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Kiss Fans Protest Rock Hall of Fame Snub


About 200 Kiss fans protested Saturday in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to demand that the band be inducted into the hall.

Fans, some from as far away as California, carried signs and had painted their faces in black-and-white to resemble Kiss band members.

Those participating in the half-hour demonstration were upset that the band, formed more than 30 years ago, has not been admitted, even though it has been eligible since the late 1990s.

Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record, according to the museum's Web site.

"Criteria include the influence and significance of the artist's contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll," the site says.

A museum spokesman said it was the first demonstration by fans seeking to have a group inducted.

The foundation that selects inductees is based in New York City, not at the museum.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: www.rockhall.com

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PAUL STANLEY: Four Tracks From 'Live To Win' Available For Streaming

Four songs from KISS frontman Paul Stanley's new solo album, "Live to Win", can currently be previewed at his official MySpace page. Check out the tracks "Lift", "Live to Win", "Wake Up Screaming" and "All About You" at this location.

www.myspace.com/paulstanleylivetowin

Due on October 24, 2006 via New Door Records/Universal Musical Enterprises, "Live to Win" is self-produced by Stanley, who provides lead vocals, guitar and percussion alongside a studio core of guitarist Corky James (AVRIL LAVIGNE, THE MATRIX), drummer Victor Indrizzo (BECK, MACY GRAY) and keyboardist Harry Sommerdahl (CARRIE UNDERWOOD, LINDSAY LOHAN). Also performing on the album are former KISS bandmate Bruce Kulick and guitarist John 5.



Stanley is planning a North American club tour to coincide with the release of the album.

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KISS Fragrance Products Coming Next Month

Over the next few weeks, KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, will bring you new KISS fragrance product photos and info on various promotions that will celebrate the release of the KISS fragrance line. Pictured below are the women's and men's KISS fragrance bottles.



The countdown begins! Only 20 days left until KISS fragrances are rockin' the following retailers: Belk, Boscovs, Dillards, Gottchalks, Parisians, Ulta And Virgin Mega Stores (Selective Sizes). Visit each store for different promotional events and public appearances by Gene Simmons!

Paul Stanley previously stated in a press release: "While most upscale fragrances communicate a similar personality, we wanted these scents to break the rules and speak a different body language. Like KISS, these fragrances make no apologies for embodying an attitude that is unrepentedly sexy, aggressive and incredibly unique." In the same press release, Gene Simmons stated, "KISS fragrances have the smell of success for us... and for all the men and women who will wear it. These fragrances hit all the right notes and will top the charts in no time."

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KISS Coffee Sent To Troops

KISS' official web site, KissOnline.com, has been updated with the following message:

Yesterday (Tuesday, September 19) 2,000 bags of KISS Army Blend Coffee were sent to the Rhode Island National Guard serving in Iraq, compliments of the KISS Coffeehouse and Mills Coffee Company!

Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, visited Mills Coffee Company in Providence, RI, to thank the KISS Coffeehouse team for donating the KISS Coffee to the RI National Guard members serving in Iraq. "I am pleased to support any effort made by our business community to bring a little bit of home to our troops who are serving so bravely in the war against terror," said Congressman Langevin.

Mills, the official roaster of KISS Coffeehouse products, generously matched the 1,000 bag donation by KISS Coffeehouse. "Along with creating the most exciting coffeehouse in the marketplace, we all wanted to recognize the men and woman serving overseas. Hopefully, our rocking coffee will give them a lift," added KISS Coffeehouse owner Brian Galvin.

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GENE SIMMONS: 'Ladies Of The Night' Book Due In November

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will publish his book, "Ladies of the Night: A Historical and Personal Perspective of the First and Oldest Profession", on November 1, 2006 via Simmons Books/Phoenix Books.

