Over the course of four albums in nearly ten years, the public at large has proven largely indifferent to Jessica Simpson the pop singer, stringing her along with a handful of charting singles but never quite giving her a big, undeniable pop hit, the kind that would justify her celebrity. Given that anemic track record, why wouldn't a good ol' Texas girl like Jessica leave the city for the country? That's exactly what Simpson and her omnipresent father/manager Joe have done with 2008's Do You Know, featuring the title track duet with Dolly Parton, the not-bad "Come on Over," and "Still Beautiful," a quietly insistent empowerment anthem.
--- - |- While I forgot to post about it here, the word still got out and there were plenty of fine-looking folks out at The Rumble last night -- thanks for coming! That was a fun one. Thanks to Shawn of The Matches for a fun DJ set, and for dressing up as Heath Ledger's Joker (photos coming!) in a nurse uniform, that was awesome. So were DJ Omar's rock sets -- I'm used to hearing his exce...