Courtney Love Gets Six More Months

Rocker Courtney Love has been sentenced to six months of rehab as a result of violating her probation earlier this year.

Love faced up to a maximum of one year in jail for admittedly having been under the influence of a controlled substance while on probation for three criminal cases. Superior Court Judge Rand S. Rubin, who sentenced the singer to 180 days in the county jail, will allow Love to serve out that sentence at an in-house rehabilitation program.

"I'm very pleased with your progress," Rubin said to the singer after discussions with prosecutors and Love's lawyers, Howard Weitzman and Michael Rosenstein. "I think this is an excellent first step on your road to recovery."

Love, who has been in a rehab program since last month, was given twenty-eight days credit off the 180-day sentence. In addition to requiring her to continue her treatment and return to court for an update on November 18th, Rubin stated that Love will now be on probation from last Friday's court date through the next eighteen months.

Speaking outside the courtroom, Weitzman told reporters he expects Love to continue making progress. "Courtney fully intends to make good on her promise to stay clean and sober," he said.

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“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette | 1973

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."

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