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| years_active = 1992 - present
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| occupation = ], ] and ]
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'''Cevin Soling''' (pronounced "KEV-in SO-ling") is an American ], ], ], ], ], and ]. He is known for his ] book series, his bands ] and ], his film work including ], ], and ], and his writings and essays. He is a member of ].
'''Cevin Soling''' (pronounced "KEV-in SO-ling") (born August 5) is an American ], ], ], ], ], and ]. He is known for his ''Rumpleville'' book series, his bands The Neanderthal Spongecake and The Love Kills Theory,<ref name="xemu">{{cite news
|url=http://www.xemu.com/artists.html
|title=Artists: The Neanderthal Spongecake
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|date=
|publisher=Xemu Records
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> his film work including '']'', ''Boris the Dog'', and his writings and essays. In 2009 he appeared on ] to talk about his documentary '']''.<ref name="colbert">{{cite news
|url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256926/november-30-2009/cevin-soling
|title=Cevin D. Soling
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|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> He is a member of ].<ref name="homeschooling">{{cite news
|url=http://sites.google.com/site/homeschoolinginsweden/usa-home-education/the-war-on-kids
|title=The War on Kids
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|date=November 2009
|publisher=Homeschooling in Sweden
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref>


==Biography== ==Biography==
Cevin Soling was born in New York Hospital in New York City, and grew up in Scarsdale, NY. His father, Chester Soling, was an architect and real estate developer who founded ] at ]. His mother, Carole Soling, was an ESL teacher. He has two older sisters. Cevin Soling was born in New York Hospital in ], and grew up in ].<ref name="songfacts"/> His father, Chester Soling, was an architect and real estate developer who founded the The Soling Program at ].<ref name="syr">{{cite news
|url=http://soling.syr.edu/
|title=The Soling Program
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher=]
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> His mother, Carole Soling, was an ESL teacher. He has two older sisters.


He attended ], as well as ], and ended up majoring in English.<ref name="songfacts"/>
In 1994, Cevin produced Robert Church's Smile Zone album, along with Church.


===Film career===
Cevin wrote and directed the short animated film, ], which aired on ] in 1998 and later on the ]. Also that year, he produced the documentary ] on the history of ] which was broadcast on ]. In 2008, the documentary found new life with a screening scheduled for April 30, at New York City's Anthology, plus the rights of the movie reverted back to Cevin, and he made the movie available through mail order.<ref></ref>


Cevin wrote and directed the short animated film ''Boris the Dog'', which aired on ] in 1998 and later on the ]. <ref name="homeschooling"/> Also that year, he produced the documentary '']'' on the history of ]. It was broadcast on ]. In 2008, the documentary found new life with a screening on April 30, at New York City's ], plus the rights of the movie reverted back to Cevin, and he made the movie available through mail order.<ref name="hyper">{{cite news
In 1998, his band, ], released their debut album, ]. Soling and keyboardist Bill Brandau produced with backing by Buffalo-based band Scary Chicken. The songs, This Thing and the acoustic cover of Metal Health with Quiet Riot vocalist, Kevin Dubrow, singing, both received extensive airplay on college and commercial radio in the United States. In addition to tours, the band had a large following in their hometown of New York City, while the Village Voice listed the group as one of the top five bands performing in 1999's CMJ music conference. The Neaderthal Spongecake song. "Tastes Like Chicken" has been played on the Dr. Demento show. The song Buffalo was featured in the closing credits of the A&E series Confessions of a Matchmaker.The band broke up in 2001 with the departure of then bassist Mark Tomase and drummer Martin Trum. Additional songs credited to The Neanderthal Spongecake after 2001 were solo recordings by Soling.
|url=http://www.hypernews.org/HyperNews/get/entertainments/music/468.html
|title=Trepanning the Light Fantastic: Cevin Soling gives you ''A Hole In The Head''
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|date=February 21, 2008
|publisher=HyperNews
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref>


Cevin was writer, director and producer of the film ''The War on the War on Drugs'' which won the award for best experimental feature film at the ] in 2005, as well as the '']'' Stoney award for best documentary.<ref name="imdb">{{cite news
In 2002, Cevin served as executive producer of the album ], which is a collection of popular songs recorded by artists unlikely to record them. After convincing ] of ] to record a mellow version of ], he got the idea for the project and began recruiting musicians to participate. Some of the songs on the album include a version of ] by ] and ], which he co-produced with ], Blondie's "Call Me" by ] and his band ], and a cover of ] by ] which Cevin also produced.<ref></ref>
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Cevin was writer, director and producer of the film ] which won the award for best experimental feature film at the ] in 2005, as well as the ] Stoney award for best documentary. <ref></ref>
|title=IMDB Entry
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher=Internet Movie Databse
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref>


