THE BACKSTAGE RIDER

DEAN WAREHAM: LUNA/GALAXIE 500 goes solo in Vancouver (well, with Britta Phillips, too)
Luna/Galaxie 500’s Dean Wareham performed with bandmate/partner Britta Phillips came through Vancouver to the Biltmore Cabaret on June 27 – herebe the many photos and words from said such performance.
July 14, 2014
LUNA/Dean & Britta’s DEAN WAREHAM and BRITTA PHILLIPS to Release Three Solo Albums
He Said: Dean Wareham talks about his solo album(s). She Said: Britta Phillips talks about her solo album. Here’s the early word on what to expect from these fab, married Luna ex-pats.
February 18, 2013
Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips Do Galaxie 500: Gallery/Words/Setlist
BACKSTAGERIDER POST #100: Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips brought their version of Galaxie 500 to Vancouver on November 15 at the Biltmore Cabaret. I gots the photographic evidence, an old story AND the setlist, pop pickers!
November 16, 2010
Dean & Britta: Top 11 Things Britta Thinks Are Sexy
Hey Britta Phillips from uber-cool indie scenesters Dean & Britta! Will you be our Valentine? You will? Will you talk sexy at us? You will? *swoon* (And remember, our lists GO RIGHT TO 11!)
February 13, 2010
The Brandon Flowers/Fran Healy Gallery – What’s the Story Mormon Glory?
You roll the dice, you takes your chances. In this case, the Backstage Rider rolled snake eyes and had to be somewheres else (Dean Wareham) the night that (The Killers’) Brandon Flowers and (Travis’) Fran Healy came to town on November 15. So she dispatched her Wing Man Peter Leung to collect photographic proof just…
November 18, 2010
Sideshow by the Seashore: LUNA play Penthouse live in Vancouver
25 years on from the release of Penthouse, the effortlessly cool LUNA returns to Vancouver to play us through the 1990s, one more time.
February 17, 2020
The Top 11 Things of 2018: A Bumper Crop
The flesh is weak but the spirit is strong. 2018 was another tough health year (though I did manage to get a diagnosis of my “complex chronic disease” after a dozen years of trying), with one surgery and 78 different health-related appointments. As a result, this site and I lay more dormant than I would…
December 31, 2018
The BSR Top 11 Music Moments of 2017
At first, I didn’t think I could find 11 albums I truly, truly LOVED this year. It felt sparse this year. But then again, I didn’t really look. My health took a stubborn turn over the year, and I had to bail out of a lot of things that would have made me happy –…
December 29, 2017
BSR Live Round Up: BLACK ANGELS, FOALS, PARQUET COURTS, MOON HOOCH, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS and UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA in photos and words
A mammoth photo diary of the last handful of gigs in Vancouver, including Black Angels, Foals, They Might Be Giants and Moon Hooch, Parquet Courts and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Read it and eep!
July 7, 2013