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I only let him to you 'cuz I'm a respectable woman now... I had fun with him for the past 5 years! 
I only let him to you 'cuz I'm a respectable woman now... I had fun with him for the past 5 years! ShoeGal4Eva
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^lol,your posts always make me laugh!
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^awwww! 
I always find you in the same threads as I am!
I always find you in the same threads as I am! 
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^lol
i love that photoshoot of theirs...oh jules is so shaggable there,it's inhumane
i love that photoshoot of theirs...oh jules is so shaggable there,it's inhumane
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fairy said:
when isnt he shaggable?
a very intelligent and thought -out answer
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there's a new interview with albert bout his new cd in march nylon magazine
In the meantime i got this off of papermag.com
"I never set out to be 'the guitar player,'" says the Strokes' guitar player Albert Hammond Jr. "I always saw myself as a songwriter, like Jonathan Richman or something." The suit-sporting axeman -- who arguably gave the quintessentially New York Strokes their quintessentially New York style with his Billy Joel-meets-Lou Reed penchant for sharp jackets and unruly, horizontally-challenged curls -- is using his time between Strokes gigs to launch a low-key solo career. "It was just something I had to do to get it out there," he says of Yours to Keep. Overseas, Hammond's debut dropped last fall but comes out in the U.S. this month on Scratchie/New Line. He's still a full-time Stroke, with the blessings of his bandmates for his extracurricular activities (drummer Fabrizio Moretti was spotted in the crowd mouthing the words to Hammond's songs when the guitarist played The Mercury Lounge last November, and singer Julian Casablancas plays some bass on the album). And Hammond's ready to make another one: "I'll keep making records until nobody wants to hear 'em." So far, people are listening. Go to Hammond's MySpace page, and you'll see that the four cuts off Yours to Keep have each racked up an impressive 95,000-plus listens. He spent last winter opening up for Incubus; this spring he does the same for Bloc Party. A Valentine's Day solo show in L.A. sold out before it was even announced. That's for good reason. As guitarist solo albums go, Yours to Keep is no Wes Borland or Graham Coxon vanity wank off. Sure, his celebrity has a draw, but Hammond is a rock star of the people, an entertainer who sets up his own gear and knows his way around a good hook without getting too sugar sweet. The inventively varied arrangements, wistful melodies and, perhaps most refreshingly, the earnest vocal intonations give the songs of Yours to Keep a sincerity that's a relief from the overflowing ashtray of expectations the Strokes have been saddled with since driving Lower East Side indie rock into the post-9/11 I-heart-NY consciousness six years ago. In short, Hammond's got nothing to prove, and he does so perfectly here.
"The first song was literally recorded in my buddy's kitchen," the 26-year-old says. (Granted, his buddy was Thin Lizard Dawn's Greg Lattimer, the guy who went on to produce the whole album, so we're not talking about two-tracking into GarageBand amid dirty dishes and an overflowing litter box here. But you get the idea.) "As I got more confident, we moved from the kitchen to a little studio, and the last few tracks we wound up doing at Electric Lady Studios. The stuff I'm proudest of isn't the guitar work, it's the songs, the arrangements." Even for all the star power on Yours to Keep -- guests include Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller and the Mooney Suzuki's Sammy James Jr. -- it's still Hammond's project. You can hear it in his ability to be deadpan yet still emote with his reverb-fuzzed vocals on "Hard to Live in the City" -- part Brian Wilson, part Lou Reed, and all about living in New York. "Chances are you move here, you're way out away from everything when you first get here, you don't know anybody, and it's cold," he says. "New York will kick your *** if you don't belong here." For his part, Hammond belongs in the East Village. As the one Stroke who isn't pushing twins around Tompkins Square Park, quitting drinking and/or smoking, breaking up with a celebrity girlfriend, or some combination thereof, he makes good use of his time. "When I'm home I play guitar every day. I really don't go out to clubs or shows. If I go anywhere, it's, like, to 2A or Black and White." Of all the Strokes, Hammond is the most musically pedigreed. The Strokes have their share of famous dads: There's Julian's father, John, the model magnate; and then there's Hammond's namesake, the L.A.-based songwriter who's written '70s pop hits as well as for artists such as Aretha Franklin or Celine Dion. Growing up in L.A., Hammond initially wasn't too keen on becoming part of the family business. "I never liked music growing up," he says. "It was something I had to discover on my own. Buddy Holly got me into music, and Bob Pollard from Guided by Voices kept me into it through the awkward phases." Hammond pays homage to both throughout Yours to Keep, including a mellow, harmonized-vocal version of Holly's "Well... All Right" as a bonus track on the U.S. version of the record. And as the unofficial style mascot of the Strokes, he's quick to put the whole suit trend in perspective: "I started wearing suits because I wanted to emulate my heroes: Lou Reed, John Lennon. I wanted to look like I was a part of their world. I found when I dressed a certain way, I got treated a certain way. When I was going out to bars when I was younger, that worked for me." Add to that a little bit of George Harrison's ghost and it's still working now.
