Last Night I Couldn’t Sleep at All Last Night
posted by on August 21 at 13:57 PM
There are three records that are on standby on the shelf next to my bed. I love them all, but I generally only listen to them at night and more than 75% of the time I only listen to them on the nights I can’t fall asleep.
For years, they’ve never failed me. Until last night. Once I put on one of these albums, my body calms down and says “Oh, she just put on Rock Action, she wants to go to sleep.” Not last night, though.
Last night my head hurt, I felt nauseous, I was either too cold or too hot or too restless to calm down and get comfortable, and I don’t know if it’s the change in weather or maybe I’m just dying, but it sucked and I’ve been off all day because of it. I tripped twice on the sidewalk on my walk to work (which I was ridiculously late for), I e-mailed myself this morning instead of the person I meant to e-mail, I missed my bus and the only reason I did that was because I looked at the clock wrong (big hand is the MINUTE hand, Megan), and tried to use conditioner before shampoo in the shower (that’s not super rare, though).
No sleep/bad sleep makes me a little crazy, especially when it’s the third or fourth night of it. So… What’s good to fall asleep to? What does the trick for you? Please give me suggestions. My sanity depends on it.
Whiskey.
The Clientle : Suburban Light. Also a great laying-in-bed hangover record.
You should check out Asthmaboy "Later Days." It's not available in stores but can be downloaded for free at www.asthmaboymusic.com. It is an excellent, soothing album for falling asleep (only 1 song with drums).
Anything by Boxhead Ensemble.
Dear Diary,
Last night I couldn't sleep. It was totes bogus.
Love ya,
Meggers
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Yeah, try a fucking bullet. Didyou ever think of that?
...oh, and you were nauseated, you were not nauseous.
I swear by Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Extra tea. It's chamomile tea, but the "Valerian Root makes it Extra!" Two cups of that with lemon and honey knocks me out. Tastes pretty good as well. It's cheap and available at the QFCs around. Doesn't work for everyone, but it's always what I reach for.
Wow.... Juno.
That brings back memories.
The lead guitairist was the Eric Howk of 1997. Wonder what happened to that guy?
I find that running a nice warm bath and opening a vein usually does the trick.
If Thousands actually released a record in 2003 called "Lullaby" to accomplish just this. The album is the absolute best audio sedative ever. I don't know what anything past the third track sounds like.
I absolutely agree with the sleepytime tea. as an added bonus, it helps give extra-vivid dreams if consumed with lucky charms. but the easiest way to get to sleep at night is to tire yourself out during the day. go for a few miles run/ten miles biking, and see if you can keep yourself awake!
miles davis, "kind of blue."
if i fell asleep to "ok computer" im pretty sure id never wake up.
kind of blue, though--thats pure opiated succor, delivered by the dreamiest trumpet ever.
Sigur Ros, the kissing sausages album.
Beach House.
I've always been partial to The Moon and the Melodies from Cocteau Twins + Harold Budd.
i almost always go straight for the Pop Ambient compilations. Or sometimes John Cage...
why do you post so much? to get better as a writer? to build a rep? a resume?
the other commenter was harsh, but crucial. reading your writing makes me dumber.
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