A Head Full of Wishes

Damon & Naomi Within These WallsStreet date: Sept 25, 200720/20/20202020.05
In 2005, Damon & Naomi released The Earth Is Blue, an album that looked outward to all the places they had visited and cultures they've experienced. The release was also a voyage in itself, marking their departure from a ten-year relationship with Sub Pop and the [...]

Before Dean & Britta there was Cagney and Lacee. Dean Wareham's side project with his then wife Claudia Silver. Over the course of a couple of years they released a couple of singles and an album of cover versions. Borderline was the second single and was released as part of the very lovely Earworm Records' [...]

Two London dates inspired me to fill up Everything's Swirling and my Last.fm journal with a week's worth of posts. So here's a summary of what's gone on if you never go and visit my personal blogs!

You like the shoes I wear #11 - Britta Phillips
Lifted #1 - Blow Up
Dean & Britta @ The Metro [...]

I've just been sorting through my server clearing out some out of the crap and I came across this that I obviosuly threw together in my post Luna haze - I'm not sure whether I ever published it but I guess because it's on the web server I probably did. But just in case I [...]

During 1994 Luna took to performing the John Lennon track "Hold On". This version is from a 1994 KCRW radio session. The complete session is currently being seeded on Dimeadozen. John Lennon's original was released on his first solo album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
1994-04-04_Luna_Hold-On

Video of Dean & Britta performing Galaxie 500's Tugboat at their recent show in Boston
Tugboat live at the Meseum of Fine Arts on March 9th (our 2nd show). This version is with vibes and keyboards. After this, Lara switched to guitar and it got more "rockin'" but I think I prefer the pretty keyboards......Britta

hiro disco ball(originally uploaded by martha martha martha)
Dean and Britta performing Galaxie 500's "Strange" at their recent show at the Hiro Ballroom in New York City.
The full show is currently being seeded on the bittorrent site Dimeadozen (registration required).
Dean & Britta - Strange (mp3)

The setting: A gorgeous Spring evening in the heart of Atlanta's "Little Five Points" neighborhood. The Variety Playhouse is an old movie house that was made into an intimate music venue years ago. It is a unique theater with traditional rows of seats in the center of the room and round cocktail [...]

This is Luna reluctantly performing California (All The Way) on Philadelphia's World Cafe in 1997.
Luna - California (All The Way) (mp3)

It's been almost excactly a year since I posted the first track from the Magnetophone demos, so I guess a reminder is in order. Magnetophone was a short-lived project of Damon & Naomi's after Galaxie 500 split up. The band recorded some demos but nothing was officially released, they (apparently) played a couple of gigs [...]