In which Clare actually deigns to buy Rolling Stone...

I don't like Marilyn Manson. I don't like his music and I think there are better ways of grabbing the world's attention than looking like a total twonk. But I have always had respect for him in a way I've never had for people like Robbie/Kylie/Justin/Britney/Phil Collins. I get that he's a clever guy who looks like he does and sounds like he does because he knows how to get the kind of attention he wants. More than that, I think he's making a personal statement that isn't ever going to be a really popular one, and he deserves respect for that. I loved what he said to Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine.

So yesterday when I bought Rolling Stone's 'The Immortals' issue (April 15 2004) and found he was the one writing the piece about the Doors (of course they're on the list, people!) I was caught between thinking 'God I have the Doors in common with Marilyn Fucking Manson? and 'let's see what the dude has to say'.

Some Marilyn on Jim moments:

I think the Doors still fit in because they never fit in in the first place. Someone has clearly read Chapter One of my dissertation ;)

Morrison's voice was a beautiful pond for anything to drown in. Can I get an 'amen' from the audience? Have you ever heard Hyacinth House, man?

but most importantly of all:

If you want to be like Jim Morrison, you can't be anything like Jim Morrison. It's about finding your own place in world.

FINALLY someone who agrees with me! Say what you like about Marilyn Manson. It's nothing to do with Alexander hair or leather fucking trousers or being drunk. Marilyn has it about as spot on as ever I've seen. Call him a freak if you have to, but remember they used to say that about Jim Morrison too. It's what they say about me too. Fuck me, if that's what a freak really is, can I be more of one please?

Other gems about my darlings:

Eddie Vedder on The Who:

Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness: doubt and confusion but no plea for sympathy.

Pete Townshend allowed that there be spiritual value in music.

Dave 'I'll castrate myself if I can play drums for Zep' Grohl on Led Zeppelin:

Heavy metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin and if it did, it would suck.

Actually, I happen to think that almost all heavy metal that isn't LZ sucks anyway.

I was going to Catholic school and questioning God, but I believed in Led Zeppelin. I wasn't really buying into this Christianity thing, but I had faith in Led Zeppelin as a spiritual entity.

I believe Zeppelin will come back and prove themselves to once again be the greatest rock band of all time. It will happen. They'll find someone to play the drums and I'll be right there, front row at every goddman show.
Only if I don't get there first, pallie. And the illustration of the band in the magazine does not do Blond Zep justice. It's like the 1973 body with the 1979 face and it's weird. Bonzo looks a bit weird too, but the flaming zeppelin behind them is cool.

John Mellencamp on Buddy Holly:

Holly's songs never really left my consciousness.

I know that feeling well.

Steven Van Zandt on The Rolling Stones:

It's amazing Keith is still alive. There are a few people who have this constitution of invulerability, although you shouldn't learn that. Let's be honest: Excessive drug use hurts songwriting.

Finally someone else has had the guts to say that Keith's a lucky bastard and that being like Keith is never a good career move for anyone but Keith, and more than that: drugs fuck the music up and rarely enhance it. Don't believe the hype, kiddies.

Also kudos to Elvis Costello for this:

Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had stunningly high standards as writers. I fucking knew it would take George dying to have him taken fucking seriously.


PS. Britney Spears wrote the piece about Madonna. Vacuous tripe that was very little to do with the actual music and more to do with, well, style and Britney herself. Do us all a favour and piss off back to Louisiana would you please?
Chris Martin's piece on (IMO the overrated) U2 was as boring as he is.
Kudos to Little Richard for writing a piece about... Little Richard. God love the arrogant aul' fool. :D

PPS. Probably passed my 100wpm shorthand exam today. I say probably because although we had a chance to look it over and I counted 3 or 4 mistakes, knowing my luck, the examiners will find another bunch to take it up to eleven and fail me.

PPPS. Reading the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004 article- Sean Lennon and Leelee Sobieski? How did I not know this... Dhani Harrison looking v. pretty and less like his dad than he sometimes does... Robert Plant and Lenny Kravitz make an odd looking pair... Theodora Richards (child of Keef) much prettier than Lizzie Jagger even with Jerry's genes... According to the article Dhani Harrison is also the same height as Prince. Must be a right titch.

In which Clare actually deigns to buy Rolling Stone...

I don't like Marilyn Manson. I don't like his music and I think there are better ways of grabbing the world's attention than looking like a total twonk. But I have always had respect for him in a way I've never had for people like Robbie/Kylie/Justin/Britney/Phil Collins. I get that he's a clever guy who looks like he does and sounds like he does because he knows how to get the kind of attention he wants. More than that, I think he's making a personal statement that isn't ever going to be a really popular one, and he deserves respect for that. I loved what he said to Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine.

So yesterday when I bought Rolling Stone's 'The Immortals' issue (April 15 2004) and found he was the one writing the piece about the Doors (of course they're on the list, people!) I was caught between thinking 'God I have the Doors in common with Marilyn Fucking Manson? and 'let's see what the dude has to say'.

Some Marilyn on Jim moments:

I think the Doors still fit in because they never fit in in the first place. Someone has clearly read Chapter One of my dissertation ;)

Morrison's voice was a beautiful pond for anything to drown in. Can I get an 'amen' from the audience? Have you ever heard Hyacinth House, man?

but most importantly of all:

If you want to be like Jim Morrison, you can't be anything like Jim Morrison. It's about finding your own place in world.

