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Miscellaneous thoughts and ramblings
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
 
Kinky Friedman Running for Governor of Texas
Author, entertainer and Texas gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman, complete with cigar, black cowboy hat and Southern drawl, is about to star in his own reality show.

"Go Kinky," airing on Country Music Television, follows Friedman, an independent candidate, on the campaign trail in the Lone Star State.

“Every crazy redneck in Texas is for Kinky,” Friedman told FOXNews.com from his ranch in Medina, Texas.

A successful mystery novelist, Friedman led a band called Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys, founded in 1971. He penned songs like “Ride ‘Em, Jewboy” about the Holocaust and “Wild Man From Borneo” about a person in a cage as part of a circus.
I read one of his murder mysteries a long time ago, but I don't remember which now. I remember liking it. I remember the protagonist, an unmarried detective, digging through his fridge and finding something that had been there since last Purim. That's funny.
His campaign platform — its slogan is "Why the hell not?" — calls for legalizing casino gambling to fund education, reviewing death row inmates and outlawing the de-clawing of cats. Some of his strongest backers are country music star and longtime friend Willie Nelson and wrestler-turned-Minnesota-governor-turned-talk-radio-host Jesse Ventura.
Whatever.
Comments:
I like his albums. Kinky and the jewboys are amusing. His books aren't horrible when you forget that his crappy flat at Vandam street and the pseudo grittiness of his cartoon life is all an invention . Don't know as he'd make such a good governor.
 
Sounds like a fun guy anyway.
 
Og: I've never heard his music, but I figured it would be irreverent and goofy. I think Oven has heard their stuff. I have no clue where he is politically or if he'd be any good, but I don't think it matters since I can't imagine that he'll win.

Irina: I'm not sure I'd want him babysitting my kids, but yeah.
 
Beano, you need to listen to "mens room in LA" where he talks about wiping his ass with a picture of Jesus,(no paper on the roll) and Ringo Starr provides the voice of Jesus. It don't get much more irreverent than that.
 
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