So… hah. Remember when I mentioned that I was “retired” from running Full Marathons? Yeah that proclamation really took it in the shorts… You know, I’ve run only one Full. ONE. It was punishing enough. Afterward it wasn’t like I exactly swore off doing another, but the concept of ‘retirement’ sounded fine by me. The…
Pound for pound, I’d say Love Gun is probably my favorite Kiss album, or at the very least in my Top 3. Everything about it screams quintessential Kiss. First there’s that cover. Look at that thing. Beautiful. Artist Ken Kelly painted it (he had done the Destroyer cover as well) and that is some buttkickin’…
Three more songs to go, gang. Hope you’re having a righteous Halloween! And let’s be real, there was NO way I was gonna do a list of buttkickin’ Halloween songs without including something by KISS. And believe you me, the Lords of Rock Theatricality and Spectacle had a host of great songs to choose from…
OK let’s forget the flowery prosaic intro and just jump headfirst into this year’s crop of nominees: Nirvana KISS Yes Peter Gabriel The Meters The Replacements Hall & Oates N.W.A. Linda Ronstadt LL Cool J The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Chic Deep Purple Link Wray Cat Stevens The Zombies Whoa… I’m a HUGE Kiss fan!…
Creatures Of The Night is one of the great ’80s hard rock albums. And easily one of the best Kiss records. On a personal note, Creatures Of The Night is a big nostalgic favorite. Even though I was only 11 when it came out in 1982, I had already zoned out of Kiss after Dynasty in ’79.…
By the time 1980 rolled around, Kiss was in a really strange space. For them, anyhow. The mid-to-late 1970s had been their playground: Platinum records, hit songs, massive tours, constant exposure on both TV and radio… the world was not just their oyster, it was an entire raw bar and the cigarette machine down the…
Before I begin this album review, let’s get one thing perfectly clear, and dare I say, out of the way immediately. I am a massive Kiss fan, and it’s because of the music. I mean, maybe not at the very beginning. As a very young child of the 70s, I remember seeing one of their…
So Zombies, Run! Season 2 dropped this week. If you haven’t read my initial review of the fitness/running app for your smartphone, you can do so by clicking here. Go ahead. We’ll wait… OK are they gone? Good. Let’s go on without them. Anyway, so I was initially a huge fan of Zombies, Run! when…
The 1978 Kiss “solo” albums are pretty infamous for how they were marketed, developed, and received, rather than for the quality of the released product. They all shipped Platinum, which means the distributor released over a million copies of each of the four records… and when most of them didn’t sell all that great, they…
It’s part of every runner’s personal philosophy that any run you finish upright, injury-free, and having given it all you can and then some, is automatically a triumph…no matter how long it took you. By that definition, my run Saturday late morning was an unqualified triumph. So why do I still feel all crummy about…