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Keep Gomorrah weird: the rest of Texas vilifies Austin as a breeding ground for long-haired hell-raisers. To me, it's an open-minded, open-hearted, magical little town--and always will be.
In the fifties I moved from Houston to Austin, which didn't seem like that much of a cataclysmic cultural leap at the time. Compared with Houston,...
Texas Monthly, 12/01/04 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
Bring him on: I'm pals with Clinton and pals with Bush--so, obviously, if John Kerry wants to be president, he has to make friends with me. Hey, is that my phone ringing?
"Start talkin'," I said as I picked up the blower. "Kinkster," said a familiar voice, "this is John Kerry. I haven't been very happy with you...
Texas Monthly, 10/01/04 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
Man about town: why do I like living "in the middle of nowhere"? The dry cleaning's cheaper, I hear stories about snakes, I meet the most colorful characters on the planet, and I never get the urge to shoot the bird. (Well ...).
In 1985, after death of my mother, I left New York for good to seek shelter in the small towns that lay scattered about the Hill Country as if they...
Texas Monthly, 09/01/04 by Friedman. Kinky · More from publication -
The wedding partyer: at the Mexico City nuptials of a mutual friend, between swigs of tequila, I bonded with--of all people--Pat Green. I now pronounce us friends for life
The last place you'd expect to begin a beautiful friendship with Pat Green would be at a Jewish wedding in Mexico City. But there he was, looking...
Texas Monthly, 08/01/04 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
For God and Country Music: Vote Kinkster for Governor
Friedman, Kinky Forward 07-16-2004 Richard "Kinky" Friedman, author of the forthcoming "'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out" (HarperCollins), is...
Forward, 07/16/04 by Friedman, Kinky · More from publication -
Arrivederci, melanoma: I've spent nearly sixty years in sun-drenched Texas--so why was I so surprised to see spots before my eyes?
I was just a small boy when our family dentist in Houston told my father it was imperative that he have his wisdom teeth taken out immediately....
Texas Monthly, 07/01/04 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
Hair today ... Yep, I recently had my "Lyle Lovett starter kit" straightened by a Palestinian. Can peace in the Middle East be far behind?
WHY, YOU MIGHT ASK, WOULD A PERSON whose name is Kinky want to fly to a spa in Houston for the express purpose of getting his hair straightened?...
Texas Monthly, 12/01/03 by Friedman,Kinky · More from publication -
Unhappily ever after: once upon a time, there was a writer--it doesn't matter which writer--with talent to burn. Wanna guess how the story ends?
LIKE THE TIDES, THE SEASONS, AND THE Bandera branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Texas Book Festival is coming around again, allowing us to meet...
Texas Monthly, 11/01/03 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
Lottie's love: Lottie Cotton cared for me and my siblings as if we were her own kids. When she died this summer at age one hundred, a piece of me died too
WHEN LOTTIE COTTON WAS BORN, on September 6, 1902, in the tiny southeast Texas town of Liberty, there were no airplanes in the sky. There were no...
Texas Monthly, 10/01/03 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication -
Jack was an ace: and a villain, a patriot, and a scoundrel. Here's to my spiritual role model, Jack Ruby, the original Texas Jewboy
ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963--THE FATEFUL DAY that shook the world, the day that caused Walter Cronkite to shed a tear on national television, the day that...
Texas Monthly, 09/01/03 by Kinky Friedman · More from publication
