Get ready for a masterstroke of sweetness, folks. For #35, Julian Casablancas, lead singer and songwriter of Downtown '01 rock n' roll revivalists The Strokes, stops by the Viva Radio studio and gives a salty salute to some musical mainstays that help define the "Thin Lizzy meets A-Ha" hits of his new solo album, Phrazes for the Young.

As Flatbush Ave legend has it, Mr. Casablancas strolled into the Park Slope American Apparel store that homes Viva's projection booth studio cool as a cucumber. No entourage, no paparazzi (or Moretti, for that matter), no fanatics at the feet. Having just rolled out of bed in his matching University of Michigan sweats, Ted was at the door to greet Julian and immediately forge an unspoken bond of casua'tude.

The two talked baby names (Julian's expecting his first next month), hip hop manifestation in Julian's love for 2 Pac's "Changes" and a rendition of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "New York" duet at a recent homecoming show, collaboration expectations for Rivers Cuomo and Elton John, and that Ohio gold sound of Guided By Voices and Times New Viking. We'll save the rest for Naked Fridays history which you can tune into Friday 1/28 at 4 PM.

JC's playlist:

Beirut - La Lloorna
Guided By Voices - A Salty Salute
Digable Planets - Where I'm From
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is the Move
2-Pac - Changes
Faisal Helwani - Kpanlogo
Magnetic Fields - Absolutely Cuckoo
Nirvana - Son of a Gun
Telepathe - So Fine
Times New Viking - Half Day in Hell


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Photos by Sara Jacobson. flickr.com/SaraJae *

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