Although her last album, “@#%&*! Smilers,” was released three years ago, ex-’Til Tuesday quirk-rocker Aimee Mann has been popping up in some strange places lately — such as on the IFC comedy series “Portlandia,” in which she recently guest-starred as a cleaning woman. Or at the White House, where she performed two songs for the president and his wife in May in a program celebrating poetry. Read More