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Smoke Reality

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Released: Jan 1, 2006

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Smoke Reality
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Lose Yourself in Nature
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kitten time
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Genre: Experimental / Folk Rock / Indie
Location BROOKLYN, Un
Profile Views: 53122
Last Login: 9/10/2011
Member Since 6/26/2005
Record Label red panda records
Type of Label Indie
Bio
The Naysayer is the home of the bare songs of Anna Padgett. Sadness and self-deprecating humor alternate with a rollicking "shove-it-up-your-ass" attitude. Anna's delicate guitar playing is complimented by sparse arrangements of varied instruments. The Naysayer was first born to Anna and Cynthia Nelson (Retsin, Ruby Falls). For Deathwhisker (Carrot Top, 2000), and Heaven, Hell, or Houston (Carrot Top, 2002), Anna was joined by Cynthia as well as Tara Jane O'Neil (TJO, Retsin, Rodan). Rowdy pop songs teamed up with minimalist ballads to tell Anna's stories in a concise, harrowing, and sometimes absurd voice. Despite Anna's Texas upbringing, the Naysayer loves country. Thus Pure Beauty (Carrot Top, 2003), the band's third release, was shamelessly countrified, with pedal steel, tragic narratives, and a title track dedicated to Anna's then-boyfriend's manhood. This EP marked the Naysayer's final collaboration with Cynthia, and the beginning of the "Dudu Nation" phase of the band – featuring Karla Schickele (Ida, k.) and Miggy Littleton (White Magic, Blood on the Wall). In 2004, Anna discovered a scientific, measurement-based method for determining when to get a new kitten, and documented her research on a new full-length. Kitten Time (Red Panda) was engineered by James Jim Baluyut (+/-, Versus), and included new Naysayers Elizabeth Venable ("the Bubble,") and Geoff Soule ("Tom," or "Rosa, the Mexican Weaving Woman") from the band Fuck. It turned out that Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott, Sparklehorse) also had extensive knowledge of this new science; Kitten Time was thus released on her new label, Red Panda Records. A fourth Naysayer full-length, Smoke Reality, was lovingly recorded and sonically regaled by Tara Jane O'Neil in the Oregon woods. Featuring the mystifying sounds of Geoff Soule and Elizabeth Venable (whose musical union is now known as Sad Horse), it was released on Red Panda Records in 2006. And despite the ganja vibe evoked by the title, you do not have to be on drugs to enjoy this record. The Naysayer's straight thoughts are way more psychedelic than your stoned ones. Currently the Naysayer consists of Anna alone, with any combination of the people above, and/or with the inimitable and wonderful Ruth "Fufi" Keating (the Malarkies, Ida) and Matt "M." Sutton (the Malarkies, & many, many others…). Anna, Ruth, and Matt joined with James Baluyut to record the operatic "The Shell" for Rare Book Room Records' debut 2008 release, Living Bridge, also featuring Avey Tare, Black Dice, Fischerspooner, and other extremely cool people. The Naysayer makes her first foray into literary collaboration in Fall 2012 with The Hassman Family Experience: A Fully Interactive Country and Western Album. It's hard to explain, but it's going to be amazing, and you can ask author Tupelo Hassman (www.tupelohassman.com) if you don't believe it, or Invisible City Audio Tours (www.invisiblecityaudiotours.org). The Naysayer now also has another name. After the birth of a baby naysayer in 2006, some of the Naysayer's subject matter changed. (naps, teeth, hats, diapers, advice about hair washing, etc.) THE GOOD MS. PADGETT was born. Along with aforementioned Ruth, Matt, Jimmy, as well as many babies and dogs as could be crammed into a home recording studio, the Good Ms. Padgett completed a collection of 18 baby and children's songs that she self-released in 2008. A second Good Ms. Padgett release is in the works for release and celebratory dance parties in Fall 2011!!!! You can buy all this stuff at itunes. You can buy real copies of the Red Panda Records releases at www.darla.com You can buy real copies of the Carrot Top Records releases at http://sakistore.net You can buy real copies of The Good Ms. Padgett cd at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/goodpadgett You can learn more about The Good Ms. Padgett at https://www.facebook.com/thegoodmspadgett
Members
anna, fufi, m., jimmy jenius, the bubble, tom, tar tar...
Influences
cats, chickens, sleep, food
Sounds Like
cats, chickens, sleep, food