Charles on… anything that comes along

Here’s the full text of the interview as given in the Observer Music Monthly of the meeting - trailed with pictures rather extensively beforehand - between comedian-columnist-host-of-the-moment Russell Brand and gerontocracy guitarist Keith Richards.

RB: Alright mate, I’m Russell.
KR: Hey man, I’m Keith.
RB: You look ever so well, particularly after what happened.
KR: That was nothing. (Pause.) You’re a DJ?
RB: I’m a comedian, Keith.
KR: Hey, me too.
Photographer: Can I photograph you [two] with the guitars?
KR: Be easier with a camera.
(Photographer takes pictures.)
(PR person arrives to take KR away to something else pre-gig.)
KR: See you later, man. Gotta go press some flesh. Enjoy the show.
RB: Bye, Keith. Good luck with the gig. And the flesh-pressing.

Yup, it’s time for journalists to look to their laurels, I guess. Although many of us would quail at the idea that we have to generate 2,000 words from such a huge interview. How on earth do you pare it down?

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