03/22/2010
Kiss News
03/22/2010
KISS COLLEGE 101
03/21/2010
GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS MARATHON
03/21/2010
KISS IS EVERYWHERE!
03/20/2010
KISS DANCE TEAM
03/20/2010
KISS UK TV COMMERCIAL
03/20/2010
PAUL STANLEY PS1900 CRACKED MIRROR GUITARS
They are in! And they are AWESOME!
Gotta love when a plan comes together!
Paul Stanley and KISS fans get a chance to own a true custom CRACKED MIRROR PS KISS Stage Guitar for THOUSANDS less than the USA Custom! A FRACTION of the price! And - the PS1900 Cracked Mirror guitars are unique and simply spec'd out like NOTHING ever done on the Paul Stanley/Washburn front!
This is a Boogie Street Exclusive my friends. The opportunity to get a TRUE Paul Stanley Custom guitar - for under 2000 USD!
BSG worked with Paul directly and the good folks at Washburn to bring a different version of Paul's PS series KISS stage guitar done up in Paul's famous Cracked Mirror design!They are in! And they are AWESOME!
Gotta love when a plan comes together!
Paul Stanley and KISS fans get a chance to own a true custom CRACKED MIRROR PS KISS Stage Guitar for THOUSANDS less than the USA Custom! A FRACTION of the price! And - the PS1900 Cracked Mirror guitars are unique and simply spec'd out like NOTHING ever done on the Paul Stanley/Washburn front!
This is a Boogie Street Exclusive my friends. The opportunity to get a TRUE Paul Stanley Custom guitar - for under 2000 USD!
BSG worked with Paul directly and the good folks at Washburn to bring a different version of Paul's PS series KISS stage guitar done up in Paul's famous Cracked Mirror design!
These guitars were fully approved by Paul, Washburn and BSG. The hand inlaid GLASS Mirror was designed after Paul's PS2000 USA Custom Shop PS guitar. You know the one. The guitar with the 10,000 USD Retail Cost!
In the best BSG tradition of taking established designs and working with the artist to 'tweak' them - we truly have made an unique and custom guitar.
Totally custom - totally special and totally AWESOME!
The PS1900 Cracked Mirror customs were handmade in Washburn's Indonesian facility. The PS1900 has a 'Bronze' set-in metallic paint scheme. These guitars feature open coil Seymour Duncan USA humbuckers. A JB in the bridge and a '59 in the neck. The fingerboard is in unstained ebony. The body and neck binding is in BLACK. The headstock is unbound. The bridge is genuine USA TonePros. The wiring is USA. The Star Tailpiece and Grover KEYSTONE tuners are USA. The classic Paul Stanley split block inlay starts on the 1st fret as opposed to the 3rd fret.
The Case is a sculptured leather exterior case. It's not a 'gig bag'. It's a leather covered, shaped case with rigid sections and protection bulit into the case. Washburn is also adding in a 2nd protection bonus - a Washburn/Paul Stanley gig bag (not pictured).
There are 25 of these guitars made with Chrome Hardware and 25 made with Gold Hardware. Beyond cool!
Do not miss out! We had considerable preorders and while we do have some left in each hardware color - we do not anticipate they will last long.
Whether you are in the USA or outside the USA - here is your chance to click and buy your part of Paul Stanley guitar history!
http://boogiestreet.com/home/?p=2106
Gotta love when a plan comes together!
Paul Stanley and KISS fans get a chance to own a true custom CRACKED MIRROR PS KISS Stage Guitar for THOUSANDS less than the USA Custom! A FRACTION of the price! And - the PS1900 Cracked Mirror guitars are unique and simply spec'd out like NOTHING ever done on the Paul Stanley/Washburn front!
This is a Boogie Street Exclusive my friends. The opportunity to get a TRUE Paul Stanley Custom guitar - for under 2000 USD!
BSG worked with Paul directly and the good folks at Washburn to bring a different version of Paul's PS series KISS stage guitar done up in Paul's famous Cracked Mirror design!They are in! And they are AWESOME!
Gotta love when a plan comes together!
Paul Stanley and KISS fans get a chance to own a true custom CRACKED MIRROR PS KISS Stage Guitar for THOUSANDS less than the USA Custom! A FRACTION of the price! And - the PS1900 Cracked Mirror guitars are unique and simply spec'd out like NOTHING ever done on the Paul Stanley/Washburn front!
This is a Boogie Street Exclusive my friends. The opportunity to get a TRUE Paul Stanley Custom guitar - for under 2000 USD!
