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 32-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
The first song on Mecca Normal’s first album (1986) questions where we get our information. At that time, Reagan had been in the White House since 1981. News sources were limited to TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.
Who Told You So?
What do you think?
What do you know?
Who told you that?
Who told you so?
“Who Told You So” from the album Mecca Normal (Smarten UP!, 1986; reissued by K, 1995) (download):
