Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Okay, we’re on
I’m giving at least 72 hours notice for those of you who want to play, so you should set your alarm clocks.
The release will be at 8am Pacific Time/11am Eastern Time on Monday, October 1st. I will be releasing all three lists at the same time.
The official rules are below the fold.
UPDATE: I’ve already selected the 30 songs, and not even my wife knows which songs I’ve chosen. Some will be really easy, others will be very tough. I’ll be very surprised if no one gets all ten of the ‘Easy’, and equally surprised if anyone gets all ten of the ‘Hard’.
Four days to go… Better break out those iPods and start sampling… 
Phil Spector: Going for Guilt in Round Two
We’ll get him next time.
Anyone care to guess how dumb juries are in Los Angeles? This should give you a hint.
A judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against music legend Phil Spector after a jury announced for the second time in eight days that it was hopelessly deadlocked.
The jury deliberated for 12 days, taking six ballots, but was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
Jurors told Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler they were split 10-2, without indicating which way they were leaning. They added there was nothing Fidler could do to help them arrive at a unanimous verdict.
Fidler discharged the nine men and three women, thanking them for their service.
And people wonder why there is so much crime in Los Angeles, and why cops like myself feel like we’re fighting a losing battle. Even if we arrest the right guy, we have to put up with twelve people who might decide to cut him free. Here we have a case of a nutty record producer who has been known to point loaded weapons at his dates when they’re about to head out the door, told his limo driver that he thought he killed someone while holding a gun in his hand with blood on his shirt, and two jurors are too stupid to be able to put the pieces together.
The LA County DA immediately refiled charges, and the case will go back to court as soon as possible. Hopefully we can nail him to the wall the second time. You’ll now have to excuse me while I go have a beer.
What do you guys think about this?
Some of you said that it sounds like it would be fun to play the “Name That Tune” contest. (The rest of you didn’t say anything.)
What if I were to put out three different “degrees of difficulty” (Easy, Medium, Hard)? With the more difficult contests having correspondingly higher prizes? That would enable more people to enter and play, especially those who know some music, just not as well as others might, while the real metal heads can try for the Big Bux…
Oh, and just so you know I’m not kidding about the prizes, I’m going to ask pskouson to tell you what his prize for the “Who Snuffs It?” contest was. (I seem to remember him winning some concert stuff a while back, too, but that doesn’t count.)
What say you all?