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ithikaHeh.
First of all, thank you, Mr. Manson, for allowing us to speak with you today.
A. Oh, the honor is all mine. Your site has changed my life. One of the true wonders of our time.
Q. Thank you. Let me begin by asking, was it you, or your agent, who decided to go with the whole evil theme?
A. Well, you're making a presumption there, in that this whole thing is just an act. This is truly me, this is who I am. I have found a way to cut through, to clarify the human spirit, to see past the man-made foolishness of "religion" and "spirituality" and have refined myself until I have become something yet unseen in this world: an absolute evil being. My heart pumps a cold blackness that engulfs my non-soul, alllowing me to become a true Antichrist Superstar.
Q. I see. So, you came up with it on your own then?
A. No, it was my agent.
Q. Did you consider other themes or gimmicks for your act when you were starting out?
A. We thought about Christian Rock - you know, that's big now. But the money really is still in evil. Just look at the Backstreet Boys.
Q. Have you ever killed a man with your music?
A. No. Not that I know of.
Q. Have you tried?
A. Yes. It's hard to do. Again, unless you're the Backstreet Boys.
Q. Did you go through any other names before you landed on Marilyn Manson?
A. I started out as 'Evil McDeathmonster' but the record company wanted me to go for something a little more subtle. Besides, it was taken. I still like that name better, though. It really conveyed how evil I am.
Q. How evil would you say you are?
A. Oh, I'm evil times five. If evil were nickels, I'd have a quarter. I'm like Hitler, only moreso.
Q. So, how would you compare your evil to, say, Garth Brooks?
A. I'm about half as evil as he is.
Q. Wow.
A. Yeah. Like I said, I'm pretty evil.
Q. Let's talk about your music. Where do you get your inspiration?
A. Well, from Satan, of course. When it's time to cut a new song, I basically summon Satan and ask him for ideas. Then he demands a sacrifice of some kind, usually a live animal, but sometimes he just asks me to smack myself in the face a few times, while he giggles like a little girl. Anyway, after several hours of dark rituals, I then break out my Nine Inch album collection and listen for a track that I like. I take it, add a couple of layers of guitar, and sing about how evil I am over it. And there's the song.
Q. You must be proud.
A. Well, it's good money.
Q. What is your favorite band of all time?
A. "Right Said Fred."
Q. Favorite song?
A. "I'm too sexy" by Right Said Fred.
Q. And your favorite album...
A. The Right Said Fred album that features the song "I'm Too Sexy."
Q. Favorite movie?
A. Oh, that's not an easy one. I love horror and violence, so A Clockwork Orange would rank right up there, along with Seven. But my absolute favorite has to be Cannonball Run II. Dom Deluise. I mean, what can you say?
Q. On a personal level, how is your family?
A. We're doing great. Rose just gave birth to our second child, Skip. Our little girl, Bunny, just turned three. And of course, we have the three cats, Poofy, Tabby, and Mr. Whiskers. Rose loves Tabby, but Mr. Whiskers is daddy's cat. (to a cat on the floor) Aren't you, Mr. Whiskers? Are you daddy's cat? Yes you are. Yes you are! He he he he he he he he he he!!
Q. In light of the fact that you have your own children now, how do you feel about accusations
that your music is a negative influence on youth?
A. (to the cat, presumably) Here, kitty kitty kitty! Come to daddy! Oh, look, he's being shy. Don't be afraid of the stranger, Mr. Whiskers! Here, kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!
Q. Mr. Manson?
A. Where's your mouse, Mr. Whiskers? Bring me your little rubber mouse? Wanna play with your mouse? Huh? Here, kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!
Q. I guess I'll should be going. Thank you for your time, Marilyn.
A. No! Bad Kitty! Daddy doesn't like it when you scratch the furniture! That's a bad kitty! Now come over here and bring me your mouse. Bring it to me! Here, kitty! Here, kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty...
I like him. He's crazy.
First of all, thank you, Mr. Manson, for allowing us to speak with you today.
A. Oh, the honor is all mine. Your site has changed my life. One of the true wonders of our time.
Q. Thank you. Let me begin by asking, was it you, or your agent, who decided to go with the whole evil theme?
A. Well, you're making a presumption there, in that this whole thing is just an act. This is truly me, this is who I am. I have found a way to cut through, to clarify the human spirit, to see past the man-made foolishness of "religion" and "spirituality" and have refined myself until I have become something yet unseen in this world: an absolute evil being. My heart pumps a cold blackness that engulfs my non-soul, alllowing me to become a true Antichrist Superstar.