BSG worked with Paul directly and the good folks at Washburn to bring a different version of Paul's PS series KISS stage guitar done up in Paul's famous Cracked Mirror design!
These guitars were fully approved by Paul, Washburn and BSG. The hand inlaid GLASS Mirror was designed after Paul's PS2000 USA Custom Shop PS guitar. You know the one. The guitar with the 10,000 USD Retail Cost!
In the best BSG tradition of taking established designs and working with the artist to 'tweak' them - we truly have made an unique and custom guitar.
Totally custom - totally special and totally AWESOME!
The PS1900 Cracked Mirror customs were handmade in Washburn's Indonesian facility. The PS1900 has a 'Bronze' set-in metallic paint scheme. These guitars feature open coil Seymour Duncan USA humbuckers. A JB in the bridge and a '59 in the neck. The fingerboard is in unstained ebony. The body and neck binding is in BLACK. The headstock is unbound. The bridge is genuine USA TonePros. The wiring is USA. The Star Tailpiece and Grover KEYSTONE tuners are USA. The classic Paul Stanley split block inlay starts on the 1st fret as opposed to the 3rd fret.
The Case is a sculptured leather exterior case. It's not a 'gig bag'. It's a leather covered, shaped case with rigid sections and protection bulit into the case. Washburn is also adding in a 2nd protection bonus - a Washburn/Paul Stanley gig bag (not pictured).
There are 25 of these guitars made with Chrome Hardware and 25 made with Gold Hardware. Beyond cool!
Do not miss out! We had considerable preorders and while we do have some left in each hardware color - we do not anticipate they will last long.
Whether you are in the USA or outside the USA - here is your chance to click and buy your part of Paul Stanley guitar history!
http://boogiestreet.com/home/?p=2106
03/20/2010
BENEFIT FOR CRITTER AT INDY KISS FAN EXPO
If you're at this weekend's Indianapolis KISS Fan Expo, stop by the KISSonline booth to help out a worthwhile cause and possibly win yourself a great KISS prize too!
We're holding a special raffle with 100% of the proceeds going to Christopher "Critter" Smith. You may remember Critter from several previous KISSonline stories...he's the 12-year-old KISS fan who continues to battle leukemia.
KISS Prizes being raffled off:
1) Grand Prize - Two Meet & Greets and concert tickets to an upcoming KISS concert
2) Gene Simmons Axe bass guitar
3) Limited Edition SONIC BOOM Print - hand signed by Paul, Gene, Eric, Tommy and Michael Doret
Thanks to Cort Guitars for donating the Gene Simmons Axe and Michael Doret for donating the SONIC BOOM Print.
Cincinnati Enquirer Story
By William Croyle
Christopher "Critter" Smith and the leukemia that invaded his body two-and-a-half years ago are still battling each other.
If you're at this weekend's Indianapolis KISS Fan Expo, stop by the KISSonline booth to help out a worthwhile cause and possibly win yourself a great KISS prize too!
We're holding a special raffle with 100% of the proceedings going to Christopher "Critter" Smith. You may remember Critter from several previous KISSonline stories...he's the 12-year-old KISS fan who continues to battle leukemia.
KISS Prizes being raffled off:
1) Grand Prize - Two Meet & Greets and concert tickets to an upcoming KISS concert
2) Gene Simmons Axe bass guitar
3) Limited Edition SONIC BOOM Print - hand signed by Paul, Gene, Eric, Tommy and Michael Doret
Thanks to Cort Guitars for donating the Gene Simmons Axe and Michael Doret for donating the SONIC BOOM Print.
Cincinnati Enquirer Story
By William Croyle
Christopher "Critter" Smith and the leukemia that invaded his body two-and-a-half years ago are still battling each other.
Every time it seems the 12-year-old has beaten it, the disease or infections resulting from it recur.
"His spirits are usually up, but I think he's sick of being sick," said his mother, Carol Smith.
The disease is also taking a toll on the family financially.
Critter's story received some national attention last year after he stated in an interview with The Enquirer that he was a big fan of the rock group KISS. Word reached the band, prompting singer Paul Stanley and drummer Eric Singer to call Critter at the hospital and fly him to Milwaukee in June for one of their concerts.
Critter, a fifth grader at Fourth Street Elementary School, was diagnosed in July 2007 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. In the six subsequent months, he underwent a round of radiation, five chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow transplant. He returned to school and was in remission for 15 months until the cancer reappeared in January 2009.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was as much his home in 2009 as his own home in Newport. He's avoided overnight stays at the hospital since mid-December, but has been too weak to return to school.
