Phil Spector arrested for murder.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 3 Feb 2003 2:43 pm

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0203ENTERTAINMENT-CRIME-SPECTOR-DC.html
I hope he's proven innocent. I hate to think of him coming to such a bad end.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 3 Feb 2003 3:12 pm

Oh well..sounds like he may be having an in person conversation with Robert Blake soon..

I too hope he is innocent

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Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 3 Feb 2003 4:16 pm

Robert Shapiro is his attorney.
He'll be found innocent .

It's a Legal System, not a Justice System.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 3 Feb 2003 4:35 pm

I've long had the impression he was a majorly bent dude who needed some smacking around. Hope he gets it.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 3 Feb 2003 5:18 pm

Oh my God! Phil Spector went to my high school! He was Class of '58, I was Class of '65.

Anyway, does this mean gangs of angry white guys in Beverly HIlls are going to be pulling truckdrivers out of their cabs and beating the crap out of them?!

Was there a slow-motion chase down Rodeo Drive with Spector in a BMW convertible and an entourage of black-and-whites with lights and sirens?

Inquiring minds want to know...

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Dave Birkett · Post by **Dave Birkett** » 3 Feb 2003 5:44 pm

Things like this baffle me. I remember back in the 70s he shot a gun into the ceiling while high on coke. But this is the same guy who produced Rose in Spanish Harlem and River Deep, Mountain High, works of great beauty. The title producer is probably deceptive as he was more like a band leader/arranger when he made his "little symphonies for the kids". You never can tell.

Eric Myers · Post by **Eric Myers** » 3 Feb 2003 6:09 pm

he's taking the fact that the beatles are re-releasing "Let It Be" without all his added "touches" a little harsh.......

JB Arnold · Post by **JB Arnold** » 3 Feb 2003 10:24 pm

The word we always got on Spector on the Island from folks who should know is that he was a nutcase from the word go. I heard some stories about how he treated Ronnie Spector when they were married that would curl your hair. I heard some more when I moved out here. I can't say this surprises me at all. Even the anecdotes about him I've read in books have been fairly unflattering except as to his musical touch.

Of course, we don't know the facts...but I have a hard time not thinking the wrost.

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Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 3 Feb 2003 11:30 pm

I met Spector once in 1969. I knew who he was of course, but I didn't realize I was talking to him at the time. I was working in a record store in Hollywood, and he came in and asked something about about Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High" I told him I thought it was a great record and should have been a big hit. The next day there was a package for me at the store with a thank you note and a test pressing of the LP which was released shortly thereafter. I still have the record.

If I may be allowed to repeat myself, I hope it turns out he's innocent.

chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 3 Feb 2003 11:32 pm

and River Deep, Mountain High,

Must have been interesting in the control room with Phil and Ike both 'packin'...

Larry King · Post by **Larry King** » 4 Feb 2003 2:36 pm

Pretty funny Herb.....we live in a double standard, life ain't fair world...how 'bout the line forms here..I want reparation..make that repayrations..spell it any way you want to, just send the check.

JB Arnold · Post by **JB Arnold** » 4 Feb 2003 5:52 pm

The dead woman is Lana Clarkson, A B-movie star most well known for Amazon Women on the Moon. She did many, many TV shows and commercials. Allegedly, she and Spector met at House of Blues, and she went home with him. Police arrived about 5AM after the driver heard shots and called them. She was found dead in the foyer in a pool of blood.

Charges are expected soon. Spector made $1 million bond and is staying with friends.

Sounds bad....

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chas smith R.I.P. · Post by **chas smith R.I.P.** » 5 Feb 2003 12:17 pm

"And before the day was out, the mayor of South Gate (a Los Angeles suburb) clocked a fellow council member with an overhead punch before a standing-room-only crowd, then accused the councilman of fondling her breast."......"Councilman Henry Gonzalez, the guy who was slugged by Mayor Ruvalcaba in a silly dispute over a citizen's request to address the council, was shot in the head in 1999 while mayor. That case remains a whodunit.