Amazon is currently taking pre-orders for the 244-page book at this location:

www.amazon.com/Ladies-Night-Historical-Perspective-Profession/dp/1597775010/sr=8-1/qid=1159191160/ref=sr_1_1/103-4546602-3645464?ie=UTF8&s=books

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KISS: 'Roar Of Greasepaint' Book Due In November

The third volume of the third edition of the KISS album focus trilogy "Roar of Greasepaint, 1997-2006" is scheduled for publication on November 1.

"Roar of Greasepaint" picks up the history of the band as they attempted to record a "reunion" studio album, and the disjointed soap-opera that followed and continues. Other books in the series include Volume 1, "Kings of the Night Time World, 1972-82", Volume 2, "Hell or High Water, 1983-96", and "The KISS & Related Recordings Focus".

The cover of the book has once again been designed by KISS artist Christopher Franchi. Details and ordering information can be found at www.kissfaq.com.

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KISS: 'Alive! 1975-2000' Box Set Details Revealed

Universal Music will be releasing the "Alive! 1975-2000" box set featuring KISS' first three "Alive" albums (as released on Universal labels, whereas the latest "Alive IV"/"Kiss Symphony" album came out via Sanctuary Records) in Europe on November 17. The set will appearently be a four-disc box set, with the fourth disc expected to be the never-released, original "Alive IV" album that was once advertised back in 2000 and recorded when the band was still with Universal Music. The package will include a 10-panel digipack with a plastic O-Sleeve, and a special silver ink and sculpted embossing to the digi of the KISS logo.



Recorded on New Year's Eve 1999/2000 at Vancouver's BC Place Concert Bowl in Canada, the original "Alive IV" was set for a March 28, 2000 release. However, it quickly got pushed back to April 18 before it got shelved indefinItely. Around that time, Paul Stanley stated in an online chat: "'Alive IV' will be out at some point. We missed our deadline and we're still in midst of it."

KISS "Alive! 1975-2000" box set will consist of the following:

CD1: "Alive!"
CD2: "Alive II" (bonus track: "Rock and Roll All Nite" single version)
CD3: "Alive III" (incl. "Take It Off")

CD4: "Kiss Alive IV: The Millennium Concert" (2000)

01. Psycho Circus
02. Shout It Out Loud
03. Deuce
04. Heaven's On Fire
05. Into The Void
06. Firehouse
07. Do You Love Me?
08. Let Me Go Rock ‘N' Roll
09. I Love It Loud
10. Lick It Up
11. 100,000 Years
12. Love Gun
13. Black Diamond
14. Beth
15. Rock And Roll All Nite
16. 2000 Man
17. God Of Thunder
18. Detroit Rock City

"Kiss Alive IV: The Millennium Concert" was recorded by Pete McCabe and mixed by James "Jimbo" Barton, assisted by Patrick Thrasher, at Encore Studios, Burbank, California.

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WIN PAUL STANLEY'S NEW CD "LIVE TO WIN" AT LIVE-METAL.NET!



To enter the Paul Stanley "Live To Win" Contest send an email to [e-mail] with the subject line LIVE TO WIN.

Please include your mailing address and answer the question:
Why should you win Paul Stanley's CD?

And that's it - you're all done!.

Entries must be received by November 15, 2006!
3 winners will be announced on November 18, 2006!

Thank you for participating!

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Paul Stanley Live To Win album info:
After all these years, after all the whispers and rumors, Paul Stanley has finally come out... with his second solo album.

"I've actually got two new babies now," the Kiss frontman chuckles quietly over the phone from his home in Los Angeles on a recent afternoon. One of them is little Colin Michael Stanley - born in early September to Erin, his wife of a year - who's sleeping in the next room. Which may explain why the 54-year-old singer/guitarist, a pleasant enough interviewee, is particularly subdued over the course of conversation (not that he's expected to shriek about "vodka and ahhwwnge juice," but c'mon!). The other baby he's referring to is Live to Win - a ten-track, 33-minute offering that's the first to bear the Paul Stanley name since he, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss simultaneously released solo platters on September 18, 1978, at the height of Kissmania.

www.paulstanley.com

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Peter Criss reveals new album title...

