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Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, OK Go's Damien Kulash and I were all to do a panel for Berklee School of Music and Harvard School of Music, and we were just going to talk about the internet and how it's affected music.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

Singer Damian Kulash, who verges on tears in a YouTube video capturing his first encounter with Kermit the Frog backstage at "The Tonight Show"—"You think he's fictional until you actually meet him"—notes that the Muppets are among the few pop-culture touchstones that remain "unassailably cool" to his generation.

A Muppet Makeover John Jurgensen 2011

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, OK Go's Damien Kulash and I were all to do a panel for Berklee School of Music and Harvard School of Music, and we were just going to talk about the internet and how it's affected music.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman, OK Go's Damien Kulash and I were all to do a panel for Berklee School of Music and Harvard School of Music, and we were just going to talk about the internet and how it's affected music.

Mike Ragogna: Chatting with Ben Folds; Plus His Video Premiere of "A Working Day" Mike Ragogna 2011

"We're one of the few bands that, if we post a video on YouTube, know that it will get millions of hits," Kulash said later.

Fabio Periera: LA Film Fest: Did MTV Kill the Music Video Star? 2010

At one point, Kulash ventured to the center of the club floor to perform the ballad "Last Leaf."

In concert: OK Go at 9:30 club 2010

At one point, Kulash ventured to the center of the club floor to perform the ballad "Last Leaf."

Popsters OK Go are ready, willing but not quite able to rock at 9:30 club 2010

Damian Kulash: Basically, we have been playing around with different types of choreography.

Mike Ragogna: De-Evolution and Indie Revolution: Conversations With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and OK Go's Damian Kulash, Plus Comic-Con Gets Loopz-y 2010

"Now we have this open art form," Kulash explained as he stood amongst a few of the other directors whose work had been featured in the program.

Fabio Periera: LA Film Fest: Did MTV Kill the Music Video Star? 2010

And while those of us who grew up with MTV may mourn the channel's loss of a (somewhat) dedicated music channel, Kulash also pointed out the distinct advantage of the music video leaving mainstream television.

Fabio Periera: LA Film Fest: Did MTV Kill the Music Video Star? 2010