Keith Richards Does it All

DumpJack · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:36 pm

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Keith Richards: 'I Snorted My Father'
Apr 3 03:14 PM US/Eastern

LONDON (AP) - Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.

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, 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 No. 1 on the `who's likely to die' list for 10 years. I mean, I was really disappointed when I fell off the list," Richards said.

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south pacific · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:38 pm

HE'S ALSO CUCKOO FOR COCONUTS!

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:46 pm

He's just pissed about the Puffy article.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:52 pm

This is one of the best things I've ever heard.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:24 pm

they did that on an episode of six feet under.

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:03 pm

I just saw this. A friend forwarded me an AJC article.

http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainm ... hards.html

tetzel1517 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:10 pm

I don't think I've ever spontaneously laughed uproariously upon reading a headline.

Until now.

That rocks harder than anything has ever rocked before.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:16 pm

Why have I been under the impression that Keef's been "clean and sober" since the late '80s??? If his old man died in 2002, that means Keef's done some fairly extensive 21st century drugging. It's like how old people who smoke refuse to quit, because if they ain't caught the cancer after all those years, they ain't gonna never catch it!

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:25 pm

FT Wrote:

Why have I been under the impression that Keef's been "clean and sober" since the late '80s??? If his old man died in 2002, that means Keef's done some fairly extensive 21st century drugging. It's like how old people who smoke refuse to quit, because if they ain't caught the cancer after all those years, they ain't gonna never catch it!

he quit heroin after he got busted in the late 70's.

d · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:35 pm

from defamer.com:

Proving once again that the current generation of celebrity drug abusers are nothing but a bunch of dilettante stall-monkeys, first-ballot Rock N' Roll Addict Hall of Famer Keith Richards has admitted to taking his father's tantalizing ashes, "grinding him up with a little bit of blow," and snorting the old man into whatever special part of Heaven is reserved for those whose offspring cheerily desecrate their parents' earthly remains. Things, of course, could always have been worse, as a particularly debauched night easily could have resulted in Richards cooking up his father in a spoon and injecting him between his outstretched toes, a fate even less glamorous than the one he actually suffered.

FT · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:53 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

FT Wrote:

Why have I been under the impression that Keef's been "clean and sober" since the late '80s??? If his old man died in 2002, that means Keef's done some fairly extensive 21st century drugging. It's like how old people who smoke refuse to quit, because if they ain't caught the cancer after all those years, they ain't gonna never catch it!

he quit heroin after he got busted in the late 70's.

Ah, yes...Toronto.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Yail Bloor Wrote:

FT Wrote:

Why have I been under the impression that Keef's been "clean and sober" since the late '80s??? If his old man died in 2002, that means Keef's done some fairly extensive 21st century drugging. It's like how old people who smoke refuse to quit, because if they ain't caught the cancer after all those years, they ain't gonna never catch it!

he quit heroin after he got busted in the late 70's.

It's my understanding that he still does it, just not habitually, which is even more astounding, considering the length of his addiction.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

"Kids, don't snort your parents."--Oil of Olay spokesman Keith Richards

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:44 am

Ehhh..its in my dad's will that we pack him in shotgun shells and blast him off.

Charli · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:15 pm

According to his people he was misquoted while joking around, then some gossip idiot ran the story as the holy gospel. Then of course everyone pounced on it as the truth.

That's how it became such a story. It's really just pure bullshit.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:40 pm

it keeps getting better and better:

Snorting remark by Keith Richards doesn't sit well with Disney

He has a cameo in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,' but he 'won't be doing a lot of publicity for this movie.'

By Sheigh Crabtree, Special to The Times

April 5, 2007

Snorting a speedball of cocaine and dear old dad may be the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend but apparently it's not the sort of tale told to children at the Happiest Place on Earth.

Keith Richards' macabre remark about snorting a mixture of cocaine and the cremated remains of his deceased father may have amused music fans with its ghoulish sensibilities, but it caused a moment of alarm inside Walt Disney Studios, home to the movie marketing team behind the upcoming "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

Richards has a much-anticipated cameo as Teague Sparrow, father of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), in the hit franchise opening May 25. While drinking, womanizing and cannibalism may be comedic themes that course through the film, the real-life substance abuse and off-screen antics of "Pirates" stars are no laughing matters when it comes to marketing and publicizing one of the summer's biggest family films.

"When [a senior Disney publicist] forwarded the [Richards] story to me ... I thought, 'How are we going to spin this?' " Dennis Rice, Disney's senior vice president for publicity, said during a presentation to the media of the studio's upcoming films Wednesday morning.

As a result of Richards' remark, which was later discounted by his representatives as just a joke, it is likely that the rocker's appearances on the red carpet in support of the film will be curtailed.

"Keith won't be doing a lot of publicity for this movie," Rice added.

The Disney spokesman also addressed persistent rumors of future "Pirates" films, noting that despite reports to the contrary, no decisions have been made about the fourth, fifth or sixth films.

" 'At World's End' really is the end of the trilogy, bringing 'Pirates' 1 and 2 full circle," he said.

The sequel to "Pirates" has made more than $1 billion in worldwide box office since it was released last July.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:52 am

Bee OK Wrote:

"When [a senior Disney publicist] forwarded the [Richards] story to me ... I thought, 'How are we going to spin this?' " Dennis Rice, Disney's senior vice president for publicity, said during a presentation to the media of the studio's upcoming films Wednesday morning.

that dude should just pull a r. budd dwyer.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

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The Disney spokesman also addressed persistent rumors of future "Pirates" films, noting that despite reports to the contrary, no decisions have been made about the fourth, fifth or sixth films.

there are seriously plans to milk this series into six films? what am i missing here?

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Z Wrote:

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The Disney spokesman also addressed persistent rumors of future "Pirates" films, noting that despite reports to the contrary, no decisions have been made about the fourth, fifth or sixth films.

there are seriously plans to milk this series into six films? what am i missing here?

This comes as a surprise to anyone because why?

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