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ecto-digest          Tuesday, April 21 1998          Volume 04 : Number 124



                               Today's Subjects:
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  Today's your birthday, friend...                 [Mike Matthews <matthewm>]
  Re: Hugo Largo?                                   [Riphug <Riphug@aol.com>]
  Re: Hugo Largo?                           [KBolin0418 <KBolin0418@aol.com>]
  Sites to Check Out                                      [deanorez@juno.com]
  Kristin Hersh:  Wow                 [Greg Jumper <Greg.Jumper@Eng.Sun.COM>]
  my ongoing love affair......with Borders          [Riphug <Riphug@aol.com>]
  The Changelings date for Atlantans           [Neile Graham <neile@sff.net>]
  Re: The Changelings date for Atlantans  [Stuart Myerburg <stuart@sph.emory]
  Sandy Denny                                   [ABershaw <ABershaw@aol.com>]
  [Fwd: ] from Holly Cole's mgmt. co.      [charley darbo <lissener@wwa.com>]
  Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to?       [ABershaw <ABershaw@aol.com>]
  this week's EWS-inducer                          [meredith <meth@smoe.org>]
  The latest on Elizabeth Hummel              [Towrinsis <Towrinsis@aol.com>]
  Re: Hugo Largo?              ["Robert Lovejoy" <rlovejoy@bellatlantic.net>]
  upcoming release blah and other things            [Paul2k <Paul2k@aol.com>]
  Re: Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to?    [charley <lissener@wwa.com>]
  Re: Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to? (long reply)  [Riphug <Riphug@]

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:00:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Matthews <matthewm>
Subject: Today's your birthday, friend...

                                i*i*i*i*i*i
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                            *****HAPPY*********
                      **************BIRTHDAY*********
            ***************************************************
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 ******************** Harry Foster (foster@convex.com) *********************
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   Harry Foster             Sat  April 21     1956     NiceGuy
   Angelos Kyrlidis         Fri  April 22     1966     Taurus
   Kjetil Torgrim Homme     Thu  April 23     1970     Taurus
   Pablo Iglesias           Thu  April 23     1964     Positive
   Jeff Burka               Thu  April 24     1969     GoFlyAKite
   Christine Waite          Tue  April 25     1972     Taurus
   Matt Adams               Thu  April 26     1962     Taurus
   Brad Hutchinson          Tue  April 28     1964     What sign?
   Geoff Parks              Sun  April 30     1961     Taurus
   Barney Parker            Fri  May 02       1986     happy cat
   Gray Abbott              Tue  May 03       1955     Suprised
   Tamar Boursalian              May 03                Taurus
   Joe Dembski              Wed  May 07       1952     Rumple
   Richard A. Holmes             May 07                Taurus
   John Warren              Mon  May 08       1961     Taurus - the Ox
   Steve Ito                Fri  May 08       1970     DA Bull...
   Brian Gregory            Thu  May 09       1963     Eclectic
   Patrick Varker           Wed  May 12       1954     Torius
   Steve Fagg               Tue  May 13       1958     Nightwol
   Karel Zuiderveld         Fri  May 13       1960     Stier
   Miss Megan Celia Koster  Sun  May 14       1978     Taurus
   Michael Colford          Wed  May 16       1962     Taurus
   Christopher Boek         Tue  May 19       1970     Taurus
   Yngve Hauge              Fri  May 21       1971     Gemini

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:51:05 EDT
From: Riphug <Riphug@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Hugo Largo?

Hiya, Tom ;-)

Well, thanks to my handy-dandy search engine (see www.metacrawler.com), I
found a whole bunch of links to information about Hugh Largo.....yeah, you got
me curious....again!  You can find all of those links here (many of them have
sound files you can download):

http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%22Hugo+Largo%22&method=2&target=&r
egion=0&rpp=20&timeout=5&hpe=10

But to give you a little bit of a sneak preview, here's some stuff from one of
the group's webpages:

<<A description of Hugo Largo's music begins with their instrumentation; two
bass players, vocalist and a violin player. The absence of guitar and drums
removes the music from the rock 'n' roll context, yet the music remains firmly
rooted in 'pop' song structures. From New York, the band was formed in 1984 by
ex-journalist Tim Sommer and performance artist/first-time singer Mimi Goese.
Later joined by second bassist, Adam Peacock and violinist Hahn Rowe, the band
recorded Drum in 1988 with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe performing and producing.
The group was picked up by Brian Eno's fledgling label, Opal for the follow-up
album Mettle. Released in 1989, it saw the band grow less experimental,
towards a more structured song format. Unfortunately, the band broke up
shortly after the album's release. Both Mettle and Drum were released on CD by
Opal, although they are out of print and may be hard to find. I have seen
Mettle on cassette for as cheap as 50 cents in cutout bins.>>

