →
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Entertainment attorney Darren Traub of WWE interviewed about the trajectory of his career in music, gaming, esports, technology and wrestling for Festival Advisor: Veteran Tales: Darren Traub Keep up with … Continue reading →
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Guested on an episode of Kaveh J.’s Screening Room podcast speaking about HBO’s Betty: Discussing 2020’s Most Underrated TV Series, “Betty” Follow Kaveh J.’s Screening Room on Anchor, or your … Continue reading →
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SiriusXM‘s Rida Naser interviewed about her ride in radio for Festival Advisor: Veteran Tales: Rida Naser Listen to Rida every weekday on SiriusXM’s BPM Channel.
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Mix Presents Sound for Film and TV Awards Season Apple TV+ Composers Lounge hosted featuring interviews with Blake Neely (Greyhound), Phoenix (On The Rocks), Bruno Coulais (Wolfwalkers), Henry Jackman (Cherry) and … Continue reading →
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Terence Blanchard interviewed for Mix Presents Sound for Film and TV Awards Season Composer Profile: Da 5 Bloods – Presented by Netflix Watch the introduction for the virtual festival here.
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I am one of the women featured in Disco Donnie Presents “50 Women of the Disco” a list of women who the longstanding promotor highlights as “powerhouses who are trailblazing … Continue reading →
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SiriusXM‘s Geronimo interviewed ahead of bpm EMPOWERED Virtual Festival about his 30+ years in radio and his position as the senior director of programming for all of SiriusXM’s electronic and … Continue reading →
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I am an honoree at She Said So‘s Alternative Power 100 Music List 2020.Full list of She Said So Alternative Power 100 Music List 2020 here.
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Video interview with Disclosure for Capitol Royale as part of the “story enabled by technology” Infinity Festival Hollywood about the duo’s environmental proactivity and the virtual promotion of their latest … Continue reading →
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Music Supervisors Elite Round Table panel moderated for Variety Music for Screens Week 2020 featuring Joel C. High, Jen Malone, Madonna Wade-Reed, Amanda Krieg-Thomas and Robin Urdang. Videos from all … Continue reading →
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Audio engineer George Stavro video interview and print interview for Festival Advisor about his 30+ years in the audio business: Veteran Tales: George Stavro Check out George’s company Sonic Lab … Continue reading →
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Laura Karpman interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV: Composer’s Lounge, initially broadcast on September 25, 2020. Watch the introduction for the virtual conference here.
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Will Bates of Fall of Your Sword interviewed for Mix Sound for Film and TV: Composer’s Lounge, initially broadcast on September 25, 2020. Watch the introduction for the virtual conference … Continue reading →
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Presentation for Learning Revolution‘s Home Learning Summit on “A Podcast As A Meaningful Culminating Project” with my colleague Marisa Crabtree. Make a copy of the Google Slides presentation here.Register for … Continue reading →
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Interviewed on Instagram Live by Andy Hermann, one of my top five best editors of all time, for a session of his music journalism career track for Grammy Camp. View … Continue reading →
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Interviewed by longtime arts publicist Lynn Tejada via her Green Galactic account on her “AMA With An Arts Publicist” series on Instagram Live sharing pro tips on how to get press. … Continue reading →
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Went back for Part 2 of being interviewed by music photographer extraordinaire Scott Dudelson on Instagram Live via his All Day Vinyl account, talking about behind the scenes experiences with Boy George and … Continue reading →
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Music photographer extraordinaire Scott Dudelson interviewed me on Instagram Live via his All Day Vinyl account, talking about behind the scenes experiences with Andrew Weatherall, Oasis and The Cure. View … Continue reading →
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Moderated a roundtable Zoom video chat with original “Valley Girls” from the 1983 film, Valley Girl: Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Heidi Holicker and the writer of the 2020 musical adaptation, Amy Talkington, for Flood Magazine: Watch … Continue reading →
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I have a couple of very brief appearance in Andhim Presents Mile to Go (A Road Movie) during their stop in Los Angeles when I met up with them to … Continue reading →
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Superstar scribe Katie Bain interviewed me for Insomniac.com: The Night I Fell In Love With Dance Music: Lily Moayeri Read more of Katie’s fantastic writing.
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My library at Abraham Lincoln High School is featured in this Old Navy #Unlimited video.
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ePublishing & Tablet Pub Daily picked up my post “Juana Molina: Wed 21 (Crammed Discs).” Check out the headlines here.
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My Local Buzz TV‘s Santa Monica Local Buzz picked up my post “Poolside @ Santa Monica Pier.” Check out the headlines here.
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Urban Kronix Radio‘s The #DnB Daily News picked up my post “Running Around Los Angeles Week Of August 30, 2013“ with Reid Speed including her brand-new drum ‘n’ bass mix, Resound. … Continue reading →
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optiSOUNDZ #dnb news picked up my preview of Goldie at Respect. Check out the headlines here.
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Black Moth Super Rainbow‘s Thomas Fec AKA Tobacco interviewed via Twitter for the album, Cobra Juicy, for Under The Radar: The Twitterview: Black Moth Super Rainbow Check out some of Tobacco’s … Continue reading →
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bali Di Bali Newspaper picked up my look back at Bali in Weekly Wanderings for today’s edition. Check out the headlines here.
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The Keep It Crafty Daily picked up my Jason Collet album review for today’s edition. Check out the headlines here.
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The Revolution Daily picked up some of my television reviews for today’s edition. Check out the headlines here.
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For the second year in a row, I participated in CHAMPS presents Arts and Entertainment Radio / Intercollegiate Broadcasting System West Coast Conference 2012 Radio & Music Industry Conference this past weekend on … Continue reading →
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I conducted a video interview with Michael Kiwanuka at the Troubadour on August 14, 2012 when he was touring in support of his album, Home Again. You can’t see me … Continue reading →
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Here is a screenshot of my delegate page on the 2012 Amsterdam Dance Event Pro site. I will be speaking on the United States of EDM panel. I’m very excited … Continue reading →
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Music and culture journalist Toby Rogers has found a couple of my blog posts and kindly shared them in The Toby Rogers Daily. Click on the links below to go to … Continue reading →
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People Magazine featured Aaron Clark, one of the members of the stellar City Year team at our school, Edwin Markham Middle School, in their June 11, 2012 issue. That’s my … Continue reading →
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I was “papped” at Hotel Cafe waiting for the Soft Swells to perform after Ruby Friedman with whom I am not familiar. The photographer, Joseph Mailander, has many accomplishments. Check out … Continue reading →
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To the best of my recollection, an alphabetical list of every publication I have contributed to since 1992 (updating): Axcess (where I was music editor) Allstarmag.com American Eagle Outfitters (catalog) … Continue reading →
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