It would be a shame if this caused a rift between the bands, derailing KISS' sixth farewell tour. Where would the band get material for the ninth tell-all book and 15th live album of greatest hits? Seriously, sometimes you can walk into a record store and find only a dozen CDs that include I Love it Loud.

Metal Sludge found confirmation of the C.C./Asshole/coke situation posted in the "Your Letters" section of GeneSimmons.com, which is definitely worth a visit, if only to read Gene's insightful replies, such as "No" and "Correct." He smarter than that — if he wasn't he wouldn't have sucked hundreds of dollars out of my pocket over the years. I guess he's saving the good commentary for the next $24.95 hardcover book. Glad to see he included a picture of a girl's ass he once autographed (see bottom of this page, it's your guess as to what's between the cheeks).

The highlight of the fan letters is definitely a note from a guy named Sonny, who passed along some pictures from a recent KISS tribute show at Don Hill's in New York (see half-way down this page). Know why the first two pictures look familiar to me? 'Cause I fucking took them! (See my photo album from the Don Hill's show and compare to the ones posted on GeneSimmons.com.) Those are my photos, and Gene Simmons is in violation of state, federal, planetary and galaxia (?) copyright laws, as it pertains to electronic transfer of images of women sporting strap-on dildos on stage.

Other News Links:

• Fallon Signs Off of Saturday Night Live — There goes the best Weekend Update anchor since Norm MacDonald, whom I've heard really is related to Ronald. Know how many times I've seen SNL live in the past 10 years? Maybe five. If it weren't for Comedy Central, this show wouldn't exist in my universe.

• Webby Award Winners Announced — Like I've said a million times, these awards don't mean shit anymore, but I bet you click anyway. And if not, then seriously consider visiting Johanna's Art Inspired by Steve Nicks, appropriately slotted in the Weird category.

• Jimmy Kimmel's Exploding Head — We almost lost Jimmy last week after a few too many Advils caused his head to swell on-air.

• Benicio Del Toro Bangs Scarlett Johannson in Elevator — Or so she says. He's 37, she's 19. Anyone kinda wince when you read that? I don't mean about the age difference. I mean that he's supposedly 37 when he looks 47. No way is that dude only six years older than me. (Then again, I just polled two women and they guessed 35 and 38, so it shows you what I know.)

• Playboy Editorial Search Down to a Few Good Men — I enjoy reading business articles about Playboy like I enjoy someone slamming a car door on my hand, but check out this note at the bottom: "Playboy insiders say it's gotten increasingly difficult to get starlets with newsstand draw to pose for the magazine." You don't say. And what super-intelligent New York blogger happened to make this very point in February 2003? Oh yeah, me. (Thanks, Art)

• Kerry Daughter Heats Up Cannes Red Carpet — The Democratic presidential hopeful's offspring shows some boobage in a see-through dress. Probably should get this pic on some campaign posters. (Thanks, Larry)

• Plant Visited By Bush to Highlight 'Working' Economic Policy Shuts Down — I guess that mission wasn't really accomplished, either.