A Head Full of Wishes

I wrote a poem on a dog biscuit… but your dog refused to look at it. Have a nice day if it means something to you – have a bed in… but don’t forget to invite somebody.
I’ll post the content winners this evening – so if you want to enter you still can – and [...]

About a year ago I set the challenge for someone to take a picture that proved that the Empire State building was no bigger than a nickel – the challenge was met with tumbleweed – so…
I have a bunch of duplicate CDs from various Track & Field lucky dips (incl. The Clientele, Mahogony etc) I’ve [...]

The last post was hastily chucked together before work yesterday so here’s a bit more detail on the Galaxie 500 vinyl resissues. The vinly is described as being “Super Deluxe” although I haven’t managed to identify what this entails but the More Sad Hits reissue was very lovely so I have no reason to believe [...]

The three Galaxie 500 albums are ow available to order on vinyl. Visit the official store where you can order various packages of vinyl and/or high quality downloads (and T-shirts)
You can also download Fourth of July for free

Here’s a great video of Dean & Britta playing Tugboat at last night’s Galaxie 500 heavy show in Philadelphia. Check IvyMike777’s other videos for a couple more from last night.

Nothing official here but Canadian record store, Ditch Records, mentions that the Galaxie 500 albums will be reissued by Damon & Naomi’s 20|20|20 records on the 28th July. We’re due one of D&N’s monthly updates imminently so hopefully there’ll be more details and confirmation there.

This is a link to the video Dean mentioned in his blog. It shows Galaxie 500’s Fourth of July video and then invites some kids to pass comment on it – very cool.

Video: Fourth of July on New York Noise (zip about 7 minutes in to get to the Galaxie 500 video)
“I think the Galaxie [...]

Damon & Naomi’s May update has news that the rights to Galaxie 500’s music and videos have reverted to the band…
Galaxie 500 celebrated International Workers’ Day this year by seizing their means of production — as of May 1, the group once again controls all rights to its recordings and videos. Physical reissue plans are [...]

The complete Galaxie 500 catalogue has just been added to the subscription download service eMusic and in celebration the eMusic blog 17 dots is highly praising the live album Copenghagen.
Dean Wareham’s voice is loose, his guitar sharpened to an edge we never heard on the records. Damon Krukowski’s drums are almost transparent, these polite, folded [...]

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Ok – you’ll need to squint or view the big version but I’ve just come across this photo of Galaxie 500, with Kramer, on stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 1990.