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07/22/07:

* It has been a long time, but I am slowly starting to make new updates to the site, after the release of Eat Me, Drink Me.
*The calendar has also been updated with new information.


07/02/06:

* No, this site has not been forgotten. The web-server has just undergone several changes and I have been trying by best to keep up with them! I can't promise that the homepage address will always stay the same, but I can promise that the tripod address will. And it... should... always link to the correct page.
* A wealth of information has been added to the Spooky Kids and Portrait sections of Academics. New information has been added in pages throughout the section, including some tidbits left in my guestbook. Thank you for your contributions!
* A new essay, Techno-Babble Babble Bitch Bitch... has been written, listing Manson's technical gear.
* The main page has an entirely new section - Greek Life, which takes you to the Mu Mu Omega Fraternity, my collection of 'not-so-scholarly' Marilyn Manson endeavors.

02/10/06:

* Updates get less frequent now, because I now have a full-time job. This site, however, despite rumors, will NOT be closing at all. The domain will be changing in the future, so keep an eye out for the bookmarks.
* Several errors in the Spooky Kids section have been corrected.
* Broken links have been repaired.
* The calendar has also been updated with brand new dates.

11/06/05:
* A linkable banner has been added to the Visitor Center page, so you can link to this site more easily! If you wish to be linked in return, in a special group, please visit the Admissions section for more details.
* New information has been added to the Lexicon, including a few new song analyses from the Spooky Kids era.

09/24/05:
Yes, it's been a long time since I've updated. I've bounced between three servers before I finally got all my changes finished.
* The site is now up and completely redone! 'And thus spoke the Hierophant' is no more. 'Manson University' has now been born!
* The calendar, with plenty of new dates, is now more interactive and easier to navigate.
* All menus have been completely redone.
* All parts of the lexicon have been added to, and re-edited for proofreading errors. And my finished thesis is linked, and downloadable in .pdf format.
* This site has now opened its doors for sister sites (banners still being made, however) and now you can graduate from Manson University with a special diploma of your very own! The visitor area has been upgraded, and there is now an FAQ.
* The Study-Abroad section has been redone, with new links.
* Although, for now, my fun and humorous portions of the site are offline. I hope to finish those sections later.

02/06/05:
I apologize for the lack of updates. I've been working on my honors thesis, which (of course) focuses on Marilyn Manson, almost non-stop these past few months. When it is finished, I will add it to the site.
* But I do have plenty of new dates added to Calendar, and a more streamlined page design.
* New information has been added to over a dozen songs, in all areas of the Lexicon.
* I have added a new photoessay on Marilyn Manson's tattoos, inspired by MarilynMansonImages.com. Included are a look at John 5's tattoos as well.
* A new section has been added to the B-Sides page, with an analysis on the Resident Evil Instrumentals.


11/6/04:
* Descriptions of Manson's most recent paintings have been added to the Trismegistus section, as well as pictures of the paintings themselves. However, there are still a few that haven't been added yet.
* The other sections involving Manson's art exhibits have also been reformatted and improved.
* Upon finding new information, multiple sections of the lexicon have been updated, and broken links have been repaired.
* I have written a new essay, The Manson who Fell to Earth after a novel and film that was inspriational to Mechanical Animals.
* New pages have been added for the Spooky Kids album, Raw Boned Psalms and for several early songs.
* I have also finally added an analysis for Long Hard Road out of Hell in the B-sides and Lest We Forget sections.
* and unrelated to all of this, I'd like to wish my parents a happy 39th wedding anniversary, which happens today!


10/07/04:
* The lexicon was updated due to finding new information for several songs on The Golden Age of Grotesque, Holy Wood, and Mechanical Animals.
* A page has been added for Personal Jesus.
* The Calendar has been updated with lots of new dates from the Mechanical Animals era.
* Several pages in my analysis of Manson's drug metaphors have been updated as well.
* Simply for the fun of it, a Ginger Fish recipe archive has been added to the Study Break Section.