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss recently gave an interview to Perfect 10 magazine in which he revealed details about his upcoming solo CD. The album, entitled "One for All", will feature contributions from the following musicians: Paul Shaffer, Will Lee, Clifford Carter, Mark Montague, Mike (Angel) McLaughlin. Peter described the songs as "ballads, duet with Jennifer Johnson," with lyrical subjects including "God, wife, mom, life, the band, autobiographical, and a song about Ace Frehley."

Due out in early 2007, the CD is expected to feature the following cuts (among others): "Bohemia", "Cat Nap", "Crossroads", "Doesn't Get Better (Than This)" , "Faces In The Crowd", "Fallin' All Over Again", "Hope", "Last Night", "Reason For Living", "What Does It Take", "Whisper", "Space Ace".

In addition to the solo album, Peter is said to be currently working on an autobiography, a swing music CD and a children's book.

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KISS To Continue Raiding Vaults For DVD Series

Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports: With the new "Kissology: The Ultimate Kiss Collection Vol. 1 1974-1977" lodged atop Billboard's Top Music Video chart, KISS' Gene Simmons promises there's more where that came from.

"We hope it's going to be a 10-volume set," Simmons tells Billboard.com. "Volume 2 is being worked on right now. I'm not allowed to talk too much about it, but [it will be released] in the next six months to eight months. We don't want to wait. This is a lot of fun. People are enjoying this. We're actually proud of it."

The first "Kissology" features vintage concerts from San Francisco, Detroit, Tokyo, Houston and New York along with TV appearances, promotional videos and a documentary about Kiss Day in 1975 in Cadillac, Mich.

"Some of the stuff that tugs at my heart is the really, really early days," Simmons notes, "the sort of innocence of it when you're exuberant and happy to be alive. You don't realize that the same band and the same guys would become dysfunctional, and that drugs and alcohol and egos and the rest of that would happen later on."

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ANDREW DICE CLAY: GENE SIMMONS 'Looks Like He's Wearing A Coyote On His Head'

Comedian Andrew Dice Clay has slammed KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons for allegedly refusing to fund his movie project, calling Gene "an asshole of a human" with a "shit reality show" and stating that Simmons "looks like he's wearing a coyote on his head." Watch a one-and-a-half-minute clip of Andrew's appearance on Tom Green's web-based interview/talk show at ManiaTV.com.

For more information on Tom Green's show, visit www.tomgreen.com.

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GENE SIMMONS: 'Family Jewels' Collector's Set Available Exclusively At AMAZON.COM

The "Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season One" DVD will be released on December 19 and features all 13 original episodes from the debut season, exclusive interviews with the Simmons family, cast biographies, photo gallery, interactive menu and scene selection. Also available on December 19 is the "Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season One Signature Series Collector's Set", exclusively at Amazon.com. This set features two DVDs with all 13 episodes of season one, one DVD with a feature-length presentation of "Biography: Gene Simmons", 20-page hardcover family photo album with photos personally selected by Gene as well as his commentary, a bonus CD with two unreleased songs from Gene, the never-broadcast pilot of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" and more.

Variety.com recently reported that A&E has greenlit a second season of Gene Simmons' reality-TV show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels". The cable channel has begun production on 20 one-hour episodes for a premiere sometime in 2007.

"Family Jewels" delivered an average 1.3 million viewers per episode. Show also improved its Monday-at-10 timeslot by 56% among adults 18-49 (766,000) and 45% among adults 25-54 (742,000) vs. the previous year.

Second-season antics — which will continue to revolve around Simmons, longtime girlfriend Shannon Tweed and their two kids — are sure to shock, Simmons told Daily Variety.

"People's jaws will drop," he said. Show's appeal is strong because "everyone wishes they had this family. Every guy wishes he was me. It shows how you can be happy."

Simmons announced on his web site that "Gene Simmons Family Jewels"' first episode was the most-watched series premiere of any A&E show since the launch of "Dog the Bounty Hunter" in August of 2004. There have been 12 new prime-time series since that date.

