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Can you say psyched?

Kermit vs. Nine Inch Nails

And you thought Trent Reznor was depressed..

The Fab Faux

Anyone who knows me, knows I am a Beatles fan. Well, I am also a huge fan of Beatles cover songs.

The Fab Faux are a group of NYC musicians including Will Lee of the Letterman band who perform note for note, sound effect for sound effect, letter perfect renditions of virtually every Beatles song as well as their solo material. Their goal is to perfectly reproduce the Beatles' records live - something the original band never even attempted.

If you are a true Beatles fan, check out these two clips - one performing on Letterman and one live somewhere. Pay attention to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They don't just play the song, they actually begin it with the end of "Bungalo Bill" and the chatter/smattering of applause just like the White Album.

I freakin' love it.

Check out YouTube for tons more.

Gene Simmons Face Lift Footage!!!

WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC.

In the information age, nothing is private anymore. Look what I found on youtube...



Make sure to watch the season premiere on "Gene Simmons Family Jewels" this Sunday @ 9 on A&E.


P.S. West Coat DirecTV subscribers - chances are your A&E feed is only the east coast so it will be on at 6p for you.

Family Jewels Sneak Peak

Go figure. Somehow this photo of Gene the day after his face lift made its way onto the web yesterday. Ouch. And I was IN THE ROOM during the entire operation. More to come on that.

Make sure to watch the premiere of TWO brand new episodes this Sunday @ 9p on A&E.

New Season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels Premieres March 25th!

Set your TiVos! Season Two kicks off one week from today with two brand new episodes. Sundays @ 9p on A&E.

Here is the official press release...



March 13, 2007

New Season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels Lifts Off March 25th
Press release


Cast of Family Jewels

Legendary KISS rock star Gene Simmons and his unconventional family are back and better than ever for an all-new season of the hit real life series Gene Simmons Family Jewels, premiering with back-to-back episodes on A&E Sunday, March 25th at 9:00 PM ET/PT. With its trademark warts and all style, the series promises to shock and entertain viewers as Gene and Shannon Tweed make television history with the broadcast of their dual facelift operations!
Talk about reality TV. For the first time ever, a celebrity couple allows cameras inside the operating room. Viewers will have an uncensored look at their plastic surgeries from pre-op to post-op, including the couple’s long road to recovery. In addition to revealing their new faces, the new season will show whether Gene and Shannon can continue to be “Happily Unmarried” after more than 20 years together, Nick preparing to leave for college, Sophie fast becoming a young lady, and Shannon’s determination to have another baby – all while Gene is living the life of a Rock God.

From New York to Vegas, London to Paris and as far reaching as the tropical paradise of Turks & Caicos, follow the Simmons-Tweed clan as they set out to prove, yet again, why they are the most non-traditional, traditional family in America.

Leslie Greif, Adam Reed and Gene Simmons are the series executive producers and Adam Freeman is the series co-executive producer. Gene Simmons Family Jewels is produced by The Greif Company and the Gene Simmons Company. Robert Sharenow and Didi O’Hearn are the A&E Executive Producers.

About Gene Simmons
Gene Simmons co-founded KISS 34 years ago. KISS has broken box offices records set by Elvis and the Beatles and has just come off its 5X Platinum selling KISSOLOGY, a 6 hr DVD, as well as their 3X Platinum KISS ALIVE CD Box Set.

He has created Nickelodeon's MY DAD THE ROCK STAR cartoon and Oxygen's MR. ROMANCE. He has published his own magazine, GENE SIMMONS TONGUE and starred in movies such as RUNAWAY and WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. He is a Best Selling Author of TWO New York Times and LA Times Books (KISS AND MAKEUP and SEX MONEY KISS,). He is partnered with Rich Abramson in the SIMMONS ABRAMSON MARKETING venture, which does exclusive worldwide branding/marketing for the INDY RACING LEAGUE, including the fabled INDY 500.

About The Greif Company
Executive Producer Leslie Greif’s, The Greif Company, is slated to premiere the eagerly anticipated film Brando at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The film features Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese, Jane Fonda, Robert Duvall, Edward Norton, Quincy Jones, Bernardo Bertolucci, John Travolta, Sean Penn, Jon Voight, John Turturro, and more. Greif also directed Think Film’s Funny Money, which is currently in theaters and has just completed the first season of the new TBS microseries Lovebites – written and executive produced by Paul Reiser and directed and executive produced by Leslie Greif.

