Archives: May 2005 An update for you

09/05/2005: An update for you

Hello all

Just a few words about what is going on and what is coming up.

1. As it says in the listings I am playing at the Edinburgh Rush Festival on the 26th of May. This will be a full length solo set and will hopefully be the first full set that I play using a computer as well as an acoustic guitar. This is dependent on many things, but mainly whether I can get the computer to do what I want in the time I have left. If you are around and about in Edinburgh or nearby then it would be great to see you at the show. It is being organised by Mr Jim Igoe who is an Edinburgh underground hero, a fine musician and a good Hibby as well. He also informs me that he was both the 1000th and 2000th visitor to the old ballboy site (back in the days when they visitor counter still worked).

2. This week I am going to set about recording some songs at home which I will post up on the site as MP3's when they are finished. My aim for these is not to produce something comparable to a studio sound, but just to make them interesting.

3. Also on my to-do list is an essay I am writing for a book which has the following theme: "What Scottish People Like About England." I'll keep you updated on details as they progress.

And now I'm off to Amazon to buy a Phil Spector box set and I just realised that I don't know what happened with his court case. Did he get jailed? Released? Does anyone know?

Cheers

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Replies: 2 comments

gordon said:
thanks for that info johnny - i thought they had maybe just forgotten to try him.

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May 10th.

Johnny said:
"What do Scottish people like about England?" - I don't expect that to be a very big book....

On a lighter note however, Fox (the news channel that Homer J Simpson loves to hate) offers the following on Phil Spector.

Phil Spector Getting Married?

Famed record producer Phil Spector isn't going to let a murder charge prevent him from getting hitched again this weekend. My sources say that friends are on their way out to his Alhambra, Calif., estate — where he allegedly fatally shot an actress in 2003 — to witness the secret nuptials.

In his long and checkered life, 64-year-old Spector has already said "Be My Baby" to Annette Merar, Ronnie Bennett aka Ronnie Spector and possibly Janis Savala.

The prospective bride's name is still unknown, but when she accompanied Spector to a Feb. 17 hearing concerning his murder charge, observers noticed the 30-something blonde was sporting a big diamond ring mounted on a platinum band on her left hand.

Spector is charged with murdering actress Lana Clarkson back on Feb. 3, 2003. His trial is set to begin on Sept. 16, 2005. The subject of many anecdotes concerning guns, he could be going away for a long time. Let's hope Phil gets a pre-nup and she gets a bulletproof vest.
May 9th.