And a little news:

<<NEWS: Mimi Goese's new solo album Soak is set to be released on May 12th.
Hahn Rowe produces and plays on many of the tracks. Two songs were also
written with Mark Mulcahy of "Miracle Legion". Mimi has just finished a video
for the song "Piece of Cake." Directed by long-time-collaborator and respected
film maker Jo Andres. Her four song sampler is being sent to indie retail and
college radio. Tour dates are set for L.A., and New York, with more in the
works. >>

That was fun! ;-)

Jill :D

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:13:46 EDT
From: KBolin0418 <KBolin0418@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Hugo Largo?

Here's what I know about Hugo Largo and maybe someone else can tell more.
They had 2 albums out in the 80's, "Mettle" and "Drum", which was co-produced
by Michael Stipe.  Their singer, Mimi Goese, is solo now, and will have a new
album out soon on David Byrne's label.  Here's the info:   
<A HREF="http://www.luakabop.com/news_tours/cmp/main.html">LuAKA BoP Artists
</A> and  <A HREF="http://www.luakabop.com/">Welcome to Luaka Bop Records</A>
.  I saw her do a solo gig at Fez a couple of years ago.  Hahn Rowe, former HL
member, was in the band on electric violin.  They were fantastic!!!!  She also
did a lot of sorta performance art stuff in the show.  I hope Hahn will be at
her shows in the future, though he is also touring/on records with Firewater
(check out their new album, The Ponzi Scheme).  All you Ecto-people would love
Mimi if you don't already!  I can't wait to hear her new album "Soak"!!!

Hope this helped,
Karen

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 08:58:58 -0700
From: deanorez@juno.com
Subject: Sites to Check Out

Delerium:
http://www.delerium.com

Lilith Fair:
http://lilithfair.excite.com

Excite is an official Lilith Fair sponsor.

Best,

gp

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 09:09:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Greg Jumper <Greg.Jumper@Eng.Sun.COM>
Subject: Kristin Hersh:  Wow

I saw Kristin Hersh on her _Strange Angels_ tour last Thursday in Palo
Alto.  This stop was evidently a somewhat-impromptu addition to her
two sold-out shows in San Francisco this past weekend.  Unlike those
of you who attend concerts on a weekly basis, I haven't been to one in
some time; this event was a wake-up call to what I've been missing. :)

The performance involved Kristin and her guitar, with simple but
effective back lighting, in an auditorium similar to a medium-sized
movie theater; the audience was nicely respectful and appreciative.
Kristin came out and launched right into "Gazebo Tree" with minimal
introduction.  While the set focused on material from _Strange
Angels_, she also played a number of songs from _Hips and Makers_ (I
tried to keep a mental tally during the show, but I ended up just
enjoying the music, rather than trying to memorize a set list -- sorry
:).  She played pretty much everything I hoped to hear, and included
two songs I didn't recognize.  If anyone else has seen her perform
recently and knows, are these acoustic versions of Throwing Muses
songs, or what?

After playing several songs in a row, she began talking a bit; over
the course of the show, she told a number of humorous anecdotes,
primarily about her family.  She played an initial set of just under
an hour, then came back for an "encore" that was really another
half-hour mini set.  She seemed to have a little trouble with her
voice on the high notes toward the end of the show, but it didn't
detract in any way from the effectiveness of the performance.

It was a real pleasure to experience Kristin communicating with her
songs live.  I highly recommend any fan of her music to see her when
she visits your area.

                                   Greg

np:  Kristin Hersh, _Hips and Makers_

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 13:55:54 EDT
From: Riphug <Riphug@aol.com>
Subject: my ongoing love affair......with Borders

I was feeling depressed.
I went in to buy the soundtrack to "Niagara, Niagara" and reserve my copies of
the Lilith Fair CD and the new Dave Matthews CD (both being released next
Tuesday).
I had two and a half hours to shop.......and ended up with:

SOUNDTRACKS:
 1. Niagara, Niagara
 2. Indecent Proposal
 3. Leaving Las Vegas
 4. The Horse Whisperer

