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
still pretty obscure!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
Yes, totally! That story blew my mind when I read it in the Beastie Boys' book
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
Here's the guy who did it, telling his side of the story (Beastie Boys talk starts at 1:07)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucrj3BP6vfY
― peace, man, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
^great find!
I might be conflating this with another story from the book, but I believe Adrock says that he took some of that money to a shop intending to buy a guitar, changed his mind on the spot, and walked out with a Roland TR-808 drum machine instead. And that ended up being the drum machine he used to program the beat for "I Need a Beat" by LL Cool J, the first release on Def Jam.
― JRN, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
Nice! Thanks peace, man, that was an amazing find. I don't want to bestow too much credit, but given the chain of events that was set off by that settlement money, that ad man really did the world a solid.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 5 May 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
“that ad man”!
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
Agh, I just saw the 1:07 part and assumed he was an ad guy based on him talking about creating a commercial.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:38 (one year ago) link
not too hard to believe that Beastie Revolution was this guy’s favourite record for a couple of months tbh
― Yul Brynner film festival on Channel 48... (sic), Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
That's the Haysi Fantayzee guy? I'm shattered to see that he didn't wear that hat-thing for the rest of his life.
― bendy, Thursday, 5 May 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
xp: ok, I had read the words Haysi Fantayzee before but never looked them up. I don't know what to think after watching that. I think I might have a fever.
― peace, man, Thursday, 5 May 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
I ended up listening to a bunch of other clips from that interview. I had never heard of Haysi Fantayzee before. He tells some good stories. Super likable guy.
― beard papa, Friday, 6 May 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link