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Normal History Vol. 620: The Art Of David Lester
Every week, 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 37-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. In the January 10 edition of the New York Times Magazine, in a column called Letter Of Recommendation (essays celebrating the overlooked […]
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Every week, 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 37-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
In the January 10 edition of the New York Times Magazine, in a column called Letter Of Recommendation (essays celebrating the overlooked and underappreciated), writer Nick Marino wrote about my history with Mecca Normal, my $100 USD painting series and the Free Artist Residency For Progressive Social Change.
“Who Told You So?” from Mecca Normal (Smarten UP!, 1986; reissued by K, 1995) (download):
