song 140 : Drain (outtake) (Tacoma Ballet)

We would walk down the street toward the waterfront for a meal about half way through recording every day in Tacoma. I liked those day time walks past the long grass lots, the water stretching out bright ahead.

Since we were out I’d overhear things, notice little interactions between people. In a pub I noticed a couple bickering. They were a drunk and she said something about “going around in circles.” The interesting thing is you couldn’t quite tell if this was a seduction or the end of a relationship. That’s an example of the process that usually starts a song for me when we do freestyle experiments.

Ronnie’s use of the Seek Wah pedal and Larry’s use of his wah wah created for me an image of water emptying into a drain that linked up with the idea of going around in circles.
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