Consumed Links - December 23, 2011

The holiday season is always a busy one so things tend to get missed. Here's a few things that you may not have seen.

Authorities nab 70 in a phony rap label sting. (rollingstone)


Davis Huynh interviewed GZA over at Hypetrak. (Genius)


Amazingly, a cat survived a ride under a car hood for a 200 mile journey. (aol)


The Sun (UK) is reporting that a woman swallowed a pen 25 years ago and that it still works. (sun)


So, Vevo wants to get into television.... is this a good idea? (NYTimes)


This is such a shame... a woman being held for attempting to murder her child. (JapanToday)


An ex-con has a nerve problem and well, prior to robbing a bank he had to... (huffpost)


Axl Rose kicks a fan out of show.... (clashmusic)


A 31-year-old man in Spain was arrested for leaking a Madonna song. (exclaim)


Scientists catch a rare pygmy hippo on camera. (bbcnews)


And finally... 


NPR takes a look back at some of the musicians we lost this year. (npr)