COMPILATIONS/VARIOUS ARTISTS:
 5. The Poetry of Nature (classical stuff)
 6. Cinema's Classic Romances (I can't wait to hear this one!)
 7. Buy-Product 2 - Brief Encounters - Revealing Songs From 20 Underexposed
    Artists (Beck, Maria McKee, Garbage, Aimee Mann, Cowboy Junkies, others)
 8. Live From the Mounstain Stage Lounge (includes Jane Siberry, Jill Sobule,
Holly
    Cole)
 9. Hard Rock Cafe/New Wave (a bunch of great 80's stuff)
10. Rock She Said:  On the Pop Side (more 80's songs)
11. Live at the World Cafe - Volume 2 (Dave Matthews Band, Del Amitri, Joan
Baez
      with Dar Williams, Shawn Colvin, Patty Larkin with Bruce Cockburn, Mary
      Chapin Carpenter, and others)
12. This is Alice Music Volume 1 (A Collection of Songs for the Fight Against
Breast       
      Cancer)
13. Tower of Song - the Songs of Leonard Cohen (Sting, Jann Arden, Suzanne
Vega,
      Peter Gabriel, Tori Amos, others)
14. Big League Babe:  The Christine Lavin Tribute Album Pt. 2 (Dee Carstensen,
      Sara Hickman, Dar Williams, Patty Larkin, others)
15. Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Songs of Pete Seeger (Jackson
Browne,
      Bonnie Raitt, Ani DiFranco, Cordelia's Dad, Nanci Griffith, Indigo
Girls, Donovan,
      Holly Near, lots of others)

OTHER STUFF:
16. Chuck Mangione - Chase the Clouds Away (to replace the vinyl copy I can't
use)
17. Ebba Forsberg - Been There (if she's going to be at Lilith Fair, I have to
hear her..
     and wow! does she sound like Kirsty MacColl!)
18. Massive Attack - Protection (I'm confused about when this was released)
19. The Bobs - Plugged (everyone needs a little humor once in awhile)
20. Joules Graves - Plunge!
21. Maria Sangiolo - Blue Earth
22. Marc Cohn - Burning the Daze (have to study up to see him in concert)

And excuse me, but I just *have* to include the track listing for the Alice
compilation:

Sarah McLachlan - Possession
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
10,000 Maniacs - Rainy Day
Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me (acoustic version)
Sister Hazel - All For You
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
Kim Fox - I Wanna Be a Witch
Leah Andreone - Mother Tongue
Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing (acoustic version)
Dog's Eye View - Falling in Place
Indigo Girls - Shame On You
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Semisonic - f.n.t. (live acoustic)
Merdith Brooks - Bitch (Transistor Mix)
Kami Lyle - Polka Dots

....sorry for the long post.....but i had to share.

Jill :D

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:08:29 -0700
From: Neile Graham <neile@sff.net>
Subject: The Changelings date for Atlantans

Do we have any Atlantans here anymore?

Anyway, ignore, delete, retry.

- --Neile

>Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 11:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
>X-Sender: nomad3@pop.mindspring.com
>Mime-Version: 1.0
>To: nomad@catgoddess.com
>From: nomad3@mindspring.com (The Changelings)
>Subject: Saturday eve & The Changelings
>
>T h e    C h a n g e l i n g s
>
>Saturday, April 25
>
>at The Whole World Theatre
>1214 Spring Street  (between 14th & 16th Streets)  404 817 7529
>Doors open at 11:30; Show begins at 12:30.    5$     All Ages
>
>Thanks for your continuing support!
>
>The new website is up:
>___________________________________
> http://www.draven.net/changelings
>___________________________________
>Many Thanks to Julian!
>

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Neile Graham ..... http://www.sff.net/people/neile ..... neile@sff.net
The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music .... http://www.smoe.org/ectoguide
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:44:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stuart Myerburg <stuart@sph.emory.edu>
Subject: Re: The Changelings date for Atlantans

On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Neile Graham wrote:

> Do we have any Atlantans here anymore?

Me!  Although I have to admit I'm not familiar with The Changelings.

Stuart

np: Karma - Delerium
__________________________________________________________________________
Stuart Myerburg                   stuart@sph.emory.edu      
Information Services              stuart@emory.edu 
Rollins School of Public Health   http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~stuart 
__________________________________________________________________________

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 16:48:35 EDT
From: ABershaw <ABershaw@aol.com>
Subject: Sandy Denny

    Here's to Sandy Denny, who passed away 20 years ago today.
If anyone on Ecto, still has not sampled her mezmerizing
voice & beautiful music, I highly encourage you to do so!
For more info on Sandy Denny, take a little journey to:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~golddust/

     After all these years, I've yet to hear any female singer
who captivates me to such an extent.      Alan

NP- Patty Griffin-Flaming Red
NR- Fairportfolio-by Kingsley Abbott

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 15:58:12 -0500
From: charley darbo <lissener@wwa.com>
Subject: [Fwd: ] from Holly Cole's mgmt. co.

