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Dec 31st-
WHAT: Tickets to Nick and Sophie performing with other special guests
WHERE: The Sayers Club, 1645 Wilcox Ave. (at Hollywood Blvd.)
WHEN: New Year's Eve
Dec 31st-
Spent Christmas in Whistler at Shannon Tweed Simmons' house. Yes. Her house. I bought it for her and it's hers. I can only go there if I'm invited.
Soph and Nick were there. And we:
Worked out almost every day (Shannon and I).
Soph and her boyfriend "Mosh" (Nick Marshall) and his 105 pound Malamute, "Angus" went snowboarding (Mosh teaches it), and played with Angus every day.
And Nick? Went shopping, hung out at the house, and we all ate like pigs... great food.
Here is a photo snapped on the way to Vancouver Airport to catch the flight back to LA... Soph took the foto. Nick flew into LA a day early.
I have to run into the studio with Paul, to finish a vocal on the forthcoming KISS Studio Album.
And then we'll take in Spielberg's War Horse...
And then, New Year's Eve, we're all catching the LA Kings/Canucks hockey game at Staples Center...
And finally ending the year on a high note, watching our two offspring singing at Sayer's Club in Hollywood.
2011 -- wow. A great year.
Happy New Year to you all.
Dec 30th-
In an interview with WSJ's Lee Hawkins, Gene Simmons of KISS discusses his family, his business, the economy, the president and attempts to answer "What Do Women Want?"
Dec 29th-
My apologies to Amy Grant and anyone else taken in by this gentleman.
That was not me.
No idea who he is.
Fair warning to you folks out there -- there are a few people pretending to be me.
They're not.
But good luck to 'em, anyway.
Dec 29th-
Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag down?
You might remember a news story several months ago about a crotchety old man who defied his homeowners association and refused to take down the flagpole on his property and the large flag that flew on it. Now you can find out who, exactly, that old man was.
On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg -- probably didn't make much news back then.
Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano, Italy, Van T. Barfoot, who had enlisted in the US Army in 1940, set out to flank German machine gun positions from which fire was coming down on his fellow soldiers. He advanced through a minefield, took out three enemy machine gun positions and returned with 17 prisoners of war.
If that wasn't enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions.
That probably didn't make much news either, given the scope of the War, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a colonel after also serving in Korea and Vietnam, a Congressional Medal of Honor.
What did make news, was a neighborhood association's quibble with how the 90-year-old veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the rules said a flag could be flown on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were unsuitable.
He had been denied a permit for the pole, erected it anyway and was facing court action if he didn't take it down. Since the story made National TV, the neighborhood association has rethought its position and agreed to indulge this old hero who dwells among them.
"In the time I have left I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference," Barfoot told The Associated Press. As well he should. And if any of his neighbors still takes a notion to contest him, they might want to read his Medal of Honor citation. It indicates he's not real good at backing down.
Van T. Barfoot's Medal of Honor citation:
This 1944 Medal of Honor citation, listed with the National Medal of Honor Society, is for Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot, 157th Infantry, 45th Infantry:
Dec 27th-
The dog is a Malamute... all 105 pounds. The girl? Shannon Tweed Simmons. Canada.
And here"s Soph walking 'Angus" the Malamute... Who belongs to her BF.
And here's Angus in KISS pajamas.
Dec 26th-
Hello,
I wanted to take a minute to send Gene a huge thank you! I wrote in October giving the address of our grandson Patrick, currently deployed in Afghanistan. We got a letter from Patrick telling us of the autographed picture he received from Gene. If it's possible for a letter to be overflowing with excitement, his was. This was the only letter this young Marine has written since he left and all it took was a picture from Gene to provoke him to sit down and write. Maybe you can imagine the tears of joy running down my wife's cheek (and that was just seeing his letter in our incoming mail, before even opening it).
Please don't let Gene ever underestimate the importance of his support. He could easily sit back and keep his wealth and fame all to himself. The impact of some words of appreciation from a man like Gene cannot be measured. A case could be made that Gene is more supportive than our own government. I'll attach a link to a disturbing, and very recent article on the remains of our soldiers being dumped in a landfill that ran in the Washington Post.
http://news.yahoo.com/remains-274-us-troops-dumped-landfill-report-081234306.html
We don't have the words to express how thankful we are. Merry Christmas!
