A Head Full of Wishes is a site for Galaxie 500, Luna, Damon & Naomi, Dean & Britta and Dean Wareham. With news, articles and lists of releases and past and future shows.
A first look at Temperature's Rising: Lots of groovy new material!
I picked up my copy of Temperature's Rising: Galaxie 500: an oral and visual history from the PO this morning. It sat on my desk all morning while I worked - grr - so didn't get a proper look until lunchtime. Here are some idle thoughts:
The softback book feels gorgeous. A good size and felt solid and comfortable on my lap as I carefully flicked through it.
I mostly looked at the pictures... and there are so many pictures - the book is just bursting with pictures of all sorts of Galaxie 500 ephemera from original art to snaps, from receipts to postcards.
I feel very lucky, as a Galaxie 500 fan, at just how well I've been treated over the years. This web site was born in 1994 when the LPs were out of print. Since then we've had a beautiful box set, a live album, a Peel sessions album, a double DVD of live videos, Dean's autobiography, and now a fabulous book of memories and revelations.
The story is beautiful and tragic - I always cry at the end (and at bits in the middle).
Honestly, you were never going to get "objective" from me - but surely even the most objective reviewer would find it hard to not be rather pleased at this stunning piece of work!
