outing Kinky Friedman

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Thanks, Twisty, for the pointer to the Kinky
piece in the New Yorker. I tried reading it on
line but as i am a subscriber i'll wait till it
shows up.

Have you seen him in the flesh recently?

I went to his recent gig at Book People
so i got to study his public face at length.
He pitches to a minority demographic
which could be paraphrased as Texas
self-conscious cutsey and NOT republican.

As for the man himself, like everyone else
he is full of himself. Unfortunately he 
doesn't have the breeding to try to hide it.
He discovering early on that he could be full
of himself AND exploit it in the entertainment 
business. 

He's trying to be a left wing Arnold Schwartznegger
without any program. When asked from the 
audience what he proposed to do, he answered
with talk about spirituality.

I'm sure this will shine through in the New Yorker
article when i get to read it. Texas shtick is well
known in NYC. How many of you out there 
remember the lizard on the roof of the Hard Rock 
Cafe, the bar in the Village? They served Pearl 
beer in longnecks, served chile, and featured 
Austin music acts, real genu-wine Texans like
Jerry Jeff Walker. Bob Wade, a local artist, 
did the lizard. Bob Simmons would remember
this place well but he's not a subscriber to this 
maillist. And that was in the 70s. 

I wonder if the article will mention his pet care
foundation. Somehow I am guessing they will
omit that out of charity. Even at the Book People
event he seemed shy about trotting out his second
darkest secret, he is sentimental about suffering
and departed pets. his first darkest secret is that he 
is gay but has always been in closet. 

Mike "No Handle" Eisenstadt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
To: "ghetto survivors" <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: Kinkster Kranks It Up


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>> From: Harry Edwards <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
>> Date: August 17, 2005 7:32:35 AM CDT
>> To: ghetto 2 <ghetto2 at lists.whathelps.com>
>> Subject: Kinkster Kranks It Up
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>> In case some of you missed it, the New Yorker will run one of their 
>> in-depth pieces on Kinky Friedman, hitting the news stands next 
>> Monday.  It's already on line at
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>> http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050822fa_fact
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>> a well-done interesting take on a complex person.
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>> twisty
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