MAN'S BIZARRE DREAMS BECOME ART CROWD CRAZE

MAN'S BIZARRE DREAMS BECOME ART CROWD CRAZE

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- A bizarre collection of old tape recordings of a man talking in his sleep are the latest cult craze among the artsy-fartsy crowd. Back in 1960, songwriter Michael Barr began recording the ramblings of his roommate, Dion McGregor, who frequently talked in his sleep. Altogether, Barr taped more than 500 of McGregor's nocturnal soliloquies over a seven-year period, hoping to get ideas for a stage musical based on his dreams. Although McGregor died in 1994, his dream narrations are still a big hit with the art crowd -- but some experts are skeptical. San Diego-based sleep expert Dr. Renata Shafor says she's never heard of a case where a sleeping person narrates his own dreams in such detail. She thinks the recordings could be a hoax. Either way, Barr hopes to produce a musical based on the talking dreams and Jim Carrey is his first choice to play McGregor. McGregor's unusual dreams have just been released on a new CD titled "Dion McGregor Dreams Again."

CONTACT: Michael Barr, ***1/2; Arrange with Phil Milstein; Boston, MA; (617) 666-1128; Dr. Renata Shafor, ***1/2; San Diego; (619) 235-0248