Instant Classic: Steve Wertheimer and his rod Credit: Photo By John Anderson

Mr. Kite’s Corner

Piano-pounder Marcia Ball will preview songs from her upcoming Stephen Bruton-produced LP, So Many Rivers, at the Broken Spoke Sunday as part of a fundraiser for grassroots citizens group Neighbors for Neighbors, which is fighting a proposed strip mine in Bastrop and Lee counties. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 in advance at the Spoke or Book Woman… Emo’s is hosting a Boobs not Bombs benefit Saturday with the Sexy Finger Champs, Lewinsky, the Amazons, Raunchy Reckless, and the Tuna Helpers. Hopefully, it will fare better than the first go-round, which ended in a full-on police raid after shakers left over from a peace march were mistaken for anthrax containers.

This article appears in March 28 • 2003.

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