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GENE SIMMONS Prepares To Launch MONEYBAG Clothing Line

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has issued the following update via his web site:

"We will all be at the Las Vegas Magic Show at the Convention Center from Tuesday, February 13th through Friday, February 16th — ask anyone in town where it is.

"The Magic Show highlights what's new in the apparel/clothing line. The manufacturers/designers and buyers all go there.

"We will be debuting our Gene Simmons Moneybag clothing line with our partner, Jason Dussault, who has his Dussault clothing line. We will be there. Come up and say hello."



Gene Simmons previously stated about his Moneybag clothing line, "Our intention is to put out cutting-edge hoodies, leather goods, belts and other items featuring the Moneybag logo, which I have owned for over 25 years. I have used the logo in my Gene Simmons Tongue magazine, Simmons Books/Audio, Simmons Records, and for a short time, I tried the clothing line with another entity, but couldn't find a happy working relationship. This one feels right. So much so that our 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' [reality-TV show] will be filming/chronicling our venture from the beginning to its birth in a few months when the first Dussault store on Melrose Ave. in L.A. will debut."

For more information on Gene Simmons' Moneybag clothing line, click here:

www.genesimmonsmoneybag.com/

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ACE FREHLEY: 'Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated'

Contrary to published reports, former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley is alive and well and working on his highly anticipated solo album.

It has been erroneously reported on various web sites and wire services that the legendary guitarist had committed suicide.

Not so!

"I don't know how this ridiculous rumor got started," smiles Ace, as he eats his daily allotment of wheat germ, preparing to jump back on his treadmill.

In a January 2006 interview with Guitar World magazine, Frehley had the following to say regarding his current projects: "I've been working on a solo album and a few film projects. I'd love to do an instructional video, but I want it to be comedic. [Laughs] I don't want it to be just another boring how-to-play video. I may not be the world's greatest guitarist, but at least I'm never boring."

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GENE SIMMONS: People Who Complain About KISS Merchandise Cut My Lawn And Pick Up My Garbage

Radar Online recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Radar: You seemed to have a deep respect for the soldiers you met at Camp Pendleton. What did you come away with?

Gene Simmons: It is embarrassing what's happening to America nowadays. I'm embarrassed. The same thing happened in Vietnam, and I lived through that era. It was unbelievable. The answer seems to be, from some political experts, just get up and leave and the bad guys will decide, "Hey let's disarm and everything's going to be okay." I'm so fucking sick and tired of such idiotic behavior.

Radar: I'm guessing you're not in favor of the Iraq troop withdrawal bills being proposed right now in Congress.



Gene Simmons: It's not the policies and the bills; it's how we treat our military. It's how we treat our young men or women who go out there, at 18 years old, and risk their lives. There's no fame, they're certainly not getting rich, and a lot of them are dying, simply for something they believe. By the way, it's a volunteer army, all volunteer. The fact that anybody would have a fucking thing to say about that is astonishing. And the VA hospital that Sophie and I went to, it's about an hour and a half down the road from Malibu. These morons can't get up off their asses and out of their $10 million homes, get into their SUVs, and drive down to the VA hospital just to say, "Hey, what you do matters." Doesn't matter what they think of President Bush. It matters that 18-year-olds are getting out there and risking their lives. I didn't see a single person there. That's the most embarrassing thing. I'm furious at Hollywood.

Radar: Do you think the troops in Iraq don't get the respect they deserve?

Gene Simmons: I think it's worse than ever. Because it's never talked about. It's just never talked about. We used to have a dialogue. I mean, there were peace marches, and people forget this, but the Vietnam vets that came back were spat at. Now, it's just apathy.

Radar: But it seems like these people are protesting the war, not protesting the troops.

Gene Simmons: I don't see the difference. Aid and comfort to the enemy is when you do it through media and there are big headlines like "We've Lost the War" and things like that. What makes you think that any graduate of any madrassa in the Middle East doesn't blow that up? In other words, make a big copy of it and show it to everybody.

