Abraham Nussbaum

Physician, Teacher, Writer


Sleep Lab

Nightmare #80 from St. Elizabeth’s magic lantern slide collection, c1855

Sleep and dreams are measured by the polysomnographic needle. When you reach Stage R, you may be seeing threatening animals, like this dream preserved at the NLM.

  1. I Should Be Sleeping * Mazarin
  2. Sleepyhead * Passion Pit
  3. Sleep Won’t Ever Come * Best Coast
  4. Talking In Your Sleep * The Romantics
  5. Dreaming * Blondie
  6. Behind The Wall Of Sleep * The Smithereens
  7. Enter Sandman * Metallica
  8. Little Dreamer * Van Halen
  9. Memories Can’t Wait * Living Color
  10. No Sleep Till Brooklyn * The Beastie Boys
  11. No Sleep * Wiz Khalifa
  12. Bad News * Kanye West
  13. Sleep Sound * Jamie xx
  14. Asleep and Dreaming * The Magnetic Fields
  15. Asleep * The Smiths
  16. A Forest * The Cure
  17. Elephant Stone * The Stone Roses
  18. Sleep The Clock Around * Belle & Sebastian
  19. When You Sleep * My Bloody Valentine
  20. Dream Baby Dream * Suicide
  21. Where I Sleep * Emeli Sandé
  22. Wake Up * The Arcade Fire
  23. When You Awake * The Band