If JSimp is sexual napalm & Huffington Post's a stripper, what will John Mayer call The Woodlands?

When we last saw John Mayer in Houston in March he had just finished a Playboy interview in which he called his ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson "sexual napalm," and compared his twig-n-berries to white supremacist leader David Duke.

(His junk should be suing Mayer for defamation of character for that one.)

It seems that, after a tearful onstage apology in Nashville for his big mouth, Mayer has spent much of the rest of this year letting his guitar do the talking. Though he did just rail against the Huffington Post for writing that he was angling to get back together with Jennifer Aniston.

"You're a stripper wearing reading glasses. Or maybe you're an insolvent law student willing to dance for a few extra dollars. Either way, it's uncomfortable to watch you try to wrap yourself around a pole when you have that C-Span scar," Mayer wrote to the Huffington Post, arguing that a publication that reports about Pat Tillman's death investigation should be above writing about his relationships.

Still, Mayer's latest album, Battle Studies, has been a steady hit-maker, particularly on Triple A (adult album alternative) radio where a series of songs based on relationship politics and personal liberation — "Who Says," "Heartbreak Warfare," Half of My Heart" — have been dominating the airwaves.

Combine the new works with past favorites like "Your Body Is A Wonderland" and "Waiting On the World To Change," and it should make for a nice evening of soft, bluesy guitar rock.

John Mayer (with opening act, Owl City),  7 p.m. Sunday at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Tickets: $36—$75