Despite the outcome of the recording sessions, Henderson tipped off Brad Wood that Matador was interested in Phair.

So I blew him off.' Eventually, Henderson stopped showing up at the studio, which made Phair move out of his apartment and start working exclusively with Brad Wood on what would become Exile in Guyville.Įventually, a Girly-Sound tape had made it to the head of Matador Records. He was projecting onto me what he wanted my music to come out like, which was wrong. Phair has stated, 'We both wanted something for me. Henderson preferred a stripped-down but precise sound, possibly with outside musicians, while Phair wanted a fuller sound. However, the whole process was made difficult by the fact that he and Phair had opposite ideas regarding what direction to take in terms of sound. Originally, Phair's recordings were supposed to come out on Henderson's label.

Henderson brought in producer Brad Wood to help develop the 4-track demos into full songs. Soon she moved into his apartment and started playing her songs to him. John Henderson, owner of the Chicago indie label Feel Good All Over, heard the tapes and contacted Phair. The recipients of the Girly-Sound tapes circulated copies with other early fans. Initially, she sent out only two tapes, one to Tae Won Yu from the band Kicking Giant, and the other to Chris Brokaw. In the summer of 1991, Phair wrote and recorded songs on audio cassette tapes, which she circulated in Chicago using the moniker Girly-Sound. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.Problems playing this file? See media help. And if you're in the Toronto area look for Bil Antoniou in the Confidential Musical Theater Project on January 29th. Jonathan Blalock is in Turandot with the Pacific Symphony in Costa Mesa this February. Phil Dawkins' show Le Switch runs from January 15 to February 21 in Chicago. You can find Zach Stafford's writing in The Guardian. Look for Brady in the documentary Coming Out check out Alonso Duralde's books Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and 101 Must See Movies for Gay Men and get Dave White's book Exile in Guyville. Huge thanks to John Coons for arranging this episode's music, to everyone who rates and reviews in the iTunes store, and to everyone who pledges on Patreon! Check out Cody Melcher's podcast Tomefoolery, Dave and Alonso's Linoleum Knife and Linoleum Knife TV, Bil and Daniel and their friend Dan on Bad Gay Movies Bitchy Gay Men and Bill and Judy on the marvelous Judycast. Watch video clips from this episode and support the show on Patreon here: Oh dear, I'm spending Christmas all alone in the sewers with no one to keep me company - but wait! What's this? Santa seems to have delivered me a sack full of guests to talk all about their favorite holiday specials! How special.

Exile in Guyville by Dave White