NEWSLETTER

25th Anniversay Tour -- April 2009

Rock shows by night and How Art & Music Can Change the World -- our art exhibit, lecture and performance event -- by day.

How Art & Music Can Change the World

- Vancouver -- March 28, 2009 -- Vinegar Factory -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Vancouver -- April 1, 2009 -- Windermere High School -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Bellingham, WA -- April 3 -- Underground Coffeehouse

- Seattle -- April 4 -- Vera Project (on early, at 8 p.m.)

- Battle Ground, WA -- April 5

- Olympia -- April 7 -- All Ages Project

- Portland -- April 8 -- Holocene

- Salem -- April 9 -- Cherry City Music Festival

- Salem -- April 10 -- Willamette University, Montag Den -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Eugene -- April 10 -- Wandering Goat

- Arcata, CA -- April 11 -- Green House

- San Francisco -- April 12 -- Hemlock Tavern

- San Francisco -- April 13 -- Modern Times Bookstore -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- LA -- April 14 -- CalArts -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- LA -- April 15 -- Knitting Factory Hollywood

- Durham, NC -- April 18 -- DuoFest III

- DC -- April 19 -- Red & Black Bar

- New York -- April 20 -- Cake Shop

- New York -- April 21 -- Bluestockings Books -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Philly -- April 22 -- Nexus Foundation for Today's Art -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Turners Falls, MA -- April 23 -- Rendezvous

- Providence -- April 24 -- Rhode Island School of Design -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Boston -- April 25 -- Megapolis Audio Festival -- "How Art & Music Can Change the World"

- Providence -- April 25 -- AS220 "RESIST CORPORATE MUSIC! DIY FOREVER!"

ANNOUNCING:

iTunes Re-releases

Who Shot Elvis? (Matador, 1997)

Now in iTunes on our label -- Smarten UP! Records.

Sitting on Snaps (Matador, 1995)
Now in iTunes on our label -- Smarten UP! Records.

Read the four star Rolling Stone review.

New Lyrics

David Lester is working on the final edit of his graphic novel The Listener.

David Lester's art was recently published in REPRODUCE & REVOLT! (Soft Skull).

Horde of Two -- David Lester (guitar) & Wendy Atkinson (bass) debut CD out soon on Smarten UP! & Get To the Point.

David Lester 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.

Jean Smith is editing a final draft of her novel Love Wants You.

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A story by Jean Smith about family and music has been published in Sharon Cheslow's Interobang?! number 5, published by Decomposition.

Non-fiction story by Jean Smith to be published in Ong Ong -- a Seattle-based zine.

A story and artwork by Jean Smith will appear in an upcoming book called The Art of Touring (Yeti Publishing).

Jean Smith Films -- Mecca Normal live and demo versions.

I Walk Alone -- a film by Jean Smith (2008) -- audio from a live Mecca Normal performance in SF, 1994

One Man's Anger -- This film was thought of, filmed, edited and posted between 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday October 21, 2008. The music, took exactly however long the song is to make -- you hear the writing of the song. Recorded with one mic. Directed by Jean Smith.

Malachi -- audio recorded live in Olympia, WA May 3, 2008, opening for Kimya Dawson.
Recorded by J. Free. Film by Jean Smith.

This Comforting Thing -- audio live in Battle Ground. Recorded by J. Free. Directed by Jean.

In the very early 1980s Jean Smith started a free zine called Smarten UP! A How to Change the World Publication. It was published every three weeks and left it around Vancouver in record stores, book stores and used clothing stores. Smarten UP! is now being published on myspace.com/jeansmith

A History of Mecca Normal
1985 - 1995
1996 - 2006
2007 - 2017

Books, t-shirts, artwork, posters, postcards, Janis Zeppelin CD
BuyOlympia.com

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