angel from chicago

Todd Hochberg, 1978

This goes out to my three main men in memory of John Prine.
   For Robert, we blow up the TV with Spanish Pipedream.
   For Ed, it's all those Souvenirs (mainly because I can't stand Big Old Goofy World).
   For Todd, it's The Accident. A similar fender bender inspired Todd to create the work above while he was in art school, including a nod to fellow Chicago boy Prine.  The collage on zinc appeared in a DeNiro film called Mad Dog and Glory (1993) with Uma Thurman. "My ex-wife worked in set decorating for the film, shot in Chicago," says Todd. "It appears for a moment in Glory’s bathroom scene." 
   For me, it will always be Angel From Montgomery, preferably sung by Bonnie Raitt. The song includes what may be my favorite—saddest—lyric of all time: "How the hell can a person go to work in the morning, come home in the evening and have nothing to say."