Oy...

I was gonna drop the whole thing, because I figured my last statement regarding the matter stood pretty strong... until I came across this little jem:

"Just like any artist in America, she has a backing track that she pushes so you don't have to hear her croak through a song on national television," [Ashlee's dad/manager] Joe Simpson told [uber-douche] Ryan Seacrest on Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. "No one wants to hear that."

Hmmm... "any artist in America" does this, eh Joe? Do you know the difference between a "backing track" and a "lead vocal track?" Seems like you have convoluted the two terms (no doubt on purpose) in order to try to fool the masses, which you may fool a few of them... but come on, Joe! You may be an idiot, but we're not.

Seriously, though... the only thing that stands to keep her in the spotlight is the porn tape that you're hiding in your safe (for just such an emergency) of her and Ryan Cabrera (doesn't he seem like he belongs in that poseur boy band thing, Busted?).

Listening to: Clutch - "Pure Rock Fury" (2001)