MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Prick up those ears, darlings—it's time for more gushes of post-Grammy gossip! As dutifully reported last week, the never-not-annoying Kanye West hopped onstage in mock protest of Beck winning "Best Album" over Beyoncé (before hopping back down again). He then ranted backstage, "Beck needs to respect artistry, and he should have given his award to Beyoncé." Whoopsy! Well, almost immediately Beck's Wikipedia page was updated to proclaim him "the stealer of The Album of the Year award" taken from "Beyoncé Knowles, the Queen of the World." (Unfortunately this wicked little piece of grammatically challenged truth was yanked off the site, because Wikipedia is nothing if not tedious.) Since then, Kanye has been furiously backpedaling from his comments, calling Beck "one of the nicest guys and one of the most respected musicians in the game." However, this was not enough to quell the fury of forgotten rocker Shirley Manson (of Garbage) who emerged from... well, wherever it is she's been hiding since 1996... to issue the following screed on Facebook: "Dear Kanye West," Manson wrote. "It is YOU who is so busy disrespecting artistry. In attempting to reduce the importance of one great talent over another, you make a mockery of all musicians and music from every genre, including your own." Then, to put an even finer point on it, Manson concluded with, "You are making yourself look like a complete twat." Okay, that last part was funny. However, we can't help but imagine Kanye reading her post and wondering, "Why is Marilyn Manson's sister so mad at me?"

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