Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)

Holy Wood was a concept album released by Marilyn Manson on 2000 after the Columbine High School massacre and serves as their rebuttal at the accusations leveled at them. Their frontman has described it as "a declaration of war".

The record made numerous allegories to pop culture history to show how everyone had a participating role in Columbine: From Abraham Zapruder to the JFK Assassination, from the Beatles' White Album to the Charles Manson murders and from the Crucifixion to the Dead Rock Star celebrity worship phenomenon, Manson left no stone unturned to give america a righteous ass-kicking.

Notable themes:
1.Guns, God and Government - rightwing America's main obsession that, arguably, fucked Klebold and Harris up more than any 'rock' or 'metal' album.

2.Celebritarianism - a word coined by Manson to describe a devotion to celebrity and celebrity culture. In the album it is a religion that canonizes dead celebrities into saints in the same way the crucifixion canonized Jesus Christ into a superstar messiah and celebrity. In effect, the crucifixion is the root cause of shit like reality TV, Jersey Shore, TMZ and Harris and Klebold's desire to become famous by murdering people.

Holy Wood was never a commercial success and received mixed reviews from music journalists who said the band's artistic pretensions overshadowed the powerful lyrical indictment contained in it. Despite this, many people view it as the band's finest hour.

Kerrang Magazine: ...There has still not been as eloquent and savage a musical attack on the media and mainstream culture as Manson achieved with Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).

Me:If you thought what Manson said about Columbine in Michael Moore's documentary was incisive, you should see how Holy Wood throws his detractors hypocrisies right back into their faces.

by Industrial rock FTW! February 23, 2011

Go back to the valley

A jocular, non-serious way of telling someone that they are sucking at something (usually surfing or skateboarding or some such activity). The expression originated among Los Angeles area surfers who would try to intimidate surfers from farther inland (usually the San Fernando Valley) into not surfing at “their” break. Locals could tell a “Val” because people from the valley usually weren’t very good (not having access to the beach as easy as coast residents). Hence the expression becoming synonymous with “you suck.” Was popularized as a catch phrase by several bad Hollywood surf movies (eg Point Break).

Dude 1 tries to kickflip off a curb and falls on his face.
Dude2: Hahaha, go back to the valley.

by Uncle Dungheap June 12, 2006

Ladies of the Valley

"The Valley's" are in Wales, part of the United Kingdom.

A welsh person is known as being from the Valley's.

In Wales there is a lot of sheep (8.2million to be precise), in comparison to humans (3million). Over the years, the hillarious English wit has, of course, intimated that the Welshman would have intimate relations with the sheep.

Ladies of the Valley, are therefore Welsh Sheep.

Farmer Giles has been gone a long time?

Yes he is very popular with the 'Ladies of the Valley".

by Queen Boother September 12, 2012

Beyond the valley

Used to explain that something is exceptional and completely beyond normal/what you’d expect

E.g. he is gorg beyond the valley of gorgeous

E.g. I am shook beyond the valley of shook

by yorkshiregal July 30, 2018

cuts of the valley

the cutty hood of noe valley, san francisco. kids that grow up in this neighborhood grow up rough.

nah blunt, i'm not tryna throw down in pac heights, i'd rather throw down in the cuts of the valley. it's way cuttier.

by scottweinergirl415 October 9, 2010

river in the valley

blowing your load on the chest of the girl you had relations with

Riley - "why did that girl just run out of here with yogurt all over her chest?"

Goose - "that wasn't yogurt that was my river in the valley!"

by goose x gallagher April 20, 2008

nausicaa of the valley of the wind

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is a Japanese animation film made in 1984 and directed by anime god Hayao Miyazaki. It tells the story of a girl named Nausicaa, who wants to bring peace to the now toxic and corrupted world. One thousand years ago, giant warriors were created. They burned the city of Pejite (and pretty much the whole world) for seven days, and then soon after that, they turned to stone. The toxic jungle now spreads, threatening the last of the human race. Nausicaa was the founding movie of Studio Ghibli.

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is an amazing, emotional, inspiring movie that I love watching. I grew up with it, and just recently started eating Nutella while watching it. Amazing combo. Except for the end. That's a bit gruesome.

by RiverPuppy September 7, 2013