Thursday, May 3, 2007

M.I.A. Can Hit That

I'm feeling kinda crappy today but the fantastic Discobelle.net posted the new M.I.A. track and suddenly I'm feeling a lot better. You should feel good too so here it is via Z-share.

M.I.A.-Hit That

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

The Gossip Column

I was reading the UK Guardian today, and noticed that they signed on Beth Ditto, of one of my fave bands, The Gossip, to do an advice column. Her introductory statement is pretty damn cool (and also confirms that Arkansas is indeed almost entirely interrelated), and the first column, published last Fri, has some sound advice for coming out of the closet at work. What I can't get over is that a major metropolitan newspaper (I think the Guardian publishes out of London) tapped someone like Beth Ditto to do this, and how it would never in a million years happen here in the US. There she's the frontwoman of a massively popular band and voted the Coolest Woman in Rock by NME. Here, The Gossip is mostly an indie band with a fat lesbian from the wrong side of Arkansas on vocals. The difference in culture and attitude really amazes me, and I wish something like that would happen here.