As to Barnes & Nobles and the Borders stores -- each of their distributors have bought the book for their stores. However, as both stores carry music items, you may want a clerk to check both their music and book listings to see if they can order the book for you. The book is currently available through three mail order companies that I know of (each also do some record conventions as well): Music Machine (http://www.musicmachine.com), Rock Dreams (http://www.rockdreams.com) and Terrible Ted's Import Music (http://members.aol.com/terteds/terrible_teds.htm). All carry other KISS merchandise, so you may want to check them out if you're looking for other items as well.

1. I recently interviewed David Snowden, who is now in charge of Ace Frehley's Rock Soldiers fan club. Check out the brand new KISS Asylum Exclusive interview with David Snowden in my Features section under the "Interviews" header..
   
2. As with every Monday, I will add another excerpt from the Black Diamond KISS book to the Black Diamond web page. You can access the page from my Features section, or click the banner atop the web page.

Here are the stations, citys to tell (some options) and numbers: You can call the stations any time, if not other noted.
Hit Radio FFH, Frankfurt/Wiesbaden/Darmstadt, Tel. 069-78770
HR 3, Frankfurt/Wiesbaden/Darmstadt, Tel. 069-1554080 or -1552089
Antenne Bayern, München/Nürnberg/Würzburg, Tel. 089-9927777 or -99277277
Bayern 3, München/Nürnberg/Würzburg, Fax. 089-59003431
SDR 3, Stuttgart/Reutlingen, Tel. 0711-262728 (daily from 9:00-13:00 h)
Antenne 1, Stuttgart/Baden-Baden, Fax 0711-7205917 or -7205917
Radio Bremen, Bremen, Tel. 0421-246666, Fax 0421-2461012 (Fax is better)
N-Joy, Hamburg/Kiel/Bremen, Tel. 01805-3941 (daily from 13:00-14:00 h)
NDR 2, Hamburg/Kiel/Bremen, Tel. 01805-117727, Fax 01805-117728
RSH, Hamburg/Kiel/Bremen, Tel. 0431-585757 (daily from 18:00-19:00 h)
Radio Fritz, Berlin/Magdeburg, Tel 0331-7481110 (daily from 19:00-20:00 h)
SWF 3, Stuttgart/Baden-Baden, Tel. 07221-2019 (daily from 13:00-15:00 h)
SR 1, Saarbrücken/Saarlouis, Tel. 0681-2131 (saturdays from 20:00-24:00 h)
WDR 1 LIVE, Köln/Dortmund/Essen/Düsseldorf, Tel. 0130-2911
Radio Salü, Saarbrücken/Saarlouis, Tel. 0681-3909 (daily from 16:30-24:00 h)
Radio Regenbogen, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Tel. 0621-3360200
RPR, Frankfurt/Wiesbaden/Ludwigshafen/Koblenz, Tel. 0621-527452
SAW, Magdeburg/Erfurt/Cottbus, Tel. 0391-630174
Radio 7, Ulm, Tel. 0731-1477347, Fax 0731-27767 (Fax from 12:00-13:00 h)
KISS FM, Berlin/Potsdam, Fax 030-46490988
Antenne Brandenburg, Berlin/Potsdam/Magdeburg, Tel. 0331-7214330
Antenne Thüringen, Erfurt/Jena/Gera, Tel. 03643-552555
NRJ Sachsen, Leipzig/Dresden, Tel. 0341-484848, (Mo.-Thu. from 21:00-24:00 h)
NRJ Berlin, Berlin, Tel. 030-2612345 (daily from 14:00-18:00 h)
MDR Live, Leipzig/Dresden/Chemnitz/Cottbus, Tel. 0341-300911

Thanks for your support!!!

Peter Criss fans look no further!

The Catman now has his own chat room and you need to visit the Cat Chat to find out the latest...and to talk with other Peter Criss fans.

It's up now, and it's happening....Follow that link, you cool cat! The Peter Criss Cat Club: http://www.crafti.com.au/~gerlach/crisclub.htm

(Note: Go to KISS Otaku to get the Visa application)

And here are some other interesting statements made by Paul and Gene:

Paul: He does not want to have Eddie Kramer to produce the new album.
Paul: He said his son Evan changed his live.
Gene: The C.O.S. album will not be released the next 2 years.
Gene: He re-recorded the song "See You In Your Dreams" for his solo-album because he did not like the kind of guitar that Paul played. On his solo-album the guitars on this song were played by Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick).

