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 39-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
When I was a kid, WWII seemed like it was million years ago. My big question was: How could people have let it happen? Weirdly, the older I got, the more recent it seemed. Closer and closer, until: now.
“One More Safe” from Jarred Up (K, 1995) (download):