https://open.spotify.com/track/1GhvZVUOeP6jdEAQvXtEoJ?si=XUxYzfWESwiEdaqqEXGJ4g
― calstars, Thursday, 28 June 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
I gazed over someone's shoulder at a review copy of the book the other day and it looks nuts. I've heard it's not very revealing, but it looks fun.
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Thursday, 28 June 2018 06:33 (five years ago) link
Yeah does this look great or what?
https://cdn.hiconsumption.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Beastie-Boys-Book-1.jpg
Alongside the band narrative you will find rare photos, original illustrations, a cookbook by chef Roy Choi, a graphic novel, a map of Beastie Boys’ New York, mixtape playlists, pieces by guest contributors, and many more surprises.
https://kingsroadmerch.com/beastie-boys/view/?id=13926&cid=2024
― piscesx, Saturday, 29 September 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
Hope piskor did the comic
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
Been looking forward to the memoir but I hope there's a non-coffee table regular book version too.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 29 September 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
Finger lickin good y’all
― calstars, Saturday, 29 September 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
Ranking their catalog, one misstep at a time.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 October 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link
cursed with the terrible digital reproduction that plagued early hip-hop and Def Jam productions in particular
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“Body Movin'” benefited from a much-aired Fatboy Slim remix and Spike Jonze album
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― I baste my thigh, gent (sic), Saturday, 6 October 2018 02:07 (five years ago) link
Hello Nasty is the last time it seemed like they were really trying but tbh the rapping bores me to tears and the genre-hopping feels thin, I never go back to it
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 6 October 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
Body Movin'” benefited from a much-aired Fatboy Slim remix and Spike Jonze album
― I baste my thigh, gent (sic)
I corrected that. Not sure why I thought Jonze directed it.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 October 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
Revisited -to the 5 boroughs- recently. That was a mistake
― calstars, Saturday, 6 October 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
"Spike Jonze album" was baffling on the face of it. I didn't even twig that you were denying Hornblower, thought you miiight have meant the sleeve (a Drawing Board job iirc, that failed to draw from Diabolik fumetti in the way the video successfully sampled the film adaptation)
I bought 5 Boroughs in the ltd-ed textured packaging but only managed one play. sadly the remixes were all pretty great, suggesting that they could have done better by opening up the studio after dumping Mario, instead of replacing him with themselves.
― I baste my thigh, gent (sic), Saturday, 6 October 2018 03:17 (five years ago) link
especially the Just Blaze version of Ch-Check It Out, which got its own bespoke video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm22GRJhGak (which in turn likely inspired the excellent Letterman performance)
― I baste my thigh, gent (sic), Saturday, 6 October 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
Man this is a really great copy of the '98 MTV 2 hour special; Beastieography, with all the bumpers and Sifl And Olly adverts and MTV promos and such.. it's freakin amazing https://vimeo.com/68587522
There's been a version on YouTube for years that's way shorter and looks terrible.
― piscesx, Saturday, 6 October 2018 03:49 (five years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Saturday, October 6, 2018 3:27 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^^ This.
― canary christ (stevie), Sunday, 7 October 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
nooooo
hello nasty is grate
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:34 (five years ago) link
it’s definitely their fifth best album but still
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
“lovey and thurston howell-ing, the grasshopper unit is prowl-ing”
how can you be down on the rapping with gems like that
― the late great, Sunday, 7 October 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
I watched the MTV thing last night. It really captures the whiplash of the changes through their first three albums. They were genuinely funny the way the early Beatles were, and leveraged their unexpected superstardom just as effectively. The brattiness holds up so unexpectedly well, probably because the tunes do too.
― saddest kamancheh (bendy), Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
i'm with late great, absolutely love hello nasty
intergalactic was a staple of high school dances, what a sick song to bust out to
― montoya (Ross), Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
Hello Nasty yeah it’s probably my fifth favorite. It is ridiculously good though, I think the music and beats and lyrics are great, and the rapping style they utilized here might seem a bit formulaic now but it’s the beastie boys so it’s a blast throughout.
― omar little, Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
I'm curious to know if they mean anything to the 18-30 set. Based on my observation, no.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 October 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
A young and impetuous Capt James T Kirk begs 2 differ
― canary christ (stevie), Sunday, 7 October 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
Well I'm the king of Boggle, there is none higherI get eleven points off the word 'quagmire'
― montoya (Ross), Sunday, 7 October 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
You can get Beasties nostalgia tees at Target and Walmart, so I imagine they still have some cachet.
― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 7 October 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
Just went on a mini Momo Crawl in honor of Adam Yauch.
― Harper Valley CTA-102 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 October 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/1kigbQJ3vA8wmdq8WHB6iz
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Saturday, 9 November 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
Our evening began in Peter Sechelle’s comfortable study in his New York townhouse. Where the candlelight was just right, the hi fi was in the background, and the wine was delicious.
― calstars, Saturday, 11 January 2020 15:10 (four years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/track/2wtNNJTXnYi1LLNP7dbbae
― calstars, Saturday, 11 January 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_NAHTLDpcM
― mizzell, Saturday, 11 January 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
cool
― calstars, Saturday, 11 January 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
Haha I have a Spotify playlist of 10,000 songs that I often play on shuffle and Blue Nun came up just this morning when I was driving home from the bank.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 11 January 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
hankies at the ready, folks, this is gonna be emotional
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=27&v=0aCBDL1sUY8&feature=emb_title
― the main character Cooly and his fart attack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
fuckin' embeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aCBDL1sUY8
― the main character Cooly and his fart attack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
great revive
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
ffs
― the main character Cooly and his fart attack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 15:44 (four years ago) link
Glad it's on Apple+ to guarantee maximum exposure.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
can't wait to torrent it on april 24 so i can watch it on my birthday the next day
― the main character Cooly and his fart attack (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
so it's like a screening with live commentary... or something?
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
it's kind of unclear!
I'm looking forward to watching it whatever the format. The book and a couple podcast interviews reminded me of all the things I enjoyed about the Beastie Boys when I was younger and made me realize why I drifted away and decided something was inherently uncool about them at some point -- they were inherently uncynical, perpetually learning and doing what they enjoyed.
― babu frik fan account (mh), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
I got off the bus when their rhyming got lazier
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:40 (four years ago) link
that's when things started to get hazier
― maffew12, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
Hey Shakey!
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Marat/Sade (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
it was around the time when they defaulted to that rhyme-style of everybody yelling the last syllable of every line in unison
xps
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
they might have started defaulting to that but they kind of did that all along?
― babu frik fan account (mh), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
it's something they copped from Run DMC and there's nothing wrong with it - but there's a lot more variety to the rhyming styles on the first three records. Once you get to Hello Nasty though, that's the only style they use.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:48 (four years ago) link
fair enough
I was immediately thinking of Slow and Low when you mentioned that style, and it's.. a Run DMC song recorded by the Beastie Boys
― babu frik fan account (mh), Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
and I know I know by that point they were trying to do a million things - reggae, hardcore, jazz-funk, indie rock, whatever - and rapping just became one of many things they did, but their attention to the craft of it suffered, and as that was always one of the things that really drew me to them, it was disappointing and my attention wandered
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
don't get me wrong I'm not knockin' em, they went where their interests guided them and that's cool, I will always love them
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
The fact that they were trying to do a million things on Hello Nasty at least kept it interesting. When they decided to go to strictly hip hop with To the 5 Boroughs is probably where their lazy rhyme style ended up hurting them more.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 28 January 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link