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Factory 25 have made available on Vimeo Naomi Yang's "Japanese Scrapbook" video that was previously only available on the 1001 Nights DVD . The video is Naomi's record of Damon & Naomi's tour of Japan in 2002. Japanese Scrapbook by Naomi Yang with Damon & Naomi and Ghost from factory twenty five on Vimeo .

A few tracks by other people that Dean has lent his voice and/or guitar to... Angel Corpus Christi and Dean Wareham - Je t'aime/I Wanna Boogie With You The Sixths - Falling Out of Love With You Mercury Rev - Car Wash Hair Fuxa - Cheree

French webzine The Drone has a video interview (in English) with Dean Wareham talking about Galaxie 500 and including some live clips of Dean & Britta playing Galaxie 500 songs at the Fleche D'Or in Paris in last year. Dean Wareham interview at The Drone .

Obviously "Friday recycling" will eventually involve me re-recycling... like this On the back of the treat that was the video of Galaxie 500 at Glastonbury that turned up on Dimeadozen earlier in the week here's a great recording of their complete show at The Roskilde Festival in Denmark a couple of weeks later. I wrote it up better before and took the opportunity to point out Dean's opinion on festivals (because it's similar to mine) "The truth is that you hate most of the bands. Well, you hate their music, and isn't that the [...]

A previously uncirculated DVD of bands playing at the 1990 Glastonbury Festival has just turned up on Dimeadozen - it includes four tracks by Galaxie 500 (Decomposing Trees, Melt Away, Snowstorm and Ceremony) and during Snowstorm you can spot Kramer turning up on stage (as mentioned in Black Postcards In the middle of our third song I heard a sound behind me - it sounded like someone else was playing guitar. Kramer, He had given the house sound engineer some pointers and had quickly made his way through the crowd to the stage, [...]

The Paris Review has posted Dean Wareham's diary of his recent trip to Tokyo to play a couple of "Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 5003 shows, 20 years after Galaxie 500 had split meaning they never got to play there. From the stage tonight I notice three different people crying as I sing "Blue Thunder," which is a song about the power-steering action in my old 1975 Dodge Dart and doesn't quite seem worth crying about, though admittedly it is also a song about being alone behind the wheel, and I wail about driving "so [...]

Anyone who cares to can take a guess in the comments at which Luna releases provided each of the letters of Happy New Year above Hope 2012 brings to you all that you could want and more... for me that includes a gig or two by each of my favourite duos and some new material by Dean and/or Britta (I'd add Damon & Naomi in there but expecting an album every year might seem a little greedy). Luna's new years eve shows in (or around NYC) became a regular as did their [...]

I've just published the 2011 A Head Full of Wishes survey results - check them out over here (not too many surprises!) - I'll do the prize draw tomorrow when I've sorted out all the entries! 2011 - A Head Full of Wishes Survey Results Thanks to everyone who entered - with 162 responses it was the biggest ever turnout - and thanks to everyone who also put such nice things in the comments field. I blushed!

MP3: Damon & Naomi - White Christmas MP3: Dean & Britta - Old Toy Trains (original 2004 mix) (via Box.net) MP3: Dean & Britta - He's Coming Home / Old Toy Trains (2006 remix) (via Box.net) MP3: Luna - Egg Nog (via Box.net) 73: Dean & Britta - He's Coming Home / Old Toy Trains MP3: Galaxie 500 - Listen The Snow is Falling (live in San Francisco 1990) (via Box.net) MP3: [...]

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Dean & Britta are performing at the D17 Re-Occupy event in New York City tomorrow - they will be onstage at 1:20 (shortly before Lou Reed) RE-OCCUPY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th at 12PM DUARTE SQ. PARK, 6th AVE & CANAL PROTECT & CELEBRATE THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE Join artists, musicians, and local community members for an all-day performance event in support of Occupy Wall Street's re-occupation of space in downtown Manhattan. More details at D17 Re-Occupy's facebook page

I got off the bus just as the heavens opened, not too sure where to go... surely this crappy dead end leading to an industrial estate couldn't be where Damon & Naomi were playing? I tentatively made my way into the darkness - found an ankle deep puddle and, eventually, The Whirled Cinema Club. The venue itself was lovely, in a railway arch, and I wandered up the stairs drenched, glasses steamed up and found a spot near a radiator. First act was Woodpecker Wooliams, who with a harp and distinctive vocals will probably spend all her time fighting off [...]

