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Kevin D Smith

ya wanna cell fone with that?

About Me


I did the garage band and bar band thing, but after school I virtually left performing to pursue my parents' version of Canadian dream. In the 90's, I used computers to create Visual Art and focused on Writing, specifically Poetry. As a result, I founded The Acid-free Paper and served as host of The Conspiracy of Three, North Bay's long running Reading/Spoken Word series, for 5 years. I started to create electronica, and became intrigued with the interaction between the rhythms of Music and the rhythms of Spoken Word. This lead to the creation of DJ Manican & The Worm Manifesto Orchestra, which included Daniel Elzinga and Ken Stange. As a group, we released and performed in support of Poetry at the Speed of Sound, a CD on Son of Geezer Recordings.Shortly after this (and about six or seven years ago), I became the Musical Director of PolyesterThought. The first project of this group was to create contemporary music based on the life and writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Until quite recently, I was intensely involved in the creation of this project and it is on the verge of completion and imminent release. While the music project was still a work-in-progress, PolyesterThought performed these and other works in live and festival settings. Also over this period, I completed a solo collection titled Neoist Suite 1: DiDJitAll dada.There's more to follow, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Here is essentially the same video I submitted to "Compact Confessions" Video Competition. Trans Humanist Study 1: Gerda Dream Scrape Tribal Fury Everyday Magic

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/16/2007
Band Website: polyesterthought.com
Band Members: Kevin D Smith Gear: Media Centre (primarily studio), laptop, Korg EM1, Numark EM260 DJ Mixer (onboard KAOS pad), Alto AMX-100, Edirol PCR 30 MIDI controller, mikes, acoustic guitar, banjo
Primary Software: Acid Pro, Ableton Live, Sound Forge, banks of VSTi's and FX.


Influences: Oh Gawd! 10000 Maniacs, Afrika Bambaataa, Air, Laurie Anderson, Aphex Twin, The Beatles, Björk, Boards of Canada, David Bowie, JS Bach, The Band, Beethoven, Jeff Buckley, Lord Buckley, Jimmy Buffet, Kate Bush, William S Burroughs, John Cage, Camper van Beethoven, Johnny Cash, The Chemical Brothers, Cocteau Twins, Leonard Cohen, Gregory Corso, Elvis Costello, The Crystal Method, Miles Davis, Diane di Prima, Bob Dylan, ELP, Brian Eno, Everclear, Fat Boy Slim, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Flatt and Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys, The Future Sound of London, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel/Genesis with Gabriel, Allen Ginsberg, Imogen Heap, Hüsker Dü, Juno Reactor, Jack Kerouac, Kraftwerk, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bill Laswell/Material, Irving Layton, Matmos, Meat Beat Manifesto, Natalie Merchant, Moby, The Moody Blues, Mozart, Mustafio, Friedrich Nietzche, Nightmares on Wax, NIN, Nurse With Wound, The Orb, Pere Ubu, Edith Piaf, The Pixies, Sylvia Plath, The Pogues, Cat Power, Prince, John Prine, Paul Quarrington, Radiohead, The Rheostatics, Robert Rich, Terry Riley, The Rolling Stones, Pierre Schaeffer, Klaus Schulze, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Dylan Thomas, The Tragically Hip, Twine, Underworld, Tom Waits, Muddy Waters, The Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Neil Young (and Crazy Horse), Wagner, The Who, XTC, Frank Zappa, Warren Zevon, :zoviet france: (actually everything Robin Storey has done that I've heard)

Transhumanism...

HUMAN 2.0 - CREATING GODSTranshumanism - Roots and GoalsEidolon A.I. talks about Transhumanism, eternal life, deathTranshumanism: I choose to win ... Pure vid blogging...
Biotech & Transhumanism Discussed by Tom & Nita Horn - Pt 1 ... Christians speak on Transhumanism for themselves... and evolutionists?!?!
Sounds Like: Running water and sloppy sounds, the bodily functions of machines, prolonged sessions of robotic intimacy, crackly high-ends, distorted bass-lines. over-compressed noise with talking/sliced up talking/stuttered talking/repeated talking/delayed talking or no talking... just over-compressed noise.The essence of jazz, blues, art history and astronomy mixed and served at a Chinese buffet.
The pops and snaps of events layered over the drone of time and space. Eternity filtered through a dancing curtain of Aurora. If your account should get phished, that's too bad. Should it begin to place comments on my page about tracking who views my site, or about ring tones, Macy's cards, big bud, penis pills, or any other spammy nonsense I don't give a phuck about, well, you know.
Photo Credits: Liz Lott, WKP Kennedy Gallery, Near North Mobile Media Lab, White Water Gallery, Head Frame Project

Which fucked-up genius composer are you?
Tom Waits... charismatic story-teller with a penchant for freaky people and unusual settings. You thrive on the concept of the underdog coming out on top.
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Record Label: Roots of Rocks Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Bobby Orr

Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OCAlthough he hasn't played in the NHL for nearly 30 years, Bobby Orr'simpact on hockey remains with us to this day. His innovative approach to playing the position of defe...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:14:00 PST

Bill Barilko

Tonight is Round Three of the Battle of Ontario. So, a hockey blog. "Bashing" Bill Barilko scored the winning goal in overtime for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final on Apr...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:38:00 PST

New Audio and Video Pitch

Happy Thursday, everyone!  Just wanted to update that I have put an entirely new set of pieces on my profile, an audio collection in 5 parts, "tearing thru time fields Vers. 1.00".  It isn't...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:12:00 PST

An Installment

What do Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, The Stanley Cup and Kevin D Smith all have in common?  Leave your answer as a comment at the end of this blog."Momma can get nasty!"Margarette Atwood t...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:22:00 PST

Canadian Idiots: Starting the Recollection of a Canadian Odyssey

Canadian IdiotsThe opening lines of Weird Al's "American Idiot" parody, "Canadian Idiot" are:     "Don't want to be a Canadian idiotDon't want to be some beer swillin' hockey nut"I thou...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:10:00 PST

What Tarot Card Am I

You are The FoolThe Fool is the card of infinite possibilities. The bag on the staff indicates that he has all he need to do or be anything he wants, he has only to stop and unpack. He is on his way t...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:46:00 PST

Have a Slice!

The comment that takes the cake:...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:10:00 PST

A Sports Back Story

On the day that the Stanley Cup Finals start, I was sitting at my computer, toying with the idea of maybe posting a hockey video on my page.  I came across Roch Carrier's "The Sweater", a book an...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Mon, 28 May 2007 11:37:00 PST

My Brain Usage Profile

I took this test here:http://www.mindmedia.com/brainworks/profilerThe results: Your Brain Usage Profile:Auditory : 62%Visual : 37%Left : 38%Right : 61% Kevin, you show a slight right-hemisphere d...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:37:00 PST

Archiving

Videos I've had up that I like enough to keep up. Bob Dylan - "Series of Dreams" SWIM by Sil van der WoerdHere is Cat Power's video for the song   "Lived in Bars".  Sw...
Posted by Kevin D Smith on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:13:00 PST