@flargh Reading that fellow #GenX-er #LizPhair is 56 simultaneously hurts my soul (I turn 50 in a couple weeks) and encourages me (she sounds and looks great)
#GreatAlbums1990s - #LizPhair - #ExileInGuyville (1993). This angry young Chicagoan sent shockwaves through the alternative community with barbed lyrics about the plight of women in a supposedly enlightened world. (“What? You mean hipster boys who read Simone de Beauvoir in their dorm rooms can be sexist too!?). Musically, Phair’s minimalist guitar and effortless tunefulness on “Never Said,” “Fuck and Run” and others made Exile a delight for the ears as well as the brain. #GreatRockAlbums
🎧 #Mood | "Fuck and Run" by #LizPhair from "Exile in Guyville" (1993).
"For me, Guyville is a concept that combines the smalltown mentality of a 500-person Knawbone, KY.-type town with the Wicker Park indie music scene in Chicago, plus the isolation of every place I've lived in, from Cincinnati to Winnetka".
🎧 Thought about my bestie in the Mission in the early 90s today. Kevin (RIP) intro'd me to #10000Maniacs and #LizPhair. *Thirty years ago exactly.
And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright