See, I told you the SNL incident wouldn't hurt her career. What I wouldn't give to be on the cover of the Daily News!
But seriously, Ashlee Simpson gave a special halftime performance at the Orange Bowl last night. She actually sang, though the crowd roared for her to use the tape. The moral of this pathetic display, and perhaps the only good that can come from it, is the knowledge that sometimes (it's rare, I know) major corporate backing from the music industry machine just isn't enough. It takes a "special talent" like Ashlee to bring this kind of thing to light, but it looks as though she's done it. People really HATE her. And a nation really hating Ashlee Simpson signifies the existence of a healthy society far more than the mere acceptance of Britney Spears. Any artist can be mediocre (in fact, almost all of them are nowadays). I think we all owe Ashlee a great deal of thanks for showing us the way by being deemed musically unacceptable. It's as if she planned it all along. She performed the same favor for us as the Sex Pistols in their day: she showed us how utterly lame and careless the music industry can be. What we, the music buying public, do with this knowledge is entirely up to us. The revolution starts now? We'll see.
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