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 29-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Prize arm. Rubber bandit. Enthusiasm stripped away. Socrates! Assumption. Blonde religion rigged with terminal velocity. Write your own damn anthem! Run it up the flagpole. Enduring every absurd injustice by renaming us—animal most likely to go insane. Self-taught heredity. Climb up on that bar stool and come out swinging. Come out swinging. Success word—equations normally known as lies. The simplest of stories don’t get told. The simplest of stories don’t get old.
“Prize Arm,” from The Eagle & The Poodle (Matador, 1996; Smarten UP!, 2009) (download):
