From: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org (support-system-digest) To: support-system-digest@smoe.org Subject: support-system-digest V6 #232 Reply-To: support-system@smoe.org Sender: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk support-system-digest Friday, August 29 2003 Volume 06 : Number 232 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [support-system] Individual Messages [Christine Hademan ] [support-system] Harp magazine [Emil Breton ] [support-system] OT: Metric ["ben oliver" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:28:52 -0700 From: Christine Hademan Subject: [support-system] Individual Messages Hey all! Can anyone tell me how to set my preference to receive individual messages rather than the digest, please? I deleted my welcome letter as soon as I got it. Oops! Thanks! Christine ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:39:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "surrender16@yahoo.com" Subject: [support-system] liz on NYC radio this weekend FYI, this is also listed in the current Time Out New York (radio section, of course). - -drew http://www.q1043.com/outofbox/thisweek.html "This Labor Day weekend Sunday, 8/31/03, Liz Phair hangs out with us to talk about and play songs from her latest CD, the self-titled, Liz Phair. Your free autographed copies of this great new album from Liz throughout the show too." [snip] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:53:15 -0400 From: "Chris DeLisle" Subject: [support-system] Detroit / Chicago James, re: The question is: why did Liz put on such great shows in New York and Detroit and totally blow off Chicago with three bland performances? Was this her "fuck you" to the city? what was the crowd like? as i mentioned, from the get-go, Liz was riding a wave of adulation in Detroit. i remember when Sleater-Kinney was here in Detroit on their most recent tour, they admonished us for not "getting into" their show. they didn't have any jump because apparently we didn't have any jump. any number of things could have happened before the Chicago show(s) to set her off. for example, conversations with old fans (and friends?) cheesed off at her new incarnation, etc. i'm not saying it's right or professional, but it's possible that at some point during her trip back to Chicago, something went amiss. chris deLisle ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 16:43:48 -0700 From: Kenneth Lee Subject: [support-system] Liz performs at Target headquarters Hi folks, Liz Phair performed exclusively for Target at their Minneapolis corporate headquarters to interested corporate employees during a luncheon on Thursday, August 28th, prior to her scheduled performance at the First Avenue in Minneapolis this evening. Here's the setlist from this exclusive performance: Rock Me Polyester Bride (After she announced this song, the crowd cheered, and Liz's response: "This is alright, huh? It's going good for me. It's not a bad lunch hour, better than the cafeteria.") Why Can't I Extraordinary Supernova (announced as "an oldie to leave you rocking", with an introduction that sounded like Jealousy) The performance was similiar to the Good Morning, America appearance: Liz accompanied by guitarist Dino Menighen. And for those who care, Liz wore a green blousey tank top and a big belt and a very short mini denim skirt. Liz had son Nick with her. - -Ken kenmlee@ix.netcom.com MeSmErIzInG - AnOtHeR LiZ PhAiR WeBsItE http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/2471/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:48:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Emil Breton Subject: [support-system] Tribune review from the Chicago Tribune: The new Phair fails pop quiz Arena rock is hardly talented singer's forte By Greg Kot Tribune rock critic Published August 23, 2003 Liz Phair has been many things in a 10-year career: songwriter, cult artist, provocateur, post-feminist rabble-rouser. Now, as she demonstrated in the first of three sold-out concerts Thursday at Metro, she wants to grow into a new role: pop star. She's ill-equipped for the job, in part because it forces her to negate many of the talents that made her worth hearing in the first place. Her 1993 debut album, "Exile in Guyville," introduced a voice unlike any in rock; it broached topics about relationships from a woman's perspective that had never been so forthrightly addressed in a pop song. Even on her more polished recent albums, a handful of songs emerged that suggested Phair hadn't lost her touch so much as gotten distracted by new challenges (marriage, motherhood, Hollywood). Phair has always been best when her voice and guitar lead the music, her idiosyncrasies front and center. She's subversive, quirky and conspiratorial rather