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Dean Wareham plays Galaxie 500, Antone's austin tx 2012

I've been going to see Dean Wareham in Luna going back 20 years.  I've probably seen him 15 times or more.  always a good show, love to watch him play that guitar and warble in his falsetto.  I caught on to his previous band, galaxie 500, too late.  they were defunct when I fell in love with their music.  I'd catch a g500 song here and there at the Luna concerts.  he's now touring on his galaxie 500 material with his wife britta phillips (luna, belltower, voice of Jem from the 80's cartoon Jem and the holograms)

dean wareham guitar galaxie 500 luna g500 antone's austin tx 2012 

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britta phillips jem and the holograms bass galaxie 500 luna austin tx antone's 2012

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dean and britta play galaxie 500 antone's

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britta philips luna galaxie 500 gem and the holograms

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they closed with a joy division/new order song, ceremony.  it was another good show.

dean wareham galaxie 500 britta phillips antone's set list 2012

there were a few awkward audience moments from some loud jack asses behind me.  dean made some banter about visiting clyde barrow's grave while they were in dallas.  the guys behind me heard "dallas" and got his panties all bunched up, "DALLAS?  this is AUSTIN!" he yelled back.  a lot of folks in austin have a strong dislike for things dallas and houston. 

I remember when I first came to Austin, from Dallas back in '93 (I think) for the second sxsw.  my friend CMoore and I walked down an alley, in our black leather biker jackets.  we passed two guys with brown suede jackets.  one had fringe that dangled off the arms and a guitar.  as we passed them, I heard one say "tch, MUST be from DALLAS".  I'd never thought of it that way...  and we soon learned that when we met local girls, they quickly lost interest if we said we were from dallas.  nope, dallas/we were not as impressive as we thought.

opening band was Austin's Love inks and also Holy Wave.  (love inks below)

love inks austin tx antones

Posted by paul on July 30, 2012 03:36 PM |

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I thought the two opening bands were not very experienced. it seemed they were way too loud, much louder than dean & britta.

I didn’t experience the ringing ears, I forgot my earplugs.

my ears did ring for about a week after a show this last sxsw...

Posted by: austinmodhouse [TypeKey Profile Page] | August 6, 2012 01:43 PM

Hi. I was also at this Dean Wareham show. I think my wife and I were standing a few feet to your right. We were center stage about three feet back.

I'm more of a Luna fan than Galaxie 500, but I still thought the show was great. There were worlds of difference in Wareham's talent compared to the two opening acts, which I thought were weak.

But did you think the show was too loud? Here it is four days later and my ears are still ringing - AND I WAS WEARING EARPLUGS!

Posted by: pliesj [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 31, 2012 01:42 PM

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