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.
Drive At
The movie set used to be a lake
until a dynamited paddle-wheeler
splintered across it
paralyzing a stuntman.
I’m interrupting an explanation
in a very loud room.
“Drive At” from the album The Eagle And The Poodle (Matador, 1996) (download):
