Abril 13, 2009

Phil Spector guilty.

"The Los Angeles jury spent nearly nine days deliberating over the case in which the prosecution portrayed Spector, 68, as a misogynist with a history of pulling guns and 'playing Russian roulette with the lives of women' while drunk. Prosecutors said it was only by a miracle that Clarkson, star of the cult film Barbarian Queen, was the first to die.... 'By the grace of God, five other women got the empty chamber and lived to tell,' said the prosecutor, Truc Do. 'Lana just happened to be the sixth woman who got the bullet.'"

73 komento:

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

Thank you 12 jurors for patience and wisdom not to fall into the manipulations of the Defense attorneys, in Hollywood of all places.

Automatic_Wing ayon kay ...

I'm mildly surprised. After OJ and Robert Blake walked, I thought it might be impossible to convict a celebrity has-been in LA.

William ayon kay ...

Observe the tragic consequences of off line dating.

Cedarford ayon kay ...

I thought today's discovery of Marilyn Chambers found dead in her trailer park a bigger story.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

I almost blogged Marilyn Chambers.

But I've already blogged a dead porn star this week.

Why did she die? Is it interesting? Not all obits can be blogged.

Peter V. Bella ayon kay ...

I'm mildly surprised. After OJ and Robert Blake walked, I thought it might be impossible to convict a celebrity has-been in LA.You left out Michael Jackson.

ricpic ayon kay ...

I used to know a guy who was trying to make it in the music biz and whenever he spoke of Spector it was almost in a reverant tone. The Wall Of Sound was huge, HUGE, back in the 60's. It was the holy grail all would-be producers worshipped and tried to find an equivalent of...with no success.

Dust Bunny Queen ayon kay ...

It was the holy grail all would-be producers worshipped and tried to find an equivalent of...with no success.The fine line between genius and insanity. Plus throw in a good great deal of blind indulgence by fawning sycophants and you end up with a tragedy that might have been averted.

Very sad. Such a waste of lives. Hers, his and probably more than we will ever know.

Meade ayon kay ...

It makes me just feel like cryin'.

Here's Phil during happier times.

Revenant ayon kay ...

Why did she die? Is it interesting? Not all obits can be blogged.Cause of death hasn't been revealed yet, last I heard.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

In the Ramones documentary -- very good, by the way -- they point out that Spector basically held them hostage at his house for a few days when he was producing one of their records.

Bob_R ayon kay ...

Perhaps the jury compared Let It Be to Let It Be, Naked and voted to convict.

Early '60's wall of sound stuff was great, though. Blue eyed soul.

Didn't follow the trial. He has clearly been bughouse for a long time.

John ayon kay ...

Spector has been insane for years. The guy apparently made a habbit of taking women back to his home and then threatening them with a gun. It is really too bad one of them didn't have a gun and couldn't have blown his head off. It would have saved poor Lana Clarkson's life and saved the state of California the expense of keeping him in prison.

Spector long since ceased to be eccentric and became dangerously insane. Had he not had money and fame and no doubt large groups of enablers he probably would have been in and out of jail and mental institutions throughout his entire life. What a waste.

Revenant ayon kay ...

Is "Let It Be... Naked" any good? I've been skeptical of all the "new" Beatles material that has been coming out lately.

The Dude ayon kay ...

Hold it - you mean Ringo and Paul are still making Beatles records? Groovy! Fab! And by fab I mean - damn, that would suck.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...
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Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

But I've already blogged a dead porn star this week.This is not a dead porn star by dead porn star kind of blog ;)

chuck b. ayon kay ...

His hair is looking a lot flatter too.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Spector big mistake may have been that as a white celebrity you are not permitted to kill a white woman.

Still ;)

He got the wrong lesson from the OJ Trial.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Actually.. forget what I said about OJ.

Robert Blake was found not guilty of killing his wife.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I wonder if Chamber's porn sales will shot up ;)

Hey.. anybody heard from Titus lately?

Cedarford ayon kay ...

Ann Althouse said...
I almost blogged Marilyn Chambers.

But I've already blogged a dead porn star this week.

Why did she die? Is it interesting? Not all obits can be blogged.
No, your judgment is pretty good on what story you go with as a feature. Certainly better than my efforts to say unfettered loyalty to Israel or Far-Left progressive Jewish lawyer's Front - are a grave menace.

I was just expresing my impression that Marilyn was a bigger icon than the strange Spectot..

No info on what she died of.

Revenant ayon kay ...

Certainly better than my efforts to say unfettered loyalty to Israel or Far-Left progressive Jewish lawyer's Front - are a grave menace.Ok, I give up. Anyone want to take a shot at translating that into English?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Well.. I could still speculate that unlike Baretta and OJ, Spector's "sin" was being not well known to the average LA juror.

I guess we will never know for sure.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I think Cedaford is lamenting that he is not allowed to say whatever he wants on someone else's blog.

Revenant ayon kay ...

I think Blake might have gotten off on the "that bitch needed killin'" defense. The victim was an amazingly unsympathetic figure.

Maxine Weiss ayon kay ...

My best friend is the cousin of Phil Spector.

The Dude ayon kay ...

Titus is currently blogging his same old shit over at Trooper York's place.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

You mean Titus is too Mead conscious ;)

J ayon kay ...

