Phil Spector: Murderer!

Phil's last interview?

whether it is or not, it's an illuminating read:

"For years he did nothing. He was incapable of action. Paralysed. Projects came and went, unfulfilled. What could possibly interest him? Disco? "Terrible." Michael Jackson? "The most depressing, heinous thing. I mean, starting out life as a black man and ending up as a white woman, what's that all about?" Rap music? "Like the c got left off at the printers." Spector falls back on the sofa. "It's all been done! It's all been done!"

No, see, it's right there after the "i"!

(Getting out the rope)

Yes.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/08/specter.trial.ap/index.html

BTW, Back To Mono is going for $17 new on Amazon. Already got mine last month.

<i>BTW, Back To Mono is going for $17 new on Amazon. </i>

wtf? have sales plummeted since his arrest? do they not want to appear to be capitalizing on his notoriety? i paid $75 for that sucker back in the 1990s!!

Record stores are flooded with copies.
I suspect the good ol boys at Abkco are trying to silently show their support.

Latest: homwhatcide?

http://i19.tinypic.com/67z4m78.jpg

is he saying she murdered herself?

no, murder.

here he is, showing how she was shot by a hand:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42985000/jpg/_42985349_pena_ap203b.jpg

are you saying she was a homo?

homo = self so yeah everyone is.

oh.

Ban Lara Clarkson! Killing herself like that, tss.

(homo = human, auto = self, imho, but that doesn't matter now)

homos = same

cide?

probably gang related. eascide, wescide.

homo + caedo (perf. = cecidi) = homicide (man + slaughter)

homos + sexus = homosexual (same + sex)

the latter is a bastardisation of a greek prefix and a latin suffix, the former is entirely latin

oh noes, sonned in an internet greek/latin beef :-(

POSSESSUS

Hang on a minute, I'm getting confused here - is Spector being accused of shooting Westlife now? Surely he should get the keys to the city!

http://www.myspace.com/hamburgramnes

(Hamburg Ramönes - album: Free Phil Spector)

Give me strength!

I mean, they might actually be good! But, hey let's free the guy OK so he might have killed someone but hey it's the famous/genius Phil Spector!!!

What next, the Hamburg Mike Leanders?

It's time he came up with something new, why not let him ponder Wall Of Jail for a while?

Don't know them, but they can't be any worse than Starsailor.

Mike Leander never killed anyone.

No but then the "Hamburg Mike Leanders" new album being "Free Gary Glitter" etc...

Does this mean that Dale will stop playing My Sweet Lord, Imagine, Unchained Melody etc. whenever they come up on POTP?

bump before andi's head explodes

Kaboom?

haha I take it you locked it. So what's the latest? I don't watch cable news or anything.

I'm not sure myself. Something about contempt of court against one of the lawyers.

i was completely kidding around in that other thread. i'm surprised that got locked. sorry, i guess?

i was serious in my second post of it, though.

his ex-lawyer didn't want to testify against him. she didn't say a word. she's been held in contempt, now.

bruce cutler's soul past through me, that's all i can say.

A bit off track, but "Tearing Down the Wall of Sound" is a totally addictive read. The interviews between the author and Spector took place a mere six weeks before "the incident".

UH:

The week’s most dubious highlight came when the defense played Lana Unleashed, Clarkson’s portfolio video designed to showcase her comedic talents. Prosecutors Alan Jackson and Pat Dixon begged Fidler to block the screening but the judge ignored their pleas. The video quickly made clear why Clarkson did not have her own Comedy Central show. Her self-written sketches, intended to demonstrate Clarkson’s range of characterizations and dialects, appeared desperately unfunny on the courtroom screen. She was dying up there — all over again.

It also became obvious why Spector’s lawyers fought to have the video shown. In one segment Clarkson performs a black-face impersonation of singer Little Richard selling a line of African-American cosmetics on TV. The sketch was nothing more than a coon show and seemed to drag on for hours as reporters kept an eye on the jury’s three black members, who watched with frozen expressions. (“Little Richard’s” cosmetic kit — called “Makeup Kit for Dummies” — included minibar bottles of liquor and plastic pieces of a black man’s face.)

Obviously this doesn't excuse Spector in the slightest but Jesus H.

Court TV has the video.

Bring on Cameron Crowe's in-development Phil Spector movie! Daddy wants the Wall of Sound depicted.

just saw this. what a terrible disappointment.

i remember reading something a long time ago about how cameron crowe's spector movie was running into problems because they 'couldn't figure out how to end it.' this was pre-2003.

Mamet is insane, film at 11.

"Mamet, the writer, has publicly stated that he feels Phil Spector is innocent and should not be in prison," says spokesman Ed Lozzi. "We fear that he will rewrite history and portray Lana Clarkson as responsible for her own death. That is not acceptable, and if he does so, there will be consequences from us."

What, are you going to shoot him then?

They're going to send him the 3LP box concept album by Godley & Creme.

Some things are worth killing for.

One ILM poster friend of mine has noted previously that Mamet has an uncommon talent for finding ways to justify women getting slapped around in his movies/plays.

Nah, that's not true, but he does have a good half-dozen scripts with false rape accusations, and this story is a variation on that.

That said, I liked it. Lots of Pacino time.

/One ILM poster friend of mine has noted previously that Mamet has an uncommon talent for finding ways to justify women getting slapped around in his movies/plays./

Nah, that's not true, but he does have a good half-dozen scripts with false rape accusations, and this story is a variation on that..

Really? Two that come to mind off the top of my head:

The Verdict -- Charlotte Rampling gets "justifiably" slapped in a restaurant.

Oleana -- Bill Macy beats the crap out of the woman who falsely accuses him of rape.

Pretty sure there are others...

July 2013

http://i61.tinypic.com/hss4d0.jpg

The mansion is for sale.

https://variety.com/2019/dirt/real-estalker/phil-spector-pyrenees-castle-1203158892/?fbclid=IwAR39IfIzTP9VPX0_85Tl3EeaoXI94iu7g6Nt4xfG7Vmuh8biTFX7dz8sakI

The redfin listing:
https://www.redfin.com/CA/Alhambra/1700-Grandview-Dr-91803/home/7025575?fbclid=IwAR20P8f76z2qLHcxObtesQ0VN-pUeX5DsrjasvNtKUF_lyiIGO-uKqjO4yI

TIL that Lana Clarkson was the Video Vixen in the clip for "Ah! Leah!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5Arbm47IQ

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