No Rock And Roll Fun

IT WASN'T ME: In what smells a little bit like that contempt of court thing, Phil Spector has taken the chance of a BBC documentary to protest his innocence again. He throws himself onto our understanding:

Mr Spector says Lana Clarkson's death was "a tragedy but it could have happened in anybody's house", believing she shot herself.

And that's the truth - we've been caught in the housebuying loop all week, and one of the first questions all the books (and Kirstie Allsopp) tell you to ask vendors is: "What are the chances of a b-movie actress choosing this house to kill herself?" You'd be surprised the number of times you have to step over a large pile of free newspapers, tax demands and the woman who played Third Rollerskater in The Green Gremlin III behind the front door.

Still, it's suicide, insists Spector:

"It's not for me to explain why she took her life. It's only for me to explain that I had nothing to do with it and I didn't," said Mr Spector.

"This prosecution is bogus. I mean it has to be because of who I am."

We read that with the wrong stress at first, and thought he was claiming that the bogosity of the prosecution was down to him being the wall of Sound bloke, but then we realised he was suggesting he was only being prosecuted because he was famous. Which does suggest a wonderful image of a cop hurling the Ronnie Spector book across the police rec room and yelling "We gotta get this bozo..." But actually, Phil, we imagine the prosecution has less to do with who you are, more to do with the woman with her face blown off they found in your hallway. Alright, and maybe a little to do with the Starsailor album.

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