Phil spector: Convicted Murderer

LIFE IN PRISON with chance of parole after 18 years.

For music fans, there is no silver lining to this tragic episode in Spector's life



He produced records for some of the biggest names in popular music since the early 1960s.



His hits include the Ronettes' Be My Baby, You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by the Righteous Brothers' and Ike and Tina Turner's River Deep - Mountain High. He produced The Beatles' Let It Be album and John Lennon's classic single, Imagine.


Spector pioneered the art of multiple track recordings using small armies of musicians - pianists, guitarists and drummers - to produce the "Wall of Sound".

Chess for Dummies

First 10 Minutes Of Chess Game Spent Explaining Replacement Pieces
Evidently 'The Onion' got a hold of my chess set and did a story about it... How embarrassing.

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It's true, Ive been studying millinery for a little while now, and have bolted into the construction and crafting of many a hat here in my downtown loft space. Needles and pins everywhere!!!

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Father uses GPS to kill 5 children and wife

The bodies of James Harrison’s children, ages 7 to 16, were found with multiple gunshot wounds Saturday in the family’s mobile home, most of them in their beds. Harrison’s body had been found earlier in the day with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, behind the wheel of his idling car.

The night before, the father and his eldest daughter went in search of his wife, Angela Harrison. The daughter used a GPS feature in her mother’s cell phone to find her with another man at a convenience store in nearby Auburn, said Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff.

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