Metafilter has a post about a supposed messageboard spamming campaign to save Ashlee Simpson’s image. the concept is simple, write a comment in support of her in the fashion of a 13 year old girl, copy it and paste it to as many message boards as possible.
See if you can spot Tony Pierce in there giving the girl a little support.
One thing I’ve loved about this whole thing since the beginning was a quote from ashlee when the lipsynching thing exploded. No one seemed to pick up on it.
It was something to the effect of “I don’t care who makes fun of me- there are a lot of really powerful people behind my career- I have to make it.”
Notice something missing? No mention of tallent at all. It’s not “I’m so good” or “I work so hard” it’s “Rich people want to get richer selling me.”
Hmmm. Exactly. That’s why you still have a show. That’s why you sold a bazillion albums without having to to stuff like, um, sing.
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Shanti added these pithy words on Jan 29 05 at 3:15 amAshlee Simpson blows my fucking mind.
Not in the sense that she has any talent.
In the sense that - why should anyone actually fucking care about you / know who you are?
Honestly, I didn’t even know she existed until the SNL fiasco. With that as an introduction… it’s all downhill from there.
Her show on MTV should be called, “I have a famous quote-unquote musician sister singer, who made a hit reality tv show with her ex-boyband fiance/husband, so now she’s famous, and now by the inevitable law of genetic-relation-opportunism, I should become famous too… Show”
KnOizKi added these pithy words on Jan 29 05 at 6:24 ami luv reading your blog. the “many me” photo of yours are funny but cool. humorous!
