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John Nelson Palmer, a 62-year-old Colorado resident who passed away on Monday, certainly was: According to his daughter, he cursed the fact that a man who allegedly snorted his father remained on this mortal coil longer than he did with one of his dying breaths. “I can’t believe Keith Richards outlived me,” Palmer said shortly before he passed. The 65-year-old Richards hasn’t yet commented on Palmer’s last words, but here’s hoping he at least thinks to send a tasteful flower arrangement. [Aspen Daily News via Gawker] More »
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who’s contributed to several of those titles–or maybe even all of them! After the click-through, a look at the new issue of Rolling Stone:
Why is Keith Richards having problems writing his autobiography? Because he got high. Why is Keith Richards eating cigarettes on stage? Because he got high. Why is Keith Richards laying on a beach, complaining that he’s read every book ever written, so someone better hurry up and make more? Because he got high, because he got high, because he got high. “I smoke my head off. I smoke weed all the damn time. There, you’ve got it,” Keef told The Sun in a new interview. “But that’s my benign weed. That’s all I take, that’s all I do. But I do smoke and I’ve got some really good hash.”
From the “Your Continuing Existence Actually Refutes Your Own Claim” department: “The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards has warned Amy Winehouse off drugs, stating that she ‘isn’t going to be around long if she doesn’t stop.” More »
Perhaps feeling left out of the annual UK Christmas music blitz, Keith Richards is releasing his 1978 holiday single “Run Rudolph Run” on iTunes next Tuesday, along with his recent cover of Toots and the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” More »
Perhaps feeling left out of the annual UK Christmas music blitz, Keith Richards is releasing his 1978 holiday single “Run Rudolph Run” on iTunes next Tuesday, along with his recent cover of Toots and the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” More »