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Liz Phair Articles



One of my goals is to reprint as many Liz interviews and articles as I can find.

Special thanks to Barbara Weidman for loaning me her copy of Raygun, November 1994, Grant Alden for allowing to use Raygun, November 1994, Sarah Saffin for transcribing the New York Daily News, April 25, 1995 article, Jarrod Holloway for transcribing the Second Skin #5 and the USA Today, April 4, 1995 articles, Emily Howard for transcribing these articles: Request, August 1993, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 17, 1994, Seventeen, September 1994, and Jane, September 1998, David Perry for transcribing the article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Fabrice Antonmattei for providing me with the French publication Rock Sound, December 1993, Valerie Barry for transcribing the article from Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 1, 1999, Jason Long for the Wall Of Sound, Independent Catalogue, and Seventeen, December 1998 articles, Robert Joyner for the Chicago, March 1999 and San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 1998 articles, Steve Kisko for sending me USA Today, February 22, 1995, Allison Tanenhaus for providing me copies of Guitar World, November 1994, and Cake #23, April 1994, Richard Townsend for The Times (British newspaper) article from 1999, John McMahon for the clipping of the article from Vogue (British edition), October 1994, Henry for the musikexpress sounds, December 1994 article, Terry McManus and Katie Brown for the May 1993 interview (done prior to the release of Exile in Guyville), Sean Cliver for Big Brother Magazine #11, May/June 1994, Andy Peters for the San Diego Union-Tribune, September 17, 1998 article and All Things Considered, National Public Radio, August 9, 1993 transcription, Stacy Myscich for the Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2001 article, Kristi Frock for the Girl Germs #3, August 1991 piece, Mark Henninger for the Magnet, June/July 2002 article, Robbie McCown for the Blender, June/July 2003 transcription, cheddarcat for the Boston Phoenix, June 13, 2003 article, Doug Elfman for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 27, 2003 article (who did the interview, by the way), Chris DeLisle for the Amplifier, July / August 2003 magazine, L'Oreal McCollum for the Teen People, September 2004 article (who did the interview, for your information), Andrew Weiss for pointing me to the New York Times Book Review, April 6, 2008 article, and Paige Schector for the providing me with a bunch of articles.

Here are the articles transcribed so far...



1991

Girl Germs No. 3, August 1991




1992

Chemical Imbalance Magazine, circa 1992




1993

Rockpool, January 1, 1993
Terry McManus Interview, May 1993
Chicago Tribune, May 2, 1993
Billboard, May 8, 1993
Second Skin #5, 1993
Chickfactor #3, Spring 1993
Interview, June 1993
Entertainment Weekly, June 25 - July 8, 1993
Rolling Stone, July 8-22, 1993
L.A. Weekly, July 16 - July 22, 1993
New Musical Express, July 31, 1993
Illinois Entertainer, July 1993
Request, August 1993
Time Out (London), August 4-11, 1993
All Things Considered, National Public Radio, , August 9, 1993
Newsweek, September 6, 1993
Option, September/October 1993
The Daily Illini, September 17, 1993
Los Angeles Times Calendar, September 19, 1993
Independent Catalogue, September 1993
Rolling Stone, October 14, 1993
Time, October 25, 1993
Melody Maker, October 30, 1993
Musician, November 1993
Chicago's Subnation, Vol. 1 Issue 6, December 1993
Esquire, December 1993
Rock Sound, December 1993 (in French)
Rock Sound, December 1993 (in English)




