H.O.P.E offers Ashlee Simpson CD swap (too funny)

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/eo/15359

Apparently Ashlee Simpson (news) can't hoe-down her way out of lip-synching hell.

The singer, despite numerous attempts to spin her Saturday Night Live debacle in her favor, continues to suffer backlash.

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 the 19-year-old's debut album, Autobiography, and now want to purge the CD from their collection.

Among the choices for embarrassed former Simpson fans in the exchange: the Ramones, Ray Charles, X, the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell or Brian Wilson.

While good taste may be subjective, H.O.P.E. believes it's a good arbiter of what stinks. The group has staged protests at a Paris Hilton book signing in Los Angeles and waged an all-out war on the Jimmy Fallon (news) bomb Taxi.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. that's hilarious, these guys rule

[underpants]

2. I loved their mission statement

Per its mission statement, H.O.P.E. says it aims to "bring quality to the world of entertainment while working outside of the traditional network, record label, and studio structure. It is our 'hope' that by voicing our feelings and concerns to the powers that be a better tomorrow, and not The Day After Tomorrow, is only around the corner for the good people of the United States of America, the world, and beyond."

[derby378]

3. The Ramones? Cool!

As long as the album includes either Pinhead or I Wanna Be Sedated.

[redqueen]

4. "can't hoe-down her way out of lip-synching hell"

I love this.

:loveya:

[Heyo]

5. Is that in reference to the little jig she tried to do....?

WTF was that?

I hate to use played out online lingo, but ROFLMFAO!!!

:dunce:

Heyo

[redqueen]

7. Yeah it is... amusing, isn't it?

[underpants]

8. That's hilarious

Thanks

[Heyo]

10. Yeah it is funny....

.... anyone have a link to the clip of the whole incident?

It was around a lot right after it happened, now I can't find it.

(I found a few that wont play, only audio but the video wont work)

Heyo

[Phillycat]

9. Do you have the whole clip?

I've actually never seen it...yes, I DO live under a rock, why do you ask? :)

[redqueen]

11. I do not, but I found it for you.

http://www.collegehumor.com/news/ashlee_snl.wmv

[Phillycat]

13. Crap, I can't get it to work.

I have this problem with Windows Media Player all the time. I can hear the audio, but there's no video. So annoying!

Thanks for digging it up for me, though. :)

[coloradodem2005]

6. God, we need this right now.

:)

[Jack Schitt]

12. People better purge most of their CD collection then.

Most musicians lip-sync.

This is terribly funny, however.