I don't quite get the animosity coming from Ashlee Simpson in her new album and in particular, her latest single Shadow. Amazingly, most of it is aimed at her older sister and my personal mistress, the lovely Jessica Simpson. In first verse of Shadow, she talks about how she was very hurt by the fact that her parents went away (probably to take Jessica to an event). She then goes on and whines about how she was always second best, how she lived in a nightmare, but its OK now because she has a ton money. She then says that we are not supposed to feel sorry for her. Huh?

This broad needs a wake up call. Most of us have seen her life up close on her MTV reality show (a project she landed thanks to Jess). Her Mom waits on her hand and foot even to this day. She should be thanking Jessica every day of her life because she paid the bills, paid for the maids and housekeepers and put food on the table for most of her prepubescent years. Her blood, sweat and tears, single handedly provided Ashlee with all that she has today. Secondly, I demand that she dyes her back to blonde to pay tribute to Jessica. Does she really believe that everything that she so-called overcame was something that was accomplished on her own? Has she ever had to struggle and fight for what she has like so many other artists? Hell, even Britney Spears deserves her fame more than Ashlee. Brit had more live performances under her belt by the age of 10 than Ashlee has so far in her career. Could she have done all this without the help of her famous multi-platinum selling artist, reality television star and advertising industry darling sis? Shouldn't her older sister be the one who has some resentment, after all those years of singing pukey christian music, fighting acne and making thousands upon thousands of appearances just to try to make a name for herself and to slowly build her audience base?

From the beginning, Ashlee has faked the angst she attempts to portray in her music. And her lame Jagged Pill Era-Alanis Morrisette act on stage during performances is almost painful to watch. She seems out of place on stage and appears a bit awkward, especially with her pacing and hand gestures, as if she is concentrating so hard on not hitting a bad note, that she doesn't quite know what to do with her body. I wonder if she has a hard time chewing gum and walking at the same time. And the whole "PUNK" shirt she wears during her first video for Pieces of Me, HA HA. I never thought I would see the day when someone would want to try to emulate Avril Lavigne, this is a sad sign of the times. What kind of world do we live in were two of the biggest artists in music insist they are making punk music when it's merely mainstream bubble gum pop? How many more Ramones have to die to end this madness? Speaking of being transparent, I remember watching her show when she made the decision to dye her hair and some interviews she did in support of her debut album. She said things like, I want my music to be anything close to my sisters. And it was so obvious that her black mane was also an attempt to distance her from Jess. Don't people see this stuff? The fake-ness, the sham? Wake up white people!