His low white blood cell counts have made him very susceptible to infections. Critter will undergo several tests this week to find out why the counts are so low. Once they increase, he will resume chemotherapy treatments.
Donations can also be made at any Fifth Third Bank location to the Christopher Smith Benefit Fund.
We're holding a special raffle with 100% of the proceeds going to Christopher "Critter" Smith. You may remember Critter from several previous KISSonline stories...he's the 12-year-old KISS fan who continues to battle leukemia.
KISS Prizes being raffled off:
1) Grand Prize - Two Meet & Greets and concert tickets to an upcoming KISS concert
2) Gene Simmons Axe bass guitar
3) Limited Edition SONIC BOOM Print - hand signed by Paul, Gene, Eric, Tommy and Michael Doret
Thanks to Cort Guitars for donating the Gene Simmons Axe and Michael Doret for donating the SONIC BOOM Print.
Cincinnati Enquirer Story
By William Croyle
Christopher "Critter" Smith and the leukemia that invaded his body two-and-a-half years ago are still battling each other.
If you're at this weekend's Indianapolis KISS Fan Expo, stop by the KISSonline booth to help out a worthwhile cause and possibly win yourself a great KISS prize too!
We're holding a special raffle with 100% of the proceedings going to Christopher "Critter" Smith. You may remember Critter from several previous KISSonline stories...he's the 12-year-old KISS fan who continues to battle leukemia.
KISS Prizes being raffled off:
1) Grand Prize - Two Meet & Greets and concert tickets to an upcoming KISS concert
2) Gene Simmons Axe bass guitar
3) Limited Edition SONIC BOOM Print - hand signed by Paul, Gene, Eric, Tommy and Michael Doret
Thanks to Cort Guitars for donating the Gene Simmons Axe and Michael Doret for donating the SONIC BOOM Print.
Cincinnati Enquirer Story
By William Croyle
Christopher "Critter" Smith and the leukemia that invaded his body two-and-a-half years ago are still battling each other.
Every time it seems the 12-year-old has beaten it, the disease or infections resulting from it recur.
"His spirits are usually up, but I think he's sick of being sick," said his mother, Carol Smith.
The disease is also taking a toll on the family financially.
Critter's story received some national attention last year after he stated in an interview with The Enquirer that he was a big fan of the rock group KISS. Word reached the band, prompting singer Paul Stanley and drummer Eric Singer to call Critter at the hospital and fly him to Milwaukee in June for one of their concerts.
Critter, a fifth grader at Fourth Street Elementary School, was diagnosed in July 2007 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. In the six subsequent months, he underwent a round of radiation, five chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow transplant. He returned to school and was in remission for 15 months until the cancer reappeared in January 2009.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was as much his home in 2009 as his own home in Newport. He's avoided overnight stays at the hospital since mid-December, but has been too weak to return to school.
His low white blood cell counts have made him very susceptible to infections. Critter will undergo several tests this week to find out why the counts are so low. Once they increase, he will resume chemotherapy treatments.
Donations can also be made at any Fifth Third Bank location to the Christopher Smith Benefit Fund.
03/20/2010
GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS SHINES
'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' shines as it nears a reality milestone
By Michael Starr
It's unrealistic -- if not downright impossible -- to watch everything that premieres on TV.
So I've only seen bits and pieces of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" over the years and didn't have any preconceived opinions of the A&E series -- which premiered in 2006 and celebrates its 100th episode this season as TV's longest-running family reality show (overtaking MTV's "The Osbournes" for that niche honor).
What I did see, in watching tomorrow night's fifth-season premiere, is a show meshing the requisite reality elements -- including facing-the-camera "confessionals," underscored here with weirdly "Leave It to Beaver"-type music -- with some genuine emotion.
It's obvious that KISS frontman Gene Simmons, despite all his public bravado and bluster (overbearing at times), loves his longtime partner, former Playboy centerfold/actress Shannon Tweed, and their kids -- Nick, 21 and Sophie, 17. And it's obvious those feelings are mutual.
'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' shines as it nears a reality milestone
By Michael Starr
It's unrealistic -- if not downright impossible -- to watch everything that premieres on TV.
So I've only seen bits and pieces of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" over the years and didn't have any preconceived opinions of the A&E series -- which premiered in 2006 and celebrates its 100th episode this season as TV's longest-running family reality show (overtaking MTV's "The Osbournes" for that niche honor).
