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Stripped Down Session: Frank Portman of The Mr. T Experience

If you’re a pop punk fan and you’re not listening to The Mr T. Experience, what’s wrong with you? ...

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Dec 21, 2016 Posted by Emily Matview In Stripped Down Session Tagged frank portman Comments 0

Images: Frank Portman of The Mr. T Experience, Justin Bridges of The People’s Whiskey October 22, 2016 at the Golden Tiki

I've been listening to The Mr. T Experience for 20 years now and Dr. Frank's songwriting has grown with each release while never losing the wit, charm, social ineptitude or quirkiness. ...

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Nov 4, 2016 Posted by Emily Matview In Images Tagged frank portman, The Peoples Whiskey Comments 1

Images: Frank Portman of The Mr. T Experience October 22, 2016 at the Windmill Library

Portman kicked things off by talking about his unique way of breaking into the writing field, with a literary agent who was already an MTX fan eager to get a book out of him. ...

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Nov 3, 2016 Posted by Emily Matview In Images Tagged frank portman Comments 0

Interview: Frank Portman (The Mr. T Experience) talks “King Dork,” success as a novelist, and not patronizing kids

"I think in a lot of children's literature, so called, there’s a tendency to feel like the characters in books should be setting good examples for children. I understand that point of view, but I don’t agree with that. " ...

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Oct 21, 2016 Posted by Alan Madrigal In Interviews Tagged frank portman Comments 0

PIV Book Club: King Dork Approximately (2015)

Like its predecessor, “King Dork Approximately” is a period piece set in the early 2000s. ...

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Oct 13, 2016 Posted by Emily Matview In Reviews Tagged frank portman, PIV Book Club Comments 0

PIV Book Club: King Dork (2006)

“King Dork” is a misanthropic punk rock mystery novel set in a high school at the turn of the millennium. ...

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Oct 6, 2016 Posted by Emily Matview In Reviews Tagged frank portman, PIV Book Club Comments 1

Five Questions With Frank Portman (Dr. Frank)

Many of our readers know Frank Portman better as his “Dr. Frank” persona, the frontman for one of pop punk’s best bands - The Mr. T Experience. Few frontman were better able to articulate the adolescent experience as well as Frank, so it was something of a natural shift from penning lyrics to writing prose. ...

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Jan 12, 2015 Posted by Emily Matview In Interviews Tagged frank portman, the mr. t experience Comments 0
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