Bruce Kulick
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As you all know, after my journeys to NYC and Brazil it was time to jump right into Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp. Always fun, this one was particularly exciting because of two factors. First, the Playboy Mansion was where the big event night for the final performances would be held. Second, naturally for me to have Paul Stanley as the headline guest has its significance. I always enjoy jamming and seeing him, and my
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There are times when you refer to your GChat list for passing entertainment, to ping a workmate, or to see what that guy you last exchanged emails with in 2008 has posted as his status. Then there are times when you see Gene Simmons, whose availability was presently being marked by a bright green Google dot in my personal email.
“Hallo,” he wrote.
I have never been so excited to GChat with someone in my life.
“Hey!” I wrote back.
“Wie sagt man ‘Hey’ auf Deutsch?” Simmons wanted to know.
This was obviously no normal conversation, on GChat or otherwise. Beyond the occasional reunion with his Kiss bandmates and proposing, 28 years too late, to wife Shannon Tweed on “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” Simmons is an active partner in Ortsbo, a software program that translates instant chats in real time. Now he was
graciously showing me how to use the software himself, with all incoming text from him translated immediately into German, a language I’m fluent in.
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This amazing billboard was recently erected over Times Square advertising the MotoACTV mp3 player. Nothing could be more appropriate than a 30-foot tall image of Gene’s face, (and 10-foot tongue), overlooking his home town.
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MONCTON – A cartoon Shannon Tweed blasts a horde of silicone-stuffed groupies with math equations and makeup remover. Dumbfounded, they scurry in the opposite direction.Geeksofdoom.com
by cGt2099
GeeksOfDoom.com gives a surprisingly detailed insight into KISS’s most original, innovative and least popular studio album of all time. More than you ever thought you knew about this misunderstood work – definitely worth the read….
“When the Earth was young, they were already old…”
30 years ago on this day in KISStory, an album would be issued that would be a turning point, and at the time a low point, for the band and their fans. Music From The Elder, produced by the legendary Bob Ezrin (responsible for the epic Destroyer), was released by KISS on November 16, 1981. The release was a concept album, and a comprehensive departure for the band, which was negatively received by both fans and critics alike.