I, Dream (Of) Bitches (Sometimes)
By Jessica Delfino


          I first saw Dream Bitches perform at The Sidewalk Cafe a few months ago. I have found The Sidewalk to be where musicians go when they first get to NYC to learn what NOT to do. Then I saw them again at a better place. Dream Bitches performed at The Bowery Poetry Club where they filled the 20 minute opening act which started off "Show N Tell" - a night-long weekly marathon open mic event slash freak show, hosted by The O'Debra Twins, who are also dream bitches in their own rite. But who are THE Dream Bitches? I see them sometimes in my thoughts. Yoko and The White girl in the band are their names. I know very little about these two bitches. I emailed them a few questions to answer for my review of their performance but they never got back to me. Everyone is busy in NYC; that's just the way it goes here. But this is what I do know. Yoko went to camp somewhere. Both girls wear pretty argyle socks. There are two of them. Yoko plays a nice guitar. I think it's a Gretsch. I have wanted a Gretsch for some time, but I think they are too expensive. They sung several delightful songs, but my favorite was a song about Atlantic City - it was a lovely song.

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          These two girls are not siblings. They might be good friends, though. When I look at Yoko, I wonder why she has the same name as John Lennon's Yoko. I wonder if someone named her after Yoko Ono, for novel reasons, or if Yoko is a popular name in certain circles, or the name of a beloved relative. I wonder where she grew up, but I bet it was in New England somewhere. And I'm probably wrong. I wonder how she got that snazzy guitar. Is she rich? Was it a gift? I also think she is pretty, and I like the way she looks all Asian but acts all
American. I also like her argyle socks. When I look the White girl, I think she resembles my sister, Karly a little bit. She also looks like a girl I went to art school with. I also think it is odd that the two girls are in a band together and wonder how it came to be. I hope to wrangle the story from them someday. I wonder what is going on in her mind. "What is she thinking?" I think. And how old was she when she got the diamond piercing in the place of a "fake mole" above her lip? Is it covering a real mole? What does it all mean? Will she hate me for writing this? Will she think I'm being a cunt? I'm not trying to be, but can't ever help from being mistaken for being one. Maybe that's because I really, truly am one in real life. So that's about all I know about the Dream Bitches. I like their songs. I especially like the Atlantic City one. It's like a song I heard in music class when I was six. It's like a TV show theme song I wanted to learn all the words to when I was seven. It's like a bedtime story that I wished my parents would read to me, and I feel like maybe they even did once, but I can't exactly remember how it goes. It's like the time I wished I'd had when I went to Atlantic City. It's like a boy whose body I'd like to learn better. The Dream Bitches are cute. Write them a letter that says "Hello." But don't necessarily expect a reply. They are busy. That's kind of just the way this city is.

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