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I’m supposed to do about 30 minutes on Eddie Trunk’s Sirius XM show FACTION TALK tomorrow (wed March 26th) to talk about my Elder Remix and other projects. Ed shared my Elder thing on FB last week and wants to dig into the silly KISS stuff I spend a million hours on. Should be cool.

The show runs from 3pm-5pm EST on XM channel 103. I’m supposed to be on at 3:30 Eastern time.

Tune in if you can. Wish me luck!

I know no one posting on here all day has anything better to do.

looking forward to it.

Congrats!

That's nuts, the 'acre goes Hollywood!!

Had a great time on the show. Ed was super complimentary . I think we talked almost 40 minutes and he was talking about the stuff for a bit beforehand.

Congratulations Brother \m/

I will have to listen to this one when I have a bit of time .

Full endorsement from Syncin' Stanley! Woo Hoo!

That’s cool. Mr. “Film” maker on FAQ must be losing his shit lol

rockker wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:09 pm That’s cool. Mr. “Film maker” on FAQ must be losing his shit lol

nah, he's too busy going door to door with his petition to get Pophouse to hire him.

However, when he does find out about it, he will definitely lose his shit. Trunk did mention his name a couple times though, so at least he can't cry about that.

here is one of his FB posters...talking about 3Sides saying they don't endorse unofficial stuff and then having me on and sharing my work (Andrew has a whole thread whining about how they ONLY had me on as a "slap in his face" while sharing a private message from Mark C (classy move).

"Do I get my KISS news from them?
No, their format, tone, & tamber turned me off years ago. Brandvold has a personality that rings internal alarm bells for me. And it's always seemed like Mark is a Swinger & that grosses me out.
But I can absolutely see them trumpeting the franKENstein stuff...probably because someone knows someone else & they needed a favor...bla bla bla. But to not give Andrew an opportunity for exposure?
That's shitty. And inherently hypocritical."

For the RECORD: I never, ever had ANY contact with the 3S guys until they contacted me and invited me on the show. The only person I "know" AT ALL is Curt Gooch which doesn't do you ANY favors in KISSworld these days.

It's the exact same story for Eddie Trunk. Ed heard my HTH remix and then the Elder thing and wanted to contact me to talk about it. That's it. No one did anyone any "favors", FFS.

PLUS, Andrew was on Trunk and is on the FAQ podcast all the time. Do you think Julian would have me on to discuss KISS or my projects? Andrew is literally the ONLY guy getting special treatment.

BTW, kudos to Julian for allowing others to share my stuff on the FAQ since some fans don't know or care about the petty BS. He said he wasn't censoring my stuff and has stuck to his word. Respect.

Someone just posted this on my FB…

For anyone who missed it live, the episode is available on demand on the Sirius app

https://siriusxm.com/player/episode-aud ... ium=shared

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BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:48 pm Rip it and put it on your channel. Trunk won’t care, Synchin Stanley does it.

https://youtu.be/jZG2JxlaADI

great job. but next time.......take a breath dude. lol.
i need to look these up.

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 12:14 pm Your biggest achievement may have been getting Eddie Trunk to shut the fuck up for about ten minutes on his own radio show.

Not even kidding...since everyone says he interrupts the guests constantly, a few times while I was talking I was thinking to myself "did we get disconnected???" As I've said before, growing up in an Italian household, a "comma" means "OK, you're done talking, it's MY turn now".

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:13 pm Consider rebranding to Ken Nardi if you’re going to keep doing these, Frankenstein is awful for trying to find stuff. I see your Vimeo is already under Ken Nardi.

I think "Thy AntiFAQ" has a good ring to it.

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:13 pm Consider rebranding to Ken Nardi if you’re going to keep doing these, Frankenstein is awful for trying to find stuff. I see your Vimeo is already under Ken Nardi.

I already have a YouTube account for my Anacrusis stuff and other solo stuff. It's like a secret club. Plus, I know how to tag shit, so it's all good. I have like 2.2 million views in less than 2 years. I ain't trying to get famous off this stuff.

OK, I changed the channel name to KISS franKENstein Creations

thank you for your service

Looking forward to listening to this

Thanks

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:37 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 6:12 pm I already have a YouTube account for my Anacrusis stuff and other solo stuff. It's like a secret club. Plus, I know how to tag shit, so it's all good. I have like 2.2 million views in less than 2 years. I ain't trying to get famous off this stuff.

OK, I changed the channel name to KISS franKENstein Creations

thank you for your service

All good bro, I’ve got 20 something million in three years. Carry on.

ghey humble brag. What are they watching there? You?

