#stroking that guitar

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Real life Disney Prince

He is just the best

From an interview @gjdraws posted a few days ago

[astrophysicist-guitar-god]

"He’s stabilised now, which is brilliant": Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson gives fans a fresh update on his progress

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By Daniel Griffiths

 published 12/05/24

Following a stroke in September fans of the Queen star have been eagerly eyeing updates

Back in September this year Brian May surprised his concerned fans with the reveal that he’d suffered a stroke but – good news – was feeling fine and was in recovery.

The legendary Queen guitarist described how, "out of the blue, I didn't have any control over this arm," he described, but after a “very exciting” ambulance trip to his local Surrey, UK, hospital and the “most fantastic care” from staff there.

Writing following his recovery, May said: "The good news is I'm okay. Just doing what I'm told, which is basically nothing. I'm grounded. I'm not allowed to go out - well, I'm not allowed to drive, not allowed to get on a plane, not allowed to raise the heart rate too high... but I'm good."

Before explaining to concerned fans that: "I didn't want to say anything at the time because I really don't want sympathy. Please don't do that because it'll clutter up my inbox and I hate that,” and making light of his state as a “health hiccup.”

Of course, what his fans wanted to know was how was his playing faring up? “The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days,” May said.

His wife, actress Anita Dobson confirmed his status soon after, telling social media that they were “very pleased” with May’s progress and that she was “completely confident” that May would “make a full recovery”.

New health update

Following the scare, and request for calm the pair have concentrated on May’s recovery with no further word. However, Dobson recently appeared at the Television & Radio Industries Club Christmas Lunch, where she was honoured and given a Legend award.

“He’s much better now, he’s stabilised now, which is brilliant,” she said at the event. “I just hope we don’t have any more recurrences. He’s got the use of that arm, which was a bit of a challenge, back now. So, yeah, he’s good to go now. He’s playing the piano quite a lot in the house. He likes a lot of Beethoven. I love it - the piano in the house is really, just very relaxing.”

Dobson also revealed that May had taken it very easy, giving himself time before even attempting to play again.

“He didn’t actually try until after he’d recovered quite a bit,” she said. “And then he very slowly started to pick up an acoustic guitar and gradually just exercised the muscles. And it very quickly came back. He’s just retraining the messages from your brain to that arm, that it’s actually okay to do what it used to do. It was scary. And also being a genius for someone like that. His brain’s overloaded, that’s what it is. He’s too clever for his own good.”

Dobson also revealed that following May’s ‘grounding’ the two would be travelling to Lapland this month to “meet the elves”.

The couple celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary a fortnight ago, with Brian saying on social: “Take care out there folks and Carpe Diem ! Because tomorrow ... who knows where the wind might blow.”

May’s most recent trauma isn’t his first. In 2020 he revealed he'd suffered a heart attack while recovering from a painful, gardening-induced muscle and back injury. "It was about 40 minutes of pain in the chest and tightness, and that feeling in the arms and sweating,” he explained at the time. "I was actually very near death [but] I didn't die. I came out and I would have been full of beans if it hadn't been for the leg."

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[armed-with-a-waffle-iron]

I forget how like almost all indie guitar music is really just a series of footnotes to The Strokes.

[nicoscheer]

Me too Miles me too 🤣🤣

Tlsp used to be my girl @ øyafestival 2016

Nothing has really changed between 2005 and 2016 🫶🏽🥹❤️(Miles watching Alex in 2005 when the little flames were the monkeys support act vs Miles watching Alex in 2016 when they are co frontmen of their own supergroup)

Osheaga Festival

Coachella; Alex’s little twirl 🥺 and the absolute fondness in Miles’ eyes he’s like yup that’s my idiot and I love him very much

[toomanywordsnllines]

HEADCANNON TIME WITH MORE ROACH!

My favorite pass time is to look at a character and imagine what’s theyir favorite type of music is...and per consequence I also tend to love atributting them an instrument that I think fits them!

SO! Roach plays electric guitar >:3

Since he’s always been selective mute, his father feared that he wouldn’t have a way to truly express himself, so when Roach turned around twelve his father gifted him his first ever guitar. And from them he’s been jamming to his heart’s content.

When he and Ghost are home he loves bothering him with the worst songs he can think off, also doing specific sounds with the guitar as a form of communication.

[sophaeros]

the strokes for guitar magazine jp, june 2020 english translation

[scrunglepaws]

Sails, that is not what that song is abou- oh, whatever.

[gratisfaction]

INTRO POST !!

❀ name * amber

❀ age * 17

❀ pronouns * he/she/they ^_^

❀ interests * community, always sunny, superstore, music [the strokes, radiohead, franz ferdinand, benches, etc :3], mario, tetris, stardew valley, acoustic/classical guitar (i fw electric sometimes), classic books

i'll probably be posting abt community and mario lots!!

PLEASEE I NEED MUTUALS

[rockerbl0gger]

Oh oh not anymore🎶

[gaminegay]

the only thing that got me through this day was one client playing The Adults Are Talking for a while. And the only reason that song helps my mood is because i listened to it traveling with my friend in Albania. And the only reason that stuck with me is because that same friend showed me a song by the same band when we were tripping and it got assigned to the happy parts of my brain. And the only reason i was comfortable enough to try that is because that friend is nice and good and trustworthy. So really, friendship saved the day once more

[casawhoreas]

[thetimecrystal]

[nuks]

i also had this concept for an arsonist lil lady... whose childhood home burnt down and ever since then she's been obsessed with fire? Perhaps she has pyromania....

[youre-so-right]

the strokes - instrument pngs

epiphone nick valensi riviera P-94 fender albert hammond jr. stratocaster fender precision bass ludwig classic maple drum kit - sky blue pearl shure beta 58A

source: equipboard

[nicoscheer]

This is giving STRONG “your savior is here” vibes

Having Frank Sinatra’s- My Way as sound for this pic goes so fucking hard and couldn’t be any truer , always unapologetically true to himself no matter the obstacles

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[thestrokeseveryday]

Fab, probably sometime around 2007.