(When in fact it just took one way.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
ZING!
― Matt M., Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I sure hope you guys aren't holding your breath waiting for more Kendra Smith records. Even I recognized the futility of that some time ago.
well, she was nice enough to include an alternate version of a Five Ways song on that issue of Ptolemaic Terrascope from last year, so I can dream.
― sleeve, Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
there's a recording of her playing live at Terrastock in 98, its ok but really untogether. i wish they'd reissue an expanded Opal Early Recordings though, with the tracks that were left off included.
― zappi, Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
funny, Kendra, Roback and Sandoval = total dropouts.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I had/have that flexi. If I can dig it up. Shoot me mail.
I do not recall it as being one of the greatest covers ever, seeing as I haven't though about it much between getting Bucketful of Brains #31 and now.
― bendy, Thursday, 2 April 2009 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
She could make another record if she wanted... nobody expected Five Ways of Disappearing, after all.
― f. hazel, Thursday, 2 April 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Picked up 5 Ways the other day...(in a used bin, to state the bleeding obvious)...total goth-folk, not the thing I usually dig, but man, this thing is slaying me...maybe mid-November is exactly the right time of the year to listen to stuff like this...
― henry s, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
those waiting for more kendra may dig beach house, very kendra-like vocals
i regret saying this
― xanaxdu (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i dunno, it's not an off-base comparison. but beach house are no opal.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
not that it's off base, but that beach house don't deserve any more attention
― xanaxdu (electricsound), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
if anyone's interested, i just posted a kendra smith sampler over here: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/5422200026/disappearing-act-a-kendra-smith-sampler
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Five Ways of Disappearing is my bible. That record just has so much going on, I love her forever.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
XP - Amazing! Thanks.
― Per Yngve's having his brain out (MaresNest), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
heh, sorry tyler... also your sampler is excellent!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
sweet jesus, when i will get some credit for this! jk, i hope you enjoy. it was fun to make. someone should put it out for real! on vinyl or something. it'd sell in the dozens!
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
this is cool, thanks! I haven't heard any of those live solo songs at the end of your sampler (they're from Terrastock, right?) so I look forward to hearing those.
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's the terrastock performance. last song is uhhh pretty intense. a capella!
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
Saw that performance -- it was definitely unusual.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
did she walk offstage throwing copies of Walden into the audience and riding off into the sunset in an Amish buggy? fitting that the last songf she performed there seems to be a cover of Hank's "Ramblin' Man".
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
the lineup for Terrastock 2 seems amazing though. Fifty Foot Hose? Silver Apples? too bad I wasn't cool enough to be there (at the age of 10).
― every time you touch me (I get hives) (unregistered), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
I look at the lineups of past Terrastocks and just cry...
― excitebikable boy (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
There was a lot of spectacular stuff going on in that second one -- my one key regret is that I was sitting watching Tom Rapp tune up not fully appreciating that Batoh was killing it one room over. I've been lucky enough to catch all the Terrastocks except the first and third.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 May 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
.... 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
the Syd Barrett cover is excellent, they stretch out the coda from Jugband Blues into its own song
seems that the Ghost Highway song is v similar to the final released versionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwctCSMKBUo
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 30 August 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
I think they were still going by the name Opal in 1988 with Sandoval in the band?
Aye... Kendra left Opal in the middle of their tour opening up for JAMC in late 1987. Hope joins up to finish out both that tour and a 1988 European tour. Ghost Highway was going to be the title of the second Opal album but then they started over again with a new batch of Sandoval/Roback songs and became Mazzy Star.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 30 August 2018 00:46 (five years ago) link
Always love when this thread revives.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 30 August 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
I had no idea Kendra had a new song out - it's on the Leave No Trace soundtrack album and credited to Kendra Smith & The Magician's Orchestra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnoME6cyi_U
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 23 March 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
!!!!!
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
wow, what a great song! that is a huge get for the filmmakers... and us, if it presages anything more!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 24 March 2019 15:43 (five years ago) link
I don't see that on Discogs, is it not yet released?
finally, my nine year old thread is justified
― a Radiohead album stamping on a human face, forever (sleeve), Monday, February 20, 2017
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2019 16:58 (five years ago) link
looks like it is a digital-only release for now
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 24 March 2019 17:53 (five years ago) link
YSI?
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.easy-youtube-mp3.com/download.php?v=rnoME6cyi_U
But, you know... it's only $1.29 from Amazon or iTunes
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
she seems to have spent much of the intervening time smoking
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
there’s a great interview in the most recent chickfactor fanzine. i think it may only be a print only edition. she spends a lot of time describing a semi communal pacific northwest lifestyle which maps with the leave no trace film (which i loved)
― sknybrg, Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
not surprised to learn that I have a friend who worked on that movie! Michael Hurley is also in it iirc
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
also thx for the Chickfactor tip!
the hurley cameo caught me off guard but made total sense given the context. really a beautiful film.chickfactor 18 still available on their website!
― sknybrg, Sunday, 24 March 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
> much of the intervening time smoking
Leading with pump organ was wonderful in character, so Marianne Faithful appearing after a minute of that was a shock. Completely satisfying re-emergence from the vines.
― bendy, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
I did buy this MP3 for the record :)
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
to my shame, I saw Leave No Trace in the theater last year and didn't even realize it featured a Kendra Smith song (and I'm pretty sure I sat through most of the end credits where it appeared)
― lispectah deck (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
I snagged the mp3 from iTunes, but am thinking of buying the Blu-Ray and ripping the audio from that because I'm one of those nerds.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 March 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
or whatever format iTunes uses these days, don't remember
how did I miss this ?!?!
Kendra Smith | The Disappearing Art of Living
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link
Then I went through a period where I was mostly studying Central Asian and Persian classical music and working with instruments we made here and all along I’ve had my pump organs which I keep getting more and more of.
Yaaasss
― file of unknown origin (bendy), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
Dream Syndicate
― chaos goblin line cook (sleeve), Monday, 27 December 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link