1994

Rollerderby #14, 1994
Rolling Stone, January 27, 1994
Spin, January 1994
BigO, February 1994
St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 10, 1994
Cake #23, April 1994
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, April 7, 1994
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), April 17, 1994
Big Brother Magazine #11, May/June 1994
Request, June 1994
Details, July 1994
GQ (UK), July 1994
Out, July/August 1994
Elle, August 1994
Vogue, August 1994
Billboard, August 6, 1994
Harper's Baazar, September 1994
Interview, September 1994
Seventeen, September 1994
Chicago Tribune Magazine, September 25, 1994
Musician, October 1994
Vogue (British edition), October 1994
New York Times Magazine, October 2, 1994
New York, October 3, 1994
Rolling Stone, October 6, 1994
CMJ New Music Monthly, November 1994
Guitar World, November 1994
Mojo, November 1994
Raygun, November 1994
US, November 1994
Option, November/December 1994
musikexpress sounds, December 1994 (in German)
musikexpress sounds, December 1994 (in English)
San Francisco Bay Guardian, December 14, 1994
People, December 26, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Chicago's Subnation, Volume 2, Issue 12, December 1994 / January 1995




1995

Chicago, January 1995
Mix, January 1995
USA TODAY, February 22, 1995
USA Today, April 4, 1995
Westwood, April 5, 1995
San Jose Mercury News, April 7, 1995
The Stranger, Vol. 4 No. 28, April 12-18, 1995
New York Daily News, April 25, 1995
WIP, 1995
The Washington Post, sometime in 1995
big Whoop!, May 1995
Q, June 1995
Warped Reality #3, Summer 1995
Details, August 1995
Guitar World, November 1995




1996

New York, June 3, 1996
Seventeen, August 1996
Chicago, November 1996
Cosmopolitan, December 1996




1997

Rolling Stone, June 26, 1997
Option, July / August 1997
Spin, August 1997
Rolling Stone, November 13, 1997




1998

Alternative Press, January 1998
Details, February 1998
Alternative Press, May 1998
Entertainment Weekly, May 29, 1998
Entertainment Weekly, June 19, 1998
Harper's Bazaar, July 1998
ICE, July 1998
Billboard, July 4, 1998
Billboard, July 4, 1998
Rolling Stone, July 9-23, 1998
Rolling Stone, July 9-23, 1998
Excite, July 12, 1998
The [New Jersey] Record, July 12, 1998
Chicago Tribune, July 19, 1998
Alternative Press, August 1998
Elle, August 1998
Esquire, August 1998
Pulse!, August 1998
Raygun, August 1998
The Dallas Morning News, August 2, 1998
The Buffalo News, August 5, 1998
Rolling Stone, August 6, 1998
Time Out New York, August 6-13, 1998
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1998
San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 1998
Newsweek, August 10, 1998
Rolling Stone, August 20, 1998
L.A. Weekly, August 21 - August 27, 1998
Yahoo! Music, August 26, 1998
Press & Sun Bulletin, August 27, 1998
Twist, August/September 1998
Alternative Press, September 1998
Detour, September 1998
George, September 1998
Guitar Player, September 1998
Jane, September 1998
Rockin' On, September 1998
Spin, September 1998
Swing, September 1998
Wall Of Sound, September 1998
Wall Of Sound, September 1998
San Diego Union-Tribune, September 17, 1998
SLAMM (San Diego's Lifestyle & Music Magazine), September 23, 1998
Willamette Week, September 23, 1998
Seattle Times, September 24, 1998
Portland Oregonian, September 25, 1998
San Jose Mercury News, September 25, 1998
Bikini, October 1998
Details, October 1998
Illinois Entertainer, October 1998
Insite, October 1998
Request, October 1998
Rolling Stone, October 1, 1998
The Washington Post Weekend, October 2, 1998
Boston Globe, October 4, 1998
The Washington Times, October 4, 1998
The Boston Herald, October 5, 1998
The Buffalo News, October 7, 1998
Toronto Sun, October 11, 1998
Les Inrockuptibles, October 21, 1998
Music Choice, November 1998
Performing Songwriter, November 1998
In The Mix, December 1998
Seventeen, December 1998




1999

Guitar World, January 1999
JAMtv, January 28, 1998
Altanta Journal-Constitution, February 1, 1999
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), February 15, 1999
Chicago, March 1999
The Times (London, England), March 13, 1999
Juice #78, April 1999
Q, April 1999
This Swirling Sphere, April 1999
The Buffalo News, May 9, 1999
The Fresno Bee, May 12, 1999
Billboard, May 29, 1999
Women's Wear Daily, June 14, 1999
Details, August 1999
Rolling Stone, December 30, 1999 - January 6, 2000




