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Artist Behind Pee Wee's Playhouse Shines In New Doc

Posted 03.16.2012

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Wayne White is an artist who has likely made a huge impression on your life whether you know it or not. After being the cartoonist for The New York Ti...

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Still a Wizard, a True Star: A Conversation With Todd Rundgren, Plus Tonight Alive's "Starlight" (Exclusive)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.06.2012

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Mike Ragogna

"I wrote a song about my high school girlfriend who broke my heart and have been milking it ever since. The irony of it is, it's the very first song I ever wrote and it's the song that's pinned on my back, kind of like 'kick me.'"

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Kate Abbey-Lambertz

LOOK: Step Into The Light At MOCAD

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 02.14.2012

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For the next three months, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit will be mostly in the dark. But flashes of changing light will unexpectedly illu...

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De-Evolution and Indie Revolution: Conversations With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and OK Go's Damian Kulash, Plus Comic-Con Gets Loopz-y

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

There is this cool little gizmo called a "Loopz" that creates sounds and beats depending on the user's physical interaction with it. An entity calling themselves The Loopz Band will be performing at Comic-Con.

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Return of the Son of...: A Conversation With Dweezil Zappa

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Dweezil Zappa has a new live record out titled Return of the Son of.... It isn't exactly a Frank Zappa greatest hits album, so here's what Dweezil was going for with the selections on this project.

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Pee-Wee Herman Coming To Broadway

Posted 05.25.2011

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The biggest kid in the world is coming to Broadway. Earlier today it was announced that Pee-wee Herman will do a six-week run of his new show startin...

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Art Invades Popular Culture?

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bettina Korek

The Internet is breaking down the invisible boundaries between the art world and mass culture; influence knows no boundaries.

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Pee Wee Herman On Leno: Paul Reubens Talks Abstinence, First Recording (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Pee-wee Herman (aka actor Paul Reubens) appeared on "The Jay Leno Show" Tuesday and showed off his new "abstinence ring." The joke was a reference to ...

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