By Michael Glorieux Santa Monica
Keith (Richards), ol’ boy, what have you been up to lately?
Having recently admitted to snorting his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine (“Family lines,” April 4), Mr. Richards has once again caught our attention. One has to wonder whether his recent disclosure is just another attempt at grabbing the spotlight, albeit a silly one. But what one really has to ask is: Was he snorting this concoction when he fell out of the coconut tree in Monserrat last year? The investigative journalist in me says, “well, maybe.” Does snorting a dead person’s ashes mixed with cocaine cause someone to lose their balance, or climb a coconut tree in the first place? Coconut trees are known to have few branches to grab hold of.
More importantly, does the actual person you are snorting have a direct influence on your behavior? For example, would snorting the ashes of Brian Jones have caused a different result? Does Keith have anything to do with the disappearance of Jim Morrison’s urn?
Certainly, Mr. Richards has opened up new avenues of investigation related to many of the mysteries of the rock world. Keep it up Keith, we’ll be watching.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 7, 2007. Read the original PDF.