August 19th, 2007
I am sure you’ve heard this one before: Pete Doherty may be going to prison on a litany of drug charges…or not. A London judge is once again giving the arrest-prone rocker the benefit of the doubt, postponing his sentencing on drug charges for one month to better assess the progress of the Babyshambles frontman.
District Judge Davinder Lachlar issued a now familiar ultimatum to the 28-year-old, telling him that if sufficient progress has not been made to sober up, he will be put behind bars. “What I have in mind is to adjourn this matter for four weeks to assess his motivation,” Lachlar said in court. “What I have in mind is a community order or prison…if he does not show his motivation, it’s prison—simple as that.”
I really hope this legendary rocker gets some professional help or his life might end up being sadly cut short.
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August 16th, 2007
Apple. has begun selling downloads of tracks from 16 of John Lennon’s post-Beatles albums, including “Working Class Hero” and “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band,” on iTunes, the company said Tuesday. The albums represent Lennon’s recording output while he was with Capitol Records, a unit of Britain’s EMI Group PLC.
While many of the late singer-songwriter’s solo recordings have been available for download commercially elsewhere, this marks the first time they have been available on Apple’s market-leading online music service. Songs on two albums — “Lennon Legend” and “Acoustic” — were being made available for download exclusively on iTunes, the company said.
Video content was also being included with the purchase of some of the albums for a limited time. The Lennon tracks will also be available without copy-protection restrictions and in higher-quality audio for $1.29 each. Regular versions are priced at 99 cents each.
“John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners,” Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, said in a statement released by Apple. I would have to agree, John is probably very happy if he is watching down on us.
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