A Cut Above Poster - Spring, 1985
A closeup of Liz's signature
This page was created to put items that have something to do with Liz Phair, but I haven't found a specific place (yet) to place them in - call it a storage area.
A Cut Above Poster - Spring, 1985
A closeup of Liz's signature
"A Cut Above was the top band at New Trier High School from 1982-1985. Josh Bracken, the bass player (pictured with a brush in his mouth), had an art class with Liz and must have arranged for her to do a poster for one of the school gigs. Joel Tachau played keyboards." (Thanks to Joel Tachau for the scan of the A Cut Above poster and his recollections!)
Here is Liz Phair's childhood passport, courtesy of John Allison / Mount St Helens weeps lava tears.
Since I mentioned Liz and high school, let's take a stroll down memory lane, through the hallways of New Trier Township High School, Northfield / Winnetka, Illinois.
Freshman year, 1982
Can you spot Liz?
Sophomore year, 1983
Can you spot Liz?
Liz was on the junior varsity cross country team as a sophomore.
Can you spot Liz?
Junior year, 1983
Can you spot Liz?
Here is an early print advertisement for Exile In Guyville, from Chickfactor #3, Spring 1993.
Here is another early print advertisement for Exile In Guyville, from Bikini, circa 1993. (Thanks to reverendB for the scan!)
This is a pen and ink drawing by Liz during the Exile In Guyville tour, which was auctioned off on eBay. Here are some recollections:
"The situation was very casual. We were traveling in the van, between gigs and she asked to use my sketchbook and produced the drawing exhibited here. It was the first east coast leg of the Guyville tour and I was the Road crew. A one man road crew. We did the 9:30 Club in DC, CBGB's, Khyber Pass in Philly, Maxwell's in Hoboken. I don't recall where the Boston show was. We also did an in-store at a record store in Georgetown. It was a fun and very exciting time as it was just beginning to explode. I was very good friends and neighbors with her guitarist Casey Rice and he invited me to go with them as road manager. This is how I came to own this drawing." (Thanks to Christine D. for the drawing and recollections!)
Here is some more background information on that sketch, courtesy of Shaun Hagglund:
Knowing you have an interest in unique and rare Liz things, I thought you might be interested in checking out a coupIe of things I recently purchased. I was the bidder who purchased the drawing on eBay. I've attached a hi-res image for you. The eBay picture service (or seller's scanner) trimmed off a little of the drawing. You can really make out some great detail in the scan. It turns out the guy that sold the drawing lives locally."
"When I went to pick up the sketch he also had a short story he, Liz, and LeRoy Bach wrote while on tour in 1993. I purchased the story from him and included hi-res scans here. Each took turns writing a piece of the story and passed the notebook around. It was helpful in authenticating the drawing and story because I was able to match Liz's handwriting in the short story to an inscription she made in the past."
"The set-list with writing and autograph is also attached." (Thanks to Shaun Hagglund for the drawing and recollections!)
This signed ticket stub confirms a show at the Khyber Pass Pub in Philadelphia, PA, on October 27th, 1993. (Thanks to Max Lang for the scan of his ticket and his recollections!)
Here are some complete setlists from 1993:
Beck, Dan Murphy, Dave Pirner (Soul Aslyum) and Liz Phair at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA, December 3, 1993
(05-21-12: above photo via 1000 Beats Per Minute)
Here's the complete setlist for Liz's performance at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, CA, December 3, 1993:
Recollections from this show: "This was a very odd show for McCabe's. They took out all the chairs and everyone stood. The opening acts were Beck / Dave Pirner & Dan Murphy." (Thanks to Mark Persic for the setlist and his recollections!)
Since the time I became a Liz Phair fan, I have been searching for the elusive third Girly Sound cassette. Over the years, I have acquired several cassettes, all of which were many generations down the line from the originals.
Late in 2005, I was contacted by John Fleming, who used to put out a small music fanzine in the late '80s. Through his fanzine he met a fellow by the name of Tae Won Yu. Tae gave him Liz's address and told him to write her to ask for a tape. She sent him two Girly Sound cassettes.