09/16/04:
* I apologize for the lack of updates. I have been working on my honors thesis, which, as one can guess, was inspired by Marilyn Manson.
* The Lexicon now contains sections for Manson's upcomming 'Best Of' album, Lest we Forget and Trismegistus, his latest art exhibition. More information will be added as it becomes available.
* I have also moved all of my Misc. Manson essays into the section relating to Lest We Forget.
* New information has been added in the sections on Holy Wood, Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals.
* I added analyses of several B-Sides and Spooky Kids songs.
* The Calendar has also been updated with new information.
* Links have been updated.
* In an attempt to broaden the reach of this site, I have also joined several fanlistings. Visit them for more Manson sites.


08/22/04:
* the Lexicon has been updated again, with new info on Holy Wood and the Kennedy references. Also added are a few new references in Mechanical Animals and B-sides
* After reviewing the wonderful site created by Der Lustmorder, I have added it to my collection of Links.


07/05/04:
* I atone for the lack of updates by presenting several new sections in the Lexicon. I have added a section for Smells like children and added smaller sections for each one of the Spooky Kids demo tapes. I've also started working on a section of Soundtracks and B-sides.
* As always, I have also updated several of the other songs upon finding new information. The essay on Nazism has also been updated.
* After locating copies of Manson's handwritten drafts for Long Hard Road out of Hell I created a second appendix to There is an Exit Here.
* I added a short essay on Mrs. Scabtree. in the Spooky Kids section, complete with pictures.
* Today in Marilyn Manson history has been updated with an enormous amount of new dates!
* Sadly, due to the end of capemanson.com, my Links page has been updated.


04/09/04:
* Another MASSIVE update to the Lexicon! Many of the songs from Portrait of an American Family have been added, along with one from The Golden Age of Grotesque. Several songs from Mechanical Animals, Antichrist Superstar, and Holy Wood have been updated as well. Too many new facts to list!
* Thanks to a request by MyMonkey, every single page now has a back button. Adding that code alone took me two entire days. But it's done.
* New dates have been added to the Calendar.
* My analysis of Nazism in Manson's work has also been updated, thanks to some new information.
* Several sections have been reorganized, and broken links have been repaired.
* I've added a new link, DirtyRockStar.net, to my links page.

02/25/04:
* The Marilyn Manson calendar has been updated, and reformatted to look much better.
* I have written a new essay, 'Be Obscene. Be Be Obscene.' about the legal definition of obscenity as it applies to The Golden Age of Grotesque.

01/24/04:
* Having found some new information on The Golden Age of Grotesque I have added an interpretation for Spade, and updated mOBSCENE.
* My analysis of The Fight Song has also been updated.
* Several corrections to unaccurate information have been fixed, and a couple of broken links repaired.

01/18/04:
* A MASSIVE addition to the Lexicon has been added, including several of the songs from Mechanical Animals and the rest of Antichrist Superstar.
* After finding new information, several of the pages for Holy Wood have been updated.
* I have added a new essay, called Who's Really to Blame? on the subject of the Columbine killings and other related events.
* The broken link in the Personality Quizzes section has been fixed.

12/07/03:
* Added my term project on the Decoding of Imagery in Marilyn Manson Music Videos to Bonus Tracks.
* A new official Personality Test has also been added.

12/05/03:
* Big new plans are in the works, including a REAL domain name, and a totally redesigned front page. As soon as I do, this stupid .tk address will be a thing of the past!!
* My answer to those boring band biographies, 'Today in Marilyn Manson History' is finally finished. If you see any dates I've missed, let me know.
* I have updated the Mechanical Animals analysis, with a new interactive essay, Enter: Posthumanity
* A new page on Marilyn Manson fanfiction has been added to the Study Break.
* New links have also been added.

11/14/03:
(Yes, a long time without an update... but I've had 5 operating systems in the past month and a half...)
* We've moved to our NEW SERVER!! And best of all, there's no more page ads!
* All graphics on this site now feature options for the visually impaired.
* The Lexicon has been updated, with new sections and an easier to navigate format.
* The transcript of Studio 21's Marilyn Manson interview has been posted.
* After two Manson concerts, Diary of a Dope Fiend, has been properly updated.

9/11/03:

* This site just won a Golden Web Award!!

