The Distortion Point



Recent recordings with older equipment have reawakened awareness

Of the frail nature of sound which has no limiters on its spareness

As tapes, amplifiers and speakers all unite in true agreement ...

Indicating changes must be made in order to give some easement



The first is cheap enough to replace or redo with more care and devotion

But the other things require too much havoc and damage to daily potions

So, the edginess and rasp which has become part of the scene, of late

Just will have to continue, without anything at all to ease it, or abate



Until such time as all of my hard work finds a real home on printed page

And then, perhaps, the needed changes will happen, setting a new stage

If I'm lucky, maybe it will happen along before the coming millenium

And then the fruits of my labors will fill those empty bowls - 

                                                                       and there's plenty of 'em ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

5:32am Saturday, September 12th, 1998



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