Here are the tracklisting for the two cassettes he received from Liz:
Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word To Ya Muthuh
(circa 1991)
Girls Girls Girls
(circa 1991)
Mr. Fleming kinda offered me copies of his cassettes, which I happily accepted. They were first generation dubs, and they were the best sounding Girly Sound material I had heard since the Juvenilia EP. I see a few of these tracks have now leaked. I will be giving more details on the contents in a short while (because I know some people will be dying to know about certain tracks!).(Thanks to John Fleming for the dubs and his recollections!)
02-25-06: Okay, judging by the comments in the Liz Phair Forum, it's time to unveil some of the tracks. If you visit LPX, you can hear the following tracks:
(Thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks and for the public flogging he's endured...)
03-03-06: Okay, here are a few more Girly Sound tracks for your listening pleasure, over at LPX:
(Again, thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks.)
03-09-06: Want more Girly Sound? Visit LPX for the next set of tracks:
(Thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks.)
03-18-05: Here is the next batch of Girly Sound tracks. They are available for download at LPX:
(Thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks.)
03-24-05: It's that time again... Here are more Girly Sound tracks, available at LPX:
(Thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks, and thanks to the folks who have commented positively.)
03-31-05: Time for another round of Girly Sound tracks, available at LPX:
(Thanks to Michael Honaker for providing the space to host these tracks, and thanks to the folks who haven't begged for "Polyester Bride".)
04-07-05: Okay, here are the last of Girly Sound tracks from the two cassettes that I have, available at LPX:
(Thanks to Liz Phair for recording Girly Sound.)
10-31-06: Long-delayed, but here is the artwork for the two Girly Sound cassettes.
06-29-08: Has it been 20 months since I've added something to the random section?
First, you can now find the Girly Sound tracks (appropriately enough) at GirlySound.com.
(Thanks to Carrie Frye from About Last Night for setlist photo.)
10-11-10: Over two years since I've added anything here?
Okay, I'll add this picture of Liz and yours truly, taken last night at The Independent in San Francisco, CA.
(Thanks to Robbie McCown for snapping this photo.)
10-14-10: A picture of Liz from her time at Oberlin:
Liz Phair with some lovely paisley pants in her early days at Oberlin
(Thanks to Bryan Smith from duraprest for this photo.)
10-16-10: A picture of Liz circa 1995, around the time of her "Rocket Boy" video:
Liz Phair, a satisfied client of Portland Massage Therapy
(Thanks to Portland Massage Therapy for the photo and Robbie McCown for the link.)
04-24-12: Via Liz Phair:
This is funny - Mike Kelley (Revenge, Swingtown) just sent this - his sister found old drawing of mine from high school. Feet?? http://pic.twitter.com/0evkYFpg
(Thanks to Mike Kelley, his sister, and Liz Phair for sharing!)
05-05-12: Liz opened (solo acoustic) for the Coctails at their Long Sound release party at the Bop Shop in Chicago back on Friday, April 24th, 1993 (via the Chicago Reader).
(Thanks to Patrick Monaghan for his recollections.)
05-21-12: Another mystery solved via Twitter, regarding what happens after the last track on Grandpaw Would:
Kate: Ben Lee I've always wondered...what's up with the end of 'My Guitar'? Don wants some baseball caps. Prank call?
Ben Lee: A message someone left at studio. Wrong number that's Brad Wood Liz Phair and myself laughing after playing it back
(Thanks to Kate and Ben Lee for the question and answer!)
07-13-12: Liz: "Check out these bizarro drawings of mine (circa Guyville recording, '91,'92) I found in my parents house- rofl or smh??"
Liz: "...if I recall correctly, they were meant to be the gremlins of Little Things Going Wrong"
(Thanks to Liz Phair for the drawings.)
08-31-12: Liz: Time capsule
Last Updated: August 31st, 2012