Every week, 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 41-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Going back 30 years to write about elements of songs in this space, I regularly feel like I could have been more direct. Less ambiguous. Considering that the general vibe we’re living in is negative, there is a sense of squandered opportunity when I get too poetic. Not so with “Museum Of Open Windows,” which is, in part, about the lack of universal health care in the U.S.
it’s a truly uncivilized nation
that treats medical care
as a commodity to be sold
“Museum Of Open Windows” from Flood Plain (K, 1993) (download):
