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Get To The Point is the publisher of handmade art books, chapbooks of award-winning poetry, accutely observant/innovative fiction, and CDs of music and poems by community activists. Mecca Normal's guitar player, David Lester, is the publisher. The underground rock duo's singer, Jean Smith, is the editor.
"Mecca Normal, Vancouver's pioneering anarchist-feminist-literary-punk-rock duo, has been sending chills up spectators' spines for a full 15 years now, with breaks to write novels and other un-rock-starry preoccupations." —GLOBE AND MAIL (Canada)
NEW Mecca Normal CD -- Janis Zeppelin www.buyolympia.com is the best place to buy Janis Zeppelin. Click here for cover art, song titles and liner notes.
Check out our Catalogue of Books & Music. CDs, cassettes, poetry, fiction and graphics by David Lester, Jean Smith, Bud Osborn, Duane Crone, Chad Norman, Catherine Owen, Wendy Atkinson, Norman Nawrocki, and David Pritchett.
Many of our book covers are individually made, featuring: cut accents, hand printing, stitching and silkscreen. For the most part, we have very limited distribution. Some items are SOLD OUT.
Prices include postage to the U.S. and Canada (the difference on U.S. funds covers extra postage from Canada to the U.S.).
Check, Postal Money Order or hidden cash, payable to Get To The Point
#304-1320 Salsbury Dr.
Vancouver, BC
V5L 4B3
Canada
CDs, books and artwork by Mecca Normal, Jean Smith and David Lester are available at www.buyolympia.com -- including:
David Lester's
-- "Inspired Agitators" posters and postcards
-- "Gruesome Acts of Capitalism" chapbook of facts and statistics
-- popular t-shirt design "Actually I like crap."
Jean Smith's
-- first novel "I Can Hear Me Fine"
-- "The Family Swan" a chapbook of lyrics and poems with a hand-printed cover.
