Thursday, 26 March 2009

Spectre vs Rector Part 2

The jury has finally returned from to deliberating the second verdict of Phil Spector after a 10-2 guilty verdict last year. California law requires a unanimous verdict for murder. And this time they were certain - guilty in the first degree, carrying a sentenced of 18 years to life.

It was good to see he dressed appropriately this time. His return to the Ronnie Wood wig - leaving the yellow Judy Dench bob and Annita Dobson fright-wig behind - imbued the occasion with a fittingly sombre tone. One presumes the red kerchief in his jacket pocket was a tribute to the splatter of Larna Clarkson's blood on his vestibule floor.

There were surprisingly few puns that could be generated from all this. The best the BBC came up with was "A spect-acular fall." Weak. Not even

In other pop news, Nadja Benaissa, a singer from the German Popstars prefabbed girl group No Angels has been arrested moments before a solo gig on suspicion of infecting three people with HIV.
Girls Aloud.... jog on.