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Kinky Friedman

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Jukeboxes

    Along with pickled pig's feet and a steady supply of Slim Jims, a good jukebox is a prime element for any great bar. But, like dinosaurs, jukeboxes are a vanishing breed. Unlike digital jukes, iPods or DJs, jukeboxes require love, care and maintenance, as well as -- among the truly great ones -- som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Kinky Songs Get the Dayton Treatment

    In our recent interview with Kinky Friedman, performing tonight at Dosey Doe in the Woodlands, we mulled over Jesse Dayton's on-going project of an album of Friedman's songs. Friedman was very enthusiastic. "The last time we talked, Jesse had already done the basic tracks for eight songs," said Fri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Southern Discomfort: Kinky On the Road

    The one-liners come out of Kinky Friedman's mouth so fast you need a protective shield. "The only thing Rick Perry managed to do with his Presidential campaign was to make George W. look like Thomas 'Fucking' Jefferson." "Real people don't get into politics. The only people who get into politics ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Carolyn Farb, Jesse Dayton Go Undercover with Kinky Friedman

    Over the weekend we learned of at least one high profile 2012 recording project that involves Houston at least peripherally: local arts patron and charity fundraiser Carolyn Farb will be the executive producer of a Jesse Dayton album of Kinky Friedman covers tentatively titled Sold American. Farb w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Top 5 Musician Novelists

    Ted Barron/New West RecordsSteve Earle: What's up, Doc?​Despite what our paychecks and sometimes even our diplomas say, the perception persists that music journalists are not "real" journalists. Similarly, no matter how literate their lyrics, some folks think musicians could not possibly put p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    The Abortion Debate Part 2: Five Pro-Choice Songs

    radicalrags.com​Yesterday Rocks Off allowed five musicians to voice their opposition to legalized abortion in this country through song. Today, we allow rebuttal from the pro-choice camp in order to give everyone their say. As a note, a conversation between writer an editor brought up Ben Fol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Jesse Dayton & Friends Silence Old Quarter Cafe

    Photos by Roger Reed/FacebookL-R: Brennen Leigh, Jesse Dayton and Mike Stinson before a hushed Old Quarter crowd.​Aftermath is so busy in the city, we don't get down to Wrecks Bell's Old Quarter Acoustic Café in Galveston enough. But we caught a free ride down Saturday and rectified that situ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Becoming Kinky

    Photos by Roger Reed/FacebookL-R: Brennen Leigh, Jesse Dayton and Mike Stinson before a hushed Old Quarter crowd.​Aftermath is so busy in the city, we don't get down to Wrecks Bell's Old Quarter Acoustic Café in Galveston enough. But we caught a free ride down Saturday and rectified that situ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Last Night: Becoming Kinky At The Mucky Duck

    Photos by Jason WolterJesse Dayton​Becoming Kinky: The World According To Kinky Friedman McGonigel's Mucky Duck March 28, 2011 Check out our a slideshow from the play's opening night. What a smooth, hilarious thing the opening and world premiere of Becoming Kinky: The World According To Kink ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Jesse Dayton's "Fans": Singer Is "Faggy," "Douchebag"

    ​Jesse Dayton is learning the joys of Facebook. The ex-Houston honky-tonker and Rob Zombie rockabilly muse, who plays the Armadillo Palace February 26 and Conroe's Texas Independence Day Festival March 5, took to YouTube Tuesday to explain why he had to start a new fan page. Not only had his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Carolyn Farb On Producing New Kinky Musical

    Courtesy of Carolyn FarbL-R: Kinky Friedman, Carolyn Farb and Becoming Kinky playwright Ted Swindley​The musical Becoming Kinky: The World According To Kinky Friedman, which will star former Houstonian Jesse Dayton as the Texas author, humorist, novelist, musician and two-time gubernatorial ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Jesse Dayton Lands Kinky Friedman Role In New Play

    Houston socialite Carolyn Farb co-producing dramatization of eccentric Texan's life ​Former Houstonian Jesse Dayton has been tapped to play the lead role of Kinky Friedman in Becoming Kinky: The World According to Kinky Friedman, Dayton told Rocks Off this afternoon. Written by New York aut ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    Roger Wood and Andy Bradley, Wendy Hundere Parnell

    Houston socialite Carolyn Farb co-producing dramatization of eccentric Texan's life ​Former Houstonian Jesse Dayton has been tapped to play the lead role of Kinky Friedman in Becoming Kinky: The World According to Kinky Friedman, Dayton told Rocks Off this afternoon. Written by New York aut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    He Said She Said: Did We Shave Our Legs For This? More Cornball Country Comedy

    Not all country music has to be about down-and-out truck-driving lifestyles, D-I-V-O-R-C-E, abusive husbands and the dissolution of the American Dream. More than any other genre, country lends itself so nicely to parody and self-satire. The best country music is self-referential, where the artist k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    They Were Kinky Before Kinky Was Kinky: Musicians Who Have Held Public Office

