I've tried to find things about the show, but I really had no luck. Is anyone dressing up? What's the deal?

by the way, I can't wait!!!

I don't think anyone is dressing up. Just a radio promo gimmick is my guess.

Anyone here going? I just got a photo pass from Liz's people so I'll take a few hundred shots.

oh man I wanted to get dressed up
I'd love to see pics when you get em!

I don't know for a fact that no one is dressing up. Go for it!

From Free Times:

Liz Phair
Odeon
Friday, Oct. 28

Thumbs up to the masterminds who scheduled Liz Phair as the headlining act for Q104 and Halloween Express's Boo Bash 9 event. Sure, she's still hot and can sell tickets, but Phair’s music has never been the sort of fire that could fuel a wild drunken party. With her latest collection of pop love songs, Phair was sugar and spice and everything nice, but that's not what Halloween shows are made of.

Standing on stage high above a sea of horny Halloweenies in costumes, Phair was out of place but took the scene in stride. In regards to her strappy black lingerie top, tiny cut-off denim skirt and the acoustic guitar slung over her shoulder, she joked, "It's not really a costume, but I thought I'd dress up like a rock star." Phair’s new country-tinged heartbreak song, "Everything to Me" made zero impact on the meat-market mayhem that took place on the floor. Her quiet and low-key performance went unnoticed by the partygoers who were there to win a fistful of money from the radio station for the best costume or a handful of tit from a drunk chick in a French maid outfit.

Unfazed by the lack of response from the back of the room, Phair demanded little attention and smiled at the fans that stood close. She took a stab at pop pieces from her latest album Somebody's Miracle, but drew heavily on her near-perfect indie debut Exile in Guysville. Phair ditched her acoustic guitar and plugged in for "6'1", but something was missing. The gritty gem came out like an over-rehearsed chore, not a beloved treasure. She never broke a sweat as she gingerly strummed her strings. She meant well as she sweetly played old hits like "Mesmerizing" and "Fuck and Run", but it all came out too pretty. The angst that drove her early music just wasn't in her. Surrounded by a group of sloppy cute boys in her band, she looked great in the spotlight, but it wasn't good enough. Her cloudy, Prozac performance was fair at best.

— Shelly Greenberg

I didn't think it went badly, maybe because I was one of the ones in the front. I still loved every minute, but I want to see a non Boo Bash show, that's for sure.

I grabbed a set list and noticed she didn't do the last song on the encore segment: "Chopsticks".


I thought she sounded great and a few friends saw her for the first time and really enjoyed the show.


One guy dressed as Frankenstein tapped me on the shoulder. I said "yeah?" and he said "Linda Rondstadt". I said "what about her?" He said "Liz reminds me of her. Whaddya think?" I said "Well I can't argue with you Frank."

Anyone see that? I don't.

That is so how I felt about her at Irving Plaza. Her performance was flawless, but she is so emotionally dettached (sp?) from her earlier work that it is really distracting. It's like watching a Liz Phair look alike lip synching to Liz Phair's songs.