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Everyone’s favorite children’s singer Raffi, responsible for preschool james like ”Baby Beluga” and “Bananaphone,” has carved out a pretty successful niche for himself on Twitter. His followers appear to be comprised primarily of twentysomethings nostalgic for their youth (ahem) and their parents. He tweets primarily about the environment (his 1990 album Everygreen, Everblue introduced a lot of us to environmentalism) and delightful factoids about his robust discography.
Lately, Raffi has gotten into the habit of tweeting about technology and what he sees as our dispiriting addiction to it. “Hey, Orwell: u were right re 1984,” he tweeted this morning. “it’s REALLY 1984. now. surveillance writ large, we’re giving up privacy, willingly. #digital#tech”
Our favorite Raffi missives, however, revolve around his proudest technological invention: The Bananaphone.
a kind tweep just reminded me that my #Bananaphone creation preceded the Appple iPhone by several years.—
Raffi Cavoukian (@Raffi_RC) January 22, 2013
the Raffi Law: a phone you can eat is more valuable than one you can't • corollary—phone with a peel trumps one without. #Bananaphone—
Raffi Cavoukian (@Raffi_RC) January 24, 2013
not quite what we had in mind… #Bananaphone #digitaldownside http://t.co/309fiF30—
Raffi Cavoukian (@Raffi_RC) January 24, 2013
Ah, the good old days, when phones were meant to be eaten and not sexted on.
Jessica Roy is the editor of Betabeat and a tech writer at the New York Observer. Follow Jessica on Twitter or via RSS. jroy@observer.com
