Howdy, everyone. I’ve been busy making up a few new videos under the Sniff The Tip banner, but I quite like this one the most, so I figured I’d share it here as well. It’s the classic AC/DC tune “Jailbreak” married to a shitload of groovy comic book art. Enjoy.
After a battle with lung cancer, Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB’s, has died. After 33 years, CBGB’s closed last year, its final show featuring Patti Smith. The club was founded in 1973 and became a haven for punk and new wave acts.
When David Medsker and I were in Chicago covering Lollapalooza earlier this month, we were sitting around in our hotel room discussing music and such, natch. I had mentioned to him that Ace Frehley was recently in a pretty amusing Dunkin’ Donuts ad. Ace was always my fave member of the original lineup, not just for his playing, but becuase he didn’t take the whole thing so damned seriously and straight faced as Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Anyway, here’s the recent Dunkin’ ad with Ace in full Kiss attire makin’ some moolah.