The Stickmen, Beamed Straight Into Yer Head

Last night in a dream, March 2, 2011, The Stickmen, sharing a large bill with several other bands, took the stage to perform their songs to a stadium full of enthusiastic listeners. Victor Allen, Matt Munson, Don Varner, and Bill Fischer joined forces musically for a well-received set, playing their familiar material with little sign of internal dissension, or of the passage of time. Remarkable, due to the 11 years that have passed since they last shared a stage.

It was not clear whether the band appeared as "The Stickmen," by which they are often known, or as "My New Invention," which was the band's official appellation during the later period of their active career.

It was a good show, as reported by the anonymous fan who was the only witness to the event. She should know, having been in the audience at dozens of the band's classic concerts, including the band's very earliest.

Apparently it was one of those persistently lucid dreams that make extensive use of real elements, and whose details leave a haunting sense of versimilitude.