Hughie
Dec 20th-
Today we received some good news from Gene Simmons. We are now heading to LA to record. Start spreading the word. New music from The Envy soon!
Dec 19th-
By Ken Hess | December 16, 2011
A few days ago, I had the rare pleasure of interviewing Gene Simmons: Father, husband, entrepreneur, musician, businessman extraordinaire and Ortsbo partner along with Ortsbo President, David Lucatch. Ortsbo is an exciting new service that translates, in real time, your tweets, Facebook updates, chats, texts and more into whatever language you need to communicate with. You may remember my previous post, “Ortsbo: Return to Shinar,” where I described the Ortsbo service and what it can do for you.
There’s no doubt that Ortsbo is a game-changer in the world of social media and in international communications. We’ve waited a very long time for this written-word service and, as you will hear for yourself in the interview, the service has expanded to voice.
The edited interview is just over 15 minutes long but captures the essence of Ortsbo and Gene Simmons’ excitement about the company and its far-reaching potential.
I’ve been a Gene Simmons fan for many years and I watch his reality series, Family Jewels on A&E, at my leisure thanks to DVR technology. He’s most famous for his role in the rock band, KISS. Yes, I was and am a KISS fan. I still remember most of the lyrics from not just their megahits but their more obscure songs like, “God of Thunder,” “2000 Man” and “Do you love me?” But, probably my all-time favorite is, “Heaven’s on Fire.” I think it was the first “unmasked” hit but I can’t remember for sure–it was a long time ago.
These days, I’m more impressed with Gene’s business savvy, workaloholicism and his awesome family. I never was able to see a KISS concert because of my perennially-unfortunate financial situation but now, if they have a show within 100 miles of me, I’m there. I wonder if I can use my ZDNet credentials to get a backstage pass?
I hope you enjoy listening to the interview as much as I did conducting it.
Rock on, Gene Simmons.
Dec 13th-
Nick and Sophie Tweed-Simmons
River Rock Casino Lulu's Lounge
Richmond, BC
Nov. 25, 2011
This night was a show not to miss - a surprise engagement - and the official debut of - Nick and Sophie Tweed-Simmons, children of rock superstar Gene Simmons and Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed at Lulu’s Lounge in The River Rock Casino in Richmond. Lulu’s lounge is a very intimate venue with seating for just 125 people and another 75 for standing room. For the 10 o’clock show, the first of four shows over two days, we were seated and ordered some food and drinks. The waiter mentioned that we were the lucky ones to have the same table that Gene and Shannon had the night before for rehearsal. Special indeed.
We were not expecting this at all. This was the very special debut engagement of the Gene Simmons Family Jewels A&E’s Reality TV show star. Gene and Shannon tied the knot on October 1 in Beverly Hills and as broadcast on A&E, Nick and Sophie put on a special show for their parents at the reception. With the encouragement of Howard Blank - the vice-president of media and entertainment for The River Rock and a close friend of the wedding couple - he convinced Nick and Sophie to take it on the road. Now a show was born.
Keyboardist Teddy "Zig Zag" Andreadis was brought on board as music director and keyboard player for the Tweed-Simmons back-up band. Zig Zag has an impressive resume to say the least and his skills were the perfect addition to the stellar band of musicians that were put together for this debut performnace.
Blank did the introduction for the performance and Nick came out first. He said "hi" to his parents and to our great astonishment, Gene and Shannon came in and were behind the bar with Howard for the show.
Dec 12th-
I was proud to be invited to the Ort America event held at the Beverly Hills Hotel today. I was awarded the Inspiration Award.
Ort was founded in Russia. Though it is a Jewish Philanthropic organization devoted to education and job opportunities, it does so for everyone. No matter the religion, ethnicity, or race.
It does remarkable work and it was a privilege and an honor to be there.
Both Shannon and Soph were in attendance (Nick was in Phoenix, Ariz writing songs with his guitarists).
