Dorian Electra

Dorian Electra
Birth name Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg
Born (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992
Houston, Texas
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, film-maker, visual artist
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2009–present
Website dorianelectra.com

Dorian Electra (born Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg, June 25, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, video and performance artist. [1]

Career

Electra first drew national attention in 2010 with the music video I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek,[2] which lauded the philosophy of the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek and garnered commentary from the modern Austrian theory professor Steven Horwitz.[3]

In 2011 she released two more videos, Roll with the Flow and We Got it 4 Cheap. Both were covered by mainstream political media.[4][5] We Got it 4 Cheap came in second in the Lloyd V. Hackley Endowment's "Supply and Demand Video Contest".[6]

In 2012 she interned at production company Emergent Order.[7][8] Emergent Order had previously published Fear the Boom and Bust, a similarly intellectual, Hayek-oriented rap video.[9][10]

She then produced a new, similarly economics-oriented pop video, FA$T CA$H, with the support of an award from the Moving Picture Institute.[11]

In September of 2012, Electra released the music video Party Milk, which she describes as an attempt to merge common party scene symbolism with something one would never associate with a party, but that everyone is familiar with in another context.[12][13]

Electra drew criticism from Gawker's Maureen Tkacik, who criticized her as an example of "tween indoctrination" with libertarian ideas.[14] In 2013, Electra told The College Fix that she no longer identified as a libertarian.[15]

In 2014, Electra released a music video called What Mary Didn't Know, [16] based on Frank Jackson's philosophical thought experiment of the same name (1986). [17]

2015 saw the release of Electra's video Forever Young: A Love Song to Ray Kurzweil, a tribute to the futurist Ray Kurzweil.[18][19]

Education

Electra graduated from School of the Woods, a Montessori high school in Houston.[7] She attended Shimer College, a Great Books school in Chicago, from 2010-2014.[20]

Videos

References

  1. ↑ http://dorianelectra.com/
  2. ↑ Electra, Dorian (2010-12-19). I'm in Love with Friedrich Hayek. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  3. ↑ Steve Horwitz (2012-07-10). "This is the Best They Can Do?". Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. ↑ Veronique de Rugy (2011-10-17). "More Hayek vs. Keynes". National Review. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  5. ↑ Matt Welch (2011-10-17). "New Hayekian Music/Econ Video: "Roll With the Flow (My Date With Keynes)"". Reason.com. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  6. ↑ Lloyd V. Hackley Endowment (2012-02-01). "Supply and Demand Video Contest Winners". Fayetteville State University. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  7. 1 2 Dorian Electra (2012-05-30). "Dorian Electra's in Texas". Blog.shimer. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  8. ↑ Shimer College (2012-04-18). "2012 SIM Interns". Retrieved 2012-10-19.
  9. ↑ Caitlin Kenney (2010-01-25). "Watch: 'Fear The Boom And Bust'". NPR. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  10. ↑ Cindy Perman (2010-02-12). "‘Fear the Boom and Bust’: A Rap Anthem for the Economy". CNBC. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  11. ↑ "Speakers at the Futures of Entertainment program". Futures of Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  12. 1 2 Electra, Dorian; Bush, Wolf; Hong, Lynn (Director) (2012-09-08). Party Milk (YouTube). Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  13. ↑ "Party Milk". Aweh | Casual Creative Culture. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  14. ↑ Moe Tkacik (2012-07-05). "Meet Rapper Dorian Electra Gomberg, the Libertarian Lolita". Gawker.com.
  15. ↑ Ershadi, Julie (February 22, 2013). "Libertarian Rock Star Dorian Electra Isn’t a Libertarian". The College Fix. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  16. 1 2 Electra, Dorian (August 29, 2014). "What Mary Didn't Know" (Video). YouTube. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  17. ↑ Jackson, Frank (May 1986). "What Mary Didn't Know" (PDF). The Journal of Philosophy. Volume 83 (Issue 5): 291–295. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  18. 1 2 Electra, Dorian; Allen, Weston Getto. "Forever Young: A Love Song to Ray Kurzweil". YouTube. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  19. ↑ Toobin, Adam. "Singularity Futurist Ray Kurzweil Gets 'Forever Young' Cover He Deserves". Inverse. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  20. ↑ Electra, Dorian (2010-09-08). My First Day at Shimer College (YouTube). Chicago, Illinois: Shimer College. Retrieved 2012-10-18.

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