<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063460</id><updated>2011-07-08T00:35:28.489-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mecca Normal 1985 -- 1995</title><subtitle type='html'>The thrilling, absurd, scary, and funny adventures of David and Jean from the beginning of time.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jean Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389348677121955997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pF5O_zMbVhY/SKHxH-wjZHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/myhL0nOHPZs/s1600-R/going%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bstore%2B500.BMP'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063460.post-115522288124140103</id><published>2006-08-10T08:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T17:16:13.820-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>"Hello ! David has done a lot of typing and organizing to put all this together. There are notes for 1996 - 2006 in progress," says Jean.  Click here to buy the NEW CDThe Early Years:In the 60s, Jean messes around with 1/4" reel to reel tape recorder and sings in school choir. In the 70s Jean is a ski instructor -- she paints self-portraits in watercolour and takes some acoustic guitar lessons. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522288124140103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522288124140103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/index.html#115522288124140103' title=''/><author><name>Jean Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389348677121955997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pF5O_zMbVhY/SKHxH-wjZHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/myhL0nOHPZs/s1600-R/going%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bstore%2B500.BMP'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063460.post-115522024546885814</id><published>2006-08-10T07:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T13:32:31.313-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Jean's 37' strip-planked Honduras mahogany mortgage (1980)Captain Jean (winter... not 200 pounds)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522024546885814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522024546885814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/index.html#115522024546885814' title=''/><author><name>Jean Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389348677121955997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pF5O_zMbVhY/SKHxH-wjZHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/myhL0nOHPZs/s1600-R/going%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bstore%2B500.BMP'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063460.post-115522016910799448</id><published>2006-08-10T07:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-10T07:29:29.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Jean at about 24</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522016910799448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115522016910799448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/index.html#115522016910799448' title=''/><author><name>Jean Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389348677121955997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pF5O_zMbVhY/SKHxH-wjZHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/myhL0nOHPZs/s1600-R/going%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bstore%2B500.BMP'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063460.post-115518383561670558</id><published>2006-08-09T21:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T19:50:26.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>David works on a radical anarchist newspaper called Open Road and designs posters and album covers for punk bands like D.O.A. He plays guitar in a band called The Explosions (they release a 7” and open for Talking Heads in Vancouver).David Lester, "I'd just graduated from high school when reports from England started to appear in the music papers -- punk rock seemed too bizarre to comprehend. I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115518383561670558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4063460/posts/default/115518383561670558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://2002_stories.blogspot.com/index.html#115518383561670558' title=''/><author><name>Jean Smith</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16389348677121955997</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pF5O_zMbVhY/SKHxH-wjZHI/AAAAAAAAAAg/myhL0nOHPZs/s1600-R/going%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bstore%2B500.BMP'/></author></entry></feed>
