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 42-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Later in our lives, when elderly parents become a concern in ways we never imagined, there are moments when them volunteering to walk out onto ice floes to end it all does seem like a pretty good idea. There I said it.
“Ice Floes Aweigh” from The Family Swan (Kill Rock Stars, 2002) (download):