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10 Bands Who’d Do a Great Job of Covering Our Favorite Artists
Bear with us here, but the fact that the new Marilyn Manson album is out this week has got us rambling off on a train of thought that’s led us to this point. Y’see, Manson’s album skates awfully close to self-parody at times, so much so that it’s almost like listening to a cover band [...]
Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka Costume Up for Auction
Paging Tim Burton (or maybe Marilyn Manson): Gene Wilder’s iconic costume from one of Hollywood’s all-time weirdest kids’ movies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, will be on the auction block in July. If the retro dandy in your life has an extra $80,000 – $120,000 lying around, Wonka’s “flamboyant purple velvet frock coat, wool [...]
5 Albums to Stream for Free This Week: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Marilyn Manson
Welcome to another edition of our regular Monday stream-a-thon, wherein we hunt down the best and/or most notable records streaming for free over the Internet. This week, we urge you to separate the new Brian Jonestown Massacre album from images of Anton Newcombe kicking fans in the head, and also serve up fine doses of [...]
Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp’s Cover of “You’re So Vain” Is Actually Pretty Great
Marilyn Manson and Johnny Depp have a lot in common: They’re both long-haired, 40-something cultural icons with bad boy reputations, dark aesthetics, and strong connections to the Willy Wonka mythos. So, why wouldn’t the erstwhile Antichrist Superstar call up Depp and ask him to guest on a cover of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”? Love [...]
10 of the Most Unlikely Couples in the Music Industry
We recently heard a rumor that Lana Del Rey and Marilyn Manson are dating. Gasp! Whether or not it’s true, we’ve decided to take the opportunity to look back at the weirdest and most unlikely couples in the music industry. Though we know our understanding of celebrities is limited — we see them as figures [...]
Watch David Lynch’s Eerie 1991 Anti-Litter PSA
Revolting babies. Gas-huffing sadists. The Black Lodge. Marilyn Manson. The perverse brain of David Lynch has never lacked for unexpected methods of creeping us out. But apparently he doesn’t need a great, weird idea to terrify — the Lynch-directed 1991 PSA below, spotted by Gothamist, proves he can even make littering eerie. Using an ominous [...]
A Collection of Offbeat Rock Star Appearances in Animation
Let’s face it. Disney isn’t normally knocking on musicians’ doors, asking them to join the cast of their next animated masterpiece. Yet through the years, artists such as Lou Reed, Marilyn Manson, Tom Petty, and the lovable Donny Osmond (he was a little bit rock and roll, lest we forget!) have lent their voices and [...]
Watch Shia LaBeouf’s NSFW Marilyn Manson Music Video
We were surprised to hear, earlier this summer, that Shia LaBeouf is making a documentary about Marilyn Manson. But, two months later, it seems the Transformers star has gone native — LaBeouf has directed a “short film” set to “Born Villain,” a track from Manson’s as yet unnamed eighth studio album. To our eyes, it’s [...]
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Today in real headlines that read like Onion headline, Shia LaBeouf is making a documentary about Marilyn Manson. In an interview on Live with Regis and Kelly, LaBeouf he described their meeting: “He lives in West Hollywood above a liquor store. There’s no lights in the room. And there’s sort of these big metal doors [...]
Pic of the Day: Marilyn Manson Draws Lost’s John Locke
Oh, Marilyn Manson. Sometimes you use your MySpace blog to threaten journalists… and sometimes you use your Facebook to give us all the gift of your Lost fandom. Just after uploading his emaciated-goth portrait of John Locke, Manson posted a status update explaining that it was “a painting I did for Twiggy’s obsession.” And now, [...]Show More Summary
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. It's cinematic, baby: Filmmaker Roman Polanski's surprise arrest in Zurich could be what leads to his freedom. [via WaPo] 2. Marilyn Manson has the swine flu. [via Rolling Stone] 3. ABC will air its new alien show V in two parts; four episodes starting in November, and then nine more after the Olympics in March. Show More Summary