EXTRA CREDIT
Press, Media Mentions, News and Reviews
Mr. Smolin's L.A. song-cycle Bring Back The Real Don Steele is featured in an article in the L.A. Weekly
"Boss Radio" as it happened live at Echo Curio:
Mr. Smolin is mentioned in this article on musicians who are UCLA Alumni
Mr. Smolin interviews Stew
"The Earth Keeps Turning On" appears on the Weeds Season Three Soundtrack Album
Mr. Smolin wrote an article for the L.A. Times about his former high school English teacher George Schoenman
"The Earth Keeps Turning On" is featured in Episode 7 Season 3 of Weeds
Mr. Smolin has a loverly chat with Rip Rense in The Rip Post
Simon Lewis of Terrascope calls Crumbling Empire "a work of pop genius"
Crumbling Empire is blurbed positively by Jon Worley in Aiding & Abetting
Mr. Smolin's song "Mata Hari" is featured in Episode 59 of izzie Voodoo's hip-ass podcast the Voodoo Quota Show
Richard Gehr gives Crumbling Empire a nice shout-out on his Music For Grownups blog
The Crumbling Empire Of White People is reviewed favorably at Smother.net
The Crumbling Empire Of White People receives a "giant" thumbs-up from The Daily Copper.
View DanRae Wilson's video of Mr. Smolin's classic song "Casper":
Read about Mr. Smolin in the L.A. Times!
Rip Rense conducts an extensive interview with Mr. Smolin in The Rip Post
At Apogee receives an adorable review in the University of New Mexico's student newspaper The Daily Lobo
At Apogee is reviewed positively at Smother.net
At Apogee receives a positive review in Jambands.com
At Apogee is reviewed in Harp Magazine
Mr. Smolin is featured in an article in The Larchmont Chronicle
A positive review of At Apogee is now running in Jambase
The first public review of At Apogee appears in the September 2003 edition of Cosmik Debris
Smolin writes the Foreword for Dumb Luck, a book on the art of Gary Baseman published by Chronicle Books
Check out Smolin's article on the seminal '70s band Television
Other articles by Smolin:
All Antennae Up And Running--an interview with Joe Gallant
House Full Of Cheese--article on DJ Harry
Put On Different Eyes--an interview with Tom Marshall
Creatures From The Mutant Lagoon--article on the Ominous Seapods
Spawn Of The Dead--early analysis of the Jamband Scene
Blood In The Clover--article on teaching Stephen Sondheim's Assassins
Drumming At The Edge Of Jerry--an interview with David Kemper
Some old interviews with Smolin:
Mr. Smolin was in Time Magazine in his early teaching days (1988).
Smolin featured in Voyager Magazine
The first interview with Smolin in Jambands.com
Radio coverage in Relix Magazine