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It's mini, but it has the Strokes in it...
Julian Casablancas, the ~~drunken~~ ~~RPS villiage bicycle~~ ~~epitome of prettiness if you don't count the rest of his band~~ lead singer for the Strokes was asked to write an article about the Velvet Underground for Rolling Stone.

Said article was...less than good.

harnessyourchi posted this on thestrokes, commonly known as home of the crazy fawning fangirl, with the opening line "Feast your eyes on this literary masterpiece - it almost makes me embarrassed to be a Strokes fan."

radio_scratch also puts it quite well as "Wow.
You know how Julian said if he weren't a musician he'd be a writer?
Well, I'm really glad this whole singing thing worked out for him."

Most of what followed was pretty typical "Oh god, he didn't just write that" ramblings, but a few tiny shining gems of spooge peek through the embarassed rationality, including...

1. "They taught me just to be myself." That sounds like something fat girls say.

2. whats so bad about it? yeah, it sounds as if it were coming from a 7th graders notebook. But, just tell me, whats wrong.

3. I think Julian was just putting his feelings down in a way that everyone could understand. I mean, the people that read Rolling Stone. Or...say...The Strokes livejournal. He's smarter than probably anyone here believes him to be. Maybe "smart" isn't even the word. It's something beyond being smart. Attached seems more accurate. You people are fucking retards for saying he's an illiterate drunk...or whatever the fuck you hipsters say he is. Go listen to The Vines and keep quiet if you're gonna put my man Jules down. (Which has the addition of a following thread)

And, the one bit that raises this from just mildly funny to fall-down hi-fucking-larious...

Awwe. I think it is good. Of course, right now I am supposed to be writing an 8 page English paper due tommorow in which I might have 2 lines actually finished. :/

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's tiny. But go over, if only for the article itself, the two pages of comments, and strokette88's inexplicable ramblings about Britney's "Tigg'ole biddies."

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	smo 2004-03-31 10:23 pm UTC (link)
	RPS villiage bicycle Turkey sandwich. Up. My. Nose. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	It's true. Come on, look into the icon. All four of his bandmates, Jack White, various and sundry other indie musicians, the occasional actor or member of N*SYNC... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-03-31 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	The shameless hussy! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Wipes tear Ah, the beauty of having a lead singer who kisses boys when he's drunk, is always drunk, AND is pretty. ~~Nick's prettier, tho.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-03-31 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	~~I thought Nicolai was somewhat tasty, myself.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	~~You've gotta hear good Mr Fraiture's accent, then.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-01 05:24 am UTC (link)
	~~What accent hath he?~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-04-01 05:30 am UTC (link)
	~~One of those wierd little ones where you're not even really sure if it is an accent or not, but it's subtly foreign.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-01 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	~~Ooh, sassy.~~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smit 2004-03-31 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Nick is conventionally prettier, but Jules ~~is a ho~~ has undeniable sexual chemistry with anyone and anything. So he wins the pretty battle. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, where're Albert and Fab on this reckoning? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smit 2004-03-31 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Hm. Albert is strangely attractive and has ridiculous karaazma and Fab is adorable and funny... But neither of them rate on Jules' level. Although Fab probably could have written the HELL out of that RS article. Why am I fangirling in F_W? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	combledore 2004-04-01 01:37 am UTC (link)
	Nick's prettier, tho. Yes. Yes, he is. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	amasaglajax 2004-04-01 04:27 am UTC (link)
	ICON ICON ICON WANT WANT WANT gibbers MARGARET CHO == TEH FUNNY! TEH FUNNY! AHHHHH NOW I DEAD FROM FANGRIL (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	amasaglajax 2004-04-01 04:27 am UTC (link)
	... or 'fangirl.' that could work too. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	smo 2004-04-01 04:59 am UTC (link)
	MORAN? WHAT IS ASS MASTER? IS IT A MASTER OF THE ASS? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	25th_of_april 2004-04-01 06:36 am UTC (link)
	Nice boys, but too much ass. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-01 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	They like the ass! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	judyhazeleyes 2004-03-31 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	You people are fucking retards for saying he's an illiterate drunk...or whatever the fuck you hipsters say he is. Damn. Thank you for reminding me of why I stay out of the music-related fandoms these days. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	I don't even watch thestrokes these days...smit sends me teh pretteh, but I went running MONTHS ago. Fandom is SCARY, man. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smit 2004-03-31 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	I suffer through so much for you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	apoplexia 2004-04-01 08:50 am UTC (link)
	hipsters? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	big_bad_wolf 2004-04-01 10:50 am UTC (link)
	TROUSERS! We're trousers! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-01 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	I find your lack of pants disturbing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: big_bad_wolf 2004-04-01 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	The UK = PANTSLESS. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musette 2004-04-03 12:39 am UTC (link)
	And God save the queen for that. ~_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	crickets 2004-04-02 12:07 am UTC (link)
	eyes Smo You came in those pants? You're braver than I thought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-02 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	No, I usually take my pants off first. Thank you, I'll be here all week! Try the fish! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crickets 2004-04-03 01:06 am UTC (link)
	snerkle ::tips waitress:: (Reply to this)(Parent)

rubytramp
2004-03-31 10:52 pm UTC (link)

that may not have been the best thing ever written, but he probably didn't put much thought into it. if it were his job to write books or papers, i believe it would be good.

So let me get this straight, musical dude was asked by a very famous national magazine to write a tribute to the Rolling Stones and he didn't put 'much thought into it'?

And this is from a fan.

I love it, I really, really love it.

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	rubytramp 2004-03-31 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	Duh - I mean the Velvet Underground for Rolling Stone. Teach me to read. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	psychofangirl 2004-03-31 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	["They taught me just to be myself." That sounds like something fat girls say.] You mean it's BAD to be yourself? Okay. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	smo 2004-04-01 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	It's also, apparently, bad to be a fat girl. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bishounenhuntrs 2004-04-07 01:24 am UTC (link)
	Then I guess we BBW fanciers are wrong. ^_~ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	xeno4eyes 2004-03-31 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	So this Julian chick is either the best thing since James Joyce or drunker than a brownie dropped into a keg of beer. Someone told me once that band fandoms were nuttier than we LOTR RPers. Given a little time, I think they might be able to reach those heights ~~As long as there aren't any sheep~~. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	eljuno 2004-03-31 11:31 pm UTC (link)
	Heh. Julian dude, actually. Sorry about that. drunker than a brownie dropped into a keg of beer DINGDINGDING We have a winner. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	xeno4eyes 2004-04-01 06:02 am UTC (link)
	When they come as pretty as Orlando above and the Julian Icons I've perused, they are most definitely chicks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eiviiaru 2004-04-01 12:12 am UTC (link)
	strokette88 is a powerful force of moron. I love the digression where somebody posts about friending her because she's just too cute! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	telesilla 2004-04-01 12:26 am UTC (link)
	<3333! Love the phrase "powerful force of moron!" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	bunny 2004-04-01 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Good musicians cannot write and good writers have no taste in music. Karma is a bitch. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mooncalf 2004-04-01 11:05 am UTC (link)
	If only it worked the other way. Then all I'd have to do to be a great writer is learn to like manufactured pop. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sarajayechan 2004-04-01 03:08 am UTC (link)
	mind boggles (Reply to this)