Sophia Charalambous | Mail Online

Farrah Abraham was back wearing her favourite ensemble, a bikini, as she enjoyed yet another day on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The 22-year-old Teen Mom star drew people’s attention in a two-piece adorned with Gene Simmons’ iconic The Demon face from ’70s hard rock band Kiss on Sunday.

Her revealing low-triangle bikini top was printed with the painted black and white face of the rock legend’s on-stage persona whilst the Brazilian bottoms were embellished with Simmons’ stuck out tongue.

 Farrah’s pose mimicked her outfit by Betty Bangs Bikini, who hand-make all their pieces from their base in Miami, Florida.The Teekini, as it is advertised on the boutique’s website, costs a pricy $265 and appropriately named Kiss My Ass.Farrah’s tiny frame was accentuated in the velvet black and white piece, with leopard tie-sides, which was also embellished with with over 110 Swarovski crystals.Mother-of-one Farrah looked every inch a beach babe, her body tanned and toned down to the last inch.

But not one to appear underdone, Farrah completed the look with a simple pair of stud earrings and a full face of make-up, black eyeliner, mascara, nude pink lip gloss and blush.

She pranced and jumped around the beach enjoying the sea breeze in the city where she is studying for her Bachelor’s degree after graduating from culinary school.

Boutique Betty Bangs Bikini who have created this new type of swimwear called the Teekini, described it as a: ‘Perfect fitting custom or limited edition swimsuit made from T-shirts, hand-studded or embellished with pronged-on Swarovski crystals.’

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Tim McPhate | KissFAQ

Fans of Ace Frehley’s 1978 solo album are in for a treat with today’s Back In The Solo Album Groove interview with engineer Rob Freeman. Rob has gone into extensive detail about his experience working on the album. There’s lots of insight about working with Ace, Eddie Kramer and Anton Fig, lots of technical details and tidbits about songs such as “New York Groove” and “Speedin’ Back To My Baby,” a fun story or two, and a couple of never-before-seen photos. If you love Ace’s solo album, you won’t want to miss it…

Award-winning engineer details everything you want and need to know about Ace Frehley’s solo album, including the sessions at Plaza Sound, capturing Frehley’s guitar

sounds and vocals, recording the hit single “New York Groove” and the nuances behind tracks such as “Fractured Mirror,” working alongside the legendary Eddie Kramer, and more

KissFAQ: Rob, what do you recall about getting the invitation to participate as the recording engineer on Ace Frehley’s 1978 solo album?

Rob Freeman: I got the call to work on Ace’s solo album sometime in June 1978. I’m not sure if it came directly from Eddie Kramer, with whom I had previously worked, or from someone in the KISS organization. Either way, I was thrilled to get that call because I had a sense that recording that album was going to be a big step forward both for me and for Plaza Sound, the studio I had been working so hard to advance. By the summer of ’78, I had already recorded some noteworthy albums at Plaza Sound with a variety of artists — among them, The Ramones’ first album, “Ramones”; Blondie’s first two albums, “Blondie” and “Plastic Letters”; and Richard Hell and the Voidoid’s “Blank Generation” — but these were mostly “downtown” New York artists, and, at least back then, my work with them hardly garnered the kind of worldwide recognition that a KISS album would.

KF: Was this your first KISS-related project?

RF: Yes, Ace’s album was the first. I guess the other KISS band members and the rest of their organization liked what I did for Ace because after that they called me to work on the “Music from the Elder” and “Lick It Up” albums as well as to put a number of radio and television commercial spots together for them. I also designed and installed a home recording system in Paul Stanley’s uptown NYC condo.

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