In Spring 2009, Cevin's movie, ] won "best educational documentary" for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. While the movie had a week-long run at New York City's Quad Cinema, Cevin was invited to appear on the in which Cevin explained how schools have been transformed into "effectively prisons" now days. In Spring 2009, Cevin's movie, '']'' won "best educational documentary" for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. <ref name="homeschooling"/> While the movie had a week-long run at New York City's Quad Cinema, Cevin was invited to appear on the ] in which Cevin explained how nowadays schools have been transformed into what are "effectively prisons".<ref name="colbert"/>
Cevin is lead singer and songwriter of the band ]. Their album ] was released in January 2007.


==Music career==
He is currently working on a graduate degree at ] where he is studying philosophy and literature. Outside of entertainment, Soling wrote programming code and was published in the computer journal On Three magazine. His poetry earned him the title, Pharaoh of Fluff at the 2009 Fluff celebration in Somerville, MA. Soling travels quite a bit. He has visited exotic places including Borneo, Sumatra, spent time with the headhunting Iban tribe in 1991. Soling has placed his cat Dr. Claw on his web site's homepage; he adopted the tuxedo cat in 1989.

In 1994, Cevin worked with Robert Church to produce Church's ''Smile Zone'' album.<ref name="xemu"/>

===The Neanderthal Spongecake (1998-2001) ===

In 1998, his band The Neanderthal Spongecake released their debut album, ''The Side Effects of Napalm''. Soling and keyboardist Bill Brandau produced the album along with backing from ]-based band ]. <ref name="homeschooling"/><ref name="xemu"/>

The songs "This Thing" and the acoustic cover of "]" with ] vocalist ] both received extensive airplay on college and commercial radio in the United States. The song "Tastes Like Chicken" has been played on the ] show, and the song "Buffalo" was featured in the closing credits of the ] series ]. <ref name="homeschooling"/>


In addition to tours, the band had a large following in their hometown of New York City, while the '']'' listed the group as one of the top five bands performing in 1999's CMJ music conference.

The band broke up in 2001 with the departure of then bassist Mark Tomase and drummer Martin Trum. Additional songs credited to The Neanderthal Spongecake after 2001 are solo recordings by Soling.

=== ''When Pigs Fly'' (2002) ===
In 2002, Cevin served as executive producer of the album ''When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear'', which is a collection of popular songs recorded by artists unlikely to record them. After his earlier success convincing ] of ] to record a mellow version of the song "]" with him, he got the idea for the project and began recruiting musicians to participate. Some of the songs on the album include a version of ] by ] and ], which he co-produced with ], Blondie's "Call Me" by ] and his band ], and a cover of ] by ] which Cevin also produced.<ref name="songfacts">{{cite news
|url=http://www.songfacts.com/int/2007/09/cevin-soling.html
|title=Cevin Soling of Love Kills Theory
|last=
|first=
|date=9/2007
|publisher=Song Facts
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref>

===The Love Kills Theory (2007-present)===

Cevin is lead singer and songwriter of the band The Love Kills Theory. Their album ''Happy Suicide, Jim!'' was released in January of 2007.

== Print media ==
His poetry earned him the title "Pharaoh of Fluff" at the 2009 Fluff Celebration in ].<ref name="union">{{cite news
|url=http://www.unionsquaremain.org/committees/Special%20Events/flufffest09.html
|title=What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention 2009
|last=
|first=
|date=2009
|publisher=Union Square Main Streets
|accessdate=2010-07-03}}</ref> He is currently working on a graduate degree at ] where he is studying philosophy and literature.<ref name="homeschooling"/>

== Personal life ==
Outside of entertainment, Soling has written programming code and was published in the computer journal ''On Three''. <ref name="homeschooling"/>

Soling travels quite a bit. He has visited ], ], and spent time with the headhunting ] in 1991. Soling lives with his cat Dr. Claw; he adopted the tuxedo cat in 1989.


