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                Blue Thunder
                Decomposing Trees
                Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (Richman)

            Recorded  30th October 1990
            Broadcast 4th November 1990
                Moonshot (Buffy St Marie)
                Submission (Sex Pistols)
                When Will You Come Home
                Final Day (Moxham)
                (this version of Final Day has Naomi doing the vocal)

        According to an interview Damon & Naomi gave in Ptolemaic Terrascope
        (issue 23) these will "probably surface at some point".

    4  Why did Galaxie 500 split?
        The generally considered reasoning behind the split was simply that
        Dean Wareham decided he didn't want to be in the band anymore.
        Damon and Naomi gave a very thorough interview in "The Ptolemaic
        Terrascope" magazine (issue 23) where they give their version of
        the events that led to the split. As far as I know Dean hasn't given
        a full public explanation for his decision.

	5  Why were Luna called Luna2 (or Luna squared)?
		I beleive that a US new age singer was using the name Luna and so 
		Lunapark was released as Luna2, after which an 
agreement/settlement 
		was reached with the artist in question.

    6  Why did Stanley Demeski leave Luna?
        Stanley's reluctance to tour was the officially given reason for his
        departure from the band - these two quotes from interviews given to
        music magazine "Stomp and Stammer" 
(http://monsterbit.com/stammer/)
        give a bit more insight into the separation...

            "But I was never really in Luna. I was an employee of the band and
            I made it clear from the beginning that whenever we went on the
            road, I had to be paid. Then, they sort of ran out of money and at
            that point, they just kept bugging me to tour with them but I just
            wasn't that into it to be honest with you."
                        Stanley Demeski - "Stomp & Stammer" - June 1997

            "He didn't like touring I guess that was true with everyone in The
            Feelies, but I got tired of begging and twisting his arm. And it
            was kind of always that way from the beginning, he made that sort
            of clear, that he would rather stay home."
                        Dean Wareham - "Stomp & Stammer - September 1997

    7  Haven't I heard ... in a TV commercial?
        The Luna track "California (All The Way)" has appeared as the
        soundtrack to at least two TV commercials - Calvin Klein CK1 (in the
        US) and American Express (in the UK).
		The Galaxie 500 track "Instrumental" from the album "On Fire" has
		recently (Sept 99) appeared in a US TV commercial for Acura cars.
			
    8  Haven't I heard ... in a film?
        Galaxie 500 songs have appeared in (unconfirmed)...
            Remembering Sex (aka: Getting Off) (1998 - dir: Julie Lynch)

        Luna songs/music have appeared in the following films...
            I Shot Andy Warhol (1996 - dir: Mary Harron) - Soundtrack available
            Mr Jealousy (1997 - dir: Noah Baumbach) - Soundtrack available
            Thursday (1998 - dir: Skip Woods)
            Irma Vep (1996 - dir: Olivier Assayas)

    9  What is a Galaxie 500?
        It's a make of car. If you're really interested check out this page on
        Yahoo -
     
http://www.yahoo.com/Recreation/Automotive/Makes_and_Models/Ford/Galax
ie/


PART III - Internet

    1  Web Pages
        The following web pages have Galaxie 500 etc. content.

        Galaxie 500 - Luna - Damon & Naomi
            Excellent (but I would say that!) and thorough web pages with
            full discography, lyrics and the home of this FAQ
                http://www.aald.demon.co.uk/galaxie/

        Rykodisc's Galaxie 500 web pages
            Very smart web page promoting Rykidisc's re-issue of the
            Galaxie 500 back-catalogue, with a good discography, pictures
            and sounds.
                http://www.rykodisc.com/3/features/g500/
            this page has recently gone AWOL during Ryko's restructuring of
            their web site - an unofficial mirror is available here...
                http://home.inreach.com/jbakken/Galaxie500/
	    or  http://www.slowriver.com/3/features/g500/

        Damon and Naomi on Sub Pop
            Damon & Naomi's Sub Pop web site has recently been relaunched
            Flashy new graphics and the usual pics and sounds, as well as
            pieces on Galaxie 500, Magic Hour and Exact Change. No news
            section though. Sub Pop also have a tours section which will
            normally have any D+N dates mentioned.
                http://www.subpop.com/bands/damon+naomi/newwebsite/

            The old and out of date version is still up and running...
                http://www.subpop.com/bands/damon+naomi/website/

        Javier Balanche's Wondrous Web of Damon & Naomi
            Half finished, graphic intensive and in Spanish D+N web page
                http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/9915/

