Ashlee Simpson Sucks

[wellfleet]

ewok... for a more close-to-home example, i just visited your site. i *loved* your artwork, there are some spectacular pieces, especially "big cuts" and your HST tribute. but if i didn't, if i hated it and so did everyone else you know, if they all thought you were ripping off a certain style,  that wouldn't make you less of a legitimate artist.

[primushead]

My cat's breath smells like cat food. ;)

[Angry Ewok]

I had a feeling you'd use artwork as an example, us artists tend to think alike...

i *loved* your artwork, there are some spectacular pieces, especially "big cuts" and your HST tribute. but if i didn't, if i hated it and so did everyone else you know, if they all thought you were ripping off a certain style,  that wouldn't make you less of a legitimate artist.

It's one thing to rip off a style or just have no identity of your own (uh, like Ashlee?), its an entirely different thing to be diverse in style and emulate a style particular style in tribute.

For example, recently I've emulated the style of Ralph Steadman for the story I'm writing - Bonnaroo or Burst. Because I'm comfortable writing in the style of Gonzo Journalism, and because the subject matter, I found the style to be the obvious choice.

What's to say about Ashlee, when she's pretty much been molded into something by other people to target a particular paying audience... Is it possible to emulate Rock when you don't even know who the Rolling Stones are?

And don't worry, I understand your position completely - it's exactly like me enjoying particular piece of artwork that is, by all means, pretty fake... How about that pre-framed shit at Wal-Mart? How about the dogs playing poker? It's just a little guilty pleasure that you like this latest CD.

All I'm saying is that if someone else paints something for you to sign, and you stand to take the credit... are you really real?

[ycartrob]

You've surely been around here long enough to know that your sarcasm is interpeted as belittling. You keep feeling the need to explain yourself. How about just not saying things you know (must know by now) will cause offence here?

It's such a cop out to keep saying it's other people's responsibility to remain unoffended. It's as much your responsiblity not to say things you know will hurt.

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if you were genuinely witty  :-/

sorry you don't get it. I'll try to bring it down to your level next time.

[Form91225]

Dude, as respectfully as i can say this, you're a complete asshole. what makes you think you're so much better than anyone else? "i'll try to bring it down to your level." piss off.

what little opportunity you had to be taken seriously is no longer available. as stephen colbert would say, you're dead to me.

wellfleet, i'd advise ignoring this poseur from here on out. it's the one sure way you can impact this attention-starved washout.

[ycartrob]

Dude, as respectfully as i can say this, you're a complete asshole. what makes you think you're so much better than anyone else? "i'll try to bring it down to your level." piss off.

what little opportunity you had to be taken seriously is no longer available. as stephen colbert would say, you're dead to me.

wellfleet, i'd advise ignoring this poseur from here on out. it's the one sure way you can impact this attention-starved washout.

Lighten up,  I'm like the 6th best poster in the nation.  ;D

[ali]

ahh what a great way to spend the first half hour of work on a monday morning - reading these posts.... truly entertaining!

hey ycartrob (it's tracy isn't it?) - i do think you're posts are as intelligent / interesting / witty as just about everyone else's posts on this board (hey, mmj fans are obviously of a higher intelligence bracket just to start with  :)), and with the possible exception of the whole camel-toe thing, i really really enjoy reading & posting on this forum.   sarcasm is all well & great, but sometimes when you're reading what someone has written, i do find it hard to know if you're being sarky or not... it's just a bit hard to get that level of humour from the written word sometimes....  :)

[ycartrob]

ahh what a great way to spend the first half hour of work on a monday morning - reading these posts.... truly entertaining!

hey ycartrob (it's tracy isn't it?) - i do think you're posts are as intelligent / interesting / witty as just about everyone else's posts on this board (hey, mmj fans are obviously of a higher intelligence bracket just to start with  :)), and with the possible exception of the whole camel-toe thing, i really really enjoy reading & posting on this forum.   sarcasm is all well & great, but sometimes when you're reading what someone has written, i do find it hard to know if you're being sarky or not... it's just a bit hard to get that level of humour from the written word sometimes....  :)

I appreciate it ali, I hear you. Ya know, if this had been an Ashlee Simpson Appreciation thread, I would have stepped back a little; if Ashlee Simpson was wellfleet's favorite performer, rather than an admitted guilty pleasure, I would not have given her such a hard time. But that's why I did (and do). I figured if it's music you admit as a guilty pleasure (and I take that as something you're embarrased to like?) then you really couldn't have too much objection to me making fun, right?

