From: owner-recycled-bin-digest@smoe.org (recycled-bin-digest) To: recycled-bin-digest@smoe.org Subject: recycled-bin-digest V1 #55 Reply-To: recycled-bin@smoe.org Sender: owner-recycled-bin-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-recycled-bin-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "recycled-bin-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. recycled-bin-digest Saturday, November 22 1997 Volume 01 : Number 055 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fw: Shirley article in Details ["kevin" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 18:39:10 -0500 From: "kevin" Subject: Fw: Shirley article in Details this was sent to me by Josh, as he forgot the list's email addie...oi...and this is a rather fab article...reminds me of why i looked up to shirl in the first place... kevin chan http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/6273/index.html np: faster by the manics on the holy bible - ---------- > From the December 1997 Details: (From the Best to come of 98' section) > > SHIRLEY MANSON > Garbage In, Garbage Out: Trash-Talkin' On The Year To Come > > Being a determinedly pessimistic sort, I've always believed that the > forces of the world can and will crush you at any given second. So you > can see why I tend not ot plan ahead at all, much less look forward to > things. I don't think I've ever made a New Year's resolution - I mean, > I'm never going to keep it, so what's the point, right? > Still, there are a few things that I hope life sees fit to permit > me in the New Year. For one, I'm actually looking forward to getting back > on the road when our new album comes out. You'd think this was because > I've been recording in the studio all year and am pining for some > sunlight, but I'm afraid the bitter trth is that I'm simply addicted to > touring. And this makes me one sad fuck. Because, you see, touring is a > ludicrous existence which bears no relation to reality whatsoever - it's > kind of like being in the army, and what kind of lunatic wants to be in > the army? To freely admit that I love it absolutely proves that I do not > have a healthy psyche. > But of course everyone knows that already. Much like our last LP, > our new one is once again about all the "-tions": desolation, isolation, > desperation, all death and darkness and destruction. Not to fear, though > - there are plenty of melodically outrageous pop moments to compensate for > the bleakness, and I think it's much sexier and more organic-sounding than > the last. Plus, I'll be playing some of those moments on my custom-made > Fender-Strat, which I've named Rita because she's absolutely beautiful. > She's all sparkly and orange and just happens to be the color of my fanny > (and a fanny in Scotland is not what a fanny is in America - you figure it > out). > My album isn't the only one I'm looking forward to, though. I > can't wait for the new records from PJ Harvey and Hole. PJ Harvey's got > the most beautiful, complete voice - she sounds the way my heroines always > do, which is half man, half woman; half angel, half cunt. She does her > own thing, doesn't give a damn about what anyone else is doing, writes and > plays everything, and is a great performer. She's th bomb. As for > Courtney - I mean Hole - well, if I were thirteen and heard the two Hole > records, I'd be be beside myself with love for her. i just adore the way > she plays and manipulates people, and though some say she's gotten a > little too glamour-girled-up, I think she's got enough balls to balance > out the toning down of her wild-child look. > I, however, will not have a new look. I've been on a rant lately > about how pitiful it is that so many of these girl singers are trying to > be fashion models these days. Like that silly Meredith Brooks. She's in > a different fashion vibe every time you see her, and she's just completely > overcome by the clothes she's wearing. I'm sorry, but I refuse to give in > to the pressure of having to come up with a completely new me every time > out. I've fought my whole life to try and come to terms with myself, and > I'm fucked if I'm gonna have some stylist froufrouing around and telling > me I can't wear my hair like this, or that I can't wear that pair of shoes > because they're not in fashion this year. I wear clothes suited to what > I'm doing. And if I'm gigging, I don't care how fashionable it is, I'm > not gonna wear a tiny skirt where people can just look up and see my > clitoris. > And on that note, now would be the time to reveal my two greatest > wishes for the coming year. My first wish is for the complete and total > destruction of the Spice Girls. I want them ritually humiliated in the > streets. I want them tarred and feathered. I can't stand the fact that > they've tied themselves to the flag of "girl power" while all the time > being managed by men, written for by men, and manipulated by men. As far > as I can see, they've not done one tiny thing for "girl power." > And my second wish? Well, what I love about being onstage is that > it allows me to be completely enveloped in my fantasy world. And what > fantasy would be complete without the mythic multiorgasm? I've yet to > achieve one in real life, but I'm hoping to achieve one onstage this time > around. I've always wanted to levitate onstage too, and to throw down my > mike and let my voice overpower all that amplified sound. > Maybe I'll get lucky and get all three at once. It's going to be > quite a show. ------------------------------ End of recycled-bin-digest V1 #55 *********************************