		Fuzzy Wuzzy 
            Originally started by band member Justin Harwood as a repository
			for various pics and snippets it became the band's official site
			when the rather tame site that origianally held that title finally
			gave up the ghost. It was been sporadically updated with pictures
			and articles by	band members.
			In January 2000 Justin, having left the band, handed over the 
			reins of the site to (I believe) a Jericho records employee and
			a prettied up Fuzzy Wuzzy appeared.
			The band will still have a major input into the web sites content
			and hopefully Fuzzy Wuzzy will be more regularly updated.
                http://www.fuzzywuzzy.com/

        The ex-official Luna web page
            This site has been officially abandoned, while still available for
			viewing there is very little worth visiting for, particularly with
			Fuzzy Wuzzy now relaunched.
                http://www.triangle23.com/luna/

        Chris's Luna discography
            Complete Luna discography with lots of scans. All on one page so
            make a cup of tea while you wait for it to load. Currently offline
			for a refit.

        Luna on the Beggars Banquet site
            Small but neat page by Luna's UK record label. A quick scour round
			the Beggars Banquet site will also throw up a RealVideo Luna 
video.
                http://www.beggars.com/luna/luna.html

        Luna on the Elektra site
            Small out of date (surprise) page by Luna's ex-US/World record 
            label.
                http://www.elektra.com/alternative_club/luna/luna.html

        Magic Hour on the Che site
            This is a tidy one page affair with details of record releases.
                http://www.che.co.uk/magichour/index.html

        The Shrine
		    A lovingly compiled collection of photographs of Dean Wareham 
from
			various stages of his career.
			    http://www.angelfire.com/on2/wareham/

        A collection of links to pages with reviews, interviews and features
        can be found on the links page of the Galaxie 500 - Luna - Damon &
        Naomi web site
                http://www.aald.demon.co.uk/galaxie/links.html


    2  Mailing Lists & Message/Bulletin Boards
        2.1 The Galaxie 500 Mailing List - a lively debate forum for all things
		    Galaxie 500 related and more
            To subscribe email majordomo@listbox.com
            with 
			subscribe galaxie 
            or
            subscribe galaxie-digest 
            in the BODY of the email.
            Any problems feel free to email me at andy@aald.demon.co.uk

	    2.2 Fuzzy Wuzzy Mailing List
		    The official Luna news and information mailing list recently mislaid 
			all the email addresses. If you wish to receive Luna news from the 
			horses mouth you'll have to sign up again. Email
			sideshow@fuzzywuzzy.com and ask them nicely to add you to the 
list.

        2.2 Luna Message Board
            A newly established and splendidly fizzy web based discussion can be
			found at
			    http://disc.server.com/Indices/67663.html


    3  Newsgroups
        In the following Newsgroups Galaxie 500 (etc.) discussion is
        acceptable...

        alt.music.galaxie-500
        alt.music.luna
            both of the above newsgroups have been pretty much nothing 
			but spam for a few months now. Best join the Galaxie 500 
			mailing list!

        alt.music.independent
            Lively, medium/high traffic newsgroup, with a stress on
            independent, so Luna debate may be frowned upon by Indie
            purists.

        alt.music.alternative
            Very busy newsgroup, and only recommended if you can cope
            with tedious debates about mainstream alternative Rock.


PART IV - Credits

    Thanks to gary  for donating a particularly
    good answer for question 1.1, I've never been able to describe
    Galaxie 500.

    Thanks to Sean O'Brien  for filling me in on the
    Magnetophone project.

    Thanks to cruster@seanet.com for donating a fine yet concise history
    of The Pastels.

    Thanks to Lars Murray from Rykodisc  - for
    explaining the CD-ROM video problem.

    Thanks to Rob Gronette, Steve Beeho, Rhys Davies, Brent Aliverti,
    Jonathan Litchfield, Static50 - for correcting mistakes and filling
    holes.

    Thanks to Bill Jaynes for filling me in on the two songs from the film
    "Nashville" that were covered by Cagney and Lacee, and to Simon Murphy
    for a bit of "Greyhound Goin' Somewhere" info.

    Thanks to the subscribers and contributors of the Galaxie 500 mailing
    list from whom a large chunk of this information was gleaned.

    Please mail me (andy@aald.demon.co.uk) any corrections, additions or
    comments to me for later versions of this FAQ.

-----------------------------

Copyright (c) 1997-2000 by Andrew Aldridge, all rights reserved.
This FAQ may be freely distributed by any means as long as there is no
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This FAQ may not be distributed for financial gain.
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    without the express permission of the author.

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  Galaxie 500 - Luna - Damon & Naomi
    http://www.aald.demon.co.uk/galaxie/
  Brian - http://www.aald.demon.co.uk/brian/

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