Slopes and Sam

11-05-05 by Sam

I have a confession to make.  I still listen to Manson's stuff.  I still think Antichrist Superstar is possibly the best concept album ever to be conceptualized.  And subsequently written, recorded, mixed and produced (by Trent Reznor, I might add).  Mechanical Animals was a very clever use of accumulated fame, and remains highly listenable.  Even Holy Wood, where his penchant for wrapping everything in symbolism got a bit out of hand, gets dusted off once a year or so.  I love the whole "circus-metal" vibe of Portrait of an American Family, and I can even enjoy a track or two off the abortion that was The Golden Age of Grotesque.

However, I stopped giving a shit about anything he has to say several years ago.  Around the time he released Mechanical Animals.  And not just because he started badmouthing my own personal Jesus, Reznor.  Manson knew Trent personally.  I don't.  Perhaps Trent is a complete fucknuckle in his spare time.  I don't like to think so, and nothing he's said in interviews indicate any tendencies of that sort.

Manson, on the other hand, proves it every time he opens his mouth.  I'm tired of hearing about how much of an artiste he is, and how very bored he is by everybody who talks to him.  Present company excepted, of course.  And, lest we forget, how very burlesque his life is.  Burlesque?  Wow.  He's living the dream.  It must be like sitting through Cabaret all day, every day.  No wonder he's still taking drugs.  I had to watch that fucking movie eight too many times in high school.

Like every other closet hypocrite in the world, I saw Bowling for Columbine, in which the following exchange took place:

Michael Moore: If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine or the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now?

Marilyn Manson: I wouldn't say a single word to them. I would listen to what they have to say. And that's what no one did.

He's a smart fucker huh?  That's pretty fucking insightful.  I never would have thought of an incisive platitude like that.  And I'll bet you wouldn't have either you dumb fuck.

Too many people walked away from that interview thinking Manson wasn't just the bullshit-goth-rock knob they'd taken him for.  No.  He is.  And if it was a revelation to you that the Columbine shooters had something they wanted to say, you've missed the point of...well, everything really.

Finally, if there are any rabid Manson fans out there, ready to tear my throat out for the things I've just said, I leave you with this final argument: Doppelherz.

-Sam

11-05-05 by Slopes

Quit talking about NIN on your goddamn comic. You're beginning to sound like a.....cock-douche.

-Usher

12-05-05 by Sam

A "cock-douche".  Let's actually think about that concept for a second.

See, what did I tell you?  Dizzy.  Weak at the knees.