Joe Hack

Oh I toyed with the idea of writing a regretful review of how far America has strayed under the heinous stewardship of Bush and the far-right neo-con mafia from the ideals that made it great, a kind of in memoriam for moral principles, but to be perfectly honest I couldn’t be bothered. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, the cars waxed and the coast is an hours drive so lets do something much simpler that we can all enjoy, shall we ? Lets all just start the day with a good laugh at  Americas wackiest and most internationally appreciated joke, George W Bush.

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Well some of his employees do anyway. Coming firmly under the ‘who gives a shit anyway‘ category of ‘news‘ reportage, Marilyn Manson (real name Brian Warner) was apparently turned away from Cologne cathedral  because he was wearing lipstick. Oh shock horror ! Christian groups in the US have branded Manson a pawn of Satan for albums such as 1996’s Antichrist Superstar, thus demonstrating their usual profound lack of humour.  Brian apparently didn’t think cathedral staff recognised him, telling reporters: “They didn’t let me in because I was wearing lipstick.”   The 38-year-old rock ’star’ had to be content with a view through the doors (and a shedload of free publicity of course).  Brian graciously described the cathedral, one of Germany’s top tourist attractions, as “one of the most beautiful places that I’ve ever seen”.

Coincidentally (ho ho) Manson was in Cologne for the opening of an exhibition of 33 of his watercolour paintings at a gallery in the city. Subjects include the late actor and friend of Manson, Christopher Reeve, and Adolf Hitler, who is depicted as a transsexual creature with breasts. “Either you like them or you don’t,” Brian said.  It seems Germany, the homeland of the often-gloomy Expressionism art movement, was a great source of inspiration for him. Other aspects of German culture clearly appeal to him too. He has flirted with Nazi imagery in the past and has recently incorporated elements of German cabaret into his performances. Not dipping into the nazi bag with any intention of shocking the easily-shockable and getting cheap publicity of course. Purely a matter of aesthetics.

I’ve only seen Brian chatting on TV once but he seemed like an intelligent and pleasant enough guy resolutely treading the well-worn showbiz path of shocking the gullible. Hes clearly a master of the publicity game though. Well, he got his name in the papers this time and a ton of free publicity for his exhibition so,  job done, eh Brian ?Tags:Adolf Hitler Brian Warner cabaret cathedral cheap publicity Christian Christopher Reeve culture exhibition Expressionism art gallery Germany gullible humour intelligent lipstick Manson Marilyn Manson Nazi news publicity Satan tourist attractions transsexual TV watercolour paintings Weird and Bizarre who gives a shit anywayAdolf Hitler, Brian Warner, cabaret, cathedral, cheap publicity, Christian, Christopher Reeve, culture, exhibition, Expressionism art, gallery, Germany, gullible, humour, intelligent, lipstick, Manson, Marilyn Manson, Nazi, news, publicity, Satan, tourist attractions, transsexual, TV, watercolour paintings, Weird and Bizarre, who gives a shit anyway

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