Kiloh Smith Blog

We recently purchased a more robust smoker. Kiloh Smith & Anne Daniels just LOVE smoked meats & fish. The old, box, smoker was at the very, very end of life with Kiloh having to patch the bottom with scrap sheet metal. His wife, Anne, said to "Get rid of that *ghetto* smoker!" Here it is pictured and one can see that it truly was a *ghetto* smoker. BUT, it had provided years and years of good service and worked well still. As you can see, this smoker was beyond needing some TLC. I had to prop the door shut with a shovel. But there it is, working for us still. Anne didn't like how it looked and was concerned about people coming over and seeing it. My thought were; if they can't handle a *ghetto* smoker then screw 'em. That smoked mozzarella cheese, that the white suburbanites couldn't get enough of, was probably smoked in a garbage can with cut up New York Daily News strips as the combustion. This was told to me by my old friend, and actual Italian deli...

Here's a video of Kiloh Smith and Anne Daniels at the Soggy Peso in San Carlos, Mexico. San Carlos is right on the Gulf of Baja and is idyllic. The beaches are miles and miles long of white sand. The water is clear and green. We go to San Carlos as much as we can. The ride is approximately 400 miles but is very interesting; mostly through the Mexican State of Sonora. The food is amazing too, the freshest seafood you ever saw. These were some breakfast shrimp tacos right at the beach.

 Kiloh Smith and Anne Daniels recently visited Tumacácori Mission, just above Nogales, in Southern Arizona. The first mission was established by Jesuit Eusebio Francisco Kino and his followers in 1691. Tumacácori is in the Santa Cruz River valley. The Missionaries encountered O’odham, Yaqui, and Apache people. We were coming back from a trip to Mexico and decided to stop. Boy we glad that we did! The mission building is in disrepair but not a ruinous state. Inside it is cool and shady. I shot the below video with my GoPro camera.

Longtime 13th Floor Elevators fan, Kiloh Smith, recently started an online petition for Sundazed Records to release a "lost" 1966 set by that band. This was where the 'Elevators performed at a Battle of the Bands, in Rio Nido, California, during the fabled summer of 1966. The event was taped by an attendee and the tape has remained uncirculated for over 55 years. Some years ago, the person, who taped the 'Elevators, sold his cache of tapes to Sundazed Records. Kiloh had heard about the existence of this tape back in 2002 and then heard about the sale of it to Sundazed on his 13th Floor Elevators Faceboook group last week. He called "Jay" at Sundazed, who confirmed the existence of the tape and Sundazed's possessions of it. Kiloh then created the online petition which has gotten over 500 signatures within five days. See the Petition here: http://chng.it/V2MFCwB9yF