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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Second Annual David Lynch Weekend

Second Annual David Lynch Weekend * May 25-28 * Memorial Day Weekend featuring Filmmaker David Lynch, Quantum Physicists John Hagelin, and Singer/Songwriter Donovan at the Maharishi University of Management. There will also be live brainwave demonstrations on meditataion and transcending.

Through David’s work, thousands of students are learning the creativity-enhancing, stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique in the US and around the world. David is now launching a new program "Teaching One Million Students to Meditate."

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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation Consciousness and Creativity - washingtonpost.com New David Lynch book and transcript from the online chat today on the Washington Post where he discusses films and transcendental meditation.

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Yer Granny's Blues

ME: "I wish I had had more children. In my twilight years I've always wanted to be the matriarch of a large family. Sitting on the front porch with guitar in hand, supper on the stove, a long, grey braid across my shoulder, and oodles of grandchildren all around singing along off key. Can you picture it?"

FRIEND: "I can hear it now:"

Granny Susan: "...come on kids sing louder on the chorus this time
SHA DOOBY SHATTERED SHATTERED
SHA DOOBY SHATTERED SHATTERED
......that's it! you got it you got it!!"

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Four Dead In Ohio

Four Dead In Ohio

Sandra, Bill, Allison and Jeffrey

"RIGHT HERE, GET SET, POINT, FIRE!"
Kent State Audio Tape Released
Click here for audio file

Thirty seven years ago on May 4, 1970, an anti-war student demonstration at Kent State University, Ohio, left four students dead. I was a senior in high school and the news slapped me across the face. I watched the guardsmen shoot down these college kids for peacefully protesting against the war. Can you imagine how that would play out today with our 24 hour news saturation? It was easy to be pissed off and angry at police and lawmakers when they were sending my friends off to war and now killing those left behind. If you weren't already radically involved with change, Kent State was going to change you.

"Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio."
("Ohio" lyrics by Neil Young)

Kent State: May 1-4,1970
Why the Protest began
Nixon announced a troop offensive into Cambodia on April 30, and said going into Cambodia was necessary to "win the peace". But it was really an escalation of war into another country we had no business being in. (sounds familiar) When the the fires from the artillery began to burn in Cambodia, a raging fire of protest spread across the US, especially on college campuses. There wasn't much protesting in the streets until the students got fired up. Students were the nucleus of protest back then as many demonstrations and marches were born there.

This day is as important to me as any other day in history. There would be no turning back now in our rage against war. Remember Kent State.

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Mon Petite Webtrail

* Command to open fire heard on Kent State tape. Guard troops killed 4 students during a Vietnam war demonstration on May 2, 1970. I'll always remember that date. link

* Divine Interventions - The cosmic rock of Young Gods, still working with anthropologist Jeremy Narby. Treichler talks about his several voyages into the jungle with Narby and is asked, "Does he do the full shamanic trip every time?" "Yes, yes. Different people, different places". link

* Coachella was broadcast for those of us who aren't near the left coast. And noone had anything but praise for Bjork's performance. She was magical on SNL the week before, but that was just a glimmer of the Coachella performance, it appears. e-Blips has pictures and perspective and reminds us that the blog at Bjork's website is also documenting the event and tour.

* Penises - Definitely NSFW - X-rated, but beautifully done photos. Click here and here to see the work of Cary Kwok. (via: tableforsicks)

* Poets - Somebody has really pissed a poet off. link

* Pranks - She lost her nipples when she became a corporate giant. link

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