Liz Armstrong lives in Chicago, Illinois. She has performed solo and with the bands To Live and Shave in L.A. and as a solo artist under the stage name "Misty Martinez". Liz is sometime known to be a member of the activist group Pink Bloque. A sometimes DJ and a former member of the short-lived but very popular rollerskating revue/dance-team Sparklemotion. Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 606. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ... Founded by Tom Smith, To Live and Shave in L.A. is a band that featured Ben Wolcott, Rat Bastard, Weasel Walter, and other noise luminaries. ... Misty Martinez may not be the only sex-noise provocateur, but shes certainly one of the most famous. ...
Since 2004, she writes the first-person column covering arts, fashion and events around town, "Chicago Antisocial," for the Chicago Reader. The Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois. ...
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Bad at Sports podcast interview with Liz Armstrong (mp3) [1]
Liz Armstong is going to be leaving chicago soon. We are all very sad : ( We wish her luck with whatever she does in the futre. May God protect her. Bad at Sports is a podcast about art and culture in Chicago. ...
LizArmstrong>> I think they're saying that because this is a very private collection that hasn't been shown before and it's also one of the very best collections of modern American art and we're showing it for the first time at the Orange County Museum.
LizArmstrong>> Yeah, and the burlesque was a very attractive subject to artists during this period as well as in literature because you sort of have this revolt in progress against Victorian prudery still, so there's that angle.
LizArmstrong>> I have to say, the first time I went to see this collection, I walked in and over Myron Kunin's secretary's desk was this painting and I knew I was onto something completely fresh and original.