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| The 30-Day Diarrhea Diet Plan | Mass Market Paperbackby Kurt P Brecht (Author)
| List Price: | $4.00 | |
| | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Publisher: | Dirty Rotten Press | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 86 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 01, 1989 | | Sales Rank: | 237,940th |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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A Most Unappealing Way to Lose 30 Pounds by Robert I. Hedges  2 Stars
September 22, 2003
This book is essentially a travelogue written by Kurt Brecht (of the band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles) and his friend Kenny during a journey to Mexico. I bought the book simply to have a title this unusual in my collection of odd books, but it is not what I expected (although with a title like this, how tasteful could it have possibly been?) Kenny loses 30 pounds in as many days due to a persistent case of diarrhea, hence the title. Amongst the buffoonery in Mexico Kurt previews some poems and songs he has been working on, most of which deal with a recent romantic break up. There are many strange occurrences, some of which amused me greatly such as the directions for making iguana soup. (Really.) What I did not enjoy were the excessive drug references, which were the focus of the book, as it turned out. For instance after eating a meal of turtle eggs, honey and hallucinogenic mushrooms, the author had this to say:" I told the kings of Safeway, 'Don't let my groceries get hard.'" Drill the oblique niceties. Girdled mannequin. Endless tour of underground mazes. Grouchy blackwater frogmen from Boise, Idaho slinking and staking out you for a meal, eyes bugging out and claws made of steel. Idiot! Jerk! Stupid! Gather. Disperse." That is one of the more lucid passages. If you like drug induced depravity, this book is perfect for you. I don't, so I didn't appreciate it in general.
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Excellent DIY travelogue of Mexico by Jon Konrath (San Francisco, CA)  5 Stars
August 12, 2002
... Kurt Brecht, the lead singer of the old punk band DRI, has his own publishing company called Dirty Rotten Publishing, and this is one of his half-dozen or so books hes written, printed, and marketed by himself over the years. His writing is fairly basic and straightforward, but his stories are always incredible. Every time I read any of his books, I want to run away from my own life for a year, then return and write a book about it. This book details a month between touring and recording when he headed off into Mexico for some exploring. And no, he wasnt on the beaches of Cancun or even drinking tequila down in tijuana: his stories take place in small Mexican villages, where they slept in grass huts, ate oysters and iguanas, found peyote, and bought coral beads from the prisons. They go skindiving, get in a bus wreck, explore the whorehouses and drug cultures of the underground, and examine the ruins - all with a budget of almost zero. The whole time, Brecht's friend Kenny is terribly ill, which brings us to the title. He lost 30 pounds that month thanks to Montezumas Revenge. The book is funny, an incredibly fast read because you cant put it down, and makes me wish I could take a month off work to wander the cities south of the border. Of course, I dont want to lose the 30 pounds that way...
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