Housecat Gives Gasface on Command
By a Gossiping Bitch on March 2nd, 2004
INDIANA — Spectators were amused to see a cat dressed like Red Rat, capable of giving the gasface on command, while attending the local state fair last Saturday. The “gasface given” trend was fairly popular in the early 1990’s, spurred by its creators, 3rd Bass. Lyor Cohen, CEO of the newly-downsized Warner Music Group, has […]
7L & Esoteric Sellout; Respond to El-P, Orkney
By a Gossiping Bitch on March 1st, 2004
The latest blow in the Demigodz / Weathermen indie rap beef wars is a strange one: Not to be outdone, 7L & Esoteric have broken silence with an ad of their own in response to El-P’s sellout sponsorship to Scottish ale maker, Orkney earlier this week. “I mean, El-P did his beer, so we were […]
Rico Rakes in Roll; World Continues to Turn
By a Gossiping Bitch on March 1st, 2004
Whilst the likes of Big Daddy Kane and Masta Ace remain prophets without honor in their own land, due to a combination of imploding labels or bad judgment calls (is there anyone who thought “Veterans Day” didn’t suck?), we now hear that, of all people, Gerardo “Gerardo” Mejia has taken to carrying his paper in […]
Music, Watch – Volume 3
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 24th, 2004
After being inundated with phone calls from all of our illiterate Gossiping Bitches fans, we here at Music, Watch proudly present the Anger Falcon Rating System for videos. The more Anger Falcons, the hotter the video – now you don’t have to waste your time reading this column. Get your scroll on.
Backroom Whispers
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 23rd, 2004
Ex-Anti Pop Consortium frontman Beans is touring Europe right now. It can be a lonely life on the road if you’re an alt-rap pioneer, so he decided to place an ad on NYC craigslist, seeking a white woman, clean-shaven (guess he likes a tidy workstation, huh?) to keep him company while he was in London.
What’s Up Your Ass? An Interview with Roosevelt Franklin
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 23rd, 2004
For a children’s TV personality, Roosevelt Franklin sure doesn’t like much publicity. Being that he is the only black Muppet on PBS’ Sesame Street television show, Gossiping Bitches wanted to procure an opportunity to pick at the muppet’s yarn, as it were, and see what makes him tick. The thing is, however, it proved harder than we originally anticipated.
El-P Sells Out; Endorses Scottish Beer
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 23rd, 2004
Feeling the clinch of a declining global economy and the lackluster sales of the Murs album, The End of the Beginning, El-P has turned to alternative methods of incurring income. Scottish brewery maker, Orkney, has hired the Definitive Jux label head as its “Skullsplitter” brand mascot. “Paragon makers of evil, type-infested intrepid as I thought. […]
Jeff Bridges is in Deep Concentration
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 18th, 2004
Boston, MA — This is a “turntable technique” class at Berklee College of Music, perhaps the first of its kind in the country. DJ Chi is Yoon J. Suh, 21, one of eight students at the prestigious institution who waste two hours every Thursday manipulating old-fashioned records to scratch out “skribbles” and “stabs.” “I can’t […]
Mouse Enjoys Cheese, Oblivious to Pending Doom
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 17th, 2004
EMI Records got heavy with Danger Mouse, and “The Grey Album” is now officially out of circulation. Not before Dame Dash got hold of a copy, though. He liked it and, for DM, there’s some good news and there’s some bad news. Good news: Dame has put Danger Mouse on, and he’ll now be doing […]
Polaroid Warns Against Dangers of ‘Shake It’
By a Gossiping Bitch on February 17th, 2004
London – Spurred by the accelerated sales of instant-developing Polaroid film by way of the hit Outkast song, ‘Hey Ya’, Polaroid has issued warnings to its customers regarding the dangers of shaking it. “Almost everybody does it,” forewarns the company’s website, referring to the hand motion that photographers use to help along the self-developing film. […]