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Now that the Twitter universe has expanded to fans of The View and What Happens in Vegas, it's time to figure out whose 140-character tweets are worth reading. More than just concert announcements and what they had for breakfast—the miniature prose of these 10 musicians is almost as interesting as (or, in one case, more interesting than) their music. (And fake Tom Waits has been removed)...
1. ?uestlove (The Roots) - questlove
Best recent tweet: on behalf of big
dudes everywhere: im TIRED of mofos thinking im not aware if i sit on a
remote or keys or a samurai sword or judd nelson...
Runner-up: rick ross walks n
our dressingroom & terence howard's UBERdramatic "love makes you
beautiful" is blastin & he thinks we serious. AWK-WARD
2. Amanda Palmer - amandapalmer
Best recent tweet: You
know you're in LA when pilot asks everyone over the intercom to send
some "positive energy" to the mechanical problems they are having.
Runner-up: Airplane fail thwarted!!!! About to take off. Also: sally struthers in first class. this all must mean something profound....
3. John Roderick (The Long Winters) - johnroderick
Best recent tweet: Like a lot of old
ladies, I collect commemorative plates. I narrowed my focus, though, to
'70's Scandinavian mass-transit anniversaries.
Runner-up: Come on out to
the EMP Pop conference today. Our panel is called Reconsidering the
Groupie, and I'll be demonstrating with audience members.
4. Ryan Adams - ryanada_ms
Best recent tweet: quiet noises slow thoughts rain is barking no bite graylowlight and carrots
Runner-up: George strait is AWESOME!!!! And my word talk about tasteful pedal steel. Makes me wish i was playing music like that again.
5. Colin Meloy (The Decemberists) - colinmeloy
Best recent tweet: Wondering if
moving directly from Mastodon to Paul Simon is akin to putting one hand
in cold water, one hand in hot and I'll pee myself.
Runner-up: Goodbye, Blender mag. Thanks for our first-ever national review, in which you called me "donkey-voiced."
6. Janelle Monáe - JanelleMonae
Best recent tweet: Yale is pretty funky. I could see myself here... once I got my masters in time traveling, fencing, and surrealism.
Runner-up: My life will
forever be a musical. I will live in the theatre. I shall only speak to
patrons with gold tassles. I'll marry fantasy and make out with scie
7. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) - trent_reznor
Best recent tweet: Here at NIN labs we're actually working on a device that lets you punch people through the internet.
Runner-up: Kutcher / King / DiddyDumDum on CNN doing everything in their power to make Twitter seem as un-cool as possible.
8. Kristin Hersh - kristinhersh
Best recent tweet: noisy
night...i swear, music is the lousy boyfriend i won't leave even though
he beats the crap outta me sometimes (i still love it! ow!)
Runner-up: me: "what do you want for dessert, bo?" bodhi: "2 chiclets and a spider"
9. Lily Allen - lilyroseallen
Best recent tweet [clue to a pair of hidden concert tickets]: I have just hidden the final pair , right where stallone ran up all the stairs.
Runner-up: By this symbol of the city the flowers sure look pretty, they're giving of a stench from where I'm sitting on this bench
10. John Mayer - johncmayer
Best recent tweet: Re: 420, I don't
smoke pot anymore. I just pay a dude 50 bucks to come over, press
lightly on my chest and tell me all my ideas are awesome.
Runner-up: Let's play with the odds here. 714k followers. I'd like to say.... happy birthday...to Nicole... from Texas. Did I get anybody??
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I don't even enjoy Amanda Palmer's music, but I follow her on Twitter because she's so amsuing. She's the perfect example of how musicians should be utilizing the service.
Kristen Hersh is also great at interacting with her followers.
Al Yankovic is another good one for the list. Not an obsessive Twitterer, but his updates keep with his music style -- they're funny.
I'd add Edward Droste (@EdwardDroste) of Grizzly Bear to this list. The guy can tweet with the best of them.
Thanks. I'd love to hear some more suggestions.
Fleet Foxes' @rpecknold's posts about sinus problems are surprisingly endearing.
I would have to add Annie Hardy (from Giant Drag) to that list. She says some pretty memorable things...
www.twitter.com/anniehardy
2Pac please. He manages to twitter regularly somehow. (: Also, I was at the Groupie panel led by Mr. Roderick this weekend and he did NOT demonstrate on the audience. I'm not going to say I'm devastated, just kind of misty-eyed...
Roderick didn't lead the panel, but he was on it. I feel your pain though.
How are the musings of supposed to be any more humorous or important than any random person? Who gives a shit what they have to say. They sing or play an instrument, people. I'd be far more interested in what Chuck Palahniuk or Stephen Hawking would have to say as opposed to, say, what Fergie had for lunch.
I really enjoy following Jason Reeves (@jasonreeves). He's mysterious and very poetic...can't always decipher what it is he's saying though, but I guess that's what being a singer-songwriter is all about sometimes.
Two recent tweets:
the morning light is always made of gold...westward collecting of stardust on it's upward rise..
cannot understand the absurdity of the bureaucratic cluster-fuck, and for what reason the system exists if only to slay it's citizens...
Scuba Steve, they sing or play an instrument, but many of them also write insightful lyrics, and the three-minute song has more in common with Twitter than what Palahniuk does. I don't care what Fergie had for lunch, but these artists often transcend that.
karin bergquist of "over the rhine" leaves quite amusing tweets regularly @ twitter.com/overtherhine, worth your time to check them out...
johncmayer is a great choice - not only is he relatively funny, but he's also tweeting about the making of his newest album, out some time this year!
I appreciate the concern which is been rose. The things need to be sorted out because it’s not about the individual but it can be with everyone.
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@imogenheap is a fav of mine. Brilliant musician who lets everyone in on her creative process via Twitter, youTube, and 12seconds. Her latest project is coming out soon! www.imogenheap.com
I also recommend my two clients, @dionroy and @kimcameron. @dionroy is an nyc singer/songwriter who tweets about geeky stuff, horror movies and his upcoming debut album. @kimcameron tweets about her performances, her recordings, as well as personal anecdotes and musings on the entertainment industry.
Ok i'm just gonna go ahead and say pete wentz now before you stone me i pesonally don't like his music but i can say his twitters are kinda funny and worth following like hi mist recent one "thinking of getting an "epic fail" tat so you dont have to do so much photoshop work on my pix. always looking to save you some time"
I think we're, like, still waiting for these debut entries, but I personally would love to read the tweets from the other side of Mark "Fingerprints" Heard and Warren "The Headless Thompson Gunner" Zevon. Do we have a competent channeler out there for either of these stalwarts?
Dave Barnes is freakin' hilarious.
Found this awesome list from a blog called Down Charleston Blvd. - http://downcharlestonblvd.wordpress.com - I have to agree with them that this is an all around great list. very accurate. Good job paste!
ryan adams is the balls - literally
Hello world,
In my modest oppinion, you forgot the best singer/songriter in the world by now, the unknown portuguese "Carlos Ruivo".
http://twitter.com/ruivo.
Should check him out on his website also:
http://www.carlosruivo.com
Follow @ruivo he is sharing his songs for free and will be recording soon.
Download the song "Alado", I Think it is a Masterpiece. http://www.carlosruivo.com/english/downloads.htm
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