Rose wrote:
> 
> Holly Cole's third single "You Want More" is currently at radio in Canada!  Call your local station to request it!
> 
> As for international news....Dark Dear Heart was recently released in Australia and the first single "I've Just Seen A Face" was instantly added to the ABC Radio National Network.
> 
> German Festival dates for early July should announced shortly, until than following are a number of dates in Canada and the US.  July 23-30th sees Holly Cole on the B stage at Lilith Fair.
> 
> June 30           Montreal, PQ                   Old Port
> July 1               Sherbrooke, PQ              Outdoor Canada Day Stage
> July 21            Elora, ON                         Elora Festival
> 
> Lilith Fair - B Stage Dates
> July 23            Charlotte, NC                  Blockbuster Pavilion
> July 24            Atlanta, GA                       Lakewood
> July 26            West Palm Beach, FL   Coral Sky
> July 27           Orlando,FL                       Central Florida Fairground
> July 29 &30   Houston, TX                    The Woodlands
> 
> Hope that helps anyone waiting to see her!
>

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:16:27 EDT
From: ABershaw <ABershaw@aol.com>
Subject: Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to?

Hi all,
    I've always enjoyed the various projects that
Kendra Smith has been involved in (Dream Syndicate's
1st LP, Rainy Day, Clay Allison, Opal). Does anyone know
what she is up to these days? 
    Since Hope Sandoval replaced her in Opal (reborn as 
Mazzy Star), I'm only aware of one obscure solo CD from 
Kendra a few years ago.

      Feel free to email me privately with any current info.    
Thanks!      Alan

NP-OPAL "Happy Nightmare Baby"

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:28:57
From: meredith <meth@smoe.org>
Subject: this week's EWS-inducer

<edited for space>

> *************************
> * ICE's New CD Releases *
> *************************
> 
> *Rock and Pop new releases*
> ---------------------------
> - SAM BUSH - Howlin' at the Moon (w/ Emmylou Harris & Bela Fleck
>   guesting) (Sugar Hill)
> - KATE CAMPBELL - Visions of Plenty (Compass)
> - CORDELIA'S DAD - Spine (Appleseed/Red House)
> - SUE FOLEY - 10 Days in November (Shanachie)
> - JULIE GOLD (songwriter of "From a Distance") - Dream Loud (Gadfly)
> - ROBYN MILLER - Myst (soundtrack) (Virgin)
> - JIMMY PAGE AND ROBERT PLANT - Walking Into Clarksdale (ICE #132)
>   (Atlantic)
> - PERFUME TREE - Feeler (World Domination)
> - PIZZICATO FIVE - Remix Album: Happy End of You (remixes by Gus Gus,
>   Daniel Miller, St. Etienne, et al.) (Matador)
> - LOU REED - Perfect Night: Live in London (ICE #132) (Reprise)
> - SALAMANDER CROSSING - Bottleneck Dreams (Signature Sounds)
> - Original soundrack to "La Femme Nikita" (TVTSoundtrax)
> - Original soundrack to "Les Miserables" (Score) (Hollywood)
>  
> *Rock and Pop reissues*
> -----------------------
> - THE BYRDS - (untitled) (gold disc) (Mobile Fidelity)
> - GLORIA GAYNOR - I Will Survive (two CDs) (Polydor/Chronicles)
> - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS - Bad Reputation; Flashback; I Love
>   Rock and Roll (all ECDs; ICE #133) (Blackheart/Mercury)
> - PEGGY LEE - Miss Peggy Lee (four-disc box set) (EPROP)
> - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - The Very Best of (Mercury/Chronicles)
> - STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - The Sky is Crying (gold disc) (Mobile Fidelity)
> - Various artists - Singles Going Home Alone (collection of Matador
>   7-inches) (Matador)
> - Various artists - The New Age Collection Vols. 1-3 (three separate
>   discs) (Rhino)
> 
> *Jazz new releases*
> -------------------
> - HASIDIC NEW WAVE - Psycho-Semitic (Knitting Factory Works)
>  
> *Jazz reissues*
> ---------------
> - ELLA FITZGERALD - Ella in London (OJC/Pablo)
> 
> New and reissued Compact Disc releases are provided by ICE Magazine, a
> leader in
> Compact Disc news. For a taste of the printed publication, visit ICE
> On-Line at
> www.icemagazine.com. (c) 1998 by Howard Communications, Inc.
> 
> * Information subject to change.

