Is rock mythology dead? Sure feels like it when Keith Richards quits drinking. Yes, that Keith Richards. The one who you heard had to get every drop of his blood replaced before crossing the border into Canada (myth, by the way). Not that I need rock stars to be sauce boxes to be cool, but it was just one of those constants. Something that you could believe in, like the atomic clock. Now, who are functional alcoholics going to point to when they want to make an argument for their drinking?
And the reason...he saw Ronnie Wood falling off the wagon and tank his marriage. Apparently, that was all it took. I thought maybe he'd just have to watch Cocksucker Blues and see what else was going on around him during his career. Is this a win for family values, right wing readers? Who knows. Maybe Obama should appoint him fitness czar. Then this bizarro world we have found ourselves in will seem about right.