About A&E Network
Now reaching more than 91 million homes, A&E Network offers a diverse mix of high quality entertainment; ranging from the network’s signature Real-Life Series franchise, including the hit series Dog the Bounty Hunter, Intervention, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, King of Cars and Criss Angel Mindfreak, to critically acclaimed original movies, dramatic series and the most successful justice shows on cable. A&E is the official basic cable home to the high-profile series ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘24.’ The A&E Network website is located at www.aetv.com. The A&E Insider is located at www.aetv.com/insider.

Update

Haven't written anything particualry witty in a while because, well, I haven't been feeling particularly witty. In fact, I am just plain burned out.

This weekend is my first weekend off since the end of January and a today is officially my 5th day off in 2007. Don't get me wrong - much better than being unemployed, but the brain can only take so much. The good thing is that all the hard work is paying off. Here is a rundown for those keeping score...

- Gene Simmons Family Jewels: The new season premieres a week from today, Sunday, March 25th at 9p on A&E. We are about 2/3 thru shooting our 20 episodes and everyone is really happy with the results. Really solid shows. Adam Reed and I also just directed the promo spots which will start airing soon. It is a fun a parody of the Sopranos featuring Gene. We hope to hear about a Season Three pick-up soon.

- The Highwaymen: Marc and I are about to hand in the script for Issue #5 of our DC/Wildstorm mini-series. Look for Issue #1 to hit stands in June/July.

- Monster Attack Network: The graphic novel we created for AiT/Planet Lar is nearly finished and should be for sale in June/July as well.

- Grunts: Marc and I are writing a "bonus story" to be included in a Grunts trade paperback. Also due out by July.

- Also on the comic front we have a few proposals in and hope to have another project greenlit in the next coming months. Cross your fingers.

- Bad Medicine: A spec TV pilot Marc and I wrote will be shopped by APA for next pilot season.

- David Armour and I are on the verge of closing several deals this week including: a reality show for a cable network, a talk show for another cable network and a first look deal with a third network.

- David and I have also developed a show in conjunction with Maxim magazine and are currently pitching to all the networks.

So life if good, just insanely busy.

Sneak Peek

Here is a kinda-first look at issue #1 of "The Highwaymen," written by Marc Bernardin and myself. Scheduled to hit stands this summer. June I believe.

Shut the Fuck Up Already.

No, it has nothing to do with you being gay.
No, it has nothing to do with you being a woman.
No, it has nothing to do with you being over weight.

Any shape, size, sex or orientation you would still be the most self-important, self-righteous, annoying motherfucker on the planet.

Genius.

The Sad State of Organized Sports

Rampant steroid use, illegal gambling, domestic violence - with each passing day professional sports becomes a dirtier and dirier world. I am sad to report that these discretions are finding their way into amatuer sports as well.

Case in point, my 4 year old daughter, Ella, had her first intermural soccer game this past Sunday and I was disgusted at what I saw.

The Mermaids (us) vs. the Wondergirls (them). Innocent enough. That is until they took the field.

The "Wondergirls" as they are called were clearly different. A difference I can only attribute to performance enhancing drugs. Supposedly the same age, by league regulations, they were bigger and broader. Many had facial hair and protruding frontal lobes. All of my efforts to obtain one of their specially treated juice boxes proved unsuccessful. I am also pretty sure one of them was secretly a 14 year old Latin American boy. Something just didn't look right. He drove himself to the game.

As Ella was taking the field I noticed something peeking out from under her uniform. I was appalled to find out a representative from Nike offered to buy her a new bike if she wore one of their sports bras and pulled a "Mia Hamm" when she scored her first goal. Unbelievable. They didn't even go thru me or her sports agent. They went directly to her. She's just a kid.

Not to mention the gambling. I should have known something was up - Pete Rose does not have a daughter on either team. There was no logical reason for him to be there. I was there to enjoy the game. Sure I had 50 bucks on the Mermaids but that was only to make it more interesting, its not really gambling.

Clearly someone (probably the mob) got to one of the Mermaids. Nothing else could explain why she repeatedly dribbled down the field in the wrong direction and continually tried to score on her own goal. The little bitch was obviously trying to throw the game.

I guess there is no innocence left in sports regardless of the skill level.

Please don't ask...