KCM: The bars that you go to is there a little scene or clan going on there? I see that the people who go there are very different looking so what’s it all about. Is a scene starting? Manzin: Kind of, but I go to all different bars. There's this one bar on Bowery it’s called R Bar and I like it there primarily because there's a popcorn machine. There’s a very diverse crowd that goes there and if you go on the wrong night it's like a totally different club. One night I went in and it was bowling night, another night was a burlesque performance, then it was bar poker, then it was a rap club. It’s very weird but once a month they do have a big Goth party. My Friday night bar is called The Box and it’s filled with naked midgets, girls hanging from the ceiling with people peeing on each other, dogs bouncing on balls. It's very insane and I love it. My friend Kayvon Zand who is a musician, model, artist and performer hosts a party there every Friday night. I go in with him and he has a coterie of assorted freaks and beauties that he rolls in with. He has the very tall thin model boys and some people who do the more drag looks. There’s a little bit of everything that goes on there. You can wear what you want, girls are topless, guys walking around with their butts out and it’s just a really good time. I'm either at The Box or the Bowery Poetry Club which has a good Goth party on Saturdays that's mostly dancing. I go everywhere. I like to explore and that’s one of the reasons why I moved to New York. KCM: I love New York and would never move out unless it's to Italy but I just can’t find a clique to join which I think part of the problem is because I stay in my house too much (laughing). Manzin: Yea it’s hard to find cliques when you don’t leave the house and it's also hard when you're young to meet people that are like-minded. I don’t know where I met anybody until I was enough, like in college
I started meeting people and at Manson shows. It was really hard when I was growing up because I had a small circle of friends but once they realized I that I was quote unquote “weird” and it wasn’t a phase they stopped calling me. So, I went from having friends then to not having friends and I was ok with it. The fun thing about high school is that when you are young you have the circle of friends and then you lose them. You can be popular and be in a clique but once you go to college, you're not going to have that clique anymore and you are going to have to get used to being by yourself. The people who are loners are already used to it and they won’t go through the shock of losing that bubble of friends. It's kind of good when you're alone all the time because you get to know yourself better and you can start developing and nurturing the things that comfort you. When I was growing up books were always my go-to. I escaped into books and was addicted to reading. I would read everything, even the milk carton. Which because of that I became a grammar Nazi once I hit high school. KCM: Well that’s good because lots of people don’t even read it’s like everyone is lazy these days. Ok so moving on tell me about a crazy memory that you have had in life. Manzin: Crazy memory.. I am trying to think but everything I am thinking of is bad (laughing). Well, I lit a girl's tampon on fire once (laughing). It was backstage at a Manson show in Detroit and we were all backstage. She was running around doing hand springs showing everyone that she wasn’t wearing underwear. Then she said that she needed to change her tampon. She removed the tampon held it up and stuffed the used one into her mouth. She chewed on it for a few seconds and said “it tastes like coffee grinds!” Several people excused themselves from the room.