2000

Alternative Press, January 2000
Rolling Stone, January 20, 2000
Harper's Bazaar, March 2000
The Nation, April 3, 2000




2001

Rolling Stone, March 15, 2001
Details, April 2001
Chicago Tribune, April 22, 2001
Elle, May 2001
(Guitar One & Rockrgrl Present) Women Who Rock, Fall 2001
Mademoiselle, October 2001
Women's Wear Daily, October 2, 2001
Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2001




2002

Magnet, June/July 2002




2003

Gotham, May 2003
The New York Times, May 8, 2003
Entertainment Weekly, May 30, 2003
Filter, May / June 2003
DIW, 5.2 (May - July 2003)
The Believer, June 2003
Gallery Of Sound, June 2003
ICE, June 2003
Instinct, June 2003
Venice, June 2003
Playboy.com, June 2003
CMJ New Music Report, June 2, 2003
The New York Times, June 8, 2003
The Boston Phoenix, June 13-19, 2003
Salon.com, June 16, 2003
Time Out New York, June 19-26, 2003
Chicago Sun-Times, June 22, 2003
Chicago Tribune, June 22, 2003
The Miami Herald, June 22, 2003
The New York Times, June 22, 2003
Associated Press, June 23, 2003
The New York Times, June 29, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 2003
MSN Live, June 30, 2003
Time, June 30, 2003
Blender, June / July 2003
Jane, June / July 2003
Magnet, June / July 2003
Nylon, June / July 2003
ROCKRGRL, June / July 2003
Venus, Summer 2003
GQ, July 2003
Interview, July 2003
Amplifier, July /August 2003
Performing Songwriter, July / August 2003
The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1, 2003
IGN.com, July 3, 2003
StarPolish, July 9, 2003
MTV.com, July 14, 2003
Billboard, July 15, 2003
East Bay Express, July 16, 2003
RollingStone.com, July 17, 2003
Portland Tribune, July 18, 2003
San Jose Mercury News, July 18, 2003
The Oregonian, July 21, 2003
Colorado Daily, July 24, 2003
Phoenix New Times, July 24, 2003
Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 27, 2003
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), July 30, 2003
Dallas Observer, July 31, 2003
Houston Press, July 31, 2003
Spin, August 2003
The Dallas Morning News, August 1, 2003
The Dallas Morning News, August 1, 2003
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), August 1, 2003
Salon.com, August 1, 2003
liveDaily, August 4, 2003
MSN Entertainment, August 4, 2003
VH1.com, August 6, 2003
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 7, 2003
New York Daily News, August 8, 2003
New York Post, August 10, 2003
Calgary Sun, August 20, 2003
Windy City Times, August 20, 2003
Chart Attack, August 21, 2003
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 22, 2003
The Detroit News, August 22, 2003
The Onion, August 27, 2003
The New York Times, August 29, 2003
iVillage, Fall 2003
Harp, September 2003
UGO.com, September 2003
MTV.com, September 2, 2003
Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2003
The Austin American-Statesman, September 18, 2003
Blender, October 2003
Sunday Times (London, England), October 26, 2003
CiN Weekly, October 29, 2003
The Pitch, October 30, 2003
The Arizona Daily Star, October 31, 2003
Spin, November 2003
SuicideGirls, November 2003
Vanity Fair, November 2003
Mix, November 2003
Cincinnati CityBeat, November 5, 2003
Hour, November 6, 2003
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 7, 2003
Albuquerque Journal, November 21, 2003
Max (French edition), December 2003 (in French)
Max (French edition), December 2003 (in English)
Playgirl, December 2003




