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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Kinky Friedman, the original Texas Jewboy, takes us on a rollicking, rock-and-rolling tour of his favorite city: Austin.
Maybe you want to know which restaurant President Bush rates as his favorite Austin burger joint. Or maybe you want a glimpse of Willie Nelson’s home life (hint: Willie plays a lot of golf). Perhaps you want to get the best view of the Mexican free-tail bats as they make their nightly flights to and from the Congress Avenue Bridge. Or maybe you’re itching to learn the history of a city that birthed Janis Joplin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and countless other music legends. It’s all here in The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic, the slightly insane, amazingly practical, and totally kick-ass guide to the coolest city in Texas by none other than Kinky Friedman.
This ain’t no ordinary travel guide, neither. “Like most other busy cities these days, Austin is not very effectively traversed by foot,” Kinky explains. “You must understand that ‘a walk in Austin’ is primarily a spiritual sort of thing.” As might be expected from this politically incorrect country-singer-turned-bestselling-mystery-author, the Kinkster’s tour includes a bunch of stuff you won’t ?nd in a Frommer’s guide, from descriptions of Austin’s notable trees and directions to skinny-dipping sites to lists of haunted places and quizzes and puzzles. So put on your cowboy hat and your brontosaurus-foreskin boots and head down south with the only book you need to get to the big heart of this great city. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Kinky Friedman | | Hardcover: | 144 pages | | Publisher: | Crown | | Publication Date: | October 05, 2004 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1400050707 | | Product Length: | 5.31 inches | | Product Width: | 0.76 inches | | Product Height: | 7.9 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.54 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.0 inches | | Package Width: | 5.2 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 5 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Riding with the Kinkster Jan 07, 2005
By JimjamKrotz
Kinky for Governor!
Ok, so this review will be online forever and 50 years from now lots of people will probably be saying "Who the hell is Kinky Friedman?" (People in Buffalo probably already are saying it, but that's another story.)
If you want to get a quick look at who Kinky is, you can't go wrong with this slim volume. Its essentially a travelogue for the city of Austin, Texas, but the Kinkster's wit shines through. Kinky covers a lot of ground in short order to tell you where the best sites in Austin are: for music and nightlife (like The Broken Spoke), for food (like Threadgill's), for sightseeing (like Willie Nelson's house, where else?).
Along the way, we get bits and pieces of Texas and specifically Austin history. Whether you are new to Texas or have been, as I have, a lifelong resident, you're sure to find something you didn't already know. If you get through this and are dying to read more, the next step of course, is to get cracking at his mysteries (i.e. Greenwich Killing Time). In the mean time, sit back and enjoy. The Kinkster is at the wheel, and the cigar smoke is filling up the car. I can't see where we are going, but the trip is sure to be fun.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Delightful tour of a fantastic city Oct 10, 2005
By M. T. Vancampen
The Kinkster (Texas' next governor?) takes readers on a whirlwind tour of Austin. Anyone who has lived in Austin for a significant period of time will not find much new here. Those who have only visited might get some inkling of what makes this city unique and why millions of people all over the country consider Austin home even though the population is 600,000. This is an extremely funny journey. I can't think of a better tour guide than a man who refers to Garth Brooks as the anti-Hank
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
An original Oct 16, 2005
By Shalom Freedman
"Shalom Freedman"
At least this guy's an original. This is my first trip in Kinkyland and I was repaid by getting a few laughs. I especially liked his frank no- nonsense tone in telling us for instance, that he goes around giving advice to people happier than himself.
He is deeply at home in the world of Austin and gives the reader a lot of local color, and a lot of advice as to where and what to visit and see.
On the Jewish side it seems to me that that part of his identity is a lot like the Jewish star on Max Baer's trunks, more for crowd power effect than anything else.
But who knows? This guy may be a genuine Longhorn Yid.
However the Kink should be aware that his love of the four- letter word will not give him an A in the big cheder upstairs which I suspect he is more likely to get to than to what he says he wishes to in this book, the Governor's Chair in Austin.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Make sure you get the version that Kinky reads Aug 10, 2006
By WCM
"gadget guy"
there are a few versions of this book. Don't get one that isn't read by the author. Otherwise, it isn't remotely funny!
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 You had to not be there Mar 20, 2009
By Mr. Steven Mcintosh
Nice little tid bit from Kinky, but truly for those with little familiarity of Austin. Having said that, do you think it's still possible to find Willy on his golf course?
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