It's 2:15 AM on Sunday morning; I have just gotten home from the Mayhem Festival at Shoreline. Metal festival, for those of you who wondered. Or, like, care.

Of the main-stage bands, Slayer and Bullet for my Valentine had the prettiest followers. Trivium had the ones with the best figures. Killswitch Engage and Cannibal Corpse were tied for shortest shirts/skirts and tightest jeans.

Marilyn Manson was the headliner. He gets the following awards:
Best figures and tightest clothing on ridden hard and put away wet skinny camp followers.
Latest entrance.
Largest amount of fog to no purpose because you are not on stage and the curtain is still up.
Ruining "Bella Lugosi's Dead" changeover cover music because some idiot keeps testing mics. Because you are late.
Leaving after a 40 minute set, apparently in an attempt to start a riot.
What the .... for having kitty litter delivered to your dressing room.

Yep. Kitty litter. 10 pounds of it at least, and a large pan. Supposedly this was because Mr Originality (my favorite Alice Cooper quote, when asked what he thought of Marilyn Manson: "Girls name for a band, lots of makeup and ripped clothes. Gee, I wish I had thought of that...")
sorry Marilyn, lots of bands say "fuck"... anyway, he does not like other people using the bathroom in his dressing room, and if he thinks they have he uses the pan. Right. Ummm, it's your dressing room stoopid. The only people using your toilet would be
A) You.
B) Someone you let use your toilet.
Admittedly, I guess if I was Marilyn Manson and I used the toilet I would not want to use the toilet..... I'm not sure, but I think this rivals Prince's Production Manager declaring that he had seen two flies in Purpleboys dressing room, and that they must be killed and removed or his Royal Weirdness would not perform. Actually, I suspect it's just one of those hype stunts. "OK, add a rider to my contract requiring cat litter and a pan; maybe that will draw more fans..." I'm betting that at home he gardens and drinks herbal tea, and watches "The View" with his wife...

Marilyn seems to have gotten very upset over fans not liking him as much. Gosh, I wonder if that is because he arrives late and leaves early?

I was thinking of having a T-Shirt printed that said "I work in Rock and Roll; what dull job do you do?" but now I think I should print one that says "I work in Rock and Roll: My employers are way stranger than yours..."
maybe I'll print both....