A Blast From the Past was my first,and last,experience with a Kinky Friedman book. Mr. Friedman's writing brings to mind some of the bands of the 60's in which members were so stoned they thought they were reaching new heights with their music. But since their audiences didn't share the same euphoria, the bands would be rapidly out of the clubs, arenas, and public eye. I think one would have to be under chemical influence to find anything but sophomoric,pun filled, low slapstick humor in these pages. Mr. Friedman's attempt to create "hip" dialogue is witless... a perfect match for the difficult to discover plot. It's a mystery to me how writing like this gets published.