tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323390334328181301.post1401974569079447248..comments2024-03-26T18:56:46.561-04:00Comments on 2 or 3 lines (and so much more): Ike and Tina Turner -- "River Deep, Mountain High" (1966)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323390334328181301.post-85194526818545925142013-02-07T21:49:19.554-05:002013-02-07T21:49:19.554-05:00My daughter once sent me a video tape of a Tina Tu...My daughter once sent me a video tape of a Tina Turner performance, with a warning: "Keep an eye on your VCR--this may cause a meltdown."<br />When the Phil Spector murder trials were in the news, I wondered if I might be called for jury duty at the LA Criminal Courts building. I imagined being on the panel and getting as far as "voir dire". "Juror #7 (me) have you ever heard of Phil Spector?" "I have the 'Back to Mono' box set, an unauthorized biography, the autobiography of his ex-wife, Veronica, (as the defense attorney's frown deepens) a bootleg 45 of 'Let's Dance the Screw'....shall I go on?" "The defense would like to thank and excuse #7." Most likely I'd be out of there faster than you can say "Da Doo Ron Ron". About 14 years ago I was in that courthouse for a trial, but since neither the victim nor defendant was famous, there was little or no press coverage.<br />And...some time ago, while visiting New York, I made a "pilgrimage" to the Brill Building (which has nothing to do with the J. G. Brill Co. which was a major builder of electric railway cars.--the Red Car in my Facebook header is a Brill product.)davistrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665337626953845254noreply@blogger.com