 

9/02/03:

* MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION!!! But it will all be worth it!

* My scholarly index has become the Marilyn Manson Lexicon, and new analyses on Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and The Golden Age of Grotesque have been added. They are not 100% complete, but merely a sample of what is to come!

* New references on Holy Wood are also included.

* After years of searching for my Marilyn Manson-inspired essay on Dystopian Societies, it has been added, along with an essay on Demystifying the Antichrist.

* The quote gallery, "Essential Mansonisms for Everyday Life" has been taken down. It has become too much of a chore to maintain and I have found better alternatives on the web.

* New links have been added, including several research oriented pages and a beautiful quotes gallery.

* The Personality Tests page has been redone and re-mastered, and several of my own tests have been added.

 

8/01/03:

* This site is now a part of the mOBSTERS webring, the official street team of marilynmanson.com!

 

7/11/03:

* Having expanded my Dissecting the Dada Dandy section, I have changed the title to "Raising the Curtain on the Golden Age." I added more art history information, as well as sections on Nazism (thanks to suggestions by board member, Obyvatelius) and the Dandy Aesthetic.

* There is a new appendix to my analysis on Manson's autobiography, focusing on the human anatomy drawings that appear in every chapter.

* I added new information to my research on absinthe, including some images of Manson's favorite brand.

* My analysis of Manson's drug metaphors has also been updated with recent findings from The Golden Age of Grotesque

* After studying violence in primate societies, I have composed an essay, entitled "Is this Evolution?" based on Manson's song, Cruci-fiction in Space, inspired by the lines, "This is Evolution. The monkey, the man, then the gun."

* Again, thanks to board member, Twiggy_is_God, the personality tests section grows.

 

6/9/03:

* After a long period of contemplation, I finally updated the Diary of a Dope Fiend.

* Not to mention, I added links to the updates page. Isn't that handy?

 

5/26/03:

* The first product of research on Manson's latest album ("Dissecting the Dada Dandy") is now finished. It includes historical information that inspired Manson, including Dadaism in Weimar Berlin, Zurich, and Paris. It also includes a bonus section on Disney based on Manson's Mickey Mouse imagery.

* Corrections have been made to "Marilyn Manson: Hanged" upon finding new information about some of his paintings.

* Thanks to board member Twiggy_is_God, I found a new Marilyn Manson personality test in the "What's your Inner Marilyn?" section.

 

5/11/03:

* This site is now part of the Marilyn Manson World Legancy!

* The links section has been updated.

 

4/4/03:

* After having such a fun time playing around with The Sims for a month, I added a new section to my "Study Break" area entitled, "Sims, Guns, and Peanut Butter." It's a collection of Sims related links for creating an entirely Manson environment.

* Upon finding new references involving the song, "The Fall of Adam" my "Wisdom of Holy Wood" section has been updated.

* "I don't like the Drugs, but the Drugs like Me" has been updated. I have added an extended chart on cocaine, as well as added new information about William S. Burroughs  in "The Stars of the Dope Show," and new information about barbiturates and amphetamines.

 

2/4/03:

* The Portable Marilyn Manson SHRINE Forum is now fully functional. I have been searching for a new host since marilynmansononline.com was disabled, and finally set up the board on my own.

 

1/21/03:

* I found new information about a few of Manson's paintings, and added it to "Marilyn Manson: Hanged." I also found a few copies of the artwork with better detail, and added them in as well.

* I am also currently researching for my drugs section, thanks to a class this semester in Psychopharmacology. So updates in that section will be growing as I discover them.

 

1/17/03:

* In an attempt to make the site easier to navigate, I have redesigned the main page, and broken my original offerings section into smaller components. Upon request, I also eliminated that pesky second page that held the previous updates list.

* Starting to tire of endless research, one of the new indexes is entitled "Study Break" It will include non-scholarly Manson work, starting with "The Astrological Marilyn Manson" and my latest addition, "What's your inner Marilyn?" a small collection of online Manson personality quizzes.

* Upon finding some new information about Kennedy and religious metaphors, I have updated the "Wisdom of Holy Wood" section.