Isn't it a pity

Former genius Phil Spector convicted in the shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. This was no surprise to anyone familiar with the man. From Wiki, on the recording of the Ramones' album, End of the Century:

Early in the sessions, Spector reportedly held the Ramones hostage at gunpoint. According to Dee Dee, when Spector took Joey away for a three-hour private meeting somewhere in his cavernous mansion where the album was to be recorded, Dee Dee went looking for them. "The next thing I knew Phil appeared at the top of the staircase, shouting and waving a pistol," Dee Dee later wrote:


“ "Phil," I challenged him, "I don't know what your fucking problem is, waving that pistol around and all that stuff.... I've had it. I'm going back to the Tropicana."...


"You're not going anywhere, Dee Dee," Phil said.


He leveled his gun at my heart and then motioned for me and the rest of the band to get back in the piano room.... He only holstered his pistol when he felt secure that his bodyguards could take over. Then he sat down at his black concert piano and made us listen to him play and sing "Baby, I Love You" until well after 4:30 in the morning.

Spector did nothing of any real significance after those sessions. It's a fine line between genius and madness. And it's never pretty once that line is crossed.

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