About
A Head Full of Wishes was born out of the frustration of having free web space and having nothing to fill it with - these were the days before digital cameras enabled me to fill up the Internet with endless pictures of my family.
In 1994, with the Internet a mere toddler I pinched a bunch of Galaxie 500, Luna and Damon & Naomi lyrics and sleeve scans, threw together a rough discography and launched the website.
I’d like to say it was the first Galaxie 500 website but Paul Stephenson can lay claim to that honour. But I can probably claim the first Luna and Damon & Naomi websites so I can still feel fairly chuffed with myself. The site chugged along happily through a few designs and domain changes, gave birth to the still lively Galaxie 500 Mailing List and got a name check on the Galaxie 500 DVD (major claim to fame). It now includes Dean & Britta and will cover whatever the rest of the ex-members of Luna decide to get up to.
I still can’t believe that I’ve been tinkering with the website for longer than I’ve been married and longer than I’ve been a father - I’m not bored yet which probably shows just how tragically sad I am.
12 Responses to “About”
Hi,
Just thought I’d add that I saw Galaxie 500 at the Venue in Edinburgh in both ‘89 and ‘90, but only the earlier show seems listed here. Judging by the other Scottish dates and my faded signed t-shirt, the second show would be the 2nd November 1990. I spoke with Damon & Naomi outside afterwards, and they claimed to remember me from the previous year; honest guv!
Brian
By Brian on Mar 3, 2008
Hello
I am a huge luna fan and play the guitar, trying to work out the songs! You used to have a lot of tabs for a lot of Dean’s songs but I can’t seem to find them anymore.
Are they on your new website? If not will they be put back on, or if not could you tell me where I can get hold of them please.
Thank you very much
Jimmy
By Jimmy on Mar 20, 2008
Just saw Dean at the Brookline MA Booksmith doing a reading from “Black Postcards”. He was congenial, humorous, and wonderful. The book reveals a very personal view of a rock band on the grand tour(s) and the humorous and serious world of making music.
Thanks Dean
By Paul Bouchard on Mar 21, 2008
Hi -
Great website, I’ll be here for years. Just read “Black Postcards” and went looking for Luna on the web.
One small thing - there’s a line in “Astronaut” which should read STALIN mustache, not stylin’ mustache as you have printed. Hope you don’t mind the occasional pedant …
Best regards, Rob
By Rob on Apr 7, 2008
Hi Rob,
Thanks for that - Stalin makes so much more sense…and a quick browse around the site proves that pedantry is a faculty I admire!
-=Andy=-
By Andy on Apr 7, 2008
anyone seen this?
http://www.g500.net/
these idiots should be sued!
By Capn Fudgebuster on Apr 10, 2008
Dean mentioned in a recent interview (probably the the looooonng interview he did for Idiot’s Delight) that they were aware of the other Galaxie 500 and they had been warned off from using the name. I think that website is pretty old and I read somewhere that the band were now called “Galaxie” but of course its not easy to erase the past…
By Andy on Apr 10, 2008
Hi Andy,
As promised, I’m still trawling the ocean of Luna/Galaxie 500 material this site holds. What a place to have stumbled into!
Is there any guide for the internet-challenged that explains how to download (to CD) the shows posted by kiek on dimeadozen? I managed to register, but I have tried for what feels like 4000 days and 23 seconds without any success so far.
If there are people here who’ve already done it, I’d be more than happy to exchange things - is that acceptable? (If not, please delete this message.) I don’t have any Luna live shows but I’m sure I could find something to swap, no matter how obscure your tastes.
Cheers
Rob
By Rob on Apr 18, 2008
Rob, send me an email at my aaa account (find it on the website) and I’ll work some shows for you
By daniele on Apr 28, 2008
Just wanted to say I saw Galaxie 500 at the 9:30 club in Wash. DC, the On Fire tour (89-90?). Rocked my world. Big fan ever since.
By Norm on May 3, 2008
Dean Wareham was on CBC radio 1’s show, Q, discussing his new memoir. you can download it as a podcast here if anyone is interested:
http://www.cbc.ca/q/
it’s the May 12/08 podcast and i think they’ll keep it on the site for a month.
By Jenny Ondioline on May 14, 2008