Subject: Janis Ian

• Tom Waits (nearly) Returns To Fannin Street

  May 7, 2008

• Righteous Babe

  Ani DiFranco, poetess, goddess, funky folker, comes to town

  October 14, 1999

• Out In Sight

  Gender bias and the FBI's eyes can't keep Janis Ian down

  March 2, 2000

• Lost Tuneage: Spooky Tooth

  Who Dat? Spooky Tooth was formed in 1967 out of the ashes of a band called Art, which featured Mike Harrison (vocals/keyboards), Luther Grosvenor (guitar), Greg Ridley (bass), and Mike Kellie (drums). Signed to Chris Blackwell's Island label, Art's debut album went nowhere. Blackwell spotted vocalist/organist Gary Wright in another band, and suggested the five form a new group. Wright's high falsetto added a yin-and-yang to the vocals, and the now-named Spooky Tooth released It's All About i

  December 24, 2008

• Lise Liddell

  Lovers' Moon (Self-released)

  October 10, 2002

• Buddy Mondlock

  Friday, March 10, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant, 713-528-8576

  March 9, 2006

• Bohemian Rhapsody

  Homelessness, AIDS and suicide take their toll, backed up by rock and roll

  March 4, 2004

• Maura O'Connell

  Saturday, July 27

  July 25, 2002

• Self-Righteous Leftists

  Smithsonian Folkways releases Broadside magazine's long-forgotten tracks

  September 14, 2000

• Distant Early Warning: Alice Cooper, BT, Drive-By Truckers, Neko Case, Skinny Puppy, Wanda Jackson, etc.

  ​Alice Cooper: Sun., Oct. 11. Verizon Wireless Theater. Bamboo: Fri., Oct. 2. Arena Theatre. Billy Joe Shaver: Sat., Nov. 28. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. BT: Fri., Sept. 4. Rich's Houston. Colin Hay: Sat., Oct. 17. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Dave Seaman: Fri., Nov. 27. Rich's Houston. Drive-By Truckers: Fri., Oct. 30. House of Blues. Dustin Welch, The Small Sounds: Fri., Sept. 18. Continental Club.

  August 18, 2009