Gossip 101
January 5th, 2004
Our sources stay anonymous, our mercy is none, we spot blowin’ maaaaan. We’ll show ya how to gossip. Yeah, it’s a new year with new fears, but before we play a friendly game of Who Can Ruin Whose Career, let’s cover a few basics. There are tons of gossipy rumors flying around–some of them many years old, some of them pretty new, all of them juicy. So before we start punching throats in the ’04, we Gossiping Bitches wanted to start addressing some of these rumors so you can know what’s fact and what’s fiction. So we now present to you the first installment: Gossip 101.
Interview from the Afterlife: Lucille Ball
November 6th, 2003
Two weeks ago, I had the honor of sitting down and talking with one of America’s treasures, Ms. Lucille Ball. I’m sure many of you are wondering how I spoke with Ms. Ball considering that she’s been dead for years.
Read & Reign, Bro: An Interview with Party Fun Action Committee
October 30th, 2003
Stephen Richardon and Lars Haighmael originally met at North Dakota State University in a music business theory class. Lars went on to become an A&R executive at Bring Da Ruckus Records out of New York City, while Stephen became a music entrepreneur who occasionally lends his trained ear to demo-listening sessions for Bring Da Ruckus. This Gossiping Bitch caught up with the duo, better known as the Party Fun Action Committee, at Rainbow Falafel on 11th Street and Broadway and asked them a few questions about hip-hop, life, and hummus.
An Oktober Conspiracy
October 22nd, 2003
Now that the baseball season has petered out into a somewhat less than epic match-up between teams representing a Jewish city and a town full of retired Jews, the farbiseners and shmendriks at Gossipingbitches.com hybrid sports/international espionage desk issue this late-breaking bulletin.
Media Rappin’: Can’t We Get Harry Allen To Take These Fools Out?
August 28th, 2003
We all know it’s stupid to be on some ol’ “mainstream rap sucks! I only like shit that sells less than 100 copies, cuz that’s the realness!” shit these days. Leave that for clueless midwestern whiteys who wouldn’t know “realness” or even “hip-hop” if it did a drive-by and mowed them all down in a hail of bullets and non-navel-gazing lyrics. The real struggle is not against mainstream rap. The real struggle is against mainstream coverage of rap.
True Lies and White Guys
August 19th, 2003
White rappers from New York? The hell, you say! What’s next, terrorists from Saudi Arabia? They went from The Street to Da’ Streetz. Then they became frightened and promptly returned to The Street. The crew is called Sworn Enemies; and if that name is familiar to you, you are probably throwing up in your mouth right now. If, however, you have not heard of them previously, then it is only a matter of time before you do. So, please, enjoy your temporary ignorance in all its bliss, because the Great White Hype Machine is in full effect on this one.