Subj : Funny news
To   : All
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Mon Jan 24 2005 06:10 am

I read this online this morning at a local website:

MONDAY PEACH BUZZ

'Stop Ashlee' petition gaining momentum

By RODNEY HO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/24/2005 
While the "Bring Ryan Cameron back to Hot 107.9" online petition has brought in 
a respectable 3,000 names, the "Stop Ashlee Simpson" petition is a true 
showstopper.

In about three weeks, more than 157,000 people have signed up at 
www.stopashlee.com asking Simpson to "stop recording, touring, modeling and 
performing. We do not wish to see her again."

It's addressed to her label, Geffen Records, and JT Entertainment, her father 
Joe's management company.

"We, the undersigned, are disgusted with Ashlee Simpson's horrible singing and 
hereby ask her to stop," begins the missive. It goes on to note, "she cannot 
match the sound of her voice that can be found on her CDs when she sings live. 
She simply yells the words (sometimes the wrong ones) into the mic."

The petition's creator, 18-year-old New Yorker Bethany Decker, figured 100 of 
her friends would sign. But her tiny snowflake of a complaint has turned into a 
blizzard of hostility.

In one 24-hour span last week, about 20,000 people signed it, more than can fit 
Atlanta's Philips Arena.

"It's been really surprising," Decker told the New York Daily News. "With word 
of mouth and people mentioning it on the radio, it's gotten insane."

An unnamed Simpson spokesman told the Daily News last week, "Ashlee cares 
deeply about the opinions of all her fans. But the fact is her album has sold 
3.5 million copies, her concert tour is selling out . . .  her single 'La La' 
is climbing [on] radio, and the new season of her hit MTV show debuts next 
week."

Buzz interpretation: "Nah. . .  nah. . . nah. . ."

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Later,
Sean

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