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New letters posted... Dear Gene, Hello Gene! I watched an episode of Biography and it was about you! I just wanted to say a couple things: for one I really appreciate what you said about how it doesn't matter what size or shape a woman is, they are still beautiful. I really appreciated that because even though I'm only 15 years old, I plan on being a part time plus size model since I'm a size 14 and just hearing support for some of the heavier kind of girls is just always really nice to hear. I think you are an extremely cool guy and I love all of your philosophies on everything, especially work. I've been listening to Kiss my whole life since my dad is a huge fan (He's been to over 30 concerts, even though that doesn't even compare to some, lol) I think your views of marriage are pretty awesome, too. You also have a beautiful family. You are an extremely smart individual and I congratulate you on having such an amazing life. I love all of the confidence and personality you have. And you have an amazing style, by the way. Too bad not many guys come like you these days, lol. I now watch your family jewels show, by the way. You are so cool!! Katie Murphy Response from Gene: Thanks.    And, while your plan to become a Model may appeal to you....don't put all your eggs into one basket. Point being, every girl would love to be a beauty queen, but it doesn't pay the bills. And, IF you have a Modeling career, it will only last a few years -- Once a model gets into her late 20's, it's over.    Go for the Modelling career, but have real skills to fall back on. Get a good education.    By the time KISS started, I had a BACHELOR OF ARTS degree in Education...taught sixth grade for a short time...worked as the Assistant to the Editor at Vogue and Glamour Magazines....worked as the Assistant to the Director of the Puerto Rican InterAgency Association...and, tried to put a band together.    By the time I was 22 years old, I had saved $23,000. Never bought a car until I was 34 years old. Never got married (still have not). Lived at home with my Mother (paid rent) until I was 24 years old.    If KISS hadn't happened, I still would have had something to fall back on.    Never put all your eggs in one basket. Letters... June 26th - PORTFOLIO Interviews GENE SIMMONS L.G.: I want to help you plug your book that's coming out, Ladies of The Night, which is about the oldest business in the world. It seems to be just your sort of appreciation of prostitution, right? G.S.: Well, it's really not. I neither condemn it nor condone it, you know what I mean? It simply is. I have a fascination with it, and you can take a few different points of view about it. One, that it's despicable and so on and you can take a puritanical point of view. L.G: Not yours, I would think. G.S.: Or you could take the point of view that it's women empowering themselves. L.G.: That would be your point of view? G.S.: It is. And that what goes on behind closed doors between consenting adults is nobody's fucking business is my point of view, and that what everybody else has to say about it is besides the point. L.G.: Let me ask you, have you been a satisfied customer? G.S.: Actually I haven't, but that's only because I'm against the business model. I think they should be paying me. Here's how I position it, and I hope you're recording this. This is a pearl of wisdom. Page one, at the dawn of existence, four million years ago, that first human female grunted to a male counterpart, "I'll stay in this nice warm cave, you go out and risk your hairy behind to bring back that delicious mastodon meat. I'll trade you some of mine for yours." After that momentous event, nothing would ever be the same. Before language, before culture, before currency, before even religious questions, before anything. The very first time that male either didn't kill, hunt, or in essence use his physical powers to overcome something, and not share it with somebody, was sex. L.G.: So this is the spark that ignited the economic engine? G.S.: All of it, that's precisely the point. Sex ignited, well, obviously the biological imperative, the urge to merge, but also, sex is the very first spark that ignited civilization, civility, nonviolent sort of social harmony. It is sex itself, or from the female, that created the social structure. Otherwise, every guy would be trying to kill every other guy. So there's less food and so on, and you don't want to share it with anybody in the pecking order. Testosterone would rule. It is sex itself that was the spark that ignited all of it. Read the entire interview here... New letters posted... In continuing the "KISS is everywhere" theme, here's a still from a recent episode of The Simpsons, where