I was never a fan of KISS, but I am totally hooked
on Gene Simmons’ “reality show.” I know this sounds
cliche, but look up “cool” in the dictionary & I bet
you’ll see a picture of Gene Simmons. The man has got
swagger (or is that “swagga?” I gotta brush up on my
Ebonics). And you can tell it’s not an act, he doesn’t
have to try, he just IS.
I mean, the man is so cool, that even his kids are
cool. If I were a teenager, I’d be trying to hang out
with Nick & date Sophie. They don’t seem like spoiled
stuck-up celebrity rich kids @ all. They’ve got their
heads on straight.
And he’s “happily unmarried” to SHANNON F***IN’
TWEED! Oh man, when I think of all those nights I
used to stay up late to watch some movie she was
in on Cinemax or Showtime…
Okay, so there was that little sex tape scandal
earlier this year but, whatever. She knew
what was up when she met him.
But the thing I love most about him is that
he is so unabashedly & ashamedly capitalistic.
The man is all about making money. That’s his
main motivation. Anything for a buck. None of
this highminded “artistic integrity” junk. Leave
the saving of the world to Bono. He epitomizes
what I’d say, 90%, of guys who ever picked up a
guitar, bass, or drum set first thought of: making
money & meeting women. That’s what it’s all about,
baby. Gettin’ paid & gettin’ laid.
He’s come out strongly against digital downloading,
& gotten criticized for that. But he’s like, I’m not
even going to bother making new music if I can’t
make money for it. I love that! Call him greedy, if
you want to, so what? It’s his world, & we’re just
living in it.
