Category: Artists (Page 192 of 262)

Jessie pulls an Ashlee

Poor Jessica Simpson. It just shows to go how tough being a singer is at times. Simpson caught a bout of laryngitis at the exact same precise moment her new album A Public Affair dropped. She’s had to cancel morning and late night talk show appearances and all sorts of terrible things, like resceduling a morning concert for the Today show. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t Simpson actually sing less than Ashlee? I mean, her cover of “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” basically had her pulling a breathy Lou Reed, all talk and no action. It’s funny how this shit runs in the family.

Two’s Next

Just when you thought it was safe to assume that Pete Townshend would not possibly entertain the idea of dragging out the quickly decaying dinosaur of The Who, it’s time to stop assuming. Oh yes kids, the two remaining members of The Who are gonna drop their first studio album in a long time this Halloween. Trick or treat? Ha! Excuse my cynicism, but I’ll be going with the former. What else is left to do, really, besides squeeze more money from the fans? Oh well, at least it’s not another best of disc, but that doesn’t mean it’s all new stuff, either. Included on the disc will be all the songs from the “group’s” latest EP, Wire and Glass. And if that’s not enough, then get prepared to be bludgeoned with the usual Pete Townshend pretntiousness in the form of “music culled from a 29 minute operatic work, described by The Who’s co-founder Pete Townshend as a mini-opera inspired by his novella ”he Boy Who Heard Music’.”

Not another opera, Pete. Please. It’s time to give up the ghost, man. Anyway, the new album is titled Endless Wire. Undoubtedly a tour will feature a full performance of Tommy somewhere along the line.

Hicks nixes trick picks


“Ain’t nobody gonna make me look good.”

Taylor Hicks’ old producer pal William Smith is being suid by the artist after Smith uploaded three of Hicks’ pre “American Idol” tracks from 2001 on to iTunes. Sez Smith,

“The whole thing with putting these songs out was, he was getting killed by that goofy single, and I knew he was better than that…I had a three-year relationship with him. That single (“Do I Make You Proud”) sucks, and this was purely altruistic on my part. I wanted to show critics that were killing him that he was way more than ‘American Idol.’ ”

C’mon Taylor, this guy is doing you a favor. A fellow music biz person comes out and honestly says your “American Idol” shit stinks, and you wanna sue him over trying to prove that you’re better than that? Mmmm, the smell of money.

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