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To call Peter Hook a bass player is to call the George Washington Bridge a mere river crossing.
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For an artist whose legend is built around being a studio genius, Brian Wilson is surprisingly excited to perform Pet Sounds live once again.
View ArticleDoes MoMA Downplay the Influence of Psychedelic Drugs on Adrian Piper’s Work?
The drawings and paintings that resulted from Adrian Piper's experiments with psychedelic drugs like LSD comprise the opening of a new career retrospective, 'A Synthesis of Intuitions,' at the Museum...
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