Haute-couture metal act SLIPKNOT have updated their grisly masks for the ’08 season. The fashionable octet’s new line of crowd-distracting gimmick headwear includes horrific odes to iconic pop-culture villains like DR. DOOM, LEATHERFACE, and JESUS (the mask with the bloody crown of thorns). Reportage by MTV.com adds to the already palpable charm: “It’s widely known that the band rarely cleans the masks after performances, despite claims by its members that they sweat, bleed, and vomit in them during their live sets.” Ah, but judge them not too harshly, because there but for the grace of God go our own underpants.
While I’m at it, I should point out that Slipknot are a prime example of the Good Drummer Rule: any band who’re regularly defended by their fans as having a “really good drummer” are invariably godawful.
MADONNA, apparently worried that her concerts might sell out too fast, has enlisted BRITNEY SPEARS to make “virtual” appearances on her next tour. I guess the deal is that some kind of Britney material is being filmed in advance, and it’ll be somehow displayed during the concerts. Which is worse, the injury of a Britney Spears cameo or the insult of a not-even-really-live appearance?
In other Ciccone news: though she denies it, it appears that she just broke up some baseball player’s marriage. The story is recent as I write, but I’m sure you’ll be sick of it by the time you read this. Consider it a little journalistic piss-you-off time bomb from me to you. (I’m still mad at you for not laughing at the Ian Curtis thing, and I’m being passive-aggressive.)
