Oh yes, the Phil Spector trial, what happened to that? Everyone - ourselves included - kind of stopped reporting on it, didn't we? I think it was when everyone realised that the second trial was going to be an action replay of trial number one - with the same witnesses telling the same stories, albeit with ruthless questioning from Spector's new defence lawyer Doron Weinberg. I keep meaning to do you a quick update on the proceedings - I might try and do it for next Monday. That'll be something to look forward to.
Anyway, on the peripheries of all that, another Spector related story. And Ramones drummer Marky Ramone has denied rumours that Phil Spector once held the band at gunpoint while producing their 1980 album, 'End Of The Century'. Talking to the NME, Ramone said: "There were no guns pointed at anybody. They were there but he had a license to carry. He never held us hostage. We could have left at any time. We had the keys".