    From Ted Nugent to Bruce Springsteen to those adorable Dixie Chicks, "Masters of War" to "George Bush doesn't care about black people," musicians have never been shy about voicing their political opinions. But when it comes to putting their money where their mouths are and filing the necessary pape ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2010

    Kinky Friedman

    From Ted Nugent to Bruce Springsteen to those adorable Dixie Chicks, "Masters of War" to "George Bush doesn't care about black people," musicians have never been shy about voicing their political opinions. But when it comes to putting their money where their mouths are and filing the necessary pape ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Songs To Help Kinky Friedman Learn What the Texas Agriculture Commissioner Does

    Craig Hlavaty​​Musician, author, animal-rights activist (and probably a couple of other titles we're leaving out) Kinky Friedman announced Monday he was withdrawing as a candidate for governor in next March's Democratic primary and instead seeking the office of Agriculture Commissioner, a post p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Our Bold Political Prediction For The Coming Governor's Race

    ​Here at Hair Balls, we like to scientifically sift through mountains of poll data, do extensive focus-group interviews, and examine voting trends dating back to the 1960s before making any bold predictions.This one time, as Michael Corleone would say, we are willing to make an exception.Our bold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    "It's Hard to Kiss the Lips at Night That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long" and Other Funny Country Titles We Found

    ​Rocks Off has been a fan of Robert Earl Keen since we heard 1994's Gringo Honeymoon, and we've really been a fan since we heard his previous album, A Bigger Piece of Sky, shortly thereafter. We got Keen's latest album, The Rose Hotel (Lost Highway), in the mail this week, and after a few listens, ... More >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    Why the Hell Not — Again?

    Kinky Friedman announces another run for Texas governor, this time as a Democrat.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

    Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Gubernatorial Candidate Kinky Friedman: My Dog Could Run This State As Well As Rick Perry

    Photos by Craig Hlavaty​ "Going from musician to politician is definitely a step down," says Kinky Friedman, who announced his Texas gubernatorial candidacy Tuesday morning. "But I'll take it for Texas." Of course, it's a step that Friedman, author of songs such as "They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jes ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    The SPCA: Kinky Friedman

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Doesn't It Make You Feel Better: Songs About Swine

    [Update: Now with the Loco Gringos' "Nurture My Pig" and Houston's own Flying Fish Sailors' "Flu Pandemic."] April is almost over and we're coming into Sweeps Week, when commercial sponsors look at TV ratings to decide where they're going to advertise, and you know what that means: time for another ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 27, 2008

    Kinky Friedman

    Houston gets Kinky for animals in need

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2007

    Taking Liberty's at Fitzgerald’s

    Houston gets Kinky for animals in need

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2007

    Cowboys Are Frequently, Not-So-Secretly Fond of Each Other

    Houston gets Kinky for animals in need

  • News

    November 30, 2006

    Missing them Margs

    Houston gets Kinky for animals in need

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Houston gets Kinky for animals in need

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Waiting for Friedman

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2006

    Now That's What We Call a Political Party

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Ringing Bell

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2006

    Kinky Talk

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2006

    "Power" Players

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    The Tao of Kinky

    Knocking back a few with the Kinky crowd

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Kinky's Got His Mojo Workin'

    A Texas wild man enlists his Appalachian counterpart in his crusade

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2006

    Duck It Out

    A Texas wild man enlists his Appalachian counterpart in his crusade

  • Music

    July 21, 2005

    Scenes from a Picnic

    Willie, Dylan, Kinky and the Ghost of Bob Willis descends on Fort Worth. Wack is there too.

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2005

    Kinky Politics

    Gubernatorial hopeful Friedman knows when to Hold 'Em

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    Getting Kinky

    The Friedman-of-all-trades whips out a new book

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2004

    Capturing Friedman

    Texas's renaissance man waxes political and philosophical

  • Music

    December 4, 2003

    A Kinky Kind of Campaign?

    Friedman may be just the one to muss up Guv Goodhair's re-election plan

  • Calendar

    July 31, 2003

    If You Can't Take the Heat...

    Get all hot and bothered at the Houston Fiery Foods Show

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2003

    The Sound of Sphincter

    What kind of ass would produce an entire album of kazoo tunes?

  • Dining

    October 10, 2002

    Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

    Drink's Bull Blaster

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Jukebox

    Warren's Inn

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Mysteriously Musical

    Kinky Friedman is still up to no good

  • Dining

    August 27, 1998

    Dish

    Kinky Friedman is still up to no good

  • Calendar

    September 26, 1996

    Press Picks

    Kinky Friedman is still up to no good

  • Calendar

    January 27, 1994

    Press Picks

    Kinky Friedman is still up to no good

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