The photos were taken by Sophie.
Dec 12th-
Here are a few pics from the sculpting process of Gene's head and Paul's boot. Both will become props on the KISS by Monster Mini Golf course. The boot is a rough sculpt and is big enough for kids to actually walk under.
Sculpting is a multi-step and tedious process so each prop will be fine tuned to perfection prior to painting.
Dec 12th-
Gentry Riley is the gent who does unique art pieces on Gene Simmons Axe and Punisher basses. You can get yours by clicking here. They go for $5,000. And, they're signed and numbered.
Dec 10th-
KISS IS EVERYWHERE!
Thanks to Bruce Kulick for sending KISSOnline a photo of this KISS-referenced Nemi Comic strip. Nemi is a Norwegian comic strip, written and drawn by Lise Myhre. Bruce found the strip in Norwegian Airlines Magazine on a recent flight to Oslo, where he performed an acoustic show with the Eric Singer Project.
Dec 9th-
Check out this cool 'HELLO KITTY KISS' logo. Look for many great new HELLO KITTY KISS products in the near future! Stay tuned to KOL for details.
Dec 9th-
While I was the Host of The Classic Rock Awards in London, England... I was proud to meet Rosanna and Ben. Both are wonderful and talented. Both have been fighting the deadly disease of cancer. And both were at the event to lend support for Roger Daltrey's Teenage Cancer Trust, which raises money to fight the disease.
These signed guitars were auctioned to the highest bidder. The proceeds went to Teenage Cancer Trust.
Teenage Cancer Trust believes young people’s lives shouldn’t stop because they have cancer, so we treat them as young people first, cancer patients second. We exist to improve the quality of life and chances of survival for the six young people aged between 13 and 24 diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK. We want to make sure every one of them has access to the best possible care and professional support from the point of diagnosis.
Dec 9th-
And here is the ipad cover from Gogii games -- promo item for the forthcoming "Shannon Tweed's ATTACK OF THE GROUPIES" game.... from Gogii Games.
Dec 6th-
Nick and Sophie Simmons, offspring of the newly married Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed made some news recently when they debuted their first performance together in Canada last weekend at the River Rock Casino Resort as part of the Grey Cup Festival.
As Rockstar Weekly covered it, "Who would have thought that the offspring of Playboy Playmate Shannon Tweed and KISS demon Gene Simmons would hit the stage at the River Rock Casino as a viable lounge act? Nick and Sophie Tweed-Simmons performed four shows this weekend in Richmond, BC in their official singing debut. The duo, who performed for about an hour each, played classics mostly dating from the '40s to '60s from such artists as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, The Jackson 5 and Cab Calloway."
Noisecreep caught up with Simmons today to get his thoughts on the duo's first show. "Shannon and I were so proud watching Nick and Sophie's debut performance in Canada," the KISS vocalist/bassist told Noisecreep. "They're hard workers and spent a lot of time rehearsing. They definitely knocked it out of the park."
That wasn't all we wanted to ask Simmons about. A massive billboard was recently unveiled in New York City's famed Times Square featuring the Demon's famous mug.
The advertisement is for Motorola's MotoACTV MP3 player and features an image three stories high of everyone's favorite fire breathing blood spewer. The billboard is near the site of the old Hotel Diplomat where KISS played some of its first shows together back in 1973.
"This MotoACTV Gene Simmons billboard in Times Square with its 30 foot image of my beautiful Demon face is Motorola bravely showing just how iconic they and KISS are throughout the world," Simmons told us.
Dec 6th-
Dec 4th-
Here's the promotional video for the ARCHIE MEETS KISS comic book series. We first premiered this clip in early October... here it is again to celebrate this week's debut of the first issue in the four issue series.
Dec 2nd-
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Dec 1st-
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley celebrated the release of 'ARCHIE MEETS KISS' with an autograph session at Golden Apple Comic in Los Angeles last night. They were joined at the signing by writer Alex Segura and artist Dan Parent. This issue is the first of four in the 'ARCHIE MEETS KISS' comic book series.
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