+==========================================================================+
| Meredith Tarr                                              meth@smoe.org |
| New Haven, CT USA                              http://www.smoe.org/~meth |
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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 19:18:44 EDT
From: Towrinsis <Towrinsis@aol.com>
Subject: The latest on Elizabeth Hummel

Hello friends-
Wow, long time no talk!  I made the big move down to 
San Diego last week so I temporarily lost my mind for
about a month trying to prepare for it!  But I'm almost
settled now, and I live 2 blocks away from Elizabeth so
you'll be hearing from me a lot more!  
Well first I'll let you know what's going on this weekend:
Friday night Elizabeth will be playing at Little Frieda's at
8:30 p.m. in Los Angeles.  And..
Saturday she will be at The Stage at UCSD campus at 9:00 pm
with Gregory Page and his band.
Both will be great shows so come show your support and hear
some great music!
And now some really EXCITING news!!!!
Elizabeth has been asked to play the Lillith Fair in San Diego
on June 26th at the Del Mar Faigrounds!  HOW COOL HUH!!!!!!
We're so excited!
Elizabeth is also in the midst of creating her own personal web page
so I will let you know once it's up and running!
Take care all of you and i hope to see you at a show very soon!
Peace-
Shelly

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:23:32 -0400
From: "Robert Lovejoy" <rlovejoy@bellatlantic.net>
Subject: Re: Hugo Largo?

>Anyone know of anything?  Current or otherwise?


I'd like to think that I remember that name as a James Bond villain, but
it's probably just off enough to be not quite right.  As ever,

Yours in space,
Bob

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 21:33:46 EDT
From: Paul2k <Paul2k@aol.com>
Subject: upcoming release blah and other things

Tuatara (the super-power side project of Peter Buck of REM, a guy from
Screaming Trees, a guy from Luna, and some other famous people) have a new
release coming out on May 26th called _Trading with the Enemy_....their last
album was phenomenal.

Barenaked Ladies are supposed to have a  new album out around July
7th...supposedly, it follows in the footsteps of Rock Spectacle in snaring
that live vibe of theirs....they recorded it live in studio and are trying to
produce it without too much dubbing and cutting....from what i read in
Billboard magazine, the songs are more pop and more rock...

Heather Nova's album _Siren_ is supposed to come out June 2nd with the first
single "London Rain" (i think that's what it's called) being serviced to radio
on May 19th.

The Lilith Fair cd limited edition release that i told you about earlier is
going to be digipak cardboard packaging...it folds out to a length of 10
inches...so instead of the normal jewel casing, you'll get a package like
Pearl Jam's VS, or the Indigo Girl's 1200 Curfews...

hey tab...join in-the-wings....you'll like it there...many tara fans waiting
to greet you with open arms...  :)

Tanya Donelly and Holly Cole were on last week's Mountain Stage...i only got
to hear Tanya because WXPN lost the broadcast of it after the first hour and
holly played in the second hour...I had been fostering the hope that Tanya
Donelly had improved in her live performance, but hearing her was kinda
painful.  I saw Belly perform in 1993 at the HFStival and wasn't impressed by
tanya's singing...i found her releases after _Star_ to be excellent and her
voice seemed to be much improved, but this live performance on Mountain Stage
reminded me that her voice doesn't cut it live.  Maybe it was just an off day
for her or she was wary of playing for such a large radio audience, i dunno.  

Paul "i wish money grew on trees.  'Course, i'd probably kill the trees" Kim

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:28:43 +0000
From: charley <lissener@wwa.com>
Subject: Re: Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to?

