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Of course Keith didn't die, because, unlike Lou Reed, he never used street drugs. As Keith admits in Life, whether heroin or cocaine or whatever, he only consumed the finest, purest pharmaceutical-grade gear that could be obtained. Even his vodka consumption was done with the priciest brand in stock, and more recently those around him even convinced him to switch to "organic" vodka. I'm sure his shepherd's pies are peasant in name only--he has indicated that the onions he uses he grows himself in a garden. And there are all these gourmet chefs to cook for them on tour.
Keith no doubt has the live of a 50-year-old man--that is, if he needed to get another 20 or 30 years out of it, this would not be a problem. In fact, when he dies Keith should be a liver donor himself--it would probably keep several generations of transplant recipients alive.
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Munichhilton
He's got the liver of a 50 year old but the knuckles of a long dead chimp...haw does that work?
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He's got the liver of a 50 year old but the knuckles of a long dead chimp...haw does that work?
Well, Lou Reed had the knuckles of a 50 year old, but the liver of a long-dead chimp, so I guess that means you can live with arthritis but not with a liver that's been ruined by the chemicals that get included with street drugs.
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He's got the liver of a 50 year old but the knuckles of a long dead chimp...haw does that work?
Well, Lou Reed had the knuckles of a 50 year old, but the liver of a long-dead chimp, so I guess that means you can live with arthritis but not with a liver that's been ruined by the chemicals that get included with street drugs.
so in a roundabout way, Keith not only defeated drugs...he abused the well established consequences usually associated with drugs...Go Keith Go!
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stonehearted
Of course Keith didn't die, because, unlike Lou Reed, he never used street drugs. As Keith admits in Life, whether heroin or cocaine or whatever, he only consumed the finest, purest pharmaceutical-grade gear that could be obtained. Even his vodka consumption was done with the priciest brand in stock, and more recently those around him even convinced him to switch to "organic" vodka. I'm sure his shepherd's pies are peasant in name only--he has indicated that the onions he uses he grows himself in a garden. And there are all these gourmet chefs to cook for them on tour.
Keith no doubt has the live of a 50-year-old man--that is, if he needed to get another 20 or 30 years out of it, this would not be a problem. In fact, when he dies Keith should be a liver donor himself--it would probably keep several generations of transplant recipients alive.
Total bullshit as usual from Keith,in prior interviews he has claimed he would carry a 38 special in New York,for protection when would go to get drugs in the lower East side,so that line about only using pure stuff is part of his mythology....
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Glad he defied the odds (and predictions).
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stonehearted
Of course Keith didn't die, because, unlike Lou Reed, he never used street drugs. As Keith admits in Life, whether heroin or cocaine or whatever, he only consumed the finest, purest pharmaceutical-grade gear that could be obtained. Even his vodka consumption was done with the priciest brand in stock, and more recently those around him even convinced him to switch to "organic" vodka. I'm sure his shepherd's pies are peasant in name only--he has indicated that the onions he uses he grows himself in a garden. And there are all these gourmet chefs to cook for them on tour.
Keith no doubt has the live of a 50-year-old man--that is, if he needed to get another 20 or 30 years out of it, this would not be a problem. In fact, when he dies Keith should be a liver donor himself--it would probably keep several generations of transplant recipients alive.
Total bullshit as usual from Keith,in prior interviews he has claimed he would carry a 38 special in New York,for protection when would go to get drugs in the lower East side,so that line about only using pure stuff is part of his mythology....
Or was the part about the .38 part of the mythology?
Indeed total BS, Keef would swallow or snort whatever was at hand and partied with squatters on the Lower East Side in the 80's. He drove a Chevy Caprice and would leave it wherever he was to get towed in the morning. He'd call his people when he awoke after taking a taxi or walking home, "Go find my car in the tow yard." He'd then do the same thing the next night.Quote
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stonehearted
Of course Keith didn't die, because, unlike Lou Reed, he never used street drugs. As Keith admits in Life, whether heroin or cocaine or whatever, he only consumed the finest, purest pharmaceutical-grade gear that could be obtained. Even his vodka consumption was done with the priciest brand in stock, and more recently those around him even convinced him to switch to "organic" vodka. I'm sure his shepherd's pies are peasant in name only--he has indicated that the onions he uses he grows himself in a garden. And there are all these gourmet chefs to cook for them on tour.
Keith no doubt has the live of a 50-year-old man--that is, if he needed to get another 20 or 30 years out of it, this would not be a problem. In fact, when he dies Keith should be a liver donor himself--it would probably keep several generations of transplant recipients alive.
Total bullshit as usual from Keith,in prior interviews he has claimed he would carry a 38 special in New York,for protection when would go to get drugs in the lower East side,so that line about only using pure stuff is part of his mythology....
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Its also in his genetics!
He like Mick come from long living stock.
Just think how long he could live if he didn't
smoke or do drugs....But then it wouldn't have Been
the Keith we all love.
Plus Keith said about drugs, which I loved----
" Just because you see a table of food doesn't mean you have to eat it all! "
Everything in moderation....
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stonehearted
I'm sure his shepherd's pies are peasant in name only--he has indicated that the onions he uses he grows himself in a garden. And there are all these gourmet chefs to cook for them on tour.
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Aquamarine
Peasants grow their own onions, y'know. Just sayin.'
Also, in the clip you posted below, he appears to have had a perm . . .
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stonehearted
What about Freddy Sessler supplying him with stuff from Swedish labs like Sandoz? Bill Wyman went out to get him some street stuff in a pinch when he was going through withdrawal in 1977--Bill comments in Stone Alone that it was a rare occasion when they actually bonded.
Keith would never go get drugs himself--if you've read of the Nellcote days, there were always various mules bringing it to him. Speaking of mythology, that was just Keith posing in various interviews to self-mythologize the gun-toting outlaw image he so carefully cultivated.
The only time he ever actually used a gun--aside from once completely egregiously in a room full of people--was to shoot one of Bobby Keys golf balls out of his breakfast plate.
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stonehearted
swiss,
Wow, no kidding?! I was merely trying to distinguish fact from fiction based on what I've read, but I appreciate the cautionary words.
I've since moved on to things like Keith's various hairstyles and garden, so I think I'm on safer terrain now, he said brushing the back of his hand across his forehead and going 'Whew!'.