Rants and Ravings of a Misguided Dreamer and Observer
Salutations™!! This week on Asylum: Tales from the Devereaux Diaries podcast, we talked about Ace Frehley’s 1987 post-KISS debut, called Frehley’s Comet. What did the Kousins think of this album? You know you’ll have to listen for that. You can do that here. Have you heard the album? Did you like it? Let us know!…
Salutations™!! Today is the 31st anniversary of Ace Frehley’s Trouble Walkin’ album. It was the first album released after Ace broke up Frehley’s Comet. It’s a good album, but I don’t enjoy it as much as the first Frehley’s Comet album. I couldn’t find a good cover (or really any cover) from the album so…
Salutations™!! Yesterday was a national holiday for record collectors, although it didn’t feel like it. In recent years, I would have camped out overnight in front of Underdog Records in anticipation of Record Store Day. And, it would have been mid- to late-April. But, all that went out the window with C-19. RSD was postponed…
Salutations™!! Today is the 46th anniversary of KISS. The band started in 1973 but this album came out on February 18, 1974. Only eight months older than its successor, Hotter Than Hell which was only five months before its successor, Dressed To Kill. This isn’t my top KISS album but came in at #3 on my rankings (you can…
Salutations™!! I had told Jonathan that The BCPF and I wouldn’t be coming to Underdog Records for the Record Store Day – Black Friday event, and technically, we weren’t there at the opening for the bum-rush doorbuster event, but we did wait until about noon and went by and the store had settled down. We…
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Salutations™!! Today is the 45th anniversary of one of my favorite KISS albums, Hotter Than Hell. I liked my writeup from last year and I’m reposting it. … It is one of my faves, for sure. It was one of the first albums I ever got in the 70s and it was one of two…
Yesterday was September 18, which means it’s the biggest release day in KISStory. September 18, 1978, saw all four KISS solo albums (Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss) released. September 18, 1983, saw Lick It Up released. September 18, 1987, saw Crazy Nights released. So, six KISS albums were released on that day. All six of…
Salutations™!! I know I said that I was done with these, but I had to write about something, right? Today is the 44th anniversary of the release of KISS’ Dressed to Kill album. Probably my least favorite of the “Klassic KISS” albums, it still has plenty of proud moments for me. One of my favorite KISS…
Salutations™!! Have you recovered from the first half of the list? Are you torn up about it? That’s okay. I’m used to that. So, here we go into the top 15 KISS albums in my preferred order. Let’s go! #15 — Crazy Nights (1987). Yeah, this gets a lot of flack for being bubble gum, sugary rubbish,…
Salutations™!! I threatened this a while back. I threatened that I would do my own ranking list of KISS albums, and here it is. There are a few criteria to this list and I will give some details as to why on some of them. This is my opinion and not based on anything other than…