just look at that face

It's been too long since I saw that smile.

NEW STROKES, posted by Jules on his Twitter

He's such a darling. The Strokes' site was mobbed due to a free d/load of their new single "Under Cover of the Darkness" so JFats put it on youtube, via his Twitter.

I think it's damn good. I think life makes sense again! Nick's slayin, Fab's jammin, Albert is wind-millin', Niko is keeping everything in check, and Jules is just Julesing. LOVE IT!

ALERT ALERT i might cut my hair!

While Strokesing on Brooklyn Vegan's Austin City Limits pics, I saw a face that registered as one of my favorites, but I couldn't quite make out WHO I was looking at... something was off!

Turns out Christopher Owens cut his severely side-parted locks. A little Sean Penn-ish, eh?

Of course The Strokes photos make me happy/wonder when the F they are going to give us a hometown show, but do you think JFats and Owens shared style secrets backstage? Talk about fashion icons! xoxox

sofia coppola: somewhere

CANNOT WAIT! (Thanks, John!)

Boombox on SNL

i've only been waiting for 1 year for this video. my 2 favorite new york boys. MAGICAL. only a cameo from macgruber himself could make this better. xoxo.

julian casablancas at terminal 5, night 2

He's the best, and he always will be. My pictures suck because I shake when he sings. Nivardo came with me tonight so it was super fun. The energy wasn't quite as intense as at last night's show, but the crowd loved it, and I haven't seen so many beautiful boys in a long time. To the boy who stood beside me smoking mad cigarettes (we spoke about Telepathe sucking) I haven't seen someone I didn't know who made me want to rip their clothes off that much in a long time. So thanks for making me remember that you people still exist. AND THANKS JULIAN for what you give to the world. We love you!!

julian casablancas at terminal 5, night 1

I like what Miss Modern Age wrote about the show, and I agree with everything except the part where she says the other Strokes kinda act like distractions to the Julian-ness of the Strokes. I get what she means, but I think the anxieties and tensions that exist between the band members in real life and on stage are what give us that deliciously composed layered rage that make the Strokes GO...

Last night was totally worth the 3 year wait. It was like seeing someone you used to see all the time 3 years in the future and really being happy for them because they've grown and matured in the best way: they now feel comfortable with themselves. Julian played his heart out to his home city and everyone there was all love and hearts and "kisses" and wanted him to succeed. His show kicked ass; he looked beautiful; he made me happy to be alive in this world because such amazing things exist and humans are capable of so many great things.

"4 Chords of the Apocalypse" brought me close to tears. His voice is the immaculate distillation of all the intensity, passion, anger, and beauty that I feel like exists within myself and cannot sing... His voice is the closest aural approximation of the poetry I wish I had the ability to write. He is Roberto Bolano, Kurt Cobain, JD Salinger, van Gogh, Warhol, O'Hara, Plath, all the best parts of a Billy Corgan guitar solo, my first boyfriend's sad brown eyes, the first sip of a strong latte, kitten Timmy, good sex, sloppy drunk sex, Federer winning the French Open, the Olden Times, the day I got my braces off, Matt Dillon K-Holes, GVS films, cute skinny homeless-looking boys on the train, bacon, wine, vodka, bourbon, Blueberry Pancakes, Donald's teeth, McGinley photos, War and Peace, the night I met Scott Tankel... Julian is all the best things in life.

And tonight I get to do it all over again!

11th Dimension video by Julian Casablancas

I LOVE JULIAN CASABLANCAS. HE'S A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN. MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE.

JANUARY 14, TERMINAL FIVE

After 3.5 long horrible years of no Julian, 2010 will start with a bang! Buy your tickets for his Terminal 5 show. Yes, the venue sucks. Yes, they allow children inside. Yes, this is not The Strokes. But I haven't felt this much excitement in a long time. Thank you, Ticketmaster and American Express. You have made my day.

Jules sings Ludlow Street

i love when his anger's visible.

Phrazes for the Young: Julian Casablancas

Julian kicks ass. He doesn't need anyone else to make amazing, inspirational, fun, and dirty music. I will be sad if The Strokes don't get it together and make any new music, but I will also be happy as long as Julian creates new songs.

"4 Chords of the Apocalypse" is my favorite track. It's (of course) about the disintegration of a relationship, a personal apocalypse, if you will, and Jules keeps the piano ballad simple and bittersweet. His voice really made me understand years ago how vocals are an instrument like the piano or guitar or drums, and throughout this song and entire album, he teaches that lesson again. His voice is my favorite guitar ever. haha.

I also think he's a true auteur. From the 1st notes of Is This It? to the last of Phrazes for the Young, Jules has accomplished his singular musical vision. He wants to make retro music from the future. And he does that with every breath he takes. Every note he sings. Every piece of clothes he wears on his perfectly flawed body. He lives and breathes his artistic mission, much like Jean-Luc Godard or Dennis Hopper or Andy Warhol. And that's why he's the ultimate of COOL.

I can't be more coherent about it than that. I love this guy forever and ever, as everyone knows.

what a beautiful human

This NYTIMES article about Julian Casablancas' solo album is one of the best Jules interviews I've ever read.

Also check out this interview in the Independent.

TUESDAY IS COMING. Are you ready to buy the album???