ABershaw wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>     I've always enjoyed the various projects that
> Kendra Smith has been involved in (Dream Syndicate's
> 1st LP, Rainy Day, Clay Allison, Opal). Does anyone know
> what she is up to these days?
>     Since Hope Sandoval replaced her in Opal (reborn as
> Mazzy Star), I'm only aware of one obscure solo CD from
> Kendra a few years ago.
> 
>       Feel free to email me privately with any current info.
> Thanks!      Alan
> 
> NP-OPAL "Happy Nightmare Baby"


     4AD released Kendra's _Five_Ways_of_Disappearing_ in late 1995. Is
this the "one obscure solo CD from Kendra a few years ago"? I hope not:
I'm not yet ready to call 1995 "a few years ago," nor do I think of 4AD
as "obscure." (If 4AD's obscure, what does that make AG?)
     If I remember aright, _Five_Ways_of_Disappearing_ made my Top10
that year. Hold on a sec; I'll see if I can find the review I posted
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KENDRA SMITH
_Five_Ways_of_Disappearing_

	I don't quite know what to make of this album, but I like it. I like it
a lot. Her voice is equal parts Heidi Berry and Marianne Faithfull,
which makes it somehow mostly Anna Domino. Her delivery suggests the
same influences, with a little Jim Morrison via Morrissey. The music has
a little of Roxy Music's dark playfulness, a little mid-career Pink
Floyd dark melodrama, and a healthy dose of Joy Division post-industrial
drone. There's even the occasional Dead Can Dance dark-ages burlesque,
and once, in 'Maggots,' I'd swear she was Danielle Dax. And yet her
sound seems completely original. Her lyrics, though they often have the
mythic timelessness of Heidi Berry's, seem more relevant and less
self-indulgently mysterious:

"Space Unadorned" 

Where do I begin and end in space 
She wondered as she flew into the night 
And heard it calling her name 
In the country, 
A. was with her then 
Once again she heard a silent voice 
Telling her to stop you're going too far 
Turn back 
Nonetheless she felt no conscious fear 
Breathing soft to God as in the instant of release 
Under the wide and starry sky 
Dig me a grave and let me lie 
Glad do I live and gladly do I die 
Where do I begin and end in space 
Where do I begin and end in space 
When you've seen her face 
You can believe in Natural Law 
Hid in every space 
She'll tell you why the sky is blue 
If you can read between the lines 
You know the 
Wheel is already in motion 
Where do I begin and end in space 
Where do I begin and end in space

RATING: $25 (but available domestically on 4AD)

- -- charley

n.p. John Adams: _Fearful_Symmetries_/_The_Wound-Dresser_
n.r. Stendahl: _Scarlet_and_Black_

p.s. Started a new job this week! Getting paid _w_a_a_a_y_ too much for
work that a lobotomized, hog-tied gerbil could do while drunk and on
strike. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop . . .

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Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:40:49 EDT
From: Riphug <Riphug@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Anyone know what Kendra Smith is up to? (long reply)

In a message dated 4/21/98 8:25:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ABershaw@aol.com
writes:

<<  I've always enjoyed the various projects that Kendra Smith has been
involved in (Dream Syndicate's 1st LP, Rainy Day, Clay Allison, Opal). Does
anyone know
 what she is up to these days?  Since Hope Sandoval replaced her in Opal
(reborn as Mazzy Star), I'm only aware of one obscure solo CD from Kendra a
few years ago.>>

I have that *one obscure solo CD* -- "Five Ways of Disappearing" and like it
very much.  Now then......after much searching on the internet, I've found
hints of a forthcoming Kendra Smith EP......but also rumors of her planned
disappearance.....

First some background from the All Music Guide:

<<Kendra Smith was one of the creative forces behind the Californian
psychedelic band Opal in the mid-'80s. She left during the band's final tour
and was replaced by Hope Sandoval (Opal then changed to Mazzy Star after that
tour). Smith then formed the Guild of Temporal Adventureers for one eponymous
EP in 1992, and then remained silent for a number of years. In 1995 she
released Five Ways of Disappearing, her solo debut, which features a number of
different sounds and styles.>>

Here's her current discography (mostly on 4AD compilations):

Various - All Virgos Are Mad 
(1994) (excerpt): Kendra Smith: Bold Marauder [CAD5006] 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Various - No Balls 
(1995) (excerpt): Kendra Smith: Bold Marauder [CAD5006] 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Various - Joe Friday 
(1995) (excerpt): Kendra Smith: In Your Head [CAD5006] 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Five Ways of Disappearing 
(May 8 1995): Aurelia, Bohemian Zebulon, Temporarily Lucy, In Your Head, Space
Unadorned, Maggots, Drunken Boat, interlude, Dirigible, Valley of the Morning
Sun, Judge Not, Get There, interlude [CAD5006], Saturn, Bold Marauder
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Various - ...think I'm getting the hang of it 
(1995) (excerpt): Kendra Smith: Valley of the Morning Sun [CAD5006] 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Various - Facing The Wrong Way
(1995) (excerpt): Kendra Smith: Valley of the Morning Sun [CAD5006] >>

And the mystery begins on the iMusic Bulletin Board.......

