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EXILE IN GUYVILLE NAMED ONE OF TOP ALBUMS OF 1990'S
The Associated Press named Exile In Guyville one of the top albums of the 1990's. Here's an alphabetical list of the albums selected: [Taken from the Associated Press wire services, December 20, 1998.]


EXILE IN GUYVILLE RANKED NO. 6 IN POLL
Nude As The News has selected Exile In Guyville as No. 6 in their countdown of the 100 most compelling albums of the decade. Go there to read all about it. [Thanks to Jonathan Cohen and Troy Carpenter of Nude As The News for passing along this information.]


Speaking Phairly
Speaking Phairly

SHAMELESS PLUG FOR SPEAKING PHAIRLY
A.J. Michel has done a terrific personal narrative about growing up with Liz Phair in a special one-shot zine, Speaking Phairly. The zine covers five years from the release of Exile In Guyville (1993) through the release of whitechocolatespaceegg (1998). Incidentally, Speaking Phairly is actually a special insert to her zine Low Hug (issue #2). To order a copy of Speaking Phairly, send $1 to: Speaking Phairly c/o A.J. Michel, Station A, P.O. Box 2574, Champaign, IL 61825-2574. For more details, contact A.J. Michel. [Thanks to A.J. Michel for publishing Speaking Phairly, Meredith Robbins for telling me about Speaking Phairly, and Marcelle "Betty Boob" Karp for reviewing Speaking Phairly in Bust magazine.]


Alternative Press
Alternative Press
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone

LIZ'S MAGAZINE APPEARANCES
Liz Phair will be featured in two magazines: Alternative Press (January 2000) and Rolling Stone (Issue 830 - due on newsstands December 17). The Rolling Stone interview features Liz's thoughts on all of the year-end, decade-end, century-end *hoo hah*. The Alternative Press interview involves a discussion about Liz's forthcoming album (see next item). [Thanks to Harry Thomas for the Rolling Stone information, Robert Joyner for the Alternative Press information.]


Liz Phair
Liz Phair

AN EVENING WITH...
The anticipated new album from Liz Phair is tentatively scheduled for release in the spring of 2000 (may I remind you of those many delays for her third album). An album title has also been given: An Evening with...

As for the recording information, Liz was in Los Angeles recording with her touring band and is currently recording without a producer. Liz plans to continue this process until she has completed the album's basic tracks.

Some of you might be asking, "What are some of the song titles?" Well, to whet your appetite, here are a few titles:

  • Bouncer's Conversation
  • Don't Apologize
  • Firewalker
  • Love/Hate Transmission
  • My Mistake
  • Stranger

Liz has performed some of these songs in concert.


Janet Rains
Janet Rains

LIZ'S BACKING VOCALIST JANET RAINS LIVE
Here is a message from Janet Rains, the backing vocalist for Liz during her whitechocolatespacegg concert tour:

JANET RAINS is a singer/songwriter solo artist and backing vocalist for Liz Phair. She toured 1998-99 with Liz's whitechocolatespaceegg tour which included opening for Alanis Morrissette, and co-headlining the Lilith Fair tour. Come see Janet perform live in New York City at the following venue:
* Wednesday, November 17, 10:15 at the Bitter End - (147 Bleecker St.)
This is going to be a really big show! Please come!

[Thanks to Janet Rains, and the Guyville and Support System mailing lists.]


LIZ SPEAKS TO THE FANS VIA EMAIL!
Out of the blue, Liz Phair emailed two different mailing lists to make an annoucement. Here is her email to the Guyville mailing list:
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 19:41:59 -0800
From: [Email address withheld]
To: guyville@blackbox.pobox.com
Subject: [Guyville] Hi, it's me.

Hi, it's me. Just thought I'd drop in. I'm sitting in my friends office at DreamWorks and thought I would check out wha's going on on the net. Luke just wrote that part. Now it's really me. That faker. MIND FUCK MIND FUCK. I did not know all this stuff was on here. Do you wanna hear some new lyrics? I'm making demos in L.A. Here's a section from My Mistake:
I saw John, he looked so sad
I want you to know that I feel bad for not making our dreams come true.
we had so many dreams, me and you.
I want you to know I love you.
You're my favorite thing from the past,
and all of those nights we spent together,
I never had such a blast....
Anyone could tell you were my instrument, he said, I understand you.
You want to play me.
my mistake was thinking I'd already made it.
I wanna make a leap of innocence to you.