Good article at the link, but what's with the photo of Nigel Tufnel?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Mead proves Titus achilles ;)

Mel Plontz ayon kay ...

The man is crazier than a shithouse rat! I'm not sure what that says for women who dated the schmuck.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Titus buddy.

Dont fear the Meade ;)

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Heterophobia. Time to take it seriously.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Did somebody lean on Titus to retire ;)

Meade ayon kay ...

Yeah. Meadephobia too.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...
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Revenant ayon kay ...

The man is crazier than a shithouse rat! I'm not sure what that says for women who dated the schmuck.Not just dated. His current wife married him several years AFTER the murder, when his trial was about to begin.

Now there's a lady with some issues.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

A song for Titus and some people that have gone missing


Me, I'm a part of your circle of friends
And we notice you don't come around
Me, I think it all depends on you
Touching ground with us but
I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
It seems
And I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else,
It seems

Maxine Weiss ayon kay ...

He was a musical genius. He produced three times as many hits as Quincy Jones, yet took less credit.

The greatest artists always have some flamboyant and eccentric qualities about them.

Love,
Maxine

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Maxine dear.. what are you saying?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Titus MissingI step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
And pass your door
But you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
Now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place
And I miss you-
Like the deserts miss the rain

Michael Haz ayon kay ...

Spector could still run for office in Minnesota, so he's got that going for him. They'll elect anyone in Minnesota.

Maybe he could hand the Russian roulette revolver to Garrison Keillor. A grateful nation would demand that his sentence be withdrawn.

former law student ayon kay ...

The greatest artists always have some flamboyant and eccentric qualities about them.Just a short step from genius to insanity, I always heard.

Cedarford omitted to mention Phil Spector is Jewish -- how anti-Semitic could he be?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Meadephobia too.You just made-that-up ;)

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

There is something wrong with HTML tonight.

And I'm not doing Henry Lee - I'm really serious.

Ignacio ayon kay ...

Phil Spector paved the way for Shadow Morton and the Shangri-Las. And he did "He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)." Who was that, the Chiffons?

Bruce Springsteen (as produced by Jon Landau) was aiming for a Neo-Wall of Sound homage on his best album, "Born to Run."

Maxine Weiss ayon kay ...

Little gal was in the wrong place at the wrong time. What did she expect ?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

If I remember correctly Spector figured in Tina Turners "What's love got to do with it" 1993 also.


But.. what's that got to do with him killing a woman?

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I'm shocked Maxine..

Are you blaming the dead victim?

Meade ayon kay ...

I blame Maxine.

Her best friend is Phil Spector's cousin. Maxine could have intervened but did she?

No.

Maxine as much as pulled the trigger.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Now the truth comes out.

It sounds like Maxine was there.. I see Maxine running out of there like the house was on fire.

Meade ayon kay ...

Saying to her cab driver, "I think Phil Spector just killed somebody," while casually tossing the smoking pistol into the underbrush.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

It was an accident!

Meade ayon kay ...

Maxine didn't mean to shoot the sonofabitch. The gun went off. She didn't know why.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

Phil asked Maxine if she would help him with the body..

She told him you gotta be crazy..

I got a bad disk.

Meade ayon kay ...

Just like Maxine to second degree murder someone and then not even help dispose of the body.

Blood stain clashes with her mauve sun dress.

Plus her white gloves. Always the lady.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I got a double platinum hip

Meade ayon kay ...

Oh! You mean Maxine shot you too? Wrong place at the wrong time, Lem.

Better get that looked at.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

I'll be fine.. she told me to put some ice on it.

Meade ayon kay ...

Maxine may be a murderer but no one can accuse her of not having a nurturing maternal side. Gotta love her for it.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

We were out of lemons.. so thats why she though of ice... it had nothing to do with that unfortunate Clinton allegation.

Maxine would not hurt a fly.. on purpose.

Meade ayon kay ...

I know what you mean.

I was married to Maxine for 20 years you know. It was a marriage made in heaven until, unfortunately, she became romantically involved in a triad with Phil Spector and Crack Emcee.

After she started dealing drugs and murdering people, I had no choice but to seek an annulment.

You understand. I still love her but what else could I do? I had to think about what was best for our three children.

Maxine Weiss ayon kay ...

She went to his house at 1:30 am.

Same thing with Robert Blake.

These gals know the score. You play with fire....

It's a good lesson, albeit learned the hard way.

Don't go borrowing trouble !

Love,

Meade ayon kay ...

See what I mean, Lem? Underneath the murdering and adultery -- heart of gold!

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

LOL. I love you, Meade.

Paco Wové ayon kay ...

Oh, jeez... Get a room!

The Dude ayon kay ...

Maxine, you wrote "She went to his house at 1:30 am. Same thing with Robert Blake."

Are you saying Robert Blake was there too? Does the DA know this? So in addition to being an accessory after the fact you are also withholding information?

Damn, you are one immoral bitch.

Michael Haz ayon kay ...

She went to his house at 1:30 am. Sure, kick the housing industry when it's down. Blame the house for the murder, not yourself.

Amexpat ayon kay ...

A prison wall of sound?

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.

Jeremy ayon kay ...

He'll kill himself.

Meade ayon kay ...

Is that what you would do if you were him, Jeremy?

Joe ayon kay ...

I suppose an American Idol guest spot is out of the question now.

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