<<Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 19:43:39 -0400 
     From: BluBelKnol@AOL.COM 
     Subject: Kendra Smith's "Guild..." found

Thought I'd let all my fellow Kendra fans know that it appears "The Guild of
Temporal Adventures" has been re(?)- released in a 10" vinyl format.  I'm not
sure of a tape or CD format, as the record shop people didn't even know about
the 10" they had.

$9.99 got me this hard to find Kendra jewel...  6 tracks in all.  listing as

"Stars are in your eyes"
"Earth same breath"
"Waiting in the rain"
"She brings the rain"
"Iridescence 31"
"Wheel of the Law"

out on Fiasco records (P.O. Box 34416  Los Angeles, CA 90034) --- no evident
catalogue number though.....


     Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 01:12:03 -0400 
     From: Srilank@AOL.COM 
     Subject: Re: Kendra Smith not on 4AD anymore?


<< ...and while not a surefire method of telling who is signed to the
 label, note how Smith's name was not included in the "for more info
 on..." part of the "Shaving The Pavement" cassette inlay card.  Air
 Miami was missing from that list as well... >>

This is all rumour...however,

It began when Kendra, when working on her new ep (initially slated for a
summer '98 release) submitted her demo to Ivo.  It was called something along
the lines of "Maggots two--this is all I have to write about in my Kaczynski
shack in the hills".
Apparently he (Ivo) felt that the title was a bit too long.  Kendra being the
sensitive type she is, at least to criticism over her titles, was, to say the
least, a bit peeved.  In fact, when she was working on 5 ways of
disapperaring, there was a working title of "I wish my pump organ was a moog,
but OOoops! silly me I have no el-ec-triss-ity!!"  Of course it rhymed, but
the title was a bit wordy and was rejected only to be retitled later as
"Valley of the Morning Sun".
A bit ironic, but that depends on who you ask I suppose.

Anyway, creative differences abbounded once more in the 4AD realm, and Kendra
hiked (furiously) w/ pump organ on her back from the LA office to home.  "The
gig is up" she fumed, waving her fists in the air (almost losing her balance
and her dignity).  Ivo, beginning to retort with "you have to perform *live*
before you can actually give up the "gig", but realizing that it wasn't worth
the trouble and anal-retentive baggage that inhabited that statement, instead
bit his bottom lip and smugly replied "be careful."

Kendra's angst dissipated into disappointed and saddness soon thereafter with
the outcome of her relationship with 4AD, so she pondered her illustrious
return to the roster on her journey home.

Now, what I am going to reveal is between me, Kendra, my supplier, his agent,
his mistress & her family, my dog (who is from Belgium, so doesn't really
pose a threat), my twenty-five neighbors, the person in 2A's relatives'
moderately sized militia, and a goatherder with incredible hearing named Bob,
and of course the 418 of you.  In other words, shhh.

Kendra has assumed a new identity.  Yes, I'm serious.  Remember she was
walking home and during this time she recalled a discussion she overheard in
the 4AD office concerning a new signee from Iceland called Gus Gus.  She
ingeniously devised a plan that would continue her walk on past her home,
through the straits of leeberhauden, over the many lakes, bays, and rivers of
the Canadian Yukon, stopping ever so briefly at the Planet Hollywood in
Greenland for a drink, stealing two rafts (one for the pump organ -- duh!)
and paddling her way to Iceland with her bare hands.  She searched for 30
minutes and (eureka) found the elusive Gus Gus on a streetcorner named
"Desire".  She introduced herself as Kjendra ver smilth, the world famous
pump-organ extraordinare.   Now Gus Gus had been auditioning as of late for a
reclusive pump organ ingenue, so this was a bit of a coincidence to them.  I
would go into detail, but it's not necessary so, to make a long story short,
they took her in!!

IMO Ivo will never notice.   The pump organ will blend with the Gus Gus
scenery so well, and her new name as well as her disguise (colored contacts
*and* a new t-shirt that reads "everyone says I have flavor") will safely
ensure her place on the 4AD roster for many years to come.

Just don't let her name the songs.

jason
srilank@aol.com

Date:    Sat, 1 Nov 1997 20:22:18 -0600
From:    Jeremy L Orr <j.orr@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: kendra smith

- ---from sister of the moon:

> i have kendra smith's '95 release "five ways of
> dissappearing", and i was just wondering if she has any
> others out, or if anyone knows if she plans to put anymore
> out.

