Uncut: Thunder Road: Bruce Springsteen's 40 Greatest Songs (PRESS, UK) SCAN: Russell Simins comments from a huge article on "Bruce Springsteen's 40 Greatest Songs" 2003.04.00 FasterLouder.com.au: Russell Simins Talks Touring, Tinkering & Tex (PRESS, US) TEXT: "So who is the real Blues Explosion, the artful studio savants that have fused hip hop scratches and the sound of a funky drummer with bleeding guitar noise? Or the sneering, four on the floor stage animals that come on going 100 and leave at 110?" 2004.12.22 Russell Simins by Jose Fragoso (ILLUSTRATION, US) IMAGE 2000s Jews Who Rock (BOOK, US) COVER ONLY / Book featuring 'Jews Who Rock' which inlcudes Judah Bauer and Russell Simins (of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion). 2001.01.00 NME: New York Irving Plaza [Review] / Public Places [Review] (PRESS, UK) TEXT: "Everyone gets sick of their day job now and again, and even if you've spent eight years of your life in rock'n'roll nirvana - behind the drumkit of the spasmodically mighty Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - something can still be missing. For Russell Simins, it's a void that only a solo album will fill" 2000.11.04 Public Places (POSTCARD, US) 2000.10.17 Select: Have You Ever / Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Acme [Review] (PRESS, UK) TEXT: "I think when I said I wanted to be a musician, that kind of upset my mom. But now my parents couldn't be happier for me. I mean, they were very good about it, they got me a drum set when I was seven years old, they let me play it all my life, but I think that they were always a little concerned..." 1998.11.00 Select: Nasty As They Wanna Be (PRESS, UK) SCAN: Short contribution from Russell Simins about the Beastie Boys 1998.09.00 Grand Royal: Issue Two [Russell Simins article] (PRESS, US) COVER ONLY 199?.00.00