The new postergirl

Wednesday January 5th 2005 01:31 PM PST

Ashlee Simposon - The New Poster Girl for Anarchism

didn't i see this image back in the 90's? What was that i saw it in? hmmm Could it possibly be the "Smells like Teen Spirit" video? Cheerleaders running around in a gym and an anarchy symbol painted on the drum kit.

I'm going to go on a rant here for no apparent reason. Kurt Cobain could write his own lyrics. He didn't have the best voice in the world, but he actually performed LIVE using HIS REAL VOICE. The gunge musical movement really does fit into the history of the United States. We were in the middle of a recession. The unemployment rate soared, and people didn't feel the way they had in the 80's. Metal, Glam Rock, Hard Rock, and everything part Rock music was really about being happy and having a good time. In the 90's, gunge really started to show how people were pissed off about the world around them. (Sorry for the blatant omission of PUNK, but that's not entirely what this is about) So seeing an anarchy sign on a drumkit in a nirvana video actually fit back at that point in time. People were pissed, and people wanted change in the government and in the economy. There was a feeling that people working together in a community was a better solution than letting our government fuck things up more.

But then i see this during a half time show, on a national broadcast, for the national college championship football game. Huh? Is the fact that everybody on stage is wearing black a reference to a Black Bloc, and which kind of anarchists are they? Are they Ecological anarchists, or Technological anarchists? Is the symbol a sign of Ashlee's feminism? (or is she even feminist?) Are they protesting globalization, or capitalism right before the network cuts to a commercial break? I wonder if they are the extremely violent anarchists that wish to overthrow all government. I guess i'm just trying to figure out what exactly they meant by using the circle A.

maybe there was just a dumbass set designer that actually thought it would be "cool" to put the symbol on the drumkit. This just makes me think of all the people out there that have a tattoo of a chinese word on their body. (sorry jon) Does the fact that you label yourself make you MORE that label? or does it dilute the meaning of the label?

ok, this rant is getting old

I don't know how to approach this one. I'm so dumbfounded by everything this girl gets herself into. I don't know which is more sad... her singing... or the people that buy her music, her merchandise, and her image.

Go read more on Anarchism so at least you know more about it then Ashlee Simpson.

Oh, i almost forgot. It WAS nice to see SC destroy the Sooners. AND, if you don't know what the fuck a Sooner is... check this out

Comments:

Isn't it kinda redundant to go on a rant about someone who the whole world already knows is LAME? I mean, the only thing EXCELLENT about her performance was the fact that she got booed out of the arena! That was pretty sweet. I am personally appalled that after such a KICK ASS game and EXCELLENT performance by the Trojans that they get one stupid line and Ashlee Simpson gets like 40. C'mon Dave, let's get our priorities straight! YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY TROJANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Posted by: Anne

P.S. Your picture is probably the most attractive pic I've ever seen of her! ;)

Posted by: Anon