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Dear Gene,
I’m a 13 year fan; I’m now 15 years old. I had wanted to go to one of your concerts since I was 5. December 8 of this past year you came to Louisville, where I live. My dad got us tickets. One of my dreams came true that night; I finally got to see you in concert.
Two hours before the show, my dad started to do my make-up, which was yours. Many people that saw me, said that mine was one of the best they had seen. My dad and I were proud of our work.
Do you like it? How long does it take for you to do just your make up? What are some of the gropes that tour now that you think have a future?
The day after the concert, I went to your book signing. I was number 106. I asked you to sign my arm, I was the first to get a body part signed. Unfortunately, no one would tattoo it on for me, until I am 16. My dad took pictures of the signature from a bunch of positions. It will hopefully be my sweet 16 present, if I can’t find someone to do it earlier.
Keep Rock’n,
Samantha Minks
Dear Gene,
 I read in the recent issue of Guitar magazine,and there was a article on where are they now, on guitar players. Ace was one of the interviews,and he said he wants to rerecord The Elder. Does Ace have the rights to do so. Why doesn't Kiss with Ace and Pete of course rerecord The Elder and Psycho Circus and release it as a double album. Better yet record a new Kiss album with Ace and Pete and Ed Kramer,Because Ed recorded you guys pretty much live in the studio,not like Bob Ezrin,he brings in too many session guys and Kiss fans don't want to hear session guys we want to hear the original band Good or Sloppy cause that is the magic.Please respond.
Thanks,
Jerry
P.S.
Shoot the cover of the new Kiss album exactly like the Kiss debut album and make a real raw sounding album like ,Jet,The White Stripes,And the new Alice Cooper,like Kiss's 1st album. COOL!
Response from Gene:
The answer to all your questions is no.
Dear Gene:
In a perfect world Sex Money Kiss would be the last self-help book ever written. The final word.
My friends and I have enjoyed it so much that, in the same spirit of 'Honest Abe' Lincoln we have started referring to you as "Honest Gene'. Another inside joke we share is WWGD? for 'What Would Gene Do?' as opposed to the original WWJD? or 'What Would Jesus Do?'
One thing that I did want to share with you is the cover of a book that I found recently. I spotted the money bag on the book's cover and remembered the story in your book about the copyright infringement case with the Teenage Fan Club record cover.
Attached to this email is a photo with the book's cover. You can see the money bag clearly in the design. Perhaps you can squeeze some of the almighty C-A-S-H from the publisher, baby.
Best wishes,
Steve
 Hello my life! I just have one simple question. I spoke to my friend Katie the other day and she said that I could never have you because your into blondes and my hair is brown. Are you really into blondes? If so, I'm going to dye my hair.
I love you.....ta!
Gene:
 First off, congrats on the success of "Sex, Money Kiss" I actually met you at the San Francisco Book signing at the Booksmith (I believe that to be the name) location. You helped my fragile mother get down from that platform you were sitting on, we didn't have a camera either so you made sure that we did get a picture, mom is now is love with you being the gentleman that you were and are.
Comment is regards to the latest posting on your site (which I check daily) about the differences between Men and Women. I would think, especially since it's been occuring since the dawn of time, that although we are different species, we tend to meet one another in the middle. What I mean is that, even when not married, yet just living together, you make certain allowances for your partner and, usually, they do the same which is how we are able to cohabitate. Your partner may not like the way you take all the covers at night when asleep so you may just throw some extra blankets on the bed to make up for it. Granted, we don't always "meet in the middle" and in those scenarios, one of the partners decides to move out or move on. Marriage, which we all know your position on, is a complete crap shoot in my opinion. I was married for three years and what you don't generally find out when dating, you get hit with when you say "I do". Men and Women will always have their differences and contrary to your statement, there are guys out there that genuinely do love to go shopping with their women, like there are women who truly love to watch sporting events with their guys. It basically comes down to this: We have to deal with each other on a daily basis, and even if your single, with no committment, look at the side of being completely alone and weigh out the pain issue.....does it really hurt that bad to make allowances, meet in the middle and compromise....or do you spend your weekends alone and all bumbed out because you have no one in your life and are NOT willing to make compromises. Anyway, just my opinion, not law, take it as you wish. You are my favorite member of KISS and my mom's whole outlook on you changed with that book signing....all she kept saying on the way home "my god, what an absolute gentleman, he would not let go of my hand until he knew that I was safely on the floor with both feet".
With all respect, I hope you post this one Geno!!!
Don Rose
 "Simply put, women want one guy to always be there for them. Men want access to multiple partners. Trust me. It's true. So, how do we make it work???"
Gene,
What you're asking is an economic question, really, for which there's no single answer. It's a matter of trading one "good" for another, based on one's individual preferences.
