So, what’s it like on the set of Marylin Manson’s new video/mini-movie for Heart-Shaped Glasses? Sunday night Lauren, Vanessa and I set out to find out.

At the invitation of Mr. Manson, we journeyed to Los Angeles and braved a fourteen-hour epic battle with dust, cold, the absence of power outlets, and a nonexistent wardrobe department. When the going got tough, we sent up the SG beacon and called for reinforcements. With the help of Luque, Lovette, Manda, Vanity, and Desdemonia, we not only survived, we had one Hell of a grand time. Vanessa’s take? “Next to the Dwarves video, this is a cakewalk!”

The video is for Marylin Manson’s new song, which I’m calling “Heart-Shaped Glasses”, even though I don’t think that’s the actual title. You know how Manson is. The title is never as simple as the refrain. The shoreline calls for Manson’s new girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood, to drift pristinely through a surreal concert scene filled with writhing, overtly sexual, scantily clad, and sometimes even demonic women. So, of course, he called SG.

There are other kinds of girls in the video. You will know them by their spray tans, and more importantly, their clothing. There was a shirts-optional policy on set as the main cut of the video will be released on DVD. But since it seemed like the SG’s were the only ones willing to rise to the challenge, we should be easy to spot in the crowd. Besides, Manson was sweet enough to put us all up front-and-center for the show. Okay, that might have been because we were topless. Nonetheless, there should be plenty of SG-on-SG action in the final cut. I know there are shots of me and Lovette making out!

I’m making a lot of jokes about how tough it was. It WAS a fourteen-hour shoot, running from four pm until six in the morning. And the dressing room really was a tent with a dirt floor (I didn’t even know they had dirt in LA). But Manson was a great host and kept us all entertained. He was actually having to work very hard to keep a straight face when the cameras were rolling: “It’s hard not to smile with all these boobs everywhere!” My favorite moment: having Marylin Manson ask me what my chest piece said because he “didn’t want to stare.”

So, what about the incredibly gorgeous Evan Rachel Wood? She was just sad she couldn’t join in. The poor girl had to stand there and look serene while Vanessa tried to seduce her! Her self-control was incredible, but in between takes she was definitely sneaking a grope in here and there.