The Beautiful People
Part Two

(it’s only funny if you know it’s Daniel Chen)

The Premise: Daniel Chen outside a Manson Concert

... I noticed across the street that there was some kind of demonstration by a Canadian morality group. When I got there, I met this guy who was talking to another guy about the concert. The guy talking looked exactly like a 40 year old Jim Carey except he was darker, more hairier, and had a beard. He was in sandals, wearing a leather vest, a Harley-Davidson leather hat, and boxer shorts with choo-choo trains on them. The guy then turned to me and asked me if I was going to the concert..

Me: Oh no, I'm just here to look around
Guy: Well don't..
Me: Do you think this kind of thing is dangerous ?...
Guy: Of course it is, I know Marilyn Manson's tricks... he twists the things the Satanic Bible says, and tries to sell it. I know, I'm an ex-Satanic priest. But I've been saved for the last 7 years...

At this point his eyes opened really widely, and he had this really broad grin. I noticed that each time he was making a point, he'd tap me on the shoulders with this role of paper he had in his hand and them he'd excitedly sway his hips. I was a little scared...then another guy came.

Another Guy: What does the Satanic Bible say?
Guy: You know how the Bible says you should help people, the Satanic Bible says you should smash them. It teaches hate. It was written by this man who met Satan in California during the 60s and wrote it all down in this book.
Another Guy: How did you find the Lord?
Guy: I had this dream, and I met the Lord. He showed me all the things that went wrong with my life, man, and he said man, that I've got to change. I came back the next day to my covenant, and everybody had the same dream, and we were like "Whoah", and we all became Christians. What's going on here is exactly what I went through when I was their age. I see parents bringing their kids here, and their like "bye honey hope you have a good time", I mean this is really crazy. (He looked across the street with that crazy grin of his, and shook his head)

I left this guy, and met a professor who was heading this protest. She was a sociologist and was talking about how these kinds of concerts could be dangerous. I remember thinking "blah, blah blah blah" as she went on about the studies she had conducted. I saw that there was some kind of protest across the street, by the stadium.

When I got there, there was a woman there who had this huge painting of the Jesus Christ. She was playing some church hymns from a tape recorder, was singing, and was carrying a plastic cross. With her, was a Philipino lady and a white lady, that carried these cue cards with quotes from the bible on them. Some of the concert-goers smiled and laughed, at them, while others insulted them. "You know the only thing that watches down on us, it's the hubble space telescope, that's right, science is all the power man!! I mean you chicks are hot and all but.." The profanity continued, and everybody was laughing and snickering at them.

It was time to leave. Everything was nauseating, it was getting dark, and I didn't want to be here when it was dark. There were people with purple hair, and some were dressed in 17th century apparel. I think the turn-out of the concert demonstrated the sick health of society. People are trying to explain all that is going wrong with the world, and at the same time trying to find themselves. The concert-goers were generally cynical, and looked ridiculous. They were trying to separate themselves from the crowd, yet created another crowd of their own.