Good bye.

Liz
[Thanks to the Liz Phair and the Guyville and Support System mailing lists.]


Rhino
Rhino Records

LIZ ON WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY CD COMPILATION
Liz Phair will be featured on an upcoming Rhino Records boxed set, R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Women in Music, which celebrates women in 20th century music. Other artists featured in the compilation include Janis Joplin, Heart, Patsy Cline, the Go-Go's, Blondie, the Pretenders, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, Ani DiFranco, Sarah McLachlan, Paula Cole, and Ethel Merman! The set will also include sound bites from feminist heroes and icons such as Amelia Earhart, Marilyn Monroe, and Billie Jean King, as well as long-forgotten material from pioneers such as Sophie Tucker and Anna Chandler (who crooned the pre-Suffrage hit "She's Good Enough To Be Your Baby's Mother and She's Good Enough To Vote with You"). The release date is set for October 5th. For more details, go here. [Thanks to Chanelle Loftness and the Spin magazine website for the information.]


Calvin Klein Jeans
Calvin Klein Jeans


Liz Phair
Liz Phair

LIZ IN HER CALVIN KLEINS
The long-awaited Calvin Klein advertisements, featuring Liz Phair and others, is featured in the August issues of several women's magazines, including Elle and Glamour. Liz also appears on Calvin Klein billboards in New York City.

To see the Liz's Calvin Klein pictures and hear Liz speak about Calvin Klein jeans and other topics, click here. [Thanks to Linda Saucerman for providing me this information.]


VH1
VH1

LIZ ONE OF 100 GREATEST WOMEN OF ROCK & ROLL
Liz will be one of 100 female rock & roll artists featured on VH1's "The 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll" program, which begins airing on Monday, July 26th, 1999, through Friday, July 30th, 1999 at 10PM EDT. It will also be rebroadcast on Saturday, July 31st, 1999, and Sunday, August 1st, 1999, at 4PM EDT. For more information, check out their website. [Thanks to the folks at VH1 and Rolling Stone for passing along this information.]


Lilith Phair
Lilith Phair

LILITH PHAIR '99 - MORE DATES ADDED
Liz will participate in Lilith Fair this year. According to ATN, a publicist for Capitol said Liz Phair will join the Lilith Fair tour for some dates as well, though she wasn't among those announced at the official press conference at Irving Plaza. If Liz is added to any more shows, I will post that information. Here are the dates:
Lilith Fair 1999
Date Location Venue
July 9, 1999 George, WA The Gorge
July 10, 1999 George, WA The Gorge
July 11, 1999 Portland, OR Civic Stadium
August 13, 1999 Pittsburgh, PA Star Lake Ampitheatre
August 14, 1999 Detroit, MI Pine Knob
August 17, 1999 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
August 18, 1999 Indianapolis, IN Deer Creek
[Thanks to ATN and Jason Long for the information. A special NO THANKS to the Lilith Fair webmasters for not mentioning this website.]


LIZ TO ENTER RECORDING STUDIOS
Liz is apparently in the recording studios this week recording 7 new songs as well as an old Girlysound classic, "Can't Get Out Of What I'm Into". Expect an album by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. I'll let you know when I get word. [Thanks to Allison Tanenhaus for the terrific news.]


Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs

LIZ TO SING AT A CHICAGO CUBS GAME?
Rumor has it that Liz will be performing a rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game. The date has yet to be determined, but if and when she does perform the song, it will be during the 7th-inning stretch. More information will be posted as I receive word. [Thanks to Craig King for the information.]


Liz Phair
Liz Phair to record new material?

LIZ BACK TO RECORDING?
In a JamTV interview, Liz Phair announced intentions of recording new material. Here is an excerpt from that interview:

"...I'm writing so much. It's kind of beautiful dark stuff. It's funny, but after I put out whitechocolatespacegg it was like another step to not being afraid to say the dark, more disgruntled things. A lot of it has to do with revolving around when I have free time. I'll kill myself because I stay up too late. Late night I love writing. I think I'm going to start recording this month. I have the bug bad, very bad."

For more of that interview, check the JamTV website.




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