There is more decorum at a cockfight than at the average municiple meeting in South Gate, where a federal corruption probe is underway and where the city treasurer recently beat charges that he threatened to rape a state senator and kill her husband

"A bullet bounced off my head, so I can take a punch," Gonzalez said in a post-fight interview in which he denied fondling Ruvalcaba's breast in the tussle."---Steve Lopez, LA Times

Is this a great city or what?.....

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 5 Feb 2003 12:24 pm

The victim grew up here in Cloverdale. Small world.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 5 Feb 2003 12:33 pm

Dave Letterman: At least Robert Blake was enough of a gentleman to take her out to dinner first.

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 5 Feb 2003 2:55 pm

I was always one of those who hoped that Phil might do one last cool production, he's always remained a big fave of mine.

Mike, that's a cool story about Phil, I suppose the most people saw of him in 1969 was that cameo in Easy Rider.

I too hope it wasn't Phil, but it looks really bad at this time.

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 5 Feb 2003 4:35 pm

Phil Spector: Live @ San Quentin?

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Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 5 Feb 2003 5:54 pm

Apparently he lost that lovin' feeling.

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 5 Feb 2003 6:46 pm

Mike, in your first post, you say you "hope he's proven innocent." This is very different than Tony Prior's comment,"I hope he's innocent."
Do you hope Spector's not a murderer, or that he, like other rich famous guys, GETS AWAY WITH MURDER?????????

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 5 Feb 2003 8:36 pm

Steve, why do you even bother to ask such an idiotic question?

Stephen Gambrell · Post by **Stephen Gambrell** » 5 Feb 2003 9:53 pm

'Cause you made such an idiotic statement. Hey, if Spector's innocent, I hope he's found "not guilty." But if he's murdered somebody, then PLEASE, LET HIM BE FOUND GUILTY, and face whatever punishment the court hands out. And I'm a huge fan of his musical accomplishments, just like you.

Tom Olson · Post by **Tom Olson** » 5 Feb 2003 10:09 pm

As we all know, and as Herb Steiner alluded to above, in the State of California (and especially in LA) the issue of whether someone IS guilty does not always have a logical relation to whether that person is FOUND guilty in a court of law. 'Course, as Herb also alluded to, since Mr. Spector is a white man, then the defense won't have any reason to exclude every white person from the jury box, which in turn means that, if in fact the evidence shows that Mr. Spector is guilty then most likely he'll be found guilty.

Jody Carver · Post by **Jody Carver** » 6 Feb 2003 5:39 pm

Wow..I sure hope there is No White Ford Broncho in this scenario?? where's Mark Fuhrman??. I dont think I could handle another one of these mysteries.

Kato Katlin..is that how he spells his name?

Is there a black glove missing? Maybe its at WalMart with my Levis

I dont know why I do this,,I think I'm bored. Im gonna get a day job at Walmart.Why you guys getting ticked off at Mike? this is a discussion and we are all friends.

I'll bet if some sax player or another musician other than steel guitar were to have a fight on their hands, you would all stick together.This is a fun place,no enemies here. Life is too short. I doubt he will be "not guilty" too much points to his
guilt. A crime of passion.[This message was edited by Jody Carver on 06 February 2003 at 05:47 PM.]

Dave Birkett · Post by **Dave Birkett** » 6 Feb 2003 5:59 pm

Chas wrote:

Is this a great city or what?.....

James Ellroy proved that to me a long time ago.

Jason Odd · Post by **Jason Odd** » 7 Feb 2003 2:55 pm

Ellroy, yes Black Dahlia was inspired by a real unsolved murder.
City of Angels.. okay I can dig that to.

Stephen, dude.. you cannot possibly know Mike to ask that question.
I hope that ol' Phil is innocent, but when I say it looks bad, it looks like Phil had a hand in it.