Beth Ditto

I Read The News Today... For Jan. 6, 2011

Damon Albarn is scoring a short film called The Boy In The Oak. It's a film adaptation of the book of the same title that was recently released by his sister, Jessica Albarn. Jude Law will narrate the movie. —The Playlist Amon Amarth want you to grow your best viking beard to win a prize pack that includes a lock from vocalist Johan Hegg's beard...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 14, 2010

You know all those people who were stranded on Highway 402 near Sarnia, Ont. yesterday? Apparently Tricky was one of them. —Toronto StarCameron House co-owner Paul Sannella, who'd been running the Toronto venue since 1981 when he bought the building and turned it into an art space and bar, has passed away. —NOW Magazine After Muse frontman Matt...
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I Read The News Today… For Sept. 3, 2010

Calgary's Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is taking his folky tunes across most of western Canada with LIGHTS this fall. —Facebook "Radioactive," the first single from Kings Of Leon's new Come Around Sundown album, is out Oct. 12. It's out the following week in North America. —Sony Music How's this for bizarre:...
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Bonnaroo 2010 Day 2: Flaming Lips' Dark Side Of The Moon Is Must-See

I'm typing the majority of this review back at my campsite — as Michael Franti & Spearhead play the last few songs of their set. There's a pocket of two-and-a-half hours between Franti and The Flaming Lips' midnight performance in which the only band playing is Kings Of Leon. And while I mean no disrespect to the Kings, after you've seen them...
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (Photo by Carrie Musgrave)

Gossip Singer Has ADHD

Gossip singer Beth Ditto says she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ditto told NME that her friends had often told her they thought she suffered from the disorder. Its symptoms include difficulty concentrating, incessant talking, impatience, speaking and acting without thinking and difficulty sitting still. "I thought [...
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Perry Responds To Ditto

Katy Perry has called Gossip vocalist Beth Ditto "tacky" for calling Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" a "boner dyke anthem" that straight girls use to pull men. Perry told The London Paper newspaper she was going to write a song about Ditto's comment to get back at her, but didn't really want to enter into a war of words...
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Beth Ditto Vs. Katy Perry

Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" has drawn praise and condemnation from many in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community, and The Gossip singer Beth Ditto is the latest person to slam her and the track. Ditto told British gay magazine Attitude she abhors Perry and "I Kissed A Girl," which she called a "boner...
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