What I did see, in watching tomorrow night's fifth-season premiere, is a show meshing the requisite reality elements -- including facing-the-camera "confessionals," underscored here with weirdly "Leave It to Beaver"-type music -- with some genuine emotion.
It's obvious that KISS frontman Gene Simmons, despite all his public bravado and bluster (overbearing at times), loves his longtime partner, former Playboy centerfold/actress Shannon Tweed, and their kids -- Nick, 21 and Sophie, 17. And it's obvious those feelings are mutual.
I think that explains some of this show's appeal, and why it's had such a long shelf life ("Family Jewels" has averaged roughly 2 million viewers each season).
Since I'm not a regular viewer, perhaps I was influenced by what transpires in tomorrow's season opener, as Shannnon discovers a lump in her breast (while out shopping for clothes in LA with her sister, Tracy Tweed) and undergoes a biopsy -- keeping all but the most basic information from Gene, who's just embarked on yet another long KISS tour.
There is absolutely nothing contrived as cameras record Shannon's journey when she's given the news about the lump, has the biopsy (on camera), then nervously awaits the results -- preferring to keep her emotions to herself rather than "burden" her family.
I'm not sold on the idea of having had cameras there to record Shannon's biopsy, not because it's graphic (it isn't), but because you'd think such a private moment should remain, well, private.
But in this information overload age of Twitter and Facebook, it's not all-that-surprising this was included in the show -- and kudos to Shannon for being honest enough with herself, and with the show's viewers, to share her experience in this fashion. And she and Gene have since become advocates in the fight against breast cancer -- so no argument from me.
Check it out.
By Michael Starr
It's unrealistic -- if not downright impossible -- to watch everything that premieres on TV.
So I've only seen bits and pieces of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" over the years and didn't have any preconceived opinions of the A&E series -- which premiered in 2006 and celebrates its 100th episode this season as TV's longest-running family reality show (overtaking MTV's "The Osbournes" for that niche honor).
What I did see, in watching tomorrow night's fifth-season premiere, is a show meshing the requisite reality elements -- including facing-the-camera "confessionals," underscored here with weirdly "Leave It to Beaver"-type music -- with some genuine emotion.
It's obvious that KISS frontman Gene Simmons, despite all his public bravado and bluster (overbearing at times), loves his longtime partner, former Playboy centerfold/actress Shannon Tweed, and their kids -- Nick, 21 and Sophie, 17. And it's obvious those feelings are mutual.
'Gene Simmons Family Jewels' shines as it nears a reality milestone
By Michael Starr
It's unrealistic -- if not downright impossible -- to watch everything that premieres on TV.
So I've only seen bits and pieces of "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" over the years and didn't have any preconceived opinions of the A&E series -- which premiered in 2006 and celebrates its 100th episode this season as TV's longest-running family reality show (overtaking MTV's "The Osbournes" for that niche honor).
What I did see, in watching tomorrow night's fifth-season premiere, is a show meshing the requisite reality elements -- including facing-the-camera "confessionals," underscored here with weirdly "Leave It to Beaver"-type music -- with some genuine emotion.
It's obvious that KISS frontman Gene Simmons, despite all his public bravado and bluster (overbearing at times), loves his longtime partner, former Playboy centerfold/actress Shannon Tweed, and their kids -- Nick, 21 and Sophie, 17. And it's obvious those feelings are mutual.
I think that explains some of this show's appeal, and why it's had such a long shelf life ("Family Jewels" has averaged roughly 2 million viewers each season).
Since I'm not a regular viewer, perhaps I was influenced by what transpires in tomorrow's season opener, as Shannnon discovers a lump in her breast (while out shopping for clothes in LA with her sister, Tracy Tweed) and undergoes a biopsy -- keeping all but the most basic information from Gene, who's just embarked on yet another long KISS tour.
There is absolutely nothing contrived as cameras record Shannon's journey when she's given the news about the lump, has the biopsy (on camera), then nervously awaits the results -- preferring to keep her emotions to herself rather than "burden" her family.
I'm not sold on the idea of having had cameras there to record Shannon's biopsy, not because it's graphic (it isn't), but because you'd think such a private moment should remain, well, private.
But in this information overload age of Twitter and Facebook, it's not all-that-surprising this was included in the show -- and kudos to Shannon for being honest enough with herself, and with the show's viewers, to share her experience in this fashion. And she and Gene have since become advocates in the fight against breast cancer -- so no argument from me.
Check it out.
03/19/2010
INDY KISS FAN EXPO THIS SUNDAY
