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.
That time I tried to write a hit about the caribou and the oil pipeline. Perhaps the song is playing while this guy in the illo deals with the fish. Maybe something as basic as preparing food connected him to the plight of the caribou.
“The Caribou And The Oil Pipeline” from The Observer (Kill Rock Stars, 2006) (download):
