>Keith Richards Snorts Father’s Ashes - Really? The Media Pounces
Okay, I know this is fluff, but I couldn’t resist. And as the British say…”brilliant.” Future pirate Keith and I need to hook up and write some black comedy. First, thank God Reuters, one of the most respected news organizations in the world, every UK newspaper, TV and online outlet, and every other wire service throughout the world actually printed this story.
“LONDON: April 4, 2007 — Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said in a new interview with a British music magazine that he once snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine during a drug binge.”
Then Richards came out and said he was joking and Reuters retracted it, conveniently blaming the source NME as seen in this article and the first one was taken down.
Keith Richards
I’m not going to harp on this, but the media was so ready to pounce on the sensational side to the story, they forgot to ask themselves if it is supposed to be funny or not. NME, a leading respectible source for music news uses interviewer Mark Beaumont’s attemp to explain himself as NME’s defense as to why the egg is still dripping off its chin.
Keith has long been known as a prankster, someone interviewing the rockstar could’ve known perhaps a little about him before the interview. Let me quote Keith from the article:
“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared, he didn’t give a shit. It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”
Do think Keith really did it? Was it really an April Fools joke? You decide. Let us know.
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