Oh the humanity: Kiss’s Paul Stanley wears concert platform shoes held together by duct tape

There’s a photo going round the net that’s started everyone talking. It depicts Paul Stanley’s feet on stage, ensconced in thigh-high platform shoes held together by duct tape:

From: Howard Brown
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 11:13 AM
To: Kipp, Thomas J
Subject: Paul Stanley’s boots

Paul Stanley’s boots (click here):

“Last night, my pal Gil Kaufman of MTV snapped this fantastic photo at a Kiss concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. I call it “Duct Tape Rock City.”

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From: Kipp, Thomas J
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:48 AM
To: Howard Brown
Subject: RE: Paul Stanley’s boots! Calling “Dr. Duct”….

Thanks Todd!

After all, on any given “hot night”, SOMETHING’s gotta give! LOL

Suggested Stage Patter—“Anybody out there gotta fresh rolla DUCT TAPE?!”

Suggested Follow-up—“I was talkin’ to somebody backstage before, and they were tellin’ me that a LOTTA you people like t’use ELECTRICAL tape! All right….”

Tom

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From: Matt Crowley
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 9:55 AM
To: Kipp, Thomas J; ‘Howard Brown’

Subject: RE: Paul Stanley’s boots! Calling “Dr. Duct”….

Tom;

Jebus! Professionals use gaffer’s tape, which is vastly superior to duct tape. It’s aPAULing that they didn’t have a roll of black gaffer’s tape kicking around…

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Subject: RE: Paul Stanley’s boots! Calling “Dr. Duct”….
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:01:11 -0700
From: Kipp, Thomas J
To: matthetube@comcast.net; howard@stewartbrown.com

Hi Matt:

Typical Kiss sloppiness, sans doubt!

Thanks for setting us all on the path of righteous connectivity, my friend!

Tom