love, on so many levels
3 April 2007
This just in from the AP Wires. This made me laugh, cry and love – all at once.
Keith Richards says he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine
LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time.
In comments published Tuesday, he said he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.
"The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
"He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared … It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive."
Richards’ father, Bert, died in 2002 at the age of 84.
Richards, 63, one of rock’s legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.
"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it’s a way of life," he was quoted as saying.
"I’ve no pretensions about immortality," he added. "I’m the same as everyone … just kind of lucky.
"I was number one on the Who’s Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list."
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
I thought I knew disappointment the first time I saw a naked woman in real life, but I bet that was nothing compared to what Keith must have felt.
As my friend Brian pointed out, I would love to see the videotape of this interview: Keith, looking haggard in a cloud of smoke, delivering his line with a deadpan expression in a thick, garbled British accent, "My father. I snorted my father." It’s like a morbid (but hilarious) twist on the old "Ron Wood Show" skit on SNL by Mike Myers ("Now, your father…").
I mean, wow. I know there are probably some jokes to be made here, but I think I need to lie down.
(And I hereby give my blessing to my two children, Justice and Cody, wherever they are, to snort me after I die. You guys might want to make sure all the chunks of ham are cleared out of the way first, but I doubt I need to tell you that.)
Keith Richards says he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine
LONDON (AP) — Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time.
In comments published Tuesday, he said he snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.
"The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.
"He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared … It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive."
Richards’ father, Bert, died in 2002 at the age of 84.
Richards, 63, one of rock’s legendary wild men, told the magazine that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.
"I did it because that was the way I did it. Now people think it’s a way of life," he was quoted as saying.
"I’ve no pretensions about immortality," he added. "I’m the same as everyone … just kind of lucky.
"I was number one on the Who’s Likely To Die list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list."
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
I thought I knew disappointment the first time I saw a naked woman in real life, but I bet that was nothing compared to what Keith must have felt.
As my friend Brian pointed out, I would love to see the videotape of this interview: Keith, looking haggard in a cloud of smoke, delivering his line with a deadpan expression in a thick, garbled British accent, "My father. I snorted my father." It’s like a morbid (but hilarious) twist on the old "Ron Wood Show" skit on SNL by Mike Myers ("Now, your father…").
I mean, wow. I know there are probably some jokes to be made here, but I think I need to lie down.
(And I hereby give my blessing to my two children, Justice and Cody, wherever they are, to snort me after I die. You guys might want to make sure all the chunks of ham are cleared out of the way first, but I doubt I need to tell you that.)
