Where and what I am doing next month 

We will Miss You Mrs Robinson

Well, I am sad a little, Anne Bancroft died yesterday. Anne Bancroft who was Mel Brooks wife and who played in such films as The Graduate and Miracle Worker. She was only 72. Anne Bancroft was one of those actresses that was great in her films. She seemed to have played the roles with feeling and emotions. I know the world will miss Anne.

Today is one of those days I don't feel like going out. My plan is that I am going to stay in. I hate that I can't move without feeling pins and needles. I am planning on either spend the day watching t.v. but first I have to go to the store and then water the plants. Its a long day and this day has taken forever.

I have a terrible tummy ache. The weather outside is not fun. It has made me stuck inside again. I can't wait to leave for a cooler climate, like Canada. I am going to enjoy the nice cool breeze of the St.Lawrence and maybe it will help me get my muscles inshape. I think once I am in Montreal I am going to visit my favorite places and stop by and see if Melissa wants to hang out. I am thinking of also taking the Metro to visit the places like downtown and also the cemetary to see my brother.

Hmm, well I will rest today.

The madness of King Phil Spector

The Other trial of the Century. We have had enough of to many trials of this century to be dubbed the trial of the century. We had Robert Blake's murder case, Michael Jackson's molestation case and we are now faced with Phil Spector's murder case. I begin to wonder whats the deal with so many trials. Today I am looking at Phil Spector. And since I have been a big music fan since I was younger I thought I'd explore more of Phil Spector.

Any history of Phil's gunplay is pretty interesting (supposedly, he pulled a gun on the Ramones during the recording of "End of the Century"), but any discussion of evidence, no matter how shocking, pales in comparison with that hair. I mean, c'mon! Just look at it! Wow!Murder charges aside, I've always been a big Phil Spector fan. That whole "Wall of Sound" technique is one of the genius achievements in pop music, in my opinion, and his demanding (to say the least) production values gave pop an operatic boost just when it needed it. Naturally, that would all be taken too far during the "Sgt. Pepper" era, necessitating the brutal stripping-back-down the Ramones gave rock 'n' roll in the mid '70s. But Spector's girl group work still sounds pure and beautiful, and his 1963 album, "A Christmas Gift To You" is one of the finest holiday recordings ever. (I know Beatles fans bitch and moan about the production job he did on "Let It Be," but you know what? Beatles fans are a pain in the ass.)Then again, pop genius aside, Phil has always had the repulation of being a, shall we say, difficult collaborator. Besides the Ramones incident, he's rumored to have fired a gun while in the studio with John Lennon, pointed a gun at Leonard Cohen and made Ronnie Spector's life a living hell for years. And though Carole King and Gerry Goffin wrote the 1963 Crystal's single "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)," Phil was the one who brought it to life via the Wall of Sound. Great tune, jaw-droppingly apalling lyrics.For more of Phil's trial, keep your eyes glued to E! For more of his music, pick up the "Back to Mono" boxed set that came out in the early '90s. It includes all his hits, plus "A Christmas Gift to You" and, in case you're morbidly curious, "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)."

By the way, wasn't Tom Cruise supposed to be making a biopic of Phil? The story is building up to a big ending, Tom. Time to stop jumping around like a monkey on "Oprah" and get fitted for that Phil Spector wig!