Editing Neko Case (section)

===Chicago===
In October 1999, around the time ''Furnace Room Lullaby'' was released, Case left Seattle<ref name=Furious-Thrice /> for Chicago because she felt that Seattle was no longer hospitable to its local artists.<ref>{{cite web|last=Scanlon |first=Tom |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000615/4026820/country-singer-neko-case-is-movin-on |title=Living &#124; Country singer Neko Case is movin' on |publisher=Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=2000-06-15 |access-date=2014-08-11}}</ref>

Case's first work in Chicago was an eight-song [[Extended play|EP]] that she recorded in her kitchen. ''[[Canadian Amp]]'', her first recording without Her Boyfriends, was released on her own Lady Pilot label in 2001. She wrote two of the tracks, with the remaining six being covers, including [[Neil Young]]'s "Dreaming Man" and Hank Williams' "Alone and Forsaken". Four of the covers were written by Canadian artists. The EP was initially available only at Case's live shows and directly from Mint Records' website, but it eventually saw wider release.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/78018/canadian-amp|title=Canadian Amp|magazine=Billboard.com|access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref>

Case also recorded her third full-length album, ''[[Blacklisted (Neko Case album)|Blacklisted]]'', while living in Chicago.

In April 2003, Case was voted the "Sexiest Babe of Indie Rock" in a Playboy.com internet poll, receiving 32% of the vote. ''[[Playboy]]'' asked her to pose nude for the magazine, but she declined their offer. She told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' that

<blockquote>I didn't want to be the girl who posed in ''Playboy'' and then—by the way—made some music. I would be really fucking irritated if after a show somebody came up to me and handed me some naked picture of myself and wanted me to sign it instead of my CD.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Valby |first=Karen |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/06/06/lovably-foulmouthed-neko-case-sounds/ |title=Gloves Off |magazine=EW.com |date=2003-06-06 |access-date=2014-08-11 |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504113344/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,455377,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

In later interviews, she declined to discuss the survey at all.