From the Houston Chronicle:Kinky Friedman makes gubernatorial run officialBy R.G. RATCLIFFE AUSTIN BUREAUAUSTIN — Satirist Richard "Kinky" Friedman entered the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, indifferent to partisan complaints that his 2006 independent campaign caused the Democrats to lose that year."Obama taught us one thing: you've got to excite the people," Friedman.
The Internet--a private eye's best friendFor private investigator Steven Rambam, the Internet is his most valuable tool in helping to find missing persons, cheating husbands, and your competitor's dirty secrets.{more}Click here for the full article.What makes this a post for MOG is that Rambam is a recurring character in the mystery novels that feature Kinky Friedman as the first-person detecti...
Years ago, before i'd actually heard anything by *Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys*, i'd heard of them.(You can skip to the bottom of this post if you just want to hear the song it's about, but you'll miss lots of Interesting Stuff...)Then the mysteries under his name began appearing (beginning with "*Greenwich Killing Time*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571191347/mikewebersweber...