The Place Of Lost Dreams

Last night I dreamt about trains, and my sister. I think death was involved somewhere - maybe a train blew up. I remember being questioned about it afterwards. We were walking across the tracks towards a fence, or barrier of some kind.

The previous night I had another dream about lots of people trying to escape something inevitable. That's right, everyone was getting on trams and the mood was of hopelessness. I think everyone was already contaminated, or almost dead or something. I had a dog with me and the ground was all muddy. Don't know what the catastrophe was though, might have been a nuclear holocaust or a virus. There were only a few people left and we were waiting for a tram to come and take us ... where? I remember debating which tram route to take.

Maybe I can remember my dreams recently because my sleep pattern is so wrecked. On Saturday I didn't sleep till 7 am, and then last night I stayed in bed for about 11 hours, probably still catching up.

Speaking of sleep....

btw the link is not great, but it did have the number 37 in the URL :)

Hello again dedicated readers,

As music is important to me, and people share their musical tastes with others, I wanted to share with you the playlist I made on Tuesday 4/4/2006. It took damn ages to make, but it was worth it. It's called "Depressed".

In alphabetical order:

Air                                     Playground Love
                                         Ghost Song
Aronas                               Strange People
Arvo Pärt                           Magnificat Antiphonen - VII. O Immanuel
Athlete                              Street Map
Bela Bartok                        Music for Percussion, Strings and Celesta:
                                         1. Andante tranquillo
Ben Folds                           Give Judy My Notice
Ben Folds Five                    Evaporated
Ben Lee                             Apple Candy
                                         I'm Willing
Brad Mehldau                      Exit Music (For A Film)
Clara Schumann                  Geheimes flüstern hier und dort
Claude Debussy                   Images Book I - II. Hommage à Rameau
Coldplay                             See You Soon (from Live DVD)
                                         Careful Where You Stand
                                         What If
                                         Fix You
                                         Swallowed In The Sea
                                         Twisted Logic
Dave Matthews                   Some Devil
                                         An' Another Thing
Diana Krall                         I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Enya                                  Dan Y Dwr
                                         Watermark
Erik Satie                           Gymnopédie No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn               Violin Concerto - Andante (movt 2)
Frank Sinatra                      Don't Worry About Me
Franz Schubert                Die liebe Farbe (from Die Schöne Müllerin)
Gustav Mahler                 Adagietto (excerpt) from Symphony No. 5
Hamish                               Empty - BJ's Gazipur Mix
Henryk Górecki            Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Lento e largo
Jack Johnson                      Cocoon
Jaga Jazzist                       Going Down
                                         Airborne
                                         Low Battery
Jewel                                Hands
Johannes Brahms                Sonate for violin and piano,
                                         movt. 2 Andante tranquillo
John Cale                           Heartbreak Hotel
                                         Hallelujah
John Corigliano                  Symphony #1: movement 4. Epilogue
J.S. Bach                      Mass in B minor - Credo: 16. Et incarnatus est
Keith Jarrett                      The River
Kurt Elling                         Not While I'm Around
Lord Of The Rings              (Howard Shore) The Great River
Ludvig Norman                  Jordens oro viker (Motett)
Ludwig van Beethoven       Adagio from 'Moonlight' Sonata
Madonna                           Frozen
Massive Attack                   Safe From Harm
                                        Unfinished Sympathy
Maurice Ravel                    Gaspard de la Nuit - Le Gibet
Michael Tippett          A Child Of Our Time
                                 Part I - 1. The world turns on its dark side
                                 Part II - 9. A star rises in mid-winter
                                 Part III - 26. The cold deepens
                                 Part III - 29. I would know my shadow
                                 and my light
Moby                                  Forever
Moulin Rouge                      Ascension
The Mountain Goats            Dinu Lipatti's Bones
                                         Love Love Love
Nina Simone                       Ne me quitte pas (If you go away)
Philip Glass                         Violin Concerto, Part 2
Radiohead                          Pyramid Song
                                         The Tourist
                                         (Nice Dream)
Richard Cheese                   Buddy Holly
Samuel Barber                    Adagio For Strings
Semisonic                           DND
                                         Gone To The Movies
Sibelius                              Valse Triste
Sigur Rós                            Svefn-g-englar
                                         Starálfur
                                         Flugufrelsarinn
                                         Sæglópur
                                         Mílanó
                                         Gong
                                         Andvari
Silverchair                          Miss You Love
                                         Abuse Me
Sixpence None The Richer    Melody Of You
                                         The Lines Of My Earth
                                         I Won't Stay Long
                                         Moving On
Something For Kate            You Only Hide
Sunwrae                            Decipher The Crooked Ways
Toni Braxton                      Unbreak My Heart
Vincent Persichetti             Winter Cantata: So Deep
Vaughan Williams               Tired
                                         Come Love, Come Lord


No guesses as to why I did that. 10 points to whoever said I was depressed! There's a lot of classical music (and instrumental music - Jaga Jazzist, Sunwrae), but the good thing about classical is it doesn't direct your thoughts as much. With solo vocals, you're only permitted to ponder what the vocals are telling you. Classical music allows you to ponder the depths of space and human emotion, and how tiny your brain is in comparison to the scary monstrosity of life.

Having said that, some of the vocal songs were really appropriate.