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Simpson's Milli Vanilli redux
Blame it on the pain, yeah, yeah
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NEW YORK — If Ashlee Simpson's stomach was upset Saturday night, imagine how she's feeling now.
Busted for a Saturday Night Live lip-synch gone awry, her manager-father said yesterday that his 19-year-old daughter used the extra help because acid reflux disease had made her voice hoarse.
"The whole situation was a bummer," Ashlee Simpson said in an interview on MTV's Total Request Live.
"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," Joe Simpson told Ryan Seacrest on Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. "No one wants to hear that."
He insisted it would be Ashlee's live voice alone during her appearance on NBC's Radio Music Awards last night. And he said she'd never used the extra help onstage before.
Simpson had performed her hit single *Pieces of Me* without incident earlier on
he whole situation was a bummer."
Ashlee Simpson
SNL. When she came back a second time, her band started playing and the first lines of her singing *Pieces of Me* could be heard again.
She was holding her microphone at her waist at the time. Simpson looked momentarily confused as the band plowed ahead with the song and the vocal was quickly silenced.
A flustered Simpson made some exaggerated hopping dance moves, then walked off the stage.
She told TRL that she and her band didn't know what to do. "I think all of us went into a state of shock," she said.
The incident exposed what many consider an obvious secret: that some singers who appear onstage aren't singing live at all, or at least have their voices augmented by backing tracks. And it's happened before on Saturday Night Live, too, executive producer Lorne Michaels said.
"She was mortified and in her dressing room, but (producer) Marci (Klein) got her to come out for goodnights and explained that it wasn't the end of the world. It wasn't her fault," Michaels said.
"Every artist that I know in this business has had vocal problems at some time — from Celine on down," said Joe Simpson, also father of Jessica Simpson. "So you've got to do what you've got to do."
He said it was his decision to use the tapes when it became apparent that acid reflux disease had swollen Ashlee's vocal cords. After consulting Wayne Newton's doctor, she received a cori-tone shot to get her ready for the Radio Music Awards, he said.
It was the band's drummer who pushed the wrong button onstage, he said.
Michaels corroborated that, adding: "If she were a more seasoned performer then I think that she would've taken charge and said, 'No, let's start this over again.'"
To add to Ashlee's indignity yesterday, eBay.com was auctioning off her private cell phone number, which it said had been inadvertently, and briefly, posted on her Web site.
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All towed up
David Jacob, Overland Park senior, talks on his cell phone and waits with tow truck driver Brian McCoy for another tow truck to come to fix a flat on McCoy's dolly. Jacob's vehicle broke down in a parking lot at 8th and New Hampshire streets, near his house on Massachusetts Street.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a University Forum called The Hydrogen Economy: Is there hope, or is it all hype? by Dale Rummer, professor of Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at KU, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m tomorrow at ECM.
ON CAMPUS
■ Kansas African Studies will hold a seminar called The Lost Boys of Sudan: Film and Discussion by Peter Dut and Dut Mawien from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Alderson
The Laird Brown Bag Series sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies will hold Three Seasons in Post-war Bosnia, or an Ottomanist Supervises Elections by Cornell H. Fliescher, Kanuni Suleyman professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies of the University of Chicago from noon to 1 p.m. today at 318 Bailey Hall.
Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
University Christian Fellowship will hold a Bible study and worship at 7:30 tonight at ECM.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will hold a Faith Forum: A Liberating Take on Christianity from 9 to 10:10 tonight at ECM.
- The Empire Lecture Series sponsored by the Hall Center for Humanities will feature Stephen Kotkin at 7:30 tonight at Regnier Hall on the Edwards Campus.
The Faculty Recital Series sponsored by the KU School of Fine Arts will feature Scott Watson, tuba, at 7:30 tonight at the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
An article in last Tuesday's University Daily Kansan needs clarification. The article, "Panic causes lines for tickets," stated students' names and KUID numbers are printed on the tickets and students could not give away their tickets to friends. Students' names and ID numbers are printed on a part of the ticket that is perforated, and students can still give away their tickets.
■ Thursday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The story "No lottery for first five games" published incorrect dates for the second men's basketball ticket pick-up period. The correct dates for the period are Nov. 15-17.
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The photograph "A pony-tailed tailback," misidentified the person. Alexis Schmidtberger, Victoria junior, was pictured. She is a member of Alpha Delta Pi.
A 21-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen her black Guess purse at the Phoggy Dog, 2228 Iowa St., on Saturday night. The loss is estimated around $550.
A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen a gold watch and a Johnson High School class ring Friday night at the 2400 block of 25th Street.
A 20-year-old KU student reported to Lawrence police that someone had stolen her 1992 black Chevrolet S-10 between 1 and 11 a.m. Friday in the 200 block of Mt. Hope Court. The loss is estimated around $4,500.
ON THE RECORD
- Yesterday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The brief, "Elsworth resident dies Sunday morning," stated that James Justin was from St. Charles, Mo. He was from St. Charles, Ill.
Activist group presents 'Fahrenheit 9/11' tonight
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Delta Force will hold a free screening of Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 at 8 tonight at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
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The organization will screen the film as part of its ongoing film series to encourage students to educate themselves about current political issues.
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JAYHAWKER The Annual 2005.
The Jayhawker Yearbook has changed in name, attitude, and style to reinvent a great Kansas tradition.
Look for the 2004 books to arrive in November!
Now accepting student submissions for the Annual 2005. Contributions of KU-themed poetry, art or photography for possible inclusion in this year's book must be in to the JAYHAWKER by 3 Dec. 2004.
We are also still looking for writers and photographers, with either a background or interest in journalism, who may wish to work on the staff of the JAYHAWKER this year.
If interested in either of these opportunities, contact Editor Ryan Scarrow at rockon41@ku.edu
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