Saturday, May 30, 2009

Phil Spector Jailed For 19-Years

Phil Spector Jailed For 19-Years

by Paul Cashmere - May 30 2009


Once legendary producer Phil Spector will now be known for the rest of his life as Phil Spector, murderer. Spector will spend the next 19 years in jail for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.


Spector murdered 40-year old Clarkson at his home in Alhambra, California on February 3, 2003.

He was originally charged with murder and went to court but the first case was dismissed because of a hung jury.

In this case, the retrial, witnesses testified how Spector used to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun with women. In Clarkson’s case, luck was not on her side.

Spector has had a long history of being a gun-tooting maniac. In a recording session once with John Lennon, Spector fired a gun in the studio.

Famous for his production style dubbed The Wall of Sound, Spector still maintains he is innocent and that Clarkson committed suicide.

Lana Clarkson was working as a waitress at the House of Blues on Sunset Blvd when Spector met her in 2003.

He took her back to his mansion where she was shot to death in the foyer of the house.

One witness testified that Spector said, “I think I killed somebody”.

Spector has been in jail since April 13 when he was found guilty of murder and was awaiting today’s sentence.

Monday, May 04, 2009

Patti Smith Soon to Be Mother in Law of Meg White

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Patti Smith Will Be the Mother-In-Law of Meg White

by Paul Cashmere - May 4 2009

In a few weeks Patti Smith will be Meg White`s mother-in-law.


The White Stripe drummer has announced that she is going to marry Jackson Smith, the son of rock icons Patti and the late Fred Smith, on May 22 in Nashville.

Jackson was the guitarist for Detroit band Back In Spades. His dad Fred was the guitarist for legendary punk band MC% and later performed in the Patti Smith Band.

Patti has been called the ‘Godmother of Punk’ although her greatest chart hit was nowhere near punk, it was a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song ‘Because The Night’.

Patti is also a recipient of the Ordre des Arts et des Letters by the French Minister of Culture, the equivalent of a knighthood in France.

34-year old Meg was previously married to White Stripes singer Jack White. They married in 1996 and divorced in 2000, but played a charade during those years that they were brother and sister, not husband and wife.

Meg met Jackson in 2007. They live together in Meg’s Detroit house.

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