To be in a monogamous relationship (married or not), a woman has to believe that the benefits of having a guy there for her outweigh putting up with the guy's visceral nature. It's true - we guys are dogs - although some of us dogs like to know who's gonna pet us. For a guy to be in that same relationship, he has to believe that the benefits of having a committed partner outweigh the benefits of being with lots of different women.
There's no universal rule at work here. Everyone has to figure it out for themselves.
-Eric
 "So, if we want different things in life (men don't want to go shopping with you, no matter how much we care about you and you women don't want to go to the ball game with us, no matter how much you care about us...and exceptions to the rule don't count...there aren't enough of you to make a difference)...then the question is, how do we get along?
Simply put, women want one guy to always be there for them. Men want access to multiple partners. Trust me. It's true. So, how do we make it work???"
The problem is not that men and women are different. The problem is each individual person getting into a relationship with expectations of the other person or of how the relationship should be; and they do not communicate what the really want from each other or the relationship. MEN and WOMEN are different -- that is why we dig each other so much. If we were all the same, what would be the point? People just need to accept we are different and stop trying to change each other or bitch about the opposite sex. Why my husband loves looking at all sorts of naked women is beyond me, but I don't care what he does. He has a good time and our relationship is just fine. I don't like looking at naked men --ok, you sure, but the rest of them, not interested. Why is that? I can't tell you -- it just is. I believe everything you said about men wanting to have sex with numerous women -- this should not be a surprise to women. There are way more strip clubs geared toward men, the magazines are geared mostly toward men, the lovely films are geared mostly toward men -- because they love it. Women just need to shut up and get over it. Until all of us can simply accept each other the way we are, it will never work.
Love ya,
Kassi
St. Louis, MO
 Simply put, women want one guy to always be there for them. Men want access to multiple partners. Trust me. It's true. So, how do we make it work???
Any of you care to tackle the last question?
Simple....understand and accept it.
Response from Gene:
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Hi Gene:
 I dare to tackle your last question...
First of all every couple is its own world. For that, any issue needs to be exclusively discussed and fixed among them.
Respect and full disclosure should be the first step of a healthy relationship.
Another BIG thing is to love and accept the way we are. Not to force the other party to be the way we wish the person to be.
If differences can be understood and worked out... Life is good and sweet; if not you are with the wrong person and for the sake of them both it is best to move on!
Let's be fair and clear.
In a recent letter you published is very well illustrated a professional response:
Are men really born to fool around? No. Your genes don't decide what you do. YOU do that. Or so says Pamela Regan, an evolutionary psychologist at California State University in Los Angeles. She told The Post, "I have heard people say, 'I can't help it, I am a man.' That's using science to justify your bad behavior."
Dr. Domeena Renshaw, director of the Loyola Sexual Dysfunction Clinic at Loyola University in Chicago, agrees. She told the Chicago Sun-Times, "No, it's not genes. It's learned behavior."
And do not forget that some Women do the same to their Men...
It is a choice.
Response from Gene:
It's not.
 Your recent comment regarding your daughter about "too many women believe everything they do is about making the guy happy, every moment of their waking life". Excellent quote. I wanted to pass along a trend I noticed in the supermarket check-out aisles: those so-called "empowering" magazines for women, such as Cosmopolitan, seem to spend a lot of time on articles about pleasuring the man. What is that all about???
Just look at the covers - "How to drive your man wild", "Give him the best orgasm ever". I am all for receiving pleasure, and giving as well. But I find it quite ironic that these magazines fall into the age-old "make your man happy" instead of empowering the woman. And you can't tell me those racy covers are there to attract their female audience!
As a man, I am quite happy to read the covers and look at the picture on the front, but I certainly don't see them as empowering (other than the fact that I am apt to give in to any demands when I am being pleasured).
Jim Erickson
Hi Gene!
 I was sitting in my Operations Management MBA class the other night and we were watching a case study on the Hard Rock Café corporation.
During the video it showed some KISS memorabilia including 4 mannequins. They looked like the ones that were atop the stage during the MTV Unplugged session.
The case said that Hard Rock has over $40,000,000 in rock merchandise and that they spend millions each year acquiring more. Then it occurred to me what you said about the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame and how you weren’t willing to “give” them anything in which you wouldn’t make money.
So I’m curious about how Hard Rock got their hands on KISS merchandise. Did they pay for you it or was it sold to them by collectors? I don’t care about knowing how much they paid or anything like that. I know how you are about revealing such things, but I was curious about the acquisition!
Ron Scott
Boston
Response from Gene:
They paid us close to a million dollars for the costumes.
 Just wanted to reply on your question of how men and women can live together.
A. Women want a man to be there for them. I say be there for them.
B. Men want access to multiple partners. Being a man myself, I agree, so I say access multiple partners. Be careful to protect yourself and the woman you choose to be there for, and be honest. If she can't accept the way you are created, then niether one of you is going to be happy with the arrangement and you will have to go your separate ways. Like you said, The playing field has been pretty much leveled and women CAN be financially independent if they choose to.
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