I got off the bus just as the heavens opened, not too sure where to go... surely this crappy dead end leading to an industrial estate couldn't be where Damon & Naomi were playing? I tentatively made my way into the darkness - found first an ankle deep puddle and then, eventually, the Whirled Cinema Club. The venue itself was lovely, in a railway arch, and I wandered up the stairs drenched, glasses steamed up and found a spot near a radiator. First act was Woodpecker Wooliams who, with a harp and distinctive vocals, will probably [...]

The Dean & Britta online store is having a holiday sale which runs until the end of the year. All CDs are priced at $10.99 and includes some copies of the out of print Luna albums released on Jetset - these have recently been reissued for download only but some copies of the Jetset releases have been tracked down. Also available are some copies of the 73 single of Speedbumps released on German indie Little Teddy in 2004.

Fairly certain this isn't available to buy anywhere. In 1999 Damon & Naomi released a 73 single on indie Grimsey Records (run by Andrea who had been the A&R at Ryko who had coordinated the Galaxie 500 reissues) - the single featured covers of Bob Dylan's It's All Over Now Baby Blue and Can's Yoo Doo Right - both performed live with Masaki Batoh (of Ghost) and Michio Kurihara at TT the Bears Cambridge, Massachusetts April 9, 1998. MP3 (via box.net): Damon & Naomi & Batoh & Kurihara - Yoo Doo Right [...]

by damon & naomi by lolitanie, on Flickr Damon & Naomi are playing a show in London on Sunday (11th December) and then heading to italy for a week of dates, some with Richard Youngs so Damon will be taking his sticks along as well as his guitar. December 11 - London, UK December 13 - Torino, IT December 14 - Padova, IT December 15 - Ravenna, IT December 16 - Firenze, IT December 17 - Cavriago, IT December [...]

by damon & naomi by lolitanie, on Flickr Damon & Naomi are playing a show in London on Sunday (11th December) and then heading to italy for a week of dates, some with Richard Youngs so Damon will be taking his sticks along as well as his guitar. December 11 - London, UK December 13 - Torino, IT December 14 - Padova, IT December 15 - Ravenna, IT December 16 - Firenze, IT December 17 - Cavriago, IT December [...]

Now's your chance to vote in the A Head Full of Wishjes survey - now into its 16th year. You get the chance to vote for your favourite albums and tracks by Galaxie 500, Luna, Damon & Naomi and Dean & Britta. Feel free to answer as much or as little of the survey as you like: Vote in the 2011 A Head Full of Wishes Survey When you've completed the survey, drop me an email and I'll pop you in a prize draw for a [...]

Luna on World Cafe in October 1997 cave into the DJ's requests to perform that song from the ad... Justin seems accommodating... Dean less so - but somehow gives in anyway Audio: Luna - California (All The Way) radio session 1997 (via Box.net) ... and if California is your favourite Luna song you can go and vote for it in the 2011 Survey - or if it's not you can vote for something else! Vote in the 2011 A Head Full of Wishes survey

by alvaro tapia hidalgo and buy from here Early in 2008 Dean & Britta toured the US co-headlining with Keren Ann - on 15th February the three of them popped into KEXP in Philadelphia and recorded a session which culminated in Dean & Britta and Keren Ann all performing a cover of Serge Gainsbourg's Bonnie & Clyde. Download: Bonnie & Clyde - Dean & Britta & Keren Ann (mp3 via box.net) Download: The complete session (36MB mp3 via KEXP)

Lovely video by Naomi Yang for the track Naomi from Neutral Milk Hotel's first album - keep an eye out for some familiar Galaxie 500 era earrings: