John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell

John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell

My GOD! What a find! The intro is Mick Jagger talking to John Lennon.

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Keith Richards at customs in Seatle - 1972
Originally uploaded by oddsock.

Classic Keith

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THE ROLLING STONES rocker KEITH RICHARDS is writing an autobiography about his time in the band and his turbulent relationships with drugs and alcohol. The guitarist, 63 - who once claimed to have snorted a combination of cocaine and his father's ashes - will reveal all about his wild life in the frank memoirs. A source says, "Keith is working on the book at the moment with his old friend, bestselling White Mischief author James Fox... It's a dream team."

Like one of those "before" pictures. If you can remember when Keith looked like this, you're older than dirt-- like me. Still it's hard to believe that he was ever this young.

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More Stones-Related News

* New Book Release: 'Brian Jones Straight from the Heart' - History of the Rolling Stones Told for the First Time Through the Eyes of the Band's Founder and Leader - Brian Jones - As if the story hasn't been told already... link | via

* Many funeral directors say baby boomers are driving the evolution of funerals with personalization, foregoing Amazing Grace on the organ for The Rolling Stones through a sound system.

"For the celebration, guests were asked to wear white as a symbol of peace. The infamous Rolling Stones tongue logo was printed up for guests to stick on clothing."
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Rachel Fuller | Pete Townshend

* Rachel Fuller's hit internet weekly talk show In the Attic takes to the road. Out of the attic and driving through Europe with Rachel, Pete Townshend, The Who, and friends, aboard a 34 foot airstream caravan. The shows come from the road, airing from various locations including backstage segments after The Who concerts.

Watch as Pete Townshend (who really looks good) jams with tomorrows legends. Episodes featuring The Raconteurs, The Flaming Lips, The Kooks, The Fratellis, The Magic Numbers and many more. In The Attic podcasts

"On one of our early webcasts we sent out an invitation to the Arctic Monkeys to appear. They declined. We were confused at first. They broke over the internet. We were using the internet. Weren’t we all doing the same thing?" from Pete's website

Rachel is also setting up an online Rock Chick Cafe joined by Jerry Hall, Suzanne Wyman, and others.

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Richards says he snorted dad's ashes

Richards says he snorted dad's ashes

In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had 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," he said. "... It went down pretty well, and I'm still alive."

Richards' father, Bert, died in 2002, at 84.

Richards' manager has told MTV the story about the guitarist snorting his father's ashes is not true, and was said as a joke. (This is only part of that interview)

Is he joking or not? He probably did snort his dear old Pops.

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2 Of My Favorites

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has returned to his home in the United States after receiving brain surgery in a hospital in New Zealand. His wife Patti Hansen accompanied him on the journey.

Richards was hoping to be "getting back on the road with the Rolling Stones next month", his spokesman added.

Poor guy. I wonder if his life-threatening surgery may make him think about putting up his rock and roll shoes after this current tour is over?

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Robert Plant recently returned to Wales' Rockfield Studios -- where he recorded his first solo album -- to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of his post-Zep career.

Plant, 57, recalled how he arrived at Rockfield 25 years ago this week, in the wake of Zeppelin's split following the death of the band's drummer John Bonham.

He said, "As far as expectation went, I mean at the age of 32 when your career is finished, anything that came after that was a bonus really."

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Keith Richards

I've been trying to run down the rumor that Keith Richards has had brain surgery after the fall in Figi. Some reports say: "After a brief hosptial stay he continued to have headaches, returned to the hospital and doctors are rumored to have gone into his brain to relieve the problem."

But no one has yet gone on record about it. CNN and Reuters are siting Monday's New Zealand Herald. No official word from thr Stones or Keith's representatives yet.

I go to some of the Rolling Stones message boards to see what they know and they're also baffled at this point; praying for good news. (Undercover, Shidoobee, RocksOff)

***UPDATE: May 9 - Official word from RollingStones.com. The surgery rumors are true and Keith is reportedly healing nicely. His wife and 2 daughters are at the hospital. Someone has brought in guitars.

***UPDATE: May 10 - Jerry Hall says Keith doing very well, and has talked to the family via email. But I'm not buying the 'fell out of a tree in Figi' story, are you?

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Guess who sent me a Christmas card? Keith Richards. Jealous? Actually, he probably sent them to tons of people. You can view and send a Holiday Greeting from Keith Richards.com by clicking here.









Lately we've had Buy Blue, Choose The Blue and today I find The List, which is an ambitious compilation of blue stores and companies. Put in your state on the right side to check your stats. I'm still looking this one over and am not sure if all the states are listed or not. It began as an Ohio effort, so Ohioans (?) will find it very useful.

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Producer Don Was has said to Billboard that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been writing together and that what they have come up with is magic and they hope to release an album in mid-2005. Was said: "Mick and Keith are writing songs together in a collaborative fashion that probably hasn't been seen since the late '60s. Getting better with age, you know. more »



Today's Quote

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.~ Maori Proverb



saturday morning me//

hazelnut coffee #2/vitamins/

½ krispy kreme cheesecake dognut--too rich/

drawstring pants/olive henley/black long vest/yoga flats/

my christmas tree looks so lovely/

if only someone would bring it in from the porch/

listening: kashmir by led zeppelin/

so how about you?/



Everybody who's ready for the holidays, please form a line on the right and wait for your spanking.

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Weekend Webtrail



New article on Chilean-born director Alejandro Jodorowsky, who is best known for his psychedelic, violent movies (El Topo, The Holy Mountain), but he has also been, at one time or another during his 75 years on Earth, the mime protégé of Marcel Marceau, a surrealist performance artist, an esoteric comic-book author, and a tarot card reader. He recently spoke about "Psychomagic," a healing practice developed by Jodorowsky that "uses the language of the subconscious to undo our deepest knots, phobias, fixations, and obsessions." more »



Keith Richards and Johnny Depp hire CREEM hacks to polish first draft of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Treasures Of The Lost Abyss? more »



How to use a hand puppet to get dates. Hey, guys, you may have been doing it all wrong. Link via jwalk



Watch Me Turn 30 - is a photo documented blog that's nicely executed.



James Lee Burke - One of my favorite authors with a new article in January Magazine. more »



Pool betting on Dylan's setlists. 60 Minutes interview Sunday night was good. link



Haiku For You

I've been abducted

And replaced by a geezer

Though she wears my clothes



Today's Quote

One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star. ~Nietzsche



Finally. My server was down over the weekend to move from MA to NY and is due to be up and running today by noon.

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saturday morning me//

plaid flannel pj pants/l-s navy henley top/sock feet/

visine/zantac/ginseng/milk thistle/valerien root/

herbal dr enuf/cheese eggs & salsa/

last song played on guitar: i still miss someone/

last tv viewing: kerry doc on linktv/

last tune listened to: keith richards-wingless angels/

so how about you?/whatcha doing?/



Carpe Scrotum - Grab life by the balls

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Former Yardbirds guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck recently reunited for a photo shoot for U.K.'s Mojo magazine. On stands Thursday, July 15, the issue comes with a CD The Roots of Led Zeppelin, which features 15 tracks that inspired one of the hardest rock bands of all time. The issue also features an exclusive interview with Page and Beck talking about the first time they met to their incredible careers with Led Zeppelin and the Jeff Beck Group respectively. The 15-page feature story also has a section on the top 10 essential blues albums chosen by Eric Clapton. Sure like to be able to find this copy of Mojo magazine.



Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and his wife, Jimena, introduced a new geography teaching resource called Streets of Brazil on last week that provides U.K. students with information about the plight of homeless or needy Brazilian children. Jimena Page is the founder of Action for Brazil's Children Trust.



Keith Richards performed at two California benefit concerts over the weekend paying tribute to his late friend, country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons. During the shows, the Rolling Stones guitarist duetted with pop chanteuse Norah Jones, covered the Parsons-penned Byrds tune "Hickory Wind" and led a star-studded sing-along of the Stones' "Wild Horses." "He opened doors," Richards said of Parsons, who died at age 26 in 1973." Link

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Keith Richards: Before They Make Me Run is the new book by Kris Needs, who has interviewed Keith Richards regularly for 25 years. Although it has a June 1, 2004 release date, Amazon doesn't have it in stock yet.

I don't see any reviews on this book yet. I'm up for a good, revealing book on Keef. Will this be the one? Link





Currently: Raining

Tonight: Thunderstorms and flood watch

Tomorrow: Thunder and lightning

Forecast: Wash, rinse, repeat



"This just in....." Ronald Reagan is still dead.

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:: {Tuesday Morning Webtrail}

May 4, 1970 - Four Dead In Ohio - Kent State Massacre. Today is the 34th annual Commemoration events with William Rivers Pitt the Keynote speaker this afternoon. [link]



::Torture At Abu Ghraib - A "do not miss" piece in the New Yorker by Seymour Hersh about the tortured and abused Iraqi soldiers. [link]; and another link of those revolting photos for the many website visitors coming by in search of it. I'm so heartsick over their treatment and humiliation that I want to rise up against the US. How do you think the other inhabitants of the planet feel about us?



:: Paul Krassner - Gadfly of the ’60s still buzzing sounds off on Bush, Nixon and Clay Aiken. [link]



:: Love Parade and Fuck Parade - both held in Berlin; Fuck Parade is on July 5 , Love Parade is July 10. The grassroots Fuck Parade was born in 1997, in Berlin, as a counter-demonstration to the commercialization of the Love Parade and to the creeping gentrification of the neighborhoods around the center of East Berlin. I'd like to see them both.[link]



:: Mondo Man's New Millenium - [link]



:: Keith Richards, Rickie Lee Jones, Ben Harper, Jerry Lee Lewis, along with several other music notables will toast Willie Nelson's 71st birthday by performing at a concert Wednesday in Los Angeles. The USA network is expected to air the event, titled Outlaws and Angels, on May 31. [link]



:: Jagger sings for Alfie. Mick Jagger and the Eurhythmics' Dave Stewart have collaborated on three new songs and the theme music for an upcoming remake of the classic 1966 film Alfie, which stars Jude Law. [link]

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:: Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Mall and marched along Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday to show their support for abortion rights, loudly identifying President Bush as the leading enemy of "reproductive freedom." They sure did look good and C-SPAN2 carried it live.



:: More about the Rolling Stones film of their drug bust in 1967: The movie will be titled A Butterfly on a Wheel, and is to be filmed next year by HBO. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were given prison sentences for possessing drugs, but were later dropped after much public outcry. It became a dividing line between the establishment and everyone else. The roles of Jagger, Richards and Jagger's then-girlfriend, Marianne Faithfull, will be cast next year. I do hope the parts go to actual British actors. [link]



:: 101 Insights - Scroll down the page, ask a question and pick a card for some, uh, insight.



:: This week Asheville had an infamous hate-monger and his entourage in town protesting The Laramie Project, the Matthew Sheppard play at a local university. Jay, from bird on the moon, delivered a speech yesterday at the counter-protest rally in support of Gay Pride.



"I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I've been changed several times since then" - in Wonderland

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Orlando's Hard Rock Cafe's Vault is a museum. Collectibles include a snakeskin coat from Keith Richards; a purple suit from Jimi Hendrix; John Bonham's (Led Zeppelin) drums, and Bob Dylan's typewritten lyric sheets for "I Want You," "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again," songs from his landmark Blonde on Blonde album, in the Vault. There's also a wall-sized quilt depicting Frank Zappa as a playing card constructed from ladies' underwear thrown on stage during some long-ago tour. [link] [see gallery]



{local}

Web site picks top 100 places to live. Top 10 communities, which received the most nominations, were, in order: Venice, Fla.; Paragould, Ark.; Edmond, Okla.; Bonita Springs, Fla.; Asheville, N.C.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bartlesville, Okla.; Carlsbad, N.M.; Huntington Woods, Mich.; and Madison, Wis. [link]



{film news}

How could a film that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke and Benicio Del Toro get any cooler? How about by adding Johnny Depp? AND Christopher Walken? AND Steve Buscemi?! That's not cool enough for ya? How about if Quentin Tarantino directs a portion of it? Well that's precisely what's happening with Robert Rodriguez and his SIN CITY. [link]



As you were. Nothing more to see here.

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A Butterfly On A Wheel

The drugs bust of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1967 and the subsequent trial is to be turned into a TV drama. They were given heavy fines and prison sentences which were later quashed on appeal. (A Butterfly On A Wheel is the name of the drama)



Parents, Teachers, Students Nationwide Petition Bush

Education Secretary, Dr. Roderick Paige, called millions of teachers part of a "terrorist" group. and there's a major online petition drive to have him fired. [more] via - common dreams



Think you know who Incubus' Megalomaniac is about? (Hint: 'Three Amigos'.)



{blog envy} - Notes From The Dovecote - what my site wants to look like when it grows up.



I'm trying out the shadowed boxes per meg's tutorial at Mandarin Design. I like it. Loads. It only shows up on IE, which is what-- 90% of the browsers?



Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated.

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Keith Richards is 60 years old today. That Richards has reached 60 at all is a source of some amazement. For a long time in the 1970s when he was "a human chemical laboratory" - his own description - you couldn't have got decent odds on him making 40. He lived on a diet of heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, barbiturates, LSD and heaven knows what else, washed down with industrial quantities of Jack Daniels. Many of his drug buddies, including Gram Parsons and John Belushi, failed to make it.



{timewaster of the day} Visit Tongsville - Take a Flash-based trip through town with the innovative Brits who created classic videos for Beck, Supergrass, Badly Drawn Boy, REM and Fatboy Slim. Make sure to click away on every building and store you pass by... lots of fun and surprises await!



Is President Bush gay? It's all so damn fabulous. Betty Bowers' satire site poses the question.



Get a George In The Box toy for only $29.95. [via: coolios]



Got ready to go to the LOTR premiere showing last night, and decided to call first to check on ticket availability. "4 tickets left", they said. First come, first served. So I missed out on last night. Did anyone get to see it? I think Alexandra did.



{blog site of the day} Eurotrash



Is it time for your medication or mine?

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{music}"There's only one reason to read 'According to the Rolling Stones,' and his name is Keith Richards." Salon interview.



{film} "There are no words in the English language to possibly come close to descibing what a gigantic piece of shit this film was. Even calling it that is really an insult to pieces of shit." Matrix: Revolutions review by Six Different Ways.



{political} We miss you, Bill (Clinton).



Five Lies. (Is that all?)



{cult} BBC's Online HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy - A pocket guide to life, the universe, everything.



{local} Asheville resident and film star Andie MacDowell, help kick off the party for the Asheville Film Festival. North Carolina is 3rd in film production behind New York and California.



{listening} Went to the river and I jumped in,

Baby showed up and said, I will tell you when...

~Eric Clapton, Tore Down



saturday morning me//

hot green tea #1/bagel/chocolate silk/

burgundy gown/grey houseshoes/

cig #2--yeah, I know/grey day #865/

listening: winamp/feeling: stuffy/

another rainy day/i gotta leaky roof/

how's about you?/



Last in line for Nobel Peace Prize; first in line for pie.

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Good Morning.



Keith Richards will be appearing on Whoopi Goldberg's television show. Gotta see Keith, don't we Johnny B? Phil Collins will also be on the show.



Ampcast looks great. Good live radio, video. Can't wait to investigate further. I'm always looking for some good music to listen to while I'm at the keyboard. What do you listen to? [via Ollapodrida]



In an upcoming Simpsons episode where Marge writes a novel and gets endorsements from writers playing themselves, including Tom Clancy and Thomas Pynchon, the Pynchon character is portrayed with a bag on his head, and Pynchon himself will be doing the voice. Read the whole story.



Something's got to give. I don't think anyone is comfortable with guerilla gift giving each year at Christmas. I'd like to get family together and use the gift money for a trip on Christmas weekend. Or donate to each other's favorite charity is Sister Stacy Patrick's idea. Anything's better than automatically marching off to the mall and picking up the first thing that won't piss off Aunt Sally. Do you do something unique for Christmas?



This BlogSearchEngine looks handy.



I'm drunk...I'm armed...I'm off my meds. Be gentle.

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