Some words on the show:
As always, the best rockshow you can see. No changes in the set-list. Ace was the winner of this show, he was in best condition and played absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately Paul did not fly. As Tommy Thayer later told me (I met him in the hotel-lift) this was because of the weather-forecast. They thought it would rain, and so it would be too dangerous for Paul to fly. All other effects worked well.

Black Diamond review by Eric Taylor
Just thought I would write and give my new review on the Kiss book Black Diamond by Dale Sherman.
The new novel Black Diamond by Dale Sherman is out now and in my opinion is one of the best biographies about the band. It is straight forward and very percise in giving the facts (and not the legends) about the band. There is alot of new information that I had not heard over the years about all the members of the band, and some stories that I had forgotten about. One of my favorites from the book is the story about Ace when he sprayed painted his hair silver and thought he could wash it out later. I lost it when I read this. It was great!!! It is really nice to read a book that tells the truth about the GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD and have it be uplifting and not putting the band down at every instance. Dale Sherman has done a really good job and I hope he will put out more about the band. The interview Cd that comes with the book is interesting also. I hope Dale will bring out more of this interview on Cd, I found it really enlighting to hear about Eric and his views on the band.

KISS & Sell review by Eric Taylor
Wanted to write and let you know of my review on the new book Kiss and Sell by C.K. Lendt.
Kiss and Sell is the new book by author C.K. Lendt. It covers his time with the supergroup Kiss and his views on their finacial endevours. My views on the book is that it is very well written and gives alot of new information on the GREATEST BAND IN THE LAND. It is really refreshing to see a writer take a new approach as to how to view Kiss. This is not just another autobiography about the band, but what made the band tick. His views are very biased and he does not go out and try to make it look like the band was good or bad. He just tells how it was and what it was like (to me it sounded like the best time in the world!).

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"Should be in stores this week. It is listed on the computer catalogs for Barnes & Nobles, Borders (in their music section and their book section) and Walden. I also know that B&N had ordered the book to be placed into their stores; and a Canadian chain (whose name escapes me now) had ordered copies for each of their 300 stores. I would suggest that people look to see if they have it first; if not, request a copy through their computer catalog. You should be able to get it within a couple of weeks. Amazon Books on the 'net also has the book, and it can be ordered through their site.
And, don't forget, that the book can be purchased through the publisher directly as well."

For more information on this book, check out the Black Diamond web page here at The KISS Asylum.

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We want to put all the information we could get about Eric and Bruce on the new website, and if Kiss fans want to contribute stuff we would be very happy. We are intersted in everything, your meeing with Eric and/or Bruce, photos, reports, concert reviews .... anything. Contact us.... Please help us to become the biggest (and best) fanbased Eric Singer and Bruce Kulick website. We got unlimited space on the server... (we are also intersted in your audios of Eric and/or Bruce)

Contact me at : webmaster@kisskonfidential.simplenet.com or Mike at dragon12@mail.ameritel.net. GOD BLESS ERIC AND BRUCE!

(KA Note: For more info on KISS Konventions, make sure to check the Tour Dates page section under KISS Expos and Conventions.)

(Note): Want to make a correction on what I posted about the new Startalk Enterprise video, DETROLIT KISS CONVENTION '94 (aka KISSMANIA). Another person e-mailed me to tell me that they had bought the tape and found nothing about the Detroit show on there. I went ahead and actually bought a copy today, hoping that I didn't mess anyone up.
Turns out, he's right. There is no footage from the Detroit convention on the tape. In fact, nothing from the back of the video box matches what actually appears. Instead we get edited footage from the Mike Douglas 1974 appearance, the 20/20 documentary from 1979 and onward. Nothing of interest here at all, folks; certainly no music (they would have to pay for that type of thing). If nothing else, be warned.

Found out today that a song which has shown up on several bootlegs CDs and albums called "Give It To You Easy" is neither a lost KISS track nor a found Wicked Lester demo. It is in fact not even done by anyone in KISS, but actually done by a band called Tattoo which was fronted by a member of the Raspberries. Another mystery resolved.

Speaking of Wicked Lester, a new bootleg CD has come out that contains new Wicked Lester material that no one has heard before. This is actually not the version of WL that every fan knows of (with Ron Leejack, etc.), but an earlier version of the band that included Stephen Coronel as lead guitarist! From what I understand (since I don't have the boot myself), the quality of these recordings is actually better than found on albums containing the unreleased Columbia album that we all know and love. Afraid I don't know the title of the CD, though.