This story is a follow-up to a story I wrote last week about a homeless man who returned a purse with nearly $1,000 inside to a Rancho Cucamonga woman. Due to a bit of a mix-up, I wrote up this follow-up, having missed (along with the editor who green-lit the story) that the Jane-on-the-spot Beatriz Valenzuela already did one on Sunday. (The story did not get posted to the Daily Press’ Web site.)
So here, for posterity’s sake, and so that people can know what finally happened with Chris, is the rest of the story:
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This Billboard interview is the first I’ve seen where she’s focused on the album coming this fall, instead of the EIG reissue.
Although it’s still without a title or track listing, Liz Phair’s new album is in its final recording stages. “This I can tell you: all my sloppiness is in there,” she tells Billboard of her ATO debut, due this fall. “I fought all the way through, and I’m not letting anyone take it to a perfected style.
“It’s not going to be ‘[Exile in] Guyville’ again, but I’m using all my tools,” she continues. “I keep pulling it out of producers’ hands, before they can do anything.”
Phair concedes that so far she’s confident in about “half of it,” but will be busy with the album all through August. The best way I can describe it is ‘natural,'” she says. “It has mistakes in it. It has layered background vocals of mine that just make an overall slop, but it’s perfect slop.”
Having split with Capitol earlier this year, Phair is finding that working with ATO is a breath of fresh air. “They literally look at me and say, ‘Here’s your budget, don’t go over, bring us something good,'” she says. “It’s a f*cking mind-bending experience after the last 14 years. Even when I was with Matador, combined with other labels, there were so many chefs in the kitchen. I’m working exactly the way I want to work.”
It’s Shark Week!
Here’s the rundown:
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