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Word: devoe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the exception of Devo, funny-talking people with boxes on their heads are pretty hard to watch. Here we have another exception...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Comedy Geometry | 12/12/1986 | See Source »

Running a film society is not a cheap proposition. A typical Science Center weekend alone runs an average of $80 for security and $150 for hired projectionists and up to $1000 for popular films. Even showing devo films in house dining halls can cost...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: House Film Societies: Mini Moguls of Movie Industry | 3/8/1986 | See Source »

Note: Though probably not intentionally, the Adventures have two links to the Akron, Ohio band Devo: the drummer's name is Spud, and the hats worn on the cover look remarkably like those on the cover of Freedom of Choice...

Author: By Jonathan S. Steuer, | Title: Goldilocks Rock | 1/10/1986 | See Source »

...Riley (1971) to the hypnotic insistence of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), the synthesizer has become almost as important to rock as drums and electric guitars. Novelty is part of its attraction. "People are tired of guitar-based music," says Mark Mothersbaugh, a member of Devo. "Synthesized sounds are as close as you can get to V-2 rockets, mortar blasts and TV news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Switched-On Rock, Wired Classics | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...Devo: Love Without Anger (Gerald V. Casale). The syncopated anarchists of rock postmodernism use animated Ken and Barbie dolls and humanoid chickens to dispatch a characteristically acid valentine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: THE TOP 20 VIDEOS | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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