Dion McGregor: Famous Sleep-Talker

Today I happened to stumbled upon a little treasure of hilarity that truly makes life worth living.

I was on Wikipedia at campus, trying to kill time before my next class. I stumbled upon a page about sleep-walking, and continued to browse related links until I ended up on sleep-talking. At the end of the article, I found what I thought was a hilarious little blurb.

"One famous sleep talker is Dion McGregor, a man who became something of an underground celebrity when his roommate Michael Barr recorded his nightly soliloquies (which were often hilariously detailed), which were then released as a series of albums in the 60's."

"McGregor talked in his sleep. Not in quiet, barely-comprehensible mumbles: while he slept, McGregor would essentially narrate his dreams at conversational volume. As a narrator of his (often terrifying) dreams, Dion adopted various personas but frequently established a fey, argumentative, insolent approach to the subject at hand – be it a hot air balloon trip to the moon with a group of multi-ethnic children, a frantic journey around New York, or a tattooing job on a woman's tongue."

Wow. I honestly could not wait to get home so I could download this. As soon as I got home I did, and on first listen was blown away at how absurdly hilarious this guy was. I listened to the first track and realized I should wait to listen to the rest until I was in some good, full company (laughing is so much better with others). I dabbled in a bit more a while later, and it only made me much more certain how hilarious this guy really was. I'm currently saving the rest of the album until I'm nice and stoned, in the company of some good friends, but I highly encourage you to download and listen for yourself. Prepare for some seriously funny shit.