STREAM PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG

Go HERE!

GET READY TO FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN!

Btw, his performance on Conan kicked ass, and I'll post the video as soon as it's up somewhere.

[video posted, obvi]

I felt like I was 16 again. Dressed in a leather jacket, black pants, awesome belt, and with new streaks of blonde in his classically disheveled hair, Julian looked younger than I last remembered him. He sang with confidence and broke out some sweet dance moves. Welcome back, Julian!

Julian in SPIN

I'm going out to buy this issue now.......

*UPDATE

This does not make things look good for the Strokes, and I'm starting to accept the fact that they may never record another album together. All I can say is I'm glad I was obsessed while they played shows and I'm glad I went to the ends of the earth (or at least the ends I could afford) to be a part of this band's energy. Read the full Spin article here.

NME doesn't really make me feel any more confident. Makes me think of "Someday" with some sadness... "Oh, when we was young, oh man did we have fun."

They write:

The Strokes suffering new album 'disagreement'

Julian Casablancas says there's a split in the band's camp

Julian Casablancas has revealed that there is a "disagreement" in the band over whether the new songs destined for their forthcoming fourth album are complete.

The frontman told The Sun that the New York band were split in terms of believing whether they were in a position to go ahead and complete the follow-up to 2006's 'First Impressions Of Earth'.

"There is a disagreement as to whether the snogs are ready," he explained. "Some of the band think they are and others don't. I'm somewhere in the middle."

Casablancas suggested that part of the problem stemmed from the fact that the band don't live near each other anymore.

"The problem is getting us together," he said. "We're scattered everywhere, and apart from when we're rehearsing we don't see each other. We're not like people who go to the movies together.

"It's weird with the band, a band is actually a great way to ruin a friendship."

Julian Casablancas releases his first solo album, 'Phrazes For The Young', on November 2.

RIVER OF BRAKELIGHTS

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/10/julian_casablancas_sex_is_on_f.html

Please click above to hear the new Jules track. NYMAG says his sex is on fire. Duh!

(You can also stream the track on Fader's site.)

Phrazes for the Young Cover

So classic.

close enough to be your ghost

I've been working non-stop this week, and my brittish list has fallen by the wayside because my iPod is dead.

But in music news important to me, Julian Casablancas was on the August 12 cover of NME. They airbrushed the hell out of his face, but who cares? The man is back.

Of course I prefer him au naturale, like in this photo posted on Oh Someday (Strokes Live Journal forum). His sense of style mixes geek chic with classic rock idol.

I also bought Humbug, the 3rd album by Arctic Monkeys. It's dreamier than their previous efforts (Alex Turner takes a cue from Lou Reed's breathless voice in "Sunday Morning"), but retains the strong, stabilizing drums of Matt Helders and the dark, ominous moods that seemto inspire Turner to write. I love these lads, and my favorite new song so far is "Cornerstone.

I thought I saw you in The Battleship but it was only a lookalike

She was nothing but a vision trick under the warming light

She was close, close enough to be your ghost

But chances turned to toast when I asked her if I could call her your name.

I thought I saw you in The Rusty Hook, huddled up in a wicker chair

I wandered over for a closer look and kissed whoever was sitting there

She was close and she held me very tightly until I asked politely

"Please can I call you her name?"

I elongated my lift home

I let him go the long way round

I smelt your scent on the seat belt and kept my short cuts to myself

I thought I saw you in The Parrot's Beak messing with the smoke alarm

It was too loud for me to hear her speak and she had a broken arm

It was close, so close that the walls were wet

And she wrote it out in Letraset

"No, you can't call me her name."

Tell me where's your hiding place

I'm worried I'll forget your face

I've asked everyone

I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along

I saw your sister in The Cornerstone on the phone to the middle man

When I saw that she was on her own I thought she might understand

She was close, well you couldn't get much closer

She said "I'm really not supposed to but yes, you can call me anything you want."

Julian for life

Yes, I saw the Dead Trees last night for like the 60th time, but who cares, Julian Casablancas is blowin up the internet with his awesomeness. Check out the newest issue of NME for a 4 page spread and interview with the best songwriter of our time/sexiest/nicest rock star ever. Julian's solo album is gonna descend upon the world like a bomb of peace, love and happiness. Get ready to get naked.

HAPPY JULY

the best ever.

OMG JULIAN SOLO ALBUM AND WEBSITE!

Julian Casablancas solo album - Phrazes for the Young
Julian Casablancas, founding member of The Strokes, is set to release a solo album!!!



Entitled Phrazes for the Young, it's coming out on his own label, Cult Records & Rough Trade in the UK and Cult Records/RCA in Europe and US.

Track titles include "River of Brake Lights," "Glass" and "Ludlow St."

Album preview 



Plans for a solo tour are in the pipeline too so keep checking the site for more news as it comes!

Source: Rough Trade Records and juliancasablancas.com

COPIED FROM OH_SOMEDAY

I LITERALLY CAN'T HANDLE IT. THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I HAVE EVER HEARD.

From NME.

JULIAN'S WEBSITE!!!!!!!!

Spin!

And, of course, it's been announced on thestrokes.com!

SO HAPPY, SO EXCITED!!!!!! I LOVE JULIAN CASABLANCAS!!!!!