The trouble with dreams
It's been a while since I saw an advertisement that had the double-edge of being this clever AND this funny (it's for a sleeping pill medication, caption "Your dreams miss you"). It took me several beats to get it, but then it made sense and I actually laughed out loud. (Ignore the weird page break, I had to fold it to fit on my scanner). Dreams about jumping rope with Abraham Lincoln and a
So, last night I dreamt that Chris Isaak was dying in my arms. This was immediately after Dwight Schrute (from The Office) injected him with a nerve agent. Which was, in retrospect, perhaps a jealous reaction from Dwight that I was canoodling a bit with Isaak. I woke up, pulse racing, and laid there in the early morning light for several minutes just processing my dream and thinking of how I could have saved Chris (Epi-pen! Mouth-to-mouth!) as if were all very, very real.
What in the WORLD does that mean?!
Perhaps that I should stop dropping acid before bed. Just kidding. With dreams like that, who needs an interesting reality?
"Trouble With Dreams" - Eels
"Daydream Believer" (Monkees cover) - Shonen Knife
"I Don't Sleep, I Dream" - R.E.M.
(one of my favorite R.E.M. songs from one of my favorite R.E.M. albums)
"All I Have To Do Is Dream" (Everly Brothers cover) - The Dandy Warhols
"Hung Up On A Dream" - The Zombies
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and while chris issak was dying in your arms, did that cue up the great song by cutting crew "(i just) died in your arms tonight"
man, i am so glad i don't have dreams about the geek from the office.
That Zombies song is so good. Great album too.
but c, Dwight from The Office is so hilarious that it's okay. Even whilst completing his nefarious mission, he was funny in my dream. go figure.
bonus points for your complex and plot-laden dream. i wouldn't mind that jim guy from the office being my dreamy McDreamerson ;)
Being from Wisconsin, I feel obliged to tell you that that ain't no badger!
Looks a little more beaverish to me.
I think it's a duck-billed platypus...
Beaver, badger - you're right I was thinkin' beaver. Hmmm.
just found your blog and am loving it. Was wondering if your wonderful musical tastes include any Uncle Tupelo-wilco-son volt. Being from Belleville, IL, across the river from St. Louis, I had to ask about my local alt-country bands....
Kev in St. Louis
Hey Kev in St. Louis,
My stance on those bands are musical respect, but have not personally gotten into them yet. Maybe someday. ;)
Yeah, I've got to join the mini-chorus here. I can't believe none of those three bands have hit you right yet. Try Wilco's "Being There" or Son Volt's "Trace" for starters, then for the dessert "March 16-20 1992" by Uncle Tupelo. Mostly acoustic folk covers that might get things rolling. Definitely check out the instrumental "Sandusky."
Okay, enduth rant. By the way, that's a seriously insane dream. You might want to get that checked.
I'm glad there are other people out there who give R.E.M.'s Monster some modicum of respect. I think it has been unfairly maligned. My favorite Monster songs are: Circus Envy, Bang and Blame, I Took Your Name, and Let Me In. * Check out my blog. I've posted a few R.E.M. rarities lately.
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