Famed "Wall of Sound" producer, Phil Spector was just arrested for allegedly shooting a twenty something girl to death in his LA area mansion. Spector has already hired O.J. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro to represent him in this matter.
And I guess this isn't the first time Spector has yielded a weaon. In 1980 he collaborated with NY punk heroes, The Ramones to produce End of the Century. Dee Dee Ramone says he pulled a gun on the band during the recording session.
Not sure if this was in the plans or simply opportunist. Beleaguered Key3Media filed for protection under bankruptcy laws yesterday. Yet, there WILL be a Comdex next year. But the show for the past 3 years or more has become a fraction of its former "self". The famous conversations in the back of cabs always focused on how the show got too big. How it needed to splinter into smaller more vertically focused shows. In the meantime, Networld InterOp has grown. NAB has become more computer/technology focused than about broadcasting. But perhaps the biggest splinter show held the same week is the REAL reason why some people still go to Comdex: AdultDex.
Next November Jupitermedia will hold its new trade show, The Computer Digital Expo Fall 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center just blocks from where Comdex is held the same week. Probably two good reasons to stay away from Vegas next fall.
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