I'm sure Yauch would rather these people spend some time reading up on Tibetan oppression or do a shift at a soup kitchen, but I'm not gonna deny people the opportunity to deal with his death in a way that makes them comfortable.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 18 May 2012 04:48 (eleven years ago) link
re: Sabotage not being Yauch enough--the video is the definitive Nathaniel Hornblower Production, so there's that
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
"Sabotage" video is credited to Jonze, not Hornblower (whereas "Sure Shot" is credited to both)
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, there's the misconception lately but it was definitely a Jonze video
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
aha I stand corrected
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
This short Q&A between Fricke and Adam Horovitz made me choke up again.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beastie-boys-adam-horovitz-opens-up-about-adam-yauch-he-was-in-charge-20120523
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
I blame Scik Mouthy for pointing it out on twitter
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
When we were in Los Angeles, doing Paul's Boutique, he got this crazy apartment in Koreatown. And he made "A Year and a Day." What happened to the three of us together and all that crap? But I heard that track, and it was some heavy shit. He rapped his ass off. Adam bought a jet pilot's helmet, rigged it with a microphone and recorded the song wearing that helmet.
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
I love the bit about the tree. "Anything is better than that tree."
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
that tree is dope, I had a poster of it on my wall.
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
good morning.
i wanna give thanks to Mike Kearny for putting together MCA DAY yesterday.
i feel like a bunch of us been walking around lonely bumping into walls.
you got us together, outside and in the sunshine. thank you.
-adam
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
aww
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
The bit about Gratitude made me well up.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 23 May 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
Love those interviews - there's one with Mike D too. Great that they pay homage to him (prompted by Fricke) by telling these little specific stories about tracks. It's easy to slip into the broad sweep when you're summing up a life but reading about something geeky, like how he made the beat for Paul Revere is so much more powerful to me.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mike-diamond-on-the-beastie-boys-last-recordings-with-adam-yauch-20120523
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, it's a really nice, personal way of doing it.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Westwood posted this home video from the Raising Hell tour in London, and it is INCREDIBLE: Drunk Beasties, LL Cool J swapping the mic on Slow & Low, MCA stagediving straight onto the floor, Lyor Cohen diving after him to smack anyone who touches him, Russell Simmons rapping along with his head uncovered, LL AND LYOR DOING THE WHOP TOGETHER:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xyrizURRt3o
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
Elroy was straight up thuggin' in that vid.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
saw this billboard up in hollywood last week
http://i.imgur.com/ehV7A.jpg
― buzza, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://news.yahoo.com/beastie-boys-rappers-bars-ad-181533934.html
― Jeremy Spencer Slid in Class Today (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 August 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
Won't be rocking the ads.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 11 August 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
ha
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 11 August 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
rechristened today
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/bp/ad-rock.jpg
― mizzell, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
aw <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
they gave him a park in Canada?
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
no Canada has been renamed Adam Yauch Park
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
Got more hits than Stompin' Tom Connors
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I dropped my draws she said welcome back bacon
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
*drawers
Logo of NYC Parks. Did you know that NYC park employees all have "Park Names," Shakey?
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
I guess they probably do on that TV show as well.
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:11 (ten years ago) link
i thought park names were just a thing under commissioner Stern
― mizzell, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
Probably right
― Blue Yodel No. 9 Dream (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Peace, Yauch.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 May 2015 14:56 (eight years ago) link
Hello from Russia! R.I.P. MCAIt was a huge loss for the whole history of hip-hop music, fans, friends and family ...5 years have passed, but we will remember you forever!
― supashipa, Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
revive of the year
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
five years!
this still bums me out.
― nomar, Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
yeah, same :(
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
yeah
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:58 (six years ago) link
i remember the day and heard so many people blasting beastie boys out of their cars/houses throughout
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 May 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
Yup
― Impartial Father (stevie), Thursday, 4 May 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
7 years.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 4 May 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
fuck
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 4 May 2019 04:33 (four years ago) link
Today we remember Adam Yauch of the legendary Beastie Boys who passed away 10 years ago today. His childhood park in Brooklyn Heights is named in his honor. Visit it at State Street and Columbia Place. pic.twitter.com/yiHrn3zQNR— NYC Parks (@NYCParks) May 4, 2022
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 4 May 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
The No Dogs in Space podcast deep dive into the Beasties is very good, particularly good at illustrating how they happened to be in just the right spot to leverage the tenuous connections between the 80s punk and hiphop scenes. They don't emphasize it, but it really struck me as ironic that their dj gear was funded by a settlement with British Airways after a advert used a Yauch bassline without authorization, then six years later, Paul's Boutique.
― bendy, Thursday, 5 May 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it's pretty bonkers that they happened to see that ad and were able to get some money out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R374eE_b2NY
― peace, man, Thursday, 5 May 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
Wow, that's pretty insane and incredibly fortuitous.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 5 May 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
also kind of bonkers that British Airlines had a copy of a Beastie Boys demo track
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 5 May 2022 15:59 (one year ago) link
IIRC they had released it on a 12-inch at that point. Going from memory, I think "Beastie Revolution" was the B-side of "Cookie Puss".
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link