.... aw, thread bump got my hopes up that someone had managed to lure her into a studio somehow
― zappi, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
^^ will def check out sampler, tho! FWOD was pretty great, but The Guild of Temporal Adventurers is where my heart lies.
― The Reverend Sun Myung Goon (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, putting this together, i think the guild stuff is my fave thing by her too.
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
The Guild of Temporal Adventurers is where my heart lies.
yes. and thanks for the mix, tw! have most of it, but looking forward to the live tracks.
― always have time for the crystalline entity (contenderizer), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, if there's interest, i can post that whole recording...
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
yes plz
― The Reverend Sun Myung Goon (Pillbox), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
― zappi, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:22 (1 hour ago)
<3 u tyler though, all this stuff still needs reissues!
― sleeve, Thursday, 12 May 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it is crazy that some label hasn't at least done an Opal retrospective.
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
i was under the impression there was a huge roadblock to opal reissues in the shape of one d. roback but that might be idle gossip
― pitch defect (electricsound), Friday, 13 May 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
whenever I go into a shop, Early Recordings is the first thing I look for, on vinyl or CD. I've had it on cassette since the 90s & on CDR/vinyl-rip FLAC since then, but still, it is a knee-jerk reaction at this point. I've seen it behind the counter at a few places, but still holding out for it in the general collection. TBH I kind of hope I never find it b/c it would ruin the fun.
― The Reverend Sun Myung Goon (Pillbox), Friday, 13 May 2011 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
so regret selling my CD...
― rock you like a HOOSicane (contenderizer), Friday, 13 May 2011 07:42 (twelve years ago) link
i was under the impression there was a huge roadblock to opal reissues in the shape of one d. roback but that might be idle gossipany more info on this? like, does Roback think the Opal stuff is no good? Rain Parade was reished a little while back, right?
― tylerw, Friday, 13 May 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
finally got around to posting that full terrastock performance for those who are interested: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/7011016025/kendra-smith-live-at-terrastock-ii-april-17
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
Too kind of you!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
thank you, sir!
tho I do have to admit that I always get a slight case of "just maybe" palpitations whenever this thread surfaces on 'new answers.'
― buffandmaxsgaydad (Pillbox), Tuesday, 28 June 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
ha, yeah. i'd be surprised if she came back, but who knows? maybe she's waiting for someone to ask?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 June 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/embed/N6g1IvcwL5Y
― sleeve, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
dunno what happened to the auto-embed, that is an official SST video for 'Happy Nightmare Baby" (the song).
nice! never seen that. funny that hope sandoval is in there in the intro. smiling, even!
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
oops? technical difficulties on this thread!
― tylerw, Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
never seen this one before, cute footage of Kendra & Roback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEamS2sQO9Q
― zappi, Thursday, 21 July 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Kendra Smith wrote a review in the new issue of Bull Tongue, a long and loving tribute to a Tuvan singer's album from 2005 or so? Great piece. Welcome back Kendra!
― sleeve, Friday, 24 June 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
ha, missed this ... good to know she is still out there somewhere.
― tylerw, Friday, 7 October 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
I say this every morning when I wake up
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Friday, 7 October 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
<3
― sleeve, Friday, 7 October 2016 22:40 (seven years ago) link
hey tylerw, still thankful for you posting that Kendra sampler a few years back.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 8 October 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link
!!!!!!!!!!
Dream Syndicate’s 1st new album in 29 years to feature Kendra Smith singing ‘perfect coda’
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
finally, my nine year old thread is justified
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 03:40 (seven years ago) link
!!!!!!!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 12:32 (seven years ago) link
wish there was just one more song. wonder what forest they unearthed her from
― akm, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
tylerw, get in here ASAP
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 15:08 (seven years ago) link
ha, i revived the dream syndicate thread last week with this news ... pretty cool! wonder if this is just a one-off or if it foreshadows more activity from Kendra in the future ... probably the former, but who knows?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
I like to imagine that only Steve Wynn knows where she is, and will only call on her in the time of greatest need, which is obviously now.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
http://www.planetkrypton.net/products/LS-Batman-The-Commissioners.jpg
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
have a vague recollection of wynn saying (maybe many years ago) that he had no idea how to get in touch with her ... i guess he tracked her down!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
fan theory: Kendra is still 100% off the grid and nobody knows where she lives. after failing in his efforts to contact her, Steve hired a Kendra Smith impersonator to sing on the new album because he knows it will make for good press and he figures the real Kendra will never find out.
― ridiculously dope soul (unregistered), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
Coley visited her sometime in the last couple of years. She's reachable.
― jaywbabcock, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 23:10 (seven years ago) link
wow, another stray song I never knew about - a cover of Joy Division's "Heart And Soul"
https://www.discogs.com/Various-A-Means-To-An-End-The-Music-Of-Joy-Division/master/68944
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
ha, i'd missed that one too ... sounds pretty good! very curious to hear her contribution to the upcoming dream syndicate record ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
No sign in the Dream Syndicate advance material that Smith was in contact for the new record. I think I'd prefer her to stay in legendary mystery status anyways.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Wynn said that she sings on one of the new songs
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link
Oh, and there was one last surprise, one more perfect link to our past and completing of the circle. One of the more intriguing of the songs we recorded was a hypnotic trance and mantra called "Recurring." I had a pretty decent lyric and sang a good vocal but somehow it just didn't work. The song and the riff were cool, the band's recording was evocative and beautiful. But I began to realize I wasn't the right singer for the song. And I knew immediately that the perfect singer would be the only other person to sing lead on a Dream Syndicate song, our original bass player Kendra Smith. I was amazed and delighted that my old friend and bandmate agreed to do it and then wrote some astounding lyrics and sang a vocal that at once as true to the spirit of the song and also turned the whole thing upside down. The song, now called "Kendra's Dream" is the perfect coda to the record, tying up loose ends from the past and then opening them up again to the future.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 17:55 (six years ago) link
xpost: wow!
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link
the new song is great. nice to hear her again. Her voice has certainly deepened.
― akm, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
https://medium.com/@davidchiu/kendra-smith-a-musical-disappearing-act-reemerges-d62da2f271b8pretty good overview ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 19 September 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
Kendra Smith will join us on stage for a few songs at our shows next week at the @elreytheatre (12/15) and @Independent (12/16) in LA and SF. pic.twitter.com/SkzPwjPRXi— The Dream Syndicate (@_DreamSyndicate) December 6, 2017
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
Huh. Just saw them play Monday night, with. Dumotrucks guitarist sitting in (I think).
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:54 (six years ago) link
thread revive delivers!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
pretty cool ... recent interview in uncut made it sound like new music wasn't entirely out of the question ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 22:43 (six years ago) link