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Beth Ditto and The Gossip request cereals galore for Creamfields ...

Mirror.co.uk - Found Aug. 15, 2008
Beth Ditto and The Gossip request cereals galore for Creamfields rider Sponsored Links Related Tags , , Recommended Searches 3am

Posted on August 15, 2008, 9:17 am

Interview with Sam Sparro (Part 2)

:: arjanwrites music blog :: - Found Aug. 13, 2008
... his style and fashion, his ambition to become an icon, his take on Madonna's new album and his love Beth Ditto... (This is a summary of the...

Posted on August 13, 2008, 6:40 am

Beth Ditto Is The New Fierce

Big Fat Deal - Found Jul. 8, 2008
beth ditto basically rules Originally uploaded by mo pie I had to recycle my favorite Beth Ditto fashion picture, because I have just heard

Posted on July 8, 2008, 2:44 am

Naked Beth Ditto NME cover up for award

NME - Found Aug. 7, 2008
Classic shot included in 'best magazine cover' shortlist The issue of NME dated June 2, 2007 ? featuring The Gossip's Beth Ditto naked on the front ...

Posted on August 7, 2008, 6:14 am

New Look rubbished those Beth Ditto design rumours

British Vogue - Found Jul. 23, 2008
2007, New Look rubbished rumours the The Gossip's Beth Ditto was to follow in Lily Allen's footsteps and design a plus-size range for its stores...

Posted on July 23, 2008, 4:30 am

Beth Ditto will be the new face of Evans

Styledash - Found Jun. 8, 2008
Filed under: Celebrity Style Beth Ditto has signed on to be the new face of Evans, a fashion plus size retail giant.

Posted on June 8, 2008, 1:54 pm

Glastonbury 2008: Beth Ditto receives a dissertation

Guardian Unlimited - Found Jun. 27, 2008
... of nerdiness that led me to fulfilling a personal ambition: this year I got to hand Beth Ditto the dissertation I wrote about, erm, Beth Ditto.

Posted on June 27, 2008, 3:14 am

Beth Ditto plans for fashion range

My Bliss - Found Jun. 10, 2008
Fashion rebel Beth Ditto is all set to create her own fashion range...with her as the face!

Posted on June 10, 2008, 9:40 am

MISS BRIT MEETS BETH DITTO

Nylon Magazine - Found Jun. 10, 2008
The highlight of my whole year (possibly life?) came when I was introduced to Beth Ditto and hung out with her in the smoker?s pen.

Posted on June 10, 2008, 8:42 am

Beth Ditto plans for fashion range

MyBliss - Found Jun. 10, 2008
Fashion rebel Beth Ditto is all set to create her own fashion range...with her as the face!

Posted on June 10, 2008, 12:23 pm

Beth Ditto Biography

Beth Ditto
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto
Beth Ditto
Background information
Born February 19, 1981 (1981-02-19) (age 27)
Origin Searcy, Arkansas, United States of America
Instrument(s) Vocals
Associated acts Gossip

Beth Ditto (born 19 February 1981 in Arkansas[1]) is the vocalist of American band The Gossip.

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Career

Ditto came to wider public attention in November 2006 when she was selected by NME as the coolest person in rock—being placed at number one in the magazine's annual "Cool List." The magazine cited her "non-conformity"[2] as the reason for her selection - she is a lesbian, an outspoken advocate of gay rights, weighs 210 lbs [3] and is also in a relationship with a transman.[4][5]

The band's breakthrough song "Standing in the Way of Control" was written by Ditto as a response to her government's decision to deny gays the right to marriage in the U.S. "Nobody in the States was that surprised or shocked by what Bush did, but it made everyone I know feel helpless and cheated," Ditto says. "I wrote the chorus to try and encourage people not to give up. It's a scary time for civil rights, but I really believe the only way to survive is to stick together and keep fighting."[6]

Ditto was nominated for Sexiest Woman Of The Year at the NME Awards 2007 where she performed the Heaven 17 song "Temptation" with former Pulp frontman, Jarvis Cocker, although she lost out on the award to Kate Moss. She has also received criticism following a recent outburst in which she claimed that supporting Scissor Sisters on tour was "soul-sucking." [7] However, in 2007 she appeared alongside Ana Matronic and Jake Shears from Scissor Sisters on the UK music show Transmission, where they discussed touring together and how much they had all enjoyed it. She is placed #10 on Spinner.com's Women Who Rock Right Now[8]

Recently she has refused to play in-store at Topshop stores citing her dissatisfaction with their clothes range not available in her size. She went as far as to offer to design clothes for them saying, "Give me the job. I want to design. I want you to make clothes for big girls - big boys. I want you to make big sizes."

Ditto posed nude for On Our Backs, a women-run lesbian erotica magazine. "It was a big moment in my life," she told Curve magazine. "It was kind of a radical thing to do. I got my period just 10 minutes before we got there, and I was totally bleeding. I was doing it with my tranny boyfriend, who I’m in love with, and I was totally bleeding — how radical is that? — and I’m a fat person, and I’m a femme. It felt really good."[4]

Ditto has recorded a solo album, produced by Calvin Johnson at his Dub Narcotic Studio. The album has not yet seen a commercial release. Ditto also recorded a duet with Johnson: the track "Lightning Rod For Jesus" appears on Johnson's 2002 solo album What Was Me.

Ditto currently writes an advice column for British newspaper The Guardian, appearing in its 'G2' section on Fridays, entitled "What Would Beth Ditto Do?"

Personal life

In an interview for NME magazine, she commented "I did eat squirrels when I was a kid, people in Arkansas just do - they'd think you were a freak if you ate squid there!" However, in a CNN profile she says it was not her but a cousin.[9]

She does not wear deodorant, or shave her armpits. "I think punks usually smell." she claims.[10]

She is close personal friends with Ana Matronic (from the band Scissor Sisters). They both appeared in interviews for the BBC's coverage of the Glastonbury festival on 24 June 2007.

She is an outspoken feminist, and once commented that "Women aren't cats, we aren't pets, we are just people trying to cross the freaking street to get an ice-cream."[11]

She is a big fan of the band X-Ray Spex. When presenting the Friday Night Project, she sang a few lines from the Spex' track "Oh Bondage, Up Yours". Also, when discussing the upcoming Led Zeppelin concert, Beth Ditto said she couldn't care less about it and would prefer X-Ray Spex to reform.

She appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One on 28 September 2007.

She appeared on the cover of the December 2007/January 2008 cover of Bust.

She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

References

  1. ^ "Bio". The Gossip official website. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  2. ^ Alex Needham (2006-11-22). "Why Beth Ditto is the coolest". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  3. ^ Adam Sherwin (2006-11-22). "Lesbian singer is voted 'coolest' person in rock". The Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  4. ^ a b Marissa Pareles. "Southern Firecracker: Beth Ditto". Curve Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  5. ^ Simon Hattenstone (2006-12-02). "The next big thing". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  6. ^ "Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control". I Like Music. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  7. ^ "Beth Ditto: 'Supporting Scissor Sisters was soul-sucking'". NME (2007-01-18). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  8. ^ "Women Who Rock Right Now: No. 10". Spinner (2007-07-15). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  9. ^ "The insiders guide to Beth Ditto". CNN (2006-11-24). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  10. ^ "Listen Up: I Don’t Think We’re In Kansas Anymore". psychoPEDIA (2006-11-20). Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  11. ^ Beth Ditto (2007-06-08). "What would Beth Ditto do?". The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.

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Beth Ditto video Beth Ditto and Jarvis Perform Temptation live at the  07 NME awards. clip
Title: Jarvis Cocker & Beth Ditto Temptation (Live)
Description: Beth Ditto and Jarvis Perform Temptation live at the 07 NME awards.
Beth Ditto video Beth Ditto of The Gossip performs with Marisa Anderson at the 2nd Annual Dolly Parton Night, a fundraiser for the Siren Nation Womens Music and Arts... clip
Title: Beth Ditto of The Gossip "I Will Always Love You"
Description: Beth Ditto of The Gossip performs with Marisa Anderson at the 2nd Annual Dolly Parton Night, a fundraiser for the Siren Nation Womens Music and Arts...
Beth Ditto video beth ditto & jarvis cocker temptation clip
Title: beth ditto & jarvis cocker temptation
Description: beth ditto & jarvis cocker temptation
Beth Ditto video Stunning "karaoke" version of Queens classic ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST   Philippe Cohen Solal from Moonshine Sessions and Gotan Project spinning an... clip
Title: Beth Ditto Vs. Solal Rolling Stone Italia party Milan
Description: Stunning "karaoke" version of Queens classic ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST Philippe Cohen Solal from Moonshine Sessions and Gotan Project spinning an...
Beth Ditto video Beth Ditto, The Gossip   Careless Whisper with some fab Ditto pics .. enjoy :) 

Fat is the new thin :) clip
Title: Beth Ditto, The Gossip Careless Whisper
Description: Beth Ditto, The Gossip Careless Whisper with some fab Ditto pics .. enjoy :) Fat is the new thin :)
Beth Ditto video Beth Ditto hosts the Friday Night Project
Series 5   Show 7 clip
Title: Friday Night Project Beth Ditto Part 1
Description: Beth Ditto hosts the Friday Night Project Series 5 Show 7
Beth Ditto video Beth Ditto at Perez Hiltons Birthday at the roxy! Performing wearing Onch Movement!

"Listen Up" clip
Title: Beth Ditto Performing Wearing Onch at Perez Hiltons Party 1
Description: Beth Ditto at Perez Hiltons Birthday at the roxy! Performing wearing Onch Movement! "Listen Up"
Beth Ditto video "Listen Up" the newest music video from the Gossip.
From the new single on Backyard Recordings
Directed by Whitey McConnaughy clip
Title: Gossip "Listen Up" (radio edit)
Description: "Listen Up" the newest music video from the Gossip. From the new single on Backyard Recordings Directed by Whitey McConnaughy