Homer gets high on sleeping pills, goes sleepwalking and rearranges the KISS display in a wax museum. I'm not sure who got the worst of it, my vote's for Paul! Letters... New letters posted... Hey Gene, I was digging through some old photos recently and I stumbled upon this. It's from the American Music Awards in 1992 (or 91? or 93?). My sister was singing backup for Michael Bolton at the time so I tagged along. You were in a hurry in the hallway, but gracious when I asked to take a photo. It made my night. -Tony Hawk Letters... June 19th - KISS HEADLINE DOWNLOAD UK FEST    Here's a foto of some of the 55,000 crazed fans at England's recent Download Festival. KISS headlined the same festival twice before, when it was called DONNINGTON - Monsters of Rock.    The KISS ALIVE 35TH ANNIVERSARY EURO TOUR is selling out everywhere. And eventually, there may be a South American and American Tour.    Meantime, to find out all the latest news, go to KISSONLINE.COM. The only Official KISS Website. New letters posted... I saw the roast of Gene Simmons last night. Near the end of the roast, I learned of a very admirable value that Mr. Simmons holds which has prompted me to send this email despite the small chance of him seeing it. "For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom he abuses to burn that flag." -- Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) at the Republican National Convention 2004 Kindest Regards, Aaron Snow Response from Gene: Amen. Letters... June 15th - NEW EPISODES TONIGHT on A&E Gene Simmons Family Jewels moves to Sundays beginning tonight, as the new season launches at 9PM (EST) with 3 new episodes. New letters posted... Hey, Gene, You seem to be everywhere these days...last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, there was a segment involving a KISS poster and a redo of a cell at Gitmo...it was hilarious. A few days ago, I was listening to a nationally broadcast talk radio show, and they used "War Machine" as the segue music. And now your photo in the movie Zohan... Every time I turn around, there you are...love it!! Kisses, C Letters... June 12th - GENE SIMMONS ROAST    I know I often come off as a self centered, arrogant and delusional person.    And your point is????    Wanna see me get my 'come-uppance?' -- tune in to GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS on A&E, Sunday, June 15th, 10PM/9C (Marathon begins at 9/8C) and see the finest comics drill me a new one....along with some surprise guests.    This is real stuff. I had no clue what was going on, who was going to be there, or what they were going to say. Very little of it was edited out (except that stuff A&E just couldn't put on the air). Some of it was very raunchy, and you may get to see that stuff on the web. New letters posted... HI Gene, What is the BEST place to buy comic books and where do you start in a comic book series? Thank you!!! Chris Response from Gene: Actually, if you log onto SIMMONS-COMICS.COM, you can buy ZIPPER, DOMINATRIX and GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS. All terrific comics, I'm told. Letters... New letters posted... Hey Gene, Don't know if you have seen the new Adam Sandler movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" yet, but there is a poster of you in his room. What's unique is that it is not you in make-up and you are kind of doing this squatting pose. Not one I've seen before. Just curious if you knew about it. Adam must be a fan, because this is at least the 3rd movie you/KISS' likeness has appeared in his movies ("Happy Gilmore" grandma wears a Gene Simmons mask and in "Little Nicky" i believe there is a KISS poster in his room among the other rock and roll ones.). Always on the look out, Norm Letters... June 6th - KISS IN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC    This was taken tonight. We just got back to the hotel. The KISS WORLDWIDE 35TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR continues -- and it's a monster, I'm proud to say.    Want to see more? Check out KISSONLINE.COM. New letters posted... Recently, I saw an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels where Sophie was signing Gene's song "First Love". It's such a beautiful song! I would love to use it in my wedding this fall, but I can't find it anywhere. Can you let me know where I can get it? What album it was on, etc?  Thanks!!! Karly Response from Gene: Eventually, all this will happen. Soph has school. She's on television. She is Captain of her Volleyball team. She does track and field She has a horse and is an accomplished rider. And, she has a full school curriculum. Everything will happen in due time.    Thank you for asking. Letters...

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