Radar: What do you tell people who make fun of all the KISS-branded merchandise, like the KISS coffin?

Gene Simmons: Oh, they're the people who cut my lawn and pick up my garbage. It's easy to sit in the peanut gallery and point fingers. People think that KISS is different from any other band. We're exactly the same as REM and U2 and every other band. They sell T-shirts, too. It's just that we can do things no other band can do. There ain't no ROLLING STONES comic books. No matter how much I think Mick Jagger's an icon and has outlived everybody in rock to this day, I don't want to see him in a cave flying through the air.

Radar: Have you stopped calling your tours "reunion" or "farewell" tours?

Gene Simmons: Who cares? Isn't it true, no matter what you say, when you get offstage and everybody's clapping, you come back on, and that's called an encore? Didn't you actually say "goodnight" to the people and leave? What makes you think life is any different? Life is all about supply and demand. This is going to be the last tour. That's it. Streisand, everybody says the same thing. And by the way, when you're saying it, you mean it. And then when the demand gets to be too much to bear, you go, "Okay, they want us."

Radar: I've been watching some older episodes of "Family Jewels", and certain scenes seemed to have been partially scripted or re-shot. Is it staged?

Gene Simmons: We don't have very much to do with that. The camera crews have to plan where you're gonna go and what you're gonna do. Nobody's told what to say, but in some ways, as soon as you turn on the camera, reality is a version of reality. People are aware there are cameras there, and they change their behavior. Including the bozos. And I wish I had a bat for every one of those guys who jumps up and down behind a newscaster on the street doing a story about a fire. There's some moron jumping up and down. There should be asshole police with bats. As soon as you start misbehaving, you should get the shit beaten out of you. Put me in charge. I'm telling you, I'd fix all that.

Radar: Were Shannon and the kids happy you started the show?

Gene Simmons: They didn't really like it. We did a 10-part thing with "Extra" — they did 10 five-minute bits and called it "The Simmons", kind of like an "Osbournes" thing. Except it wasn't a train wreck. People were shocked to find out [we] were the most charming, polite, responsible people they'd ever met. The ratings were big, and they were sort of shocked. They were fascinated by people who actually behaved well. Whereas everybody else on TV, whether it's Paris, God bless her — I think she's an American institution, by the way — or the idiots of Hollywood ... [In the background, Shannon shouts "Losers!" Gene chuckles.] That was Shannon ... she's shy.... When you watch any reality show, it's a train wreck. You're watching dysfunctional people.

Radar: Had you watched "The Osbournes" and thought, Oh, I don't want to get into this ... I don't want to be portrayed this way?

Gene Simmons: We were fearless about it. We are who we are, and we can't be anybody else. And Ozzy's been a friend for 30 years. I think he's a sweetheart. But neither you nor I can speak about his family. That's his family and that's what he does.

Read the entire interview at Radar Online:
www.radaronline.com/features/2007/05/gene_simmons_interview_1.php

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GENE SIMMONS' 'The Art Of War' Book Due This Fall

According to KissAsylum.com, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will release a new book, titled "Gene Simmons' The Art of War", this fall via Phoenix Books.

As a modern stategist of today's entertainment wars, Gene Simmons has few equals. Over his nearly-forty-year career in show business Gene Simmons has fought countless battles, avoided even more and emerged victorious nearly every time.

Now, Gene has updated one of the most famous manuals on tactics ever written, interpreted it for a contemporary audience, and added his novel observations. "Gene Simmons' The Art of War" will take its place as the essential guide book for the 21st century warrior, no matter what the kind of battles being fought are.

Gene Simmons is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, "Kiss and Makeup" (Crown) and "Sex Money Kiss" (Simmons Books/Phoenix Books).

Muthagoose says: No telling how Brandon Mason will alter his life to mimic Gene's latest philosophy but I am sure there will be plenty of vague posts about it from Mason in the future. Mason is no longer rumored to be moving to LA.

