Guardian Music — In the US, actors enter politics. In Britain, we're blundering the other wayOh lordy. Among the gallery of knock-kneed gallumphers pencilled in for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing is Ann Widdecombe, taking one step further on her personal jo... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — If there were a Great Quotations Hall of Fame, Kinky Friedman would be a shoo-in, with a batting average that has to top .700. Friedman, who I've profiled in a story in Friday's Calendar, comes through the Southland for a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The musician, writer and occasional political candidate plays McCabe's on Saturday. Want to know how to tick off a funnyman quickly? Tell people not to take hi... more info

Mercury News, California — After dipping into politics, Kinky Friedman returns to the road. more info

All About Jazz — Former Texas gubernatorial candidate, political commentator and self-proclaimed "author, columnist, musician and beautician" Kinky Friedman will perform on the West Coast this summer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Dates for the Go West Young ... more info

All About Jazz — AUSTIN, Texas -- Former Texas gubernatorial candidate, political commentator and self- proclaimed "author, columnist, musician and beautician" Kinky Friedman will perform on the West Coast this summer for the first time in nearly 20 years. Dates for ... more info

Perez Hilton — Wow! Controversial talk show host Don Imus told Prop 8 attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson on Don Imus in the Morning that he supports marriage equality! "I supported—not that it’s important, but I support it [the freedom to marry] on t... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Martin Longley Since the early 1980s, self-styled Texas Jewboy Kinky Friedman has drawn the most attention as a crime fiction scribe, smearing the division between reality and fantasy, laughs and tension. In the last four years, he's also been... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Jesus Lizard @ Vice Halloween (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * Reggie Watts @ Pianos * Kinky Friedman @ BB King's * Rev. Vince Anderson @ Union Pool * The Jesus Lizard, Skeleton Key @ Irving Plaza *... more info

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