'Schizophrenic' Album Cover Causes Stir

Oh my. Well, sales could either skyrocket or...

[His Amazon sales rank is at 148 right now.]
[It's been about ten minutes since I first posted this, and his sales rank is now 145.]
[At 3:05 p.m. the rank took a nosedive to 182, and now at 5:06 p.m., it's at 177.]
[Last time I'll check tonight - at 7:00 p.m. it's at 196.]

JC's all over the wire services again. I checked one second, nothing new. Checked a minute later, and this is out there at ten sites (1:17 p.m., now 22 sites) (1:32 p.m., now 43 sites) (5:06 p.m., and it's been holding steady at 51 sites).

Pretty short, so I won't cut. The article is accompanied by a picture of the cover. This one's from the West Palm Beach Florida channel.

*NSYNC Singer Causes Stir With 'Schizophrenic' Album Cover
Chasez Pictured In Straight Jacket

POSTED: 12:14 p.m. EST March 4, 2004

The singer who was dumped from the Pro Bowl halftime show is angering a publication dedicated to people who suffer from schizophrenia.

JC Chasez 'Schizophrenic' album coverJ.C. Chasez is causing a stir with the publisher of the Schizophrenic Digest over the cover of his debut album "Schizophrenic." On the cover, Chasez -- a member of the pop group *NSYNC -- is pictured in a straight jacket.

Bill MacPhee, himself a schizophrenia sufferer, said the cover does nothing to help eliminate the stigma of mental illness.

Calls to Chasez's representatives were not returned.

The NFL pulled Chasez from the halftime entertainment lineup of the Pro Bowl in Hawaii in February as a cautious move sparked by the breast-baring incident involving his fellow *NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson.

The NFL instead asked Chasez to sing the national anthem, but since the singer said he was asked to switch song choices and change lyrics before being dumped from the halftime show, he refused.

JC at dancestar electronica event in Miami...

Posted by Josez at the You-Know-Where-of-You-Know-What. Okay, Miami peeps! JC's set (possibly) to appear at "the world’s largest televised electronic music event," according to the dancestar website. Here's the scoop:

DANCESTAR USA 2004
PERFORMANCES ANNOUNCED

Worldwide Exclusive On-Off Collaboration: Perry Farrell, Moby and Paul Van Dyk together on stage as PRECISION GUIDED MUSICIANS...plus:

• THE CRYSTAL METHOD
• JC CHASEZ
• BLUE MAN GROUP
• MOTORCYCLE
• AUDIO BULLYS

Also starring: Paris Hilton, Boy George, Dave Navarro, Yoko Ono, Jaime Pressly, Lady Bunny

[Ominously, exactly *what* JC will be doing isn't listed anywhere that I could find. Will he be presenting? Singing? Simply standing around looking freakin' fabulous? Who knows...]

( Doing the cut text thang, as it's a bit long. )

In other news, the 'Schizophrenic' cover uproar has shown up at two more news sites since the last update. The total is now 53 sites that have picked it up. His sales rank was at 196 at 7:00, it's at 179 now, an hour later.

This little bit o' news was also mentioned on the Ryan Seacrest show today. I saw that on one of the mailing lists today, but forgot to include it. Thanks to eisakay for jogging my memory!

Another good review!

Posted at The Place Wherein Thy Soul is Sucketh from Thy Body (Don't believe it? Just go there) by ang2793 who says, "(thanks Amy! from the DP Board)." I take it this was transcribed by the Amy mentioned above. If it's online, I can't find it...

( stellar production values and amazing musicianship )