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'Kissology: Volume Two' Due In August

According to KissKollector.com, the second volume in KISS' "Kissology" DVD series will be released on August 14 (postponed from the previously announced July 10). It has been confirmed that this will be a three-disc set, and that there likely won't be any bonus discs this time.

In a recent interview, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick stated about the upcoming "Kissology 2" DVD, "It's really going to be incredible. I recently got a sneak preview of some of it. A couple of the guys from MTV came over and I recorded a commentary track for a couple of the concerts that I appeared on. The first 'Kissology' went from 1974 to 1977. 'Kissology 2' picks up in 1978 and goes to 1995 for the reunion. So basically it starts on the solo records, and goes into the Vinnie Vincent era, taking off the makeup, then on to the time I joined the band. Some of the concerts featured are from the 'Creatures of the Night' tour and the 'Hot in the Shade' tour, and they're really well shot. So much better than the bootlegs out there."

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GENE SIMMONS Talks Trash

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently shared his top 10 Simmons-isms with Spinner.com. The top five nuggets follow:

5. On how Americans don't know how good they have it:

"When people come as an immigrant — [as I did] myself — we're shocked at how pampered and spoiled everybody is, which is really to say you live in the land of milk and honey and you don't realize that the rest of the world isn't a nice place."

4. On why rappers are more rock & roll than rock & rollers:

"So if the white boys ... all want to look like Kurt Cobain, then the public goes to rap stars, who sing about getting laid all the time. None of them sing about getting married, 'cause the male of the species doesn't want to."

3. On his disdain for anti-war protesters:

"What we did to our veterans of Vietnam was just the lowest form, and America should be ashamed of itself — and every crackhead who tried to burn the flag, I wish I could get them in my sights in front of a baseball bat."

2. On why it doesn't make sense for Jews to be pacifists:

"You can take a humanistic point of view: You don't have the right to take a human life. That's fine, but then you can't complain when your whole family is wiped out at Auschwitz. And my family almost was. And for Jews, especially in America, to be pacifists is astonishing.

1. On his own greatness:

"While all the rock stars, the few that are remaining, they're in bands, I'm the only brand, baby. No matter how big Mick Jagger or U2 is, there are no ROLLING STONES or U2 comic books or Visa cards."

View the entire list at Spinner.com.

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Alright, I have awakened from my slumber and here are my thoughts...

1. Go out and PRE-ORDER "Gene Simmons' The Art of War"...it WILL change your life!
For those not familiar with the Origianl "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu you should. A VERY interesting read from what I understand and has been on my B-Day and X-Mas list for years.

2. Gene talks about on "how good Americans have it" and he really does have a point.
Let me explain. For those of you initiated in "Sex Money Kiss" you will understand this point. Gene talked about going to a grocery store upon coming to America and he could not get over the SELECTION. He said that when he was a boy growing up in Israel you just went to the store and got milk, bread, and eggs. There were no choices.

NOW, we have a choice of white bread, or wheat, or rye, or pumpernickel (or however you spell it), different styles of eggs and milk (1%, 2%, Whole Milk, Skim Milk, No Fat Milk)

It is amazing. I remember the first time I had to buy some lunch meat in the supermarket. All I wanted was some turkey and Ham. I did not realize that there were 5 different styles to choose from.

For more on this and the down side of selection, check out The Vault!

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GENE SIMMONS Dismisses Reports He Will Take Part In 'I'm A Celebrity' Series

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has shot down reports that he has signed up for the next installment of the British jungle survival series "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!".

The Daily Star reported over the weekend that producers expected Simmons to spice up the jungle with his outrageous opinions and bad-boy antics.

It was rumored that Gene would be joined in Australia by former supermodel Janice Dickinson and TV psychic Sally Morgan when the show returns later this year.

However, in a posting on his official web site, Gene stated about the reports that he will take part in the "I'm A Celebrity" series: "Don't believe what you read. None of this is true."

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"Now That's Passion!" -Pony One

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For those who have not heard, Paul Stanley was hospitalized for an irregular heart beat recently. He claims to be doing fine and says that he has a fast heart beat in general so that is nothing new to him. Apparently his heart started beating very fast which caused a trip to the emergency room. KISS performed without him (yes as a trio). The incident occured during a sound check prior to thier performance.