I think her only other solo release was back in '92, a mini album by (or
called, depending on how you look at it) Kendra Smith Presents: The Guild
of Temporal Adventurers.  It was released on 10" and CD by a label called
Fiasco, and it's been out of print for a couple years now...a second
release, an EP called _Dolomite of the Angels_, was planned, but I don't
think it was ever released.

Before she put The Guild together, she worked with David Roback in a band
called Opal, who released an album on SST called _Happy Nightmare Baby_.
After she left Opal, that band evolved into Mazzy Star, and Rough Trade
released a posthumous album of early Opal recordings (with the inspired
title _Early Recordings_).  And before Opal, she was playing bass for the
Dream Syndicate.

Since Kendra reportedly lives in a very...er, minimalist setting
somewhere in the forests of California, and her hatred for the recording
industry is well-known, her recordings are fairly sporadic.  It's because
of this that I've often wondered if she even has an ongoing contract with
4AD at all (i.e. I can imagine _Five Ways of Disappearing_ being a
one-off deal).

- ---Jeremy <j.orr@juno.com>

Date:    Sun, 2 Nov 1997 00:11:53 -0800
From:    Jon <dblplus@PACBELL.NET>
Subject: Re: Kendra Smith

So glad to see interest in one who rarely gets mention here (or
anywhere) and is so deserving of an audience (or listeners).

> I think her only other solo release was back in '92, a mini album by (or
> called, depending on how you look at it) Kendra Smith Presents: The Guild
> of Temporal Adventurers.  It was released on 10" and CD by a label called
> Fiasco, and it's been out of print for a couple years now...a second
> release, an EP called _Dolomite of the Angels_, was planned, but I don't
> think it was ever released.


Right, this is the only other release, adn I don't think Fiaso is around
anymore. I have one other release on the label (off hand can't think of
what). Wished I'd picked up the 10", but the CD was first issued in a
neat cardstock sleeve that is meant to be overlap folded. But nevermind
the package: this mini-album is so incredible. A blend of dissonant
blues, pop, psychedelia. A cover of Can's "She Brings the Rain" is so
befitting. It's not quite as outright down as Mazzy (IMO), but when I
listen to it I detect a slight positive almost happy tone in her voice.
A little melancholy and magical. 4AD would do good to get the rights to
this and reissue it.


> Before she put The Guild together, she worked with David Roback in a band
> called Opal, who released an album on SST called _Happy Nightmare Baby_.
> After she left Opal, that band evolved into Mazzy Star, and Rough Trade
> released a posthumous album of early Opal recordings (with the inspired
> title _Early Recordings_).  And before Opal, she was playing bass for the
> Dream Syndicate.


Story I heard was that when Opal was on the road, Kendra just upped and
disappeared. They got Hope to fill in the rest of the way, and
eventually regrouped. Both Opal CDs are worth having. Beautiful distant
bluesy feel. You can hear the move towards Mazzy Star.
The Rought Trade "Early Recordings" is out of print in the US long ago,
but I have seen on rare occasions, listings for it from Rough Trade
Germany.

> Since Kendra reportedly lives in a very...er, minimalist setting
> somewhere in the forests of California, and her hatred for the recording
> industry is well-known, her recordings are fairly sporadic.  It's because
> of this that I've often wondered if she even has an ongoing contract with
> 4AD at all (i.e. I can imagine _Five Ways of Disappearing_ being a
> one-off deal).

She is one of those artists, who I can appreciate not knowing much
about, or reading interviews. Her songs speak for themselves.
I had the promo letter-pressed postcards that 4AD issue for "Five Ways".
I believe done by IPR, and I had them specially framed in a lovely
antique matte with antique copper frame. One of my favorite 4AD
artworks, not by 23v.

Jon

Date:    Sat, 21 Feb 1998 15:41:53 EST
From:    firepile <aleppo@EDEN.RUTGERS.EDU>
Subject: kendra smith

i just picked up a split 7" on clear vinyl.. one side is kendra smith
singing "stille im meine hamburg" and the other side is by kevin levene and
hillel slovac singing "clothesline"..  its not on 4ad (in fact i have no
idea what label its on.. its really hard to tell)...  jenny 02 is the only
catalogue number i can find...  can anyone give me some info about this?
thanks

- -=robn>>

sorry......i got carried away......and still didn't really come up with
anything definite.....did i?

Jill :D

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