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Remember Pete Doherty? I last had some scathing commentary about ol’ Pete, lead singer of the band Babyshambles, back in 2007. Since he hasn’t been on the back page of my local newspaper in the last four years, I’ve had no reason to carry on with worthless bitching about him.

Until today! While searching for something on a totally unrelated music topic, I spotted this headline off on the side of the website I was looking at.

Pete Doherty Jailed for Six Months Over Drugs Charges.

Oddly enough, that was what triggered my initial rant back in 2007. He was jailed for drug charges and it was on the back page of my newspaper and….who the *&$*&! is Pete Doherty?

When I looked at my archive here at the blog, I had made a bet of $50 that he’d be dead by 30. Well, if I had truly put the money down I’d have lost. He’s 32 now. Still, if he doesn’t get himself cleaned up at some point, the next headline will be…