Q. I see. So, you came up with it on your own then?
A. No, it was my agent.
Q. Did you consider other themes or gimmicks for your act when you were starting out?
A. We thought about Christian Rock - you know, that's big now. But the money really is still in evil. Just look at the Backstreet Boys.
Q. Have you ever killed a man with your music?
A. No. Not that I know of.
Q. Have you tried?
A. Yes. It's hard to do. Again, unless you're the Backstreet Boys.
Q. Did you go through any other names before you landed on Marilyn Manson?
A. I started out as 'Evil McDeathmonster' but the record company wanted me to go for something a little more subtle. Besides, it was taken. I still like that name better, though. It really conveyed how evil I am.
Q. How evil would you say you are?
A. Oh, I'm evil times five. If evil were nickels, I'd have a quarter. I'm like Hitler, only moreso.
Q. So, how would you compare your evil to, say, Garth Brooks?
A. I'm about half as evil as he is.
Q. Wow.
A. Yeah. Like I said, I'm pretty evil.
Q. Let's talk about your music. Where do you get your inspiration?
A. Well, from Satan, of course. When it's time to cut a new song, I basically summon Satan and ask him for ideas. Then he demands a sacrifice of some kind, usually a live animal, but sometimes he just asks me to smack myself in the face a few times, while he giggles like a little girl. Anyway, after several hours of dark rituals, I then break out my Nine Inch album collection and listen for a track that I like. I take it, add a couple of layers of guitar, and sing about how evil I am over it. And there's the song.
Q. You must be proud.
A. Well, it's good money.
Q. What is your favorite band of all time?
A. "Right Said Fred."
Q. Favorite song?
A. "I'm too sexy" by Right Said Fred.
Q. And your favorite album...
A. The Right Said Fred album that features the song "I'm Too Sexy."
Q. Favorite movie?
A. Oh, that's not an easy one. I love horror and violence, so A Clockwork Orange would rank right up there, along with Seven. But my absolute favorite has to be Cannonball Run II. Dom Deluise. I mean, what can you say?
Q. On a personal level, how is your family?
A. We're doing great. Rose just gave birth to our second child, Skip. Our little girl, Bunny, just turned three. And of course, we have the three cats, Poofy, Tabby, and Mr. Whiskers. Rose loves Tabby, but Mr. Whiskers is daddy's cat. (to a cat on the floor) Aren't you, Mr. Whiskers? Are you daddy's cat? Yes you are. Yes you are! He he he he he he he he he he!!
Q. In light of the fact that you have your own children now, how do you feel about accusations
that your music is a negative influence on youth?
A. (to the cat, presumably) Here, kitty kitty kitty! Come to daddy! Oh, look, he's being shy. Don't be afraid of the stranger, Mr. Whiskers! Here, kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty! Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!
Q. Mr. Manson?
A. Where's your mouse, Mr. Whiskers? Bring me your little rubber mouse? Wanna play with your mouse? Huh? Here, kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!
Q. I guess I'll should be going. Thank you for your time, Marilyn.
A. No! Bad Kitty! Daddy doesn't like it when you scratch the furniture! That's a bad kitty! Now come over here and bring me your mouse. Bring it to me! Here, kitty! Here, kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty...
I like him. He's crazy.
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Date: 2003-07-21 01:05 am (UTC)i found this random moment in my livejournal while i was looking for the manson quote:
Kid Rock Starves To Death
MP3 Piracy Blamed
LOS ANGELES—MP3 piracy of copyrighted music claimed another victim Monday, when the emaciated body of rock-rap superstar Kid Rock was found on the median of La Cienega Boulevard.
"How many more artists must die of starvation before we put a stop to this MP3 madness?" asked Hilary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "MP3s of Kid Rock's music were so widely traded and downloaded by Napster users that he was driven back to the mean streets from whence he came, dying bankrupt and penniless in the gutter."
When found by police, the 28-year-old Kid Rock, born Bob Ritchie in Detroit, was still clutching the cardboard "Devil Without A Place To Sleep Or Anything To Eat" sign that had been his trademark ever since the rise of Napster's MP3-sharing software bankrupted him in January.
