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#076: Luna live in Boulder, CO 2000 MC

Posted by Andy on 9 October 2023

I have surprisingly few bootleg cassettes. I have the ones I’ve made (a couple of which will turn up later) but not so many others. This is a Luna show from the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO in 2000 and… I’ve no idea how it came into my possesion (as...

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#075: Michio Kurihara - Sunset Notes (CD)

Posted by Andy on 5 October 2023

In 2005 Damon & Naomi started their own record label 20|20|20 which they used in 2007 to release Michio Kurihara’s 2005 album Sunset Notes that had previously been released in Japan. Michio Kurihara - Sunset Notes (CD, and guitar pick) Kurihara had already long been a collaborator with Damon &...

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#074: Damon & Naomi - With Ghost (CD)

Posted by Andy on 2 October 2023

Damon & Naomi had covered Ghost’s “Awake in a Muddle” on their third album Playback Singers and had performed live with them before this full album collaboration came about, so it wasn’t a surprise when in April 2000 news leaked out that they had been recording together at their home...

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#073: Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham

Posted by Andy on 28 September 2023

Dean Wareham’s self-titled album was released in March 2014 and the Sonic Cathedral LP was in translucent yellow vinyl and had the yellow version of Sharon Locke’s beautiful sleeve, one of my favourite sleeves that will feature in this series! Dean Wareham - Dean Wareham (LP) The album was plugged...

Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody available to stream

Posted by Andy on 26 September 2023

Naomi’s excellent documentary Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody this week arrived on the following streaming platforms: Amazon Prime Tubi Stash TV (via YouTube) It is also still available on Vimeo with the bonus Q&A with Stewart Lee. Sal Bartolo Jr in Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody...

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#072: CMJ New Music Monthly - Volume 90 - February 2001

Posted by Andy on 25 September 2023

I guess I must have bought the February 2001 issue of CMJ just for the Luna track, which seems odd given that it’s the version of Friendly Advice from Luna Live so nothing I wouldn’t have had, or wasn’t destined to have. CMJ New Music Monthly - Volume 90 It’s...

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#071: Galaxie 500 - Today (Video Arts Japan CD)

Posted by Andy on 21 September 2023

In 2008 Japanese label Video Arts produced gorgeous CD versions of Galaxie 500’s albums in little replica LP sleeves. Dean sent me a set, signed on the Obi strip. This is Today. Galaxie 500 - Today - Video Arts Japan CD The CD came packaged in a lovely stiff card...

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#070: Luna - Lunafied (CDR)

Posted by Andy on 18 September 2023

This is a CDR of Lunafied that Dean sent me back in 2006 after some rather unsubtle scrounging on my part! Lunafied CDR and postcard Lunafied was originally released as a digital only release by Rhino and wasn’t available outside of the US and despite the fact that I already...

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#069: Dean Wareham - Anesthesia

Posted by Andy on 14 September 2023

This is the copy of Anesthesia I bought in early 1992, although I’ve already covered how relieved I was when it came out, in the entry on the CD copy I bought later. Dean Wareham - Anesthesia single This was certainly bought before I saw Luna at The Underworld on...

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