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Articles by Mark Smotroff

Music Matters: Grateful Dead Holy Grail, Pianos Take NY, Gold CDs, Club Closings and More Metal Banging Fun

Music Matters: Grateful Dead Holy Grail, Pianos Take NY, Gold CDs, Club Closings and More Metal Banging Fun We report on a newly restored, previously unreleased legendary 1972 Grateful Dead concert film, pianos placed around NYC for all to play, the "Gold CD Difference," the closing of another iconic rock club and an artistic approach to music making.

Music Matters: Golden Gate Bridge Music App, Big Star Movie, Music Discovery, New Beatles LP(?) and more!

Music Matters: Golden Gate Bridge Music App, Big Star Movie, Music Discovery, New Beatles LP(?) and more! This month, Music Matters' Mark Smotroff enthuses about the joys of discovering new sounds at real "brick and mortar" music stores, the new Big Star movie soundtrack, a cool app that lets you "play" the Golden Gate Bridge and more sonic wonderment!

Music Matters: Vault Vinyl, Zappa Holy Grail #1, Cheesy 5.1 Seas, CD Storage Options and more!

Music Matters: Vault Vinyl, Zappa Holy Grail #1, Cheesy 5.1 Seas, CD Storage Options and more! From a legendary 1974 Frank Zappa TV broadcast's official release to logical CD storage solutions, Music Matters offers up tasty music news tidbits that may well increase your listening pleasure.

Music Matters: Nilsson Box, Rush HD, Fogarty, Flaming Lips, Grateful Dead '77 and more!

Music Matters: Nilsson Box, Rush HD, Fogarty, Flaming Lips, Grateful Dead '77 and more! This week, Music Matters scribe Mark Smotroff reports on cool box set previews 'n pre-orders from Harry Nilsson and The Grateful Dead, Cirque Du Soleil Summer show bargains, John Fogarty and Flaming Lips on TV and Rush on HDTracks!

Music Matters: Post-RSD Shopping Spree, New Festivals, Soundcloud and more

Music Matters: Post-RSD Shopping Spree, New Festivals, Soundcloud and more Music Matters' scribe Mark Smotroff revels in his post-Record Store Day shopping spree, reports on line-ups for some upcoming Summer music festivals, the ascension of Soundcloud and more!

Music Matters: Big Sounds, Big Reissues, Big Fun

Music Matters: Big Sounds, Big Reissues, Big Fun Music Matters' scribe Mark Smotroff recaps Record Store Day in Las Vegas and SoCal, reports on new reissues and pays respects to the late great Richie Havens.

Music Matters: More RSD 2013 Goodies and Hot New Releases

Music Matters: More RSD 2013 Goodies and Hot New Releases Mark offers a few more Record Store Day exclusives, and a masterful new Wings boxed set.

Music Matters: Record Store Day 2013 Preview

Music Matters: Record Store Day 2013 Preview We welcome Mark Smotroff for his first weekly column on music, aptly entitled "Music Matters." Get his picks for this year's Record Store Day.
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