Mecca Normal -- The Eagle & The Poodle CD (Matador, 1996 and Smarten UP! Records iTunes 2009). Directed by Jean Smith (2009)

Mecca Normal -- The Eagle & the Poodle CD (Matador, 1996 and Smarten UP! Records iTunes 2009). Directed by Jean Smith (2009)

Mecca Normal -- Sitting on Snaps CD (Matador, 1995 and Smarten UP! Records iTunes 2009). Directed by Jean Smith (2009)

October 23, 2009. The Knife -- scary music written for and performed at Fuse. When I leave the stage area, I go out and harass the audience and people walking through the room. "Nothing to see here, people. Keep moving. Eyes forward." Recorded with the Zoom H4n.

A lecture, art exhibit and performance event in university classrooms and bookstores. Jean Smith and David Lester of the underground literary rock duo Mecca Normal intend to inspire audiences towards considering political content in their creative self-expression. http://howartandmusiccanchangetheworld.blogspot.com

Live in Olympia, May 2008. Opening for Kimya Dawson.

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.

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A self-portrait film by Jean Smith. From The Observer CD on Kill Rock Stars.