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Normal History Vol. 126: 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 27-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.

The song that ended my marriage, in 1984 or so.

Very loud.

Over and over.

“Goodbye,” said I and packed my Dynaco speakers into the trunk of my Toyota Corolla, and off I went to play my music loudly on the other side of town.

I thought my music was PiL and Hazel O’Connor and Lester Young and other records I owned and loved. I didn’t know yet that my music was still packed up inside me, ready to be released, and I don’t mean on a record label. I mean released from within, where it had been arranging itself for a very long time.

Inside.