well my evening started out quite well. I arrived at the Outback Steak house at about 6pm> I sat down at the bar and ordered a large Fosters and the traditional Bloomin Onion. To my suprise the food Channel was on and Rich's girlfriend was doing her show. I hit the tri fecta..beer, Rachael Ray and KISS all in one night..with the Rich bonus...she did back to back shows so I had to releive the internal pressures a few times....needless to say Rich shook my left hand as the right one was still sticky. Rich was waiting for my in the parking lot when this firechicken showed up,,White exhaust w/chrome tips hangin down..if it would of had West Virginia or Texas plates it would have been perfect. I just about wet myself in the parking lot....after all I am English and had 2 beers so i had to go... when we approached the ticket booth I made the comment that we are going to have to wait forever to get our tickets...which is when Rich reached into his pocket and produced 3 tickets...he had bought them ahead of time...smart guy that Rich...we were escorted inside alond with the rest of the KISS army and waited patiently for the theater could become available, Rich called Ed Baker and Artie to let them know we had arrived as they were on their way to Orlando Florida..they were in NC if any one wanted to know. We get into the theater and Butt Head and Beavis from the firechicken were in the back ripping it up...Now I do not own any KISS albums or even have 1 KISS song on my MP3...well that has changed...After the Introduction with Gene and Paul ( I feel I can call them by thier 1st names now) and the KICK A$$ CONCERT I wiil have to purchase KISS alive vol 1 as per Rich's suggestion. I have to say one thing I do wonder about Pauls sexual lifestyle...Gene is an animal and have a new respect for his performance Art. Ace can really make the guitar scream and Peter did this Drum solo for about 20 mins which really blew me away....I think the best part was being there with Rich and Tommy...of course Rich was singing word for word and new the tracks by heart,,I actually think I saw a tear in his eye as KISS said goodnight...He did mention something about camping out to be first in line at Best Buy for when the KISS dvd set comes out. Yes that Rich has a sentimental side too..A Good time was had by all and we left the Theater knowing that the world is now a better place.....
