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Early buzz: 'Guyville,' Broderick, 'Lost' and more
Published 6/25/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... on the Fox pilot Tricia Helfer will co-star in after Battlestar . - Wow, Liz Phair 's Exile in Guyville show in Chicago got a really bad review . - The A.V. Club interviews ...

Shorties
Published 6/25/2008 by david (boy@largeheartedboy.com) at Largehearted Boy
... In the Chicago Sun-Times, Jim DeRogatis is less than enchanted with Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville live performance. In fact, as Phair made her way through the disc with her still off-key voice, distinct lack of onstage charisma and forced stage banter about the Cubs and Barack Obama, backed by various combinations of the three faceless L.A. pros who've supported her on recent tours as the Gen X Sheryl Crow, it was hard not to think that while "Exile in Guyville" stands tall on record, it has gained nothing and maybe even shrunk in live ...

Liz Phair Unveils New Song, Leaves Critics Unimpressed At Chicago Guyville Show
Published 6/25/2008 by Stereogum at Stereogum
... , promising a full retelling of the album you're getting sick of reading about. It's part of a swing that's taken Phair to San Fran's Fillmore and, last night, closer to the heart of Guyville at the Vic in sweet home, Chicago. Jim DeRogatis was there. His review , titled "Phair enough: 'Exile' 15-year show a clunker" makes it seem like he wishes he wasn't. It's worth a read in full, but here's the denouement: In fact, as Phair made her way through the disc with her still off-key voice, distinct lack of onstage charisma and forced stage banter about the Cubs and Barack ...

All's Phair for N.Y. 'Guyville' fans
Published 6/26/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
Yesterday I linked to a not-so-stellar review of Liz Phair 's long-awaited Chicago show. (In light of the 15th anniversary of her landmark album, Exile in Guyville , Phair has been performing the record at select venues across the country.) I'm pleased to report that last night's Phair concert in New York has been more enthusiastically received. A friend texted me her one-word review from the Hiro Ballroom: "AWESOME." And Pop reader ...

Last Night Liz Phair Descended On The Pampered Aging Nineties Theme Park That Is New York And Today We IM-ed About It [Chit Chat]
Published 6/26/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... the excitement via Twitter, but the subterranean venue had no cell phone reception. How nineties! So we've attempted to recreate the experience in all its shimmeringly, sensually poignant totality the only way we know how anymore: IM exchange! In short: don't believe the haters ! It was fun. Well, in that "despite the fact we are really fucking old" way! MOE: So let us consider the concert we just attended. For starters, that guy Paul. When I broke up with my last boyfriend I met him through our mutual friend Don, who introduced me to breakup songs other than Divorce Song, ...