Re: Gene Simmons, KISS, WBUR, Fresh Air

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:45:34 -0500 "Joseph Pappalardo"
<joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com> writes:
> From: "Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>
> 
> > Dave - wasn't Gene Simmons also one of a couple of guests on The
> Connection
> > or OnPoint a few months after the Fresh Air "debacle"?   I seem to
> remember
> > the host thanking Gene for coming back to NPR after the spat and 
> Gene made
> > it very clear that he wasn't offended at all by the interview - 
> the whole
> > thing was just part of his persona as a performer.   I think it 
> was a WBUR
> > show...as in it wasn't Talk of the Nation.
> 
> I don't think Gene was offended at the interview by any stretch.  He
> appeared to like the attention and the podium to be able to spout.
> 
> BTW...wasn't he promoting a book?  If that's the case, I can imagine 
> that he
> wanted all the attention he could get.
> 
> JP

Yes, I believe he was on a book tour
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