Wrong  :-/

I mean hell, I own 21 Rush cd's, drove to Indy by myself 2 years ago  to see them live, I have a minature RUSH 18- wheeler, so they are NOT my guilty pleasure (actually one of my all-time favorites), but I cannot see myself getting all in a huff when someone says how bad they suck.

It's just music.

It's all in fun, but I get the feeling with some people here, it really matters. Take ratsprayer, for instance; him and I have had words or "nasty" exchanges,(about real shit) but I see me and him on the stage rail at a Jacket show, one day in the future, high fiving after they play Run Thru or Anytime, etc (me teaching him how to helicopter his shirt above his head ;))...I get the feeling, though, some people here think I got some other agenda, or am being an elitist, etc..., and wouldn't want anything to do with me at a Jacket show; wouldn't be willing to acknowledge my joking and not be able to sacrifice some "pride" to get into a Jacket show with me. That's sad to me, but dawg gone it, this place is for an exchange of ideas, personalities, intelligence and wit. It shouldn't be some sounding board for self esteem (IMO).

Rock on
Rock out

[SMc55]

sorry you don't get it. I'll try to bring it down to your level next time.

Fuck off

[ycartrob]

Fuck off

How about you take your own advice doc?

How about just not saying things you know (must know by now) will cause offence here

telling me to Fuck Off is not offensive?

It's as much your responsiblity not to say things you know will hurt.

I guess you know telling me to Fuck Off will not hurt me, so that's why you said it?

You seem confused....I suggest you take your own advice.  :-* You're the one getting crude, not me.

The level of irony, when someone explains to me that I should be more polite, then tells me to Fuck Off, is simply off the charts.  ;D

[ratsprayer]

It's all in fun, but I get the feeling with some people here, it really matters. Take ratsprayer, for instance; him and I have had words or "nasty" exchanges,(about real shit) but I see me and him on the stage rail at a Jacket show, one day in the future, high fiving after they play Run Thru or Anytime, etc (me teaching him how to helicopter his shirt above his head ;))...I get the feeling, though, some people here think I got some other agenda, or am being an elitist, etc..., and wouldn't want anything to do with me at a Jacket show; wouldn't be willing to acknowledge my joking and not be able to sacrifice some "pride" to get into a Jacket show with me. That's sad to me, but dawg gone it, this place is for an exchange of ideas, personalities, intelligence and wit. It shouldn't be some sounding board for self esteem (IMO).

Rock on
Rock out

yes tracy, i can see that as well.  i was pretty sure i had tom and you figured out at bogarts pretty early in the show, but i couldnt make my way over there, so we missed our chance.  you might have a chance to teach me at the rites of spring festival, though.   ;D

[primushead]

Cat's breath?...Cat Food?  Anyone?

[ratsprayer]

Cat's breath?...Cat Food?  Anyone?

ive been trying for a few days to drop to your level to figure out how to reply to that.   ;D ;D ;D ;D

[aMillionDreams]

Cat's breath?...Cat Food?  Anyone?

this thread never really got going...

 ;)

btw, i guess everyone knows where I stand on this subject ycarrot is a dick.  who compares himself to Jesus? get over yourself.  

[ratsprayer]

this thread never really got going...

;)

btw, i guess everyone knows where I stand on this subject ycarrot is a dick.  who compares himself to Jesus? get over yourself.  

if one considers jesus to be "someone", i guess that comparison might mean something.

boom!   ::)

[ycartrob]

[ratsprayer]

how did you get those joints to stand like that?

[primushead]

ive been trying for a few days to drop to your level to figure out how to reply to that.   ;D ;D ;D ;D

It's a long drop to the bottom, my friend ;)

[SMc55]

How about you take your own advice doc?


telling me to Fuck Off is not offensive?


I guess you know telling me to Fuck Off will not hurt me, so that's why you said it?

You seem confused....I suggest you take your own advice.  :-* You're the one getting crude, not me.

The level of irony, when someone explains to me that I should be more polite, then tells me to Fuck Off, is simply off the charts.  ;D

Yes it was offensive.
Yes it was meant to be.
But I'm not pretending it's anything else.

[Groos Limb Cop]

Tracy you have the wierdest gross hands I ever had the displeasure of laying eyes on.What is with those stumpy wrinkled up little fingers?  :P Please keep your body to yourself, hey why not try keeping everything  to yourself. period.