Dreams, by swampmessiah

Dreams

by swampmessiah

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2 1/4 hours of dream narrative plus several bonus tracks.
This was originally published as a website and was meant to be dark. The PDF versions of the 124-page booklet come in single page and spread, whichever works best with your device. There is also a white version for printing (page view only) so you won't empty your ink cartridges.

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1.	The Afterlife 03:39	buy track
2.	April 5, 1995: The Plane 02:39	buy track
3.	April 25, 2005: The Princess 06:51	buy track
4.	August 21, 2014: The Body in the Bathroom 01:56	buy track
5.	August 22, 2014: Ice Train 01:07	buy track
6.	December 1, 2014: The Whole Moon 00:31	buy track
7.	December 19, 2014: Mom Descending 01:08	buy track
8.	Dream 00:32	buy track
9.	Dream House 02:44	buy track
10.	A Dream of Peace 07:52	buy track
11.	Even in My Dreams 04:14	buy track
12.	February 1, 1996 (-24° Fahrenheit) 03:34	buy track
13.	February 12, 2013: Unfamiliar Forest 05:14	buy track
14.	February 24, 2009: Her Progeny 14:51	buy track
15.	Gratitude 01:51	buy track
16.	The Horse 02:32	buy track
17.	In a Dream 00:27	buy track
18.	Inability 00:38	buy track
19.	January 20, 2015: The Music of Plants 02:29	buy track
20.	January 21, 2008: The Fugitive 02:01	buy track
21.	January 22, 2008: The Bus 05:50	buy track
22.	July 28, 2007: She Sought Me Out 06:23	buy track
23.	July 31, 2016: Where the Beatles Lost Their Virginity 00:36	buy track
24.	June 6, 2005: Mole Mountain 02:56	buy track
25.	June 8, 2010: Priestess 13:41	buy track
26.	A Kiss 02:28	buy track
27.	Lucifer's Friend 01:31	buy track
28.	March 29, 2013: The Poet's Voice 02:22	buy track
29.	Men 02:32	buy track
30.	A Nightmare 01:05	buy track
31.	November 21, 2014: Meeting McCooey 03:55	buy track
32.	November 24, 2013: Something About the Water 02:03	buy track
33.	October 18, 1995: Another Knock at the Door 03:45	buy track
34.	October 2, 2007: Her Return 06:30	buy track
35.	October 21, 2014: The Bargain 03:15	buy track
36.	The Psychedelic Baby of Death 02:59	buy track
37.	The Rose 01:10	buy track
38.	Separation Myth 02:40	buy track

about

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.

credits

released October 2, 2016

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

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swampmessiah Saint Paul, Minnesota

I was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1957. I've been drawing all my life and painting since about 1975; I started writing poetry and rants in, maybe, 1976; since 1996 I've been recording those poems and rants, usually with a "musical" backing.
I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My partner and I have two children. I have a day job that is in no way artistic. ... more