Omni Hotel, Detroit Michigan
"I don't think I can even sit at the same table as you", mutters Twiggy Ramirez, flipping a lime wedge at me. Marilyn Manson's gaunt, cross-dressing bassist is pissed off that I asked for the traditional word of prayer before we cut into the Thanksgiving bird. Okay then, I say, the least we could do is ponder what we have to be thankful for this holiday season.
"I'm thankful I have two middle fingers," sneers lead singer Marilyn, showing them both to me. "I only wish I had more".
"I refuse to even eat", puts in keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy, whose bald head and half-foot devil goatee have him looking like a cross between Vladimir Lenin and Nosferatu. "How could I endorse any holiday that symbolizes co-operation among peoples?"
"If you have a shotgun", he says excitedly. "and you pour a little bit of water down the barrel, and you put a big fuckin' ball deer slug in it, the shell will push the water up the barrel when it fires. The water actually scours the inside of your skull, it's like a high pressure water cleaning, blows everything right out, like a guaranteed, can't lose kill! Also, he said you can just hold a grenade right under your chin and pull the key - boom, ha ha ha!