Rosen said the RIAA would prosecute the music-piracy firms that are responsible "to the fullest extent of the law."
"Napster killed Kid Rock, there's no doubt about it," Rosen said. "As soon as that web site went up last October, people stopped buying his music. It's not surprising, either: Why would anyone in their right mind pay $12.99 for a CD with artwork when they could simply spend seven hours downloading the compressed MP3 files of all the album's songs onto their home computer's desktop, decompress it into an AIFF sound file, and then burn the data onto a blank CD?"
"If we don't do something, this technology is going to destroy the record industry," said Nathan Davis, vice-president of Atlantic Records, Kid Rock's label. "Just imagine if the oil-change industry allowed the public to have direct access to oil and oil filters, enabling them to change their car's oil themselves without going through Jiffy Lube or Kwik Lube. People would stop going to oil-change shops, and the entire industry would collapse. We can't let that happen to us."
According to post-autopsy analysis of Kid Rock's stomach contents by the L.A. County coroner's office, his last meal consisted of newspapers, cigar butts, old CD liner notes, and the partial remains of sidekick Joe C., who had been missing since May 15.
Thus far, relief efforts on behalf of afflicted artists have met with little success. In January, Metallica, System Of A Down, and Powerman 5000 teamed up for a concert tour known as "Us Aid," but the rockers were forced to cancel when concertgoers at the kickoff show in Tempe, AZ, showed up with MP3 recording equipment. An all-star fundraiser CD featuring Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, and Korn was similarly scrapped when an individual known only by the user name PimpKracker69@aol.com acquired a promotional copy and made it available to millions of fans over the Internet.
"This is exactly the kind of thing we've been warning our fans about," James Hetfield, the lone surviving member of Metallica, told reporters during a press conference at Hollywood's Grace Church Homeless Shelter. "First, they found Madonna dead of a crack overdose in the alley behind Liquid. Then my best friend and bandmate Lars is killed by cops during a botched hold-up of a liquor store. Now, Kid Rock dies of starvation like a filthy dog in the street. My God, people, didn't we learn the lesson of Elton John?"
John, the British rock star who went bankrupt in 1976 before private ownership of music-pirating cassette decks was made illegal, died of exposure on a Welsh moor that year after creditors repossessed his clothing.
the manson quote...
Date: 2003-07-21 01:07 am (UTC)1. If you get someone else’s sperm on you.
2. If you’ve ever owned a Smiths album."
(let’s skip some of the more exceptionally vulgar entries... i.e. most of them... my apologies for number one, but really, I couldn’t start a list at number two, could I?)
"6. If you tap your feet to a Smiths song.
10. If you have any kind of sex-with a male or female-to the Smiths, you’re gay.
15. If there’s a Smiths song on in a bar and you’re in the bathroom with your d*** in your hand.
20. If you f*** a girl who likes the Smiths.
21. If you don’t eat meat because the Smiths album Meat Is Murder had an impact on your life.
24. If you have a haircut like Morrissey.
25. If you’ve ever had a haircut while a Morrissey or Smiths album was playing in the room.
27. If you’ve ever put band-aids on your nipples as a fashion statement.
35. If you know the names of anyone who’s ever been in the Smiths besides Morrissey and Johnny Marr.
39. If your first, last, middle or only name is Morrissey."
i bought the book just for that list, because i hate it so much. i've never read any of the other pages, and don't plan to. on a releated note, 23 of the 39 apply to me. I can't believe i paid $10 for it though
Re: the manson quote...
Date: 2003-07-21 05:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
did you make your icon?
*twirls* it's so fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunny.
AND YOU better. BETTER. better. BETTER. better. BETTER. update your DJ as well!
ms. deadcookie
Re: the manson quote...
Date: 2003-07-22 04:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-07-22 05:17 pm (UTC)Yessum, we made-ed our lj image, which is why it is soo dodgee mac smodgee
but thankies
we is rather proud of it, ourself...
Bai bai Oh one who is both a cookie and crazy
I'll update mah DJ on Fridyah. ^_^
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lol.
how did you make your suuuuuuper icon? :P
[skull= me = crazycookie]
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Date: 2003-07-26 04:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
okies.
we don't have computer-ed. (howdya call it?) in our school. *sigh*
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Date: 2003-08-01 08:03 am (UTC)aaw, *is sad* but you must have computerrrrs at school!