than a natural-born arena rocker. But arena rock is what she attempted at Metro, and it added up to the blandest incarnation of Phair yet. On several songs, the singer didn't even strum her guitar, and when she did, her offbeat chords were drowned out in the mix by a thoroughly anonymous backing band. Her voice didn't have enough muscle to cut through the roar, even though it was enhanced by a harmonizer. And though she smiled broadly throughout the 19-song, 70-minute performance, she remained a tepid stage presence, tiptoeing in stiletto heels. The audience's enthusiastic response was as much for what Phair represents as how she performed. She tours rarely, and her fans were hungry for her music, but the singer still hasn't figured out how to put on a show that's as riveting as her songs. On Thursday, her solution was an assault based more on volume than nuance, but it was subverted by a muddy mix. Her four backing musicians were best when blasting out her latest songs: "Rock Me," "Why Can't I," "Extraordinary" and "Red Light Fever" all pushed Phair's voice into a higher register in the choruses. Trouble is the songs are the kind of formula ("You're like my favorite underwear"; "Baby, baby, baby if it's all right, want you to rock me all night long") done better by the likes of Avril Lavigne and Pink, performers who owe everything to Phair but now have surpassed her in album sales. Nearly half the set was drawn from "Exile," and these songs -- "6'1," "Help Me Mary," "Divorce Song," "Never Said" -- still uncork like sucker-punches: indelible melodies and layered lyrics tinged by irony, humor, anger. Phair's band handled the nuances of these songs clumsily, however. Little wonder the singer was at her best when it backed off and she delivered the plaintive cry of "My mother is mine" in "Little Digger," or shared the microphone with a fan on the ribald "Flower." In these moments, Phair proved she's selling herself short trying to play the pop-star game. Copyright ) 2003, Chicago Tribune __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:54:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Emil Breton Subject: [support-system] Harp magazine Liz is featured in the latest issue of Harp magazine (which I thought focused on 'roots' music, mostly). Her article is on the very, very, very last page (but not the back cover, or the page on the inside of the back cover). Look very, very hard for it; I almost missed it completely, thought Harp was putting forth a misrepresentation of its contents! I won't spoil it for you, but -- okay, I will spoil it. It's about how Exile on Main Street changed her life. And very, very interestingly enough, she names the aforementioned as well as Slanted & Enchanted (Pavement), The Road to Ensenada (Lyle Lovett), and Court & Spark (Joni Mitchell) as her all-time favorite records. That Onion interview was tha bomb, as well. My favorite part is when she talks about how she's going to keep fighting to make her records for the rest of her life (!), no matter what happens with her career. Go, Liz! FIGHT ON! Fight with all your might! Liz! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 20:57:19 -0400 From: "ben oliver" Subject: [support-system] OT: Metric hey all. just wanted to let you all know of a great, new band, called METRIC. they are from toronto, and well, if your into indie rock/80s pop/liz phair/blondie and the cars, you will love this band! www.ilovemetric.com listen, you wont be disappointed (as i was on liz's last album, cept the song HWC, that ruled.) ben - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emil Breton" To: Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: [support-system] Harp magazine > Liz is featured in the latest issue of Harp magazine > (which I thought focused on 'roots' music, mostly). > > Her article is on the very, very, very last page (but > not the back cover, or the page on the inside of the > back cover). Look very, very hard for it; I almost > missed it completely, thought Harp was putting forth a > misrepresentation of its contents! > > I won't spoil it for you, but -- okay, I will spoil > it. It's about how Exile on Main Street changed her > life. And very, very interestingly enough, she names > the aforementioned as well as Slanted & Enchanted > (Pavement), The Road to Ensenada (Lyle Lovett), and > Court & Spark (Joni Mitchell) as her all-time favorite > records. > > That Onion interview was tha bomb, as well. My > favorite part is when she talks about how she's going > to keep fighting to make her records for the rest of > her life (!), no matter what happens with her career. > Go, Liz! FIGHT ON! Fight with all your might! Liz! > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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