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Old 05.24.2009, 09:35 PM   #1
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I'm really all about this band right now. I have First LP, The Eagle & The Poodle, and the two 2 Foot Flame albums.
What should be my next purchase by them?
What else might I dig now I seem to constantly be in the mood for this band?
What duz yuz think?
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Old 05.25.2009, 10:12 AM   #2
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No?
Okay. I'll get my coat.
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Old 05.25.2009, 10:31 AM   #3
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Old 05.25.2009, 02:36 PM   #4
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yes i like em, ive a copule of their old 7 inchers they put out on wiija around the time of the great rrrriot grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl fad of 1993/4 . i like that cheap shit.. skinned teen, mecca normal, heavens to betsy, linus and the others i cant think of at the moment....
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Old 05.25.2009, 03:59 PM   #5
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I like them. If you like that first album, Jarred Up would make sense next. I like Two Foot Flame a bit more, so if you're into them so much, check out Peter Jefferies solo stuff too. Closed Circuit is one of my very favorite unknown records ever. I think maybe some of the songs are about Jean too.
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Old 05.25.2009, 09:11 PM   #6
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I saw them live and they were ... interesting. Beyond that, I have no idea.
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Old 05.26.2009, 12:03 AM   #7
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Old 05.28.2009, 06:57 PM   #8
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I like them. If you like that first album, Jarred Up would make sense next. I like Two Foot Flame a bit more, so if you're into them so much, check out Peter Jefferies solo stuff too. Closed Circuit is one of my very favorite unknown records ever. I think maybe some of the songs are about Jean too.

Jarred Up. Okay, thanks. You can buy the four records on vinyl they brought out in 95 pretty cheap on the UK Amazon. So that will be my next move. Heres a little nugget of goodness you might not have come across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa1szBFwsdo
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Jarred Up. Okay, thanks. You can buy the four records on vinyl they brought out in 95 pretty cheap on the UK Amazon. So that will be my next move. Heres a little nugget of goodness you might not have come across: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa1szBFwsdo

i think you can buy them from the k records for probably cheaper. check out krecs.com.
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Old 05.29.2009, 12:09 AM   #10
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The trouble with being on this here island in the middle of the sea is buying from these sites is never cheap for me, or particularly reliable. But thanks for the link though, nice site.
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Old 06.09.2009, 12:42 AM   #11
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Mecca Normal / Kreviss split single
Sub Pop, SP149 (1992)

Mecca Normal. The love ‘em or hate ‘em (it seems) duo who have an amazingly long discography (I think like 11 or 12 albums and a handful of singles, plus all those compilation hits, a couple of solo albums and side projects (like 2 Foot Flame, which is Jean Smith with long time Mecca collaborator Peter Jefferies and Michael Morley of the Dead C). It’s somewhere between punk rock poetry and riotgrrrl rage, I think. A lot of what became that Northwest Scene owes a lot to this band, that began in 1985, as they migrated back and forth between Vancouver and The Olympia / Seattle scenes.

Then, outside of the music, there’s a whole bunch of art and words that swirls around these two. First off, David’s brother Ken was the manager for D.O.A in the 80’s, so David got to do a lot of designs and art for the band… Mecca Normal also got to borrow D.O.A.’s bus as well. Jean Smith’s first novel, “I Can Hear Me Fine” was published by David’s newly formed publishing company – Get To The Point. There’s also her books “The Ghost Of Understanding” and David’s book, “The Gruesome Acts Of Capitalism.”


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Old 06.30.2009, 01:17 PM   #12
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Hey thanks guys for helping me out on this thread.

Request: I recently bought every record by Mecca Normal available on vinyl, I still however have one last album I can't track down the Mp3s of, anyone have the Mp3s of Water Cuts My Hands, by any chance? Help would be REALLY appreciated, peace out
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Old 06.30.2009, 07:29 PM   #13
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Come on guys, here I've got access to a large proportion of Mecca Normals far-reaching international fanbase (according to their facebook page) of 71 fans.
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Old 06.30.2009, 07:50 PM   #14
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Hey thanks guys for helping me out on this thread.

Request: I recently bought every record by Mecca Normal available on vinyl, I still however have one last album I can't track down the Mp3s of, anyone have the Mp3s of Water Cuts My Hands, by any chance? Help would be REALLY appreciated, peace out

i got that from soulseek, give it a try
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You can download David Lester's band Horde of Two with his girlfriend avant-bassist Wendy Atkinson live on my friend's radio show here:

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I like them. If you like that first album, Jarred Up would make sense next. I like Two Foot Flame a bit more, so if you're into them so much, check out Peter Jefferies solo stuff too. Closed Circuit is one of my very favorite unknown records ever. I think maybe some of the songs are about Jean too.

there's also peter jeffries old band, This Kind of Punishment
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Heres a rare myspace-exclusive treat I doubt any of you have come across, Jean Smith and Dave Doughman of Swearing at Motorists as Transmarquee
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with the inevitable essay by Jean
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