I could have copied and pasted the article, but decided not to...

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GENE SIMMONS Whips Up The Heat This Summer With 'Dominatrix'

MonstersAndCritics.com reports:
Starting in August, rock legend Gene Simmons introduces "Dominatrix", his leather-clad heroine with an attitude, to the world. In a series Simmons describes as "T&A meets CIA," the comic promises compelling action and to raise thermometers a degree or two when she hits store shelves this summer.

Written by Sean Taylor, who also authored "Fishnet Angel", and illustrated by artists Flavio Hoffe and Esteve Polls (who also illustrated a tale in the debut Simmons Comics Group release, "Gene Simmons House of Horrors"), "Dominatrix" is the story of Dominique Stern, a professional dominatrix who becomes ensnared in a world of government cover-ups and international conspiracies.

Read more at MonstersAndCritics.com.

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GENE SIMMONS: My Children 'Will Never Be Rich Off My Money'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently taped an interview for the CNBC show "Conversations with Michael Eisner", which is set to air on September 26 at 9:00 p.m. PST/12:00 a.m. (midnight) EST. Gene talks about his music and his new career starring and producing in his own reality television show "Gene Simmons Family Jewels". Simmons answers the question…is he a rock star, a business star or both! An excerpt from the interview follows:

Q: Are you maniacal to get your children to succeed like you succeeded?

Gene: "No. What I wanna do is what every bird does in its nest — it forces the kids to go out there and figure it out for themselves. By the way, in terms of an inheritance and stuff, they're gonna be taken care of, but they will never be rich off my money. Because every year they should be forced to get up out of bed and go out and work and make their own way."

Q: What are you gonna do with your money?

Gene: "I might give it all away. But the point is, there's gonna be a yearly allowance so that their rent and their food and all that stuff's gonna be taken care of, but if you wanna riches, you should do that yourself — you should never thank your parents, 'I was born into money.' 'Well, that's nice, but what have you done lately?' Because I don't them to say, 'Thanks, dad, for making me rich.' No, you wanna be able to stand on your own two feet and say, 'I did that.'"

Unlike any other interview program on television, "Conversations with Michael Eisner" re-creates the experience of being at a power lunch with the giants of their industries. The interviews focus on the importance of creativity and innovation in all pursuits, from business to politics to entertainment.

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GENE SIMMONS: Season 3 Of 'Family Jewels' Coming Soon

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has issued the following update:

"If you're going to the movies in March, you will see our promo video for Season III [of Gene Simmons' reality series 'Gene Simmons Family Jewels'] in most movie houses. If you're driving down the highways of America, you will see our billboards. If you're leaving the country, you will see us around the world.

"Star TV has just announced Season II debuts in Southeast Asia on March 5th. Be on the lookout for our show in: The Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, (Hong Kong) China, Singapore and other countries in the region. And if you're in Europe, you can see us in France, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. And if you're in Africa, you can see us in South Africa and other countries...not to mention Mexico, Argentina (and other South American countries — subtitled in Spanish)... Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In other words, wherever you happen to be in the world, you can tune in!!!"

"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" is a reality television show that follows the family life of the rockstar, his former Playboy Playmate of the Year partner Shannon Tweed and their two children Nick, 18 and Sophie, 15.

Simmons said in a recent interview that he is attracted to reality television simply because he is Gene Simmons.

"I'm in the Gene Simmons business and anything I want to do that appeals to me, I do and I don't really question it much," he said. "I did ('Rock School') because I wanted to do it, it's sort of like if you're lucky and blessed in the way I have been and continue to be, life gives you a menu and you have a choice. Most of the people on the planet don't have any choices. You know, you go to work at jobs you hate, you wind up having to go to your mother-in-law's house, the church forces you to get married. I refuse to lead my life that way, I do what I want to do ... I pick what I want from the menu of life."