Archive for July 30th, 2009
Panic! At the Disco Pick Up The Cab’s Guitarist, Brobecks’ Bassist
July 30th, 2009
Photo: Miller/Getty(Crawford), Panic! At the Disco’s Spencer Smith has revealed the two musicians that will join him and Brendon Urie — and replace departed guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker, who left the group to form the Young Veins. According to MTV, the guitarist vacancy will be filled by Ian Crawford, who spent time with the Cab, another act on Panic!’s Decaydance label. The Brobecks’ mastermind Dallon Weekes, who has a pretty decent following ...
Michael Jackson Investigation’s Lone Focus Turns to Dr. Murray
July 30th, 2009
Photo: COP/FilmMagicMichael Jackson’s personal physician is the lone target in the investigation into the singer’s death, a federal law enforcement official told CNN yesterday. “Dr. [Conrad] Murray is the only one we’re looking at,” the source said. Earlier this week, investigators raided Murray’s Las Vegas home and medical offices seeking information pertaining to the many aliases Jackson used when dealing with doctors. As Rock Daily reported, investigators believe that Murray administered the powerful sedative Propofol ...
News Ticker: Phil Spector, Madonna, Tupac Shakur, Beck
July 30th, 2009
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Two months into his 19-year sentence for the murder of Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector is “not doing great” in prison, his publicist tells the BBC, adding the producer was “very, very alarmed and scared at the notion of Charles Manson contacting him for any reason.”
Madonna broke out her pen to write a story for Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper titled “How My Life Changed” about embracing Kabbalah, the AP reports. The piece runs Friday.
Yet another ...