Things to do

On Thursday, Regina Marler, author of Queer Beats, reads at 7:30 p.m. at Diesel Bookstore, 5433 College Ave. in Oakland.

And on Friday, my friend Lisa is singing again:

FRIDAY 10.22.04 8:00pm at THE JAZZ HOUSE
3192 Adeline (look for blue light) in Berkeley.

8:00pm -- HIDEOUS DREAM -- A Noise Trio
c.j. reaven borosque, jim ryan

8:40pm -- SUBJECTS OF DESIRE -- Poetry and Sound with Lisa B. poetry/voice, Jim Ryan poetry/flute/kalimba/spoken word, Scott R. Looney keyboard/electronics, Lisa Mezzacappa doublebass, & Andrew Wilshusen percussion.

9:30pm Forward Energy: Jim Ryan’s alto, tenor, flute - Scott R. Looney piano - Lisa Mezzacappa contrabass - Andrew Wilshusen drums