I thought it was a decent numbers compared to other guys chopping up old KISS shit.

it's hard to believe a retread from Missouri made the Eddie Trunk show.

REO Cokewagon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:19 pm it's hard to believe a retread from Missouri made the Eddie Trunk show.

This retread made it to Headbanger's Ball back in '93 as well. Wadda ya know?

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:56 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:51 pm
ghey humble brag.

It was a response to you doing it first.

Now remember the bad example set by Adam Spaghetti and stay humble. That clown got a little bit of YouTube success and started thinking he was god. Same thing happened to Rat Rosley and Mikey Fivehead. Those fuckwits started thinking they’re in the inner circle and then it all crashed down around them.

Dude, it’s Sludge. It’s called sarcasm. I was just pointing it out because plenty of people find my videos since it’s all the same people from the KISS Facebook groups. I never expected THAT many people to be watching the shit. Besides most videos get a few thousand. A couple blew up for some reason. I can’t monetize any of it anyway, so numbers are pretty meaningless. And I’ve been putting out music for decades. Trust me, I have no delusions of grandeur about anything. I am confident in what I do because I spends months on it and no what I am doing. No numbers or clicks give me “self worth”.

My whole comment was a response that I needed to change the name so people could find my stuff. Frankly, if people search my name I don’t really want them to find KISS videos. Every time I post on the ANACRUSIS page or my own solo music page, everyone is like “yeah, yeah, how about a new album?”

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:01 am Gotta love ANALCRISIS videos.

That was hilarious when a friend of ours used to say it. In 1986.

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:59 pm

REO Cokewagon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:19 pm it's hard to believe a retread from Missouri made the Eddie Trunk show.

This retread made it to Headbanger's Ball back in '93 as well. Wadda ya know?

That's like making it into Studio 54 in 1980.

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:23 pm There’s a reason it was decided not to call Pac-Man by the original name of Puck Man in the USA. Sadly you guys didn’t have a similar discussion.

Did you pick that name just to appeal to the half of a half percent of people who were music majors who would appreciate it?

I didn't pick the name. They had it when I got there.

Metallica is a retarded name and it didn't hurt them any.

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:23 pm

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:23 pm There’s a reason it was decided not to call Pac-Man by the original name of Puck Man in the USA. Sadly you guys didn’t have a similar discussion.

Did you pick that name just to appeal to the half of a half percent of people who were music majors who would appreciate it?

I didn't pick the name. They had it when I got there.

Metallica is a retarded name and it didn't hurt them any.

Metallica was a great name. You knew they were all about the metal. And it was up your ass, for some reason.

HueyRamone wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:32 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:23 pm

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:23 pm There’s a reason it was decided not to call Pac-Man by the original name of Puck Man in the USA. Sadly you guys didn’t have a similar discussion.

Did you pick that name just to appeal to the half of a half percent of people who were music majors who would appreciate it?

I didn't pick the name. They had it when I got there.

Metallica is a retarded name and it didn't hurt them any.

Metallica was a great name. You knew they were all about the metal. And it was up your ass, for some reason.

I remember seeing the Encyclopedia Metallica book before I ever heard of the band. The book name was funny. The band name sucks. Just like another great band Metal Church. Dumb name.

About the only metal band with a great name was Celtic Frost.

HueyRamone wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:32 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:23 pm

BernieTaupson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:23 pm There’s a reason it was decided not to call Pac-Man by the original name of Puck Man in the USA. Sadly you guys didn’t have a similar discussion.

Did you pick that name just to appeal to the half of a half percent of people who were music majors who would appreciate it?

I didn't pick the name. They had it when I got there.

Metallica is a retarded name and it didn't hurt them any.

Metallica was a great name. You knew they were all about the metal. And it was up your ass, for some reason.

Well, they were from San Francisco.

Seemed to work out for them.

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:41 pm Seemed to work out for them.

That was my point.

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:37 pm

HueyRamone wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:32 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:23 pm

I didn't pick the name. They had it when I got there.

Metallica is a retarded name and it didn't hurt them any.

Metallica was a great name. You knew they were all about the metal. And it was up your ass, for some reason.

I remember seeing the Encyclopedia Metallica book before I ever heard of the band. The book name was funny. The band name sucks. Just like another great band Metal Church. Dumb name.

About the only metal band with a great name was Celtic Frost.

Metal Church is one of the worst names of all time. I'll give you that. No one wants to think about church when they're rocking, unless it's explicitly a satanic church.

Metallica is good tho. So are metal bands Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Megadeth.

Stryper, Meshuggah, Ratt and Y&T are horrible names. Krokus sounds cool, but isnt cool if you know it's a misspelled flower.

You cant be trusted with names.