FINALLY someone who agrees with me! Say what you like about Marilyn Manson. It's nothing to do with Alexander hair or leather fucking trousers or being drunk. Marilyn has it about as spot on as ever I've seen. Call him a freak if you have to, but remember they used to say that about Jim Morrison too. It's what they say about me too. Fuck me, if that's what a freak really is, can I be more of one please?

Other gems about my darlings:

Eddie Vedder on The Who:

Roger Daltrey's delivery allowed vulnerability without weakness: doubt and confusion but no plea for sympathy.

Pete Townshend allowed that there be spiritual value in music.

Dave 'I'll castrate myself if I can play drums for Zep' Grohl on Led Zeppelin:

Heavy metal would not exist without Led Zeppelin and if it did, it would suck.

Actually, I happen to think that almost all heavy metal that isn't LZ sucks anyway.

I was going to Catholic school and questioning God, but I believed in Led Zeppelin. I wasn't really buying into this Christianity thing, but I had faith in Led Zeppelin as a spiritual entity.

I believe Zeppelin will come back and prove themselves to once again be the greatest rock band of all time. It will happen. They'll find someone to play the drums and I'll be right there, front row at every goddman show.
Only if I don't get there first, pallie. And the illustration of the band in the magazine does not do Blond Zep justice. It's like the 1973 body with the 1979 face and it's weird. Bonzo looks a bit weird too, but the flaming zeppelin behind them is cool.

John Mellencamp on Buddy Holly:

Holly's songs never really left my consciousness.

I know that feeling well.

Steven Van Zandt on The Rolling Stones:

It's amazing Keith is still alive. There are a few people who have this constitution of invulerability, although you shouldn't learn that. Let's be honest: Excessive drug use hurts songwriting.

Finally someone else has had the guts to say that Keith's a lucky bastard and that being like Keith is never a good career move for anyone but Keith, and more than that: drugs fuck the music up and rarely enhance it. Don't believe the hype, kiddies.

Also kudos to Elvis Costello for this:

Lennon, McCartney and Harrison had stunningly high standards as writers. I fucking knew it would take George dying to have him taken fucking seriously.


PS. Britney Spears wrote the piece about Madonna. Vacuous tripe that was very little to do with the actual music and more to do with, well, style and Britney herself. Do us all a favour and piss off back to Louisiana would you please?
Chris Martin's piece on (IMO the overrated) U2 was as boring as he is.
Kudos to Little Richard for writing a piece about... Little Richard. God love the arrogant aul' fool. :D

PPS. Probably passed my 100wpm shorthand exam today. I say probably because although we had a chance to look it over and I counted 3 or 4 mistakes, knowing my luck, the examiners will find another bunch to take it up to eleven and fail me.

PPPS. Reading the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004 article- Sean Lennon and Leelee Sobieski? How did I not know this... Dhani Harrison looking v. pretty and less like his dad than he sometimes does... Robert Plant and Lenny Kravitz make an odd looking pair... Theodora Richards (child of Keef) much prettier than Lizzie Jagger even with Jerry's genes... According to the article Dhani Harrison is also the same height as Prince. Must be a right titch.

*snickers*

Got this in an email from my friend Louise the other day and thought I would share:

An airline's passenger cabin was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone into a good mood as he served them food and drinks. As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and announced to the passengers, "Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, lovely people, so if you could just put up your trays that would be super."

On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed that a well-dressed, rather exotic looking woman hadn't moved a muscle. "Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines. I asked you to raise your trazy-poo so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground."

She calmly turned her head and said, "In my country, I am called a Princess. I take orders from no one."

To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, "Well, sweet-cheeks, in my country, I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray-up, bitch."

*snickers*

Got this in an email from my friend Louise the other day and thought I would share:

An airline's passenger cabin was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone into a good mood as he served them food and drinks. As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and announced to the passengers, "Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, lovely people, so if you could just put up your trays that would be super."

On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed that a well-dressed, rather exotic looking woman hadn't moved a muscle. "Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines. I asked you to raise your trazy-poo so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground."

She calmly turned her head and said, "In my country, I am called a Princess. I take orders from no one."

To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, "Well, sweet-cheeks, in my country, I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray-up, bitch."

Snooker?!?!

I turned the television on at 9 tonight to catch some snooker and was left bemused to find some random archaeology thing on instead. I was wondering what had happened...

My snookering hero Ronnie O'Sullivan slaughtered Stephen Hendry (the previous Greatest Ever) 17-4. That's the biggest semi-final defeat in the world championships ever. It wasn't on the tv because O'Sullivan had already beat him. So I didn't really mind. Highlights are on now, but they're showing the other, infinitely more boring Stevens-Dott semi which ended up 17-15. Yawn.

Played Kristina at pool yesterday. For someone who watches so much snooker, I can't play cue sports at all. It's my cue action, I'm telling you. It doesn't help that I'm a titch so that most cues are too long. Or I'm just shite. Whichever.

Snooker?!?!

I turned the television on at 9 tonight to catch some snooker and was left bemused to find some random archaeology thing on instead. I was wondering what had happened...

My snookering hero Ronnie O'Sullivan slaughtered Stephen Hendry (the previous Greatest Ever) 17-4. That's the biggest semi-final defeat in the world championships ever. It wasn't on the tv because O'Sullivan had already beat him. So I didn't really mind. Highlights are on now, but they're showing the other, infinitely more boring Stevens-Dott semi which ended up 17-15. Yawn.

Played Kristina at pool yesterday. For someone who watches so much snooker, I can't play cue sports at all. It's my cue action, I'm telling you. It doesn't help that I'm a titch so that most cues are too long. Or I'm just shite. Whichever.