A Head Full of Wishes

empire state building - bit darkoriginally uploaded by pureguava
Changeoriginally uploaded by JoshuaRaymund

I’m a bit disappointed that there’s no photographic proof on Flickr that the Empire State Building is in fact no bigger than a nickel.
Does anyone in the vicinity fancy taking their camera and a coin out and snapping a picture that proves it [...]

Because any excuse is a good excuse…
Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July

Luna - Fourth of July

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Boing Boing introduced the wonderful concept of the Unicorn Chaser whereby a particularly unpleasant post would be followed by something considerably sweeter to look at - and what could be sweeter than a unicorn? So here’s my equivalent. This is Galaxie 500 performing Blue Thunder at a soundcheck for a show in Holland in 1989…I’d [...]

I just came across this very nice review of Galaxie 500’s third album This is Our Music on Tiny Mix Tapes
These are perfect pop songs — funny songs, sad songs, love songs. Our Music’s two centerpieces, “Summertime” and Yoko Ono’s “Listen, the Snow is Falling” (they were a great weather band), achieve a majestic, burning [...]

Transmissionary Sixoriginally uploaded by kexplive
In their recent KEXP performance The Transmissionary Six do a cover of Galaxie 500’s Tugboat. The set was recorded in March but has just appeared on the KEXP Live Performances podcast.

You can download the whole set from KEXP (41MB mp3).

Things I’d Rather Be Doing has an interview with Dean Wareham about Black Postcards…
I could barely play the guitar at that point, how could I be a professional musician? But then you learn and perhaps this is the lesson of punk rock that you don’t have to be amazing players to cook up something beautiful. [...]

The Boston Globe has an interview/article about Black Postcards which covers the break up of Galaxie 500 and specifically comparing the two sides of the story. The article, Making (and losing) the band, also has quotes from Kramer and a “no comment” comment from Damon & Naomi.
Wareham made the provocative choice to open his [...]

In February 1989 Galaxie 500 went into Noise NY and recorded eight songs in three days - the recordings where demos for Slash records although four of the recordings eventually turned up on On Fire. During the sessions they recorded the Joy Division track Ceremony for the first time. They would re-record the track in [...]

Galaxie 500 albums have recently popped up in a couple of meaningless lists.
The Guardian Unlimited has a list of 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die that features an appearance from On Fire and the December issue of Blender Magazine has the “100 Greatest Indie-Rock albums Ever” that has Today slotting in at No.75

Independent UK based music magazine Bearded has a one page feature on Galaxie 500 in it’s second edition. You can download the magazine for free from their website, although you need to register and answer some mildly intrusive questions along the lines of “how much do you spend on clothes?”
The best covers always add something [...]