Posted by jason on November 19, 2009
That’s David Cross, who played the role of Generic Radio Douchebag in the video for The Strokes’ “Juicebox”… At the time I said to myself, “I will NEVER do an interview with those guys, they’ll eat me alive!”… I’ve now talked to 2 of them… Click on the image to see what I’m talking about……..
As for Julian Casablancas….. Well, the guy’s done a lot of living… And yes, there is an aura about him that one must reckon with… But I’ll say that when I saw them back in ‘06 I was SHOCKED at the complete absence of any preening or rock-star self-love on his part… He was kind of sheepish actually… And I was also fairly shocked at the sophistication of the musical arrangements on the Strokes’ last album… A lot of it may have been lost on a lot of people, but I thought it was tremendous, and the lyrics were also pretty dense and filling…
….so when I got the chance to talk to Julian, there were some obvious things to ask, like the solo vs. frontman question, the future-of-the-Strokes question… But I also wanted to ask him about his music… AND about that video!!! Click below for the conversation…..
SEGMENT 1: Does Julian want to make classical music?
SEGMENT 2: Where do I rank on the Strokes Radio D-Bag Scale??
Dude. He seems really cool. i will totally have to go check out his new album. Plus he’s quite interesting as a thinker and artist as well.
Comment by Tim — November 19, 2009 @ 10:18 pm
P.S. Thanx for the video link… Awsome.
Comment by Tim — November 19, 2009 @ 10:36 pm
when I click the link it says video not available in your country due to copyright restrictions….cant find the juicebox video ANYWHERE
Comment by Marc — November 26, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
that is very, very strange, Marc……. i found MANY versions of it on YouTube
Comment by jason — November 26, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Just watched the Juice Box music video. It is funny and Jason, you definitely aren’t a d bag, like that video portrays d.j.s. ha ha, Julian seems like a cool guy. I will have to check out his solo stuff. Thanks for posting.
Comment by Becky — November 28, 2009 @ 9:37 am
WOLVERINES!!!
Comment by Christos Gabberto — December 11, 2009 @ 2:51 pm