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"Arguably the greatest rock band without a rhythm section ever, the duo of acid-voiced singer Jean Smith and guitar hero David Lester must be seen to be believed." -- Douglas Wolk
"Jean Smith is a major writer of our generation." -- Ronnie Pontiac, senior editor at Newtopia Magazine
"An unbending advocate of thoughtful indie culture for two decades now, the Vancouver guitar-and-voice twosome doesn't just make demanding music, they also make books, paintings, photos, cartoons, among other things." -- San Francisco Chronicle
ANNOUNCING:
IMPORTANT RE-RELEASE
Sitting on Snaps CD
(Matador, 1995)
iTunes (Smarten UP! Records, 2009)
Read the four star Rolling Stone
review.
Classroom Presentations: How Art & Music Can Change the World
Article on Mecca Normal in the Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, July 1, 2007
Ten Famous Canadians
you've never heard of
The Observer:
BUY: CDs, BOOKS, ARTWORK,
T-SHIRTS ONLINE
LYRICS:
The Observer
David has a MySpace page for his graphic novel The Listener -- which casts light on an obscure event from the 1930s to magnify the importance of small actions in a larger context.
MP3s & VIDEOS:
Attraction is Ephemeral on Newsletter
MySpace: www.myspace.com/meccanormal
HISTORY:
Notes, tour diary entries and reviews --
1985 - 1995
1996 - 2006
2007 - 2017
REVIEWS, ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
BOOKS:
The Gruesome Acts of Capitalism by David Lester -- the revised, second printing is in stock at buyolypia.com. Available in Canada from Arbeiter Ring and in the US from AK Press.
Two Stories from Jean Smith's foray into online dating.
ART:
Inspired Agitators & the Pantomime Horse -- Mecca Normal's touring art exhibit -- features David's Inspired Agitators poster series. More info.
PAINTINGS: David Lester
PAINTINGS: Jean Smith
INTERVIEWS:
HIGH HAT
David Lester interview -- Visual Resistance
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BUY The Observer CD ONLINE:
BuyOlympia.com
Janis Zeppelin: (Smarten UP! Records, 2003)
The twelfth CD -- experimental, improvised, 4 unreleased songs from 1984, 2 covers and a long version of In January. #1 at Toronto's CIUT, and #2 at Vancouver's CITR.
Janis Zeppelin:
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BUY Janis Zeppelin CD ONLINE:
BuyOlympia.com
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Mecca Normal CDs are available online at Kill Rock Stars.
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From Jack -- alternative school teacher, Tacoma, WA
I am truly blown away by that new song Attraction is Ephemeral -- love the lines, love the tune, love the way everything fits together -- wonderful -- brought back memories of what attracted me to your music in the 1st place. Soul laid bare. Here I am. This is what I know. There is nothing else. Take it or leave it. Just great. And THEN I saw the video-Jean self-portrait. Wonderful again!!
BuyOlympia.com:
David Lester's "Inspired Agitators" posters posters $25 each
David Lester's wry cartoon postcards $1.20 each
David Lester's
"Actually, I like crap."
t-shirt
Jean Smith
solo CD and books
I Can Hear Me Fine
The Family Swan
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