outing Kinky Friedman

[Harry Edwards]

Cleve H. is his Communications Director.  Kinky's foundation was not 
mentioned.  However, Kinky referred to his right hand man in the 
campaign, a fellow he called Jewford, as the "next first lady of 
Texas."       twisty


On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Gerry wrote:

> Mike,
> <<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 remember the place, went there in the early '80's. Cleve Hattersley,
> reputed to be Kinky's campaign manager, was on the staff. Some of the 
> acts
> who played the Armadillo were lured there for short stands. BTW, in the
> photos of the drag market recently posted here, the young fellow with 
> long
> hair standing and playing the guitar is Cleve. Neither he nor Jerry 
> Jeff
> were Texans by birth. Cleve was a runaway teenager who met Texans in 
> SF and
> came back to Austin with them, Big Rikke, Wali, etc. As for the NYC 
> Texana,
> it seemed to cherish all the things about Texas that turned me off 
> (Pearl
> Beer, bad music, greasy food, etc). BTW, Simmons spent the '70's 
> mostly in
> SF plying the DJ trade. In the '90's there was a similar place in 
> Seattle
> where I was working, pretty good food as I recall, run by some Jewish 
> boys
> who had once lived in Austin.
>
> I know of several matings of New Yorkers and Texans which have 
> withstood the
> test of time, like yours. The others had a Texas male and a NY female. 
> None
> of the couples lived in NYC after marriage. I once chased a Puerto 
> Rican
> honey who worked at the AFofM offices in NYC, didn't catch her 
> tho...too
> slow I guess.
> G
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Eisenstadt" <michaele at hotpop.com>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:43 AM
> Subject: outing Kinky Friedman
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050822fa_fact
>>>>
>>>> a well-done interesting take on a complex person.
>>>>
>>>> twisty
>>>>
>>>
>>
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