Category Archives: a head full of wishes

Should Dean play Galaxie 500?

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Andy

A discussion has struck up on the Galaxie 500 Mailing List about whether Dean should be doing these "…plays Galaxie 500 shows" or getting on with new material – here's my defence of the Galaxie 500 shows (as posted to … Continue reading →

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You like the shoes I wear #22 – Naomi Yang… again

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Andy

Damon & Naomi @ Cafe OTOoriginally uploaded by grange85 I’m beginning to think that this series could be saved for Naomi and her footwear – this is her 3rd or 4th appearance (although sadly the pic of her in her … Continue reading →

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Dean & Britta cover Snowstorm – a sacrilegious opinion

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Andy

Last Thursday Dean & Britta performed a set for radio station KCRW‘s show Morning Becomes Eclectic. The set mostly featured tracks from 13 Most Beautiful, but slipped in near the end was a cover of Galaxie 500′s Snowstorm. Now Snowstorm … Continue reading →

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You will passion to watch this “want to savvy” movie

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Andy

I have a Google blog search set up to track down bloggers posting about Luna, unfortunately most of what it catches are splogs – which should piss me off but they make me smile so I can’t really hate them … Continue reading →

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Wordle-ing away my Friday afternoon

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Andy

I’ve been having a scary amount of fun with the lovely Wordle -here’s the last month of A Head Full of Wishes as a beautiful tag cloud… More of my idlings.

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How sad am I? #5

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Andy

Damon & Naomi posteroriginally uploaded by grange85 Lovely new Damon & Naomi poster = £10Nice frame for the said poster = £40 How sad am I? The answer is very.

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Wikipedia > Britannica because…#2

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Andy

Massachusetts Route 128 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia… Cultural references Route 128 has been mentioned in several other rock and roll songs such as “Blue Thunder” by Galaxie 500. Your search – “route 128″ “galaxie 500″ site:britannica.com – did not … Continue reading →

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How sad am I? #4 – Listen the Snow is Falling

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Andy

originally uploaded by grange85 It snows so rarely in London that I really shouldn’t miss an opportunity to post a picture and use a Galaxie 500 (via Yoko Ono) track as a title… How sad am I? The answer is … Continue reading →

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Finishing the book

Posted on March 14, 2008 by Andy

Dean and Andyoriginally uploaded by moley75 I’ve just finished Dean Wareham’s book – for a fan it is a slightly frustrating gem of a read – it’s written in an easy casual style with Dean’s dry wit recognisable from 20 … Continue reading →

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How sad am I? #2

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Andy

I created a Flickr group to collect all the pictures of Britta singing You Turned My Head Around just because I wanted to look at a slideshow of them. How sad am I? The answer is “very”. All the pictures … Continue reading →

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