The Latest GOSSIP (GIRL) on FIRZ-FM

Never in our 20+ years in NYC has this community so bonded together over a television show, especially one that exclusively features high school students behaving badly yet captures the imagination of New Yorkers of all ages. The weekly Upper East Side fab news rag, The Observer, features continual spreads and tongue-wagging items on the series' young stars and their nightly transgressions at The Waverly and Beatrice Inns. Unlike the vanilla/Middle America versions of Manhattan and Williamsburg sanitized on Seinfeld and Friends (etc), Gossip Girl actually name drops all the right restaurants, clubs, local socialites, and seedy after-hours addresses.

Maybe it also helps that they shoot continuously in our neighborhoods, bringing geographical reality to a surreal world where 15-year old lushes are served martinis at Luke and Leroy's and sip champagne on limo rides to school. Cafe Drake fell in love after the first episode and just hopes low ratings outside the 212/718 area codes doesn't deprive us of at least one more full season. In tribute Radio Cafe Drake, a/k/a FIRZ-FM - has built a brand new playlist - CAFE GOSSIP - drawn from musical artists featured on the weekly series. You don't have to be a resident of our town - or even religiously watch Gossip Girl - to appreciate this swinging mix for those who think young! Play whenever you are behaving, as the National Parents Association described GG, "mind-blowingly inappropriate and disgusting." Artists highlighted include: Lady GaGa, Cloud Cult, The Figurines, Santogold, Ne-Yo, The Fratellis, Oppenheimer, Junkie XL, The Pierces, The Fashion, The 88 among so many others.