[INDUSTRIAL DETRITUS] Marilyn Manson does not need your pity. So long as a decent-sized share of the shock-rock audience appears eager to catch the fascist-provocateur shtick one more time, he’s obligated to trot out all the toys left over from arena tours past: the Nazi costuming; the expressionistic set pieces; the faux-caine crowd dusting; and, most welcome, the return of original guitarist Twiggy Ramirez. Born Villain, Manson’s latest collection and an admitted comeback nod after a pair of (relatively, to be sure) introspective albums, isn’t quite a return to the epochal anthems of old. For recording, he camped out in the Florida apartments he lived in for the making of Antichrist Superstar; for release, he included a video directed by Shia LaBeouf and a “You’re So Vain” collaboration with Johnny Depp. But, with newfound stabs at post rock bleeding into familiar glam and death-metal tendencies, it’s a game attempt at relevance before that seemingly fated move to the cabaret circuit. SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Marilyn Manson, Butcher Babies PRIORITY:3END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR