Beth Ditto Turns Coal Into Diamonds

So, it’s like nearly 2AM, my lover’s asleep on the couch, she passed out cold hours ago. Flu season chips and chews away at us all, which is why I think there is a need for a call to arms, a bedroom dancing renaissance of sorts. What to listen to? Well that’s simple, The Gossip.

When my girl Beth isn’t delivering the most dynamic live show, posing nude for a NME cover shoot, being dubbed the “sexiest woman of the year” by lesbian glossy Diva Magazine (a British publication most noted for their sultry, skinny-girl mugs shots of the ever-expanding cast of the L Word), or writing a weekly advice column for The Guardian, she’s working on a new record and writing a book. Published by Simon & Schuster, Ditto’s autobiography “Coal Into Diamonds,” should hit bookshelves in October 2008 to coincide with a new Gossip album.

Until then, bust out the slouch socks and sweat bands and get your fat girl groove on with “8^th Wonder Version" and “Heavy Kross,” thanks to the myspace jukebox.