I've never even heard the phone snippet, so the whole thing will be new to me- pretty much a first!  Looking forward to it.  Still want Oklahoma over anything else.....

James- full confession; i was exhausted from a long drive and had a bit of a buzz when I wrote that, so it came off a little arrogant.  I did know some people on there, including a label president and some (self acclaimed?) "important" staff at Geffen, but "heavy hitters" was a douchy thing to say.  But my memories of MSL are well remembered there- his irreverence was refreshing in a place that took itself way too seriously, went against the grain, and when he was proven correct, made it all the more fun to see.  Do either of you remember a poster named GordonPymPoe?  He dm'd me around '06 (or whenever the cornrow years were) and claimed he was Axl

I dunno- sounds like Axl to me; maybe working on his lower register after the Hollywood rose stuff?  The acoustic guitar part sounds very reminisant of the guitar version of November Rain.  Seems odd that stuff like this is still showing up.  Maybe there was more stuff laying around from that era that they didnt put out on the AFD box.

I've bought/downloaded probably 20% of his pikes, and im sure i haven't listened to half of it.  They came out so fast and furious for a while there it was impossible to keep up.  If im doing a road trip or alone in the office for the day i'll run through and give them a listen, and almost always find a gem. Its somewhat mind blowing that he's been this prolific (although much of it seems to be simple home recordings) and his former boss can't be arsed to put out 2-3 songs.  I wonder what '06-'10 Axl could have done with something like Project Little Man...