A number of female artists chance it for a comeback on the charts this week. Prolific soul singer/songwriter Erykah Badu returns with her first album in five years, New Amerykah. -Watch a very cool music video for album single, "Honey," on Youtube -Read an interview with Badu at MSNBC -Badu will be featured in a new Tom Ford Fragrance ad campaign -Read an album review at EW.com -Buy New Amerykah Ethereal electronic star Goldfrapp is......

Here's an abridged, holiday version of this week's music calendar. If you like Latin-rock, you're in luck. Tonight, Grupo Fantasma and their funky horn section returns to the Continental Club. Nearby, at Warehouse Live, Vallejo will be playing. Del Castillo visits Warehouse Live tomorrow night. Two good choices for Saturday: R&B songstress Erykah Badu performs at Arena Theater and Austin's Asylum Street Spankers - always a fun show - return to the Mucky Duck.......

Who can forget "Don't Mess with Texas?" This year, the anti-litter ad campaign that's become part of our state's consciousness turns 20 — and TxDOT is marking its birthday with a star-studded series of ads that will debut during the Cotton Bowl today featuring Texans including Lance Armstrong and Erykah Badu. We were kind of amazed by how versatile the campaign has been: The inaugural "Don't Mess with Texas" campaign targeted sports-and-music-loving, pickup-truck-driving men......