In a message dated 8/1/03 9:49:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ericksna@umich.edu writes:

I was talking with a friend of mine last night about the curtis wright book and
the conversations about terry gross on this list, and he told me that at one
time gene simmons gave a completely outrageous interview on fresh air in which
he insulted terry gross numerous times, stating that she would probably look
sexier if she wore a skirt, and that perhaps if she did so it would be easier
to tolerate her boorish questions. Is anyone else familiar with this anecdote?

Gene was crude and insulting toward Terry; in other words, Gene was just being Gene. He said something like if she wants him to accept her with an open mind she had better welcome him with open legs. When Terry spoke in Syracuse last year she played a clip from the interview and it got big laughs.

Tom