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My name is Shawn. I'm 20 years old and I study Film at a University in London. I moved to London in late 2011 from my home town of Manchester to study. I enjoy listening to music, shooting and editing movies and writing scripts (for my movie projects) and essays, usually about Theology, Science or Social issues. I also add to an online blog where I write about Religion and my general life (shawnmanthony.blogspot.com). My interests also include Science, Tech news and literature.
Background
I've been a big Manson fan since 2004 and I have two tattoos inspired by him. The Eat Me, Drink Me spiral heart on my wrist, and the CMYK Born Villain logo on my chest. I discovered him in 1999 when my Dad bought the God Is In The T.V. video tape. Being a little young then my Mother didn't allow me to listen to him, but the image of him from "The Dope Show" music video always stayed with me. In about 2004 I came across him again when the Personal Jesus video was released. My Mother disagreed (being a Mormon) to the point where she confiscated the home tapes I had made for myself by recording Manson's songs directly from the TV (that makes me sound very old!). My Mother's acceptance of Manson has improved but she still does not enjoy his music, maybe i'll slip Antichrist Superstar onto her iPod. I then began to secretly go out and collect each of Manson's albums. I got Lest We Forget first, followed by Mechanical Animals and so on. Mechanical Animals remains my favourite album of all time. At this time the only artist I had on my iPod was Manson. When Eat Me, Drink Me was released I played it every morning on the way to school more than 200 times. At an age when I didn't know of much music Manson introduced me to bands such as KISS, Alice Cooper, The Beatles and David Bowie. The Beatles and Bowie remain favourites to this day. My first concert was a Manson one. I went with my Dad to the Rape Of The World show in my city of Manchester, England. I have received a lot of prejudice and judgement for my support of Manson but have managed to educate many delusional people (i'm tired of hearing about the ribs rumour). Nowadays I often blast MM music in my communal kitchen and most of my University flat mates enjoy it. Since I shaved the side of my head and got a new tattoo on my chest, my housemates refer to me as "Marilyn".
Shawn's Marilyn Manson Favourites
Favourite Album
Favourite Songs
In No Particular Order
- "Great Big White World"
- "Coma White"
- "The Speed of Pain"
- "The Dope Show"
- "The Beautiful People"
- "Tourniquet"
- "The Reflecting God"
- "The Love Song"
- "The Fight Song"
- "Disposable Teens"
