Tuesday, November 16, 2004
The Ashlee Exchange
I am guessing most of you have heard of Ashlee Simpson's little lip sync episode on Saturday Night Live a couple of weeks back. Now, a U.S. lobbying/pressure group called Horrified Observers of Pedestrian Entertainment (HOPE) is offering erstwhile Ashlee Simpson fans a bloody good deal.
HOPE is offering music fans the chance to trade in copies of singer Ashlee Simpson's album for "one of a higher entertainment quality". Fans can bring the CD to a New York venue and exchange it for one by Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin or others.
HOPE also has an agenda that's much bigger than Ashlee Simpson.
HOPE has targeted the film Taxi, with members approaching movie-goers in queues outside cinemas "to alert patrons that it is substandard fare". The group has also demonstrated against celebrity socialite Paris Hilton, at a Los Angeles signing event for her book Confessions of an Heiress. Members carried placards with slogans such as "Why are you famous?" and "You can't buy brain cells".
HOPE is offering music fans the chance to trade in copies of singer Ashlee Simpson's album for "one of a higher entertainment quality". Fans can bring the CD to a New York venue and exchange it for one by Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin or others.
HOPE also has an agenda that's much bigger than Ashlee Simpson.
HOPE has targeted the film Taxi, with members approaching movie-goers in queues outside cinemas "to alert patrons that it is substandard fare". The group has also demonstrated against celebrity socialite Paris Hilton, at a Los Angeles signing event for her book Confessions of an Heiress. Members carried placards with slogans such as "Why are you famous?" and "You can't buy brain cells".
