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Why We Love Liz Phair

Hey there sailor, c'mere and let me write a song about you. When Liz Phair said she wanted to be your blowjob queen, you believed her. She's funny like that. When she said she wanted a boyfriend, you felt better knowing you weren't the only one. Intimate conversation and straightforward language never sounded better.
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Love Letters to Liz
Tell us why she rocks your world

Liz Phair Links

Click for Blue Green SmokeBlue Green Smoke
Just added! What a wonderful find. 'Blue Green Smoke' is marvellously designed, has tons of rare photos, a complete links section, and a Queen's share of videos. Go. Now.

Click for I Spy a May QueenI Spy a May Queen
Great site -- almost everything you're looking for (news, discography etc.), plus a lot of stuff you didn't realize you needed. Want to know how many Liz songs refer to fucking cows? Which song borrows from "I'm A Little Teacup"? Curious about the webmaster's Liz Dreams? C'mon, you know you are.

Click for MesmerizingMesmerizing: Another Liz Phair Web Site
An excellent site with up-to-date news, an interesting "Peers" section, and an ENORMOUS photo gallery. Check it.

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The Vitals: Links, Bio, etc.

Hey, this light kinda matches my personality Liz Phair started making her four-track tapes in the early '90's under the name Girlysound. On her first Matador album she took on the Rolling Stones and all the guys in the Chicago rock scene, emerging victorious on the cover of Rolling Stone under the banner "A Star is Born".
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Explain It To Me

A blushing debutante Exile in Guyville
At first Phair's flat vocals sound bitchy and barbed, but there's a sadness in the lyrics that redeems her every time.
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Crack it, baby. Whip-Smart
Whip-Smart must be a disappointment to those who'd hoped Liz Phair's sophomore effort would be, well, sophomoric. It's anything but.
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Liz's album titling skills inspired a young Fiona Apple. Whitechocolatespaceegg
Whitechocolatespaceegg is a personal road which bypasses marginalization, stereotypes and expectations.
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Liz: young n' tender Juvenilia
Juvenilia collects many of Phair's early recordings as Girlysound.
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Support System

Ben Lee- Portrait of the artist as a young icon

The Extended Family:
Brad Wood, Girly Sound, Come, Uptighty, Ashtray Boy, Urge Overkill, Ben Lee

The Inspirations:
The Rolling Stones, Sebadoh, Pavement, Chrissie Hynde, Bob Dylan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Soul Asylum, Julianna Hatfield

The Inspired:
Veruca Salt, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Bonham, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple