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Legendary Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter Keith Richards was born in Kent, England, on this day in 1943 (December 18)
One of the best!
His songwriting partnership with Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history, with truckloads of hits of many styles within the rock genre, over many decades.
Richards attended Wentworth Primary School with Jagger and was his neighbour until 1954 when the Richards and Jagger families both moved.
While at school he started playing the guitar, and also actually sang in a trio of boy sopranos at Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II!
Keith next ran into Mick on 17 October 1961 on platform two of Dartford railway station.
The Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records Jagger was carrying got them talking about their mutual music interests, and soon they were playing Jagger’s band together, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys.
Not long after, when Brian Jones advertised for bandmates in Jazz Weekly the week of 2 May 1962, Jagger and Richards joined him, and the rest is rock history…
After the Rolling Stones signed to Decca Records in 1963, the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, dropped the s from Richards's surname, believing that Keith Richard, in his words, "looked more pop".
During the late 1970s, Richards re-established the s in his surname…
Richards is widely considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
His career spans over six decades and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout their career, as they forged their reputation as one of the most iconic, loved, and celebrated bands in rock.
The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of 200 million make them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
They also won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Richards’ weathered face with that cheeky trademark grin and ever-present cigarette, has spawned a thousand memes relating to his mythical longevity, but ironically he was the youngest of the classic Stones lineup!
He also appeared in three Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague, father of Jack Sparrow, whose look and characterisation was inspired by Richards himself!
In 1989, Richards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2004 into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked him fourth on its list of 100 best guitarists in 2011.
The magazine lists a staggering fourteen songs that Richards wrote with Mick Jagger on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
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On this day in 1971, the T. Rex LP “Electric Warrior” went to #1 on the UK Albums Chart (December 18)
A game-changer…
The first album from the Bolan/Finn/Currie/Legend line-up, the chart-topping “Electric Warrior” brought considerable commercial success to the band.
Around this time, publicist BP Fallon coined the term "T. Rextasy" as a parallel to Beatlemania to describe their burgeoning popularity.
The first ever example of the glam rock genre, the album containing two of the band’s biggest hits (“Jeepster” and “Get it On”) went all the way to #1 in the UK, and peaked at #12 in Norway, #14 in Germany, #15 in Australia, and #32 in the US.
In a 1971 interview, Marc Bolan said:
“I think Electric Warrior, for me, is the first album which is a statement of 1971 for us in England.
I mean that's... If anyone ever wanted to know why we were big in the other part of the world, that album says it, for me."
He also offered:
“We didn't sell out or change the music; the music's the same. It's just that now it's timed in the cosmos to be successful."
The Jam's Paul Weller has said it’s one of his all-time favourite records, hailing Bolan's guitar playing as "really unique. You know his sound instantly."
Lol Tolhurst of the Cure also said that the band listened to it during their formative years: "We were listening to T.Rex at this time,” [...] “I recall Robert [Smith] had a copy of Electric Warrior".
In 1987, “Electric Warrior” was ranked #100 in Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of the Last 20 Years" list.
In 2020, the album was ranked #188 by Rolling Stone in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time…
Fun fact: the great Rick Wakeman plays keyboards on "Get It On".
Pretty impressive production crew on this one too, with Tony Visconti as producer, Roy Thomas Baker as engineer, and Martin Rushent as tape operator…
The iconic cover artwork was designed by English art design group Hipgnosis, based on a photo taken by Kieron "Spud" Murphy of Marc Bolan at a T. Rex concert in Nottingham on 14 May 1971.
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'Why I Am So Clever' by Friedrich Nietzsche is a sharp, bold, and deeply personal look into the mind of one of philosophy’s most fearless thinkers.
In this essay, Nietzsche doesn’t just talk about intelligence — he explores how he became himself. He speaks about his habits, his solitude, his love of clarity, and his refusal to follow the crowd. For him, being “clever” isn’t about knowledge — it’s about understanding one’s own instincts, body, and mind.
He rejects comfort, routine, and blind obedience. Instead, he celebrates creativity, independence, and the courage to think differently. Every line feels like a challenge to live more truthfully and to stop pretending for society’s approval.
It’s not arrogance — it’s a declaration of freedom. Nietzsche shows that true cleverness is knowing yourself so completely that no one else can define you.
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