Remember back in the day when you'd never heard of Ashlee Simpson and didn't have to hear her screeching and watch her hopping around stage? Me too. I miss those days.
For the past few months, a New York-based group dedicated to calling out bad music and film is offering a Simpson CD exchange. Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment (H.O.P.E), in conjunction with Rhino Records and New York City's Knitting Factory nightclub, is offering a deal to those former Simpson fans who bought Ashlee's debut album, Autobiography, and want the to change it for music by real singers and musicians.
, Simpson lovers-turned-haters can swap Autobiography for a different disc, one that H.O.P.E. calls "of higher entertainment quality." Among the choices for embarrassed former Simpson fans in the exchange: the Ramones, Elvis Costello, X, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Aretha Franklin, Mr. Bungle, Ray Charles, Abe Lincoln Story, Neil Hamburger, Joni Mitchell, and Brian Wilson. Check out the details.
The Simpson CD exchange marks the first time the Internet collective has put its money where its mouth is. The group also says the Simpson swap goes beyond her SNL meltdown. "Please be advised we are accepting exchanges based on the low entertainment quality of her music as well as her live lip-synching," notes H.O.P.E.'s Website. "Further confirming that Ashlee Simpson is this generation's answer to the Yugo, a group in New York City has gone to great pains to determine her trade-in value, which is surprisingly generous, if you ask us. In the wake of her lip-sync debacle, a gaggle of concerned music lovers -- dubbing themselves Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment, or H.O.P.E., for short -- has arranged for the singer's fans to get something more than just a thank-you note from the trash man for copies of her Autobiography album. All folks have to do is swing by New York City's Knitting Factory club between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or go to the hopeinamerica.com Web site) and they'll be able to trade the coaster for an album featuring real singing. We wouldn't mind seeing what we could get for our stash of tunes by Ashlee's big sis -- a couple bags of pork rinds seems fair to us."
-- Rolling Stone -- Nov. 12, 2004
If you've got nothing better to do, check out the Ashlee Simpson parody at liquidgeneration.com It's funny, but takes awhile to load, even with a high-speed connection.
Simpson lovers-turned-haters can swap Autobiography for a different disc, one that H.O.P.E. calls "of higher entertainment quality." Among the choices for embarrassed former Simpson fans in the exchange: the Ramones, Elvis Costello, X, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Aretha Franklin, Mr. Bungle, Ray Charles, Abe Lincoln Story, Neil Hamburger, Joni Mitchell, and Brian Wilson. Check out the details.
The Simpson CD exchange marks the first time the Internet collective has put its money where its mouth is. The group also says the Simpson swap goes beyond her SNL meltdown. "Please be advised we are accepting exchanges based on the low entertainment quality of her music as well as her live lip-synching," notes H.O.P.E.'s Website. "Further confirming that Ashlee Simpson is this generation's answer to the Yugo, a group in New York City has gone to great pains to determine her trade-in value, which is surprisingly generous, if you ask us. In the wake of her lip-sync debacle, a gaggle of concerned music lovers -- dubbing themselves Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment, or H.O.P.E., for short -- has arranged for the singer's fans to get something more than just a thank-you note from the trash man for copies of her Autobiography album. All folks have to do is swing by New York City's Knitting Factory club between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or go to the hopeinamerica.com Web site) and they'll be able to trade the coaster for an album featuring real singing. We wouldn't mind seeing what we could get for our stash of tunes by Ashlee's big sis -- a couple bags of pork rinds seems fair to us."
-- Rolling Stone -- Nov. 12, 2004
If you've got nothing better to do, check out the Ashlee Simpson parody at liquidgeneration.com It's funny, but takes awhile to load, even with a high-speed connection.
