Hey Bros:
Welcome to Twitter in Focus, where media comes to die. Today’s tweets are from legendary guitarist, Slash. Let’s see what’s he’s got to say.
May 3rd, 12:56pm: “Recorded a killer jam last night, its really powerful. #fb”
The question is, is Slash pimping his stuff or is he really cool musician guy deep into his craft? Let’s continue…
May 4th, 2:05am: “Another crazy busy week, but a lot of really cool shit going down in the studio. Iiii||; ), #fb”
Is that a guitar emoticon? Let’s see the one for groupies.
May 5th, 12:17am: “will be in the studio until late tonight doing guitars, sounds great though.”
And what’s Axl doing now? Probably trying to fix his hair.
May 5th, 4:20pm: “http://twitpic.com/4ma4l – In the studio recording a guitar solo. #fb”
Dude! Where’s the hat and sunglasses?! That’s like showing Batman without the cowl!
May 5th, 7:53pm: “I can not believe I’m sitting 1st row at American Idol. #fb”
What the Hell? Did one of your fifty girlfriends drag you there?
May 6th, 2:26am: “Recording a really delicate spanish guitar piece tonight, all night. #fb”
What a cool life it must be just to play guitar all day.
May 6th, 11:53am: “This record is going to be so fucking cool. #fb”
Plus he’s so into it. A true musician. You’re better off without the G&R BS.
May 6th, 8:43pm: “I’ve got my final performance at AI doing an Alice Cooper tune, then back to the studio. #fb”
Nice! Look at this guy. What a life. By the way, does Alice Cooper have a cane or a walker?
Oh, right. He just calls up some hotties to hold him up. Rock stars have it so great.
May 7th, 4:41am: “3 separate vocals happening this Thurs, Fri & Sat.”
Who is singing I wonder? How about David Lee Roth? He’s probably available.
May 7th, 4:55am: “http://twitpic.com/4pktx – Flamenco into the wee hours. #fb”
Nice. When does all the groupie banging happen though?
May 7th, 11:07am: “Alison didn’t deserve to be voted off AI so soon, she has amazing potential. #fb”
Oh, you banged Alison. Nice.
May 7th, 12:56pm: “I’ve got a R & R icon coming in to do vocals today, I wish I could say who it is. #fb”
Is it Lemmy?
May 8th, 9:03pm: “Doing another vocal today, yesterday was amazing. #fb”
Even I’m getting psyched for this album.
May 9th, 3:49am: “Amazing stuff got done today, & tomorrow should be just as cool. #fb”
All right, don’t oversell it.
May 9th, 4:50am: “This guitar sound is the best sound I’ve had in a while, just my LP & a JCM800 1/2 stack. #fb”
Guitar techno speak for guitar geeks. You are like the Guitar Geek king. That’s what they should’ve called that game. Guitar Geek.
May 9th, 10:37am: “After today, we only have 4 songs left record. #fb”
You seem to be burning through the album pretty quickly. Just stay away from AI.
May 11th, 12:57pm: “Eric’s got to catch up & start making rough mixes, I’ve got a couple days off. #fb”
So now groupies, right?
May 12th, 2:52am: “Some cool gtr ideas to try in the studio Wednesday. #fb”
That didn’t last long. What happened to your day off? You’re a workaholic, Slash.
May 12th, 3:27am: “My fucking BB is terminal, again! #fb”
Dude, I have an extra grill if you really need to cook ribs.
May 12th, 7:26pm: “I drove an Aston Martin DBS today, THAT is a bad car! #fb”
James Bond doesn’t drive a POS. You should get that. Plus you got money, add the oil slick and rotating license plates. It would be sick.
May 12th, 7:28pm: “I have temporarily rigged my BB until I get a replacement. iiii||; ), #fb”
Finally. Ribs!
May 13th, 1:26am: “\,,\ ( ‘ ‘ ) /,,/ #fb”
Headbanger emoticon. Or a Wolverine one, if you look closely.
May 13th, 3:28am: “I’m in the final stretch on this record, of course the final quarter is the toughest.iiiii||; ), #fb”
Freebird! Freebird!
May 14th, 3:07am: “I just gave my 1st ever gtr lesson, for a charity, its harder than I thought! #fb”
Don’t worry, most of the fourth graders you gave a lesson to have deals with Arista already.
May 14th, 3:39am: “http://twitpic.com/554u3 – Lemmy & I hanging out. #fb”
Lemmy! I knew it!
May 14th, 12:04pm: “Going to a meeting concerning privatizing the LA Zoo, which would be fantastic.”
Dude, you could buy it! A heavy metal zoo would rock! All the animals could rock out to guitar metal. The zoo keepers could wear spikes and leather. It would be like a dungeon.
May 14th, 7:16pm: “Man, this shit sounds awesome!! #fb”
The music or the privatizing zoo thing?
May 15th, 3:46am: “Over at Big Chris’ working on arrangements for next week, this next tune is badass. #fb”
The Celine Dion cover? I don’t know…
May 15th, 2:57pm: “Re-doing some guitar parts for a score I finished writing a couple months ago. #fb”
C’mon, you only got four more songs.
May 16th, 1:46am: “I want to go to Reading Festival but there is too much going on here. #fb”
Focus, Slash, focus.
May 16th, 7:43pm: “Going in to put some gtr on Jerry Lee Lewis’ new record next week, very cool. #fb”
Jerry Lee? What’s he like 200 now? I think you’re just going through the rock of fame one at a time.
May 16th, 11:04pm: “Btw, I heard a track off the new Wolfmother cd, its fucking killer. #fb”
I liked there last album. They rock. Play with those guys. They’re new.
May 17th, 12:53pm: “Sadly, I am absent of almost all domestic skills. #fb”
May 18th, 4:25am: “Doing a bi-coastal vocal session tomorrow from a studio in NY to here in LA. #fb”
Wait, Slash is singing? And he’s into guys? I don’t know what’s more shocking. Just joking about that second thing. Please don’t send Lemmy to kill me.
May 18th, 9:03pm: “So far so good with the session in NYC, now I just need to hear it. #fb”
Just move your hair out of the way.
May 18th, 3:28am: “The recording in NY was a success, thank you Dave Mcnair for engineering the session. #fb”
All the way to NYC just to record. Nice!
May 19th, 3:32am: “\,,\ (‘.’) /,,/ R & Fn’ R! #fb”
Wolverine does rock.
21 hours ago: “We’re arranging an awesome metal track today, we’ll cut it Thurs. #fb”
Just one groupie story, Slash. Please.
21 hours ago: “Put solos on a couple tracks for Jerry Lee Lewis today, 1 of my all time favorite rock & rollers. #fb”
It can be a story about a cousin. Either way.
3 hours ago: “Pitching a cartoon to Comedy Central today with Mike Sculley of “Simpsons” fame. #fb”
Cool. I liked the one you did with Robert Evans. That was fun.
Well, Slash certainly seems like a dedicated rocker, even if he won’t share his groupie stories with us. For Style I give him a 4 (Dude, don’t take off the sunglasses!), for Mustness I give him a 9 (C’mon, he’s Slash.) and for Insanity a 7 (Surprisingly singleminded, but hey, he hangs out with Lemmy). That’s an overall score of 6.66! Appropriate.
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