http://www.dresdendolls.com/video/index.htm

When can it be about the metal, again?

I really loved the guy who played coin-operated boy in the video. Then again, I find Goth guys incredibly sexy in general.

What really galls me is the hypocrisy of the audience. They get a porn-tastic pop singer and when something happens and she’s caught lip-synching to their own voice, they have an attack of apoplexy.

Yeah, right. If singing talent was really a primary consideration, we wouldn’t have websites bent on doing nothing but dissecting the bodies and rating the fuckability of the female singers.

‘Manda, you don’t need them fancy record deals. Stay inderpendent, your to good for them.

In grad school, my gorgeous classmate was told that she’d be too old when she graduated to make it in L.A. (she was the ripe old age of 27 at graduation, and is stunningly gorgeous as well as crazy talented).

When I moved to L.A., I weighed 139 pounds, and I’m 5’9″. I was told that I was a “big girl.”

When Kirstie Alley was on “Veronica’s Closet,” the producers told her the show was failing because her ass was too big. ‘Cause, y’know, it had NOTHING to do with the crappy writing, directing, and producing!

And then there was that woman, whose name I have blocked out, who is an “anti-obesity activist” (read: fat-phobic bee-yotch) who said that Jordan Sparks should not have won “American idol” because she was too fat to be a good role model.

But it’s OK to be a drunken, drug-addled, anorexic no-talent ’cause, hey, at least you’re skinny!

Growing up I wanted to be a singer, but I realized pretty early on that mainstream commercial success was out of the question. It doesn’t stop me from writing, playing and recording my songs though :) Even if hardly anyone hears them lol

As far as gender equality in looks goes… I definitely think it depends heavily on the genre of music. If you’re a man and your style is pop rock or country, you probably won’t get far… but if you’re playing punk or metal, your looks can be overlooked, as long as you have the right “look” in fashion choices. I think for women, the genre doesn’t make much difference. Especially in the case of Metal, where usually a woman is kind of a “token hot chick” gimmick, in a genre where there aren’t many females.