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* *{{Official|http://www.cevinsoling.com}}
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Cevin Soling
Musical artist

Cevin Soling (pronounced "KEV-in SO-ling") (born August 5) is an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, musician, music producer, and artist. He is known for his Rumpleville book series, his bands The Neanderthal Spongecake and The Love Kills Theory, his film work including A Hole in the Head, Boris the Dog, and his writings and essays. In 2009 he appeared on The Colbert Report to talk about his documentary The War on Kids. He is a member of Mensa.

Biography

Cevin Soling was born in New York Hospital in New York City, and grew up in Scarsdale, NY. His father, Chester Soling, was an architect and real estate developer who founded the The Soling Program at Syracuse University. His mother, Carole Soling, was an ESL teacher. He has two older sisters.

He attended The University of Michigan, as well as Union College, and ended up majoring in English.

Film career

Cevin wrote and directed the short animated film Boris the Dog, which aired on MTV in 1998 and later on the BBC. Also that year, he produced the documentary A Hole in the Head on the history of trepanation. It was broadcast on The Learning Channel. In 2008, the documentary found new life with a screening on April 30, at New York City's Anthology Film Archives, plus the rights of the movie reverted back to Cevin, and he made the movie available through mail order.

Cevin was writer, director and producer of the film The War on the War on Drugs which won the award for best experimental feature film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2005, as well as the High Times Stoney award for best documentary.

In Spring 2009, Cevin's movie, The War on Kids won "best educational documentary" for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. While the movie had a week-long run at New York City's Quad Cinema, Cevin was invited to appear on the Colbert Report in which Cevin explained how nowadays schools have been transformed into what are "effectively prisons".

Music career

In 1994, Cevin worked with Robert Church to produce Church's Smile Zone album.

The Neanderthal Spongecake (1998-2001)

In 1998, his band The Neanderthal Spongecake released their debut album, The Side Effects of Napalm. Soling and keyboardist Bill Brandau produced the album along with backing from Buffalo, NY-based band Scary Chicken.

The songs "This Thing" and the acoustic cover of "Metal Health" with Quiet Riot vocalist Kevin Dubrow both received extensive airplay on college and commercial radio in the United States. The song "Tastes Like Chicken" has been played on the Dr. Demento show, and the song "Buffalo" was featured in the closing credits of the A&E series Confessions of a Matchmaker.


In addition to tours, the band had a large following in their hometown of New York City, while the Village Voice listed the group as one of the top five bands performing in 1999's CMJ music conference.

The band broke up in 2001 with the departure of then bassist Mark Tomase and drummer Martin Trum. Additional songs credited to The Neanderthal Spongecake after 2001 are solo recordings by Soling.

When Pigs Fly (2002)

In 2002, Cevin served as executive producer of the album When Pigs Fly: Songs You Never Thought You'd Hear, which is a collection of popular songs recorded by artists unlikely to record them. After his earlier success convincing Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot to record a mellow version of the song "Metal Health" with him, he got the idea for the project and began recruiting musicians to participate. Some of the songs on the album include a version of Unforgettable by Ani DiFranco and Jackie Chan, which he co-produced with Ani DiFranco, Blondie's "Call Me" by Alex Chilton and his band The Box Tops, and a cover of Shock The Monkey by Don Ho which Cevin also produced.

The Love Kills Theory (2007-present)

Cevin is lead singer and songwriter of the band The Love Kills Theory. Their album Happy Suicide, Jim! was released in January of 2007.

Print media

His poetry earned him the title "Pharaoh of Fluff" at the 2009 Fluff Celebration in Somerville, MA. He is currently working on a graduate degree at Harvard University where he is studying philosophy and literature.

Personal life

Outside of entertainment, Soling has written programming code and was published in the computer journal On Three.

Soling travels quite a bit. He has visited Borneo, Sumatra, and spent time with the headhunting Iban people in 1991. Soling lives with his cat Dr. Claw; he adopted the tuxedo cat in 1989.

References

  1. ^ "Artists: The Neanderthal Spongecake". Xemu Records. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ "Cevin D. Soling". The Colbert Report. 11/30/2009. Retrieved 2010-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "The War on Kids". Homeschooling in Sweden. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  4. ^ "Cevin Soling of Love Kills Theory". Song Facts. 9/2007. Retrieved 2010-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. "The Soling Program". Syracuse University. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  6. "Trepanning the Light Fantastic: Cevin Soling gives you A Hole In The Head". HyperNews. February 21, 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  7. "IMDB Entry". Internet Movie Databse. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  8. "What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention 2009". Union Square Main Streets. 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-03.

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