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"I never set out to be 'the guitar player,'" says the Strokes' guitar player Albert Hammond Jr. "I always saw myself as a songwriter, like Jonathan Richman or something." The suit-sporting axeman -- who arguably gave the quintessentially New York Strokes their quintessentially New York style with his Billy Joel-meets-Lou Reed penchant for sharp jackets and unruly, horizontally-challenged curls -- is using his time between Strokes gigs to launch a low-key solo career. "It was just something I had to do to get it out there," he says of Yours to Keep. Overseas, Hammond's debut dropped last fall but comes out in the U.S. this month on Scratchie/New Line. He's still a full-time Stroke, with the blessings of his bandmates for his extracurricular activities (drummer Fabrizio Moretti was spotted in the crowd mouthing the words to Hammond's songs when the guitarist played The Mercury Lounge last November, and singer Julian Casablancas plays some bass on the album). And Hammond's ready to make another one: "I'll keep making records until nobody wants to hear 'em." So far, people are listening. Go to Hammond's MySpace page, and you'll see that the four cuts off Yours to Keep have each racked up an impressive 95,000-plus listens. He spent last winter opening up for Incubus; this spring he does the same for Bloc Party. A Valentine's Day solo show in L.A. sold out before it was even announced. That's for good reason. As guitarist solo albums go, Yours to Keep is no Wes Borland or Graham Coxon vanity wank off. Sure, his celebrity has a draw, but Hammond is a rock star of the people, an entertainer who sets up his own gear and knows his way around a good hook without getting too sugar sweet. The inventively varied arrangements, wistful melodies and, perhaps most refreshingly, the earnest vocal intonations give the songs of Yours to Keep a sincerity that's a relief from the overflowing ashtray of expectations the Strokes have been saddled with since driving Lower East Side indie rock into the post-9/11 I-heart-NY consciousness six years ago. In short, Hammond's got nothing to prove, and he does so perfectly here.
"The first song was literally recorded in my buddy's kitchen," the 26-year-old says. (Granted, his buddy was Thin Lizard Dawn's Greg Lattimer, the guy who went on to produce the whole album, so we're not talking about two-tracking into GarageBand amid dirty dishes and an overflowing litter box here. But you get the idea.) "As I got more confident, we moved from the kitchen to a little studio, and the last few tracks we wound up doing at Electric Lady Studios. The stuff I'm proudest of isn't the guitar work, it's the songs, the arrangements." Even for all the star power on Yours to Keep -- guests include Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller and the Mooney Suzuki's Sammy James Jr. -- it's still Hammond's project. You can hear it in his ability to be deadpan yet still emote with his reverb-fuzzed vocals on "Hard to Live in the City" -- part Brian Wilson, part Lou Reed, and all about living in New York. "Chances are you move here, you're way out away from everything when you first get here, you don't know anybody, and it's cold," he says. "New York will kick your *** if you don't belong here." For his part, Hammond belongs in the East Village. As the one Stroke who isn't pushing twins around Tompkins Square Park, quitting drinking and/or smoking, breaking up with a celebrity girlfriend, or some combination thereof, he makes good use of his time. "When I'm home I play guitar every day. I really don't go out to clubs or shows. If I go anywhere, it's, like, to 2A or Black and White." Of all the Strokes, Hammond is the most musically pedigreed. The Strokes have their share of famous dads: There's Julian's father, John, the model magnate; and then there's Hammond's namesake, the L.A.-based songwriter who's written '70s pop hits as well as for artists such as Aretha Franklin or Celine Dion. Growing up in L.A., Hammond initially wasn't too keen on becoming part of the family business. "I never liked music growing up," he says. "It was something I had to discover on my own. Buddy Holly got me into music, and Bob Pollard from Guided by Voices kept me into it through the awkward phases." Hammond pays homage to both throughout Yours to Keep, including a mellow, harmonized-vocal version of Holly's "Well... All Right" as a bonus track on the U.S. version of the record. And as the unofficial style mascot of the Strokes, he's quick to put the whole suit trend in perspective: "I started wearing suits because I wanted to emulate my heroes: Lou Reed, John Lennon. I wanted to look like I was a part of their world. I found when I dressed a certain way, I got treated a certain way. When I was going out to bars when I was younger, that worked for me." Add to that a little bit of George Harrison's ghost and it's still working now.
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^thanks for posting,karma!i dont have a scanner so if you could scan the nylon article that'd b amazing!
"quittitng drinking or/nd smoking"- classic strokes
"quittitng drinking or/nd smoking"- classic strokes
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Just changed my ringtone to Heart In A Cage, loooove them.
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Electricityscape is possibly the best song EVER! 
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