2004

Spin, January 2004
Nerve.com, February 2004
GameZone, February 5, 2004
Syracuse New Times, February 11, 2004
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), February 13, 2004
Las Vegas Mercury, February 26, 2004
Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2004
The Columbian (Clark County, WA), February 27, 2004
Everett Times (WA), February 27, 2004
Las Vegas Sun, February 27, 2004
San Francisco Examiner, February 27, 2004
Seattle Times, February 27, 2004
San Francisco Chronicle, February 29, 2004
O: The Oprah Magazine, March 2004
Out, March 2004
Women.com, March 2004
Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 4, 2004
Between The Lines, March 11, 2004
ESPN.com, March 11, 2004
ESPN.com, March 11, 2004
Nerve.com, March 11, 2004
The Grand Rapids Press, March 14, 2004
San Antonio Express-News, March 18, 2004
The Baltimore Sun, March 25, 2004
The Washington Times, March 31, 2004
AskMen.com, April 2004
Penthouse, April 2004
The Sun Times (Myrtle Beach, SC), April 1, 2004
Yahoo! Music, April 25, 2004
The Boston Herald, May 21, 2004
The Charlotte Observer, June 25, 2004
E! Online, July 2004
InStyle, July 2004
Spin, July 2004
Stuff, July 2004
The Honolulu Advertiser, July 2, 2004
Teen People, September 2004
Entertainment Weekly Listen 2 This, November 5, 2004




2005

Maxim, January 2005
Yamaha All Access, Winter 2005
MacDirectory Music, February 2005
Rolling Stone, April 21, 2005
Spin, July 2005
The New York Times, August 2, 2005
New York, August 15, 2005
SF Weekly, August 17-23, 2005
Flare, September 2005
New York Daily News, September 25, 2005
E! Online, September 27, 2005
Entertainment Weekly, September 30, 2005
W, October 2005
Vital Source, October 1, 2005
New York Post, October 2, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2005
City Link Magazine, October 5, 2005
Orlando CityBeat, October 6, 2005
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), October 6, 2005
The Tampa Tribune, October 7, 2005
St. Petersburg Times, October 8, 2005
The Sunday Paper (Atlanta), October 9, 2005
New York Press, October 12-18, 2005 (Volume 18, Issue 41)
The Salem News, October 13, 2005
The Buffalo News, October 14, 2005
The Buffalo News, October 14, 2005
The New York Times, October 17, 2005
Metro (Toronto), October 18, 2005
Hour, October 20, 2005
Toronto Sun, October 20 2005
The Boston Phoenix, October 21-27, 2005
Bankrate.com, October 25, 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 26, 2005
St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 26, 2005
The Vindicator, October 27, 2005
The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO), October 28, 2005
The Oklahoman, October 28, 2005
Quick, October 31, 2005
Blender, November 2005
Girlfriends, November 2005
Harp, November 2005
Pop Entertainment.com, November 2005
Redbook, November 2005
Los Angeles Daily News, November 4, 2005
Dose, November 8, 2005
Las Vegas City Life, November 10, 2005
MTV.com, November 11, 2005
The Press-Enterprise, November 11, 2005
Guitar World Acoustic, December 2005
InStyle, December 2005
Spin, December 2005
AIM, December 9, 2005




2006

DaBelly Issue 69, January 2006
The New York Times, January 22, 2006
Best Life, February 2006
InStyle, March 2006
The Age, March 24, 2006
Women's Health, June 2006




2007





2008

New York Times Book Review, April 6, 2008
Billboard, April 11, 2008
Rolling Stone, May 5, 2008
Chicago Tribune, May 31, 2008
National Public Radio, June 4, 2008
Village Voice, June 17, 2008
eMusic, June 18, 2008
Time Out Chicago, June 19-25, 2008
Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2008
New York Post, June 22, 2008
New York, June 25, 2008
Entertainment Weekly, June 27 & July 4, 2008
Newsweek, June 30, 2008
Pitchfork, June 30, 2008
Elle, July 2008
Nylon, July 2008
The Morning Call (PA), August 23, 2008
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), August 25, 2008
The Boston Phoenix, August 26, 2008
Express (Washington, DC), August 28, 2008
Venus Zine (Issue #37), Fall 2008
Christian Science Monitor, September 26, 2008
Seattle Weekly, October 6, 2008
Los Angeles Times, October 8, 2008




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