Dreams by swampmessiah

I consider the telling of dreams as dull or duller than hearing about your weekend with the in-laws. I'm trying to do something different here. With these I try out several ways of recounting dreams that are poems, almost ritualized proclamations, soapbox rants, philosophical excursions—while always trying to stay true to the incoherence of the dream.
The dream narratives were all recorded in one day (I think September 4, 2016). My sinuses were badly congested that day (as they so often are), to the extent that my gulping of air interfered with the rhythm and enunciation of the reading. I chose to go with those recordings to maintain timbral unity rather than striving for perfection.

Tracklist

1.	The Afterlife	3:40

2.	April 5, 1995: The Plane	2:40

3.	April 25, 2005: The Princess	6:51

4.	August 21, 2014: The Body in the Bathroom	1:56

5.	August 22, 2014: Ice Train	1:07

6.	December 1, 2014: The Whole Moon	0:32

7.	December 19, 2014: Mom Descending	1:09

8.	Dream	0:32

9.	Dream House	2:45

10.	A Dream of Peace	7:53

11.	Even in My Dreams	4:14

12.	February 1, 1996 (-24° Fahrenheit)	3:34

13.	February 12, 2013: Unfamiliar Forest	5:15

14.	February 24, 2009: Her Progeny	14:52

15.	Gratitude	1:51

16.	The Horse	2:32

17.	In a Dream	0:27

18.	Inability	0:39

19.	January 20, 2015: The Music of Plants	2:30

20.	January 21, 2008: The Fugitive	2:01

21.	January 22, 2008: The Bus	5:51

22.	July 28, 2007: She Sought Me Out	6:23

23.	July 31, 2016: Where the Beatles Lost Their Virginity	0:36

24.	June 6, 2005: Mole Mountain	2:57

25.	June 8, 2010: Priestess	13:42

26.	A Kiss	2:28

27.	Lucifer's Friend	1:32

28.	March 29, 2013: The Poet's Voice	2:22

29.	Men	2:33

30.	A Nightmare	1:06

31.	November 21, 2014: Meeting McCooey	3:56

32.	November 24, 2013: Something About the Water	2:03

33.	October 18, 1995: Another Knock at the Door	3:46

34.	October 2, 2007: Her Return	6:30

35.	October 21, 2014: The Bargain	3:15

36.	The Psychedelic Baby of Death	3:00

37.	The Rose	1:10

38.	Separation Myth	2:40

Credits

released October 2, 2016

All narratives, recording, and most photographs by Michael Myshack.

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