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Normal History Vol. 373: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 32-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.

This blurb has been a mainstay in the Mecca Normal press kit since 1993, when Gina Arnold wrote it for the San Diego Reader. I had no idea that she had to deal with ongoing vitriol and harassment for 10 years while writing her column for Planet Clair.

I don’t think I’ve ever thanked Gina for this review! It was definitely fuel for us along the way!! Thank you, Gina!

“Mecca Normal’s Jean Smith would be a heroine in any age: her beautiful harsh voice, her uncompromising lyrics, her sheer performing dignity guarantee her that. But until you see her face down a crowd of hypocritical and uninterested punk rockers, you don’t know what true heroism is. Smith’s music is dissonant, deeply felt, feminist, courageous.” —Gina Arnold, San Diego Reader, 1993

“What About The Boy?” from the album The Family Swan (Kill Rock Stars, 2002) (download):