Friend Shickwell writes of dreams with Joanna Newsom: Last night I had a dream that I was on a boat with J.N., in the below decks pub. Large wood beams and medieval dark. It was a celebration and I bought something called a “half-gallon” to be spread around in a toast to her. I missed the toast and was dismayed, so I caught up with her after and tried to talk. It turned out then, that she had a child, and not just a baby, but a fat, large, female child aged 6 or so. For some reason talking to her really depressed me. She said that she and Andy had the baby, though she wasn’t really with him. I assume this was Andy Cabic of Vetiver. I was surprised to find out he was there, and asked where he was, and she kept saying, he’s right there, but I missed him constantly because he was so enormously fat and distorted. I found myself longing mightily for Ms. Newsom.

Me on Ys.

Last week I had a dream that I was in a video store with Jenny Lewis. I was grilling tomatoes on a portable  grill and she was leaning over my shoulder and we were picking out a video to watch. I woke up very happy.