into a more modern breed of
cowpunk." The Bad Livers,
including Rubin, pictured cen-
ter. and bandmates Danny
Barnes and Bob Grant, appear
tonight at the Magic Stick,
4120 Woodward, Detroit,
above the Majestic. Doors
open at 9. $8 advance/$9
door.(313) 833-POOL.
Laugh,
Laugh, Laugh
One of the four going around the
country, The Second City Touring
Company returns to Oakland
University's Varner Recital Hall 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 12. Tickets available one
hour before the performance outside
Varner Recital Hall. $12 general
admission/$10 seniors/$6 students.
Call (810) 370-3013.
John Heffron, sidekick to Q95.5's
Danny Bonaduce, appears 8:30
Thursday, Sept. 18, and 8:30 and
10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept.
19 and 20, at the Mainstreet Comedy
Showcase, 314 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor.
$9. Call (313) 996-9080.
Kaddish
The Art Scene
Artists Nancy Spero and Leon
Golub, known for their provocative
paintings of contemporary urban life,
present a lecture that compares each
artist's unique approach 2 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 13, in the Lecture Hall
of the DIA. Free with museum admis-
sion. An exhibit of their work,
"Contemporaries," runs at the new
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, 4841 Cass, on
the Wayne State University Campus,
Sept. 13-Nov. 26. (313) 577-2423.
Native Detroiter Barbara
Freedman, a watercolorist and teacher
in Sun City, Ariz., exhibits her works
through Oct. 4 at the Cary Gallery,
226 Walnut Blvd., Rochester. Call
(248) 651- 3656.
What Not
Maureen Schiffman and her pup-
pet Coco perform "Coco Helps Save
the Environment." 3 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 14. Independence Oaks Nature
Center, 9501 Sashabaw, Clarkston.
Call (248) 625-6473.
Take a walking tour of seven beau-
tiful homes during the Downtown
Birmingham House Tour, 11 a.m.-6
p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16. presented by
the Birmingham Community House,
where a tea will be held from 1:30-4
p.m. $20. Call (248) 594-6405.
The primary fund-raiser for the
Steppin' Out Foundation, the seventh
Aids Walk Detroit takes place Sunday,
Sept. 21, beginning at 10 a.m.
Registration begins 9 ar m. at 6th and
Main Street in downtown Royal Oak.
Call (248) 399-WALK to register or
volunteer.
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Lonnie Mack
Blues Traveler
Born in Harrison, Ind., in 1941,
Lonnie Mack, pictured, dropped out
of school in the sixth grade, and soon
after began recording with artists the
likes of James Brown. By '63, Mack
had his own hit, an instrumental
cover of Chuck Berry's "Memphis,"
and "Where There's a Will There's a
Way" got extensive black radio airplay
before DJs learned Mack was white.
Don't miss this blues legend. 8 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 14. $15. Magic Bag,
22920 Woodward, Ferndale. (248)
544-3030.
Bad Livers
"We didn't celebrate Christmas at my
house. As the only visible Jewish fami-
ly in Stillwater, Okla., it was always
am awkward and depressing season
for me. But I did like the carol
`Good King Wencelas.'
Being in a minor key, it
sounds vaguely Yiddish,
and hence I could
relate," says Mark
Rubin, the bass/tuba
player of Bad Livers,
a group, which says
the New York Times,
pushes traditional
bluegrass "against
Bad Livers
modern boundaries
Run On
"I saw the best minds of my
generation destroyed by madness,
starving, hysterical, naked ..." said
Allen Ginsberg in Howl. The late
visionary poet and cultural icon of the
Beat generation is the subject of a
one-hour documentary featuring
interviews with friends and family,
including the late William F.
Burroughs. Said Burroughs of
Ginsberg, "His father, Louie Ginsberg,
thought I was some sort of decadent
millionaire corrupting his son." Also
included are Timothy Leary, Abbie
Hoffman, Norman Mailer, Joan Baez,
Ken Kesey and more. "The Life and
Times of Allen Ginsberg," presented
by PBS's American Masters series, will
be aired 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17,
on WTVS-Channel 56.
Run On
"It's a short leap from the heavy metal
of Ritchie Blackmore or Eddie Van
Halen to the avant-garde experiments
of Glenn Branca and Sonic Youth,"
explains Alan Licht, the feedback
fiend who's emerged as one of the
busiest guitarists in the New York
City underground. With his band-
mates in Run On — Katy Gentile
(pictured on the left), a U-M grad
who served as musical director at
WCBN during her days in Ann
Arbor), Rick Brown and Sue Garner
— Licht, pictured second from right,
combines a myriad of influences to
combine the sounds of art-noise,
country and classic rock. Here them
perform songs from their new CD
release No Way (Matadot at 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 19, at Zoots, 4470
Judyism
Allen Ginsberg
Petite flower, the "Princess of Pop
Culture," the founder of "Judyism"
and more.
Standup
comic/actress
Judy Tenuta
bills herself as •
a multimedia
"bondage god-
dess" in a
world where
Judy Tenuta
all women
should be
worshipped as love goddesses and all
men have an equal opportunity to be
her furniture. The American Comedy
Awards named her America's "Best
Female Comedian," and Joan Rivers
called her "the funniest woman in the
world." Tenuta appears 8:30 and
10:30 Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19
and 20, with Keith Ruff at Chaplin's
Comedy Club, 34244 Groesbeck,
Clinton Township. $15. (810) 792-
1902.