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Madonna Album Rumors: No To RedOne, Yes To Diagram Of The Heart
Wed Jul 6 2011 by Becky Bain
Now that Madonna has officially started working on her first album in three years, it's time to revive our favorite soap opera, Madonna Album Rumors! In today's saucy tale of intrigue, the Material Girl allegedly disses a hot producer, looks outside of the mainstream for her musical inspirations, and finds her "Way Back Home". Indulge in some rumor-mongering below!
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Beth Ditto The Latest Artist To Homage Madonna In “I Wrote The Book” Video
Fri Feb 18 2011 by Becky Bain
We understand why pop stars love nodding to Madonna in their tracks and music videos — she's released a hell of a lot of videos and songs, most of them not only good, but incredibly iconic, and sometimes it's just easier to take a good idea already established in public consciousness and call it an "homage" than coming up with a completely original concept. Latest example: Beth Ditto, frontwoman of indie pop outfit Gossip, takes a cue from Madge's "Justify My Love" and Truth Or Dare doc for the clip to her vid, "I Wrote The Book".
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The Cutout Bin: Peach Pit Memories, Moving Bees, And Fake Woombles In The Wild
Fri Jun 19 2009 by Maura
Before we run off to the combination Pizza Hut / Taco Bell with our copies of Infinite Jest tucked underneath our arms, a few links worthy of your clicking / browsing:
• Steve Sanders may not have been much of a fan of alternative music, but rest assured that Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne is super-into the “kind of absurd extras that come with being in a rock band”–i.e. being on Beverly Hills 90210. [Spinner]
• A fan was so pissed about the new fan-funded album by Idlewild leaking, he posed as frontman Roddy Woomble on Twitter and threatened legal action against the villainous uploader. [paidContent UK] More »
Beth Ditto Has A Secret That’s Making Her Smile
Mon Jun 15 2009 by Maura
Beth Ditto’s performance in the Gossip’s video for “Still Standing In The Way Of Control” “Heavy Cross,” from the band’s forthcoming major-label debut Music For Men, is weirdly reminiscent of American Idol–namely, all those moments when singers are trying to prove to you that they really feel a song, only the smile playing across their lips directly contradicts the seriousness / bummer quotient of the lyrics. I get that Ditto here is trying to play to the type of the all-seeing disco oracle here, but “Cross” is something of an odd contrast with both the glitter-and-gold motif of the clip and her almost-too-knowing grin. Particularly when she’s really trying to belt out that bit at the end–I don’t even think Whitney keeps a smile on her face while she’s really giving her songs their all. [YouTube] More »
Beth Ditto Is A Musician Once Again
Mon Apr 27 2009 by Maura
The studio version of the Gossip’s new single “Heavy Cross”–teased last week in this space–is now streaming from the band’s MySpace page. The nervous interplay between the twitchy disco guitars and Beth Ditto’s strangely neutered voice sounds straight out of a freestyle comp –but then the rest of the band kicks in, and… well, if you liked “Standing In The Way Of Control” but thought that it just didn’t sound flattened-out enough, “Heavy Cross” may be for you. An embed of the track is after the jump. More »
Beth Ditto Turns Into A Plastic Person
Fri Apr 24 2009 by Maura
Beth Ditto has been transformed into a limited-edition doll for the purpose of promoting her upcoming clothing line for the British plus-sized clothing chain Evans. “Ditto’s curves have been translated into pint-sized proportions,” says Vogue UK in its writeup of the doll and Ditto’s “slouchy, rock-inspired clothes and accessories,” which is a nice way to allude to the Barbie-like makeover she’s been given–I guess because making clothing for “big girls” an acceptable topic for fashion magazines to even think about is tough. The full doll after the jump. More »
The Gossip’s Label Under Delusion That Import Sections Still Exist In Record Stores
Tue Apr 7 2009 by Maura
The major-label debut by the Gossip, the bluespunk-cum-disco outfit that launched (for better or worse) Beth Ditto into the UK’s celebrity stratosphere, is finally coming out, after many magazine covers and unfortunate dalliances with Perez Hilton. Music For Men comes out in England June 22, but US fans of the band will have to wait if they want to legally acquire the record from a non-Amazon UK source—until October. Say what?
Looks Like Beth Ditto Is Officially Famous
Mon Apr 21 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
Beth Ditto Is Too Cool For Led Zeppelin
Fri Sep 14 2007 by jharv
As all of you red-blooded, classic-rockin’, laughter-rememberin’ North American men–and your British counterparts–steel yourselves for the Led Zeppelin reunion, big bringdown Beth Ditto would like you to know that she thinks “Stairway” ain’t shit. More »
Beth Ditto Lays Off The Gays For A While, Goes After Sizing Charts Instead
Wed Sep 12 2007 by jharv
